Patent Document ID: 9002838
Application ID: 12653747

Base Claim:
1. A distributed capture system for managing legacy documents, the distributed capture system comprising: a data storage device; and a processor operatively coupled to a memory device, said data storage device, and a user-input device configured to receive an input from a user via a touch-sensitive device, the processor being configured to, receive an electronic legacy document, wherein said electronic legacy document is one of a plurality of original electronic formats, determine whether the electronic legacy document requires a signature from the user, enable the user to input a signature via the user input device's a touch-sensitive device, wherein if said signature is detected, the signature is subsequently applied to the electronic legacy document pursuant to a predetermined rule, and if no signature is detected, the processor enables the conversion of the electronic legacy document, convert the electronic legacy document, including any signature applied to the electronic legacy document, from the one of a plurality of original electronic formats to a Tagged Image File Format that is compatible with a plurality of different document management systems, said Tagged Image File Format comprising an image portion and a text portion, generate an index having a plurality of document keywords, wherein the index is generated based at least in part on the text portion associated with the electronic legacy document, access one or more document classification templates, each of said one or more document classification templates representing a different document type, wherein each of said one or more document classification templates comprises one or more template keywords, compare one or more of said document keywords with one or more of said template keywords for one or more of said document classification templates, automatically match the electronic legacy document with one or more document classification templates identified during said comparison step, automatically classify the electronic legacy document as one or more of a plurality of document types based at least in part upon the one or more document classification template matches identified during said match step, and store the electronic legacy document to said data storage device using an encryption technique.

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Claim 2:
2. The distributed capture system of claim 1 , wherein said plurality of original electronic formats includes at least two of: (1) a word processing file format, (2) portable document format (PDF), hypertext markup language (HTML), and printer control language (PCL).