Abstract: A communication terminal capable of sending e-mail is described in which a complete e-mail address of an e-mail recipient is specified by combining one or more e-mail address parts with two or more e-mail address parts designated by making a selection from a display of partial e-mail addresses.

Abstract: In a mailbox information table, respective processing is registered in a way to correspond to each subaddress of an F code. Image data of a facsimile with an attached F code containing a subaddress registered in the information table is stored in a corresponding mailbox in a mailbox group. A special mailbox table stores a processing corresponding to a facsimile with an attached F code having a subaddress not registered in the information table. If the subaddress in the attached F code of a received facsimile is not registered in the information table, the image data of that facsimile is stored in a special mailbox. After this, the processing which is registered for the special mailbox is performed.

Abstract: A method and system for transmitting a facsimile message uses a public-switched telecommunications network, the public-switched telecommunication network having a messaging platform capable of storing a plurality of facsimile messages. The initiation of a telephone call to a destination is detected, the content of the call including the facsimile message. If the destination is available at a first time to receive a telephone call, the facsimile message is transmitted. The facsimile message may be stored on the messaging platform only if the destination is unavailable at the first time, or every time a telephone call is initiated by the originating party. The method also provides for situations where a telephone call is redirected, where an inter-NPA seven digit dialing case has occurred, and where “busy” or “no_answer” triggers are implemented. If the facsimile message was stored, the facsimile message is transmitted at a second time if the destination is available.

Abstract: When an E-mail address is inputted, it is judged whether the E-mail address is an address registered in advance. If this judgment result is positive, an image read by a scan section is stored in a server 111, and an E-mail, with a URL indicating a location of the stored image, addressed to the E-mail address is generated. If the judgment result is negative, an E-mail addressed to the E-mail address and with an image read by the scan section is generated. The generated E-mail is transmitted.

Abstract: This invention allows the use of standard e-mail systems by a document capture system to solicit document metadata from a user. The document capture system sends an e-mail to the user associated with the captured document. The e-mail body contains the names of the metadata properties supported by the repository system for the captured document. An attachment to the e-mail consists of a screen resolution image of the first page of the captured document to remind the user about the particular document for which metadata is being requested. The user edits a reply e-mail body to supply metadata values for each of the metadata property names. When the user sends the reply, the document capture system extracts the metadata values from the e-mail body and stores the supplied metadata values and the captured document into the repository.

Abstract: A method for providing a mailing system includes receiving, through a computer system, a mail item from a sender, and printing the mail item in a document including coded data thereon, the coded data including an indication of the identity of the mail item and at least one reference point on the document. The method also includes receiving, in the computer system, indicating data from a sensing device, the indicating data including information regarding the identity of the mail item and at least one action of the sensing device in relation to the document generated by the sensing device using at least some of the coded data; and generating a second mail item using said indicating data from the sensing device. A mailing system includes a computer system having a sender terminal and a receiver terminal and adapted to transmit a mail item from the sender terminal to the receiver terminal.

Abstract: A system and method of reprocessing a print job of a user includes processing of the print job by a print provider based on a job ticket and a data file for the print job, soliciting and receiving an offer by at least one print provider, including the print provider, to reprocess the print job, and notifying the user of the offer by the at least one print provider to reprocess the print job.

Abstract: When characters are input, the input information is sequentially displayed on a first display, an e-mail address, which is registered in a one-touch key registration area, is retrieved by using the input information, and the retrieved e-mail address is displayed on a second display. Further, when an @ mark is input after a character string input, the information displayed on the second display is switched to a domain name read from the domain name registration area. Thus, the @ mark key, which is always used to input e-mail addresses, is also utilized to switch the display information. Accordingly, the data communication apparatus is capable to prevent the inconvenience of inputting the entire e-mail addresses and to prevent input errors.

