Abstract: A user prepares a registration destination database, a title and field map information with respect to a transfer profile. The right of access to the database by the user is confirmed. A transfer profile is registered in a transfer profile setting section. Subsequently, an operation button function setting section of a digital scanner is activated, and a transfer profile name applied to an operation button is selected. A user name as a registrant, a format of attachment of a document image, an image format at a time of document registration are set. A display icon of the operation button and a button name are input, and the operation button is registered in an operation button management database.

Abstract: In this invention, a function is added to a digital copying machine or a function of the digital copying machine is changed from a remote terminal by using a window image displayed on an operation unit of the digital copying machine. This allows an operator of the remote terminal to check the arrangement and shapes of actual operation buttons by which functions are displayed on the operation unit. It is possible to avoid choosing a wrong icon for assigning or changing a function and present changes of functions readily understandable by an operator.

Abstract: A computer assisted learning system comprises a storage server to communicate with a contents server that controls voice data and text data of English conversation and a mobile phone through a network, and a terminal device to communicate with the storage server through a network. The storage server downloads voice data of English conversation in an information storage unit from the contents server according to a direction from the mobile phone, sends the downloaded voice data to a mobile phone, and when it is requested from the terminal device to obtain a text of an English conversation, downloads text data of an English conversation in the information storage unit and sends this downloaded text data to the terminal device. The terminal device makes the request to obtain a text of English conversation to the storage server and when the text data of English conversation is received from the storage server, prints and outputs this text data.

Abstract: When a commodity has been purchased, display on a display section of a mobile phone is returned to a commodity purchase screen at a cash register, and “Total” is chosen and determined. When “Total” has been determined, a control section of the mobile phone causes the display section to display a totaling screen. The totaling screen displays a sum price of the purchased commodity, as well as choices of payment methods, “Cash” and “Credit card”, and choices of reception of the commodity, “Take out” and “Delivery”. The cash or credit card is chosen as a method of payment by the mobile phone, and whether the purchased commodity is to be taken out or delivered is chosen.

Abstract: In a network system, only text data is displayed on a portable telephone when access is made to a page which is made public on the Internet by use of the portable telephone. An image of the page and information indicating a URL of the page are stored into a predetermined folder according to an instruction for storage of the page from the portable telephone based on the operation by the user.

Abstract: In this invention, a function is added to a digital copying machine or a function of the digital copying machine is changed from a remote terminal by using a window image displayed on an operation unit of the digital copying machine. This allows an operator of the remote terminal to check the arrangement and shapes of actual operation buttons by which functions are displayed on the operation unit. It is possible to avoid choosing a wrong icon for assigning or changing a function and present changes of functions readily understandable by an operator.

Abstract: A correction support system enabling transmitting and receiving of a handwritten answer from a student, support for a corrector, and transmitting to and receiving by the student of a correction result is provided. The correction support system 1 has a student apparatus 10, a server 20 connected to the student apparatus by communication lines 41 and 42, and a corrector apparatus 30 connected to the server by a communication line 43. In this case, the server separates the handwritten answers transmitted by the student question by question, gathers together the answers of a large number of students question by question, attaches information that is useful for correction such as the answer history for each of the students, and configures it into a format suitable for correction, and transmits it to the corrector apparatus. After correction is completed, the correction result form data are transmitted from the corrector apparatus to the server.

Abstract: A printing terminal connected to a network includes a display section to display a printing instruction or information, a transmitting/receiving section to transmit/receive information to/from a server, and a print processing section to print out printing data in accordance with the printing instruction. The server connected to the network includes a display forming section to generate information which is to be displayed on the display section of the printing terminal, a display processing section to process information which is to be displayed on the display unit of the printing terminal, and a printing data storage section to store the printing data which are to be printed out to the print processing section of the printing terminal.

Abstract: The present invention provides a predetermined image processing service via a network to an image processing apparatus having an image information input/output function. In this case, the image processing service is provided by a dedicated server connected to a network or by a local or remote image processing apparatus.

Abstract: A correction support system enabling transmitting and receiving of a handwritten answer from a student, support for a corrector, and transmitting to and receiving by the student of a correction result is provided.

Abstract: When a recording medium is set in a slot of a CD-ROM drive, a DVD drive or a smart media drive, a system control section of a printing apparatus controls a display control section to cause a display panel to display selection items. When one of the selection items displayed on the display panel is selected by pushing, and a “PRINT” button is also pushed, the system control section acquires information on the selected item associated with the recording medium from a server apparatus and controls a print control section to execute a printing control.

