Managing electronic documents
OwnerGerd Ritterinventor
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Abstract
A method of reducing a user's work load relating to administrating an electronic document includes displaying an electronic document to a user in a computer system, and receiving an input from the user, the input specifying a future time when a predefined action is to be automatically taken with regard to the electronic document. The specified future time is recorded in the computer system for automatically taking the predefined action with regard to the electronic document. The predefined action may involve deleting, archiving, or changing a status or classification of the electronic document. There may be specified a condition for taking the predefined action at the specified future time.
Claims25
A method of reducing a user's work load relating to managing an electronic document, the method comprising:
- displaying an electronic document to a user in a computer system;
- receiving an input from the user, the input specifying a future time when a predefined action is to be automatically taken with regard to the electronic document;
- and
- recording the specified future time in the computer system for automatically taking the predefined action with regard to the electronic document.
A computer program product tangibly embodied in an information carrier, the computer program product including instructions that, when executed, cause a processor to perform operations comprising:
- display an electronic document to a user in a computer system;
- receive an input from the user, the input specifying a future time when a predefined action is to be automatically taken with regard to the electronic document;
- and
- record the specified future time in the computer system for automatically taking the predefined action with regard to the electronic document.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.