US 2008/0174806 A1Published application

System and method for accessing electronic documents via a document processing device

OwnerHarpreet Singh, Louis Ormondinventors

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Abstract

The subject application is directed to a document processing device control and file navigation system and method. Identification data is received from a user via a user interface associated with a document processing device. Control image data is then displayed to the user representing control operations of the device, from which the user then selects either a document processing operation or a file operation via the user interface. When a document processing operation is selected, control input data is received from the user representing a desired device operation. When a file operation is selected, electronic files and storage areas associated with the user are retrieved and displayed. File operation data is then received via the interface, corresponding to the selection of an electronic document file operation. The received file operation data is then communicated via a computer network to a data processing device for the commencement of the selected operation.

Claims18

Dependent claims

A document processing device control and file navigation system comprising:

a user interface including a display and an user input device;
means adapted for receiving identification data from an associated user via the user interface;
means adapted for generating control image data on the display representative of control operations for an associated document processing device;
means adapted for receiving selection data from the associated user via the user interface, the selection data selecting at least one of document processing device control and electronic document file operations;
means adapted for receiving, upon selection of document processing device control, control input data from an associated user via the user interface representative of at least one desired operation of the document processing device selected in accordance with a display of control image data on the display;
means adapted for retrieving, via an associated network, electronic file data representative of electronic files and storage areas associated with received identification data;
means adapted for generating, upon selection of electronic document file operations, file image data on the display corresponding to retrieved electronic file data;
means adapted for receiving file operation data from the associated user via the user interface, the file operation data representative of at least one selected file operation selected in accordance with a display of file image data on the display;
and
means adapted for communicating received file operation data via the associated network to a networked data processing device for commencement of a file operation corresponding thereto.

7 more elements

A document processing device control and file navigation method comprising the steps of:

receiving identification data from an associated user via an associated user interface;
generating control image data on a display of the user interface representative of control operations for an associated document processing device;
receiving selection data from the associated user via the user interface, the selection data selecting at least one of document processing device control and electronic document file operations;
receiving, upon selection of document processing device control, control input data from an associated user via the user interface representative of at least one desired operation of the document processing device selected in accordance with a display of control image data on the display;
retrieving, via an associated network, electronic file data representative of electronic files and storage areas associated with received identification data;
generating, upon selection of electronic document file operations, file image data on the display corresponding to retrieved electronic file data;
receiving file operation data from the associated user via the user interface, the file operation data representative of at least one selected file operation selected in accordance with a display of file image data on the display;
and
communicating received file operation data via the associated network to a networked data processing device for commencement of a file operation corresponding thereto.

6 more elements

A computer-implemented method for document processing device control and file navigation comprising the steps of:

receiving identification data from an associated user via an associated user interface;
generating control image data on a display of the user interface representative of control operations for an associated document processing device;
receiving selection data from the associated user via the user interface, the selection data selecting at least one of document processing device control and electronic document file operations;
receiving, upon selection of document processing device control, control input data from an associated user via the user interface representative of at least one desired operation of the document processing device selected in accordance with a display of control image data on the display;
retrieving, via an associated network, electronic file data representative of electronic files and storage areas associated with received identification data;
generating, upon selection of electronic document file operations, file image data on the display corresponding to retrieved electronic file data;
receiving file operation data from the associated user via the user interface, the file operation data representative of at least one selected file operation selected in accordance with a display of file image data on the display;
and
communicating received file operation data via the associated network to a networked data processing device for commencement of a file operation corresponding thereto.

6 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 11/626,798Filed 24 Jan 2007
Published: 24 Jul 2008
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification14 codes

H04N 1/00209
With a digital computer or a digital computer system, e.g. an internet server: transmitting or receiving image data, e.g. facsimile data, via a…
G06F 3/1206
Improving or facilitating administration, e.g. print management: resulting in increased flexibility in input data format or job format or job type
G06F 3/1271
Job submission, e.g. submitting print job order or request not the print data itself: job submission at the printing node, e.g. creating a job…
G06F 3/1285
Specifically adapted to adopt a particular infrastructure: remote printer device, e.g. being remote from client or server