Multi-functional device and method of storing a transmission list of users in the same

• US 8,510,858 B2
• Filed: 06/07/2006
• Issued: 08/13/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/08/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: HP Printing Korea Co., Ltd. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Hyun-suk
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel, Nirav B
• Application Number:
  US11/422,697
• Publication Number:
  US 20060282673A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,624 Days
• Field of Search: 713/170, 713/176, 713182-185, 726/2, 726/3, 726/5, 726/6, 726 27- 30, 380/243, 380/246, 380/55, 358/1.15, 358/448, 358/440, 358/1.13, 358/1.16, 358/400, 358/401, 358/405, 358/426.02, 709/206, 709/203, 709/213, 709/216, 709/245, 709/219, 709/227
• US Class Current: 726/29
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/00 User-to-user messaging in packet-switching networks, transmitted according to store-and-forward or real-time protocols, e.g. e-mail
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/10 Multimedia information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/083 using passwords cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using a predetermined code H04L9/3226
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/101 Access control lists [ACL]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/4413 involving the use of passwords, ID codes or the like, e.g. PIN

Abstract

A multi-functional device and a method of storing a transmission list of users in the same. The multi-functional device includes an authenticator to authenticate one or more users, a storage unit to store a transmission list of the authenticated users, a user interface to display the transmission list of the authenticated users, a controller to read the transmission list of the authenticated users stored in the storage unit and to control the user interface to display the read list, and a communication interface to transmit and receive data. The controller controls the communication interface to transmit and receive the data to/from a transmission address, which is selected from the displayed transmission list by the user interface. When a multi-functional device is used to transmit scanned data to an electronic mail address or an Internet address, the transmission address can be selected from a recently transmitted electronic mail address list or a recently transmitted Internet address list of authenticated users such that an address desired by a user can be set up instead of directly inputting the address. Accordingly, a transmission address list of users is managed, thereby preventing the transmission address list from being discarded or deleted by other people using the multi-functional device.

Claims

1. A multi-functional device, comprising:

a scanner to scan image data;

an authentication module to authenticate a plurality of users including at least one first user as an at least one authenticated user and at least one guest user as a temporary authenticated user;

a user interface module to display a list of recently transmitted network addresses that corresponds to an active at least one authenticated user from among the plurality of authenticated users and that is selected from among transmission lists corresponding to the plurality of authenticated users while excluding the display of a list of recently transmitted network addresses that corresponds to the guest user;

a control module to enable the at least one authenticated user and the at least one guest user to transmit the image data to at least one network address; and

a storage module to store and manage the list of recently transmitted network addresses to which data has recently been transmitted by the plurality of authenticated users in a transmission address list of the plurality of authenticated users while excluding the storage of recently transmitted network addresses to which data has recently been transmitted by the at least one guest user when the at least one authenticated user is the active authenticated user and when the at least one guest user is an active temporary authenticated user, wherein the storage module stores and manages lists of the recently transmitted network addresses corresponding to the plurality of authenticated users.

2. The device of claim 1, further comprising:

a user interface module to display a login window to authenticate the user using at least one of an ID and a password.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein the at least one network address comprises one or more of an email address, an Internet address, an Internet Protocol address, and a File Transfer Protocol address.

4. The device of claim 1, wherein the user interface module enables the at least one authenticated user to select from among a plurality of network address types and to display a list of recently transmitted network addresses that corresponds to the selected network address type.

5. The device of claim 1, wherein the storage module stores a plurality of network addresses in the at least one transmission address list in an order beginning with a most recent network address to which the image data is transmitted.

6. The device of claim 1, wherein the control module updates the at least one transmission address list including the at least one network address each time the at least one authenticated user transmits the image data.

7. The device of claim 1, further comprising:

a user interface module to enable the at least one authenticated user to add a network address to the stored at least one transmission address list.

8. The device of claim 1, further comprising:

a printer to print the image data;

a fax to transmit the image data over a network to another fax; and

a communication interface to transmit the image data to the at least one network address.

9. The device of claim 1, further comprising:

a scanner module including the scanner to scan a document to obtain the image data; and

a user interface module to enable the at least one authenticated user to browse the at least one transmission address list to select at least one target address to which the image data is to be transmitted.

