US Patent:
20100033763, Feb 11, 2010
Inventors:
Saeed Anooshfar - San Francisco CA, US
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha - Tokyo
International Classification:
G06F 3/12
H04N 1/04
Abstract:
A computer network scanning system and method for fulfilling a scan order using at least one scanner node on a computer network. The computer network scanning includes at least one computer terminal adapted to receive input for the creation of the scan order, at least one order entry server computer configured to create and distribute the scan order, and at least one scanner node, each scanner node configured to process scan orders set to or received by the scanner node. The computer network scanning method includes the steps of creating a can order, submitting he scan order to a scanner node, processing he scan order at the scanner node, and updating the computer network scanning system of the completion of the scan order.