Patent ID: 7703002

Claim:
A method for composing a collection of documents comprising: scanning in a collection coversheet representative of a first collection of first documents, the collection coversheet comprising a first indicium indicative of a storage location of the first collection and a first overview area within which are arranged first graphics representative of the first documents; and creating a second collection comprising steps of: determining user-provided modifications to the first overview area, wherein the user-provided modifications comprise annotative information added by a user to the first overview area prior to scanning in the collection coversheet; instantiating the second collection while preserving the first collection, the instantiating including identifying a plurality of second documents comprising one or more of the first documents based on the user-provided modifications; producing a second overview area based on the user-provided modifications to the first overview area; associating with the second collection a second indicium indicative of a storage location of the second collection; generating a collection image comprising an image of the second indicium, an image of the second overview area, and a plurality of images representative of the second documents; and forming the collection image on a printable medium to produce a new collection coversheet, wherein the first collection is accessible via the first indicium and the second collection is accessible via the second indicium, the first indicium being distinct from the second indicium, and wherein the first overview area comprises one or more access regions within which the first graphics are arranged, each access region having an associated access permission.