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`(12) Japanese Unexamined Patent
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`(11) Japanese Unexamined Patent
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`(51) Int. Cl.7
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`(43) Publication date: October 27, 2005 (10.27.2005)
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`Request for examination: Not yet requested Number of claims: 22; OL (Total of 22 pages)
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`(21) Application number
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`(22) Date of application
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`Japanese Patent Application
`2004-114172 (P2004-114172)
`April 8, 2004 (4.8.2004)
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`504057115
`Logic, K.K.
`3-17-7 Kahei, Adachi, Tokyo-to
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`Masatake SHIGA, patent attorney
`100101465
`Masakazu AOYAMA, patent attorney
`100108453
`Yasuhiko MURAYAMA, patent attorney
`Takahashi SUSUMU
`℅ Logic, K.K.
`3-17-7 Kahei, Adachi, Tokyo-to
`Toshikazu ITO
`℅ Logic, K.K.
`3-17-7 Kahei, Adachi, Tokyo-to
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`(54) (TITLE OF THE INVENTION) IMAGE STORAGE SYSTEM, MOBILE TERMINAL, IMAGE STORAGE DEVICE,
`IMAGE STORAGE METHOD, IMAGE TRANSMISSION PROGRAM, AND IMAGE STORAGE PROGRAM
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`(57) (ABSTRACT)
`(PROBLEM) To facilitate an easy transmission of a
`captured image and transmission of high-quality
`images.
`after
`Immediately
`(MEANS FOR SOLVING)
`capturing an image, a mobile telephone 1 divides the
`captured image data into predetermined size [data] and
`sequentially sends the data to an image storage server
`4 as an HTTP request. The image storage server 4
`sequentially saves the divided image data to store
`them as one image data. Furthermore, the image
`storage server 4 generates and stores images for
`thumbnails and images for photograph display. The
`image storage server 4 sends an email containing the
`URL of a web page that publishes an image data
`selected by the mobile telephone 1, among the stored
`image data, to the publishing destination. The terminal
`which received the e-mail downloads the published
`image data according to the URL attached to the e-
`mail.
`(SELECTIVE DRAWING) FIG. 1
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`(Scope of Patent Claims)
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`An image storage system, characterized in that the system comprising
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`a mobile terminal provided with a photographing means and a transmission means for transmitting the captured
`image data via a network by an HTTP request immediately after capturing the image by a photographing means, and
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`an image storage device provided with a receiving means for receiving the image data from the mobile terminal
`via a network, and a storage means for storing the received image data.
`(Claim 2)
`An image storage system, characterized in that the system comprising
`a mobile terminal provided with a storage means for storing one or more image data, a selection means for selecting
`an image from the image data stored by the storage means, and a transmission means for transmitting the image data
`selected by the selection means via a network by an HTTP request, and
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`an image storage device provided with a receiving means for receiving the image data transmitted by an HTTP
`request via a network from the mobile terminal, and a storage means for storing the image data received by the
`receiving means.
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`A mobile terminal, characterized in that the terminal comprising
`a photographing means, and
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`a transmission means for transmitting the captured image data to a server on a network by an HTTP request
`immediately after capturing the image by the photographing means.
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`A mobile terminal, characterized in that the terminal comprising
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`a storage means for storing one or more image data,
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`a selection means for selecting an image from the image data stored by the storage means, and
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`a transmission means for transmitting the image data selected by the selection means via a network by an HTTP
`request.
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`The mobile terminal as recited in Claim 3 or 4, characterized in that the terminal comprising a division means for
`dividing the image data captured by the photographing means into predetermined size [data],
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`wherein the transmission means sequentially transmits the image data divided by the division means to a server
`on a network by an HTTP request.
`(Claim 6)
`The mobile terminal as recited in Claim 5, characterized in that the terminal comprising a resizing instruction means
`for transmitting a resizing instruction to image data after all of the divided image data have been transmitted by the
`transmission means.
