FILE TRANSMISSION APPARATUS AND IMAGE READING APPARATUS

• US 20170094073A1
• Filed: 09/19/2016
• Published: 03/30/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oki Data Corporation (OKI Electric Industry Company Limited)
• Original Assignee: Oki Data Corporation (OKI Electric Industry Company Limited)
• Inventors: WATANABE, Tadayuki
• Granted Patent: US 10,069,981 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00212 Attaching image data to computer messages, e.g. to e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00225 details of image data generation, e.g. scan-to-email or network scanners using an image reading device as a local input to a computer H04N1/00241
• 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 2201/0094 Multifunctional device, i.e. a device capable of all of reading, reproducing, copying, facsimile transception, file transception
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3226 of identification information or the like, e.g. ID code, index, title, part of an image, reduced-size image
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3278 Transmission

Abstract

A file transmission apparatus includes a mail producing section that produces an email for transmitting a transmission object file, a file name producing section that produces a file name of the transmission object file based a character string included in the email processed by the mail producing section and that assigns the produced file name to the transmission object file, and a transmission section that attaches, to the email, the transmission object file with the file name assigned at the file name producing section and that transmits the email, to make user'"'"'s manipulation significantly simplified and the usability further improved.

Claims

1. A file transmission apparatus comprising:

a mail producing section that produces an email for transmitting a transmission object file;

a file name producing section that produces a file name of the transmission object file based a character string included in the email processed by the mail producing section and that assigns the produced file name to the transmission object file; and

a transmission section that attaches, to the email, the transmission object file with the file name assigned at the file name producing section and that, transmits the email.

2. The file transmission apparatus according to claim 1, wherein file name producing section produces the file name of the transmission object file based on a mail subject of the email produced by the mail producing section, as the character string included in the email.

3. The file transmission apparatus according to claim 1, wherein file name producing section produces the file name of the transmission object file based on a character string included in a template used for producing the email at the mail producing section, as the character string included in the email.

4. The file transmission apparatus according to claim 3, wherein file name producing section produces the file name of the transmission object file based on a mail subject of the email producible using the template, as the character string included in the email.

5. The file transmission apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the mail producing section produces the email using a template in which at least the mail subject is entered among the sendee information, the mail message, and the mail subject of the email.

6. The file transmission apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the tile name producing section produces the file name based on the mail subject in addition with email production date and time information showing the date and time producing the email at the mail producing section, as the character string included in the email.

7. The file transmission apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the file name producing section produces plural file names based on the mail subject serving as the character string included in the email as well as respective additional information data different, from each other in a number of the file tot al number when transmitting the plural transmission object files and assigns the file names to the plural transmission object files, and wherein the transmission section transmits the plural transmission object files assigned with the file names from the file name producing section in attached to the email.

8. The file transmission apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the file name producing section produces the file name based on the mail subject and sender and/or sendee information of the email produced from the mail producing section, as the character string included in the email.

9. An image reading apparatus comprising:

a reading section that reads an image;

a mail producing section that produces an email for transmitting an image file of the image read at the reading section, as a transmission object file;

a file name producing section that produces a filename of the transmission object file based a character string included in the email processed by the mail producing section and that assigns the produced file name to the transmission object file; and

a transmission section that attaches, to the email, the transmission object file with the file name assigned at the file name producing section and that transmits the email.