Patent ID: 8319988
Filing Date: 2012-11-27
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A job auditing method for direct imaging of documents, comprising: receiving a document that corresponds to an imaging job to be performed by an imaging device, wherein the document is in a non-native format that is not native to the imaging device; determining that a translation operation should be performed on the document, wherein the translation operation comprises translating the document from the non-native format into a native format that is native to the imaging device; performing at least one job auditing function with respect to the document in the non-native format, wherein audit data is generated as a result of the at least one job auditing function being performed, wherein performing the at least one job auditing function comprises creating a thinned, linearized version of the document in the non-native format and extracting metadata associated with the document and including the metadata in the thinned, linearized version of the document in the non-native format, wherein the audit data comprises the thinned, linearized version of the document in the non-native format, and wherein creating the thinned, linearized version of the document comprises: providing the audit data to a job auditing record manager, wherein the job auditing record manager stores the audit data in a job auditing record.