Abstract: In the Internet facsimile communication system, to exchange the functions of one another between the transmitting side and the receiving side, the Internet facsimile machine 20 carries out facsimile communication by using an electronic mail via the Internet. The principal control unit 1 exchanges the ability of the facsimile machine with that of the other end by using the electronic mail with the same communicating procedure as the communicating procedure of ITU-T recommendation T-30 used in the facsimile communication, and transmits an image data according to the exchanged ability of each facsimile machine. The electronic mail includes the FAXID (facsimile communication identifying number) which is the data for identifying the series of facsimile communication.

Abstract: A facsimile server connected to a mail server and a client over a network, and capable of sending and receiving an e-mail via the mail server. Certain data in a header of an e-mail to be sent to a recipient is used as identification data indicative of an origin of the e-mail. A controller identifies the origin of the e-mail based on the identification data upon receiving reception acknowledgement from the recipient. The facsimile server sends the reception acknowledgement to the client if it determines that the e-mail origin is the client. On the other hand, the facsimile server causes a printer to print the reception acknowledgement if it determines that the e-mail is originated from the facsimile server itself.

Abstract: An image communication apparatus having an Internet facsimile communication device and a G3 facsimile communication device includes a detector for detecting a facsimile function of a communication partner's apparatus during communication by the G3 facsimile communication device, and a controller for performing control of causing the G3 facsimile communication device to disconnect communication in a G3 facsimile mode and shifting to communication by the Internet facsimile communication device, based on the detection of the facsimile function of the communication partner's apparatus by the detector.

Abstract: A paperless image fax-scanning apparatus includes: an image scanning unit utilized to scan documents to be scanned to generate image data; a faxing unit, when connected to a telephone line, utilized to transmit the image data generated from the image scanning unit or to receive image data via the telephone line; a data storage unit, which can be connected to a portable data storage medium, utilized to store the image data received by the faxing unit at the above mentioned portable data storage medium; an input interface, which includes at least one set of operation keyboards, utilized to input various operation signals into the paperless image fax-scanning apparatus; and a control unit utilized to control the operation of the image fax-scanning apparatus.

Abstract: An electronic mail transmitting apparatus can transmit a document via electronic mail by a simple operation. The document is prepared by a specific application such as a word processor application and an instruction for the electronic mail transmission is input through the specific application. The specific application preparing document data has a function to send a print instruction to print the document data. A printer driver is activated by the print instruction of the application program. The printer driver converts the document data provided by the specific application into a predetermined data format and transmits the converted document data via electronic mail.

Abstract: The present invention provides a system capable of individually controlling each of receiving devices while making full use of the advantages of broadcasting. Simultaneous transmission is carried out from a broadcasting device 2 to a plurality of receiving devices 6 via a broadcasting path. Further, the broadcasting device 2 sends operation control data to the receiving device 6 through a communication path. The receiving device 6 changes its operation in accordance with the operation control data when received broadcasting is decoded. In this way, each of the receiver devices 6 can be controlled individually using the operation control data while making full use of the advantages of broadcasting.

Abstract: Color facsimile communication uses image data obtained by JPEG-compressing data having a CIE Lab color space. To attach a JPEG image to e-mail, image data obtained by JPEG-compressing data having an Internet standard YCbCr color space is desirable. When an image transmission method is selected, color space conversion (conversion to a CIE Lab or YCbCr color space) corresponding to the selected transmission method (facsimile transmission or transmission by attaching to e-mail) is performed for an image to be transmitted. This image subjected to the color space conversion is encoded by JPEG, and the encoded image is transmitted by the selected transmission method.

Abstract: This invention is to provide a communication apparatus capable of quickly performing facsimile communication through the Internet by dial-up connection. When facsimile communication through the Internet is executed from a station A to a station B by dial-up connection, the user at the station B is notified, from the station A using a PSTN, that communication through the Internet has been executed. When it is notified using the PSTN that communication through the Internet has been executed, the apparatus at the station B sets up connection to the Internet by dial-up connection to receive facsimile communication information through the Internet by POP.

