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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| RE43150 | Electronic photography system A system for electronic photography includes a number of photo-capture stations. Each station includes a digital camera and a customer identification device for selectively actuating the digital camera to capture a digital image and recording customer identification... | 01/31/2012 |
| 7782495 | Facsimile communication method, facsimile apparatus and computer-readable storage medium configured to output communication result notification A facsimile apparatus is provided with a specific destination name storage section to store destination names of specific destinations, a receiving end identifying section to identify a receiving end by analyzing terminal information received from the receiving end ... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7430216 | Communication apparatus There is disclosed a communication apparatus designed to assure the execution of ring type multi-address data transmission. In order to ensure that a user see a received image, transfer to a next station is not carried out until the received image is printed out. Wi... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7405846 | Facsimile apparatus and data entry method thereof In the transfer and entry of one-touch dial data or speed dial data from a facsimile apparatus 1 to a facsimile apparatus 10, the respective sizes of one-touch dial memory and speed dial memory in the facsimile apparatus 10 are detected. The one... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7391527 | Method and system of using a multifunction printer to identify pages having a text string A method is directed to using a multifunction printer to identify pages of a printed document that have a specified text string. The method comprises electronically converting, with the multifunction printer, a plurality of pages of the printed document to a plurali... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7382476 | Communication terminal device, facsimile device, and a method of controlling communication terminal device and facsimile device A communication terminal device and a facsimile device, and a method of controlling the communication terminal device and the facsimile device. The invention provides the communication terminal device capable of concentratedly controlling the information relating to... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7382481 | Image communication device, method of communicating image, program and recording medium An image communication device transmitting image information selectively generates a transmission-result report, where the contents of the transmission-result report vary depending on selected transmission conditions. Under a first condition, the transmission-result... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7369281 | Facsimile device and a facsimile device monitoring system The invention relates to a facsimile device and a facsimile device monitoring system. The result of a transmission can be promptly informed to the user. When an error occurs, the file of the memory transmission can be simply erased, or the address and the transmissi... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7370114 | Software downloading using a television broadcast channel A software distribution architecture having a television broadcast system as its infrastructure. Software from a software repository (1600) is mixed into a television broadcast system and transmitted into one or more selected channels at prescribed dates and ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7365884 | Facsimile telecommunications system and method A system and method for facilitating facsimile transmissions has one or more store and forward facilities, each associated with a plurality of subscriber facsimile machines, typically coupled over the switched telephone network. The store and forward facsimiles incl... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7359075 | Connection management system for creating and releasing connections to a print server Print server load is reduced efficiently by deleting information about print clients from a print server based on precise conditions peculiar to a print system. ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7355759 | Print order/delivery system and method, digital camera, client information registration device, ordering terminal, and printing system A print order/delivery system and method, and a printing system, wherein a previously assigned unique identification data is stored on a user side of the system, and the user is registered such that the user is associated with the identification data. Pictorial data... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7352479 | Image recording apparatus having copy mode and facsimile mode, and transmission method using the same An image recording apparatus according the present invention includes a copy section for copying an original, a transmission section for transmitting the original via a telephone line, an input section for inputting the number of sheets to be copied and a destinatio... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7340246 | Transmission of information during call establishment The present invention relates to a method for transmitting information to a subscriber in a telephone system in connection with call establishment. In order to achieve more efficient transmission of information between the parties participating in the call establish... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7327480 | Server apparatus and internet facsimile apparatus and communication terminal capability exchanging method In a server apparatus, a registration processing section analyzes a capability information transmission mail received by an E-mail communication section, and extracts capability information. Next, a sender's address and capability information are made to correspond ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7324223 | Network facsimile device and a method of controlling the network facsimile device The invention relates to a network facsimile device for communicating in at least one of a plurality communication modes for transmitting designated image information to a designated destination. The device comprises input means for inputting information identifying... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7321442 | Image data communications device and method An image data communication apparatus is connected to an image data source and to a network, and transmits image data attached to an e-mail to a receiving apparatus via the network. The e-mail including a mail from command and a mail message. The image data communic... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7321941 | Network routing utilizing a product code A method for utilizing a product code having product information contained therein for interfacing over a network. The product information is extracted from the product code, which product code is disposed on or in close association with an associated product. In re... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7320019 | Method and apparatus for automatically checking e-mail addresses in outgoing e-mail communications The present invention provides a system and method for detecting incorrect e-mail addresses in outgoing e-mail communications. In a first embodiment, a domain name database creates a table of domain names by automatically storing the domain names of e-mail addresses... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7304759 | Document registration system, method thereof, program thereof and storage medium thereof A FAX document image is acquired from an external device having a FAX receiving function, a telephone number of a transmission source of the FAX document image is acquired, a folder of a document management system as a destination of registration is automatically de... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7305440 | Apparatus and method for receiving image An [X-mailer:] field analyzing section checks whether or not [X-mailer:] field is included in a header of received mail data. If [X-mailer:] field is included in the header, there is a possibility that received mail data will be error mail. Then, a [From:] field ana... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7305382 | Information searching apparatus and method, information searching program, and storage medium storing the information searching program There is provided an information searching apparatus that can carry out proper searches with few missed search hits and few erroneous search hits. A word extracted from a document is registered in association with the document as index information for document searc... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7301661 | Communication terminal device and method of controlling same A communication terminal device which comprises an SIP call control unit that performs call control by using an SIP (Session Initiation Protocol), a recognition unit that recognizes that a calling has become an error according to a response signal sent back from a c... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7301652 | Quick reference to printer setting information A novel method of printing including receiving printer setting information indicative of printer driver settings corresponding to a print request, and printing the printer driver settings along with a print job corresponding to the print request. Further, the printe... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7287091 | Method and apparatus for opening and launching a web browser in response to an audible signal The present invention disclosed and claimed herein comprises a system and method for launching a web browser on a network comprising a computer having an all new input interface and a communication interface coupled to a computer network; said audio input coupled to... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7284066 | Method and apparatus for matching a user's use profile in commerce with a broadcast A method for advertising over a network and broadcast media combination. A user's computer at a location on the network is operable to receive a signal from a broadcast generated by an advertiser, which signal has embedded therein unique coded information. The user'... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7283262 | Image forming apparatus and power control method A sub-CPU copes with a status obtaining request from a network in a sleep mode. Further, necessary least power control for updating a status in an image forming apparatus in the sleep mode is realized by the sub-CPU. ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7265858 | Method and system to access address books There is provided a method and system for initiating an information transmission, such as with faxing, e-mail, data streaming, or the like from a personal computer on a network having at least one networked multifunction machine. The method comprises the steps of in... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7257614 | Digital ID for selecting web browser and use preferences of a user during use of a web application A browser configuration architecture where input of a unique user ID automatically configures those browser applications preselected for auto-configuration from entries of a user preferences sheet. The user preferences sheet (2500) is part of the browser cont... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7257619 | Bar code scanner and software interface interlock for performing encrypted handshaking and for disabling the scanner or input device in case of handshaking operation failure An interlocking architecture for a software interface and a bar code scanner. Upon power-up, a handshaking operation is performed between a scanner (1600) having a scanner processor (2600) and a computer processor (2612) of a computer (302 | 08/14/2007 |
| 7251644 | Processing an electronic document for information extraction The present invention relates to a method of automatically processing an electronic document for routing over a computer network. The method includes recognizing text in the document to identify a candidate address, accessing a collection of potential destinations a... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7251678 | Method and apparatus for facsimile capable of communicating with data processing and facsimile machines An Internet facsimile apparatus is provided for eliminating inconveniences possibly experienced by the user when receiving a plurality of electronic mail from the same Internet facsimile apparatus. Since the contents of transmitter unique information is placed in a ... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7251050 | Limited return messaging A method of limiting communication between an application and a user, via a sensing device interacting with machine-readable coded data printed on a surface, the method comprising the steps, performed in a computer system, of: receiving interaction data representing... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7245390 | Communication apparatus for ring-type multiple address transmission/reception A facsimile apparatus which is easy to use is provided. Control is performed so that a CPU (central processing unit) registers a sub-address signal and a communication specification so as to correspond to a memory box, selects start of ring-type multiple-address tra... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7246147 | Upload and retrieval by an image device of a scanned image to and from a web file server An HTTP server for an image input device is provided in which when an image is input and a file for the image is created for access by the server, an HTML link to the file is automatically generated by which a web browser can retrieve the file over a TCP/IP network.... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7245392 | Method for generating a fax cover page The present invention provides a method and system for generating a cover page for a fax job. The method comprises the steps of sending a fax job with cover page information to a DID for fax generation and transmittal. The fax job and cover page are suitably separat... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7230733 | Communication control method of internet facsimile and internet facsimile A communication control method of an Internet facsimile may provide transmitting and receiving document information via the Internet and transmitting and receiving facsimile image information via a public switched telephone network. The method may include receiving ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7228282 | Method and apparatus for directing an existing product code to a remote location A method for interfacing a user location on a network to a destination location on the network is disclosed. A bar code having product information contained therein relating to an associated product is first scanned with a scanner, which bar code has no network rout... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7227654 | Method and apparatus for group 3 facsimile capable of properly performing a communications operation using optional frames A method of a facsimile apparatus includes the steps of providing the facsimile apparatus with a memory which prestores identification information for a plurality of different facsimile machines having common specifications of optional frames, receiving a call for a... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7227660 | Communication apparatus, transmission program, computer readable medium storing a transmission program, transmission method and communication system for reliably transmitting image data A communication apparatus includes receiving means for receiving image data and accompanying communication information, primary storage means for temporarily storing them, secondary storage means having a greater storage capacity than the primary storage means, forw... | 06/05/2007 |