10. The device of claim 1, wherein the storage module manages the at least one transmission address list by creating, storing, and/or updating the at least one transmission address list.

11. A multi-functional device having a user interface comprising:

an authentication portion to authenticate a plurality of users including at least a first user in the device as an authenticated user and at least one guest user as a temporary authenticated user;

a recently transmitted selection portion to enable an active authenticated user from among the plurality of authenticated users to select one or more target addresses from a plurality of recently transmitted addresses in a list to which image data has been transmitted by the plurality of authenticated users while preventing the active authenticated user from selecting any target addresses to which image data has been transmitted by the at least one guest user when the first user is the active authenticated user, and while preventing the at least one guest user from selecting any target addresses to which image data has been transmitted by the at least one guest user when the at least one guest user is an active temporary authenticated user;

a display device to display a list of recently transmitted network addresses that corresponds to the selected network address type when the plurality of users are authenticated while preventing the authenticated user from selecting any target addresses to which image data has been transmitted by the at least one guest user when the authenticated user is the active authenticated user, and while preventing the at least one guest user from selecting any target addresses to which image data has been transmitted by the at least one guest user when the at least one guest user is an active temporary authenticated user, wherein the list of recently transmitted network addresses to which data has been transmitted by the plurality of authenticated users does not include addresses to which only the at least one guest user has transmitted image data; and

a storage unit to store and manage the list of recently transmitted network addresses to which data has recently been transmitted by the plurality of authenticated users in a transmission address list of the plurality of authenticated users while excluding the storage of recently transmitted network addresses to which data has recently been transmitted by the at least one guest user when the at least one authenticated user is the active authenticated user and when the at least one guest user is an active temporary authenticated user, wherein the storage unit stores and manages lists of the recently transmitted network addresses corresponding to the plurality of authenticated users.

12. The interface of claim 11, further comprising:

a transmission method selection portion to enable the authenticated user to select a transmission method to be used to transmit the image data to the one or more of the selected target addresses.

13. A method of managing network addresses in a multi-functional device that scans image data, the method comprising:

authenticating a plurality of users including a first user as an authenticated user and a guest user as a temporary authenticated user;

displaying a list of recently transmitted network addresses that corresponds to a selected network address type, where the display of the list of the recently transmitted network addresses corresponds to one authenticated user from the plurality of authenticated users while excluding the display of a list of recently transmitted network addresses that corresponds to the guest user;

selecting at least one network address from the list;

scanning image data from a document;

transmitting the scanned image data to the at least one selected network address; and

storing at least one transmission address list including the at least one network address when the first user is an active authenticated user while excluding the storage of a transmission address list including the at least one network address when the guest user is an active temporary authenticated user, wherein the transmission address list includes addresses to which data has recently been transmitted by the plurality of authenticated users, and the transmission address list to which data has been transmitted by the plurality of authenticated users does not include addresses to which data has recently been transmitted by the guest user.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the transmission address is directly input if the browsed transmission list contains no transmission address.

15. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

updating the transmission address to a recently transmitted address if there is a previous data transmission address list of the authenticated users.

16. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

creating a transmission address list of a user; and

storing the transmission address as the recently transmitted address if there is a previous data transmission address list of the authenticated users.

17. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium having embodied thereon a computer program to execute a method of storing a transmission address list of users in a multi-functional device, the medium comprising:

an executable code to authenticate a plurality of users including a first user as an authenticated user and a guest user as a temporary authenticated user;

an executable code to display a list of recently transmitted network addresses that corresponds to a selected network address type, the list not including recently transmitted network addresses of the guest user when the authenticated user is an active authenticated user and when the guest user is an active temporary authenticated user;

an executable code to select at least one network address from the list;

an executable code to scan an image data from a document;

an executable code to transmit scanned image data to the at least one selected network address; and

an executable code to store at least one transmission address list including the at least one network address when the first user is the active authenticated user while excluding the storage of a transmission address list including the at least one network address when the guest user is the active temporary authenticated user, the transmission list comprising addresses to which data has recently been transmitted by the plurality of authenticated users, wherein the recent at least one transmission address list does not include addresses to which data has been recently transmitted by the guest user.