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US 10,242,004 B2Granted
Method for automatically tagging documents with matrix barcodes and providing access to a plurality of said document versions
AssigneeKnova Web Technologies, Inc.
InventorsGabriel Deschenes, Alexandre Gagnon-Demers, Julien Leroux
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Abstract
A method of tagging a document for future access, the method comprising the steps of: (a) Saving a document on a server, (b) Accessing said document by a tagging process program, (c) Having said tagging process program: (i) generate a tag referring to the location of said document on said server; and (ii) add said tag to said document, while said tag being visible on the printed version of the document, wherein, said tag can be scanned by a device equipped with an optical scanner and as a result said document would be accessible to said device.
Claims16
A method of tagging a document for future access, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) Saving a document on a storage server,
- (b) Having a process server which hosts a tagging process program,
- (c) Uploading said document from said storage server to said process server,
- (d) Accessing said document stored on said storage server by said tagging process program,
- (e) Having said tagging process program:
- (i) generate a tag referring to a location of said document on said storage server;
- (ii) add said tag to said document, while said tag being visible on a digital form and on a printed form of said document;
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- (f) Maintaining a list of versions of said document on said storage server by saving said document as a new version thereof on the storage server when modifications are made thereto,
- wherein, said tag can be scanned from any said form of said document by a device equipped with an optical scanner and as a result said document would be accessible to said device;
- wherein upon accessing said document comprising said tag, a selection webpage is presented comprising said list of versions of said document.
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A method of tagging a document for future access, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) hosting a file containing said document using an internet hosting platform;
- (b) associating tagging parameters to said file;
- (c) transferring said file and said associated tagging parameters from said internet hosting platform to a storage server;
- (d) creating an entry in a database on said internet hosting platform identifying a location of said file on said storage server;
- and
- (e) monitoring said file and said tagging parameters by a process monitor,
- wherein said process monitor continuously searches in said database to identify said file to be tagged, and once the process monitor identifies said file to be tagged, the process monitor transfers said file to be tagged from said storage server to a process server;
- (f) generating an access path to said file on said storage server using a web link;
- (g) creating a barcode tag referring to said access path;
- (h) inserting the barcode tag into said file according with said tagging parameters, wherein said barcode tag will appear on said document;
- (i) transferring said file with an inserted barcode tag to said storage server at the location corresponding to said access path;
- and
- (j) uploading a new version of said document on said internet hosting platform when said document is modified;
- and
- (k) upon scanning said inserted barcode tag, presenting a selection webpage comprising a list of versions of said document.
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A method of tagging a plurality of documents for future access, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) hosting a plurality of files each containing one of said plurality of documents using an internet hosting platform;
- (b) associating tagging parameters to said files;
- (c) transferring said files and said associated tagging parameters from said internet hosting platform to a storage server;
- (d) creating an entry in a database on said internet hosting platform identifying the location of said files on said storage server;
- (e) monitoring said files and said tagging parameters by a process monitor,
- wherein said process monitor continuously searches in said database to identify said files to be tagged, and once the process monitor identifies said files to be tagged, the process monitor transfers said files to be tagged from said storage server to a process server;
- (f) generating an access path for a selection webpage on said storage server using a web link;
- (g) creating a barcode tag referring to the selection webpage;
- (h) inserting the barcode tag into each said file according with said tagging parameters, wherein said barcode tag will appear on each said document;
- (i) transferring said files with an inserted barcode tag to said storage server at the location corresponding to web links of said selection webpage;
- (j) uploading a new version of one of said files on said internet hosting platform when said one of said files is modified;
- and
- (k) upon scanning said inserted barcode tag, presenting said selection webpage comprising a list of versions of said one of said files.
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