Patent ID: 8245137

Claim:
In an electronic document processing system including: an image acquisition device for acquiring a digital image of a material document in an image acquisition operation; and an electronic filing system for organizing electronic document files as file objects within a structure of filing system objects; a method comprising: generating a scan-placeholder class of filing system object in the electronic filing system, each scan-placeholder object being distinct from a document file object, and representing a document file which is not recognized as being present but which is explicitly expected to be acquired using the image acquisition device; associating control information with each scan-placeholder object for controlling at least partly the image acquisition process, wherein the control information comprises an identifier for the electronic document, post-scanning properties and notification properties; and in response to a user command to redeem a scan-placeholder object, performing the image acquisition operation in accordance with the control information, to redeem the scan-placeholder object with a document file of the acquired digital image of the material document.