Patent ID: 7154622

Claim:
A receiver controlled method for processing at least one document, said method comprising the steps of: (a) providing at least one processing step to be performed on said at least one document; (b) providing at least one document classification to be associated with an at least one document processing profile; (c) creating said at least one document processing profile by associating at least one of said at least one processing steps therewith; (d) associating each at least one document classification with one of said at least one document processing profile; (e) assigning a document classification identifier to each said at least one document classification; (f) providing access to at least one document classification identifier to a sender, said sender printing said at least one document classification identifier on a document to be sent as a sent document using a digital scanner and transceiver; (g) receiving said sent document with said at least one document classification identifier printed thereon; (h) reading and decoding said at least one document classification identifier on said sent document; and (i) processing said sent document according to processing steps associated with said at least one document classification identifier.