H04N1/00206

PRINTER
20230044845 · 2023-02-09 ·

A printer includes a communication interface and a controller. The controller is configured to: in response to determining that an access condition is satisfied, acquire access information, access a server via the communication interface based on the acquired access information, and receive instruction data transmitted from the server, the instruction data being data indicating a process, the instruction data being configured to indicate data used in the printer; and in response to determining that the received instruction data is instruction data indicating a download setup process and that the received instruction data indicates setup data used for the download setup process, execute the download setup process, the download setup process being a process of downloading, via the communication interface, the setup data indicated in the instruction data and setting up the printer by using the downloaded setup data.

Communication system, facsimile apparatus, and method for controlling communication system
11558530 · 2023-01-17 · ·

A communication system includes an information processing apparatus and a facsimile apparatus connected to the information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus transmits, to the facsimile apparatus, first job information that includes a single piece of first image information and includes two or more pieces of address information that respectively indicate addresses of transmission destinations of the first image information. When the first job information is received from the information processing apparatus, based on the two or more pieces of address information that are included in the received first job information, the facsimile apparatus broadcasts the first image information by facsimile communication to the addresses indicated respectively by the two or more pieces of address information.

Communication system and printing apparatus

A communication system includes an information terminal, and a printing apparatus configured to perform intergroup communication with the information terminal belonging to a group. The printing apparatus includes a printing part configured to perform printing, a data receiver configured to receive print data from the information terminal via the intergroup communication, and a print controller configured to control the printing part using the received print data.

Non-transitory computer-readable medium storing output instructions to control portable terminal and portable terminal
11496634 · 2022-11-08 · ·

A portable terminal includes a user interface, a memory, a network interface, and a controller, and performs operations including: performing a first acquiring processing of acquiring the content data, which is identified by the data identification information, and the operation identification information; performing, a second acquiring processing of acquiring operation information representing operations, which is able to be performed by the first device; performing, a first determining processing of determining whether the output operation, which is identified by the operation identification information, is represented by the operation information, and transmitting, in the output instructing processing in a case where it is determined that the output operation is represented by the operation information, a first output instructing information to the first device via the network interface, wherein the first output instructing information is output instructing information for outputting the content data by the output operation.

NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS
20220345576 · 2022-10-27 ·

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program causes a computer of an information processing apparatus including a communication unit communicable with an external apparatus to function as each of a reception unit configured to receive first information concerning a setting item of the external apparatus transmitted from the external apparatus an acquisition unit configured to acquire second information concerning a setting of the information processing apparatus and a transmission unit configured to cause the communication unit to transmit third information concerning the setting item of the external apparatus based on the first information and the second information to external apparatus.

Management system, information processing apparatus, data transmission destination prediction method, data transmission method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium
11632483 · 2023-04-18 · ·

A management system for managing a data transmission destination comprises an accumulation unit configured to accumulate, when data transmission is performed, transmission information of the data transmission as collected data; a generation unit configured to generate training data including a pair of ground truth data containing transmission destination information, and input data containing an item other than the transmission destination information, from the collected data accumulated in the accumulation unit; a processing unit configured to generate, by machine learning, a learning model to be used to predict a transmission destination, by using the training data generated by the generation unit; and a providing unit configured to provide a prediction process using the learning model in response to a request.

Food service material dispensers, systems, and methods

Systems for providing on-demand food service material printing for food service are provided herein. A food service material dispenser comprises a roll holder configured to hold a roll of food service material, one or more rollers, and a motor configured to operate to translate the food service material along a path within the dispenser. The dispenser includes a cutting arrangement configured to perform a cut of the food service material to form the sheet of food service material that defines a size associated with a food service order. The dispenser also includes a printer configured to print at least one of order information or personalization information on the food service material that is based on the associated food service order. The dispenser further includes a chute configured to dispense the sheet of food service material, which includes the at least one of order information or personalization information printed thereon.

INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD
20220321712 · 2022-10-06 ·

An information processing apparatus includes a controller that executes a job using a destination, and a storage that stores a setting value of the job, as history information. The controller applies the setting value to execution of the job, when the history information of the job in which a destination acquired from a terminal device is a transmission destination is stored in the storage.

Management apparatus, management system, and recording medium
11647128 · 2023-05-09 · ·

A management apparatus includes circuitry that stores, in a memory, facsimile data received by an electronic device in association with information on a group to which the received facsimile data belongs, and transmits a list of the received facsimile data based on a browse request of the received facsimile data. In the list, the received facsimile data is classified according to at least the information on the group to which the electronic device belongs.

Method and apparatus for automating process of receiving verification documentation

Various methods, apparatuses/systems, and media for automating a process of receiving documentation are provided. A first computing device initiates an electronic communication process to request documentation from a second computing device utilized by a user. A processor receives identification information of the user for generating a unique barcode to be provided with the requested documentation in response to the initiation of the electronic communication. One or more processors generate the unique barcode based on the received identification information of the user; create an application programming interface (API) link for the generated barcode; transmit the electronic communication with the API link attached therein to the second computing device; and automatically obtain the unique barcode upon receiving an input to open the API link from the second computing device, the unique barcode to be attached as a cover sheet with the requested documentation for scanning by a multi-functional device.