Patent ID: 8035831

Claim:
A method for imaging device remote document modification, said method comprising: receiving menu content at an imaging device (IDev) from a remote computing device (RCD), wherein said menu content comprises a prompt for obtaining user input data comprising document modification instructions and document content from a user at said IDev, wherein said menu content is in the form of a markup language message using a simple object access protocol (SOAP), wherein said IDev comprises a device management application programming interface (API) that allows said RCD to obtain an IDev device status report, obtain IDev device configuration data, configure IDev embedded web pages, configure IDev hardware and software keys, retrieve an IDev job queue and history data, retrieve IDev process click counts by function and account code, initiate IDev data clear functions and initiate a reboot of the IDev; displaying said menu content at an IDev user interface (IDev UI) on said IDev; receiving user input data on said IDev UI, wherein said user input data comprises modification instructions for an automated modification application residing solely on a remote computing device (RCD) and said user input data also comprises document content; sending said user input data to said RCD; automatically modifying a document stored on said RCD with said automated modification application according to said document modification instructions, thereby creating a modified document comprising said document content, wherein said automatically modifying is performed solely by executing code on said RCD and without executing code on said IDev; and sending said modified document from said RCD to a destination.