Abstract: A controller determines whether a transmission data amount of the image data exceeds a limit capacity of a mail server connected the electronic mail communication apparatus before an actual transmission of the image data. Further, when the transmission data amount of the image data exceeds the limit capacity of the mail server, automatic processing is performed so that an electronic mail including image data can be transmitted. Accordingly, electronic mail communication apparatus of the present invention is capable of enabling users to save a lot of time for the image transmission.

Abstract: An image data communication apparatus is connected to an image data source and to a network, and transmits image data attached to an e-mail to a receiving apparatus via the network. The e-mail including a mail from command and a mail message. The image data attached to the e-mail as an openable document. The image data communication apparatus comprises a panel section which inputs information regarding an identification of a user to the image data communication apparatus. The image data communication apparatus comprises a controller which sets the information regarding the identification of the user input by the panel section into the mail message of the e-mail to which the image data is attached. Thus, opening, at the receiving apparatus, of the attached image data is not required to determine the information regarding the identification of the user.

Abstract: A method for composition and transmission of an electronic mail message including: printing a document to facilitate composition and transmission of the electronic mail message; composing the electronic mail message on the document utilizing a sensing device adapted to read coded data in the document; transmitting interaction data from the sensing device to a computer system, the interaction data representing interaction of the sensing device with the coded data to allow the message to be electronically captured in the computer system; and transmitting the message to at least one recipient address.

Abstract: The invention provides a internet facsimile apparatus of a communication apparatus that selectively attaches or does not attach various transmission information (header information) according to receivers. When a user set a read medium on an image reading unit, a receiver's mail address input through a control panel is checked. When the input receiver's mail address does not have the same domain name as the internet facsimile apparatus and is not the mail address for which non-attachment of the transmission information is preset, the transmission information is attached, via the transmission information attaching unit, to a part of the image information obtained by reading the image information formed on the read medium. Then, the read image information is transmitted to the receiver.

Abstract: An image data communication apparatus is connected to an image data source and to a network, and transmits image data attached to an e-mail to a receiving apparatus via the network. The e-mail including a mail from command and a mail message. The image data is attached to the e-mail as an openable document. The image data communication apparatus comprises a memory which stores information regarding an identification of at least one user of the image data communication apparatus and a mail address of the at least one user, and a panel section which selects the information regarding an identification of at least one user and the mail address of the at least one user stored in the memory. The image data communication apparatus comprises a controller which sets information regarding the identification of the user and the mail address of the user selected by the panel section, into the mail message of the e-mail to which the image data is attached.

Abstract: In a network having an input device, such as a scanner, camera, or fax, and a destination device, the input device initiates transmission of input data to a destination device. The input device sends a request to the destination device notifying it of input data that is ready to be transmitted. If the destination device wants to accept the request, when the destination device is ready, the destination device gets, or “pulls” the data from the input device over the network. The input device can request and receive status information from the destination device. The destination device can also request and receive status information from the input device.

Abstract: A blank determining section performs scanning of a text part of e-mail when receiving e-mail. The scanning of text part is carried out up to a next boundary. After the end of scanning, the blank determining section determines whether or not there is any code other than unprintable codes such as a blank, a tab, a line feed, and the like. Since the text part is composed of only a line feed, the blank determining section clears data of the text part from a mail reception memory area. An image part is normally printed. As a result, the printing of text part is skipped, and only the image part is printed. This makes it possible to prevent a useless output and an output of inconvenient information.

Abstract: A facsimile server referring to an electronic mail server for the data size of electronic mail which has reached the electronic mail server, detecting a receivable data size, and comparing the incoming electronic mail with the receivable data size. When the data size of the incoming electronic mail exceeds the receivable size, the facsimile server receives the incoming electronic mail from the electronic mail server by the packet and sends the electronic mail by the packet to a designated address.

