IMAGE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, DEVICE AND METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM
First Claim
1. An image transmission system in which a server for providing image data transmission conditions is connected with a plurality of image transmission devices via a network,the server comprising:
- a transmission condition receiving part operable to receive a specification of transmission conditions which should be satisfied when image data is transmitted to a particular receiver, the transmission conditions being specified in correspondence with one or more different transmitters of the image data or in correspondence with one or more different groups of transmitters; and
a transmission condition storage storing therein a transmission condition table with which the specified transmission conditions, the particular receiver, and the one or more transmitters or the one or more transmitter groups are registered in correspondence with each other,each of the plurality of image transmission devices comprising;
a transmitter information obtaining part operable to obtain information that identifies a transmitter who transmits the image data;
a receiver information receiving part operable to receive information that identifies a receiver who receives the transmitted image data;
a transmission condition obtaining part operable to obtain, from the transmission condition storage of the server, transmission conditions that are stored in correspondence with the identified receiver and the identified transmitter or a group to which the identified transmitter belongs; and
a transmitting part operable to transmit the image data to the identified receiver under the obtained transmission conditions.
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Abstract
Personal address books of users are stored in an address server. Each user registers, with the personal address book of his/her own, conditions (transmission conditions) that should be satisfied when other users transmit image data to the user. The conditions are registered in correspondence with addresses of the other users. When one of the other users transmits (as a transmission source) to the user (as a transmission destination) who has set the transmission conditions, from an MFP, the transmission conditions, which were set by the transmission destination user with respect to the transmitter, are downloaded from the address server to the transmission source MFP. And then the MFP transmits the image data to the transmission destination user under the downloaded transmission conditions. This enables the transmission destination user to cause the image data to be transmitted thereto under such conditions that match the needs of the transmission destination user.
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1. An image transmission system in which a server for providing image data transmission conditions is connected with a plurality of image transmission devices via a network,
the server comprising: -
a transmission condition receiving part operable to receive a specification of transmission conditions which should be satisfied when image data is transmitted to a particular receiver, the transmission conditions being specified in correspondence with one or more different transmitters of the image data or in correspondence with one or more different groups of transmitters; and a transmission condition storage storing therein a transmission condition table with which the specified transmission conditions, the particular receiver, and the one or more transmitters or the one or more transmitter groups are registered in correspondence with each other, each of the plurality of image transmission devices comprising; a transmitter information obtaining part operable to obtain information that identifies a transmitter who transmits the image data; a receiver information receiving part operable to receive information that identifies a receiver who receives the transmitted image data; a transmission condition obtaining part operable to obtain, from the transmission condition storage of the server, transmission conditions that are stored in correspondence with the identified receiver and the identified transmitter or a group to which the identified transmitter belongs; and a transmitting part operable to transmit the image data to the identified receiver under the obtained transmission conditions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An image transmission device which is connected, via a network, with a server which provides image data transmission conditions, wherein
the server includes a transmission condition table that receives a specification of transmission conditions which should be satisfied when image data is transmitted to a particular receiver, the transmission conditions being specified in correspondence with one or more different transmitters of the image data or in correspondence with one or more different groups of transmitters, and stores therein the specified transmission conditions, the particular receiver, and the one or more transmitters or the one or more transmitter groups are registered in correspondence with each other, and the image transmission device comprises: -
a transmitter information obtaining part operable to obtain information that identifies a transmitter who transmits the image data; a receiver information receiving part operable to receive information that identifies a receiver who receives the transmitted image data; a transmission condition obtaining part operable to obtain, from the transmission condition table of the server, transmission conditions that are stored in correspondence with the identified receiver and the identified transmitter or a group to which the identified transmitter belongs; and a transmitting part operable to transmit the image data to the identified receiver under the obtained transmission conditions.
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11. An image transmission method for use in an image transmission device which is connected, via a network, with a server which provides image data transmission conditions, wherein
the server includes a transmission condition table that receives a specification of transmission conditions which should be satisfied when image data is transmitted to a particular receiver, the transmission conditions being specified in correspondence with one or more different transmitters of the image data or in correspondence with one or more different groups of transmitters, and stores therein the specified transmission conditions, the particular receiver, and the one or more transmitters or the one or more transmitter groups are registered in correspondence with each other, and the image transmission method comprises: -
a transmitter information obtaining step for obtaining information that identifies a transmitter who transmits the image data; a receiver information receiving step for receiving information that identifies a receiver who receives the transmitted image data; a transmission condition obtaining step for obtaining, from the transmission condition table of the server, transmission conditions that are stored in correspondence with the identified receiver and the identified transmitter or a group to which the identified transmitter belongs; and a transmitting step for transmitting the image data to the identified receiver under the obtained transmission conditions.
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12. A recording medium recording therein a program to be executed in an image transmission device which is connected, via a network, with a server which provides image data transmission conditions, wherein
the server includes a transmission condition table that receives a specification of transmission conditions which should be satisfied when image data is transmitted to a particular receiver, the transmission conditions being specified in correspondence with one or more different transmitters of the image data or in correspondence with one or more different groups of transmitters, and stores therein the specified transmission conditions, the particular receiver, and the one or more transmitters or the one or more transmitter groups are registered in correspondence with each other, and the program causes a computer of the image transmission device to perform: -
a transmitter information obtaining process for obtaining information that identifies a transmitter who transmits the image data; a receiver information receiving process for receiving information that identifies a receiver who receives the transmitted image data; a transmission condition obtaining process for obtaining, from the transmission condition table of the server, transmission conditions that are stored in correspondence with the identified receiver and the identified transmitter or a group to which the identified transmitter belongs; and a transmitting process for transmitting the image data to the identified receiver under the obtained transmission conditions.
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