Patent ID: 8289588
Filing Date: 2012-10-16
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: providing a particular media through a blade associated with a shredder to produce a shredded media comprising individual strands of said particular media; scanning said shredded media via a scanner prior to separation of said individual strands; storing a scanned document of said shredded media in a memory which provides a visual documentation of a destruction of said particular media; verifying a content and destination of said shredded media utilizing a controller associated with said scanner for scanning thereof by said scanner; wherein: said scanner and said shredder comprises a transport drive to move said particular media passing said shredder for shredding by said shredder and through sam scanner for scanning by said scanner; said particular media comprises a plurality of partially printed purge sheets associated with a confidential document; and said scanner is integrated with said shredder, and wherein sam shredder is detachably mounted on a rendering device in order to shred said particular media output from said rendering device.