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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2007
Kazuyuki Fukui, Toyohashi, JP;
Mikio Masui, Kobe, JP;
Hiroyuki Ozawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Shuichiro Kaneko, Yokohama, JP;
Norihisa Takayama, Kobe, JP;
Yoshikazu Ikenoue, Itami, JP;
Kazuyuki Fukui, Toyohashi, JP;
Mikio Masui, Kobe, JP;
Hiroyuki Ozawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Shuichiro Kaneko, Yokohama, JP;
Norihisa Takayama, Kobe, JP;
Yoshikazu Ikenoue, Itami, JP;
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In order to efficiently store data that is to be transmitted or received, an image-processing system is provided with a plurality of MFPs and has: a designation unit to designate an arbitrary destination user as a receiver of data; a specifying unit to specify an MFP among the plurality of MFPs, the destination user designated by the designation unit belonging to the specified MFP; and a control unit to control switching between a first mode and a second mode in accordance with a predetermined condition, the first mode being for storing the data in a predetermined storing device on the network so as to enable reading of the data by an operation by the destination user designated by the designation unit, the second mode being for, instead of storing the data in the predetermined storing device, transmitting the data to the MFP specified by the specifying unit, the destination user belonging to the specified image-processing apparatus.