Patent Document ID: 20100091317
Application ID: 12207449
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A method for scanning and importing documents into a document management system, comprising: receiving a first document for entry into the document management system; determining the first document provides first sufficient information for the first document to be imported into the document management system; associating a first identifier with the first document, the first identifier providing importing information to the document management system, wherein the first identifier is selected based on the first sufficient information; receiving a second document for entry into the document management system; determining the second document provides insufficient information for the second document to be imported into the document management system; associating a second identifier with the second document, the second identifier providing recipient information to the document management system, wherein the second identifier is selected based on the insufficient information; scanning the first identifier, the first document, the second identifier, and the second document; importing the first document into the document management system based on the first identifier; and forwarding the second document to a recipient based on the second identifier, wherein the recipient provides second sufficient information for the second document to be imported into the document management system.