Systems and Methods for Monitoring Document Life Cycle and Destruction

摘要

Systems and methods for monitoring and managing documents printed by an imaging device, including receiving an electronic copy of a document printed by the imaging device and metadata associated with the document, automatically storing the electronic copy of the document and the associated metadata, associating a time period with the stored electronic copy and the associated metadata, the time period being a time during which the document is available for use. The methods further include automatically sending a notification, after the time period has elapsed, to a user, the notification requesting that the document needs to be destroyed.

主权项

1. A method of monitoring one or more documents processed by an imaging device, comprising:
receiving, from a imaging device, an electronic copy of a document processed by the imaging device and metadata associated with the document; automatically storing the electronic copy of the document and the associated metadata; associating a time period with the stored electronic copy and the associated metadata, the time period being a time during which the document is available for use; and to after the time period has elapsed, automatically sending a notification that the document needs to be destroyed, wherein at least one of the receiving, the storing, the associating and the sending is performed by a processor.