1. An apparatus comprising: a controller of a scanner configured to receive a request from a user to register a plurality of remote computing devices at the scanner for remotely assigning metadata to a scanned document generated by the scanner, to generate the scanned document at the scanner for the user, and to hold the scanned document pending a data entry activity by the user at one of the plurality of remote computing devices; the controller configured to identify a workflow associated with the scanned document, and to identify the metadata for the scanned document based on the workflow; the controller configured to identify one of the plurality of remote computing devices for performing the data entry activity by the user from the plurality of remote computing devices that are registered at the scanner, to generate a web page that requests the metadata based on the workflow, and to provide a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) link for the web page to the one of the plurality of remote computing devices; the controller configured to receive a request from the one of the plurality of remote computing devices for the web page, to provide the web page to the one of the plurality of remote computing devices for entering the metadata for the scanned document from the user, and to receive the metadata for the scanned document utilizing the web page provided to the one of the plurality of remote computing devices; and the controller configured to assign the metadata received from the web page provided to the one of the plurality of remote computing devices to the scanned document, and to release the scanned document to a scan destination.
1. An apparatus comprising: a controller of a scanner configured to receive a request from a user to register a plurality of remote computing devices at the scanner for remotely assigning metadata to a scanned document generated by the scanner, to generate the scanned document at the scanner for the user, and to hold the scanned document pending a data entry activity by the user at one of the plurality of remote computing devices; the controller configured to identify a workflow associated with the scanned document, and to identify the metadata for the scanned document based on the workflow; the controller configured to identify one of the plurality of remote computing devices for performing the data entry activity by the user from the plurality of remote computing devices that are registered at the scanner, to generate a web page that requests the metadata based on the workflow, and to provide a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) link for the web page to the one of the plurality of remote computing devices; the controller configured to receive a request from the one of the plurality of remote computing devices for the web page, to provide the web page to the one of the plurality of remote computing devices for entering the metadata for the scanned document from the user, and to receive the metadata for the scanned document utilizing the web page provided to the one of the plurality of remote computing devices; and the controller configured to assign the metadata received from the web page provided to the one of the plurality of remote computing devices to the scanned document, and to release the scanned document to a scan destination. 2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein: the controller is configured to provide the HTTP link to the one of the plurality of remote computing devices utilizing an email.