Patent ID: 7529863

Claim:
A workflow routing system, comprising: a computer system configured to perform a plurality of workflow processes, each workflow process including a series of events to be executed using at least one external processing computer; and a multi-function peripheral linked to the computer system, the multi-function peripheral being configured for scanning a document to form an electronic image document, for receiving a user initiation of at least one of the workflow processes, for communicating the initiation of the at least one of the workflow processes to the computer system, and for receiving one or more status notifications from the computer system, the status notifications being associated with one or more events of the one or more initiated workflow processes, at least one of the one or more events resulting in extraction of data from the electronic image document, said multi-function peripheral being further configured for displaying on an output device a status feedback, including the extracted data, associated with one or more events executed by the at least one external processing computer to a user based upon the one or more received status notifications, wherein the computer system includes: one or more processing computers, each for performing one or more events of the one or more initiated workflow processes; and a server for receiving the initiation, for invoking the one or more events on the one or more processing computers, and for providing the one or more status notifications to the multi-function peripheral.