IP Library Granted Patent US 10,659,647
Granted Patent B1
US 10,659,647 · App. 16/227,717 · Granted May 19, 2020

Systems and methods of processing a document in an imaging device

Inventor: Neal Fredrick Vittitoe (Lexington, KY)
Assignee: LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC.
H04N1/32149G06F17/289H04N1/00244H04N1/393
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Patent No.
US 10,659,647
App. No.
16/227,717
Granted
May 19, 2020
Kind
B1
Abstract

An imaging device and a method of processing a document at the imaging device which includes receiving a message associated with the document, transmitting the message to a server communicatively connected to the imaging device, receiving an identifier of the message as stored in the server, converting the identifier to an image scannable by a mobile device, and adding the image to an output page of the document. An input language and an output language of the message associated with the document may be predetermined or may be received from a user of the imaging device.

Claims (71)

1. A method of processing a document at an imaging device, comprising:

receiving a message associated with the document;

transmitting the message to a server communicatively connected to the imaging device;

receiving an identifier of the message as stored in the server;

converting the identifier to an image scannable by a mobile device;

adding the image to an output page of the document;

determining whether the document is one of a single-page document and a multiple-page document prior to the adding the image to the output page; and

wherein upon the determination that the document is a single-page document, determining whether to add the image to the single-page document, and upon a positive determination, resizing a content of the document prior the adding the image to the output page.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving a pre-printed document on the imaging device.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving at least one of an input language and an output language for the message and sending the at least one of the input language and the output language to the server, wherein the identifier leads a user of the mobile device to a translation of the message from the input language to the output language as stored in the server.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising storing the output page upon receiving a request to store the output page, wherein the output page is stored in at least one of the imaging device and the server.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining whether the message as stored in the server has been accessed by a user and sending a notification to an owner of the document upon a positive determination.

6. A method of processing a document at an imaging device, comprising:

receiving a message associated with the document and an output language for the message;

sending the message and the output language to a server communicatively connected to the imaging device;

receiving an identifier of a translation of the message in the output language from the server;

generating a scannable image using the identifier;

adding the scannable image to an output page;

determining whether the document is one of a single-page document and a multiple-page document; and

wherein the adding the scannable image to the output page is performed upon the determination that the document is a single-page document and upon a determination that the scannable image is not to be added to the single-page document.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the adding the scannable image to the output page comprises adding the scannable image to a user-selected portion of the output page.

8. The method of claim 6 , further comprising performing at least one of printing the output page and storing the output page in the imaging device.

9. The method of claim 6 , wherein the output page is an output page separate from an output page of a document.

10. An imaging device having a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium containing one or more instructions for processing a document, the one or more instructions comprising an instruction to:

receive a message associated with the document;

send the message to a server communicatively connected to the imaging device;

receive an identifier of the message as stored in the server;

add the identifier to an output page of the document;

determine at least one of an input language and an output language for translating the message received; and

send the at least one of the input language and the output language to the server,

wherein the identifier of the message links to a translation of the message in the output language.

11. The imaging device of claim 10 , wherein the instruction to receive the message comprises an instruction to receive the message from a user via at least one of a keypad and an audio receiver communicatively coupled to the imaging device.

12. The imaging device of claim 10 , wherein the imaging device further comprises an instruction to:

generate a code readable by a mobile device following receipt of the identifier; and add the code to the output page.

13. The imaging device of claim 10 , wherein the imaging device further comprises an instruction to resize a content of the output page prior to performing the instruction to add the identifier to the output page.

14. A method of processing a document at an imaging device, comprising:

receiving a message associated with the document;

transmitting the message to a server communicatively connected to the imaging device;

receiving an identifier of the message as stored in the server;

converting the identifier to an image scannable by a mobile device;

adding the image to an output page of the document; and

receiving at least one of an input language and an output language for the message and sending the at least one of the input language and the output language to the server, wherein the identifier leads a user of the mobile device to a translation of the message from the input language to the output language as stored in the server.

15. A method of processing a document at an imaging device, comprising:

receiving a message associated with the document;

transmitting the message to a server communicatively connected to the imaging device;

receiving an identifier of the message as stored in the server;

converting the identifier to an image scannable by a mobile device;

adding the image to an output page of the document; and

determining whether the message as stored in the server has been accessed by a user and sending a notification to an owner of the document upon a positive determination.

16. A method of processing a document at an imaging device, comprising:

receiving a message associated with the document and an output language for the message;

sending the message and the output language to a server communicatively connected to the imaging device;

receiving an identifier of a translation of the message in the output language from the server;

generating a scannable image using the identifier;

adding the scannable image to an output page;

determining whether the document is one of a single-page document and a multiple-page document; and

wherein adding the scannable image to the output page is performed upon the determination that the document is a multiple-page document and upon a determination that the multiple-page document does not include one or more predetermined pages for containing the image.

17. An imaging device having a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium containing one or more instructions for processing a document, the one or more instructions comprising an instruction to:

receive a message associated with the document;

send the message to a server communicatively connected to the imaging device;

receive an identifier of the message as stored in the server;

add the identifier to an output page of the document; and

resize a content of the output page prior to performing the instruction to add the identifier to the output page.

18. A method of processing a document at an imaging device, comprising:

receiving a message associated with the document;

transmitting the message to a server communicatively connected to the imaging device;

receiving an identifier of the message as stored in the server;

converting the identifier to an image scannable by a mobile device;

adding the image to an output page of the document;

determining whether the document is one of a single-page document and a multiple-page document prior to the adding the image to the output page; and

wherein upon a determination that the document is a multiple-page document, determining whether the multiple-page document includes one or more predetermined pages for containing the image, and upon a positive determination, resizing a content of each predetermined page of the one or more predetermined pages prior to the adding the image to each predetermined output page.

Assignments (5)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 5, 2026
From: LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC.
To: BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 074202/0192 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 5, 2026
From: LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC.
To: BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 074202/0293 →
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 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 20, 2018
From: VITTITOE, NEAL FREDRICK
To: LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Reel/Frame 047833/0084 →