Printing service system and printing service program
First Claim
1. A printing service system comprising:
- a server; and
at least one print terminal connected to the server through a communication network, the print terminal including;
an image data input means for inputting image data;
an image data transmission means for transmitting the image data to the server; and
a destination input means for inputting an address of a recipient authorized to print the image data, and the server including;
an image data reception means for receiving the image data transmitted by the image data transmission means;
an ID and password generation means for generating an ID and a password for authentication when the image data is received;
an image data accumulation means for accumulating the received image data in association with the ID;
a code conversion means for converting the ID and the password into a code storing information on the ID and the password;
a code transmission means for transmitting the obtained code to the address inputted by the destination input means; and
an image data returning means for, when the print terminal decodes the code to the ID and the password and transmits the ID and the password, performing authentication using the ID and the password and, if a positive authentication result is obtained, reading the image data corresponding to the ID from the image data accumulation means and returning the read image data to the print terminal.
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Abstract
A printing service system is provided. A print terminal includes a data transmission and reception unit for transmitting and receiving image data to and from a server and a key input unit for inputting an address of a recipient authorized to print the image data. The server includes a data accumulation unit in which image data uploaded from the print terminal is accumulated for each ID, a code conversion unit for converting an ID and a password into a code, a mail output unit and a FAX output unit for transmitting the code to the address, and an image management unit for, when the print terminal returns the code to the ID and the password and transmits the ID and the password, performing authentication, reading the image data corresponding to the ID, and returning the image data to the print terminal.
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13 Claims
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1. A printing service system comprising:
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a server; and
at least one print terminal connected to the server through a communication network, the print terminal including;
an image data input means for inputting image data;
an image data transmission means for transmitting the image data to the server; and
a destination input means for inputting an address of a recipient authorized to print the image data, and the server including;
an image data reception means for receiving the image data transmitted by the image data transmission means;
an ID and password generation means for generating an ID and a password for authentication when the image data is received;
an image data accumulation means for accumulating the received image data in association with the ID;
a code conversion means for converting the ID and the password into a code storing information on the ID and the password;
a code transmission means for transmitting the obtained code to the address inputted by the destination input means; and
an image data returning means for, when the print terminal decodes the code to the ID and the password and transmits the ID and the password, performing authentication using the ID and the password and, if a positive authentication result is obtained, reading the image data corresponding to the ID from the image data accumulation means and returning the read image data to the print terminal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A printing service program for causing a computer to execute processing comprising the steps of:
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transmitting image data from a print terminal to a server;
inputting an address of a recipient authorized to print the image data into the print terminal;
receiving by the server the image data transmitted from the print terminal in the image data transmission step;
generating an ID and a password for authentication by the server when receiving the image data;
accumulating by the server the received image data in association with the ID;
converting by the server the ID and the password into a code having an information on the ID and the password;
transmitting the code by the server to the address inputted in the address input step;
decoding by the print terminal the code so as to return it into the ID and the password and transmit the ID and the password to the server;
performing authentication by the server using the ID and the password obtained through decoding;
reading by the server, if a positive authentication result is obtained in the authentication step, the image data corresponding to the ID accumulated in the server in the image data accumulation step; and
returning by the server the read image data to the print terminal.
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