Electronic document assembly, proofing and printing system

• US 20030072031A1
• Filed: 03/25/2002
• Published: 04/17/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 03/23/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Toshiba Tec Corporation (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Toshiba Tec Corporation (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Nguyen, Truc, Ormond, Louis, Kuwata, Katie
• Granted Patent: US 7,315,389 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 358/1.15
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00132 in a digital photofinishing system, i.e. a system where digital photographic images undergo typical photofinishing processing, e.g. printing ordering
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00137 Transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00151 with selective access
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00161 Viewing or previewing
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00167 Processing or editing H04N1/00196 - H04N1/00201 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00188 Printing, e.g. prints or reprints H04N1/0019, H04N1/00196 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00204 with a digital computer or a digital computer system, e.g. an internet server programmed control between transmitter and receiver or between image input and image output device H04N1/32561
• 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 1/00236 using an image reading or reproducing device, e.g. a facsimile reader or printer, as a local input to or local output from a computer image input to or image output from a computer via a network H04N1/00209
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00244 with a server, e.g. an internet server fax-servers or the like for store and forward H04N1/324
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32069 simultaneously to a plurality of destinations, e.g. multi-casting
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/324 intermediate the transmitter and receiver terminals, e.g. at an exchange
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32432 in a particular memory file for retrieval by the user, e.g. in a facsimile mailbox
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32776 using an interactive, user-operated device, e.g. a computer terminal, mobile telephone H04N1/32782, H04N1/32784 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0013 Arrangements for the control of the connected apparatus by the still picture apparatus

Abstract

The present invention is for a system that allows images to be managed and manipulated on a server by using a web browser. Images may be scanned, printed, faxed, copied, viewed, merged, edited or electronically manipulated across a network, such as the Internet or an Intranet. The server has security that controls access to files, folders and functions.

Claims

1. A client server based system for image processing, comprising:

a network connecting a client to a server;

computer readable instructions on the server for communicating with a web browser on the client;

storing means on the server for storing electronically formatted documents;

printing means on the server for printing a hard copy of a document;

computer readable instructions on the server responsive to a print request from the client web browser causing the print means to produce the hard copy of the document.

2. The server based system for image processing as in claim 1, further comprising:

means for faxing the document;

computer readable instructions on the server responsive to a fax request from the client web browser causing the faxing means to send a facsimile of the document.

3. The server based system for image processing as in claim 1, further comprising computer readable instructions on the server responsive to a storage request from the client web browser causing the server to electronically store the document on the server.

4. The server based system for image processing as in claim 1, further comprising computer readable instructions on the server responsive to the web browser for creating and storing a new document on the server.

5. The server based system for image processing as in claim 4, further comprising computer readable instructions on the server responsive to the web browser for viewing the stored document on the server at the client.

6. The server based system for image processing as in claim 5, further comprising computer readable instructions on the server responsive to the web browser for modifying the stored document on the server at the client.

7. The server based system for image processing as in claim 6, further comprising computer readable instructions on the server responsive to the web browser for deleting the stored document from the server by the client.

8. The server based system for image processing as in claim 1, further comprising computer readable instructions on the server for controlling access to the server.

9. The server based system for image processing as in claim 1, wherein the computer readable instructions on the server for controlling access to the server has a plurality of access levels for controlling access to files, folders, and device functions.