Patent ID: 6970260

Claim:
A system for generating digital document data files for a digital environment, comprising: a plurality of scanners, each provided with a local operator control unit; and a management unit connected to said scanners and to the digital environment, wherein the management unit is provided with: inputting means for receiving, from the digital environment, a request for a digital document data file, warning means for communicating a request for a digital document data file to said plurality of scanners, receiving means for receiving from any one of the scanners an autonomous acceptance of the request as selected via said local operator control unit of that scanner, and allocation means for, in response to the acceptance, allocating to the scanner that sent the acceptance, a scan order for generation of the digital document data file requested in said request, and wherein each one of the plurality of scanners is provided with: advertising means for advertising a request for a digital document data file communicated by the management unit on the local operator control unit, and selection means for enabling an operator to select the advertised request with aid of the local operator control unit and for automatically sending an acceptance of that request to the management unit.