Image forming apparatus and scanned data process method
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsTsutomu Ohishi, Katsuhiko Nakagawa, Yuuko Sugiura
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Abstract
An information processing system includes an information processing apparatus that selects between transferring data and obtaining data, and controls transferring data or obtaining data based on the selection. The system also includes a server that stores data transferred from the information processing apparatus, and controls transferring data to the information processing apparatus based on a request for transferring data received from the information processing apparatus.
Claims19
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a scanner configured to scan a document;
- a user interface including a display;
- a network interface;
- and
- circuitry configured to
- receive, via the user interface, a selection of a transfer location of an external storage device,
- generate image data from the scanned document, and
- send the generated image data to the transfer location of the external storage device through the network interface over the Internet,
- the external storage device being configured to store the generated image data,
- the transfer location of the external storage device being accessible over the Internet from a computer via a web browser of the computer and from the image forming apparatus, and
- the generated image data in the transfer location of the external storage device being selectable via the user interface from the image forming apparatus.
A method for managing scanned data, the method comprising:
- scanning, by a scanner, a document;
- receiving, via a user interface, a selection of a transfer location of an external storage device;
- generating image data from the scanned document;
- sending the generated image data to the transfer location of the external storage device through a network interface over the Internet;
- and
- storing the generated image data into the external storage device,
- wherein the transfer location of the external storage device is accessible over the Internet from a computer via a web browser of the computer and from an image forming apparatus, and
- the generated image data in the transfer location of the external storage device is selectable via the user interface from the image forming apparatus.
A system for managing scanned data, the system comprising:
- an external storage device coupled to the Internet;
- and
- an image forming apparatus coupled to the Internet, the image forming apparatus including:
- a scanner configured to scan a document,
- a user interface including a display,
- a network interface configured to couple to the Internet, and
- circuitry configured to:
- receive, via the user interface, a selection of a transfer location of the external storage device,
- generate image data from the scanned document, and
- send the generated image data to the transfer location of the external storage device through the network interface over the Internet,
- the external storage device being configured to store the generated image data,
- the transfer location of the external storage device being accessible over the Internet from a computer via a web browser of the computer and from the image forming apparatus, and
- the generated image data in the transfer location of the external storage device being selectable via the user interface from the image forming apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.