EP0514035A1
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Image management system
Assignee: International Business Machines Corp
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Filing: 1992-04-27
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2012-04-27
Abstract
Abstract A system and method is provided for automatically indexing facsimile transmissions in an image management system by applying telephony data 2 accompanying the fax transmission to index the transmission by use of a substitution table. In correlating telephony data functionally related to the sender identification to the image without having to read such data from the image itself by means of optical character recognition or the like, image data 12 is first transmitted in facsimile form to an image management system where it is received and stored. Simultaneously, telephony data 50 is received by the system associated with the image transmission. The system then processes the telephony data to detect the identity of the sender by means of a lookup table 62 correlating the telephony number to the sender, whereupon the received image data is thereby associated with the detected sender identification. In a particular embodiment, the telephony data will further include data functionally related to enabling detection of length of call, day, date, and/or length of transmission, such supplemental parameters being employed in the indexing process for routing of the received image.
Inventors
- 👤 Charles Jeffrey Clarkson
- 👤 John Edward St Lawrence
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 08:56
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N1/00; H04N1/32; H04N1/32101; H04N1/32106; H04N1/32122; H04N2201/00; H04N2201/32; H04N2201/3201; H04N2201/3202; H04N2201/3204; H04N2201/3205; H04N2201/3209; H04N2201/3212; H04N2201/3214; H04N2201/3215; H04N2201/3221; H04N2201/3274; H04N2201/3278
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 20
Claim 1
Independent Claim
76 words
For use in an image management system, a method for correlating images and transmission sources of said images comprising receiving a transmission of telephony data including an image component, recording the source and time of said received transmission, storing said image component, recording the time of storing of said image component, and correlating said time of storing of said image component with said time of said received transmission, thereby correlating said image component with said source.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
39 words
The method of Claim 1 further including recording the duration of said transmission, and estimating said time of said received transmission as a function of said time of storing of said image component and said duration of said transmission.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
48 words
The method of Claim 2 further including establishing an expected difference between said time of said received transmission and said estimated time of said received transmission having a preselected magnitude, wherein the correlation of said image component and said source is established as a function of said difference.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
69 words
The method of Claim 3 further including storing image management data prior to said transmission of telephony data functionally related to said image component; detecting from said transmission of telephony data a characteristic of said image data; retrieving a portion of said image management data as a function of said detected characteristic; and processing said image component as a function of said retrieved portion of said image management data.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
31 words
The method of Claim 4 wherein said characteristic of said image data is selected from a group comprising the magnitude of said image component and said time of said received transmission.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method of Claim 5 wherein said step of processing said image component comprises routing said image component as a function of said magnitude.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method of Claim 6 wherein said step of processing said image component comprises routing said image component as a function of said time of transmission.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
34 words
The method of Claim 3 wherein said correlation is established only when the difference between said time of said received transmission and said estimated time of said received transmission is within said preselected magnitude.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
30 words
The method of Claim 8 wherein said preselected magnitude is a function of delay in said system between said receiving of said transmission and said storing of said image component.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
53 words
The method of Claim 9 further including detecting absence of such correlation and wherein when said absence is detected, said expected difference is increased by a preselected increment; and wherein subsequent correlation between said image component and said source is as a function of the sum of said difference and said preselected increment.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
76 words
An image management system for correlating images and transmission sources of said images comprising means for receiving a transmission of telephony data including an image component; means for recording the source and time of said transmission; means for storing said image component and the time of said storing of said image component; and means for correlating said image component with said source from said recorded time of transmission and said time of storing said image component.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
41 words
The system of Claim 11 further including means for recording the duration of said transmission; and means for estimating said time of transmission as a function of said time of storing of said image component and said duration of said transmission.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
51 words
The system of Claim 12 further including means for establishing an expected difference between said time of transmission and said estimated time of transmission having a preselected magnitude; and wherein said means for correlating said image component and said source is adapted to establish correlation as a function of said difference.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
77 words
The system of Claim 13 further including means for storing image management data prior to said transmission of telephony data functionally related to said image component; means for detecting from said transmission of telephony data a characteristic of said image data; means for retrieving a portion of said image management data as a function of said detected characteristic; and means for processing said image component as a function of said retrieved portion of said image management data.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
29 words
The system of Claim 14 wherein said characteristic of said image data is selected from a group comprising the magnitude of said image component and said time of transmission.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
19 words
The system of Claim 14 further including means for routing said image component as a function of said magnitude.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
22 words
The system of of Claim 15 further including means for routing said image component as a function of said time of transmission.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
30 words
The system of Claim 13 wherein said correlation is only established when the difference between said time of transmission and said estimated time of transmission is within said preselected magnitude.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
28 words
The system of of Claim 18 wherein said preselected magnitude is a function of delay in said system between said transmission and said storing of said image component.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
52 words
The system of Claim 19 including means for detecting absence of correlation, and means responsive to such absence to increase said expected difference by a preselected increment, wherein subsequent correlation between said image component and said source is established as a function of the sum of said difference and said preselected increment.
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