Electronic document sender system and method with external address access

Filing Information

• Publication Number: US20020198947
• Application Number: US9887833
• Filing date: 06/21/2001
• Publication date: 12/26/2002
• Predicted expiration date: 06/21/2021

• U.S. Classifications: 709/206  ·
• International Classifications: G06F015/16 ·
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Abstract

A method of electronic document sending comprises importing an electronic address of an electronic document receiver from a mobile computing device into an electronic document sender and sending an electronic document from the electronic document sender to the electronic address. An electronic document sender comprises a communication module configured for electronically sending an electronic document to an electronic address of an electronic document receiver and configured for importing the electronic address of the electronic document receiver from a mobile computing device.

Independent Claims | See all claims (25)

1. 1. A method of electronic document sending comprising: sending an electronic document from an electronic document sender to an electronic document receiver having an electronic address; and electronically obtaining the electronic address from an address book located externally of the electronic document sender.
2. 7. A method of document sending comprising: importing an electronic address of an electronic document receiver from a mobile computing device into an electronic document sender; and sending an electronic document from the electronic document sender to the electronic document receiver using the electronic address.
3. 12. An electronic document sender comprising: an imaging mechanism configured for creating an electronic document from a paper document; a user interface configured for activating the imaging mechanism, configured for requesting an electronic address of an electronic document receiver from a mobile computing device, and configured for initiating sending the electronic document to the electronic document receiver; and a communication module configured for wirelessly obtaining the electronic address from the mobile computing device and configured for sending the electronic document to the electronic address of the electronic document receiver.
4. 15. An electronic document sending system comprising: an electronic document receiver having an electronic address; a mobile computing device having an external address book with the electronic address of the electronic document receiver; and an electronic document sender configured for sending an electronic document to the electronic address of the electronic document receiver and configured for obtaining the electronic address from the address book of the mobile computing device.
5. 16. A user interface of an electronic document sender comprising: a initiation mechanism configured for initiating sending an electronic document to an electronic document receiver at an electronic address; and a communication module configured for requesting the electronic address of the electronic document receiver from a mobile computing device.
6. 18. An address book of an electronic document sender comprising: an internal storage and retrieval mechanism for maintaining a database of at least one electronic address of a electronic document receiver; and an external retrieval mechanism configured for optionally obtaining the at least one electronic address of the electronic document receiver from a mobile computing device.
7. 19. A mobile computing device comprising: at least one of a portable computer, personal digital assistant, and a mobile phone, each of which includes: an address book containing at least one electronic address of an electronic document receiver; and a wireless communication module for transmitting the at least one electronic address from the mobile computing device to an electronic document sender.
8. 20. An electronic document sender comprising: an imaging mechanism configured for creating an electronic document from a paper document; a user interface configured to perform the following tasks: activating the imaging mechanism; requesting an electronic address of an electronic document receiver from a mobile computing device; and initiating sending the electronic document to the electronic document receiver; and a communication module configured to perform the following tasks: wirelessly obtaining the electronic address from the mobile computing device; and sending the electronic document to the electronic address of the electronic document receiver.
9. 21. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for performing a method of electronic document sending, the method comprising: sending an electronic document from an electronic document sender to an electronic document receiver having an electronic address; and electronically obtaining the electronic address from an address book located externally of the electronic document sender.
10. 23. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for performing a method of document sending, the method comprising: importing an electronic address of an electronic document receiver from a mobile computing device into an electronic document sender; and sending an electronic document from the electronic document sender to the electronic document receiver using the electronic address.