Patent ID: 7272845
Filing Date: 2007-09-18
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A standalone image recording device, comprising: an image conversion circuit that converts an analog image signal into digital image data; image storage in which the digital image data is recorded; a parameter memory that stores destination e-mail addressing information that is provided by an operator and that stores information that identifies the standalone image recording device; and a processor, which executes control routines, including: a network access routine that accesses an internet-protocol network via a local network system by communicating the information that identifies the standalone image recording device, an email message assembling routine that assembles e-mail messages, including the destination e-mail addressing information and message contents representative of a status for the standalone image recording device, to be sent to a message transfer server on the internet-protocol network and then to a destination e-mail address as SMTP-compatible e-mail messages; and a file transmission routine that transmits the digital image data to an image file account on a server on the internet-protocol network, from which the digital image data may be served to a browser accessing the internet-protocol network.