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US 8,947,704 B2Granted
Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and computer-readable recording medium to selectively acquire and transmit registered information
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorSatoki Watariuchi
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Abstract
By selecting information about print option processing to be performed on an image based on a user's instruction, the print option can be specified without a necessity of any complicated procedure, so that convenience of a user of a printing apparatus can be improved.
Claims11
An information processing apparatus comprising:
- a registration unit configured to register a first email address corresponding to a printing apparatus which prints an image and a second email address corresponding to option processing to be performed on the image into an address book;
- a setting unit configured to set the first email address and the second email address as transmission destinations of an email in response to a user selecting the first email address and the second email address among addresses registered in the address book;
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- a transmission unit configured to transmit the email whose transmission destinations are set by the setting unit, the image to be printed by the printing apparatus attached to the email,
- wherein the option processing corresponding to the second email address set as the transmission destination is performed on the image attached to the transmitted email.
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A method for information processing to be executed by an information processing apparatus including an address book, the method comprising:
- registering a first email address corresponding to a printing apparatus which prints an image and a second email address corresponding to option processing to be performed on the image into the address book;
- setting the first email address and the second email address as transmission destinations of an email in response to a user selecting the first email address and the second email address among addresses registered in the address book;
- and
- transmitting the email whose transmission destinations are set, the image to be printed by the printing apparatus attached to the email,
- wherein the option processing corresponding to the second email address set as the transmission destination is performed on the image attached to the transmitted email.
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An image processing system comprising:
- a reception unit configured to receive, from an information processing apparatus, an email to which an image has been attached, wherein an apparatus email address corresponding to a printing apparatus which prints the image and an option email address corresponding to option processing to be performed on the image are set as destinations of the email, and the apparatus email address and the option email address have been selected from an address book of the information processing apparatus;
- a determining unit configured to determine whether the option email address is set as the destination of the received email;
- a processing unit configured to perform the option processing corresponding to the option email address set as the destination of the received email on the image in a case where it is determined that the option email address is set as the destination of the received email;
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- a transmission unit configured to transmit the image on which the option processing has been performed to the printing apparatus corresponding to the apparatus email address set as the destination of the received email.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.