US 2004/0107257 A1 · Print service system

Abstract

A mail server has a mail receiving section for receiving an electronic mail including attached image data transmitted from a user through Internet, a print user designation managing section for making a user ID and a password for the corresponding user and transmitting them, and a data accumulating unit for making a user directory for each user ID and storing image data therein. When the user ID and the password are inputted from a touch panel by the user, one or more print terminals download the image data from the data accumulating unit through the Internet in order to print the image data. A usage guide including information related to an installation location of the print terminal is provided to the user in a web site (usage guide site).

Claims6

Dependent claims

A print service system comprising:

electronic mail receiving means connected with a network, for receiving an electronic mail including attached image data transmitted from a user through the network;
user designation managing means for making a user ID and a password for a mail address used by said user, and transmitting said user ID and said password to said mail address;
data accumulating means for storing image data received by said electronic mail receiving means for each user ID;
and
at least one print means connected with the network, for downloading said image data from said data accumulating means through the network when said user ID and said password are inputted, and printing said image data.

2 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

10/611,962Filed 3 Jul 2003

Priority

JP 2002-34563928 Nov 2002

Published

3 Jun 2004

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification18 codes

H04N 1/00212
Transmitting or receiving image data, e.g. facsimile data, via a computer, e.g. using e-mail, a computer network, the internet, I-fax: attaching…
H04N 1/00244
With a digital computer or a digital computer system, e.g. an internet server: with a server, e.g. an internet server
H04N 1/00278
Connection or combination of a still picture apparatus with another apparatus, e.g. for storage, processing or transmission of still picture…:…
H04N 1/00411
Display of information to the user, e.g. menus: the display also being used for user input, e.g. touch screen

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