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Control method for image processing apparatus connectable to computer network

US7120910B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 28, 2001
Grant dateOct 10, 2006
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Expiry dateNov 3, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N2201/3278
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A Web server function is provided for an image processing apparatus including a scanner for reading an image on a document, a printer for printing an image, an E-mail transmission/reception function, a FAX transmission/reception function, and the like to make the image processing apparatus generate a list of information about the status of various jobs and image data stored in a storage unit as a Web page. A user can browse and operate this Web page by using the Web browser of a computer connected to the apparatus through a LAN. The user of the computer can therefore grasp and manipulate information about a plurality of jobs executed by the image processing apparatus and information about image data at a remote place from the image processing apparatus.

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