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US 7,069,453 B1Granted
Paper document satchels
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsJames D. Thornton, Anthony G. LaMarca
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Abstract
A paper document satchel is an ordinary piece of paper that functions as a fully functional document token repository by virtue of the data encoded in printed marks on the page. The paper document satchel provides a portable and functional way to transfer document, reference, owner, etc., information between computer systems.
Claims27
A system for producing and processing a paper document, comprising:
- a token generator that generates user-selectable tokens relating to at least one other document, the other document being an electronic document, for purposes of linking the other document;
- an encoder that encodes the generated tokens;
- a printer that prints the encoded tokens onto the paper document;
- and
- a selector that allows a user to select one or more decoded tokens from a list of decoded tokens.
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A system for producing and processing a paper document, comprising:
- token generating means for generating user-selectable tokens relating to at least one other document, the other document being an electronic document, for purposes of linking the other document;
- encoding means for encoding the generated tokens;
- printer means for printing the encoded tokens onto the paper document;
- and
- a selector means for selecting from a list of decoded tokens one or more of the user-selectable tokens that have been decoded.
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A method for producing and processing a paper document, comprising:
- generating user selectable tokens relating to at least one other document, the other document being an electronic document, for purposes of linking the other document;
- encoding the generated tokens;
- printing the encoded tokens onto the paper document;
- and
- selecting one or more of the user-selectable tokens that have been decoded from a list of decoded tokens.
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A system for processing a paper document, comprising:
- a scanner that reads embedded tokens in the paper document;
- a segment token decoder that receives image data from the scanner and identifies and decodes the tokens in order to generate a list of decoded tokens;
- and
- a token selector that allows a user to select which decoded tokens to access from the list of decoded tokens.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.