IP Library Granted Patent US 7,957,018
Granted Patent B2
US 7,957,018 · App. 11/149,996 · Granted Jun 7, 2011

Coversheet manager application

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Patent No.
US 7,957,018
App. No.
11/149,996
Granted
Jun 7, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method, and a system using the method, of managing and using a profile to be associated with a document. The method includes generating an identifier based on the profile and printing the identifier for use in scanning documents to be associated with the profile.

Claims (38)

1. A method of managing and using a profile associated with a document, the profile being one of a plurality of profiles stored in a database, the method comprising:

accessing all of the plurality of profiles stored in the database;

receiving a selection from a user for the profile to be associated with the document;

generating an identifier based on the selected profile;

printing by a printing device the identifier for use in scanning documents to be associated with the profile;

scanning the identifier and the document;

electronically associating the scanned document with the identifier and the selected profile;

electronically transmitting the scanned document to the database; and

electronically storing the scanned document at the database based on preprogrammed instructions and the associated identifier.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein generating the identifier further comprises forming at least one of a barcode, a scanner readable character, a computer readable character, and information of the profile.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising at least one of emailing the scanned document, copying the scanned document, and printing the scanned document based on the preprogrammed instructions and the associated identifier.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising editing the profile after printing the identifier.

5. A method of managing and using a profile associated with a document, the profile being one of a plurality of profiles stored in a database, the method comprising:

accessing all of the plurality of profiles stored in the database;

receiving from a user a selection for at least one of accessing an existing profile and

creating a new profile to identify the profile to be associated with the document;

generating an identifier based on the identified profile to be associated with the document;

printing by a printing device the identifier for use in scanning documents to be associated with the profile;

scanning the identifier and the document;

electronically associating the scanned document with the identifier and the selected profile;

electronically transmitting the scanned document to the database; and

electronically storing the scanned document at the database based on preprogrammed instructions and the associated identifier.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein generating the identifier further comprises imaging on a sheet at least one of a barcode, a scanner readable object, a computer readable object, and information of the profile.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein the receiving from the user the selection for at least one of the accessing the existing profile and the creating the new profile further comprises at least one of creating a new profile, copying the existing profile, editing the existing profile, and deleting the existing profile.

8. The method of claim 5 , further comprising at least one of emailing the scanned document, copying the scanned document, and printing the scanned document based on the preprogrammed instructions and the associated identifier.

9. The method of claim 5 , further comprising the act of editing the profile after printing the identifier.

10. A system for managing and using a profile associated with a document, the profile being one of a plurality of profiles stored in a database, the system comprising:

an application configured to access all of the plurality of profiles stored in the database, to receive a selection from a user for the profile to be associated with the document and to generate an identifier based on the selected profile;

a device configured to print the identifier for use in scanning documents to be associated with the profile;

a scanning device configured to scan the identifier and the document; and

a second application electronically associating the scanned document with the identifier and the profile; and

a database managing application having a preprogrammed routing instruction including an instruction to electronically transmit the scanned document to a database and an instruction to electronically store the scanned document at the database based on the associated identifier.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the identifier comprises at least one of a barcode, a scanner readable character, a computer readable character, and information of the profile.

12. The system of claim 6 , wherein the preprogrammed routing instruction further comprises at least one of an instruction to email the scanned document, an instruction to copy the scanned document, and an instruction to print the scanned document.

13. The system of claim 11 , further comprising a touch-screen application configured to access the database for the profile and to edit the profile after printing the identifier.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein the electronically associating is performed by an authorized user.

15. The method of claim 5 , wherein the electronically associating is performed by an authorized user.

16. The system of claim 10 , wherein the electronically associating is performed by an authorized user.

Assignments (7)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 5, 2026
From: LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC.
To: BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 074202/0293 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 5, 2026
From: LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC.
To: BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 074202/0192 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Sep 23, 2025
From: LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC.
To: CITIBANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 073007/0118 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Sep 23, 2025
From: LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC.
To: JEFFERIES FINANCE LLC
Reel/Frame 073007/0346 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 18, 2024
From: CHINA CITIC BANK CORPORATION LIMITED, GUANGZHOU BRANCH, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Reel/Frame 066345/0026 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE INCORRECT U.S. PATENT NUMBER PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 046989 FRAME: 0396. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT. Recorded Oct 24, 2018
From: LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC.
To: CHINA CITIC BANK CORPORATION LIMITED, GUANGZHOU BRANCH, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 047760/0795 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Aug 30, 2018
From: LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC.
To: CHINA CITIC BANK CORPORATION LIMITED, GUANGZHOU BRANCH, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 046989/0396 →