Image processing apparatus, image processing system, and mail transfer apparatus
AssigneeOki Data Corporation
InventorShota KOSUDA
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Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes a communication unit capable of transmitting and receiving a mail through a network; a data storage unit for storing the mail; a print unit for printing image data of the mail; a mail generation unit for generating a mail and an open mail notification instruction; a mail analysis unit capable of analyzing an open mail notification response; a processing control unit for deleting the mail when the mail analysis unit determines that an external device opens the mail including the open notification instruction. The processing control unit is also provided for notifying a user to open the mail stored when the mail analysis unit determines that the external device does not open the mail.
Claims11
An image processing apparatus for processing an image, comprising:
- a communication unit capable of communicating with a plurality of external devices including a first external device and a second external device through a network;
- a data storage unit for storing a first mail transmitted from the first external device;
- a print unit for printing image data of the first mail stored in the data storage unit;
- a mail generation unit for generating a second mail including the image data of the first mail and an open mail notification instruction relative to the second external device, and for controlling the communication unit to transfer the second mail to the second external device;
- a mail analysis unit capable of analyzing an open mail notification response from the second external device;
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- a processing control unit for deleting the first mail when the mail analysis unit determines that the second external device receives and opens the second mail, and for notifying a user to open the first mail when the mail analysis unit determines that the second external device does not open the second mail.
An image processing system, comprising:
- an image processing apparatus for processing an image;
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- a mail server device capable of communicating with a plurality of external devices including a first external device and a second external device through a network, and capable of storing a first mail transmitted from the first external device,
- wherein said image processing apparatus comprises:
- a communication unit capable of communicating with the mail server device through the network;
- a print unit for printing image data of the first mail received with the communication unit;
- a mail generation unit for generating a second mail including the image data of the first mail and an open mail notification instruction relative to the second external device, and for controlling the communication unit to transfer the second mail to the second external device;
- a mail analysis unit capable of analyzing an open mail notification response from the second external device;
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- a processing control unit for deleting the first mail when the mail analysis unit determines that the second external device receives and opens the second mail, and for notifying a user to open the first mail when the mail analysis unit determines that the second external device does not open the second mail.
A mail transfer apparatus, comprising:
- a communication unit capable of communicating with a plurality of external devices including a first external device and a second external device through a network;
- a data storage unit for storing a first mail transmitted from the first external device;
- a mail generation unit for generating a transfer mail including the first mail and an open mail notification instruction relative to the second external device, and for controlling the communication unit to transfer the transfer mail to the second external device;
- a mail analysis unit capable of analyzing an open mail notification response from the second external device;
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- a processing control unit for outputting an analysis result of the mail analysis unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.