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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7110148 | Duplex image reading apparatus A duplex image reading apparatus has a transportation path for transporting a sheet original to a reading region by an original transporting device, and first and second reading devices placed corresponding to respective transportation sides of the sheet original in... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7110151 | System and method for selecting photographic images using index prints A remote ordering system for receiving an order for goods and/or services over a communication network, the system including an electronic storage device for storing digital images, and a computer for accessing said digital images on said storage device and for comm... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7110146 | Data converting apparatus, method for converting data and computer-readable recording medium recorded with a program for causing a computer to convert data In a data converting apparatus, a data converting part converts a set of input data into a set of image data that can be processed by an image forming apparatus forming an image on a medium in accordance with the set of image data and a superimposing part superimpos... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7106464 | Scan system and method for scanning images to a remote location A scan system and method provides users the ability to quickly and efficiently transfer images from a scanner to a destination location. In particular, the scan system can be implemented as follows. The scan system includes a scanner and a transferring mechanism. Th... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7102772 | Method and system for delivery of a facsimile A method of delivering a facsimile, including: providing a printed form for entering a message thereon using a sensing device adapted to read coded data on the form; receiving, in a computer system, interaction data representing interaction of the sensing device wit... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7099034 | Methods and arrangements for providing and using printer configuration status information Methods and arrangements are provided for use in a printer and associated computer(s). The printer is configured to periodically and/or automatically detect when changes are being made to a print media supply tray and output/display the current configuration of the ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7096391 | Error message suppression system and method The disclosed embodiments relate to a system and method for message suppression. The system comprises a memory that is adapted to store a data element corresponding to a failure notification and to store a corresponding timestamp. Also included in the system is an i... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7095830 | Communication apparatus, communication method, and storage medium An object of this invention is to provide a communication apparatus capable of maintaining the secrecy of data received in a memory box when forwarding the data. To achieve this object, when data received in a memory box designated by a sub-address/password signal i... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7095525 | Image processing apparatus and image processing method When reading image data stored on a detachable storage medium such as a magneto-optical disk and outputting the data using an image outputting device, data regarding modes in which the image data is to be output is stored in advance on a storage medium by an apparat... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7095512 | Document process system A division/coupling process section refers to item “DOCUMENT PROCESS” in a division/coupling set information DB. If a document division/coupling process needs to be executed, division/coupling set information from the division/coupling set information DB is refe... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7095521 | Information processing method and apparatus In a color facsimile apparatus, a plurality of image data are grouped for each destination, and the groups are further sub-grouped on the basis of data types such as color and monochrome images. In addition, these groups may be sub-grouped on the basis of encoding t... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7092129 | Internet facsimile and control method thereof In an Internet facsimile 1, scanned and stored image information is broadcasted in facsimile and electronic mail communications according to one transmission instruction of the user. ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7092117 | Print system In a print system comprising a computer and a printer connected directly or indirectly via a network to the computer, the printer stores documents prepared by the computer, has a page/document layout processing section for the stored documents, and can output docume... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7092568 | Limiting storage or transmission of visual information using optical character recognition A method carried out at a device (700), of limiting visual information that can be stored or transmitted captures a visual image (408). Whenever a control signal is detected (412) at the device (700), an optical symbol recognition of the ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7092945 | Method and system for obtaining a user's personal address information A method and system is provided for facilitating the retrieval of data from a database using a communications device where the database is stored remotely from the communications device. A communications device using the method or system may obtain remote data, such... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7092118 | Progressive image transmission using discrete wavelet transforms Disclosed herein is a method of storing and of progressively transferring a still image so that it can be conveniently previewed during the transfer and so that a user can terminate the transfer at an early stage if the image turns out to be undesirable. The methods... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7089266 | Computer systems and methods for the query and visualization of multidimensional databases A method and system for producing graphics. A hierarchical structure of a database is determined. A visual table, comprising a plurality of panes, is constructed by providing a specification that is in a language based on the hierarchical structure of the database. ... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7089291 | Battery pack having integral optical reader for wireless communication device A battery pack for a wireless communication device comprises a housing, at least one battery disposed within the housing and an optical reader disposed within the housing. The housing is adapted to be removably attachable to a wireless communication device. The hous... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7088801 | Single telephone number access to multiple communications services A platform provides access to multiple telecommunications services via a single telephone number. These services may include, for example, voicemail services, facsimile messaging services, paging services, and outbound calling services. A guest caller may call the s... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7082226 | Image data reproduction method A duplicated part of identical images in an encoded image data master is judged to be selected. Image data to be reused is generated by adding a storage instruction to encoded image data of the duplicated part of the first identical image, and converting encoded ima... