Image forming apparatus for distributing data and information processing apparatus for obtaining data from image forming apparatus
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1. An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- a plurality of communication ports sending and receiving data in accordance with different communication protocols;
a data managing part storing and managing the data received from the plurality of communication ports as a data file in a storing part;
a data distributing part distributing the data file to a device in response to a request concerning obtaining the data file from the device connected to said image apparatus through a network.
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Abstract
In an image forming apparatus, a plurality of communication ports sends and receives data in accordance with different communication protocols. A data managing part stores and manages the data received from the plurality of communication ports as a data file in a storing part. A data distributing part distributes the data file to a device in response to a request concerning obtaining the data file from the device connected to the image apparatus through a network.
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16 Claims
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1. An image forming apparatus, comprising:
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a plurality of communication ports sending and receiving data in accordance with different communication protocols;
a data managing part storing and managing the data received from the plurality of communication ports as a data file in a storing part;
a data distributing part distributing the data file to a device in response to a request concerning obtaining the data file from the device connected to said image apparatus through a network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A data distributing method for externally receiving data and distributing the data to a device through a network, comprising the steps of:
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sending and receiving the data in accordance with a plurality of different protocols;
storing and managing the data received in accordance with the plurality of different protocols as a data file in a predetermined storage area;
sending a request concerning obtaining the data file from the device through the network; and
distributing the data file to the device in response to the request.
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10. A data distributing method for externally receiving data and distributing the data to a device through a network, comprising the steps of:
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conducting image processes to the data corresponding to different process types;
storing and managing the data as the data file in a predetermined storage area; and
distributing the data file to the device in response to a request concerning obtaining the data file from the device through the network.
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11. An information processing apparatus, comprising:
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a number-of-new-files obtaining part obtaining a number of new data files newly accumulated in an image forming apparatus capable of accumulating data files, through a network;
receiving part sending a request of transmitting an entire or a part of the new data files to the image forming apparatus based on the number of new data files obtained from the image forming apparatus by said number-of-new-files obtaining part. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer-readable recording medium recorded with a program for causing a computer functioning as an information processing apparatus to obtain a data file from a server computer capable of accumulating the data file through a network, said program comprising the codes for:
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(a) obtaining a number of new data files newly accumulated in an image forming apparatus capable of accumulating data files, through a network; and
(b) receiving part sending a request of transmitting an entire or a part of the new data files to the image forming apparatus based on the number of new data files obtained from the image forming apparatus by said code (a).
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16. An image forming apparatus, comprising:
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a plurality of image processing parts conducting different image processes for data in accordance to different process types;
a data managing part storing and managing the data received from the plurality of communication ports as a data file in a storing part;
a data distributing part distributing the data file to a device in response to a request concerning obtaining the data file from the device connected to said image apparatus through a network.
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