Transmitter device message prioritization
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1. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions which, when executed on a processor, direct a computer to perform a method comprising:
- composing an image at a transmitter device of an optically scanned image for a job in a queue, the job having;
an electronic address including an address of a network resource and a destination location thereat;
a priority code not less than that of any other job in the queue; and
a relative position higher than that of any other job in the queue having the same priority code; and
transmitting a network message including the composed image to the electronic address associated with the job.
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Abstract
An image is composed at a transmitter device from a scanned image. The scanned image is in a job in queue. The job has an electronic address and includes an address of a network resource on an interconnected network and a destination location thereat. The job also has a priority code not less than that of any other job in the queue, and a relative position higher than that of any other job in the queue that has the same priority code. A network message associated with the job and including the scanned image is then transmitted to the electronic address.
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1. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions which, when executed on a processor, direct a computer to perform a method comprising:
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composing an image at a transmitter device of an optically scanned image for a job in a queue, the job having;
an electronic address including an address of a network resource and a destination location thereat;
a priority code not less than that of any other job in the queue; and
a relative position higher than that of any other job in the queue having the same priority code; and
transmitting a network message including the composed image to the electronic address associated with the job. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions which, when executed on a processor, direct a computer to perform a method comprising:
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comparing a queue of jobs each having;
an optically scanned image to be composed by a transmitter device for transmission of a network message to an electronic address including an address of a network resource and a destination location thereat;
a priority code; and
a relative position in the queue;
composing the optically scanned image and transmitting the network message containing the composed image to the electronic address associated with the job having a priority code not less than that of any other job in the queue and a relative position higher than that of any other job in the queue that has a priority code equal thereto. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions which, when executed on a processor, direct a computer to perform a method comprising:
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comparing a user account balance to determine whether a predetermined credit amount is available in the user'"'"'s account;
if the predetermined amount is available, optically scanning at a digital transmitter device an image and storing the scanned image with an electronic address and the priority code as a job in a queue of other jobs, wherein the electronic address includes an address of a network resource on a network and a destination location thereat;
composing the scanned image and transmitting a network message containing the composed image to the respective electronic address for the job having;
the priority code thereof that is not less than that of any other said job in the queue; and
a relative position higher than that of any other said job in the queue that has a priority code equal thereto. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. In a digital transmitter device capable of transmission of a network message on a network and having an input device, a computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions which, when executed on a processor of the digital transmitter device, direct the digital transmitter device to perform a method comprising:
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receiving at the input device;
an electronic address including an address of a network resource on the network and a destination location thereat;
a priority code; and
a User ID;
retrieving at the digital transmitter device a respective credit balance for the User ID;
if the respective credit balance for the User ID is greater than a predetermined amount, where the predetermined amount is a function of the priority code;
optically scanning an image; and
storing the scanned image with the electronic address, the priority code and the User ID as a job in a queue of other jobs;
composing an image of the scanned image of the job in the queue where;
the priority code thereof is not less than that of any other job in the queue; and
the relative position thereof is higher that any other job having the same priority code; and
transmitting a network message including the composed image from the digital transmitter device on the network to the electronic address. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A system comprising:
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a network device, in communication with an interconnected network, for storing a respective credit balance amount for each of a plurality of User IDs;
a plurality of digital transmitter devices each having;
a communication link with the interconnected network;
an input device;
means for receiving the respective credit balance for the User ID through the interconnected network;
a scanner to scan at least one object to form corresponding scanned object data;
means for activating said scanner when the respective credit balance for the User ID is greater than a predetermined amount, where the predetermined amount is a function of the priority code;
means for storing the scanned object data, with an electronic address and the priority code as a job in a queue of other said jobs, wherein the electronic address includes an address of a network resource on the interconnected network and a destination location thereat;
means, when the priority code of one said job is not less than that of any other said job in the queue, and the relative position of said one said job is higher that any other said job having the same priority code, for composing the scanned object data into message data; and
means for transmitting the message data over the interconnected network to the electronic address associated with the message data. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. In a digital transmitter device in communication through an interconnected network with a network resource for storing data for each of a plurality of users, the digital transmitter device including an input device, a receiver for receiving the data for the plurality of users from the network resource, a scanner to scan at least one object to form corresponding scanned object data, memory to store the scanned object data and an electronic address of a destination location at the network resource on the interconnected network as a job in a queue of other said jobs, a composer to compose the stored scanned object data for each said job into message data associated with said each said job, a transmitter to transmit the message data over the interconnected network to a designated electronic address, and logic that is configurable to execute a program embodied on a computer-readable medium, the program comprising:
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a code segment to activate the scanner when a respective credit balance received for a user input is greater than a predetermined amount, where the predetermined amount is a function of a priority code;
a code segment to activate the composer for one job in the queue when the priority code of said one job is not less than that of any other said job in the queue, and the relative position of said one job is higher that any other said job having the same priority code; and
a code segment to activate the transmitter to transmit the message data associated with said one job. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30)
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