DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM FOR DATA TRANSMISSION

• US 20100306250A1
• Filed: 05/28/2010
• Published: 12/02/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/02/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Inventors: MIZUNASHI, Yohko
• Granted Patent: US 8,326,901 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/769
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/066 Format adaptation, e.g. format conversion or compression
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/104 Grouping of entities

Abstract

A data processing apparatus includes plural transmission units that transmits transmission data to one or more users, a storage part that stores a destination group table therein, the destination group table including a data structure in which data of one or more of the plural transmission units are associated with user data of the one or more users, a reception part that receives selection data indicating selection of the one or more users, receives designation data indicating designation of one or more of the plural transmission units, and extracts the user data from the storage part according to the selection data and the designation data, and a transmission request part that requests transmission of the transmission data to at least one of the plural transmission units according to the user data extracted by the reception part.

Claims

1. A data processing apparatus comprising:

a plurality of transmission units configured to transmit transmission data to one or more users;

a storage part configured to store a destination group table therein, the destination group table including a data structure in which data of one or more of the plural transmission units are associated with user data of the one or more users;

a reception part configured to receive selection data indicating selection of the one or more users, receive designation data indicating designation of the one or more of the plural transmission units, and extract the user data from the storage part according to the selection data and the designation data; and

a transmission request part configured to request transmission of the transmission data to at least one of the plural transmission units according to the user data extracted by the reception part.

2. The data processing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the storage part is configured to store a user group table and a combination group table therein, wherein the user group table includes a data structure that only includes the user data of the one or more users, wherein the combination group includes a data structure in which the data structure of the destination group table and the data structure of the user group table are combined.

3. The data processing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the storage part is configured to store data of another destination group table in the destination group table, wherein the data of the other destination group table is stored as the user data of the destination group table, wherein the reception part is configured to extract the user data corresponding to the other destination group table.

4. The data processing apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein the storage part is configured to store priority transmission unit data indicating one or more prioritized transmission units corresponding to one of the users in the user group table, wherein the transmission request part is configured to request transmission of the transmission data to the one or more prioritized transmission units in a case where the user data extracted by the reception part includes the data indicating the one or more prioritized transmission unit.

5. The data processing apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein the storage part is configured to store data indicating one or more prioritized transmission units corresponding to all of the users in the user group table, wherein the transmission request part is configured to request transmission of the transmission data to the one or more prioritized transmission units in a case where the user data extracted by the reception part includes the data indicating the one or more prioritized transmission unit.

6. The data processing apparatus as claimed in claim 4, wherein the storage part is configured to store the data indicating the one or more prioritized transmission units in a predetermined order, wherein the transmission request part is configured to request transmission of the transmission data to the one or more prioritized transmission units according to the predetermined order in a case where the user data extracted by the reception part includes the data indicating the prioritized transmission unit, wherein the transmission request part cancels the request when the one or more prioritized transmission units completes transmitting the transmission data.

7. The data processing apparatus as claimed in claim 2, further comprising:

a registering part configured to receive a group selection data indicating selection of the destination group table or the user group table store in the storage part, receive input of a new user data, and register the new user data in the destination group table or the user group table store according to the received group selection data.

8. The data processing apparatus as claimed in claim 2, further comprising a registering part configured to display a list indicating the user data in correspondence with the data of the one or more of the plural transmission units, receive a new user data, and register the new user data in correspondence with the one or more transmission units of the destination group table.

9. The data processing apparatus as claimed in claim 2, further comprising a registering part configured to receive a plurality of new user data corresponding to one of the one or more transmission units and register the plural new user data in correspondence with the one of the one or more transmission units of the destination group table.

10. The data processing apparatus as claimed in claim 2, further comprising a searching part configured to receive search data indicating at least one of key data, maximum hit number data, or sorting condition data corresponding to user data and search the user data corresponding to the one or more of the plural transmission units stored in the storage part based on the received search data.

11. The data processing apparatus as claimed in claim 3, further comprising a searching part configured to receive search data indicating whether the data of the other destination group table are to be included in the user data to be searched and search the user data corresponding to the one or more of the plural transmission units stored in the storage part based on the received search data.

12. A data processing method for transmitting transmission data to one or more users with a data processing apparatus including a plurality of transmission units, the method comprising the steps of:

a) storing a destination group table in the data processing apparatus, the destination group table includes a data structure in which data of one or more of the plural transmission units are associated with user data of the one or more users;

b) receiving selection data indicating selection of the one or more of the plural users,

c) receiving designation data indicating designation of one or more of the plural transmission units,

d) extracting the user data from the storage part according to the selection data and the designation data; and

e) requesting transmission of the transmission data to at least one of the plural transmission units according to the user data extracted in step d).

13. A computer-readable recording medium on which a program for causing a computer to execute a data processing method for transmitting transmission data to one or more users with a data processing apparatus including a plurality of transmission units, the data processing method comprising the steps of:

a) storing a destination group table in the data processing apparatus, the destination group table including a data structure in which data of one or more of the plural transmission units are associated with user data of the one or more users;

b) receiving selection data indicating selection of the one or more users,

c) receiving designation data indicating designation of one or more of the plural transmission units,

d) extracting the user data from the storage part according to the selection data and the designation data; and

e) requesting transmission of the transmission data to at least one of the plural transmission units according to the user data extracted in step d).