Automatic aggregation of multiple documents into a common processing job

A system for aggregation of a plurality of documents into a common document processing job, comprising:

• a processor;
• a job processing queue for storing a plurality of documents in memory in communication with the processor, each document comprising document identification data corresponding thereto;
• and
• an associated user interface;
• wherein the memory in communication with the processor stores instructions which are executed by the processor for:
• receiving a document into the job processing queue;
• determining a similarity between the document and at least one additional document in the job processing queue in accordance with respective document identification data associated therewith;
• grouping a subset of the documents in the job processing queue into a common document processing job based at least in part on the similarity therebetween;
• applying at least one document processing option to the common document processing job;
• and
• outputting the common job inclusive of the at least one document processing option via the associated multifunction device.

A computer-implemented method for aggregating a plurality of documents into a common document processing job, comprising:

• with a processor associated with a multifunction device, receiving a document inclusive of document identification data into a job processing queue comprising a plurality of documents stored in memory of the associated multifunction device, wherein document identification data comprises at least one of a filename, a client identification, or a submission time;
• analyzing a filename so as to determine a naming convention associated therewith;
• comparing each filename of documents in the job processing queue to the determined naming convention;
• determining a submission time associated with each document in the job processing queue;
• grouping the subset of documents in accordance with at least one of the naming convention comparison or determined submission times occurring within a preset interval;
• applying at least one document processing option to the common document processing job;
• and
• outputting the common job inclusive of the at least one document processing option via the associated multifunction device.