Abstract: A printing system and method are provided that facilitate the mobile printing of a document. The printing system comprises an automated print agent located in a device coupled to a network. The printing system also comprises a network alias associated with a printer coupled to the network, where the automated print agent acting as a network destination for a transmitted document addressed to the network alias. The automated print agent orchestrates the printing of the transmitted document on the printer upon receipt of the transmitted document from a transmitting device.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method and apparatus for suspending delivery of electronic documents, that is, stopping and restarting electronic delivery of documents according to a user's preset schedule. The method may include the steps of entering a delivery schedule for the document into an electronic receiving device, and automatically suspending, without user intervention, delivery of the document based on the delivery schedule, then automatically restarting delivery at the time indicated by the user. In an electronic document delivery system, the apparatus for automatically suspending delivery of a document may include a scheduling unit and a suspension control unit. The scheduling unit is used to enter a delivery schedule for the electronic document into an electronic receiving device.

Abstract: An image communicating apparatus determines whether or not the amount of compressed image data is a predetermined amount or greater when transmitting a scanned color image as attached data in an e-mail message. If the amount of data is the predetermined amount or greater, the compressed image data is decompressed, and the image data is again compressed with a lower resolution, thereby reducing the amount of data to less than the predetermined amount. The image data is then attached to an e-mail message, and the e-mail message is transmitted.

Abstract: When an IFAX processing section transmits image information using e-mail, a timer monitoring section starts the count of a timer. After starting the count, a received mail determining section determines whether or not a timeout occurs. Also, the received mail determining section determined whether an error mail of a current job or a DSN of the current job is received. In the case of the timeout, when the notification content of the error mail or the DSN is an abnormal end, a transmission selecting section instructs a FAX control section to transmit an image information file of the current job to a telephone number. Thereafter, the transmission selecting section instructs an image information managing section to erase an image information file corresponding to a file name of the current job. This makes it possible to insure a real-time property as making use of advantages of e-mail.

Abstract: A method for receiving data, utilizing an electronic-mail communication apparatus. The method includes receiving image data in a facsimile format via a telephone network and receiving electronic mail data, including one of image data and character code data, via a communication network. Whether the received electronic mail data is the image data or the character code is detected based upon data format information of the received data. The image data is converted into a printable image data by a converter, based upon a detection that the received data is the image data and the character code data is converted into the printable image data by a font section, based upon the detection that the received data is the character code data. The printable image data converted by one of the converter and the front section is output.

Abstract: A supervising server (2) is connected to a communication network. The communication network includes a plurality of clients (3) and facsimile servers (1). The supervising server (2) has recipient information such as facsimile numbers of recipients, and the clients (3) can refer to the recipient information under predetermined constraint. All the information about recipients is administered by the supervising server (2). The facsimile servers and clients communicate with each other via the supervising server.

Abstract: A plurality of destination mail addresses for broadcast transmission input from a panel control section is temporarily stored in an address data buffer. An address reading control section reads the destination mail addresses from the address data buffer in order to divide the plurality of destination mail addresses to a plurality of groups in unit of setting value M. A mail creating section creates e-mail directing to a destination mail address belonging to each group. This makes it possible to limit the number of destination mail addresses, which is input to a destination filed [To:] of one e-mail, to the setting value M. Also, this makes it possible to prevent a header portion from being needlessly increased at the time of broadcast transmission.

Abstract: An electronic-mail apparatus, comprises an electronic-mail receiver that receives an electronic-mail via a network, a converter that converts the electronic-mail into printable image data, and a facsimile receiver that negotiates with a facsimile sender. The facsimile receiver receives facsimile image data from the facsimile sender via a telephone network. A printer is configured to print the converted image data and the received facsimile image data. The electronic-mail receiver, the converter, the facsimile receiver and the printer are integrated in the electronic-mail apparatus.

Abstract: In a network facsimile communication system including Internet fax devices and a server, the Internet fax devices have both a capability of exchanging fax images over a public switched telephone network PSTN and a capability of exchanging messages over the Internet. The server has a file transfer capability and is provided on the Internet. A called Internet fax device sends, upon incoming of a call from the PSTN, an Internet fax indication to a calling Internet fax device, the indication indicating that the called device has an Internet fax capability. The calling Internet fax device sends, after the Internet fax indication is received, an universal resource locator URL, indicating a location of the server on the Internet as a destination of a fax image, to the called Internet fax device, releases the call from the PSTN, and transmits the fax image to the server corresponding to the URL.