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`The mobile terminal as recited in Claim 3 through 6, characterized in that the terminal comprising
`a login processing means for logging-in into the server,
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`a user ID acquiring means for acquiring a user ID specific to a user from the server after logging-in by the login
`processing means, and
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`a file name generation means for generating a file name containing at least the user ID acquired by the user ID
`acquiring means as a file name of the image data captured by the photographing means.
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`An image storage device, characterized in that the device comprising
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`a receiving means for receiving the image data transmitted by a HTTP request via a network, and
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`a storage means for storing the image data received by the receiving means.
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`The image storage device as recited in Claim 8, characterized in that the device comprising a storage control
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`means for storing the image data transmitted sequentially in the storage means as one image data until the receiving
`means receives a termination command.
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`The image storage device as recited in Claim 9, characterized in that the storage control means determines a storage
`location in the storage means of the received image data based on the user ID contained in the file name of the
`image data received by the receiving means.
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`The image storage device as recited in any one of Claims 8 to 10, characterized in that the device comprising a
`resizing means for resizing the image data received by the receiving means according to the purpose of publishing
`the image data.
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`The image storage device as recited in any one of Claims 8 to 11, characterized in that the device comprising a
`publishing control means for publishing the image data stored in the storage means to a user terminal accessed via a
`network.
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`The image storage device as recited in Claim 12, characterized in that the device comprising a publishing image
`selection means for selecting, from among the image data stored in the storage means, the image data allowed to be
`published according to an instruction from the transmission origin of the image data,
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`wherein the publishing control means publishes the image data selected by the publishing image selection
`means to a user terminal accessed via a network.
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`The image storage device as recited in Claim 12, characterized in that the device comprising a publishing destination
`determination means for determining a publishing destination to which the image data set as publishable is
`published according to an instruction from the transmission origin of the image data,
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`wherein the publishing control means publishes the image data set as publishable to a user terminal of
`publishing destination determined by the publishing destination determination means.
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`The image storage device as recited in Claim 14, characterized in that the device comprising
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`a publishing location information generation means for generating publishing location information that shows
`the publishing location of the image data set as publishable,
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`a mail creation means for creating a mail in which a publishing location information generated by the
`publishing location information generation means is described, and
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`a mail transmission means for transmitting the mail created by the mail creation means to the publishing
`destination determined by the publishing destination determination means.
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`The image storage device as recited in Claim 13, characterized in that the resizing means generates a plurality of low
`resolutions image data based on the stored image data, and
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`the publishing control means publishes to the terminal of the publishing destination the image data of the
`resolution according to the display ability of the terminal of the publishing destination.
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`An image transmission method, characterized in that, immediately after photographing, the captured image data is
`transmitted to a server on a network by an HTTP request.
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`An image transmission method, characterized in that an image is selected from one or more image data stored, and
`the selected image data is transmitted via a network by an HTTP request.
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`An image storage method, characterized in that the image data transmitted via a network by an HTTP request is
`received, and the received image data is stored.
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`An image transmission program, characterized in that the following steps are performed by a computer:
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`a step of capturing an image, and
`a step of transmitting the captured image data immediately after photographing to a server on a network by an
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`HTTP request.
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`An image transmission program, characterized in that the following steps are performed by a computer:
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`a step of selecting an image from one or more image data stored, and
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`a step of transmitting the selected image data via a network by an HTTP request.
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`An image storage program, characterized in that the following steps are performed by a computer:
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`a step of receiving the image data transmitted via a network by an HTTP request, and
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`a step of storing the received image data.
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`(Detailed Description of the Invention)
`(Technical Field)
`(0001)
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`The present invention relates to an image storage system, a mobile terminal, an image storage device, an image
`storage method, an image transmission program, and an image storage program.
