Patent ID: 6145014
Filing Date: 2000-11-07
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method for establishing MIA-DDE conversation between a host computer having Source Manager software and an image acquisition device having Data Source software comprising the steps of:receiving TWAIN operation triplets in said Source Manager software, said operation triplets comprising Data Group (DG), Data Argument Type (DAT), and Message ID (MSG);converting said TWAIN operation triplets into a plurality of TWAIN-DDE actions, said TWAIN-DDE actions comprising:opening said Data Source software;querying images from said Data Source software;transferring the user interface of said Data Source software; andclosing said Data Source software;initiating MIA-DDE conversation between said Source Manager software and said Data Source software in response to each of said TWAIN-DDE actions; andoperating the image data of said image data acquisition device in response to each of said TWAIN-DDE actions.