EP1024652A2
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Network facsimile apparatus
Assignee: Panasonic System Solutions Japan Co Ltd
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Filing: 1999-07-05
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2019-07-05
Abstract
Abstract The network facsimile apparatus switches a status icon registered in a structured document for displaying a status icon, corresponding to a status change, while transmits the structured document corresponding to a request from a client, thereby enabling the client to observe the latest status icon in homepage format.
Inventors
- 👤 Junichi Iida
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 21:19
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N1/00; H04N1/0035; H04N1/00405; H04N1/00408; H04N1/00127; H04N1/00204; H04N1/00209; H04N1/00413; H04N1/00416; H04N1/00419; H04N1/00424; H04N1/00427; H04N1/00474; H04N1/00477; H04N1/00482; H04N1/00344; H04N1/32; H04N1/32101; H04N1/32106; H04N1/32122; H04N2201/00; H04N2201/0008; H04N2201/0015; H04N2201/002; H04N2201/0072; H04N2201/0077; H04N2201/0094; H04N2201/32; H04N2201/3201; H04N2201/3204; H04N2201/3207; H04N2201/3212; H04N2201/3219; H04N2201/3273; H04N2201/3278
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
118 words
A network facsimile apparatus capable of connecting to
both a telephone network and a computer network, said apparatus
comprising: a storage(4) in which a structured document of status
containing descriptions for displaying icons each indicative
of a status of one of devices provided in said network facsimile
apparatus(201) is stored; a processor(1) for rewriting a description for
displaying an icon of a device to another description for
displaying another icon indicative of a changed status when
a status of said device changes; and a WWW server section(12) for providing the structured
document of status stored in said storage(4) for a client
corresponding to a request from a client connected to said
network facsimile apparatus(201) through said computer
network.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
73 words
The network facsimile apparatus of claim 1, wherein said
network facsimile(201) further comprises a table in which one
of a plurality of statuses of a device is related to a
description for displaying an icon indicative of one of the
plurality of statuses, and said processor(1) selects a description for displaying
an icon of a device whose status changes from said table based
on a type of the device and a current status.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
29 words
The network facsimile apparatus of claim 1, wherein an
icon indicative of a status of said device includes a comment
in which the status of said device is described.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
26 words
The network facsimile apparatus of claim 1, wherein a
display color of said icon indicative of the status of said
device differs corresponding to respective status.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
42 words
The network facsimile apparatus of claim 1, wherein said
devices includes a scanner which scans an image of an original,
a printer which prints a received image, and a facsimile
communication section which transmits and receives an image
through said telephone network.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
46 words
The network facsimile apparatus of claim 1, wherein said
structured document of status includes a description
containing a update time and another description used for a
client to request said structured document of status to said
WWW server(12) every time when a predetermined time duration
passes.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
60 words
The network facsimile apparatus of claim 6, wherein
said structured document of status includes a description for
displaying an item adapted to receive a request for displaying
an icon in which a latest status is reflected, and another
description used for requesting said structured document to
said WWW server(12) from said client when said item is selected
at said client.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
110 words
The network facsimile apparatus of claim 6, wherein said
storage(4) stores a structured document of time setting for
setting a time duration, at which said client requests the
structured document to said WWW server(12), at said client,
said structured document of status includes a description for
displaying an item for setting a update time, and another
description used for said client to request said structured
document of time setting to said WWW server(12) when the item
is selected at said client, and said WWW server(12) fetches
said structured document of time setting from said storage(4)
to transmit to said client when said client requests said
structured document of time setting.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
82 words
The network facsimile apparatus of claim 8, wherein said
WWW server(12) comprises an interface(32,33,34) for notifying
said processor(1) of update time data and an instruction for
resetting the update time when said client transmits the update
time data using said structured document of time setting, and
said processor(1) rewrites a update time contained in said
structured document of time setting to the update time notified
from said interface(32,33,34) when said processor(1) receives
the instruction for resetting the update time from said
interface(32,33,34).
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
175 words
A computer system having a network facsimile apparatus,
capable of connecting to a telephone network and a computer
network, and a client connected to said apparatus through said
computer network, said network facsimile apparatus comprising a
storage (4) in which a structured document of status containing
descriptions for displaying icons each indicative of a status
of one of devices provided in said network facsimile apparatus
is stored, a processor(1) for rewriting a description for
displaying an icon of a device to another description for
displaying another icon indicative of a changed status when
a status of said device changes, and a WWW server(12) for
providing the structured document of status stored in said
storage(4) corresponding to a request from said client
connected to said network facsimile apparatus through said
computer network, said client comprising a WWW browser for requesting a
structured document of status to said WWW server(12), and a
display for displaying an icon indicative of a status of a
device using an image file received by said WWW browser from
said WWW server(12).
Claim 11
Independent Claim
89 words
A method for presenting icons each indicative of a status
of devices provided in a network facsimile apparatus,
comprising; storing a structured document for displaying icons each
indicative of a status of one of devices in a storage(4); detecting a status change of a device; updating a content of the structured document in order
to display a status icon corresponding to a changed status of
the device with respect to the device whose status change is
detected, and transmitting said structured document corresponding to
a request from a client.
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