`(Background of the Invention)
`(0002)
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`Conventionally, in mobile telephone terminals, when an image is captured with a camera provided to the main
`body [of the terminal], and the image is sent to others, the image is sent by attaching it to an e-mail. In addition, a
`system for storing an image captured with a digital camera in an image storage server on a network by using a
`communication function of a mobile phone has been proposed (for example, see Patent Literature 1). In the prior art,
`an image captured with a digital camera is saved in a removable recording medium, wherein the recording medium
`is installed in a mobile phone, and the image is transmitted to a predetermined image storage server via a base
`station and a network. The image transmitted from the mobile phone is received and stored in the image storage
`server.
`(Patent Literature 1) Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 2002-157574
`(Description of the Invention)
`(Problem to be Solved by the Invention)
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`However, in the prior art in which an image is transmitted by attaching it to an e-mail, there is a problem of
`complicated operation from the time to attach an image to an e-mail after image photographing until the time to
`transmit it, or a troublesome operation when the email address of the transmission destination is long. Although
`photographing of a high-definition image has become feasible with a digital camera or a mobile phone in recent
`years, with the prior art (mail attachment, Patent Literature 1) described above, there is a problem that a high-
`definition image cannot be transmitted to a server from a mobile telephone terminal since the data more than a
`predetermined size (typically 10 KB) cannot be transmitted due to a restriction on the service provided by a
`communication provider.
`(0004)
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`The present invention was made in consideration of such circumstances, with the objective of providing an
`image storage system, a mobile terminal, an image storage device, an image storage method, an image transmission
`program, and an image storage program, in which a captured image can be transmitted easily, and a high-definition
`image can be transmitted.
`(Means for Solving the Problems)
`(0005)
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`The present invention was made to solve the problems described above and is characterized by providing a
`mobile terminal provided with a photographing means and a transmission means for transmitting the captured image
`data immediately after capturing the image by a photographing means via a network by an HTTP request, and an
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`image storage device provided with a receiving means for receiving the image data from the mobile terminal via a
`network, and a storage means for storing the received image data.
`(0006)
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`The present invention solved the problems described above and is characterized by providing a mobile terminal
`provided with a storage means for storing one or more image data, a selection means for selecting an image from the
`image data stored by the storage means, and a transmission means for transmitting the image data selected by the
`selection means via a network by an HTTP request; and an image storage device provided with a receiving means
`for receiving the image data transmitted by an HTTP request via a network from the mobile terminal, and a storage
`means for storing the image data received by the receiving means.
`(0007)
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`The present invention solved the problems described above and is characterized by providing a photographing
`means and a transmission means for transmitting the captured image data to the server on a network by an HTTP
`request immediately after capturing the image by the photographing means.
`(0008)
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`The present invention solved the problems described above and is characterized by providing a storage means
`for storing one or more image data, a selection means for selecting an image from the image data stored by the
`storage means, and a transmission means for transmitting the image data selected by the selection means via a
`network by an HTTP request.
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`Furthermore, the present invention is characterized in that the mobile terminal comprises a division means for
`dividing into a predetermined size the image data captured by the photographing means, wherein the transmission
`means sequentially transmits the image data divided by the division means to a server on a network by an HTTP
`request.
`(0009)
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`The present invention is characterized by providing the mobile terminal with a resizing instruction means for
`transmitting a resizing instruction to the image data, after all the divided image data is transmitted by the
`transmission means.
`(0010)
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`The present invention is characterized by providing the mobile terminal with a login processing means for
`logging-in to the server, a user ID acquiring means for acquiring a user ID specific to a user from the server after
`logging-in by the login processing means, and a file name generation means for generating a file name containing at
`least the user ID acquired by the user ID acquiring means as a file name of the image data captured by the
`photographing means.
`(0011)
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`This invention was made to solve the problems described above and is characterized by providing a receiving
`means for receiving the image data transmitted by an HTTP request via a network, and a storage means for storing
`the image data received by the receiving means.
`(0012)
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`The present invention is characterized by providing the image storage device with a storage control means for
`storing the image data transmitted sequentially in the storage means as one image data until a termination command
`is received by the receiving means.
