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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2001
Applicant:
Takeo Katsuda, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Takeo Katsuda, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka-Shi, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The E-mail server of the invention receives E-mail addressed to a portable terminal unit, and transmits receipt notice E-mail prepared by removing the attachment file portion of the received E-mail to the portable terminal unit. On the other hand, the E-mail server acquires the location information of the portable terminal unit. The E-mail server selects a device among multiple printers and facsimile devices according to the acquired location information. The E-mail server transmits the data corresponding to the attachment file portion to the selected device.