Patent ID: 8994534
Filing Date: 2015-03-31
Classification: G06Q,G16H

Abstract:
1. A method of remotely locating and retrieving a document physically located in a file folder in a file cabinet in a document storage system having a host computer, a master list of documents, file folders in which individual documents are registered, and file cabinets in which file folders are located, each file cabinet having a control unit, said method comprising the steps of: (a) using the host computer to designate a document to be found; (b) transmitting a file folder request from the host computer directly to the control unit of the file cabinet in which the file folder containing the document is located according to the master list; (c) using the control unit to locally search the file cabinet for the file folder identified in the request; (d) using the control unit to transmit a file folder found signal directly to the host computer when the file folder is found; (e) transmitting a document identifier signal from the host computer directly to the control unit of the file cabinet containing the found file folder; (f) using the control unit to locally search the found file folder for the document specified by the document identifier signal; and (g) using the control unit to transmit the contents of the found document directly to the host computer when the document specified by the document identifier signal has been found so that physical presence of a human operator at the file cabinet location is not necessary to remotely retrieve the found document to the location of the host computer.