Patent ID: 7397906

Claim:
An electronic document management system comprising: a fax module which is configured for receiving a facsimile transmission of a document; a data store; a processor; and additional modules coupled to the fax module, the processor and the data store, wherein the processor and additional modules are configured to implement a method comprising: saving the document, which is received by the fax module, within a first storage area comprising a temporary directory of the data store; automatically converting the faxed document from a first format into a formatted document having a predetermined format; renaming the formatted document from a first name to a second name; saving the formatted document into a second storage area of the data store, the second storage area comprising a staging area; receiving a user selection of the formatted document from a plurality of documents identified within the staging area; receiving a user selection of a third storage area of the data store, the third storage area comprising a final reserve directory; and in response to the user selections, moving the formatted document from the second storage area, comprising the staging area, to the third storage area, comprising the final reserve directory.