A graphical user interface that presents document destinations in terms of
recipient objects readily familiar to the user is provided by the present
invention. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method
for specifying delivery information for electronic documents can include
the step of displaying a plurality of potential recipients to a user.
Responsive to input from the user, the method can select at least one
potential recipient from the plurality of potential recipients to form a
plurality of selected recipients. The method then performs a scanning
operation of a document to form an electronic copy of the document. The
electronic copy of the document can be transmitted to the plurality of
selected recipients. A step of incorporating the electronic copy of the
document into a database belonging to each of the plurality of selected
recipients is also included in the method.