Patent ID: 7275088

Claim:
A system for routing electronic documents comprising: a memory for storing electronic document data representative of a plurality of electronic documents; means for generating image data corresponding to the plurality of electronic documents on a thin client interface; means for receiving user-specified routing data via the thin client interface, which routing data specifies at least one output destination to which electronic document data of the plurality of electronic documents will be transferred; means for receiving user-specified document selection data via the thin client interface, which document selection data is representative of a subset of the plurality of electronic documents for which transfer is desired; means for receiving user-specified apportionment data representative of a selected portion of at least one electronic document of the subset via the thin client interface; means for determining whether at least one of the electronic documents to be communicated to the at least one output destination is substantially identical to an electronic document located within such output destination; upon a positive determination, means for determining if an associated user desires to selectively communicate the at least one substantially identical electronic document and replace the electronic document located therein with the substantially identical electronic document; and upon a positive determination that a user desires to selectively communicate the at least one substantially identical electronic document and replace the electronic document located therein with the substantially identical electronic document, output means for selectively communicating the at least one substantially identical electronic document to the at least one output destination in accordance with received routing data, document selection data, and apportionment data, and means for replacing the electronic document located therein with the substantially identical electronic document.