Abstract: A multi-function peripheral (MFP) includes a function of performing a setting to attach an electronic signature to a file including data acquired by executing scanning of a document, attaching, based on the setting, at least one of a plurality of electronic signatures to the file including the data acquired by executing scanning of the document in response to a request received from a smartphone, the electronic signatures including a user signature corresponding to an authenticated user and a device signature corresponding to the MFP, and transmitting the file to which the electronic signature is attached to a communication terminal or the like.

Abstract: User information is obtained, and an access token for receiving provision of a service from a service provider is obtained. The obtained access token is stored in a memory unit in association with the user information. In accordance with an instruction, the service provider is accessed using the access token stored in the memory unit, and a function corresponding to the instruction is executed.

Abstract: An image transmitting apparatus which transmits an image to a predetermined transmission destination. The apparatus includes an input unit which inputs an image to be transmitted, an authentication unit which authenticates a user by user authentication, a user information acquisition unit which obtains transmission destination information associated with the user if the authentication by the authentication unit is successful, a transmission destination designation unit which designates a transmission destination to which the image should be transmitted, a determination unit which determines, according to details of the transmission destination designated by the transmission destination designation unit, whether or not the image should be transmitted to the transmission designation associated with the user, and a transmission unit which transmits the image based on the result of determination made by the determination unit.

Abstract: An image transmitting apparatus includes a scanner that reads an original, a memory that stores programs, and a processor that executes the programs. The programs are executed to identify destination information of a user for the image transmitting apparatus, and transmit image data corresponding to the read original using the identified destination information in a case where the user does not designate a destination.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus receives a number of pages to be included in one file from a user, and reads an original. The image communication apparatus divides image data of the read original at each set of the received number of pages, and creates a file including the image data for each division of the divided image data.

Abstract: A high-compression file format can be designated even in a case where an external device and an image communication apparatus communicate with each other according to a set communication protocol.

Abstract: A multi-function peripheral (MFP) includes a function of performing a setting to attach an electronic signature to a file including data acquired by executing scanning of a document, attaching, based on the setting, at least one of a plurality of electronic signatures to the file including the data acquired by executing scanning of the document in response to a request received from a smartphone, the electronic signatures including a user signature corresponding to an authenticated user and a device signature corresponding to the MFP, and transmitting the file to which the electronic signature is attached to a communication terminal or the like.

Abstract: In a multifunction peripheral (MFP) including an operation key for setting a folder of an authenticated user as an address of image data, setting received authentication information or setting pre-registered authentication information that has been associated with a user is selected, and when the operation key is operated, the authentication information is set according to the selected content. The image data is then processed using the set authentication information.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus that accepts a designation of a transmission setting; converts, in accordance with the transmission setting, image data generated from an original of a plurality of pages by a scanner to one or more files; if a designation for converting one page of image data to one file is made by the transmission setting, controls a network interface to transmit a plurality of files of converted image data in parallel; and if a designation for converting a plurality of pages of image data included in the original to one file is made by the transmission setting, controls the network interface to transmit, for the plurality of pages worth of image data converted to the one file, a subsequent page of image data after transmission of a preceding page of image data ends.

Abstract: This invention has as its object to avoid occurrence of garble even when an e-mail message to be created includes text information described in character codes of different kinds of language. To achieve this object, a communication apparatus according to this invention includes an input unit which inputs image information, a recognition unit which extracts text information included in the image information input by the input unit, and recognizing a type of character code of the extracted text information, an embedding unit which embeds the extracted text information in a text of e-mail using character codes of the type recognized by the recognition unit, and describing the recognized type (510, 516) of character code and an identifier (509, 515, 526) indicating a description range of the extracted text information in the text of e-mail, and a sending unit which sends e-mail data embedded by the embedding unit.

