System and method for providing transmission notification

• US 20030069932A1
• Filed: 10/10/2001
• Published: 04/10/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 10/10/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: McCoy, Craig, Hall, John M.
• Application Number:
  US09/974,064
• Publication Number:
  US 20030069932A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/00 User-to-user messaging in packet-switching networks, transmitted according to store-and-forward or real-time protocols, e.g. e-mail
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/222 using geographical location information, e.g. messages transmitted or received in proximity of a certain spot or area
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00209 Transmitting or receiving image data, e.g. facsimile data, via a computer, e.g. using e-mail, a computer network, the internet, I-fax
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00212 Attaching image data to computer messages, e.g. to e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0017 Notifying a communication result
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0018 via a non-image communication channel, e.g. via a computer network
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0086 Image transceiver H04N2201/0093 and H04N2201/0094 take precedence

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a system and method for providing transmission notification. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to providing notification to a user that a document has been transmitted with a transmission device. In one arrangement, the system and method pertain to identifying the location of an email account of the user and sending a copy of the transmitted document to the user email account. In another arrangement, the system and method pertain to identifying the location of an email account of the user and sending a notification to the user email account.

Claims

1. A method for providing notification to a user that a document was transmitted with a transmission device, comprising the steps of:

identifying the location of an email account of the user; and

sending a copy of the transmitted document to the user email account.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of identifying the location of an email account of the user comprises identifying the location of the email account from user identity information entered into the transmission device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of sending a copy of the transmitted document comprises sending a copy of the transmitted document to a sent items folder of a user email application.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the user email application executes on a separate computing device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the document has been transmitted by the transmission device via email.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the document has been transmitted by the transmission device via facsimile.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the step of sending a copy of the transmitted document comprises creating a copy of a facsimile document, appending the created copy to an email message, and sending the email message to the user email account.

8. A system for providing notification to a user that a document was transmitted with a transmission device, comprising:

means for identifying the location of an email account of the user; and

means for sending a copy of the transmitted document to the user email account.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the means for identifying the location of an email account of the user comprise means for identifying the location of the email account from user identity information entered into the transmission device.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the means for sending a copy of the transmitted document comprise means for creating a copy of a facsimile document, appending the created copy to an email message, and sending the email message to the user email account.

11. A transmission device, comprising:

a processing device; and

memory including a notification module that is configured to send a copy of documents transmitted by the transmission device to an email account of the document sender.

12. The transmission device of claim 11, wherein the notification module is configured to send a copy of documents that were transmitted via email to the email account.

13. The transmission device of claim 11, wherein the notification module is configured to send a copy of documents that were transmitted via facsimile to the email account.

14. The transmission device of claim 13, wherein the notification module is further configured to create a copy of facsimile documents, append them to email messages, and send the email messages containing the appended copies to the email account.

15. The transmission device of claim 11, wherein the transmission device is a multifunction peripheral (MFP).

16. A method for providing notification to a user that a document was faxed with a transmission device, comprising the steps of:

identifying the location of an email account of the user; and

sending a notification to the user email account.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the step of identifying the location of an email account of the user comprises determining the location of the email account from user identity information entered into the transmission device.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein the step of sending a notification to the user email account comprises sending a copy of the faxed document to the user email account.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the step of sending a notification further comprises creating a copy of a facsimile document, appending the created copy to an email message, and sending the email message to the user email account.

20. The method of claim 16, wherein the user email application executes on a separate computing device.

21. A system for providing notification to a user that a document was faxed with a transmission device, comprising:

means for identifying the location of an email account of the user; and

means for sending a notification to the user email account.

22. The system of claim 21, wherein the means for identifying the location of the email account of the user comprise means for determining the location of the email account from user identity information entered into the transmission device.

23. The system of claim 21, wherein the means for sending a notification to the user email account comprise means for sending a copy of the faxed document to the user email account.

24. The system of claim 23, wherein the means for sending a notification further comprise means for creating a copy of a facsimile document, appending the created copy to an email message, and sending the email message to the user email account.

25. A transmission device, comprising:

a processing device; and

memory including a notification module that is configured to send a notification that a document was faxed by the transmission device to an email account of the facsimile document sender.

26. The transmission device of claim 25, wherein the notification module is configured to send a copy of the facsimile document to the email account.

27. The transmission device of claim 25, wherein the notification module is further configured to create a copy of facsimile documents, append them to email messages, and send the email messages containing the appended copies to the email account.

28. The transmission device of claim 25, wherein the transmission device is a multifunction peripheral (MFP).