Patent Document ID: 7944579
Application ID: 11827418

Base Claim:
1. A multi-function machine of the type having the capability of scanning, copying and electronically transmitting documents, the machine comprising: a scanning assembly; a printing assembly; a counting and reporting module configured to generate a summary report corresponding to at least one batch of documents comprising a document set scanned by the scanning assembly, said counting and reporting module further configured to dispatch the summary report to at least one of a printing assembly, a storage device, or a network device; wherein the counting and reporting module is configured to: enable a user to select whether to count the number of documents in the document set and/or whether to count the number of images in the document set; receive at least one input and determining whether the user selected to count the number of documents in the document set and/or whether the user selected to count the number of images in the document set; count the number of documents in the document set scanned during the document scanning procedure if the user selected to count the number of documents in the document set; and count the number of images in the document set scanned during the document scanning procedure if the user selected to count the number of images in the document set; at least one processor configured to sense the completion of a batch scanning procedure by the scanning assembly.

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Claim 2:
2. The multi-function machine according to claim 1 , wherein the counting and reporting module includes a counting and reporting software program having a set of programmable instructions configured for execution by the at least one processor for generating the summary report corresponding to the documents scanned and dispatching the summary report to at least one of a printing assembly, a storage device, or a network device.