Patent Document ID: 8976400
Application ID: 14279921
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A system comprising: a service device; a document device; a network device comprising a controller configured to generate a first request, wherein the first request initiates, via a cloud, scanning of a document via a scanner, wherein the cloud comprises the service device and the document device, wherein the service device is separate from the document device, wherein the first request includes a file name, and wherein the file name is assigned to an image file, a transmitter configured to (i) prior to the scanner scanning the document, transmit the first request from the network device to the service device, and (ii) poll the service device to obtain a status update for the first request, and a receiver; and a print device separate from the service device and the scanner, wherein the service device is configured to (i) select the scanner, and (ii) in response to the first request, send a second request to the print device, wherein the second request requests scanning of the document by the scanner, the print device is configured to generate a third request in response to the second request, wherein the third request requests scanning of the document by the scanner, the receiver is configured to, based on the first request received at the service device and subsequent to the scanner scanning the document, receive an image file transmitted from the document device to the network device without prior transmission of the image file from the document device to the service device, wherein the image file includes an image of the document, the receiver is configured to, based on the first request received at the service device and subsequent to the scanner scanning the document, receive the status update from the service device, wherein the status update indicates the scanning of the document is completed, and the transmitter is configured to, subsequent to the receiver receiving the status update, transmit a fourth request to the document device, wherein the fourth request requests the image file by the file name.