Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p.

John M Hall

Clint S Cuzzo

Steve Mattis

Gerald A Loyd

Kristin S Dahl

Christopher H Williams

Bruce Holmstead

An image file is created, such as by scanning a document in a digital sending device. A corresponding text file is created, such as by optical character recognition. Both are stored where they are retrievable through use of URLs. Miniaturized versions of both files are created. A message is created including miniaturized versions of the files and URLs addressing the originals. The message is sent to a wireless web-enabled device user. The message recipient can display the miniaturized versions of files and thus determine whether to view the corresponding full versions using the also enclosed URLs.

Transmitting miniature versions of files to receiving devices

A method and system is provided for facilitating the retrieval of data from a database using a communications device where the database is stored remotely from the communications device. A communications device using the method or system may obtain remote data, such as e-mail addresses, facsimile numbers, phone numbers, or uniform resource locators, from a user's remotely stored personal database.

Method and system for obtaining a user's personal address information

A system and method of providing user-relative addressing in a computer network environment includes associating a plurality of user-relative destinations with a corresponding plurality of actions. User identification information and a first user-relative destination are received. A first action in the plurality of actions associated with the first user-relative destination is identified. A first absolute destination is determined based on the first action and the user identification information.

Network system and method for providing user-relative addressing

A system and method are provided in a multi-function peripheral to authenticate a user. The system includes a processor and a memory that are coupled to a local network. The system also includes send logic store on the memory and executable by the processor. The send logic includes logic to input a password associated with a user, and logic to authenticate the password and to obtain a FROM field identifier associated with the user. The system also features logic to lock the FROM field identifier into a FROM field associated with a data transmission.

System and method for authentication of a user of a multi-function peripheral

A system and method are provided for transferring a directory stored in a server. The system comprises a processor circuit with a processor and a memory in the client. The system also includes directory transfer logic stored in the memory and executable by the processor, the directory transfer logic comprising: logic to generate a request for a number of data entries to be transferred from the directory stored in the server and logic to refine a resolution of the request to isolate a defined number of data entries in the directory. Also, the director transfer logic includes logic to transmit the request to the server to transfer the data entries for storage in the memory. In addition, the logical components described herein may also be included in a computer program embodied on a computer readable medium.

System and method for transferring a directory in portions of limited size

A method and apparatus for determining if a data set for transmission can be set directly via e-mail, given predetermined thresholds for sending, or whether it is more expedient to reroute the data set to a web site. Every time a user sends document to e-mail, transparently the size of the document and job is compared to the thresholds and the system automatically determines the best available routing, reformatting if necessary.

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Boise, ID, United States of America

John M Hall