IP Library Granted Patent US 7,415,287
Granted Patent B2
US 7,415,287 · App. 09/962,881 · Granted Aug 19, 2008

Image apparatus

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Patent No.
US 7,415,287
App. No.
09/962,881
Granted
Aug 19, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

In an imaging apparatus, call information is added to a picked-up image, and stored in a memory, and then image data and the call information are transmitted to a communication apparatus. The call information is about a preset destination or a destination entered after imaging. Upon having received the image data and the call information, the communication apparatus calls out based on the call information, and transmits the image data after connection is established with the destination.

Claims (21)

1. A communication apparatus comprising:

radio communication means for communicating with a radio communication apparatus via a radio communication; and

transferring means for transferring transmission data to a transmission destination of the transmission data via a communication network,

wherein said radio communication means receives file name of the transmission data from the radio communication apparatus, and said radio communication means requests the radio communication apparatus to transmit the transmission data of the file name for obtaining the transmission data from the radio communication apparatus.

2. A communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said transferring means transfers the transmission data to the transmission destination after connection is established with the transmission destination.

3. A communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said radio communication means executes the radio communication upon reception of a connection request from the radio communication apparatus.

4. A communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said radio communication means receives the file name of the transmission data and a mail address of the transmission destination from the radio commutation apparatus.

5. A data transferring method of a communication apparatus for transferring transmission data transmitted from a radio communication apparatus to a transmission destination via the communication apparatus, comprising the steps of:

receiving file name of the transmission data from the radio communication apparatus via a radio communication;

requesting the radio communication apparatus via the radio communication to transmit the transmission data of the file name; and

transferring the transmission data to the transmission destination of the transmission data via a communication network.

6. A transferring method of a communication apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein in transferring step, the transmission data is transferred to the transmission destination after connection is established with the transmission destination.

7. A transferring method of a communication apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein in said receiving step, the radio communication is executed upon reception of a connection request from the radio communication apparatus.

8. A transferring method of a communication apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein in said receiving step, the file name of the transmission data and a mail address of the transmission destination is received from the radio communication apparatus.

9. A computer-readable medium storing a computer program for a communication apparatus for transferring transmission data transmitted from a radio communication apparatus to a transmission destination via the communication apparatus, comprising the steps of:

receiving file name of the transmission data from the radio communication apparatus via a radio communication;

requesting the radio communication apparatus via the radio communication to transmit the transmission data of the file name; and

transferring the transmission data to the transmission destination of the transmission data via a communication network.

10. A computer-readable medium according to claim 9 , wherein in said transferring step, the transmission data is transferred to the transmission destination after connection is established with the transmission destination.

11. A computer-readable medium according to claim 9 , wherein in said receiving step, the radio communication is executed upon reception of a connection request received from the radio communication apparatus.

12. A computer-readable medium according to claim 9 , wherein in said receiving step, the file name of the transmission data and a mail address of the transmission destination is received from the radio communication apparatus.

Assignments (2)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE INVENTOR'S NAME, PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL 012209 FRAME 0606. Recorded Feb 13, 2002
From: UENO, FUMIHIRO
To: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 012623/0004 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 25, 2001
From: UENO, FUMIHIEO
To: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 012209/0606 →