Patent ID: 8279463

Claim:
A method of expediting document processing in a networked system, the system comprising at least one user workstation for submitting processing jobs of a user; a management unit; a memory unit that stores the processing jobs, the memory unit being arranged to manage the processing jobs in at least one logical storage space; and a digital image reproduction device for document processing, the digital image reproduction device being arranged so as not to execute processing jobs of its own motion, and having a local user interface unit for controlling the processing of jobs that are stored in the logical storage space and waiting to be executed, wherein initiating processing of jobs is normally accomplished at the local user interface by user performance of a plurality of steps, at least including selection of a particular processing job and executing a start command, said method of expediting comprising, in addition to the said normal initiating of jobs, the steps automatically performed by the management unit, of: selecting, based on pre-defined kickstart criteria, a plurality of processing jobs from the processing jobs in the memory unit, as kickstart processing jobs and providing, at the local user interface unit, a kickstart control element associated with each one of the selected plurality of processing jobs to immediately activate a job by user activation of the associated kickstart control element; indicating, at the user interface unit, for each kickstart control element, an identification of the kickstart processing job coupled to the respective kickstart control element; and wherein a kickstart processing job is activated in the digital image reproduction device in response to user activation of the respective kickstart control element by a single direct action of a user.