Patent ID: 7739583
Filing Date: 2010-06-15
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for accessing a collection of documents comprising: receiving, at a computer processing system, an image of a collection coversheet, the coversheet having an overview area within which a plurality of first graphics are arranged, some of the first graphics representing documents associated with the collection of documents, wherein the documents associated with the collection of information are stored on one or more remote collection servers, wherein the coversheet includes information relating to accessing documents in the collection of documents; identifying, at the computer processing system, a collection identifier from the image, the collection identifier indicative of a storage location of the collection of documents on the one or more remote collection servers, wherein the collection identifier also includes a randomly generated component that does not correlate with the storage location to prevent unauthorized access to the collection of documents, wherein the collection identifier further includes a version identifier, the version identifier identifying a version of the collection, wherein a new version of the collection is generated each time that a modification is made to the collection, and wherein a different version of the collection may be accessed by modifying the collection identifier to refer to a different version of the collection; presenting, at the computer processing system, a plurality of second graphics, each second graphic corresponding to a user action; detecting, at the computer processing system, a user-selection indicating a selection of one or more of the first graphics and a second graphic, the second graphic representing a user action to be performed and the one or more of the first graphics each representing a document from the collection of documents upon which the user action is to be performed; and performing, at the computer processing system, the user action corresponding to the selected second graphic upon each document corresponding to the selected one or more first graphics, the document being stored on at least one of the remote collection servers, wherein the step of receiving an image of a collection coversheet includes scanning in a paper copy of the collection coversheet.