Server apparatus and system
First Claim
1. A server apparatus for communicating with a terminal device through a network and transmitting image data to the terminal device, the server apparatus comprising:
- a reception component for receiving, via network, profile data designation information and transmission method designation information, wherein the profile data designation information is for designating profile data for conversion processing the transmission method, which is selected from one of the following groups (a) converting the image data based on the profile data and sending the converted image data, (b) embedding the profile data in the image data and sending the image data and the embedded profile data, and (c) sending image data, which has neither been converted based on the profile data nor has the profile data embedded therein;
an acquisition component for acquiring the profile data designated by the profile data designation information;
an embedding component for applying, to the image data, an embedding process, which embeds the profile data acquired by the acquisition component, when the transmission method designation information designates that the profile data is to be embedded in the image data;
a conversion component for applying, to the image data, a conversion process based on the profile data acquired by the acquisition component when the transmission method designation information designates that the image data is to be converted based on the profile data and transmitted; and
a transmission component for transmitting, via the network, one of the image data embedding processed by the embedding component, the image data conversion processed by the conversion component, and the image data, which was neither embedding processed nor the conversion processed to the terminal device according to the transmission method designated by the transmission method designation information.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a server apparatus, which can fetch image data in a desired state and a system including the server apparatus. In the server apparatus, received designation information is analyzed. When specific profile data is designated by profile designation information, the designated profile data is fetched from profile DB. When “profile data is embedded” is designated by transmission method designation information of the designation information, after the fetched profile data is embedded in the image data and then transmitted to a terminal device. When “conversion is performed by profile” is designated by the transmission method designation information, the image data is subjected to color conversion, resolution conversion, or affine conversion based on the fetched profile data and then transmitted to the terminal device. When “only image” is designated by the transmission method designation information, the image data is directly transmitted to the terminal device.
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12 Claims
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1. A server apparatus for communicating with a terminal device through a network and transmitting image data to the terminal device, the server apparatus comprising:
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a reception component for receiving, via network, profile data designation information and transmission method designation information, wherein the profile data designation information is for designating profile data for conversion processing the transmission method, which is selected from one of the following groups (a) converting the image data based on the profile data and sending the converted image data, (b) embedding the profile data in the image data and sending the image data and the embedded profile data, and (c) sending image data, which has neither been converted based on the profile data nor has the profile data embedded therein;
an acquisition component for acquiring the profile data designated by the profile data designation information;
an embedding component for applying, to the image data, an embedding process, which embeds the profile data acquired by the acquisition component, when the transmission method designation information designates that the profile data is to be embedded in the image data;
a conversion component for applying, to the image data, a conversion process based on the profile data acquired by the acquisition component when the transmission method designation information designates that the image data is to be converted based on the profile data and transmitted; and
a transmission component for transmitting, via the network, one of the image data embedding processed by the embedding component, the image data conversion processed by the conversion component, and the image data, which was neither embedding processed nor the conversion processed to the terminal device according to the transmission method designated by the transmission method designation information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for a server apparatus to communicate with a terminal device via a network and transmit image data to the terminal device, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving, via the network, profile data designation information and transmission method designation information, wherein the profile data designation information is for designating profile data conversion processing the image data and the transmission method designation information is for designating a transmission method, which is selected from one of the following groups (a) converting the image data based on the profile data and sending the converted image data, (b) embedding the profile data in the image data and sending the image data and the embedded profile data, and (c) sending image data, which has neither been converted based on the profile data nor has the profile data embedded therein;
acquiring the profile data designated by the profile data designation information;
applying, to the image data, an embedding process embedding the profile data when the transmission method designation method designation information designates that the profile data is to be embedded in the image data;
applying, to the image data, a conversion process based on the profile data when the transmission method designation information designates that the image data is to be converted based on the profile data and transmitted; and
transmitting, via the network, one of the image data subjected to the embedding process, the data subjected to at least one of the conversion process, the image data which was subjected to neither the embedding process nor the conversion process to the terminal device in accordance with the transmission method designated by the transmission method designation information.
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