Mark H Minshull

US Patent:

20060149722, Jul 6, 2006

Filed:

Feb 28, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/365331

Inventors:

Kurt Piersol - Santa Cruz CA, US
Bert Rankin - Los Altos CA, US
Mark Minshull - Los Gatos CA, US
Tony Hammer - Saratoga CA, US

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707003000, 707204000

Abstract:

Methods and apparatuses for management of unconsciously captured documents are described. Various documents generated by networked devices are unconsciously captured and stored according to a non-semantic organization. The unconsciously captured documents are archived for possible search and retrieval at a later time. When an event occurs (e.g., lawsuit, audit, change in ownership) that results in a desire for a particular subset of the unconsciously captured documents, the documents are searched for a relevant subset. The subset of documents identified by the search are copied and stored according to a second organization (e.g., subject matter, particular audit). In one embodiment, subsequent unconsciously captured documents are stored according to the first organization. If the subsequent documents satisfy the criteria for the subset of documents, the subsequent documents are copied and stored according to the second organization.

US Patent:

7039864, May 2, 2006

Filed:

May 15, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/571163

Inventors:

Kurt W. Piersol - Santa Cruz CA, US
Bert Rankin - Los Altos CA, US
Mark Minshull - Los Gatos CA, US
Tony Hammer - Saratoga CA, US

Assignee:

Ricoh Co., Ltd. - Tokyo

International Classification:

G06K 9/36

US Classification:

715530, 7155011, 707204, 707 3

Abstract:

Methods and apparatuses for management of unconsciously captured documents are described. Various documents generated by networked devices are unconsciously captured and stored according to a non-semantic organization. The unconsciously captured documents are archived for possible search and retrieval at a later time. When an event occurs (e. g. , lawsuit, audit, change in ownership) that results in a desire for a particular subset of the unconsciously captured documents, the documents are searched for a relevant subset. The subset of documents identified by the search are copied and stored according to a second organization (e. g. , subject matter, particular audit). In one embodiment, subsequent unconsciously captured documents are stored according to the first organization. If the subsequent documents satisfy the criteria for the subset of documents, the subsequent documents are copied and stored according to the second organization.