`(0013)
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`The present invention is characterized in that, in the image storage device, the storage control means determines
`the storage location in the storage means of the received image data based on the user ID included in the file name
`of the image data received by the receiving means.
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`The present invention is characterized by providing the image storage device with a resizing means for resizing
`the image data received by the receiving means according to the object of publishing the image data.
`(0015)
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`The present invention is characterized by providing the image storage device with a publishing control means
`for publishing the image data stored in the storage means to the user terminal accessed via a network.
`(0016)
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`The present invention is characterized by providing the image storage device with a publishing image selection
`means for selecting the image data that is allowed to be published, among the image data stored in the storage means,
`according to the instruction from the transmission origin of the image data, wherein the publishing control means
`publishes the image data selected by the publishing image selection means to the user terminal accessed via a
`network.
`(0017)
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`The present invention is characterized by providing the image storage device with a publishing destination
`determination means for determining the destination to publish the image data set as publishable according to the
`instruction from the transmission origin of the image data, wherein the publishing control means publishes the image
`data set as publishable to a user terminal designated as the publishing destination determined by the publishing
`destination determination means.
`(0018)
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`The present invention is characterized by providing the image storage device with a publishing location
`information generation means for generating publishing location information that shows a publishing location of the
`image data set as publishable, a mail creation means for creating a mail in which a publishing location information
`generated by the publishing location information generation means is described, and a mail transmission means for
`transmitting the mail created by the mail creation means to a publishing destination determined by the publishing
`destination determination means.
`(0019)
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`The present invention is characterized in that, in the image storage device, the resizing means generates a
`plurality of low resolution image data based on the image data stored, and the publishing control means publishes to
`the terminal of the publishing destination the image data having a resolution according to the display capability of
`the terminal of the publishing destination.
`(0020)
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`This invention was made to solve the problems described above, characterized in that, immediately after
`photographing, the captured image data is transmitted to the server on a network by an HTTP request.
`(0021)
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`This invention was made to solve the problems described above, characterized in that an image from one or
`more image data stored is selected, and the selected image data is transmitted via a network by an HTTP request.
`(0022)
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`This invention was made to solve the problems described above, characterized in that the image data
`transmitted via a network by an HTTP request is received, and the received image data is stored.
`(0023)
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`This invention was made to solve the problems described above, characterized in that the following steps are
`performed by a computer: a step of capturing an image, and a step of transmitting the captured image data
`immediately after photographing to a server on a network by an HTTP request.
`(0024)
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`This invention was made to solve the problems described above, characterized in that the following steps are
`performed by a computer: a step of selecting an image from one or more image data stored, and a step of
`transmitting the selected image data via a network by an HTTP request.
`(0025)
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`This invention was made to solve the problems described above, characterized in that the following steps are
`performed by a computer: a step of receiving the image data transmitted via a network by an HTTP request, and a
`step of storing the received image data.
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`(Effect of the Invention)
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`As described above, according to the present invention, in a mobile terminal, immediately after photographing
`by a photographing means, the transmission means transmits the captured image data via a network by an HTTP
`request, and in an image storage device, the receiving means receives the image data from the mobile terminal via a
`network, and the received image data is stored in a storage means.
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`Therefore, the complicated operation for transmitting the captured image by an e-mail can be omitted, and the
`image can be easily transmitted. Prompt processing of the image data can be achieved without having to check the
`mail server if there is any email, owing to the ability of the image storage device to process [the data] as an HTTP
`request.
`(0027)
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`Furthermore, according to the present invention, in a mobile terminal, a selection means selects an image from
`one or more image data stored in the storage means, and a transmission means transmits the selected image data via
`a network by an HTTP request; while in an image storage device, a receiving means receives the image data from
`the mobile terminal transmitted according to the HTTP request via a network, and the image data received by the
`receiving means is stored in a storage means.
