Information communicating system, information transmitting apparatus and information transmitting method

• US 20040010604A1
• Filed: 07/15/2002
• Published: 01/15/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 07/15/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: CMIC Company Limited
• Original Assignee: CMIC Company Limited
• Inventors: Tanaka, Kiko, Odaira, Yasushi
• Granted Patent: US 7,162,527 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/229
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/93 Document management systems
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/20 for electronic clinical trials or questionnaires
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]

Abstract

AN information transmitting apparatus is connected to a reading device to read readable codes from an input sheet. On the input sheet, an input item is provided similar to the input item to be provided in an information input page for Internet communication, and input information to be input into each input item is provided in a readable code, for example, a bar code. When input information is read from the input sheet by the reading device, the information transmitting apparatus transmits the read input information as input information for an information input page, to the information receiving apparatus. Input into the information input page of the Internet communication is made easier.

Claims

1. An information communicating system comprising an information receiving apparatus and an information transmitting apparatus connected to said information receiving apparatus,

said information transmitting apparatus being connected to a reading device which reads readable code from an input sheet, said input sheet having an input item to be established on an information input page for Internet communication as well as input information in a readable code to be input into said input item, said information transmitting apparatus transmitting the input information read from said input sheet by said reading device, as the input information into said information input page, to said information receiving apparatus.

2. The information communicating system according to claim 1, wherein said input sheet has an access code in readable code necessary to access said information receiving apparatus from said information transmitting apparatus, and said information transmitting apparatus accesses said information receiving apparatus by transmitting to said information receiving apparatus the access code obtained from said input sheet by said reading device.

3. The information communicating system according to claim 2, wherein said access code is an access code with a term limit on which a prescribed valid term is established, and access to said information receiving apparatus is permitted when said information transmitting apparatus transmits said access code with said term limit read from said input sheet to said information receiving apparatus within said valid term.

4. The information communicating system according to claim 2 or 3, wherein an input time limit of said access code is set according to time necessary to input said access code by using said reading device, and shorter than the minimum input possible time to input said access code by keyboard, and when said access code is input within said input time limit, the access to said information receiving apparatus is permitted.

5. The information communicating system according to one of claims 1 to 4, wherein a numerical figure input area, in which readable codes are arranged to be used for input of numerical figures, is provided on said input sheet, and the readable codes corresponding to numerical figures are arranged in a matrix in said numerical figure input area.

6. The information communicating system according to claim 5, wherein readable codes corresponding to numerical figures are multi dimension codes.

7. The information communicating system according to one of claims 1 to 6, wherein said input sheet has a plurality of input areas having different input items, and a plurality of area specify readable codes respectively corresponding to said plurality of input areas, and said transmission reception apparatus accepts input information corresponding to the area specify readable code read by said reading device.

8. An information transmitting apparatus which is connected to an information receiving apparatus and transmits input information to said information receiving apparatus,

said information transmitting apparatus being connected to a reading device reading readable codes, said information transmitting apparatus transmitting, when said reading device reads input information from input sheet having an input item to be established on an information input page for Internet communication as well as input information in a readable code to be input into said input item, the read input information as input information into said information input page to said information receiving apparatus.

9. The information transmitting apparatus according to claim 8, wherein said input sheet has an access code in readable code necessary to access said information receiving apparatus, and said information transmitting apparatus accesses said information receiving apparatus by transmitting to said information receiving apparatus the access code obtained from said input sheet by said reading device.

10. The information transmitting apparatus according to claim 8 or 9, wherein a numerical figure input area, in which readable codes are arranged to be used for input of numerical figures, is provided on said input sheet, and readable codes corresponding to numerical figures are arranged in a matrix in said numerical figure input area.

11. The information transmitting apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the readable codes corresponding to the numerical figures are multi dimension codes.

12. The information transmitting apparatus according to one of claims 8 to 11, wherein said input sheet has a plurality of input areas having different input items, and a plurality of area specify readable codes respectively corresponding to said plurality of input areas, and said information transmitting apparatus accepts input information corresponding to the area specify readable code read by said reading device.

13. An information transmitting method for transmitting information from an information transmitting apparatus to an information receiving apparatus, said method transmitting, when input information is read by a reading device reading a readable code from an input sheet having input items established on an information input page for Internet communication as well as input information to be input into said input items in readable code, the read input information to said information receiving apparatus as input information to said information input page.

14. The information transmitting method according to claim 13, wherein, when said reading device reads an access code necessary to access said information receiving apparatus from said input sheet, said method accesses said information receiving apparatus by transmitting the access code from said information transmitting apparatus to said information receiving apparatus.

15. The information transmitting method according to claim 13 or 14, wherein when one of the area specify codes is read by said reading device from an input sheet having a plurality of input areas each of which has different input items and a plurality of area specify readable codes respectively corresponding to said plural input areas, said method accepts input information to the input area corresponding to the read area specify readable code.

16. A recording medium in which a program executable by a computer is stored, said program being utilized in transmitting information from an information transmitting apparatus,

said program causing said computer to execute a process of making the read input information be input information to said information input page, when input information is read by a reading device reading a readable code from an input sheet having input items established on an information input page for Internet communication as well as input information to be input into said input items in readable code.

17. An input sheet used for inputting into an information input page, said sheet having a plurality of input items being arranged on said sheet, said plurality of input items corresponding respectively to a plurality of input items to be established on said information input page for Internet communication, and further said sheet having input information to be input into each input item in readable codes of a readable form by a reading device of a computer.

18. The input sheet according to claim 17, wherein an explanation on information to be input is described on said sheet corresponding to each input item.

19. An access permission device to permit access from terminals through a communication network,

said device being configured such that said device permits access when a prescribed access code is input within a prescribed input time limit, said input time limit being set according to time necessary to input said access code by using a reading device from an input sheet having said access code in readable code, and shorter than the minimum input possible time to input said access code using a keyboard.

20. The access permission device according to claim 19, wherein said input time limit is set greater than a standard time required for input operation using said reading device, and said access code is set at a length where the minimum time required for input operation using a keyboard is greater than said input time limit.