The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2006
Shogo Hyakutake, Boonton Township, NJ (US);
Hiroaki Ishizuka, San Jose, CA (US);
Minoru Aoshima, Edgewater, NJ (US);
Akio Kizawa, Ridgewood, NJ (US);
Hiroshi Kitada, Tuckahoe, NY (US);
Shogo Hyakutake, Boonton Township, NJ (US);
Hiroaki Ishizuka, San Jose, CA (US);
Minoru Aoshima, Edgewater, NJ (US);
Akio Kizawa, Ridgewood, NJ (US);
Hiroshi Kitada, Tuckahoe, NY (US);
Ricoh Company Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Ricoh Americas Corporation, West Caldwell, NJ (US);
Abstract
A system, method and computer program product for managing documents. The system includes an image forming apparatus configured to display interactive menus so as to allow an operator of the image forming apparatus to interact with a document manager. The display interactive menus are downloaded from the document manager to the image forming apparatus based on a request by the operator. The document manager is configured to search for application services providers (ASPs) over a network and based on operator inputs. The document manager can search documents within the ASPs, retrieve documents and URLs, store documents and data. The system can provide basic and/or customized interactive menus displayed on the screen of the image forming apparatus.