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`Therefore, the complicated operation for transmitting the captured image by an e-mail can be omitted, and the
`captured image can be easily transmitted. An image storage device on a network can be used as an image save
`destination and backup destination for the image data, even when image data is stored in the mobile terminal to the
`full storage capacity. Prompt processing of the image data can be achieved without having to check the mail server
`if there is any email, owing to the ability of the image storage device to process [the data] as an HTTP request.
`(0028)
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`As described above, according to the present invention, immediately after photographing by a photographing
`means, a transmission means transmits the captured image data to a server on a network by an HTTP request.
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`Therefore, the complicated operation for transmitting the captured image by an e-mail can be omitted, and the
`captured image can be easily transmitted. Prompt processing of the image data can be achieved without having to
`check the mail server if there is any email, owing to the ability of the image storage device to process [the data] as
`an HTTP request.
`(0029)
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`According to the present invention, the selection means selects an image from one or more image data stored in
`the storage means, and the transmission means transmits the image data selected by the selection means via a
`network by an HTTP request.
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`Therefore, the complicated operation for transmitting the captured image by an e-mail can be omitted, and the
`captured image can be easily transmitted. An image storage device on a network can also be used as an image save
`destination and backup destination for the image data, even when image data is stored in the mobile terminal to the
`full storage capacity. Prompt processing of the image data can be achieved without having to check the mail server
`if there is any email, owing to the ability of the image storage device to process [the data] as an HTTP request.
`(0030)
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`According to the present invention, the image data captured by the photographing means is divided into
`predetermined size [data] by the division means, and the image data divided by the division means is sequentially
`transmitted by the transmission means to the server on a network by an HTTP request.
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`Therefore, a high-definition image can be transmitted even if there is a limit to the size of data that can be
`transmitted once.
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`(0031)
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`According to the present invention, after all the divided image data are transmitted by the transmission means, a
`resizing instruction to the image data is transmitted by a resizing instruction means.
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`Therefore, the captured image can be transmitted easily, and attaching a division number to the divided image
`data becomes unnecessary.
`(0032)
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`Furthermore, according to the present invention, a user ID specific to a user is acquired from the server by the
`user ID acquiring means after logging-in to the server by a login processing means, and a file name containing at
`least the acquired user ID is generated by the file name generation means as the file name of the image data captured.
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`Therefore, the captured image can be transmitted easily, and on the server side, a user can be identified by the
`file name of the image data, without having to authenticate the user with a password, or the like.
`(0033)
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`According to the present invention, the image data transmitted by the HTTP request via a network is received
`by a receiving means, and the received image data is stored in a storage means.
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`Therefore, prompt processing of the image data can be achieved without having to check the mail server if there
`is any email, owing to the ability to process [the data] as an HTTP request.
`(0034)
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`According to the present invention, a storage control means stores the sequentially transmitted image data in the
`storage means as one image data until a termination command is received by the receiving means.
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`Therefore, a high-definition image can be transmitted even if there is a limit to the size of data that can be
`transmitted once.
`(0035)
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`According to the present invention, the storage control means determines the storage location in the storage
`means for the received image data based on the user ID included in the file name of the image data received by the
`receiving means.
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`Therefore, a user can be identified by the file name of the image data, without having to authenticate the user
`with a password, or the like, and the image data can be stored for each user.
`(0036)
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`According to the present invention, the image data received by the receiving means is resized by a resizing
`means according to the publishing objective of the image data.
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`Therefore, when the stored image data is published, the image data of a size according to the display ability of
`the terminal of the publishing destination can be provided.
`(0037)
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`According to the present invention, a publishing control means publishes the image data stored in the storage
`means to the user terminal accessed via a network.
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`Therefore, the image data can be shared by publishing the stored image data.
`(0038)
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`According to the present invention, a publishing image selection means selects the publishable image data that
`is allowed to be published, among the image data stored in the storage means, according to the instruction from the
`transmission origin of the image data, and the publishing control means publishes the selected image data to the user
`terminal accessed via a network.