Abstract: This network facsimile apparatus has WWW server section 12, generates a send instruction page for simultaneous transmission in structured document to provide in homepage format to client 202, and performs simultaneous transmission of image data from WWW server section 12 based on data entered on the send instruction page for simultaneous transmission.

Abstract: A facsimile mail box service subscriber apparatus and its operating method are disclosed by which when the facsimile message is recorded, in case of a facsimile message in ECM, it is subject to the FCS checking to store a facsimile message with no error, while, in case of a general facsimile compressed message, it is converted to a facsimile image binary data and subject to an error checking to thereby store a facsimile message without an error. Therefore, it is easy to detect an error of the facsimile data and restore it, so that a reliable facsimile service can be provided. In addition, there is an effect that the facsimile data in a binary form is stored in the storing unit, so that it can be readily adopted to an applied field such as an Internet facsimile according to a construction of its system afterwards.

Abstract: In order to provide a convenient digital camera which eliminates the necessity to designate a printer to print in advance and can print image data obtained by photography by reliably transmitting it to a printer existing on a radio network with simple operation, the digital camera performs control such that the classifications of electronic devices constituting the radio network are acquired through a radio communication circuit unit, and if one printer exists on the radio network, the image data is transmitted to the printer, and if a plurality of printers exist on the radio network, the image data is transmitted to a selected one of the printers.

Abstract: This invention relates to management of facsimile information in a network system to which a document distribution server, a client terminal, and a facsimile apparatus are connected. When operated, this facsimile apparatus transmits information concerning the operation to the server. When an image is transmitted as a result of operation, information concerning the result of this transmission is also transmitted to the server. The server stores in a database the received information pertaining to the operation of the facsimile apparatus, the transmitted image, and the received information pertaining to the transmission result. Whether these pieces of information are to be transmitted to the server is set for each client. Each client can acquire operation log information of the facsimile apparatus by looking up the database.

Abstract: A method for providing print-by-reference functionality includes providing a web page from a printer's embedded web server to a web browser, receiving a URL entered into the provided web page, retrieving a printable document corresponding to the URL, and printing the retrieved document.

Abstract: A particular image written in a particular paper of a particular paper size is scanned by a scanner to produce image data, a format of the image data is changed to a mail format to change the image data to mail data, the particular paper size is added to the mail data, and the mail data is transmitted from a transmitting side to a receiving side through a LAN by an electronic mail. In the receiving side, the mail data is changed to reproduced image data, and it is judged whether or not the particular paper size of the particular paper is larger than a prescribed paper size treatable on the receiving side. In cases where the particular paper size is larger than the prescribed paper size, the reproduced image data is thinned out to produce adjusted image data, and a downsized image is printed on a prescribed paper of the prescribed paper size according to the adjusted image data.

Abstract: A technique for detection and bypass of unnecessary modulation/demodulation and compression/decompression of Group 3 fax, in a telecommunication network having more than one pair, or “tandem,” Group 3 fax relay gateways. Detection and the effective removal of a Group 3 fax tandem reduces end-to-end processing delays of the facsimile signal, and improves performance of the Group 3 fax communication. The invention uses frequencies normally used for voice information (such as V.21 channel 1 frequencies) to detect tandem fax relay gateways and effectively remove unnecessary relay gateways.

Abstract: CPU 1 of a facsimile device, when detects a transfer command from a calling side, stores “box No.”, “identification No.” and “Telephone number of transfer destination” of the transfer command in RAM 3, judges the effectiveness of “box No.”, that is, adequacy of the specification method. When the specification method of the box No. of the transfer command is wrong (S2: No), or when there is no memory box accompanied with the box No. (S10: No), or when no image data is registered in the relevant memory box (S9: No), or when “identification No.” of the transfer command is wrong (S11: No), the operation manual and the image data for registered information guide of the bulletin board box are transmitted to the calling side (S3, S6).

