Patent ID: 8717610

Claim:
A network scanner, comprising: a scanner system configured to scan a document comprised of one or more sheets of paper to create an image file; a network interface that enables the network scanner to be connected to a network; a display; and, a GUI (Graphical User Interface), viewable through a surface of the display, which enables a user of the network scanner to select an application layer address that identifies a destination file folder located within a user-controlled computerized device that is external to the network scanner and that is coupled to the network via a Global Internet; wherein the network scanner is configured to send the application layer address to an external server and to receive therefrom a TCP/IP address associated with the user-controlled computerized device, and wherein the network scanner is configured to send the image file from the network scanner via the network and via the Global Internet to the TCP/IP address to allow the image file to be directed to the destination file folder.