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7079269 | Interactive printing with a plurality of printer devices A network system for printing digital print files, including personal workstations of users and a plurality of printers. The system further includes a print service and a print file storage service, that may be implemented in several ways. A user may submit a print ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7077311 | Document transport control system A document transport control system for controlling the throughput rate of the document transport, the document transport has a preset throughput rate. The system includes a smart card for storing data including a throughput rate which is greater than the preset thr... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7075570 | Method of processing files and an apparatus thereof A method and an apparatus of processing files according to the present invention comprise a first and second apparatus for recording data in a manner complying with the DCF standardized file-managing structure. In the method and apparatus, a file for management is f... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7072052 | Efficient rasterization system and method An image processing method and system is provided wherein a plurality of processors perform a conversion process from a page description language format of data into raster image data, and a printing engine which continuously receives color image data having at leas... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7072078 | Image storage apparatus, image storage method, and storage medium Information including parameters for JBIG-encoding is managed page-by-page, and image information is JBIG-encoded with the information managed page-by-page, after which the encoded data is stored in an image memory. The encoded data stored is then decoded with the i... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7073119 | System for retrieving and printing network documents A method for providing print-by-reference functionality includes providing a web page from a printer's embedded web server to a web browser, receiving a URL entered into the provided web page, retrieving a printable document corresponding to the URL, and printing th... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7068260 | High-level function selection for multi-function device A multi-function device configured to perform a plurality of functions related to document production and transmission is provided. The multi-function device includes a display, the display being configured to present an idle screen when none of the plurality of fun... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7069302 | Internet facsimile and E-mail reception method An Internet facsimile apparatus for receiving e-mail data, is connected to a computer network. The Internet facsimile apparatus comprises an e-mail receiver that receives e-mail data transmitted via the computer network. The e-mail data includes a header, document i... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7069278 | System for archive integrity management and related methods A system for archive integrity management and related methods are disclosed. The invention includes one or more integrity manager applications, each of which monitor the integrity of an aspect of a data archive. Some integrity manager applications monitor the integr... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7068300 | Endoscope image filing system and endoscope image filing method A personal computer is a main part of an image filing device. In accordance with a release trigger generated by pressing a release switch included in an electronic endoscope, the personal computer records image signals output from an endoscope device, which are asso... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7064847 | Copying system for enhanced color copying processor The invention provides a copying system that can perform copying processing for a color original document within a short time. In a color copying system, images on a color original document are read by a scanner of a multi-function center (MFC), as analog RGB data. ... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7062343 | Remote maintenance system Factories (102–104) have host computers (107) for monitoring industrial equipment (106). Each host computer (107) is connected to a management host computer (108) on a vendor (101) side through the internet (105). T... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7058610 | System and method for communicating a message in a mailing system The present invention is directed to a system and method for providing confirmation and messaging relating to the distribution of a mail piece within a mailing system. Information including a mailer's address is included in a digital post mark or printed directly on... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7058685 | Validation and audit of e-media delivery The present invention provides a method, a computer-readable medium and a digital content delivery service system for sending and validating/auditing delivery of e-media. The method includes the steps of: obtaining/receiving e-media of a sender/user wherein the send... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7057751 | Image output control apparatus An image output control apparatus includes a recognition unit for recognizing mounting of a recording medium, a reading unit for reading image-reproduction instruction data recorded in the recording medium based on the recognition of the mounting, and a generation u... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7057753 | Image reading device and image process method utilizing the same There is disclosed an image processing apparatus provided with a reader for reading an original image, a connection unit for connection with a network to which plural computers are connected, and a transfer units for transferring the image data, read by the reader, ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7053951 | Camera with user compliant browse and display modes A camera is configured to capture an image of a real world scene as an image signal and to store captured images. The camera includes a screen suitable for displaying a high resolution version of a stored image from a list of stored images when a location within the... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7042595 | Communication terminal apparatus In a mailbox information table, respective processing is registered in a way to correspond to each subaddress of an F code. Image data of a facsimile with an attached F code containing a subaddress registered in the information table is stored in a corresponding mai... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7043536 | Method for controlling a computer using an embedded unique code in the content of CD media A method for allowing a user PC (1702) to be controlled in order to effect a connection between the user PC (1702) and a destination node (1706) on a network (306). This is facilitated through an audio source (1700) wherein compact... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7039856 | Automatic document classification using text and images A method and apparatus for automatic document classification using text and images. The present invention provides a method and apparatus for automatic document classification based on text and image. A new document is analyzed based on textual content as well as vi... | 05/02/2006 |
