Patent ID: 7301659

Claim:
A method for the selection and execution of an interactive profile stored within a multifunction device, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a plurality of scanning destination interactive profiles from a remote source via a network; storing the received interactive profiles in a system data store, wherein each stored profile comprises a set of executable instructions to the multifunction device that control a subset of methods and settings used in the scanning and disposition of a document to be scanned by the multifunction device; displaying a representation of the interactive profiles stored in the system data store to a multifunction device user in response to a user's actuation through a user console associated with the multifunction device without previously displaying to the user a representation of only a single predetermined one of the interactive profiles; receiving a profile selection based upon a user s interaction with the displayed profiles; requesting information from a multifunction device user in connection with the selected profile which requires the user to type in at least one non-integer parameter; responsive to the request, receiving one or more typed parameters; performing an operation of the multifunction device based upon the profile selection and any received parameters, wherein the operation comprises scanning a document; packaging profile information or information associated with the received one or more parameters into a data structure; and transmitting the data structure and the scanned document to a destination.