CONFIDENTIAL COMMUNICATIONS EXECUTING MULTIFUNCTIONAL PRODUCT

• US 20080177743A1
• Filed: 03/14/2008
• Published: 07/24/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 02/25/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kiyoshi Kasatani
• Original Assignee: Kiyoshi Kasatani
• Inventors: KASATANI, Kiyoshi
• Granted Patent: US 8,122,054 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/9
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2216/17 Web printing
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00127 Connection or combination of a still picture apparatus with another apparatus, e.g. for storage, processing or transmission of still picture signals or of information associated with a still picture
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00204 with a digital computer or a digital computer system, e.g. an internet server programmed control between transmitter and receiver or between image input and image output device H04N1/32561
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00347 with another still picture apparatus, e.g. hybrid still picture apparatus circuits or arrangements for control or supervision between image input and image output device H04N1/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/0096 Simultaneous or quasi-simultaneous functioning of a plurality of operations H04N1/32545 takes precedence; multiprogramming arrangements of computers G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32128 attached to the image data, e.g. file header, transmitted message header, information on the same page or in the same computer file as the image for information embedded in the image H04N1/32144
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32502 in systems having a plurality of input or output devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32512 of different type, e.g. internal and external devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32529 of different type, e.g. internal and external devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0039 Connection via a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0094 Multifunctional device, i.e. a device capable of all of reading, reproducing, copying, facsimile transception, file transception
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3246 of data relating to permitted access or usage, e.g. level of access or usage parameters for digital rights management [DRM] related to still images

Abstract

A multifunctional product connected with a plurality of terminals over a network includes an image information obtaining device that obtains image information, a document file storing device that stores the image information in a prescribed location as a document file, and a designating device that designates a prescribed terminal to receive the document file. A file transmission device is provided to transmit the document file to the prescribed terminal simultaneously when the document file storing device stores the image information in the document file.

Claims

1. A multifunctional product configured to communicate data with at least one terminal over a network using a prescribed communications protocol, said multifunctional product comprising:

an image information obtaining device configured to obtain image information;

a document file storing device configured to store the image information in a prescribed location as a document file;

a designating device configured to designate at least one terminal to receive a document file; and

a file transmission device configured to transmit the document file to the at least one terminal simultaneously with when the document file storing device stores the image information in the document file.

2. The multifunctional product as claimed in claim 1, wherein the document file is provided with an attribution indicating if image information of the document file is disclosed, and wherein the network multifunctional product requests authorization information when the document file having the attribution representing that image information is not disclosed is accessed.

3. The multifunctional product as claimed in claim 2, wherein said attribution is attached to the document file when the document filed is made.

4. The multifunctional product as claimed in claim 2, wherein said at least one terminal executes communications in accordance with the confidential link information when accessing the document file storing device.

5-8. -8. (canceled)

9. A multifunctional product configured to communicate data with at least one terminal over a network using a prescribed communications protocol, said multifunctional product comprising:

means for obtaining image information;

means for storing the image information in a prescribed location as a document file;

means for designating at least one terminal to receive a document file; and

means for transmitting the document file to the at least one terminal simultaneously with when the means for storing stores the image information in the document file.

10. The multifunctional product as claimed in claim 9, wherein the document file is provided with an attribution indicating if image information of the document file is disclosed, and wherein the network multifunctional product requests authorization information when the document file having the attribution representing that image information is not disclosed is accessed.

11. The multifunctional product as claimed in claim 10, wherein said attribution is attached to the document file when the document filed is made.

12. The multifunctional product as claimed in claim 10, wherein said at least one terminal executes communications in accordance with the confidential link information when accessing the means for storing.

13-16. -16. (canceled)