Abstract:
This disclosure details the implementation of a user interface for a portable, image-processing transmitter. The Transmitter's user interface comprises a compact and efficient forum for managing, manipulating, storing, and transmitting digital images of various formats across a wide array of transmission means and protocols. Embodiments of the Transmitter may be employed by photographers, photojournalists, and/or the like to rapidly process, edit, and send high-quality photographs or video to multiple news agencies, newspapers, magazines, television studios, websites, and/or the like while maintaining control over their photographs by allowing them to send reduced quality and watermarked proofs. The Transmitter may be configured via the user interface to allow users seeking to transmit large, high-resolution images to first generate and transmit low-resolution preview images, thereby saving on transmission time and resources. Full resolution versions of the images may then be transmitted as approvals of the preview versions are received.
Abstract:
A method of performing a negotiation session on a modem connection. The method includes receiving a plurality of negotiation signals from the source modem, by a first gateway, forwarding at least some of the received negotiation signals from the first gateway to a second gateway, over a packet based network, receiving, by the first gateway, responses to the forwarded negotiation signals from the second gateway, forwarding the responses from the second gateway to the source modem, by the first gateway, and transmitting from the first gateway to the source modem, response signals to at least some of the received negotiation signals, without receiving a response to the at least some of the signals from the second gateway.
Abstract:
A personal media player (PMP) uses a digital media processing system—comprising a video rendering subsystem, a music rendering subsystem, and a picture rendering subsystem—to produce moving-video (video), audio (music), still-graphics (picture), and other output rendered from media files ported to the PMP from another source. The PMP further comprises a user interface system, a display unit system, a power source system, and a data port system utilizing Universal Plug and Play functionality, all of which are coupled directly or indirectly to the digital media processing system. The physical components constituting the aforementioned systems and subsystems are then encased in a portable housing unit suitable for hand-held use and ready portability.
Abstract:
A fax to E-mail system and related method are shown, whereby a hardcopy document is sent via a fax device to its recipient via electronic mail through a data network (such as the Internet), and is delivered in such a manner that it can be retrieved by the recipient at an E-mail device, in the ordinary course of retrieving the E-mail, and displayed on the screen of the E-mail device. The invention provides for and accomplishes the delivery of a document, which begins as a hardcopy, as an electronic file retrieved through E-mail recipient's terminal and displayed on the computer screen of the E-mail recipient's terminal. The system and method also provides for an interface device which connects to a conventional fax device for communicating E-mail addresses and routing hardcopy documents to the E-mail network. The invention provides a means for embedding the functions of the interface device into conventional fax devices. The system can also be used in cooperation with Internet Web service for reporting, accounting, information services, and user interaction.
Abstract:
A digital transmitter device to execute a network browser application to access an e-mail account of an e-mail server and retrieve data stored in thereat. The digital transmitter device can scan and send an image to a network address along with the retrieved data.
Abstract:
A transmission job originating station for controlling transmission of job information, based on the processing of a print job in a printing system, is provided. The control system includes a document generating subsystem for providing at least a portion of the print job to be delivered to a print machine and a user interface for programming a set of information including one or more confirmation destinations with each confirmation destination being disposed remotely of the transmission job originating station. The transmission job originating station further includes a control subsystem which, in response to the processing of at least a portion of the print job at the printing machine, reads the set of information and determines each confirmation destination, programmed with the user interface, to which the job information is to be transmitted.
Abstract:
A network facsimile device capable of Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) receiving, via a network, electronic mail (email) to which facsimile image data is attached, the network facsimile device includes domain registration means for registering a domain of an address of the network facsimile device, and email address registration means for registering a plurality of email addresses indicating the network facsimile device. The network facsimile device receives email when an address attached to such email is the network facsimile device domain and is one of the plurality of email addresses registered in the email address registration means.
Abstract:
A network facsimile device connected to the Internet or a local area network, employs an electronic mail function, and has a function of exchanging image information through said Internet or said local area network and functions of a facsimile device. The device comprises delivery notifying partner storing means for storing a mail address of a destination address to which a confirmation is to be delivered. Delivery confirmation mail confirming means detects, at a time of receiving electronic mail, whether the received electronic mail is an electronic delivery confirmation mail for confirming mail delivery. Delivery confirmation mail transferring means transfers said delivery confirmation mail confirmed by said confirming means to said destination address stored in said delivery notifying partner storing means.
Abstract:
A full-mode Internet facsimile machine includes a transmitter transmitting image data by using an electronic mail message after storing original image data in a storage unit, a designating device declaring and designating an effective period when holding original image data in the storage unit as a transient effective period or a permanent effective period for each facsimile communication or for each destination, and a control unit controlling to hold the original image data in the storage unit during the designated effective period.
Abstract:
A architecture for a multifunction peripheral to service a plurality of clients simultaneously. A shared memory receives data from the plurality of clients. A channel multiplexer selects data to be routed to a peripheral, a SCSI emulator is used to logically select the peripheral. The data is then forwarded from the multiplexer via the SCSI emulator to a PCI bus, the PCI bus being physically connected with the peripheral's engine. When data needs to be sent from a peripheral to a client, it is forwarded from the PCI bridge to the SCSI emulator and routed via a demultiplexer to the shared memory wherein it is retrieved by the appropriate client. The multifunction peripheral can be interrupted while performing a first task using a first peripheral, switch to a second task needing a second peripheral, and return to the first task when completed.