Method of transmitting information from a document to a remote location, and a computer peripheral device
First Claim
1. A method of transmitting information from a document to a remote location, comprising the steps of:
- effecting user initiated operation of a device having a scanning function to scan content of a source document;
operating the device to directly establish a communication link with a network server having email receive and transmit functionality and to transmit to the network server over the transmission link, message header data including at least an email address of a sender and of at least one intended recipient;
together with the scanned content of said source document to the network server.
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Abstract
A scanner device, e.g. a multi function peripheral device incorporating scan, copy and print functions, and a method of operation, in which the device is user operable to directly establish a communication link with a network server having email receive and transmit functionality, e.g. an internet server, and to transmit to the network server over the transmission link, message header data including at least an email address of a sender and of at least one intended recipient; accompanied by the scanned content of a source document scanned by the device, to the network server for transmission to the or each recipient. No intermediate processor computer processing is involved in transmitting the scanned data from the scanner device to the network server.
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16 Claims
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1. A method of transmitting information from a document to a remote location, comprising the steps of:
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effecting user initiated operation of a device having a scanning function to scan content of a source document;
operating the device to directly establish a communication link with a network server having email receive and transmit functionality and to transmit to the network server over the transmission link, message header data including at least an email address of a sender and of at least one intended recipient;
together with the scanned content of said source document to the network server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of effecting a transaction to transmit information obtained by scanning a source document, directly from a computer peripheral device to a remote location, said peripheral device including a display and a memory, comprising the steps of:
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composing and storing at a first location of said memory, user authentication data and electronic message header data in response to menu prompts displayed by said display, said message header data including at least one recipient email address data of at least one recipient;
operating the peripheral device to establish a communication link with a network electronic message server;
whereinin response to establishment of said communication link, said peripheral device retrieves from said first memory location and transmits to said electronic message server, said user authentication data for verification; and
in response to verification of said user authentication data, said peripheral device retrieves from said first memory location and transmits directly to said electronic message server over said communication link, the retrieved message header data and a sender'"'"'s email address followed by said scanned source document data. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A computer peripheral device comprising a display, a user interface including data input keys and control keys, a scanner, control circuitry, a memory, and a communication interface:
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said scanner operable to create data by scanning a source document;
said memory including a storage area for a data sequence for communication with an internet message server;
said memory including a predetermined first storage area storing a sender'"'"'s email address;
said peripheral device operable in an email transmission mode in response to operation of one or more of said data input and control keys;
with said peripheral device in said email transmission mode, said control circuit operable in conjunction with said memory to activate said display to display input prompts for user entry of data including an email address of at least one recipient and to store said recipient email address in said first storage area;
said control circuit further operable in conjunction with said memory and said communication interface to retrieve and transmit via said communication interface data sequence for communication with an internet message server and also operable in response to establishment of a communication link with said internet message server to transmit email message header data via said communication interface to said internet message server by retrieving from said first storage area, said sender'"'"'s email address and the email address of the or each recipient, and after transmission of said message header data to transmit data resulting from scanning a source document by said scanner. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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