Patent ID: 6833927
Filing Date: 2004-12-21
Classification: G03G,H04N,Y10T

Abstract:
A system for distributing a digital data file from an original document, said data file being generated by scanning said document in a multifunction machine, said system comprising:a controller designed to control the functioning of the multifunction machine, to process the digital data file therefrom and direct said file to a document data file distribution pathway and/or other functional pathways; a cover page, having margins along the edges thereof, comprising a paper UI having information contained thereon relating to the desired distribution of said document data file, said paper UI including an optically detectable code, said code indicating that the cover page is a paper UI, wherein said optically detectable code is positioned as a border in said margins of at least two adjoining edges of the paper UI; and an optical sensor positioned to read said cover page and detect the presence of a paper UI, said optical sensor signaling said controller, prior to the generation of said document data file, when said paper UI is present to enable said controller to select the document data file distribution pathway.