System, computer program product and method for selecting an application service provider

Abstract

A system, computer program product, and method for managing ASP documents includes requesting a transfer of an ASP document at an ASP user device connected to a remote document manager and a remote ASP via a network such as the Internet, establishing a predetermined time for effecting a transfer of the ASP document, and transferring the ASP document at a predetermined time via the network. According to one embodiment of the first aspect, the step of requesting a transfer may include sending a deferred transfer request to the remote document manager via the network when the ASP user device logs on to the remote document manager. In this regard, the user requests a transfer by inputting a deferred transfer option from a menu received from the remote document manager via the network. The step of establishing a predetermined time for effecting a transfer of the ASP document may include inputting the predetermined time, and sending the predetermined time to the remote document manager via the network or requesting the remote document manager to establish the predetermined time without sending a predetermined time to the remote document manager.

1 . A method for managing applications service provider (ASP) documents, comprising: 
 requesting a transfer of an ASP document at an ASP user device connected to a remote document manager and a remote ASP via a network;    establishing a predetermined time for effecting a transfer of said ASP document; and    transferring said ASP document at a predetermined time via said network.