# US 12,010,283 B2 · Information processing apparatus, image processing apparatus and control method thereof

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- Number: US 12,010,283 B2
- Document ID: US12010283B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/552,316
- Filed: 2021-12-15
- Published: 2022-06-23
- Granted: 2024-06-11
- Earliest claimed: 2020-12-22
- Assignees: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicants: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Inventors: Shodai Yano
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12010283B2

## CPC

- H04N 1/32101: {Display, printing, storage or transmission of additional information, e.g. ID code, date and time or title}
- H04L 51/18: Commands or executable codes
- H04L 51/48: Message addressing, e.g. address format or anonymous messages, aliases
- H04N 1/00212: {Attaching image data to computer messages, e.g. to e-mails}
- H04N 1/4406: {Restricting access, e.g. according to user identity (mechanisms actuated y cards, PIN or the like in apparatus for dispensing G07F7/08)}
- H04N 2201/0094: Multifunctional device, i.e. a device capable of all of reading, reproducing, copying, facsimile transception, file transception
- H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
- H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M)

## Abstract

An image processing apparatus is connected to an information processing apparatus via a network. The image processing apparatus includes a reception unit configured to receive, from the information processing apparatus, sending information including at least any of a sending destination, a sending source, and a reply destination of an email, and a job relating to sending of the email using the sending information, a setting unit configured to set the sending information received by the reception unit for at least any of the sending destination, the sending source, and the reply destination, and a sending unit configured to create and send the email using the sending information.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An image processing apparatus that is connected to an information processing apparatus via a network, the image processing apparatus comprising:
at least one processor and at least one memory coupled to the at least one processor and storing instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor and the at least one memory to act as:
a reception unit configured to receive sending information and job information from the information processing apparatus, the sending information including at least any of a sending source and a reply destination of an email set by a user in the information processing apparatus, the job information relating to sending of the email using the sending information;
an acquisition unit configured to acquire the sending information including at least any of the sending source and the reply destination of an email based on an input by the user on a first screen on a display unit of the image processing apparatus;
an acceptance unit configured to accept a setting of a priority level of the sending information to be used, either the sending information set in the information processing apparatus and received by the reception unit or the sending information acquired by the acquisition unit, based on a selection by the user on a second screen on the display unit; and
a sending unit configured to create and send the email in accordance with the job information, the at least any of the sending source and the reply destination included in the sending information received by the reception unit or the at least any of the sending source and the reply destination included in the sending information acquired by the acquisition unit being set in the email based on the setting of the priority level.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, further cause the at least one processor and the at least one memory to act as an authentication unit,
wherein the reception unit receives a job of an authenticated user.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the priority level is set for each piece of the sending information.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein an email address of an authenticated user is determined as a sending source of the sending information set in the image processing apparatus.

### Claim 5

A system comprising:
an information processing apparatus; and
an image processing apparatus,
wherein the information processing apparatus includes:
at least one processor and at least one memory coupled to the at least one processor and storing instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, cause the information processing apparatus to:
set any of a sending source and a reply destination of an email sent from the image processing apparatus based on a user's instruction; and
send sending information and job information to the image processing apparatus, the sending information including at least any of the set sending source and the set reply destination of an email to be sent from the image processing apparatus, the job information indicating an instruction for the image processing apparatus to send the email using the sending information, and
wherein the image processing apparatus includes:
at least one processor and at least one memory coupled to the at least one processor and storing instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, cause the image processing apparatus to:
receive the sending information and a job from the information processing apparatus, the sending information including at least any of the sending source and the reply destination of the email set by the user in the information processing apparatus, the job relating to sending of the email using the sending information;
acquire the sending information including at least any of the sending source and the reply destination of an email based on an input by the user on a first screen on a display of the image processing apparatus;
accept a setting of a priority level of the sending information to be used, either the sending information set in the information processing apparatus and received or the sending information acquired, based on a selection by the user on a second screen on the display; and
create and send the email in accordance with the job information, the at least any of the sending source and the reply destination included in the sending information received or the at least any of the sending source and the reply destination included in the sending information acquired being set in the email based on the setting of the priority level.

### Claim 6

A method for controlling an image processing apparatus that is connected to an information processing apparatus via a network, the method comprising:
receiving sending information and a job from the information processing apparatus, the sending information including at least any of a sending source and a reply destination of an email set by a user in the information processing apparatus, the job relating to sending of the email using the sending information;
acquiring the sending information including at least any of the sending source and the reply destination of an email based on an input by the user on a first screen on a display of the image processing apparatus;
accepting a setting of a priority level of the sending information to be used, either the sending information set in the information processing apparatus and received in the receiving or the sending information acquired in the acquiring, based on a selection by the user on a second screen on the display; and
creating and sending the email in accordance with the job, the at least any of the sending source and the reply destination included in the sending information received or the at least any of the sending source and the reply destination included in the sending information acquired being set in the email based on the setting of the priority level.