Patent Document ID: 8355147
Application ID: 10994966
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for obtaining and linking scanned images, comprising: obtaining a first scanned image of a multi-page document, wherein the first scanned image comprises a single page of a multi-page document; storing the first scanned image in memory of an imaging device; sending the first scanned image to a destination device; obtaining a second scanned image of the multi-page document, wherein the second scanned image comprises a single page of a multi-page document, wherein the second scanned image is not obtained until after a message is received from the destination device requesting that the second scanned image be obtained; storing the second scanned image in the memory of the imaging device, wherein the memory used to store each scanned image is released when that scanned image has been sent to the destination device; sending the second scanned image to the destination device in a separate transmission than the first scanned image; and linking the second scanned image to the first scanned image in a logical multi-page scanned image that comprises multiple scanned images linked together, wherein the first scanned image and the second scanned image are not in the same electronic file, wherein the linking comprises placing an electronic link in a first electronic file comprising the first scanned image that indicates the location of a second electronic file comprising the second scanned image.