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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 27, 1994
John Meshinsky, Potomac, MD (US);
James Hammond, Falls Church, VA (US);
David Sherman, Arlington, VA (US);
Thomas Sweeting, Greenbelt, MD (US);
Stan Branche, Washington, DC (US);
Kenneth Tighe, Bethesda, MD (US);
Timothy Fleischer, Arlington, VA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A plurality of node index records are created in a database containing stored scanned image data and related index files. The node index records are batched in accordance with a hierarchy of documents from which they were derived. The index node records are stored in a work queue which is divided into stages. The first stage of the work queue includes a system administrator connected to the database which identifies a work flow comprising several processes to be carried out on the node index records and related image files. A plurality of workstations networked to the database carry out the work flow process and upon completion of each process, restores the index node records to a lower stage of the work queue where subsequent processes are carried out by the networked computer workstations.