US 6,154,779 A · Method and apparatus for storing received data in association with correlated index information

Abstract

After image data received from a facsimile on the transmission side through a public telephone circuit was stored into a disk, the image data is read out from the disk, index information is added to the image data, and the resultant data is preserved into an image file apparatus through an external interface, thereby enabling the image data received by a facsimile apparatus to be searched in the image file apparatus.

Claims24

Dependent claims

A data processing apparatus at a reception side, said apparatus comprising:

a setting circuit adapted for, prior to receiving data from another apparatus at a transmission side, setting index information, to be correlated with received data, by an operator at said data processing apparatus at the reception side, the index information to be used in classifying the received data;
a receiver circuit adapted for receiving data from the other apparatus;
a memory for storing the data received by said receiver circuit in a storing medium;
and
a control circuit adapted for controlling said memory such that, each time when the data received by said receiver circuit is being stored in the storing medium, the index information set by the operator at said data processing apparatus at the reception side is automatically correlated with the received data from the transmission side and stored in the storing medium.

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A receiving control method operative in a data receiving apparatus at a receiving side for controlling receipt of items of data by the data receiving apparatus, comprising:

a first mode comprising:
a setting step of, prior to receiving first data from another apparatus at a transmission side, setting first index information, to be correlated with received first data, by an operator at the receiving side,
a first receiving step of receiving first data from the other apparatus at the transmission side, and
a first storing step of storing the received first data in a storing medium, wherein in said first storing step each time first data is received, the received first data is concurrently correlated with the first index information previously set at said setting step and the received first data and its correlated first index information are stored in the storing medium in association with each other;
and
a second mode comprising:
a second receiving step of receiving second data from the apparatus at the transmission side, and
a second storing step of storing the received second data in the storing medium, wherein in said second storing step each time second data is received, second index information is set at the apparatus at the receiving side and concurrently correlated with the received second data and the received second data and its correlated second index information are stored in the storing medium in association with each other.

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A data receiving apparatus for controlling receipt of items of data, said data receiving apparatus comprising:

setting means for, prior to receiving first data from another apparatus at a transmission side, setting first index information, to be correlated with received first data, by an operator at said data receiving apparatus;
receiving means for receiving data from the other apparatus;
and
storing means for storing data into a storing medium;
wherein said data receiving apparatus is operative in a first mode wherein:
said receiving means receives first data from the other apparatus at the transmission side, and
said storing means stores the received first data in a storing medium, wherein each time first data is received, the received first data is concurrently correlated with the first index information previously set by said setting means and said storing means stores the received first data and its correlated first index information in the storing medium in association with each other;
and
wherein said data receiving means is operative in a second mode wherein:
said receiving means receives second data from the apparatus at the transmission side, and
said storing means stores the received second data in the storing medium, wherein each time second data is received, said setting means sets second index information that is concurrently correlated with the received second data and said storing means stores the received second data and its correlated second index information in the storing medium in association with each other.

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A computer readable storage medium storing a program for executing a receiving control method operative in a data processing apparatus at a receiving side for controlling receipt of items of data by a data receiving apparatus, said method comprising:

a first mode comprising:
a setting step of, prior to receiving first data from another apparatus at a transmission side, setting first index information, to be correlated with received first data, by an operator at the receiving side,
a first receiving step of receiving first data from the other apparatus at the transmission side, and
a first storing step of storing the received first data in a storing medium, wherein in said first storing step each time first data is received, the received first data is concurrently correlated with the first index information previously set at said setting step and the received first data and its correlated first index information are stored in the storing medium in association with each other;
and
a second mode comprising:
a second receiving step of receiving second data from the apparatus at the transmission side, and
a second storing step of storing the received second data in the storing medium, wherein in said second storing step each time second data is received, second index information is set at the apparatus at the receiving side and concurrently correlated with the received second data and the received second data and its correlated second index information are stored in the storing medium in association with each other.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

