Abstract: An image to be displayed is divided into partial images. The partial images are arranged so that they have the same positional relationships as operation keys of an image display apparatus. Operating an operation key causes an enlarged version of a partial image in a corresponding position to be displayed.

Abstract: As an apparatus which provides a high-quality service that reduces the service usage load of users, there is disclosed an information processing apparatus accessed from a communication terminal to browse images, which includes an issuing unit that assigns a session identification to a communication terminal, a storage unit that stores the session identification and the communication terminal user's personal information, a receiving unit that receives a session identification and a printing request of images, a determination unit that determines if the session identification is stored in the storage unit, a transmission unit that transmits the personal information to the communication terminal if the determination unit determines that the session identification is stored with the personal information in the storage unit, and an obtaining unit that obtains the user's personal information if the determination unit determines that the session identification is not stored in the storage unit.

Abstract: A partial image to be displayed is extracted from an original image. The partial image is displayed along with information, such as a radar display, that indicates which part of the original image is being displayed.

Abstract: A printing method in a system which receives a designated document from a print service server and prints the received document by a printer in order to print it from the state upon interruption by a simple operating instruction at the same or different base without re-inputting printed matter information, print setting information, and the like by the user. A print interrupting instruction is inputted from a first print control apparatus. Information indicative of an interrupting print position of the designated document is stored into a print interruption information storing unit of the print service server on the basis of the inputted print interrupting instruction. In accordance with a restarting request from a second print control apparatus, the designated document is obtained from a printed matter information storing unit or the like on the basis of the information indicative of the interrupting print position of the designated document.

Abstract: To provide an image reading device capable of reading a high-quality image under the conditions such as compactness, simplification, and low power consumption, an image reading apparatus using this image reading device, and a method therefor, white reference data for white level correction is stored in a memory in correspondence with a reference temperature. A temperature near the image reading device is detected, and white reference data is corrected on the basis of the temperature difference between the detected temperature and the reference temperature. The corrected white reference data is used in white level correction of an image signal output from a CCD included in the image reading device.

Abstract: A printing system includes an application server for receiving e-mail and for converting the received e-mail into print data. A printer adapter receives the print data from the application server via a communication network, and converts the print data into a format which can be received by a printer. A printer prints out the print data converted by the printer adapter.

Abstract: Upon receiving a request from a communications terminal, a server apparatus performs some processes and returns processing results to the communications terminal. Before returning the processing results, the server apparatus sends the communications terminal a response containing an address needed to acquire the processing results to prevent communications from being cut off due to a communications timeout which occurs, for example, if the processing on the server takes time.

Abstract: As an apparatus which provides a high-quality service that reduces the service usage load of users, there is disclosed an information processing apparatus accessed from a communication terminal, which includes a session information generation unit that generates, for each session with a communication terminal, session information containing identification information of the session and storing the session information in a storage unit, an invalidation unit that invalidates session information related to a session which has no access for a first predetermined time, an accumulating unit that accumulates an image, a display image copy unit that copies display image data corresponding to the image accumulated in the accumulating unit to a predetermined area in response to a request from the communication terminal, and a deletion unit that deletes the display image data which is not referred to for a second predetermined time

Abstract: This invention has as its object to display a dialog that reflects changes such as deletion of an image, inhibition of publication of an image, and the like, which take place while images of an album owner, which are stored on a network are published to a partner user. Upon receiving access from a communication terminal of the partner user, its session information and copy information of image data are managed in association with each other. Every time access is made from the communication terminal of the partner user, whether or not specific image data from the copy information is to be output is controlled on the basis of image management information of image data.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus on a network stores data in the form of albums in each of which a plurality of data are archived, and the information processing apparatus provides stored albums to communication terminals via the network in an efficient manner. The information processing apparatus detects the device type of a communication terminal and determines whether a part or all of data included in an album should be provided at a time to the communication terminal, depending on the detected type of the communication terminal. This makes it possible even for a communication terminal having low communication performance to receive data via the network without encountering an error.

Abstract: When an information processing apparatus provides data to a communication terminal via a network, if a new session starts between the information processing apparatus and communication terminal, the information processing apparatus copies data, and manages copied data together with a session ID. When an access of the identical session is made between the information processing apparatus and communication terminal, the information processing apparatus provides the managed copy of the data to the communication terminal. In this manner, even when original data has been changed during an access of an identical session, the information processing apparatus can provide data which is available at the beginning of the session with the communication terminal.

Abstract: This invention relates to a service which manages data using an information processing server on a network and allows another user to browse the managed data in accordance with an instruction from a data owner. Also, this invention particularly relates to a case wherein a terminal that the other user uses to browse the managed data is a compact information processing apparatus such as a mobile phone or the like. Upon providing the managed data and appended data associated with the managed data to a terminal of the other user, the information processing server changes the appended data and a method of providing the appended data in correspondence with the performance of the terminal of the other user.

Abstract: A partial image to be displayed is extracted from an original image. The partial image is displayed along with information, such as a radar display, that indicates which part of the original image is being displayed.

Abstract: An image to be displayed is divided into partial images. The partial images are arranged so that they have the same positional relationships as operation keys of an image display apparatus. Operating an operation key causes an enlarged version of a partial image in a corresponding position to be displayed.

Abstract: To provide an image reading device capable of reading a high-quality image under the conditions such as compactness, simplification, and low power consumption, an image reading apparatus using this image reading device, and a method therefor, white reference data for white level correction is stored in a memory in correspondence with a reference temperature. A temperature near the image reading device is detected, and white reference data is corrected on the basis of the temperature difference between the detected temperature and the reference temperature. The corrected white reference data is used in white level correction of an image signal output from a CCD included in the image reading device.

Abstract: To provide an image reading device capable of reading a high-quality image under the conditions such as compactness, simplification, and low power consumption, an image reading apparatus using this image reading device, and a method therefor, white reference data for white level correction is stored in a memory in correspondence with a reference temperature. A temperature near the image reading device is detected, and white reference data is corrected on the basis of the temperature difference between the detected temperature and the reference temperature. The corrected white reference data is used in white level correction of an image signal output from a CCD included in the image reading device.