Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
68 words
A system for accessing or distributing electronic documents, including: a database of electronic documents and corresponding document references, and a plurality of objects, at least one of said objects preferably being portable or mobile, each object including means for communicating with the or each other object and with a user interface, and means for receiving, storing or transmitting a document reference corresponding to one of said electronic documents.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
57 words
A portable device for accessing or distributing electronic documents, including: means for communicating with fixed or mobile electronic devices and with a user interface, at least one of said devices including a database of electronic documents and corresponding document references, and means for receiving, storing or transmitting a document reference corresponding to one of said electronic documents.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
15 words
The device according to claim 2, wherein said user interface is integral with the device.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
27 words
The device according to claim 2 or 3, further including means for displaying a representation of the or each document whose reference is stored in the device.
Claim 5
Independent Claim
70 words
An apparatus for scanning, copying and/or printing documents, including: means for accessing a database of electronic documents, each electronic document having a corresponding document reference, means for communicating with one or more of a plurality of objects, at least one of said objects preferably being portable or mobile, and with a user interface, and means for receiving, storing or transmitting a document reference corresponding to one of said electronic documents.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
20 words
The system, device or apparatus of any of the preceding claims, wherein the means for communicating includes an infrared transceiver.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
28 words
The system, device or apparatus of any of the preceding claims, further including means for determining whether one or more other objects in located in the vicinity thereof.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
27 words
The system, device or apparatus of claim 7, wherein the determining means includes means for identifying the or each object found to be in the vicinity thereof.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
27 words
The system, device or apparatus of claim 8, further including means for displaying a representation of the or each object found to be in the vicinity thereof.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
67 words
The device of claim 9 when dependent on claim 4, wherein said user interface is adapted to highlight the representation of one of said documents upon its selection by a user, and the device further includes means for initiating transmission of the document reference corresponding to said one document to another object upon the user copying the representation of said document onto the representation of said object.