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Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2012

Filed:

Oct. 11, 2006
Applicants:

Yuki Uchida, Wayne, NJ (US);

Shogo Hyakutake, Boonton Township, NJ (US);

Minoru Aoshima, Edgewater, NJ (US);

Inventors:

Yuki Uchida, Wayne, NJ (US);

Shogo Hyakutake, Boonton Township, NJ (US);

Minoru Aoshima, Edgewater, NJ (US);

Assignees:

Ricoh Americas Corporation, West Caldwell, NJ (US);

Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A system, method and computer program product for managing documents. The system includes a document manager that is configured to search for application services providers (ASPs) over a network and based on a user input. The document manager can search documents within the ASPs, retrieve documents and URLs, store documents and data, format documents, generate and issue unified bills from a plurality of bills from a plurality of ASPs. The documents manager can provide consulting advise to the user regarding document managing, and can manage the documents stored on a user storage device, for example by transferring these documents to a ASP storage device after storage time periods associated with the documents.


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