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US 7,009,727 B2Granted
Image data communications device and method
AssigneePanasonic Communications Co., Ltd.
InventorHidehiko Ogawa
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AssigneePanasonic Communications Co., Ltd.
InventorHidehiko Ogawa
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An image data communication apparatus is connected to an image data source and to a network, and transmits image data attached to an e-mail to a receiving apparatus via the network. The e-mail including a mail from command and a mail message. The image data attached to the e-mail as an openable document. The image data communication apparatus comprises a panel section which inputs information regarding an identification of a user to the image data communication apparatus. The image data communication apparatus comprises a controller which sets the information regarding the identification of the user input by the panel section into the mail message of the e-mail to which the image data is attached. Thus, opening, at the receiving apparatus, of the attached image data is not required to determine the information regarding the identification of the user.
An image data communication apparatus connected to an image data source and to a network, and transmitting image data attached to an e-mail to a receiving apparatus via the network, the e-mail including a mail from command and a mail message, the image data attached to the e-mail as an openable document, the image data communication apparatus comprising:
A method for controlling an image data communication apparatus connected to an image data source and to a network, and transmitting image data attached to an e-mail to a receiving apparatus via the network, the e-mail including a mail from command and a mail message, the image data attached to the e-mail as an openable document, the method comprising:
An image data communication apparatus connected to a network, the image data communication apparatus comprising:
A method for controlling an image data communication apparatus connected to a network, and transmitting image data attached to an e-mail, the e-mail including a mail from command and a mail message, an image data being attached to the e-mail as an openable document, the method comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.
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Transmitting or receiving image data, e.g. facsimile data, via a computer, e.g. using e-mail, a computer network, the internet, I-fax: details of…
Message adaptation to terminal or network requirements: format adaptation, e.g. format conversion or compression
User-to-user messaging in packet-switching networks, transmitted according to store-and-forward or real-time protocols, e.g. e-mail: message…
With a digital computer or a digital computer system, e.g. an internet server: transmitting or receiving image data, e.g. facsimile data, via a…
Term ended 3 Jan 2020 (estimated)
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an image data communication apparatus such as a network facsimile apparatus, and a method of communicating the image data.
2. Background Information
The present invention is further described in the detailed description that follows, by reference to the noted drawings by way of non-limiting examples of preferred embodiments of the present invention, in which like reference numerals represent similar parts throughout the several views of the drawing, and wherein:
FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a communications device in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2A shows a default transmitter's identification;
An exemplary embodiment of the present invention is described hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a communications device in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. LAN (local area network) line 1 is coupled to communications device 2 via LAN interface 18. Communications device 2 sends and receives image data via LAN line 1 or PSTN 19, and is provided with facsimile and E-mail sending/receiving functions. In FIG. 1, these functions are integrated and housed into a cabinet, which is called communications device 2. Alternatively, functions and sections can be housed into multiple boxes, which can be integrated into a system to function as communications device 2. For instance, a PC having a separate scanner and printer can be used as device 2.
As shown in FIG. 1, communications device 2 comprises the following elements: