Patent ID: 6987580
Filing Date: 2006-01-17
Classification: H04M,H04N

Abstract:
1. A document transmission apparatus comprising: a print document manager that stores a document to be printed in association with an e-mail address of a user of a cellular phone; a mail transmitter that transmits, when the document to be printed is stored in the print document manager, a print notification message to the address of the user of the cellular phone, the print notification message indicating that the document to be printed is stored in the print document manager; a printer instruction acquirer that acquires print instruction information from the cellular phone that receives the print notification message, the print instruction acquirer transmitting an instruction screen that includes an input screen to be displayed on the cellular phone and that is programmed so as to receive the print instruction information input on the input screen, the printer instruction acquirer acquiring the print instruction information returned by using the instruction screen; a document transmitter that transmits the document to be printed to a print destination designated in accordance with the print instruction information acquired by the print instruction acquirer; a management table that stores identification data related to an output device of a print destination that prints the document to be printed in associated with a print method of the print device, the management table storing a printer type and a printer address in association with the output device of the print destination; a print data generating unit that generates print data in a form appropriate for the printing method of the output device of the print destination designated in the print instruction information acquired from the cellular phone, the document transmitter determines a communication protocol based upon the printer type and the printer address of the print destination designated in the print instruction information acquired from the cellular phone, and transmits the print data to the indicated print destination by using the determined communication protocol, and the document transmitter transmits a print result message including a charge for the print required by the designated print destination to the e-mail address of the cellular phone, after the print data is sent to the designated print destination.