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US 7,460,736 B2Granted
Scan data transmission apparatus and scan data transmission system
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsSatoshi Iinuma, Yuji Matsueda, Yukinobu Momozono
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Abstract
A scan data transmission apparatus and a scan data transmission system are configured for enabling the user to give execution commands of processing of saving a file of image data of an original in a shared folder and processing of transmitting e-mail to which the file of the image data of the original is attached at a time (specify the mail address as the mail destination and the folder to save the file at the same time).
Claims5
A scan data transmission apparatus being connected to a network for use, said scan data transmission apparatus comprising:
- an image data generator that generates from a set original, image data representing an image on the original;
- an information storage that stores a plurality of user names and a plurality of e-mail addresses in such a manner that correspondence between the user names and the e-mail addresses can be understood;
- a user interface unit that allows a user to specify a file path of a folder in which a file of the image data generated by the image data generator is to be saved after the user specifies one user name from among the user names stored in the information storage;
- an image data transmitter that executes, when a processing start command is entered, processing of causing the image data generator to generate the image data and saving a file concerning the image data in the folder identified by the folder path specified by the user for the user interface unit;
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- a processing completion notification mail transmitter that transmits, when the processing of the image data transmitter terminates, transmits processing completion notification mail of e-mail to the e-mail address which is stored in the information storage and related to the user name specified by the user, wherein the processing completion notification includes a main body that indicates, whether or not the processing of the image data transmitter has normally completed,
- wherein the processing completion notification mail transmitter transmits processing completion notification mail in which the file path specified by the user for the user interface unit is set in the main body as the processing completion notification mail.
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A scan data transmission system comprising an information processing apparatus and an auxiliary information processing apparatus connected to a network, wherein
- the auxiliary information processing apparatus comprises:
- a first processing execution unit that performs processing of saving a file concerning image data transmitted from the information processing apparatus in a folder identified by a folder path transmitted from the information processing apparatus;
- a second processing execution unit that performs processing of transmitting e-mail to which the file concerning image data transmitted from the information processing apparatus is attached with a destination mail address transmitted from the information processing apparatus as a destination mail address;
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- a third processing execution unit that performs processing of saving a file concerning image data transmitted from the information processing apparatus in a folder identified by a folder path transmitted from the information processing apparatus and processing of transmitting e-mail to which the file concerning image data is attached with a destination mail address transmitted from the information processing apparatus as a destination mail address, and
- the information processing apparatus comprises:
- an image data generator that generates from a set original, image data representing an image on the original;
- a user interface unit that requests a user to specify the descriptions of processing to be executed and allows the user to specify both or either of a file path of a folder in which a file of the image data generated by the image data generator is to be saved and a destination mail address of e-mail to which a file of the image data generated by the image data generator is attached;
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- a controller,
- wherein when a processing start command is entered, if the user specifies only the file path for the user interface unit, the controller causes the image data generator to generate image data and transmits the image data and the file path specified by the user to the auxiliary information processing apparatus, to cause the first processing execution unit to function,
- wherein if the user specifies only the mall address for the user interface unit, the controller causes the image data generator to generate image data and transmits the image data and the mail address specified by the user to said auxiliary information processing apparatus, to cause the second processing execution unit to function, and
- wherein if the user specifies the file path and the mail address for the user interface unit, the controller causes the image data generator to generate image data and transmits the image data and the file path and the mail address specified by the user to the auxiliary information processing apparatus, to cause the third processing execution unit to function.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.