Patents by Inventor Kumi Shimizu

Kumi Shimizu has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Information processing apparatus and data processing method
    Patent number: 8656033
    Abstract: A data processing method is provided for use with an information processing apparatus capable of sending data of a sending job to an external destination and capable of selectively utilizing a plurality of types of destination specification methods as a method for specifying a destination of the data of the sending job. When a predetermined instruction is input via a user interface unit, a prespecified destination specification method among the plurality of types of destination specification methods can be automatically utilized. A user is enabled to select a destination of the data of the sending job via the user interface unit by using the prespecified destination specification method. The information processing apparatus is enabled to send the data of the sending job to the destination selected by the user via the user interface unit by using the prespecified destination specification method among the plurality of types of destination specification methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroyoshi Yoshida, Kumi Shimizu
  • Information processing apparatus and data processing method
    Publication number: 20060171513
    Abstract: A data processing method is provided for use with an information processing apparatus capable of sending data of a sending job to an external destination and capable of selectively utilizing a plurality of types of destination specification methods as a method for specifying a destination of the data of the sending job. When a predetermined instruction is input via a user interface unit, a prespecified destination specification method among the plurality of types of destination specification methods can be automatically utilized. A user is enabled to select a destination of the data of the sending job via the user interface unit by using the prespecified destination specification method. The information processing apparatus is enabled to send the data of the sending job to the destination selected by the user via the user interface unit by using the prespecified destination specification method among the plurality of types of destination specification methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2005
    Publication date: August 3, 2006
    Applicant: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroyoshi Yoshida, Kumi Shimizu