Image information distributing method, image information distributing system, central apparatus, terminal apparatus, scanner apparatus, and computer memory product
First Claim
1. An image information distributing method for receiving image information stored in a central apparatus by one or a plurality of terminal apparatus, comprising the steps of:
- generating, by using said image information stored in said central apparatus, summary image information whose information amount is smaller than said image information;
generating a summary document including location information indicative of a location in which said image information is stored and said summary image information;
generating a summary E-mail by attaching said generated summary document to an E-mail; and
transmitting said generated summary E-mail to said one or a plurality of terminal apparatus.
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Abstract
An information processing apparatus 30 obtains a summary document including summary image information obtained by reducing image information stored in a server 20 (step S152) and displays the summary image information or the like included in the summary document (step S153). When a receiving instruction of image information corresponding to the summary image information is inputted by the user who recognizes the summary image information (YES in step S154), the image information is received from the server 20 (step S159). By such processings, an image information distributing method, an image information distributing system, a central apparatus, a terminal apparatus, a scanner apparatus, and a computer memory product capable of transmitting only image information required by the user and preventing traffic of a transmission path from increasing are realized.
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33 Claims
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1. An image information distributing method for receiving image information stored in a central apparatus by one or a plurality of terminal apparatus, comprising the steps of:
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generating, by using said image information stored in said central apparatus, summary image information whose information amount is smaller than said image information;
generating a summary document including location information indicative of a location in which said image information is stored and said summary image information;
generating a summary E-mail by attaching said generated summary document to an E-mail; and
transmitting said generated summary E-mail to said one or a plurality of terminal apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. An image information distributing system in which a scanner apparatus for generating image information by reading an image of an original and transmitting said image information, a central apparatus for receiving and storing the image information transmitted from said scanner apparatus, and one or a plurality of terminal apparatus for receiving the image information transmitted from said central apparatus are connected via communicating means,
wherein any of said scanner apparatus, said central apparatus and said terminal apparatus comprises: -
summary document generating means having means for generating, by using said image information generated by said scanner apparatus, summary image information whose information amount is smaller than said image information, and means for generating a summary document including location information indicative of a location in which said image information generated by said scanner apparatus is stored and said summary image information; and
E-mail processing means having means for generating a summary E-mail by attaching said generated summary document to an E-mail, and means for transmitting the generated summary E-mail to said terminal apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A central apparatus having means for, by connecting to communicating means, performing communication, and storing means for storing image information received via said means, comprising:
- means for, when a transmitting instruction including location information is received, transmitting the image information stored in a location in said storing means indicated by the location information included in the received transmitting instruction.
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14. A terminal apparatus having means for, by connecting to communicating means, performing communication, comprising:
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means for receiving image information;
summary document generating means having means for, by using the received image information, generating summary image information whose information amount is smaller than said image information, and means for generating a summary document including location information indicative of a location in which said image information is stored and said summary image information; and
E-mail processing means having means for generating a summary E-mail by attaching the generated summary document to an E-mail, and means for transmitting the generated summary E-mail.
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- 15. A terminal apparatus having displaying means, comprising summary document processing means for displaying onto said displaying means said summary image information and/or character information included in a summary document which includes summary image information and/or character information and location information corresponding to image information.
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17. A scanner apparatus having means for, by connecting to communicating means, performing communication, generating image information by reading an image of an original, transmitting the image information via said means, comprising:
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summary document generating means having means for, by using said image information, generating summary image information whose information amount is smaller than said image information, and means for generating a summary document including location information indicative of a location in said storing means in which said image information is to be stored and said summary image information; and
E-mail processing means having means for generating a summary E-mail by attaching the generated summary document to an E-mail, and means for transmitting the generated summary E-mail.
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18. An image information distributing system in which a scanner apparatus for generating image information by reading an image of an original and transmitting said image information, a central apparatus for receiving and storing the image information transmitted from said scanner apparatus, and one or a plurality of terminal apparatus for receiving the image information transmitted from said central apparatus are connected via communicating means,
wherein said scanner apparatus, said central apparatus and said terminal apparatus comprises processors, and any of the processors is capable of performing operations of: -
generating, by using image information generated by said scanner apparatus, summary image information whose information amount is smaller than said image information;
generating a summary document including location information indicative of a location in which said image information generated by said scanner apparatus is stored and said summary image information;
generating a summary E-mail by attaching the generated summary document to an E-mail; and
transmitting the generated summary E-mail to said terminal apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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- 25. A central apparatus having means for, by connecting to communicating means, performing communication, and storing means for storing image information received via said means, comprising a processor capable of performing operation of, when a transmitting instruction including location information is received, transmitting image information stored in a location in said storing means indicated by the location information included in the received transmitting instruction.
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27. A terminal apparatus having means for, by connecting to communicating means, performing communication, comprising a processor capable of performing operations of:
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receiving image information;
generating, by using received image information, summary image information whose information amount is smaller than said image information;
generating a summary document including location information indicative of a location in said storing means in which said image information is stored and said summary image information;
generating a summary E-mail by attaching the generated summary document to an E-mail; and
transmitting the generated summary E-mail.
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- 28. A terminal apparatus having displaying means, comprising a processor capable of performing operation of displaying onto said displaying means summary image information and/or character information included in a summary document which includes summary image information and/or character information and location information corresponding to image information.
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30. A scanner apparatus having means for, by connecting to communicating means, performing communication, generating image information by reading an image of an original, transmitting the image information via said means, comprising a processor capable of performing operations of:
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generating, by using said image information, summary image information whose information amount is smaller than said image information;
generating a summary document including location information indicative of a location in which said image information is stored and said summary image information;
generating a summary E-mail by attaching the generated summary document to an E-mail; and
transmitting the generated summary E-mail.
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31. A computer memory product in which a computer program for causing a computer to receive and store image information is recorded, said computer comprising means for, by connecting to communicating means, performing communication and storing means for storing information,
said computer program comprising the step for, when a transmitting instruction including location information is received, causing the computer to transmit image information stored in a location indicated by said location information.
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32. A computer memory product in which a computer program for causing a computer to transmit/receive information is recorded, said computer comprising means for, by connecting to communicating means, performing communication, said computer program comprising the steps for:
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causing the computer to receive image information;
causing the computer to generate, by using the received image information, summary image information whose information amount is smaller than said image information;
causing the computer to generate a summary document including location information indicative of a location in which said image information is stored and said summary image information;
causing the computer to generate a summary E-mail by attaching the generated summary document to an E-mail; and
causing the computer to transmit the generated summary E-mail.
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33. A computer memory product in which a computer program for displaying information is recorded, said computer comprising displaying means,
said computer program comprising the step for causing the computer to display onto said displaying means summary image information and/or character information included in a summary document which includes the summary image information and/or character information and location information corresponding to image information.
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