Patent ID: 7228336

Claim:
A method for use with a unitary device, the method comprising: with a unitary device comprising therein logic, a user interface, a scanning mechanism, a communication interface, and a removable data storage mechanism, wherein said logic is operatively coupled to said user interface to receive an inputted recipient electronic mail address, to said scanning mechanism to receive at least scanned object data obtained by optically scanning an object, to said communication interface to send an electronic mail message that includes at least a portion of said scanned object data to a remote device associated with said recipient electronic mail address, and to said removable data storage mechanism to access therethrough a removable data storage media when present: receiving a removable data storage media in said removable data storage mechanism; selectively operatively coupling said removable data storage media to said logic; and storing at least an archival copy of at least said electronic mail message data sent via the communication interface on said removable data storage media, and wherein said scanned object data further includes a plurality of different versions of said scanned object data, said plurality of different versions of said scanned object data includes a first resolution version and a second resolution version, said second resolution version having a lower level of resolution than said first resolution version.