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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2013
Konica Minolta Laboratory U.s.a., Inc., San Mateo, CA (US);
Kirk Steven Tecu, Longmont, CO (US);
Konica Minolta Laboratory U.S.A., Inc., San Mateo, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for managing an electronic document (ED) using an electronic content management (ECM) system, including: receiving a submission comprising the ED; generating a unique identifier (UID), a first version number, and a first mapping linking the UID and the first version number to the ED; inserting a first symbol corresponding to the UID and the first version number into the ED; generating a first archived document corresponding to the ED and comprising the first symbol; distributing the first archived document; receiving a submission comprising a revised version of the ED from a user; generating a second version number and a second mapping linking the UID and the second version number to the revised version; inserting a second symbol corresponding to the UID and the second version number into the revised version; and generating a second archived document corresponding to the revised version and comprising the second symbol.