Patents Assigned to Electronic Paper Solutions, Inc.
  • Automated shelf management system and process for tracking and purging file folders in a file storage facility
    Patent number: 6758802
    Abstract: An automated system and process for managing paper files, particularly medical records contained in file folders and the like, in a file storage system having a predetermined size or limited expansion capacity. A shelf manager system includes a computer program and database which tracks the thickness of individual file folders, the capacity of storage shelf sections, and the percentage of free space remaining in each shelf section. The thickness of each file folder is measured whenever the file folder enters or leaves the primary file storage facility. File folder thickness is computed by weighing the file on an electronic scale or other caliper-based measure device. When occupied shelf space exceeds a threshold percentage for a shelf section, file folders are purged according to the likelihood that certain files will not be requested in the future by applying purging algorithms to the individual files.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2004
    Assignee: Electronic Paper Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Arthur C. Fitzgerald, John F. Coughlan, Jack B. Goldman
  • Automated shelf management system and process for tracking and purging file folders in a file storage facility
    Patent number: 6260049
    Abstract: An automated system and process for managing paper files, particularly medical records contained in file folders and the like, in a file storage system having a predetermined size or limited expansion capacity. A shelf manager system includes a computer program and database which tracks the thickness of individual file folders, the capacity of storage shelf sections, and the percentage of free space remaining in each shelf section. The thickness of each file folder is measured whenever the file folder enters or leaves the primary file storage facility. File folder thickness is computed by weighing the file on an electronic scale or other caliper-based measure device. When occupied shelf space exceeds a threshold percentage for a shelf section, file folders are purged according to the likelihood that certain files will not be requested in the future by applying purging algorithms to the individual files.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2001
    Assignee: Electronic Paper Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Arthur C. Fitzgerald, John F. Coughlan, Jack B. Goldman