Patent ID: 7895272
Filing Date: 2011-02-22
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04N

Abstract:
1. A data communication system for sending and receiving e-mail between electronic devices by an e-mail system using a transmission control protocol/Internet protocol (TCP/IP) as a communication protocol, said data communication system comprising: a transmitting electronic device including at least an e-mail sending and receiving function for attaching obtained original data to the e-mail, adding a processing command, and sending the e-mail to a network; and a relay server for receiving the e-mail sent from said transmitting electronic device, processing the original data attached to the e-mail based on the added processing command, attaching the processed data to the e-mail, and sending the e-mail to a receiving electronic device, wherein said processing command is added to the obtained original data at the time the obtained original data is obtained, and wherein the processing command indicates an instruction for editing the attached obtained original data, and wherein the processing command is described in text format and is predetermined by an agreement between said transmitting electronic device and said relay server, and wherein a user specific custom tag and a unique processing command are predetermined between the transmitting electronic device and the relay server, wherein adding the user specific custom tag allows editing of the attached obtained original data which is unique to a user's request, and wherein content of the user specific tag is predetermined between the transmitting electronic device and the relay server by exchanging information in advance of adding the user specific custom tag, wherein said electronic devices comprise an image pick-up device for capturing still image data as the obtained original data; wherein the processing command comprises an editing command for editing the still image data.