Patent ID: 6775422
Filing Date: 2004-08-10
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A system comprising a computer and a scanner for processing paper documents and electronic documents, certain of said electronic documents constituting electronic image documents corresponding to certain of said paper documents, certain of said electronic documents being computer generated electronic work documents:(a) said scanner being operative for production of said image documents from said paper documents to provide pairs of said paper documents and said image documents; (b) said computer being driven by at least one application for production of said work documents; (c) said production of said documents being effected in an arbitrary real time sequence such that each of said documents is automatically specified by a unique date/time identifier; (d) a physical storage for containing at least one physical collection of said paper documents substantially in said real time sequence; (e) each of said paper documents being logically classified by its date/time identifier with the date/time identifiers of other paper documents; (f) said paper documents being logically classified by other identifiers into restricted virtual groups; (g) paper documents of different ones of said restricted virtual groups being intermingled physically throughout said physical collection; (h) an electronic storage responsive to said application for containing at least one electronic collection of said image documents and said work documents; (i) each of said electronic documents in said electronic collection being logically classified by its date/time identifier with the date/time identifiers of other image documents and work documents in said electronic collection; (j) said image documents and said work documents in said electronic collection being logically classified by said other identifiers into restricted electronic groups; (j) said application recording said date/time sequences and for presenting said restricted groups of electronic documents; (k) said physical storage having a plurality of physical containers for holding said paper documents substantially in said real time sequence; (l) said physical containers being uniquely marked with visual media designating ranges of said date/time identifiers; (m) paper documents of different ones of said restricted virtual groups being intermingled physically throughout said physical containers.