US Patent 7853629 Document imaging and management system for paperless workflow

A document imaging and management system, including a device for imaging at least one document having at least one computer-readable identifier, a database including a plurality of rules for managing documents and tasks, a processor, software executing on the processor for reading the computer-readable identifier, software executing on the processor for routing the imaged document based on the identifier, and software executing on the processor for determining a task associated with the document based on the identifier and at least one of the plurality of rules.