Toshio Kanoh

58730770, Feb 16, 1999

Apr 16, 1996

8/632681

Toshio Kanoh - Mountain View CA
Gregory J. Wolff - Mountain View CA

Ricoh Corporation - Menlo Park CA
Ricoh Company, Ltd. - Tokyo

G06F 1730

707 3

While Web servers and clients, such as Mosiac, have opened the door to on-line publishers and consumers of information, these services have only been available to those having an Internet connection. In other words, individuals that do not have a direct Internet connection, including a computer and a data channel to the Internet, cannot search for documents and other resources available through the Web. The present invention obtains documents by receiving a facsimile transmission of a document with at least one search term and performing a search based on search terms on the received document.

60614781, May 9, 2000

May 21, 1997

8/859929

Toshio Kanoh - Mountain View CA
Jonathan J. Hull - Cupertino CA

Ricoh Company, Ltd. - Tokyo
Ricoh Corporation - Caldwell NJ

G06K 954

382305

In an improved filing and retrieval system, documents associated with a name card are scanned for electronic storage, the name card is scanned for electronic storage of its image and the electronic version of the document is associated with the electronic version of the name card. The name card is then stored in a name card file, usually a conventional name card storage system. When retrieval of a document associated with a particular name card is desired, the name card is obtained from the name card file, scanned, and the scanned image is matched to the previously stored scanned image of the name card. Once the correct name card is identified electronically, the associated documents are retrieved.