What is claimed is:
1. A system for managing the registration of internet Uniform Resource Locators (URLs), comprising:
a first database containing fields in which a first set of data are stored, the first set of data including, for a selected URL, user-generated data characterizing an application to register a URL; and
a processor operable to access on-line information to determine whether the URL is already registered and, if so, to compare on-line information regarding the URL and the first set of data and after any discrepancies between the first set of data and the on-line information are resolved, to store in a second database a second set of data, the second set of data including, for said URL, the first set of data with any discrepancies corrected and augmented by registration data from the on-line information.
2. A method for managing the registration of internet Uniform Resource Locators (URLs), comprising:
inputting to a first database a URL and data associated with the URL;
determining whether the URL is already registered;
if the URL is already registered, determining whether data maintained by a registrar is discrepant with any of the URL associated data and, if so, resolving the discrepancies;
once the discrepancies are resolved, inputting the data associated with the URL in the first database to a second database.
3. The method of claim 2 further including, before determining whether the URL is already registered, applying to register the URL and determining whether the URL is already registered only after receiving confirmation of registration.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. An image reading apparatus comprising:
an image input unit for obtaining multi-valued image data by reading an image optically;
an image processing unit for performing image processing including screen processing on the multi-valued image data obtained by the image input unit;
a data converting unit for converting image data obtained by the image processing of the image processing unit into a form that is described in a page description language; and
an image output unit for outputting image data obtained by the conversion of the data converting unit to the outside.
2. The image reading apparatus according to claim 1, wherein
the image output unit sends the image data obtained by the conversion of the data converting unit to an external apparatus that is connected to the image reading apparatus via an external interface.
3. The image reading apparatus according to claim 1, wherein
the image output unit sends the image data obtained by the conversion of the data converting unit to a storage device or a detachable storage medium.
4. The image reading apparatus according to according to claim 1, wherein
the image processing unit performs the screen processing after the multi-valued image data obtained by the image input unit are converted by a color converting unit into image data of primary colors of an image output apparatus.
5. The image reading apparatus according to claim 4, wherein
the color converting unit converts the multi-valued image data obtained by the image input unit into image data in a YMCK or YMC color space.
6. An image reading apparatus comprising:
an image input unit for obtaining multi-valued image data by reading an image optically;
an image processing unit for performing image processing including screen processing on the multi-valued image data obtained by the image input unit; and
an image output unit for outputting image data obtained by the image conversion of the image processing unit to the outside, wherein:
the image processing unit performs the image processing on the basis of output characteristics data of an image output apparatus that is to print the image data that are output by the image output unit.
7. The image reading apparatus according to claim 6, comprising
a data acquiring unit for acquiring the output characteristics data from the image output apparatus that is to print the image data that are output by the image output unit.
8. The image reading apparatus according to claim 6, wherein
the image processing unit selects a method of image processing to be performed on the multi-valued image data obtained by the image input unit.
9. The image reading apparatus according to claim 6, further comprising
a data storing unit for storing the output characteristics data.
10. The image reading apparatus according to claim 6, further comprising
a data managing unit for storing the output characteristics data in an external apparatus that is connected to the image reading apparatus via an external interface.
11. An image reading apparatus comprising:
an image input unit for obtaining multi-valued image data by reading an image optically;
an image processing unit for performing image processing including screen processing on the multi-valued image data obtained by the image input unit;
a data converting unit for converting image data obtained by the image processing of the image processing unit into a form that is described in a page description language;
a image output unit for outputting image data obtained by the conversion of the data converting unit to the outside; and
a data acquiring unit for acquiring output characteristics data on the bases of which the image processing unit performs the image processing from an image output apparatus that is to print the image data that are output by the image output unit.