Patent ID: 7533155

Claim:
A method for managing documents, comprising the steps of: transmitting identification data from an image processing device to a server; retrieving, by the server, information corresponding to a plurality of network applications based on the identification data, the information including an executable file corresponding to at least one of the plurality of network applications; transmitting the information from the server to the image processing device; receiving the information at the image processing device; changing a functionality of the image processing device based on the received information by executing the executable file and changing the functionality of the image processing device based on the execution of the executable file, receiving job information at the server from the image processing device; processing the job information at the server; and transmitting processed job information from the server to at least one of the plurality of network applications connected to the server, wherein: the step of receiving job information comprises receiving job information related to a document processed by the image processing device; and the step of transmitting processed job information comprises transmitting the job information to a document management system.