Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080225335 | Data communication system, image processing apparatus, program and data communication method - A data communication system, an image processing apparatus, a program and a data communication method which permit a user to command a reply multicast transmission in reply to a multicast transmission with easy operations. In executing a multicast transmission of first image data, the image processing apparatus sends a job ID together with the first image data to a computer which is one of the receivers of the multicast transmission. Concurrently, the image processing apparatus stores the job ID and the receivers of the multicast transmission in relative to each other as history information. When the computer replies to the multicast transmission, the computer sends a reply e-mail including second image data and the job ID to the image processing apparatus. Then, the image processing apparatus extracts the job ID from the reply e-mail and searches the history information for receivers of the multicast transmission identified by the job ID. Thereafter, in accordance with the searched receivers, the image processing apparatus designates receivers of a reply multicast transmission and sends the second image data to the designated receivers. | 09-18-2008 |
20090135446 | DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEM TRANSMITTING DATA TO PRESTORED DESTINATION ADDRESS, ADDRESS MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, DATA COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, ADDRESS MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND ADDRESS MANAGEMENT PROGRAM - In order to facilitate updating of information on a destination of data, a data communication system includes a server and an MFP capable of communicating with each other. The MFP transmits to the server an update requesting signal including a source address of an e-mail received from another apparatus and related information on the source, transmits an address request to the server and receives user address data from the server, and transmits data to at least one destination address included in the received user address data. The server stores the user address data having destination addresses and related information on the destinations associated with each other, and in receipt of the update requesting signal from the MFP, rewrites the related information associated with the source address included in the update requesting signal by the user address data with the related information included in the update requesting signal. | 05-28-2009 |
20090187665 | DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEM SUITED FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING DATA AMONG A PLURALITY OF DATA COMMUNICATION APPARATUSES CONNECTED TO A NETWORK, DATA TRANSMISSION APPARATUS CONSTITUTING SUCH SYSTEM, AND TRANSMISSION DESTINATION UPDATE METHOD AND TRANSMISSION DESTINATION UPDATE PROGRAM EXECUTED BY SUCH DATA TRANSMISSION APPARATUS - In order to allow the communication method for receiving data to be set at the side receiving the data, among a plurality of data communication apparatuses, a data transmission apparatus includes a destination designation portion for accepting designation of user identification information, a data accepting portion for accepting data, a data transmission portion for transmitting the data based on a communication method and destination information stored in association with the user identification information, a comparing portion for comparing the communication method stored in association with user identification information included in reply data with a communication method by which the reply data was received when the reply data for the transmitted data is received, and an update portion for updating the communication method and the destination information stored in association with the user identification information included in the reply data with the communication method by which the reply data was received and with the destination information included in the reply data based on the result of a comparison. | 07-23-2009 |
20090195546 | IMAGE DISTRIBUTION APPARATUS, IMAGE DISTRIBUTION METHOD, AND IMAGE DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM - In order to prevent a duplicate of a still image from being generated, an MFP includes an image obtaining portion to obtain one or more still images, a moving image generating portion to generate a moving image in which the obtained still images are displayed sequentially, and a distribution portion to perform real-time streaming distribution of the moving image in response to a request from a PC connected to a network. | 08-06-2009 |
20090213415 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, DATA PROCESSING PROGRAM, DATA PROCESSING METHOD, SERVER, PROCESS EXECUTION INSTRUCTING PROGRAM, AND PROCESS EXECUTION INSTRUCTING METHOD - In order to execute a process using a result of a process executed in a server, an MFP includes: a browsing portion to receive a Web page from the server and cause the server to execute a process determined by the Web page based on an instruction input according to the Web page; a control information storing portion to accept control information upon reception of a setting command from the server, and store the control information in association with control identification information for identification of the control information; an identification information transmitting portion to transmit the control identification information to the server; and a process execution portion, upon reception of a job execution command from the server including the control identification information and the process execution result by the server, to execute a process based on the process execution result and the control information associated with the control identification information. | 08-27-2009 |
20090289944 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE OUTPUTTING METHOD, AND IMAGE OUTPUTTING PROGRAM EMBODIED ON COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - In order to enable a still image to be checked while preventing leakage of confidential information contained in the still image, an MFP includes: an image acquiring portion to acquire a still image; an encoding portion to generate encoded data by encoding the acquired still image using an encoding key stored in advance; a decoding portion to decode the encoded data using the encoding key or a decoding key corresponding to the encoding key; and a transmitting portion to externally output the decoded still image in an electronically non-recordable form. | 11-26-2009 |
20100231946 | IMAGE FORMATION DEVICE, DISPLAY SCREEN SWITCHING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present invention relates to an image formation device, a display screen switching method, and a program. Excellent operability with user friendliness is realized by appropriately controlling switching of a display screen without increasing a burden on an operating system. In order to accomplish this, an image formation device | 09-16-2010 |
20110157643 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, RECORDING MEDIUM AND DATA COMMUNICATION ESTABLISHING METHOD - An image processing apparatus associates application information to connect to a server device and a client certificate to transmit to the server device with each other and stores therein the associated application information and client certificate. An application managing part activates a browser with designating transmission of the client certificate which is associated with the application information. The browser transmits the client certificate identified by the application managing part to the server device when a request for transmission of the client certificate is received from the server device. As the result, the image processing apparatus reduces operation load placed on a user to transmit the client certificate to the server device. Moreover, the appropriate client certificate may be transmitted to the server device without lowering efficiency in processing. So, data communication between the image processing apparatus and the server device may be established rapidly. | 06-30-2011 |
20110170139 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CHARGING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, CHARGING MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus stores therein a use charging table that shows a charging condition with respect to use of the image processing apparatus and a cooperative job charging table that shows a charging condition with respect to execution of a cooperative job. In the case where a received job is an apparatus job to be executed only by the image processing apparatus, the use charging table is read. Charging processing is performed based on the read charging table, and a remaining amount is calculated. In the case where a received job is a cooperative job to be executed by the image processing apparatus and a service providing apparatus cooperatively with each other, the cooperative job charging table is read, and charging processing is performed with reference to the read cooperative job charging table as necessary. | 07-14-2011 |
20120062947 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM ENCODED WITH DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM - An image forming apparatus includes: a communication portion to communicate with a portable information device; an operation accepting portion to accept an operation by a user; an operation state switching portion to switch an operation state between an operating state showing a state in which a user is inputting an operation to the operation accepting portion and a non-operating state that is not the operating state; a display portion to display an image; an operation screen transmission portion to, in response to a request being received from the portable information device when an operation state is being switched to the non-operating state, transmit an operation screen corresponding to the received request to the portable information device through the communication portion; and a display control portion to, in response to transmission of the operation screen, display an image different from the operation screen on the display portion. | 03-15-2012 |