Patent ID: 7143157

Claim:
A processor-readable medium comprising processor executable instructions for: determining resource availabilities, comprising: disk space remaining and available bandwidth of a network; delaying file transmission over the network if resources, including disk space remaining and available bandwidth of the network, are determined to be above a threshold until available bandwidth of the network is sufficient to prevent adverse network impact, wherein as disk space remaining decreases, the network traffic threshold is increased to allow the transmission of files over the network to prevent the disk space from becoming full; prioritizing files contained in a file library for transmission over the network; sending a highest priority file over the network after file transmission is delayed; instructing a scanning unit that converts scanned documents into digital files to turn off if the disk space remaining is less than a disk space threshold; and altering the network traffic threshold to prevent transmission of the highest priority file over the network if disk space remaining falls below a predetermined threshold value.