Internet Fax Email Segmentation for Sender Contact Reliability
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Solution Overview
Problem
Internet facsimile machines face challenges in transmitting large image data due to data size restrictions, leading to incomplete transmissions and difficulties in identifying the sender for re-transmission requests, especially with color image transmission where the first page often contains crucial contact information.
Innovation Solution
An Internet facsimile machine that reads documents, generates separate email attachments for specific pages containing contact information and the remaining pages, ensuring reliable transmission of the specific page regardless of data size, allowing recipients to contact the sender even if all pages are not transmitted.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If image data of a multi-page document is sequentially divided into pieces from the beginning on a multiple-page basis, then the size of each e-mail attachment is reduced to fit within permissible limits, but the first page containing sender contact information may be lost if the last e-mail fails to transmit
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies segmentation by dividing the multi-page document into multiple e-mail attachments, with each attachment containing a specific page range. Crucially, it segments the document such that the first page (containing sender contact information) is always included in the first e-mail attachment, ensuring reliable transmission of contact information while distributing the remaining pages across subsequent attachments.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements preliminary action by prioritizing the transmission of the first page containing sender contact information in the first e-mail attachment before transmitting other pages. This ensures that contact information is delivered first and reliably, enabling recipients to request re-transmission if needed.
2Quantity of substance
If separate e-mails are sent for different page ranges, then the data size restriction problem is addressed, but the number of e-mails increases making reconstruction more complex and increasing the risk of incomplete transmission
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the document into multiple e-mail attachments with clear page range specifications, making each attachment independently manageable while maintaining overall document integrity through systematic organization.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent incorporates feedback mechanisms where the receiving FAX machine can detect incomplete transmissions and automatically request re-transmission of specific attachments, simplifying the management of multiple e-mails and ensuring complete document delivery.
3Reliability
If the first page with contact information is transmitted separately, then reliable transmission of sender information is ensured, but the total number of e-mails increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the transmission of the first page containing sender contact information with the transmission of subsequent pages by including it as the first attachment in a sequence, rather than sending it as a completely separate e-mail. This approach ensures reliable transmission of contact information while minimizing the total number of e-mails by integrating it into the primary transmission sequence.
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AI summary
An Internet facsimile machine includes an e-mail generating unit and an e-mail send unit. For sending a multi-page document, the e-mail generating unit generates separate e-mails and attaches image data of a specific page of the document to one of the e-mails and image data of remaining pages to another of the e-mails. The e-mail send unit sends each e-mail. With this arrangement, regardless of the size of image data of the entire document, it is ensured that at least the specific page showing contact information of the sender is successfully sent to the recipient.