Network scan server support method using a web browser
US6289371A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 30, 1998 |
| Grant date | Sep 11, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 30, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N2201/0075
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An interactive networked client-server scan method launched and actively managed through a web browser interface on a client. A server of the method responds to a universal resource locator address identifying the server with a general purpose format software program that creates an interface in the client web browser and enables the client to interact with the server in initiating, altering and monitoring scan jobs and related data. The server preferably provides peripheral status information to the web browser, and enables the client to initiate preview scans while providing progress updates concerning such scans to the client. Parameter selection and alteration is also a preferred functionality enabled for selection and alteration in the client interface through the general purpose software program provided by the server. The server translates and formats data for the client, and also preferably performs an on-the-fly gamma correction of color data to data prior to transmitting it to the client. Other preferred features include multipage scanning and image scan area selection.
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