Abstract: A facsimile can be transmitted via both the internet and the public network. An image is read from an original document, and image data is generated. The image data is converted into facsimile data, and further corded into e-mail data. The e-mail data is transmitted as a facsimile along with a header via the internet. The header includes a title elected by a user. When a receiving party receives the facsimile via the internet, the receiving party can obtain the general contents of the facsimile and determine its urgency from the title.

Abstract: The present invention introduces that E-mails are managed effectively without imposing a burden on a mail server. A memory is provided in a telephone, whereby an E-mail from the mail server can be down-loaded. When this telephone is accessed from plural terminal devices, the mail status is stored in order to be capable of recognizing that a E-mail is down-loaded to which terminal device. With this system, when E-mails are transmitted and received with plural terminal device, it is possible to manage E-mails integratedly by accessing not a mail server but a telephone.

Abstract: A system for printing photos, or images generally, includes a server computer that stores data representing a plurality of images in a photo database. A server web interface enables communication over the Internet, and the server computer includes an image print application that enables images to be printed using a client computer connected to the server web interface over said Internet. The server computer also includes an image enhancement module that enhances an image for printing. In response to a print request (over the Internet) from the client computer, the server computer sends image data and the image enhancement module to the client computer. The server computer activates the image print application to create print commands for a printer driver, and to create enhanced image data in the client computer with the image enhancement module prior to printing. The enhanced image data is removed from the client computer immediately following printing.

Abstract: An electronic mail-facsimile communication system, an electronic mail-facsimile communication method, and a recording medium on which a program code is recorded for performing a method that allow a facsimile transmission image to be previewed is presented herein. It includes a system for faxing electronic mail over a network includes a client connected to the network and a gateway unit for transmitting a facsimile transmission image to a facsimile machine over a telephone line. The gateway unit converts an e-mail sent from the client into a facsimile transmission image, and creates electronic mail containing the facsimile transmission image to return the electronic mail to the client before sending the electronic mail to the facsimile machine.

Abstract: A communication apparatus includes a scanner configured to scan a document to obtain binary image data, an adder that adds paper size information to the obtained binary image data and a converter that converts the binary image data, including the paper size information, into e-mail data. A transmitter transmits the converted e-mail data, including the paper size information to a destination terminal over a network so that the destination terminal can determine whether to downsize the binary image data in the e-mail data in accordance with the paper size information.

Abstract: A method for providing automatic communication addressing comprising the steps of: locating a communication mark, if one is present, on a medium containing information; obtaining at least one address directly or indirectly from the communication mark; inputting the address into an address function of a communication device; and initiating a communication of the information to the address through the communication device.

Abstract: The network facsimile apparatus is able to communicate using both a public switched telephone network and a computer network, and has a facsimile section which transmits and receives an image via the public switched telephone network, a network communication section which transmits and receives data via the computer network, a storage which is to store received data and a structured document, a web server which transmits received data or a structured document to the computer network, and a reception list generating section which generates a structured document of reception list indicative of document information of received data.

Abstract: This Internet facsimile apparatus comprises a panel with a plurality of buttons, memory to store a default domain name, panel input control section that if a user name is input from said panel, adds said default domain name to said user name to create a mail address and mail transmission processing section that transmits e-mail directed to said mail address.

Abstract: Disclosed is a system, method, and program for processing a message in a network computing system including a facsimile transmission comprised of a recipient contact address, such as a telephone number, e-mail address, network address, etc., and message content The message content includes at least one of message text and attached files. A first computing system manages the facsimile transmission as a fax job and transfers the message content to a second computing system. The second computing system launches at least one application program to convert the message content to at least one image in a file format and transfers the converted message content in the file format to the first computing system. The first computing system transfers the message content in the file format to a communication port for transmittal to the recipient contact address.