Source: http://www.google.com/patents/US6982801?dq=5,371,548
Timestamp: 2017-07-26 08:53:38
Document Index: 529930821

Matched Legal Cases: ['art 56', 'art 58', 'art 56', 'art 58', 'art 58', 'art 58', 'art 58']

Patent US6982801 - Internet facsimile apparatus and e-mail receiving method - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inPatentsA blank determining section performs scanning of a text part of e-mail when receiving e-mail. The scanning of text part is carried out up to a next boundary. After the end of scanning, the blank determining section determines whether or not there is any code other than unprintable codes such as a blank,...http://www.google.com/patents/US6982801?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6982801 - Internet facsimile apparatus and e-mail receiving methodAdvanced Patent SearchTry the new Google Patents, with machine-classified Google Scholar results, and Japanese and South Korean patents.Publication numberUS6982801 B1Publication typeGrantApplication numberUS 09/611,365Publication dateJan 3, 2006Filing dateJul 6, 2000Priority dateDec 27, 1999Fee statusPaidAlso published asDE60037304D1, DE60037304T2, EP1113663A1, EP1113663B1, US7440131, US7548336, US20060010219, US20060077462Publication number09611365, 611365, US 6982801 B1, US 6982801B1, US-B1-6982801, US6982801 B1, US6982801B1InventorsKyoji SaitoOriginal AssigneePanasonic Communications Co., Ltd.Export CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (14), Non-Patent Citations (6), Referenced by (24), Classifications (17), Legal Events (5) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetInternet facsimile apparatus and e-mail receiving method
US 6982801 B1Abstract
A blank determining section performs scanning of a text part of e-mail when receiving e-mail. The scanning of text part is carried out up to a next boundary. After the end of scanning, the blank determining section determines whether or not there is any code other than unprintable codes such as a blank, a tab, a line feed, and the like. Since the text part is composed of only a line feed, the blank determining section clears data of the text part from a mail reception memory area. An image part is normally printed. As a result, the printing of text part is skipped, and only the image part is printed. This makes it possible to prevent a useless output and an output of inconvenient information.
determine whether the text part includes only a predetermined code, the received e-mail being printed without printing a text part page when it is determined that the text part includes only the predetermined code.
determine whether image data is attached to the received e-mail, the image data being printed without printing a text part page when it is determined that the text part includes only the predetermined code.
9. An e-mail receiving method, comprising:
determining whether the text part includes only a predetermined code, the received e-mail being printed without printing a text part page when it is determined that the text part includes only the predetermined code.
This e-mail can be largely divided into a header portion 51 and a body portion 52. The body portion 52 is divided into a plurality of parts by boundaries 53, which are defined by the header portion 51. A subheader 55 is described at the first portion of each part to indicate the content of each part. In this example, a subheader 54 of the first part (hereinafter referred to as text part) indicates text data, and a subheader 55 of the second part indicates image data. The body of the text part of this e-mail is composed of only a feed line code 57. Next, an explanation will be given of each step of e-mail data print processing in IFAX according to the first embodiment. The following specifically exemplifies a case of processing E-mail shown in FIG. 5.
Thereafter, the text part 56 is scanned to find out the code “/*” (namely, in the case where the text code read in ST905 is “*/”).
Thereafter, the data pattern analyzing section 42 determines whether or not there is a part, which follows the currently analyzed part (ST808). In this example, since there is an image part 58, which follows the text part 56, the operation goes back to ST804. The data pattern analyzing section 42 analyzes the subheader 55 of image part 58 to determine whether or not it is the text part (ST805) Since this part is image part 58, the image part 58 is normally printed in ST807. Thereafter, since e-mail shown in FIG. 5 has no part following the image part 58 in ST808, processing is ended.
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