Office automation system with integrated image management
April 17, 2007. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent ReferencesMethod and apparatus for electronic image processing of documents for accounting purposes System for digital transmission and synthesis of integrated data Image storage and retrieval Management communication terminal system Character and image processing apparatus Name usage support through distributed processing networks linked by bridges and/or gateways Translation of virtual and real addresses to system addresses Image processing system Image information processing system Patent #: 4694352 InventorsAssigneeApplicationNo. 948375 filed on 12/31/1986US Classes:707/10, Distributed or remote access707/104.1Application of database or data structure (e.g., distributed, multimedia, image)ExaminersPrimary: Harkcom, Gary V.Assistant: Jaffe, Michael A. Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassG06F 013/00AbstractAn office automation system that provides for the incorporation of documents of all types by integrating images into the system. A minicomputer-based system includes applications such as word processing, data base, and mail, each of which can access image documents. Bulk storage of document images is provided using a variety of storage media such as microfilm, microfiche, and optical disks. An image access subsystem provides to each of the office automation applications uniform access to images stored on all of the media. The image access subsystem can use a hardward controller to handle some of the complexity of retrieval of images from the image storage devices. A relational data base system is used to organize the stored images so as to provide flexible access to the images and to isolate any effects of reconfiguration of the image storage system. | |
