Computer network system and method for managing documents
US5666490A · kind A · utility
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | May 16, 1994 |
| Grant date | Sep 9, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 16, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q10/103
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An electronic document management system converts documents into electronic images which can be sequentially routed to individual users in a network system. The network system includes at least two work nodes for processing the documents where one of the nodes is a data entry work node. The documents are subdivided into two or more subdivisions which are classified by subdivision type. The images are routed through the network system according to predefined routing schemes based on its subdivision type. The routing scheme for the documents includes at least one data entry node where data contained in the document is entered into a database. As the data is entered into the database, it is dynamically linked with its corresponding image which is also stored in the network.
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