Method, apparatus and recording medium for data transfer

• US 20040024814A1
• Filed: 07/03/2003
• Published: 02/05/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 08/17/1998
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co Limited (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Ogawa, Eiji, Takeo, Hideya
• Granted Patent: US 7,076,524 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/303 Terminal profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]

Abstract

When image data comprising data at a plurality of levels, each having a different resolution, density resolution, and reproduced image quality, are transferred to a terminal, image data at a level appropriate for the terminal are easily transferred. At the time transfer of image data is requested by a terminal, if the name of the user of the terminal is input, transfer request information and name information is transferred to an image server via a network. In the image server, data at a level appropriate for the user are specified based on the name information and the data are transferred to the terminal which has requested the transfer. For example, when an image reading terminal requests image transfer, highest level data are transferred, while data at a level lower than the highest are transferred when a reference terminal requests the transfer.

Claims

1. A method of transferring image data from an image server storing image data comprising a plurality of levels to a terminal connected to the image server, the method comprising the steps of:

obtaining information regarding the terminal; and

transferring to the terminal the image data at a level appropriate for the terminal, based on the information regarding the terminal.

3. A data transfer method as claimed in claim 1 or 2 wherein the information regarding the terminal is information regarding a user of the terminal input from the terminal.

4. A data transfer method as claimed in claim 1 or 2 wherein the information regarding the terminal is information specific to the terminal.

5. A data transfer method as claimed in claim 1 or 2 wherein the information regarding the terminal is information regarding usage of the image data and input from the terminal.

2. A method of transferring image data to a terminal connected to an image server from the server which comprises means for storing image data and converting a level of an image to be output, the method comprising the steps of:

obtaining information regarding the terminal; and

transferring to the terminal the image data at a level appropriate for the terminal, based on the information regarding the terminal.

6. An apparatus for transferring image data from an image server storing image data comprising a plurality of levels to a terminal connected to the image server, the apparatus comprising:

terminal information obtaining means for obtaining information regarding the terminal; and

transfer means for transferring to the terminal the image data at a level appropriate for the terminal, based on the information regarding the terminal.

7. An apparatus for transferring image data(to a terminal connected to an image server from the server which comprises means for storing image data and converting a level of an image to be output, the apparatus comprising:

terminal information obtaining means for obtaining information regarding the terminal; and

transfer means for transferring to the terminal the image data at a level appropriate for the terminal, based on the information regarding the terminal.

8. A computer readable recording medium storing a program to cause a computer to execute a method of transferring image data from an image server storing image data comprising a plurality of levels to a terminal connected to the image server, the program comprising the procedures of:

obtaining information regarding the terminal; and

transferring to the terminal the image data at a level appropriate for the terminal, based on the information regarding the terminal.

9. A computer readable recording medium storing a program to cause a computer to execute a method of transferring image data to a terminal connected to an image server from the server which comprises means for storing image data and converting a level of an image to be output, the program comprising the procedures of:

obtaining information regarding the terminal; and

transferring to the terminal the image data at a level appropriate for the terminal, based on the information regarding the terminal.