Abstract: A computer assisted learning system comprises a storage server to communicate with a contents server that controls voice data and text data of English conversation and a mobile phone through a network, and a terminal device to communicate with the storage server through a network. The storage server downloads voice data of English conversation in an information storage unit from the contents server according to a direction from the mobile phone, sends the downloaded voice data to a mobile phone, and when it is requested from the terminal device to obtain a text of an English conversation, downloads text data of an English conversation in the information storage unit and sends this downloaded text data to the terminal device. The terminal device makes the request to obtain a text of English conversation to the storage server and when the text data of English conversation is received from the storage server, prints and outputs this text data.

Abstract: When a commodity has been purchased, display on a display section of a mobile phone is returned to a commodity purchase screen at a cash register, and “Total” is chosen and determined. When “Total” has been determined, a control section of the mobile phone causes the display section to display a totaling screen. The totaling screen displays a sum price of the purchased commodity, as well as choices of payment methods, “Cash” and “Credit card”, and choices of reception of the commodity, “Take out” and “Delivery”. The cash or credit card is chosen as a method of payment by the mobile phone, and whether the purchased commodity is to be taken out or delivered is chosen.

Abstract: This invention is a system in combination of a POS system for managing data on goods purchased at a store in which a terminal of a sales management system is set and data on the demographics of customers who have made a purchase, an image forming system capable of printing out a sheet of paper arranged on which are guidance information including a map indicating a route to the place of a advertiser selected by an information selector, advertisement information on the advertiser and information on specials such as coupons, and a statistical data processor, for the advertiser to provide customers with detailed information that matches the demand of the customers for larger advertising efficiency. This combination proposes a guidance information providing system using a statistical processing function of a POS system as much as possible in combination of the POS system as a sales management system and an MFP as a multi-functional image retrieving and forming apparatus.

Abstract: When a customer has depressed a print button associated with a display section displaying display information serving as advertisement information desired by the customer, a controller determines whether the advertisement information displayed on the display section had been changed immediately before the print button was depressed. If the advertisement information had not been changed, a commodity corresponding to the advertisement information is discriminated. The controller confirms whether the advertisement information can be printed out, by referring to a commodity information database with respect to the commodity for which the discriminated advertisement information is to be printed. If there is no problem with the provision or advertisement of the commodity information, the controller acquires print data by referring to an advertisement information database, and instructs a printer to print out the print data via an input/output control section.

Abstract: An advertisement of merchandise is displayed, and an e-mail message of information of the piece of merchandise, including link information capable of linking with a site where the piece of merchandise is on sale, is transmitted to a user who has an interest in the displayed a piece of merchandise. The time required of the user to purchase the piece of merchandise can be shortened, the piece of merchandise can be examined and purchased by simple operation, and the advertisement effect can be improved.

Abstract: A head shop server transmits an advertisement statement (handbill) to a user's portable telephone set via Internet. The advertisement statement is displayed at the portable telephone set by the user's E-mail receiving operation, and an advertisement document to be linked with the advertisement statement can be instructed to be printed to a printing sever via Internet by operation of the portable telephone set. The printing server stores the instructed advertisement document data, and transmits the advertisement document data via Internet in response to a print request from an MFP via Internet. The MFP prints the advertisement document based on the received advertisement document data.

Abstract: An image forming system and an image forming apparatus are provided, which utilizes a cellular phone, etc. that enable extremely free operability when printing and outputting map data, etc. on a network by separating the operation through cellular phones from the operation through a terminal printer. The image forming system comprises: a portable terminal that is connected to a network via a gateway through the radio communication and provides a desired map destination data to a server; a server that receives the destination data via the network and stores in a prescribed area; and an image forming apparatus that is connected to the server through the network corresponding to the user's operation and supplies a data to designate the position data of the image forming apparatus and the destination data stored to the server and receives a map data comprising the position data of the image forming apparatus as a starting point and the destination data as an ending point and prints this map data.

Abstract: There is disclosed a print system in which BD acquires a printing ID (hereinafter referred to as the PID) issued by PODS through CS, BD transmits PID to PC, PC receives printing data from PCDB via PODS, and the data is printed through PD.

Abstract: When an information terminal device has accepted search condition data through a display with a touch panel of an input/output section, the information terminal device transmits the search condition data to an information management apparatus via a network. The information management apparatus analyzes the received search condition data and sends search condition information based on an analysis result to each data server 1 via a network. Each data server 1 searches a commodity management database using the search condition information, and acquires associated search data and transmits the search data to the information management apparatus via the network. The information management apparatus receives the search information sent from each data server and batch-transmits the search information to the information terminal device via the network. The information terminal device displays the received search information on a display as a search result.