Network system and control method of the same

• US 6,947,182 B1
• Filed: 07/20/2000
• Issued: 09/20/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 07/26/1999
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Kumagai, Takekazu
• Primary Examiner(s): Cuchlinski, Jr., William A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Phan, Tam T
• Application Number:
  US09/620,125
• Time in Patent Office: 1,888 Days
• Field of Search: 709/203, 709/223, 709/224, 709/225, 709/229, 709/217, 358/402, 358/407, 358/405, 358/442
• US Class Current: 358/402
• 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 1/00244 with a server, e.g. an internet server fax-servers or the like for store and forward H04N1/324
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32117 in a separate transmission or protocol signal prior to or subsequent to the image data transmission, e.g. in digital identification signal [DIS], in non standard setup [NSS] or in non standard field [NSF] for mode signalling H04N1/333
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3202 of communication or activity log or report
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3205 of identification information, e.g. name or ID code H04N2201/3209 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3212 of data relating to a job, e.g. communication, capture or filing of an image
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3219 of a job status, e.g. successful execution
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3278 Transmission

Abstract

This invention relates to management of facsimile information in a network system to which a document distribution server, a client terminal, and a facsimile apparatus are connected. When operated, this facsimile apparatus transmits information concerning the operation to the server. When an image is transmitted as a result of operation, information concerning the result of this transmission is also transmitted to the server. The server stores in a database the received information pertaining to the operation of the facsimile apparatus, the transmitted image, and the received information pertaining to the transmission result. Whether these pieces of information are to be transmitted to the server is set for each client. Each client can acquire operation log information of the facsimile apparatus by looking up the database.

Claims

1. A data processing apparatus comprising:

connecting means for connecting to a network;

processing means for executing a job which involves processing image data;

transferring means for transferring log information, indicating the results for a job executed by said processing means, and image data which was processed by the job corresponding to the log information to a predetermined terminal on the network via said connecting means;

setting means for setting, for each user of a plurality of users, whether or not the log information and the image data are to be transferred to the predetermined terminal by said transferring means;

determining means for determining a user who has given an instruction for executing the job by said processing means; and

control means for controlling said transferring means such that the log information of the job and the image data processed by the job corresponding to the log information are transferred to the predetermined terminal in a case where it is set by said setting means that the log information and the image data are to be transferred for the user determined by said determining means;

wherein said control means causes said transferring means to transfer, to the predetermined terminal, the log information of the job and the image data processed by the job corresponding to the log information even though the job is to output the image data to a destination other than the predetermined terminal.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the result of the job indicates the contents of the job executed by said processing means.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

said apparatus further comprises a reader for reading an original image, and

said processing means processes output image data from said reader.

4. The apparatus according to claim 3, wherein

said apparatus further comprises second connecting means for connecting to a telephone line, and

said processing means transmits output image data from said reader via said second connecting means.

5. The apparatus according to claim 3, wherein

said apparatus further comprises a printer for printing an image, and

said processing means causes said printer to print an image based on output image data from said reader.

6. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

said apparatus further comprises receiving means for receiving setting data to be used when said processing means executes a job from a terminal connected via said connecting means, and

said processing means executes a job on the basis of the setting data received by said receiving means.

7. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined terminal to which said transferring means transfers the log information and the image data is a server for managing the log information and the image data for each user of the plurality of users.

8. A control method for use with a data processing apparatus connected to a network, wherein the data processing apparatus includes processing means, said method comprising:

a determination step of determining a user who has given a instruction for executing a job by the data processing apparatus;

a transferring step of transferring log information indicating a result of the job executed by the processing means, and image data which was processed by the job corresponding to the log information to a predetermined terminal on the network;

a setting step of setting, for each user of a plurality of users, whether or not the log information and the image data are to be transferred to the predetermined terminal in said transferring step;

a control step of controlling said transferring step such that the log information of the job and the image data processed by the job corresponding to the log information are transferred to the predetermined terminal in a case where it is set in said setting step that the log information and the image data are to be transferred for the user determined in said determination step;

wherein said control step causes said transferring step to transfer the log information of the job and the image data processed by the job corresponding to the log information even though the job is to output the image data to a destination other than the predetermined terminal.

