US 7,383,494 B2 · Generating a confirmation sheet listing identifiers, thumbnails, and pages associated with page thumbnails

Abstract

Typical confirmation sheets include a general job status and a reduced image of the first page of the job. This may be sufficient for a job comprising a single service and a single destination or recipient. The confirmation sheet would be more useful if it provided images of each page of a transmission, such as for a multi-service and/or multi-destination job. In various exemplary embodiments, thumbnail images of one more pages of the transmission are included on the confirmation sheet. The pages to be included as thumbnail images on the confirmation sheet can be selected. The range of pages can be selected. Alternatively, individual ones of the pages can be specified. If the selected set of thumbnail images would not fit onto a single page, the user is given the option to use a multi-page confirmation sheet or to re-select the pages to be included on the confirmation sheet.

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Dependent claims

A processor-implemented method for generating a confirmation sheet in response to transmitting a plurality of pages of a document, comprising:

generating a plurality of thumbnail images, each thumbnail image generated from one of the plurality of pages of the document;
incorporating the generated plurality of thumbnail images into the confirmation sheet;
generating a first identifier associated with each of the plurality of thumbnail images on the confirmation sheet such that the confirmation sheet includes a plurality of first identifiers, each of the first identifiers identifies a specific page from among the plurality of pages of the document from which the associated thumbnail image was generated;
and
generating an information portion separate from the first identifiers, the information portion including an alphanumeric list of the pages associated with the thumbnails that are selected for inclusion in the confirmation sheet, the list disposed in only one location on the confirmation sheet within the information portion;
and
outputting the confirmation sheet with the plurality of generated thumbnail images, the list and first identifiers, wherein
the information portion and the list do not include the plurality of thumbnail images;
and
when less than all of the plurality of pages of the document are selected for generation of thumbnail images, the list identifies only the specific pages for which thumbnail images are generated.

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A confirmation sheet generating system usable to generate a confirmation sheet in response to transmitting a plurality of pages of a document, comprising:

a controller;
a memory;
a thumbnail generating circuit, routine or application that generates a plurality of thumbnail images, each thumbnail image generated from one of the plurality of pages of the document;
and
a confirmation sheet generating circuit, routine or application that generates the confirmation sheet incorporating the plurality of generated thumbnail images,
wherein the thumbnail generating circuit, routine or application further generates, for the plurality of the thumbnail images;
a first identifier associated with each of the plurality of thumbnail images on the confirmation sheet such that the confirmation sheet includes a plurality of first identifiers, each of the first identifiers identifies a specific page from among the plurality of pages of the document from which the associated thumbnail image was generated;
and
an information portion separate from the first identifiers, the information portion including an alphanumeric list of the pages associated with the thumbnails that are selected for inclusion in the confirmation sheet, the list disposed in only one location on the confirmation sheet within the information portion, wherein
the information portion and the list do not include the plurality of thumbnail images;
and
when less than all of the plurality of pages of the document are transmitted or when the plurality of pages are selected for generation of the thumbnail images, the list identifies only the specific pages for which thumbnail images are generated.

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A recording medium storing a control program usable to generating a confirmation sheet in response to transmitting a plurality of pages of a document, the control program comprising:

instructions for generating a plurality of thumbnail images, each thumbnail image generated from one of the plurality of pages of the document;
instructions for incorporating the plurality of generated thumbnail images into the confirmation sheet;
instructions for generating a first identifier associated with each of the plurality of thumbnail images on the confirmation sheet such that the confirmation sheet includes a plurality of first identifiers, each of the first identifiers identifies a specific page from among the plurality of pages of the document from which the associated thumbnail image was generated;
instructions for generating an information portion separate from the first identifiers, the information portion including an alphanumeric list of the pages associated with the thumbnails that are selected for inclusion in the confirmation sheet, the list disposed in only one location on the confirmation sheet within the information portion;
and
instructions for outputting the confirmation sheet with the plurality of generated thumbnail images, the list and first identifiers, wherein
the information portion and the list do not include the plurality of thumbnail images;
and
when less than all of the plurality of pages of the document are selected for generation of thumbnail images, the list identifies only the specific pages for which thumbnail images are generated.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Generating a confirmation sheet listing identifiers, thumbnails, and pages associated with page thumbnails

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Generating a confirmation sheet listing identifiers, thumbnails, and pages associated with page thumbnails

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