08/901,132Filed 28 Jul 1997 · continuation

Priority

JP 4-28304821 Oct 1992

Granted

28 Nov 2000

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification8 codes

H04N 1/32128
Display, printing, storage or transmission of additional information, e.g. ID code, date and time or title: attached to the image data, e.g. file…
H04N 1/32122
Separate from the image data, e.g. in a different computer file: in a separate device, e.g. in a memory or on a display separate from image data
H04N 2201/3205
Of data relating to a user, sender, addressee, machine or electronic recording medium: of identification information, e.g. name or ID code
H04N 2201/3214
Of data relating to a job, e.g. communication, capture or filing of an image: of a date

Abstract

Claims24

Dependent claims

A data processing apparatus at a reception side, said apparatus comprising:

a setting circuit adapted for, prior to receiving data from another apparatus at a transmission side, setting index information, to be correlated with received data, by an operator at said data processing apparatus at the reception side, the index information to be used in classifying the received data;
a receiver circuit adapted for receiving data from the other apparatus;
a memory for storing the data received by said receiver circuit in a storing medium;
and
a control circuit adapted for controlling said memory such that, each time when the data received by said receiver circuit is being stored in the storing medium, the index information set by the operator at said data processing apparatus at the reception side is automatically correlated with the received data from the transmission side and stored in the storing medium.

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A receiving control method operative in a data receiving apparatus at a receiving side for controlling receipt of items of data by the data receiving apparatus, comprising:

a first mode comprising:
a setting step of, prior to receiving first data from another apparatus at a transmission side, setting first index information, to be correlated with received first data, by an operator at the receiving side,
a first receiving step of receiving first data from the other apparatus at the transmission side, and
a first storing step of storing the received first data in a storing medium, wherein in said first storing step each time first data is received, the received first data is concurrently correlated with the first index information previously set at said setting step and the received first data and its correlated first index information are stored in the storing medium in association with each other;
and
a second mode comprising:
a second receiving step of receiving second data from the apparatus at the transmission side, and
a second storing step of storing the received second data in the storing medium, wherein in said second storing step each time second data is received, second index information is set at the apparatus at the receiving side and concurrently correlated with the received second data and the received second data and its correlated second index information are stored in the storing medium in association with each other.

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A data receiving apparatus for controlling receipt of items of data, said data receiving apparatus comprising:

setting means for, prior to receiving first data from another apparatus at a transmission side, setting first index information, to be correlated with received first data, by an operator at said data receiving apparatus;
receiving means for receiving data from the other apparatus;
and
storing means for storing data into a storing medium;
wherein said data receiving apparatus is operative in a first mode wherein:
said receiving means receives first data from the other apparatus at the transmission side, and
said storing means stores the received first data in a storing medium, wherein each time first data is received, the received first data is concurrently correlated with the first index information previously set by said setting means and said storing means stores the received first data and its correlated first index information in the storing medium in association with each other;
and
wherein said data receiving means is operative in a second mode wherein:
said receiving means receives second data from the apparatus at the transmission side, and
said storing means stores the received second data in the storing medium, wherein each time second data is received, said setting means sets second index information that is concurrently correlated with the received second data and said storing means stores the received second data and its correlated second index information in the storing medium in association with each other.

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a first mode comprising:
a setting step of, prior to receiving first data from another apparatus at a transmission side, setting first index information, to be correlated with received first data, by an operator at the receiving side,
a first receiving step of receiving first data from the other apparatus at the transmission side, and
a first storing step of storing the received first data in a storing medium, wherein in said first storing step each time first data is received, the received first data is concurrently correlated with the first index information previously set at said setting step and the received first data and its correlated first index information are stored in the storing medium in association with each other;
and
a second mode comprising:
a second receiving step of receiving second data from the apparatus at the transmission side, and
a second storing step of storing the received second data in the storing medium, wherein in said second storing step each time second data is received, second index information is set at the apparatus at the receiving side and concurrently correlated with the received second data and the received second data and its correlated second index information are stored in the storing medium in association with each other.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Method and apparatus for storing received data in association with correlated index information

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Method and apparatus for storing received data in association with correlated index information

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