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`Therefore, only specific image data can be published, preventing data other than that from becoming published.
`(0039)
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`According to the present invention, the publishing destination determination means determines and registers the
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`publishing destination, to which the image data set as publishable is to be published, according to the instruction of
`transmission origin of the image data, and the publishing control means publishes the image data set as publishable
`to the user terminal of the publishing destination that has been registered.
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`Therefore, the stored image data can be published only to a specific destination. The publishing destination can
`be determined by selecting from the publishing destination registered in advance by a user in the image storage
`device, or by registering a publishing destination by a user each time.
`(0040)
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`According to the present invention, the publishing location information generation means generates the
`publishing location information showing the publishing location of the image data set as publishable, and the mail
`creation means creates a mail in which the publishing location information is described, and the mail transmission
`means transmits the created mail to the publishing destination.
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`Therefore, only the image data may be transmitted from the image transmission origin to the image storage
`device, and it is not necessary to send any e-mail to the publishing destination; therefore, it is possible to omit a
`complicated operation for performing an email transmission to the image transmission origin.
`(0041)
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`According to the present invention, the resizing means generates the image data of a plurality of low resolutions
`based on the stored image data and publishes to the terminal of the publishing destination the image data having a
`resolution according to the display ability of the terminal of the publication destination.
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`Therefore, the image data according to the display capability of the terminal of the publishing destination can be
`provided. The display ability of the terminal of the publishing destination may be acquired at the time of access from
`the publishing destination, or it may be acquired using the information registered in advance, including an email
`address.
`(0042)
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`According to the present invention, immediately after photographing, the image data captured is transmitted to
`the server on a network by an HTTP request.
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`Therefore, the complicated operation of transmission by e-mail can be omitted, and the captured image can be
`transmitted easily. Prompt processing of the image data can be achieved without having to check the mail server if
`there is any email, owing to the ability of the image storage device to process [the data] as an HTTP request.
`(0043)
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`According to the present invention, an image is selected from one or more image data stored, and the selected
`image data is transmitted via a network by an HTTP request.
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`Therefore, the complicated operation for the transmission by e-mail can be excluded, and the captured image
`can be transmitted easily. Even when image data is stored to a full storage capacity in a mobile terminal, the image
`storage device on a network can be used as the saving destination of an image and the backup destination of the
`image data. Prompt processing of the image data can be achieved without having to check the mail server if there is
`any email, owing to the ability of the image storage device to process [the data] as an HTTP request.
`(0044)
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`According to the present invention, the image data transmitted by the HTTP request via a network is received,
`and the received image data is stored.
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`Therefore, prompt processing of the image data can be achieved without having to check the mail server if there
`is any email, owing to the ability of the image storage device to process [the data] as an HTTP request.
`(0045)
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`According to the present invention, a computer is configured to perform a step of capturing an image and a step
`of transmitting the image data captured immediately after photographing to the server on a network by an HTTP
`request.
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`Therefore, the complicated operation for the transmission by e-mail can be excluded, and the captured image
`can be transmitted easily. Furthermore, prompt processing of the image data can be achieved without having to
`check the mail server if there is any email, owing to the ability of the image storage device to process [the data] as
`an HTTP request.
`(0046)
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`According to the present invention, a computer is configured to perform a step of selecting an image from one
`or more image data stored and a step of transmitting the selected image data via a network by an HTTP request.
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`Therefore, the complicated operation for the transmission by e-mail can be excluded, and the captured image
`can be transmitted easily. An image storage device on a network can be used as an image save destination and
`backup destination for the image data, even when image data is stored in the mobile terminal to the full storage
`capacity. Prompt processing of the image data can be achieved without having to check the mail server if there is
`any email, owing to the ability of the image storage device to process [the data] as an HTTP request.
`(0047)
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`According to the present invention, a computer is configured to perform a step of rec