Patent ID: 7969596

Claim:
A method for imaging device document translation, said method comprising: receiving, at an imaging device (IDev), document translation menu content from a remote computing device (RCD), wherein said document translation menu content comprises prompt content for prompting a user to select translation options offered via a translation application on said RCD, wherein said IDev comprises an application programming interface (API) allowing control of IDev functions by said RCD and wherein said document translation menu content configures said IDev via said API to route user input to said translation application on said RCD; displaying said document translation menu content on a display of said IDev; receiving a document at said IDev and a document translation request and image send parameters at said IDev UI, in response to said displaying of said document translation menu content on said display, wherein said image send parameters consist of a color or B/W parameter, an image mode parameter designating text, text/photo, photo and exposure level, a resolution parameter, a file format parameter indication file type, compression and pages per file, an original parameter indicating original size, simplex/duplex and rotation, a filename parameter, a subject parameter, a message parameter, a sender parameter, a schedule send time parameter, a page division/book scanning parameter, a cover page parameter, a transmission message parameter, a thin paper parameter, a destination parameter and a document filing parameter; sending said document, said image send parameters and said document translation request from said IDev to said RCD; processing said document according to said image send parameters; translating said document according to said translation request at said RCD, thereby generating a translated document; and sending said translated document to a destination.