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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2006
Yuki Uchida, Wayne, NJ (US);
Shogo Hyakutake, Boonton Township, NJ (US);
Minoru Aoshima, Edgewater, NJ (US);
Yuki Uchida, Wayne, NJ (US);
Shogo Hyakutake, Boonton Township, NJ (US);
Minoru Aoshima, Edgewater, NJ (US);
Ricoh Americas Corporation, West Caldwell, NJ (US);
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
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.