US 7,889,374 B2Granted

System and method for routing electronic documents for processing via transient e-mail addressing

AssigneesKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha

InventorsJianxin Wang, Truc Nguyen, William Su, Peter Tran

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Abstract

The subject application is directed to a mobile document processing system and method. A request for a transient address corresponding to mobile document processing operations is first received from an associated user. Upon receipt of the request, a transient address is generated corresponding to the associated user. Transient address data is then generated for routing electronic documents in accordance with a received document processing request. A document processing request is then received corresponding to a request for the performance of processing of at least one electronic document. The at least one electronic document is then routed to an associated document processing device, data storage device, or facsimile device corresponding to the transient address. The associated document processing device, data storage device, or facsimile device then commences a document processing operation according to the received document processing request. Upon the occurrence of a selected event, the transient address is deleted.

Claims12

Dependent claims

A mobile document processing system comprising:

means adapted for receiving a transient address request for generation of a transient address from an associated user via a non electronic mail data interchange into a document processing gateway associated with a document processing device;
means adapted for generating, at the document processing gateway, transient address data for routing of electronic documents in accordance with a received request;
means adapted for receiving a document processing request for processing of at least one electronic document from the associated user via the data interchange;
means adapted for routing the at least one electronic document to an associated document processing device from the document processing gateway to the transient address;
a user interface associated with the document processing device and operable to access document processing functionality thereof;
means adapted for receiving a release command from a user associated with the electronic document via the user interface;
means adapted for commencing a document processing operation by the associated document processing device in accordance with a received document processing request wherein a document output is generated in accordance with a received release command;
and
means adapted for deleting the transient address upon occurrence of a selected event.

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Facts

Application: 11/625,638Filed 22 Jan 2007
Published: US 2008/0174805 A124 Jul 2008
Granted: 15 Feb 2011
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification13 codes

H04N 1/00244
With a digital computer or a digital computer system, e.g. an internet server: with a server, e.g. an internet server
G06F 3/1204
Improving or facilitating administration, e.g. print management: resulting in reduced user or operator actions, e.g. presetting, automatic…
G06F 3/1231
Printer resources management or printer maintenance, e.g. device status, power levels: device related settings, e.g. IP address, Name, Identification
G06F 3/1236
Specifically adapted to use a particular technique: connection management