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1. A data management system capable of communicating with a plurality of imaging devices through a network, said data management system managing image data stored in a database, the image data stored in the database being processed by said plurality of imaging devices, said data management system comprising:
- a data registration system that receives, from an external device connected to the network, image data and recipient information representing a recipient who receives the image represented by the image data, said data registration system registering the image data with the database in relationship to the recipient information;
a plurality of user ID obtaining systems that obtains a plurality of user IDs from a plurality of wireless external devices assigned with the user IDs via wireless communication; and
a data transmitting system that determines a target imaging device to be used for forming an image represented by the image data based on the IDs obtained by the plurality of user ID obtaining systems and the recipient information of the image data, said data transmitting system transmitting the image data to the target imaging device.
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Abstract
An imaging system is provided with an authentication data storage that stores a plurality of pieces of authentication data in relationship to user IDs respectively representing owners of the plurality of communication devices. Further included is a reading system that reads out one of the plurality of pieces of the authentication data corresponding to a user ID if the user ID is transmitted from the external device in relationship to the image data, and a searching system searches for a communication device with which a connection authentication is established using the authentication data read out by the reading system within a predetermined communication area with respect to the imaging system. An imaging system forms an image represented by the image data transmitted in relationship to the user ID from the external device when the communication device is detected by the searching system.
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1. A data management system capable of communicating with a plurality of imaging devices through a network, said data management system managing image data stored in a database, the image data stored in the database being processed by said plurality of imaging devices, said data management system comprising:
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a data registration system that receives, from an external device connected to the network, image data and recipient information representing a recipient who receives the image represented by the image data, said data registration system registering the image data with the database in relationship to the recipient information;
a plurality of user ID obtaining systems that obtains a plurality of user IDs from a plurality of wireless external devices assigned with the user IDs via wireless communication; and
a data transmitting system that determines a target imaging device to be used for forming an image represented by the image data based on the IDs obtained by the plurality of user ID obtaining systems and the recipient information of the image data, said data transmitting system transmitting the image data to the target imaging device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A database server capable of communicating with a plurality of imaging devices through a network, said database server including a database for storing image data, the image data stored in the database being processed by said plurality of imaging devices, said database server comprising:
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a data registration system that receives, from an external device connected to the network, image data and recipient information representing a recipient who receives the image represented by the image data, said data registration system registering the image data with the database in relationship to the recipient information; and
a data transmitting system that retrieves the image data stored in the database in relationship to the recipient information corresponding to the user ID transmitted, together with the request for image data, from an image data obtaining system through the network, said data transmitting system transmitting the retrieved image data to the image data obtaining system from which the request for the image data was received. - View Dependent Claims (6)
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7. An user ID obtaining device for a data management system capable of communicating with a plurality of imaging devices through a network, the data management system managing image data stored in a database, the image data stored in the database being processed by said plurality of imaging devices, the data management system comprising a data registration system that receives, from an external device connected to the network, image data and recipient information representing a recipient who receives the image represented by the image data, said data registration system registering the image data with the database in relationship to the recipient information,
wherein said user ID obtaining device comprises a wireless communication device through which said user ID obtaining device obtains a plurality of user IDs from a plurality of wireless external devices assigned with the user IDs, respectively, the data management system including a data transmitting system that determines a target imaging device to be used for forming an image represented by the image data based on the IDs obtained by the user ID obtaining device and the recipient information of the image data, said data transmitting system transmitting the image data to the target imaging device.
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