Electronic mail transmitting apparatus having a printer driver for transmitting electronic mail and method for transmitting electronic mail by a printer driver
US7016057B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 17, 1999 |
| Grant date | Mar 21, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 17, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F40/151
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An electronic mail transmitting apparatus can transmit a document via electronic mail by a simple operation. The document is prepared by a specific application such as a word processor application and an instruction for the electronic mail transmission is input through the specific application. The specific application preparing document data has a function to send a print instruction to print the document data. A printer driver is activated by the print instruction of the application program. The printer driver converts the document data provided by the specific application into a predetermined data format and transmits the converted document data via electronic mail.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.