Patent ID: 7424479

Claim:
A method for performing document processing operations on a remote image processing device comprising the steps of: generating a request on a portable data device for identification of a plurality of electronic files located in a storage area associated with a selected computing device; transmitting the request, via an ASCII list request message, to the selected computing device; decoding, at the selected computing device, a received list request message into a file retrieval instruction; retrieving, from the selected computing device, file data in accordance with the file retrieval instruction; formatting file data into an ASCII list output message inclusive of identification data corresponding to retrieved file data; receiving, via an ASCII list output message, the identification data representative of each of the plurality of electronic files located in the storage area associated with the selected computing device; generating a display on the portable data device in accordance with received identification data; generating selection data representative of identification data associated with at least one electronic file selected in accordance with received identification data; transmitting, via an ASCII request message, the selection data from the portable data device to the selected computing device; generating a display of at least one document processing operation on the portable data device; generating selection data representative of selection of at least one document processing operation; transmitting document processing operation selection data from the portable data device to the selected computing device; and directing, via an ASCII message from the portable data processing device to the selected computing device, a forwarding of the at least one electronic file from the selected computing device to an associated image processing device for document processing in accordance with each selected document processing operation.