APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECEIVING IMAGE

• US 20070283233A1
• Filed: 08/09/2007
• Published: 12/06/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 11/11/1999
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Panasonic System Networks Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Communications Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Saito, Kyoji
• Granted Patent: US 7,769,812 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 714/807
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/066 Format adaptation, e.g. format conversion or compression
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/23 Reliability checks, e.g. acknowledgments or fault reporting
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00214 details of transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00217 only involving computer data transmission protocols, e.g. SMTP, WAP or HTTP communication protocol aspects and techniques in packet data networks H04L69/00; network-specific arrangements or communication protocols supporting networked applications H04L67/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32641 of transmission or transmitted data, e.g. interruption or wrong number of pages
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32662 remotely, e.g. to the transmitter from the receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0015 Control of image communication with the connected apparatus, e.g. signalling capability
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/002 Selecting or switching between an image communication channel and a non-image communication channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0067 Converting to still picture data
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0086 Image transceiver H04N2201/0093 and H04N2201/0094 take precedence

Abstract

An image communication apparatus includes a transmitter that transmits an e-mail with data attached, via a computer network, a receiver that receives an e-mail with data attached, via the computer network, and a controller that converts the attached data into image data. The controller judges whether or not the received e-mail is an error mail, the error mail being related to the e-mail transmitted by the image communication apparatus, based on a search of a header of the received e-mail for a predetermined character string. The predetermined character string is related to a sender of the error mail. The controller determines that the received e-mail in the error mail, when the result of the search indicates that the header of the received e-mail includes the predetermined character string.

Claims

1. An image communication apparatus comprising:

a transmitter configured to transmit an e-mail with data attached, via a computer network;

a receiver configured to receive an e-mail with data attached, via the computer network; and

a controller configured to convert the attached data into image data;

the controller further being configured to judge whether or not the received e-mail is an error mail, the error mail being related to the e-mail transmitted by the image communication apparatus, based on a search of a header of the received e-mail for a predetermined character string, the predetermined character string being related to a sender of the error mail, and to determine that the received e-mail is the error mail, when the result of the search indicates that the header of the received e-mail includes the predetermined character string.

2. The image communication apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a printer configured to print the image data, wherein the controller, when an error mail is detected, abstracts predetermined information from the e-mail, and converts the abstracted predetermined information into image data, and the printer prints the converted image data.

3. The image communication apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a printer configured to print image data, wherein the controller, when an error mail is detected, abstracts a predetermined information from the e-mail, edits the abstracted predetermined information, and converts the edited information into image data, and the printer prints the converted image data.

4. The image communication apparatus according to claim 1, the predetermined character string being set into the header of the received e-mail by a server.

5. The image communication apparatus according to claim 1, the transmitter and the receiver being configured to transmit and receive e-mail via at least one server character string being set into the header by the server.

6. The image communication apparatus according to claim 1, the controller being configured to compare a character string in the header with a list of character strings to determine if the character string in the header is the predetermined character string.

7. An image communication method comprising:

transmitting an e-mail with data attached, via a computer network;

receiving an e-mail with data attached, via the computer network;

converting the attached data into image data; and

judging whether or not the received e-mail is an error mail, the error mail being related to the e-mail transmitted by the image communication apparatus, based on a search of a header of the e-mail for a predetermined character string, the predetermined character string being related to a sender of the error mail; and

determining that the received e-mail is the error mail, when the result of the search indicates the received e-mail includes the predetermined character string.

8. The image communication method according to claim 7, further comprising:

abstracting predetermined information from the e-mail when an error mail is detected;

converting the abstracted predetermined information into image data; and

printing the converted image data.

9. The image communication method according to claim 7, further comprising:

abstracting predetermined information from the e-mail when an error mail is detected;

editing the abstracted predetermined information;

converting the edited predetermined information into image data; and

printing the converted image data.

10. The image communication method according to claim 7, the predetermined character string being set into the header of the received e-mail by a server.

11. The image communication method according to claim 7, the transmitting a receiving of the e-mail through the computer network taking place via at least one server, the predetermined character string being set into the header by the server.

12. The image communication method according to claim 7, the judging comprising comparing a character string in the header with a list of character strings to determine if the character string in the header is the predetermined character string.