Data transmission apparatus, data transmission method and data transmission program
AssigneeMinolta Co., Ltd.
InventorMasatsugu Koguchi
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Abstract
A data transmission apparatus capable of transmitting image data to a recipient using recipient's desired transmission parameters regardless of whether the recipient resides inside or outside an intranet to which the apparatus is connected, wherein the recipient is requested via an e-mail to designate the desired transmission parameters through the most appropriate transmission medium that is set in consideration of the recipient's location. Specifically, the transmission medium is set to a Web browser if the recipient resides inside the intranet to which the apparatus is connected, while it is set to an e-mail if the recipient resides outside the intranet.
Claims12
A data transmission apparatus for transmitting image data over a network, the data transmission apparatus comprising:
- an image reader for obtaining image data by reading an original document;
- a storage device in which the obtained image data is stored;
- a requester to transmit a request to a recipient device to which the image data stored in the storage device is to be sent for a designation of conversion processes to be performed to the image data;
- a first receiver to receive from the recipient device the designation of the conversion processes;
- a second receiver to receive from the recipient device the designation of the conversion processes via a transmission medium different from that used by the first receiver;
- a switch to select one of the first and second receivers to receive the designation of the conversion process from the recipient device based on information associated with a recipient using the recipient device;
- a converter to perform the conversion processes on the image data stored in the storage device based on the conversion processes;
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- a transmitter to transmit the image data that has undergone the conversion processes to the recipient device.
A data transmission method for transmitting image data over a network, the data transmission method comprising:
- obtaining image data by reading an original document;
- storing the image data obtained in a storage device;
- requesting, via a transmission to a recipient device to which the image data stored in the storage device is to be sent, that a recipient using the recipient device designate conversion processes to be performed to the image data;
- selecting one of a first receiver and a second receiver to be used for receiving a designation of the conversion process from the recipient device based on information associated with a recipient using the recipient device via a switch, wherein the second receiver is configured to receive from the recipient device the designation of the conversion processes via a transmission medium different from that used by the first receiver;
- receiving from the recipient device, the designation of the conversion processes via the selected one of the first receiver and second receiver;
- performing the conversion processes to the image data stored in the storage device based on the designation of the conversion processes;
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- sending to the recipient device the image data that has undergone the conversion processes.
A computer-readable recording medium embodying a data transmission program that causes a computer to execute a process comprising:
- obtaining image data by reading an original document;
- storing the image data obtained in a storage device;
- requesting via a transmission to a recipient device to which the image data stored in the storage device is to be sent, that a recipient using the recipient device designate conversion processes to be performed to the image data;
- selecting one of a first receiver and a second receiver to be used for receiving a designation of the conversion process from the recipient device based on information associated with the recipient via a switch, wherein the second receiver is configured to receive from the recipient device the designation of the conversion processes via a transmission medium different from that used by the first receiver;
- receiving from the recipient device, the designation of the conversion processes via the one of the first receiver and second receiver;
- performing the conversion processes to the image data to be sent based on the designation of the conversion processes;
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- sending the image data that has undergone the conversion processes to the recipient device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.