Image processing apparatus, shared address book display control method for the same, recording medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016219190-A1
Application number	US-201615007667-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jan 27, 2016
Priority date	Jan 27, 2015
Publication date	Jul 28, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

An image processing apparatus includes a communicator portion that communicates with a portable terminal apparatus having an address book, a contact data obtaining portion that obtains contacts from the address book, the contacts including contact names and addresses, a registration portion that registers the contacts to a shared address book along with user identification information indicating the log-in user, a display, and a display controller that makes the display show the contacts at least by the contact name, the contacts being registered in the shared address book, that judges whether or not the shared address book contains contacts with different contact names but with identical addresses, and that, if it contains contacts with different contact names but with identical addresses, makes the display show any of the contacts by the contact name, the any contact having the user identification information indicating the log-in user.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An image processing apparatus comprising:
a communicator portion that communicates with a portable terminal apparatus having an address book; a contact data obtaining portion that obtains contacts from the address book of the portable terminal apparatus upon a user being logged in to the image processing apparatus through the communicator portion from the portable terminal apparatus, the contacts including contact names and addresses; a registration portion that registers the contacts to a shared address book as shared data along with user identification information indicating the log-in user, the contacts being obtained by the contact data obtaining portion, the contacts including the contact names and the addresses; a display; and a display controller that makes the display show the contacts at least by the contact name for the log-in user making a choice in address settings for transmission, the contacts being registered in the shared address book, that judges whether or not the shared address book contains contacts with different contact names but with identical e-mail addresses, and that, if it contains contacts with different contact names but with identical addresses, makes the display show any of the contacts by the contact name, the any contact having the user identification information indicating the log-in user.

2 . The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein if the shared address book contains contacts with different contact names but with identical addresses and none of the contacts has the user identification information indicating the log-in user, the display controller makes the display show all the contacts with identical addresses by the contact name.

3 . The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein:
upon registering each of the contacts to the shared address book along with the user identification information indicating the log-in user, the contacts being obtained by the contact data obtaining portion, the contacts including the contact names and the addresses, the registration portion judges whether or not the shared address book contains a contact with an address identical with that of the each contact; if it contains a contact with an address identical with that of the each contact, the registration portion gives contact duplication information to both the each contact and the contact with an address identical with that of the each contact; and the display controller judges whether or not the shared address book contains contacts with different contact names but with identical addresses, depending on the presence of absence of the contact duplication information.

4 . The image processing apparatus according to claim 3 , further comprising an edit portion that allows the log-in user to edit the shared address book, wherein:
upon the log-in user editing a contact with the contact duplication information in the shared address book by changing its address, the edit portion judges whether or not the shared address book contains a contact with an address identical with a new address after the change; if it contains a contact with an address identical with a new address after the change, the edit portion does not remove the contact duplication information from the edited contact, or if it does not contain a contact with an address identical with a new address after the change, the edit portion removes the contact duplication information from the edited contact; and if the shared address book contains more than one contact with an address identical with an old address before the change, the edit portion does not remove the contact duplication information from the more than one contact, or if the shared address book contains one single contact with an address identical with an old address before the change, the edit portion removes the contact duplication information from the one single contact.

5 . The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein upon registering each of the contacts to the shared address book along with the user identification information indicating the log-in user, the contacts being obtained by the contact data obtaining portion, the contacts including the contact names and the addresses, the registration portion judges whether or not the shared address book contains a contact with a contact name different from that of the each contact but with the user identification information indicating the log-in user and an address identical with that of the each contact; if it contains a contact with a contact name different from that of the each contact but with the user identification Information indicating the log-in user and an address identical with that of the each contact, the registration portion overwrites the different contact name with that of the each contact.

6 . A shared address book display control method for an image processing apparatus, the shared address book display control method comprising:
communicating with a portable terminal apparatus having an address book; obtaining contacts from the address book of the portable terminal apparatus upon a user being logged in to the image processing apparatus by communicating from the portable terminal apparatus, the contacts including contact names and addresses; registering the contacts to a shared address book as shared data along with user identification information indicating the log-in user, the contacts being obtained from the address book of the portable terminal apparatus, the contacts including the contact names and the addresses; and making a display show the contacts at least by the contact name for the log-in user making a choice in address settings for transmission, the contacts being registered in the shared address book, judging whether or not the shared address book contains contacts with different contact names but with identical addresses, and, if it contains contacts with different contact names but with identical addresses, making the display show any of the contacts by the contact name, the any contact having the user identification information indicating the log-in user.

7 . The shared address book display control method according to claim 6 , wherein if the shared address book contains contacts with different contact names but with identical addresses and none of the contacts has the user identification information indicating the log-in user, all the contacts with identical addresses are listed on the display by the contact name.

8 . The shared address book display control method according to claim 6 , wherein:
upon registration of each of the contacts to the shared address book along with the user identification information indicating the log-in user, the contacts being obtained by the contact data obtaining portion, the contacts including the contact names and the addresses, it is judged whether or not the shared address book contains a contact with an address identical with that of the each contact; if it contains a contact with an address identical with that of the each contact, contact duplication information is given to both the each contact and the contact with an address identical with that of the each contact; and it is judged whether or not the shared address book contains contacts with different contact names but with identical addresses, depending on the presence of absence of the contact duplication information.

9 . The shared address book display control method according to claim 8 , further comprising the step of allowing the log-in user to edit the shared address book, wherein:
upon the log-in user editing a contact with the contact duplication information in the shared address book by changing its address, it is judged whet

Assignees

• Konica Minolta Inc

Inventors

• Sugiyama Takanobu
• Oikawa Takashi
• Kitaguchi Tatsuya
• Atsumi Tomoyuki

Classifications

• H04L67/306

  User profiles · CPC title

• H04L67/12 Primary

  specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks · CPC title

• H04M1/27453

  Directories allowing storage of additional subscriber data, e.g. metadata · CPC title

• H04N1/00411

  the display also being used for user input, e.g. touch screen · CPC title

• H04N1/00209 Primary

  Transmitting or receiving image data, e.g. facsimile data, via a computer, e.g. using e-mail, a computer network, the internet, I-fax · CPC title