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According to the preferred embodiments of the present invention, an apparatus and method for a digital filing system is disclosed. In this context, digital filing refers to the efficient management of paper-based information from its receipt at the desktop through an indexing, scanning, image storag

According to the preferred embodiments of the present invention, an apparatus and method for a digital filing system is disclosed. In this context, digital filing refers to the efficient management of paper-based information from its receipt at the desktop through an indexing, scanning, image storage and image retrieval process. The preferred embodiments of the present invention provide for easy and effective indexing, imaging, storing, retrieving and managing of paper-based documents, transforming them into electronic documents using a system which incorporates many existing office resources. The proposed system and method implements a desktop solution for digital filing, which can be made available to each worker. In one embodiment of the present invention, an individual has complete control over the electronic storage and retrieval of their documents from a standard desktop computer, using a standard web browser application. Uniquely, the digital filing system of the present invention also allows users to index and label documents prior to scanning/imaging by using a dedicated desktop labeling mechanism.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.] An apparatus comprising:at least one processor;a memory coupled to the at least one processor;a labeling mechanism, the labeling mechanism providing an attachable label that includes a computer readable unique document identifier for identifying an attached paper-based do

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] An apparatus comprising:at least one processor;a memory coupled to the at least one processor;a labeling mechanism, the labeling mechanism providing an attachable label that includes a computer readable unique document identifier for identifying an attached paper-based document; anda digital filing application residing in the memory and being executed by the at least one processor, the digital filing application parsing a scanned image of the paper-based document that includes the attachable label for the unique document identifier the digital filing application using the parsed unique document identifier to link the scanned image of the paper-based document to a previously created record for the paper based document in an image index database.