EP0880268A2
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Communications terminal device with electronic mail function
Assignee: Murata Machinery Ltd
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Filing: 1998-05-19
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2018-05-19
Abstract
Abstract A communications terminal device such as a facsimile device (13) with a function of transmitting original document image data to a destination by electronic mail. Before image data transmission to a destination by electronic mail, a main controller (1) of the facsimile device (13) converts the image data on one page of original document to electronic mail data and determines how much volume the image data has. The image data on one page of original document is transmitted to a destination by a single electronic mail when the calculation result does not exceed a prescribed volume. On the other hand, the original image on one page of original document is divided up into smaller pieces of data and transmitted to a destination by a plurality of electronic mails respectively when the calculation result exceeds a prescribed volume.
Inventors
- 👤 Kazuhiro Okada
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 12:21
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04L; H04L51/00; H04L51/06; H04N; H04N1/00; H04N1/00127; H04N1/00204; H04N1/00209; H04N1/00214; G; G06; G06Q; G06Q50/00; G06Q50/60; H04L51/07; H04L51/08; H04L51/42; H04N1/00217; H04N2201/00; H04N2201/0008; H04N2201/0065; H04N2201/0068; H04N2201/0077; H04N2201/0086; H04N2201/32; H04N2201/3201; H04N2201/3212; H04N2201/3216; H04N2201/3225; H04N2201/3226; H04N2201/3278
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
134 words
A communications terminal device (13) with electronic mail
function for transmitting original document image data to a
destination by electronic mail, characterized in that the
communications terminal device (13) comprises: calculation means (1, 2, 8) for calculating volume of data
resulting when image data for one page of original document
to be transmitted is converted to electronic mail data; means (1) for dividing up said image data for one page into
a plurality of smaller pieces of data and transmitting them
to a destination by a plurality of electronic mails respectively
when calculation result of said calculation means
exceeds a prescribed amount; and means (1) for transmitting said image data for one page by a
single electronic mail without dividing when said calculation
result of said calculation means does not exceed the
prescribed amount.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
76 words
The communications terminal device (13) with electronic mail
function according to Claim 1, characterized in that the
communications terminal device (13) further comprises means
for transmitting first mail management information to a
destination if a plurality of pages of original documents
are transmitted by a plurality of electronic mails respectively
without dividing, the first mail management information
including data identifying an original document, and
data indicating which electronic mail corresponds to which
page of original document.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
76 words
The communications terminal device (13) with electronic mail
function according to Claim 1 or 2, characterized in that
the communications terminal device (13) further comprises
means for transmitting second mail management information to
a destination when said image data for one page is divided
up into smaller pieces of data and transmitted by a plurality
of electronic mails, the second mail management information
including data indicating which electronic mail corresponds
to which smaller piece of data.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
35 words
The communications terminal device (13) with electronic mail
function according to Claim 2 or 3, characterized in that
the first mail management information is transmitted to a
destination together with or after the electronic mails.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
35 words
The communications terminal device (13) with electronic mail
function according to Claim 3 or 4, characterized in that
the second mail management information is transmitted to a
destination together with or after the electronic mails.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
34 words
The communications terminal device (13) with electronic mail
function according to Claim 2, 3 or 4, characterized in
that the first mail management information is included in
header information appended to the electronic mail.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
34 words
The communications terminal device (13) with electronic mail
function according to Claim 3, 4 or 5, characterized in
that the second mail management information is included in
header information appended to the electronic mail.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
27 words
The communications terminal device (13) with electronic mail
function according to any one of foregoing Claims, characterized
in that the communication terminal device is a
facsimile device.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
32 words
The communications terminal device (13) with electronic mail
function according to any one of foregoing Claims, characterized
in that the prescribed amount is a limitation determined
by an intermediate connection service company.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
36 words
The communications terminal device (13) with electronic mail
function according to any one of foregoing Claims, characterized
in that the prescribed amount is data volume of the
electronic mail which can be handled as one mail.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
45 words
The communications terminal device (13) with electronic mail
function according to any one of foregoing Claims, characterized
in that the calculation means includes an encoding
means for encoding said image data for one page to an electronic
mail format data using a dummy encoding system.
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