Patent ID: 8555174

Claim:
A method of remotely activating a scanner and uploading a scanned image from a client to a server, wherein the client includes a scanner, wherein the client is in communication with the Internet, wherein a user remains with the client and the scanner to provide instructions to the client, wherein the server is configured to receive images via the Internet, wherein the server is remote from the client and the user, the method comprising: (a) providing a data entry tool at the server, wherein the data entry tool is configured to be presented to the user at the client in the form of a user interface accessible via a web browser; (b) presenting the user interface at the client via the web browser, wherein the user interface comprises a single click feature; (c) receiving a single click input from the user at the client via the single click feature of the user interface; (d) remotely executing the data entry tool at the server in response to receipt of the single click input from the user at the client, wherein the act of remotely executing the data entry tool comprises: (i) remotely causing the scanner at the client to scan a hard copy image, and (ii) remotely causing the client to upload the scanned image to the server; (e) receiving the scanned image at the server in response to receipt of the single click input from the user; and (f) receiving a selection input from the user, wherein the selection input indicates whether the scanned image is to be published on a web page.