System and method for managing documents with multiple network applications
AssigneesRicoh Company, Ltd., Ricoh Americas Corporation
InventorHiroshi Kitada
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Abstract
A method and system for managing documents, where the system includes a document manager server connected to image processing devices and to applications via a network. The document manager server receives identification information from the image processing devices and transmits information relating to network applications to the image processing devices. This information is then used to change the functionality of the image processing device.
Claims74
A method for managing documents, comprising the steps of:
- transmitting identification data from an image processing device to a server;
- retrieving, by the server, information corresponding to a plurality of network applications based on the identification data;
- transmitting the information from the server to the image processing device;
- receiving the information at the image processing device;
- and
- changing a functionality of the image processing device based on the received information.
A system for managing documents, comprising:
- an image processing device having an interface;
- a server having a module and an interface connected to the interface of the image processing device;
- the interface of the image processing device configured to transmit identification data from the image processing device to the server;
- the module of the server configured to retrieve, based on the identification data received from the interface of the image processing device, information stored in the server corresponding to a plurality of network applications;
- the interface of the server configured to transmit the information from the server to the image processing device;
- the interface of the image processing device configured to receive the information at the image processing device;
- and
- a processor of the image processing device configured to change a functionality of the image processing device based on the received information.
A system for managing documents, comprising:
- means for transmitting identification data from an image processing device to a server;
- means for retrieving, by the server, information corresponding to a plurality of network applications based on the identification data;
- means for transmitting the information from the server to the image processing device;
- means for receiving the information at the image processing device;
- and
- means for changing a functionality of the image processing device based on the received information.
A computer program product comprising a computer storage medium storing a computer program code mechanism which when executed by a computer, causes the computer to perform a method for managing documents, comprising:
- transmitting identification data from an image processing device to a server;
- causing a server to retrieve information corresponding to a plurality of network applications based on the identification data;
- receiving the information at the image processing device;
- and
- changing a functionality of the image processing device based on the received information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.