US 9,367,267 B2 · Relaying device, image processing device, and system comprising image processing device and relaying device and image data conversion process

the image processing device comprising:

an input interface;

a display;

a first network interface configured to connect with a network and

a control device coupled to the first network interface,

the relaying device comprising:

a second network interface configured to connect with the network;

a processor coupled to the second network interface;

and

a memory storing instructions,

wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor of the relaying device, cause the relaying device to perform:

transmitting, via the second network interface, data information request information to a server device connected with the network, the data information request information being for requesting the server device to send, to the relaying device, at least one data identification information identifying respectively at least one data stored in the server device;

receiving the at least one data identification information from the server device via the second network interface after the data information request information being transmitted;

generating data selection screen data in response to the reception of the at least one data identification information, the data selection screen data being data for causing the image processing device to display first options that respectively correspond to the at least one of data identification information, the image processing device being configured to execute an image processing;

transmitting, via the second network interface, the generated data selection screen data to the image processing device;

the control device of the image processing device is configured to perform:

receiving, via the first network interface, data selection screen data from the relaying device;

causing the display to display the first options based on the received data selection screen data;

receiving, via the input interface, an operation for selecting a first option among the first options displayed in the display as a selected first option;

and

transmitting, via the first network interface to the relaying device, data selection instruction information that corresponds to the selected first option,

the instructions, when executed by the processor of the relaying device, cause the relaying device to perform:

receiving, from the image processing device via the second network interface, the data selection instruction information after the data selection screen data being transmitted;

receiving, from the server device via the second network interface, data type information indicating whether selection data is a first type data or a second type data, the selection data being data corresponding to the data selection instruction information among the at least one data stored in the server device, the first type data which cannot be interpreted by the image processing device and second type data which can be interpreted by the image processing device, the first type data being data in a document file format, and the second type data being data in an image file format;

determining that the selection data is the first type data or the second type data based on the received data type information;

wherein when the selection data is the first type data, the instructions further causing the relaying device to perform:

transmitting, via the second network interface to the server device, first download request information that requests transmission of the selection data, the first download request information including the data identification information identifying the selection data,

receiving, from the server device via the second network interface, the selection data identified by the received data selection instruction information;

executing conversion processing in response to the reception of the selection data, the conversion processing converting the selection data into converted data which can be interpreted by the image processing device;

transmitting, via the second network interface, converted data reception information to the image processing device, the converted data reception information being for causing the image processing device to request the relaying device to transmit the converted data to the image processing device, and the converted data reception information being generated in the relaying device;

receiving, via the second network interface from the image processing device, second download request information that requests transmission of the converted data;

and

transmitting, via the second network interface, the converted data to the image processing device in response to the reception of the second download request information,

wherein when selection data is the first type data, the control device of the image processing device is further configured to perform:

receiving, from the relaying device via the first network interface, the converted data reception information after the data selection instruction information being transmitted;

transmitting, via the first network interface to the relaying device based on the received converted data reception information, the second download request information that requests transmission of the converted data;

receiving, via the first network interface, the converted data from the relaying device after the second download request information being transmitted;

and

executing an image processing to the received converted data, and

wherein when the selection data is the second type data, the instructions further causing the relaying device to perform:

transmitting selection data reception information to the image processing device via the second network interface, the selection data reception information being for causing the image processing device to request the server device to transmit the selection data to the image processing device, and the selection data reception information including the data identification information identifying the selection data,

wherein when the selection data is the second type data, the control device of the image processing device is further configured to perform:

receiving, via the first network interface, the selection data reception information from the relaying device after the data selection instruction information being transmitted;

transmitting, via the first network interface to the server device based on the received selection data reception information, third download request information that requests transmission of the selection data;

receiving, via the first network interface, the selection data from the server device after the third download request information being transmitted;

and

executing the image processing to the received selection data.

Relaying device, image processing device, and system comprising image processing device and relaying device and image data conversion process

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Relaying device, image processing device, and system comprising image processing device and relaying device and image data conversion process

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