9. A program stored in a computer-readable storage medium to control a data processing apparatus connected to a network wherein the data processing apparatus includes processing means, said program, comprising:

code for a determination step of determining a user who has given a instruction for executing a job by the data processing apparatus;

code for a transferring step of transferring log information, indicating a result of the job executed by the processing means, and image data which was processed by the job corresponding to the log information to a predetermined terminal on the network;

code for a setting step of setting, for each user of a plurality of users, whether or not the log information and the image data are to be transferred to the predetermined terminal by said code for a transferring step;

code for a control step of controlling said code for a transferring step such that the log information of the job and the image data processed by the job corresponding to the log information are transferred to the predetermined terminal in a case where it is set by said code for a setting step that the log information and the image data are to be transferred for the user determined by said code for a determination step;

wherein said code for a control step causes said code for a transferring step to transfer the log information of the job and the image data processed by the job corresponding to the log information even though the job is to output the image data to a destination other than the predetermined terminal.

10. A data processing apparatus comprising:

a connecting unit, adapted to connect said data processing apparatus to a copying processing apparatus which performs copying processing, the copying processing includes reading image data and printing the image data;

a receiving unit, adapted to receive, via said connecting unit, log information indicating the result of the copying processing, which includes user information indicating a user who instructed the copying processing apparatus to perform the copying processing and the image data processed by the copying processing corresponding to the log information; and

a storage unit, adapted to store the log information including the user information and the image data processed by the copying processing corresponding to the log information associated with each other, received by said receiving unit.

11. The apparatus according to claim 10, further comprising a determining unit adapted to determine a user who instructs the copying processing apparatus to perform the copying processing,

wherein said storage unit stores the image data received by said receiving unit for each user determined by said determining unit.

12. The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein said storage means stores information on contents of the copying processing corresponding to the image data.

13. The apparatus according to claim 10, further comprising a recognition unit arranged to recognize a character string in the image data received by said receiving unit,

wherein said storage unit stores information supplied by said recognition unit.

14. The apparatus according to claim 10, further comprising a encryption unit arranged to encrypt the image data received by said receiving unit,

wherein said storage unit stores information supplied by said encryption unit.

15. A data processing method using a copying processing apparatus which performs copying processing, wherein the copying processing includes reading image data and printing of the image data, said method comprising the steps of:

receiving, from the copying processing apparatus, log information indicating the result of the copying processing, which includes user information indicating a user who instructed the copying processing apparatus to perform the copying processing and image data processed by the copying processing corresponding to the log information; and

storing the log information including the user information and the image data processed by the copying processing corresponding to the log information associated with each other, received in said receiving step.

16. A computer-readable storage medium storing a program for controlling a data processing apparatus connected to a copying processing apparatus which performs copying processing, wherein the copying processing includes reading an image data and processing the image data, said program comprising:

code for receiving, from the copying processing apparatus, log information indicating the result of the copying processing, which includes user information indicating a user who instructed the copying processing apparatus to perform the copying processing and image data processed by the copying processing corresponding to the log information; and

code for storing the log information including the user information and the image data processed by the copying processing corresponding to the log information associated with each other, received by said code for a receiving step.

17. A data processing system comprising a data processing apparatus and a copying processing apparatus which performs copying processing, the copying processing includes reading image data and printing of the image data,

wherein the data processing apparatus comprises:

a connecting unit, adapted to connect to the copying processing apparatus;

a receiving unit, adapted to receive, via said connecting unit, log information indicating the result of a copying processing, which includes user information indicating a user who instructed the copying processing apparatus to perform the copying processing and image data processed by the copying processing corresponding to the log information; and

a storage unit, adapted to store the log information including the user information and the image data processed by the copying processing corresponding to the log information associated with each other, received by said receiving unit, and

wherein the copying apparatus performs copying processing, the copying processing includes reading of an image data and printing of the image data.

18. A method for controlling a data processing system comprising a data processing apparatus and a copying processing apparatus which performs copying processing including reading of an image data and printing of the image data, said method comprising the steps of:

receiving, from the copying processing apparatus, log information indicating the result of the copying processing, which includes user information indicating a user who instructed the copying processing apparatus to perform the copying processing and image data processed by the copying processing corresponding to the log information; and

storing the log information including the user information and the image data processed by the copying processing corresponding to the log information associated with each other, received by said receiving step.