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Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2013

Filed:

Dec. 28, 2010
Applicants:

Jonathan J. Hull, San Carlos, CA (US);

Jamey Graham, San Jose, CA (US);

Dar-shyang Lee, Union City, CA (US);

Inventors:

Jonathan J. Hull, San Carlos, CA (US);

Jamey Graham, San Jose, CA (US);

Dar-Shyang Lee, Union City, CA (US);

Assignee:

Ricoh Company Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/12 (2006.01); G06F 19/00 (2011.01); G06K 15/00 (2006.01); H04Q 5/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

According to one set of embodiments, techniques are provided for performing actions based upon physical locations of one or more paper documents. According to another set of embodiments, techniques are provided for tracking the physical locations of paper documents. According to another set of embodiments, techniques are provided for determining electronic document information for paper documents. According to another set of embodiments, techniques are provided for determining and tracking the contents of a container. According to another set of embodiments, a document security system is provided. According to another set of embodiments, techniques are provided for tracking documents in a workflow.


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