Document tracking methods and system therefor
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsSteven G. Henry, Steve Rossman, Jeffrey G. Wiley
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Abstract
Document tracking methods and system therefor. Preferred embodiments may comprise sending a document from a multifunction device to a network destination, and sending a tracking component for the document from the multifunction device to a receipt service. The receipt service may generate a return receipt based at least in part on the tracking component when the document is at the network destination to acknowledge receipt of the document by the network destination.
Claims27
A document tracking method, comprising:
- sending a document from a multifunction device to a network destination;
- sending a tracking component for said document from said multifunction device to a receipt service;
- and
- generating a return receipt based at least in part on said tracking component at said receipt service when said document is at said network destination to acknowledge receipt of said document by said network destination.
A document tracking method, comprising:
- sending an electronic document from a multifunction device to a network destination;
- sending a confirmation of receipt to said receipt service when said electronic document is at said network destination;
- and
- generating a return receipt at said receipt service based at least in part on said confirmation of receipt to acknowledge receipt of said electronic document by said network destination.
A system for tracking a document, comprising:
- a multifunction device for sending said document to a network destination;
- a tracking component generated for said document and sent from said multifunction device;
- a confirmation of receipt sent from said network destination when said document is at said network destination;
- and
- a receipt service for receiving said tracking component and said confirmation of receipt and for generating a return receipt based at least in part on said tracking component and said confirmation of receipt to acknowledge receipt of said document by said network destination.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.