Abstract: A communication apparatus enhances security in transmitting electronic mail to a destination mail address without degrading operability. An MFP is connected to an authentication server and a mail server via a network. A user name and password are entered in a user name entry screen. The MFP requests the authentication server to authenticate the entered user name and password. When the user name and password are authenticated, the MFP is operable to acquire an e-mail address, a SMTP authentication user name, and a SMTP authentication password according to SMTP associated with the authenticated user name and password from the authentication server. The MFP requests the mail server to authenticate the acquired SMTP authentication user name and SMTP authentication password according to SMTP. When the SMTP authentication user name and the SMTP authentication password are authenticated, the MFP is operable to transmit e-mail to the mail server.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus that accepts a designation of a transmission setting; converts, in accordance with the transmission setting, image data generated from an original of a plurality of pages by a scanner to one or more files; if a designation for converting one page of image data to one file is made by the transmission setting, controls a network interface to transmit a plurality of files of converted image data in parallel; and if a designation for converting a plurality of pages of image data included in the original to one file is made by the transmission setting, controls the network interface to transmit, for the plurality of pages worth of image data converted to the one file, a subsequent page of image data after transmission of a preceding page of image data ends.

Abstract: A transmitting side communication apparatus reads an image from an original, adds, in a case where an IFAX mode is selected, signature information related to a user and signature information related to the apparatus to an electronic mail, and adds, in a case where an electronic mail mode is selected, signature information related to the user to the electronic mail.

Abstract: A communication apparatus enhances security in transmitting electronic mail to a destination mail address without degrading operability. An MFP is connected to an authentication server and a mail server via a network. A user name and password are entered in a user name entry screen. The MFP requests the authentication server to authenticate the entered user name and password. When the user name and password are authenticated, the MFP is operable to acquire an e-mail address, a SMTP authentication user name, and a SMTP authentication password according to SMTP associated with the authenticated user name and password from the authentication server. The MFP requests the mail server to authenticate the acquired SMTP authentication user name and SMTP authentication password according to SMTP. When the SMTP authentication user name and the SMTP authentication password are authenticated, the MFP is operable to transmit e-mail to the mail server.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus which eliminates a need for a user to operate a mobile terminal each time he or she sends an image file from the image forming apparatus using a cloud service and therefore enhances ease of operation. First user authentication of the user is performed for the image forming apparatus. Image data read from a scanner is converted to an image file, which in turn is sent to a destination set on a transmission destination setting screen. Based on the authenticated user, an access token to be used is selected from at least one access token managed in a hard disk of the image forming apparatus so as to use a function of an external server. Second user authentication for the external server is performed using the selected access token. After that, the image file is sent using the function of the external server.

Abstract: An image processing system receives an input of authentication information from a user, and authenticates the user based on the received authentication information. The image processing system further selects a folder setting method in a case where an operation key for setting a folder of the user as a destination of image data is operated, sets the folder according to the selected folder setting method in response to the operation of the operation key, and sends the image data to the set folder as the destination.

Abstract: To provide an e-mail communication apparatus, an e-mail communication method and a program capable of, in the case of receiving e-mail which is split e-mails including request-to-send (RTS) information for transmitting the e-mail to a predetermined destination, suitably performing transmittal confirmation without transmitting to a source the e-mail of the transmittal confirmation as to each of multiple pieces of the split e-mails. First, an MFP 100 having received the e-mail determines whether or not the e-mail is one of multiple divided data pieces generated by dividing image data by a data amount so as to store it. In the case where the received data is the divided data, the MFP 100 determines whether or not all the divided data pieces of the image data are stored, and transmits transmittal confirmation mail based on an MDN request if all are stored.

Abstract: A communicating apparatus receives at least (i) email data which is encrypted by a content encryption key, (ii) the content encryption key which is encrypted by a public key of the communicating apparatus, and (iii) a public key certificate of the communicating apparatus. The communicating apparatus decrypts the encrypted content encryption key by a private key corresponding to the public key certificate of the communicating apparatus and decrypts the email data by the decrypted content encryption key. And the communicating apparatus prints at least the email data and the public key certificate of the communicating apparatus.

Abstract: User information is obtained, and an access token for receiving provision of a service from a service provider is obtained. The obtained access token is stored in a memory unit in association with the user information. In accordance with an instruction, the service provider is accessed using the access token stored in the memory unit, and a function corresponding to the instruction is executed.

Abstract: A transmission apparatus transmits e-mail to a reception apparatus through a network by selecting one of a communication method via a mail server and a communication method without intervention of a mail server. This transmission apparatus generates the e-mail and transmits, to the reception apparatus, the e-mail and information representing the reply method of a transmittal confirmation request in response to the e-mail. The transmission apparatus receives, from the reception apparatus in accordance with the reply method, a transmittal confirmation result in response to the transmitted e-mail.