Patent ID: 7443548
Filing Date: 2008-10-28
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for building a multi-scan job file, comprising: accessing a job for user input; selecting one or more output parameters for the job; receiving a meta job description for scanning at least a first image, the meta job description specifying a first value for at least one parameter of the first image; scanning the first image according to the meta job description and the output parameters; combining the scanned image and at least one other image according to the meta job description by appending the scanned image with the at least one other image, wherein the first value of the at least one parameter of the first image differs from a second value of the at least one parameter of the at least one other image; appending the meta job description to the job; and sending the job to a destination, wherein the job contains a plurality of sub-jobs, including at least one of the sub-jobs designated for processing the scanned image and other ones of the sub-jobs designated for processing the at least one other image.