1. A method, comprising:
identifying a first member connected to a second member in a social network;
determining whether profile data of the first member of the social network includes a telephonic reference of the first member;
presenting a user interface element to the second member over a data communication network in response to a determination that the profile data of the first member includes the telephonic reference of the first member; and
responsive to a selection of the user interface element, initiating a first telephonic connection to the first member using the telephonic reference of the first member and a second telephonic connection to the second member to provide a telephonic connection between the first member and the second member.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the telephonic reference of the first member comprises a telephone number without an extension, a telephone number with an extension, a session initiation protocol (SIP) uniform resource identifier (URI), a user identifier of an instant messaging network, or a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) user identifier.
3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
determining whether profile data of the second member of the social network includes a telephonic reference of the second member;
wherein the user interface element is presented to the second member in response to a determination that the profile data of the first member includes the telephonic reference of the first member and the profile data of the second member includes the telephonic reference of the second member; and
wherein the second telephonic connection is initiated using the telephonic reference of the second member.
4. The method of claim 3, wherein the user interface element includes an encrypted version of the telephonic reference of the first member and the telephonic reference of the second member.
5. The method of claim 3, wherein the user interface element includes a reference to the first member and a reference to the second member; when the user interface element is selected, the reference to the first member is used to look up the telephonic reference of the first member from the profile data of the first member in the social network and the reference to the second member is used to look up the telephonic reference of the second member from the profile data of the second member in the social network to provide the telephonic connection.
6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
responsive to a selection of the user interface element, presenting a list of members directly connected to the second member in the social network, the list of members including the first member;
wherein the initiating the first telephonic connection to the first member is in response to a selection of the first member from the list of members.
7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:
responsive to a selection of a third member from the list of members, initiating a third telephonic connection to the third member using a telephonic reference of the third member obtained from profile data of the third member; and
joining the third telephonic connection with the first and second telephonic connections to connect the first, second and third members.
8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
determining a list of members directly connected to the second member in the social network, the list of members including the first member; and
presenting the list of members to the second member, including the user interface element selectable to request the telephonic connection between the first member and the second member.
9. The method of claim 8, wherein the first member and the second member are not charged a fee for the initiating of the first and second telephonic connections to provide the telephonic connection between the first member and the second member.
10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
determining a list of members indirectly connected to the second member in the social network, the list of members including the first member; and
presenting the list of members to the second member, including the user interface element selectable to request the telephonic connection between the first member and the second member.
11. The method of claim 8, wherein the second member is charged a communication fee for the telephonic connection provided between the first member and the second member.
12. The method of claim 1, wherein the user interface element is presented in a profile page of the first member.
13. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
presenting to the second member a list of top friends of the second member, the listing including the first member;
wherein the user interface element is provided to present the first member in the list.
14. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
determining whether the first member is currently available to have a telephonic conversation with the second member based on a callable schedule of the first member;
wherein the user interface element is presented to the second member in response to a determination that the first member is currently available.
15. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
updating an appearance of the user interface element to indicate availability of the first member to have a telephonic conversation based on a callable schedule of the first member.
16. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
response to the second member selecting the user interface element, prompting the second member to specify a telephonic reference for a connection to the first member.
17. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
presenting a user interface to the second member over a data communication connection to show progress of the telephonic connection.
18. The method of claim 17, further comprising:
response to a third member requesting a telephonic connection to the first member or the second member while the first member and the second member are connected by the telephonic connection, presenting to the second member an option to join the third member into a conference between the first member and the second member;
wherein the option is presented via the user interface.
19. A machine readable media embodying instructions, the instructions causing a machine to perform a method, the method comprising:
identifying a first member connected to a second member in a social network;
determining whether profile data of the first member of the social network includes a telephonic reference of the first member;
presenting a user interface element to the second member over a data communication network in response to a determination that the profile data of the first member includes the telephonic reference of the first member; and
responsive to a selection of the user interface element, initiating a first telephonic connection to the first member using the telephonic reference of the first member and a second telephonic connection to the second member to provide a telephonic connection between the first member and the second member.
20. A system, comprising:
means for identifying a first member connected to a second member in a social network;
means for determining whether profile data of the first member of the social network includes a telephonic reference of the first member;
means for presenting a user interface element to the second member over a data communication network in response to a determination that the profile data of the first member includes the telephonic reference of the first member; and
means for, responsive to a selection of the user interface element, initiating a first telephonic connection to the first member using the telephonic reference of the first member and a second telephonic connection to the second member to provide a telephonic connection between the first member and the second member.
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 processing device comprising:
a processor;
a storage device; and
a memory storing computer executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the image processing device to:
sequentially acquire at least two pieces of image data as partial image data;
determine if a first piece of image data of the at least two pieces of image data includes a gray object;
convert the first piece of image data into both first multi-color data and single color black data responsive to determining that the first piece of image data includes the gray object, the first multi-color data expressing the gray object by a combination of densities of multi-colors, the single color black data expressing the gray object by a single color black;
store both the first multi-color data and the single color black data in the storage device;
determine if a second piece of image data acquired after the first piece of image data includes a chromatic color object;
output the first multi-color data for the first piece of image data including the gray object from the storage device responsive to determining that the second piece of image data acquired after the first piece of image data including the gray object includes the chromatic color object;
convert any piece of image data acquired after the second piece of image data including the chromatic color object into second multi-color data, the second multi-color data expressing any object by a combination of densities of multiple colors;
output the second multi-color data; and
output the single color black data for the first piece of image data including the gray object from the storage device responsive to the sequential acquisition of the at least two pieces of image data being completed without acquiring any piece of image data including the chromatic color object.
2. The image processing device according to claim 1, wherein the memory stores additional computer executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, further cause the image processing device to discard the single color black data responsive to determining that the second piece of image data acquired after the first piece of image data including the gray object includes the chromatic color object.
3. The image processing device according to claim 1, wherein the memory stores additional computer executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, further cause the image processing device to:
determine an amount of a free space of the storage device before storing the single color black data and the first multi-color data in the storage device;
compress the single color black data and the first multi-color data when the amount of the free space is less than a prescribed value; and
store the compressed single color black data and the compressed first multi-color data in the storage device.
4. The image processing device according to claim 1, wherein the memory stores additional computer executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, further cause the image processing device to:
before acquiring the first piece of image data including the gray object and the second piece of image data including the chromatic color object, convert one or more acquired pieces of image data into another single color black data to express the one or more acquired pieces of image data by the single color black; and
output the other singe color black data.
5. A non-transitory computer readable medium having computer-readable instructions stored thereon that, when executed, causes a processor to:
sequentially acquire at least two pieces of image data as partial image data;
determine if a first piece of image data of the at least two pieces of image data includes a gray object;
convert the first piece of image data into both first multi-color data and single color black data responsive to determining that the first piece of image data includes the gray object, the first multi-color data expressing the gray object by a combination of densities of multi-colors, the single color black data expressing the gray object by a single color black;
store both the first multi-color data and the single color black data in a storage device;
determine if a second piece of image data acquired after the first piece of image data includes a chromatic color object;
output the first multi-color data for the first piece of image data including the gray object from the storage device responsive to determining that the second piece of image data acquired after the first piece of image data including the gray object includes the chromatic color object;
convert any piece of image data acquired after the second piece of image data including the chromatic color object into second multi-color data, the second multi-color data expressing any object by a combination of densities of multiple colors;
output the second multi-color data; and
output the single color black data for the first piece of image data including the gray object from the storage device responsive to the sequential acquisition of the at least two pieces of image data being completed without acquiring any piece of image data including the chromatic color object.
6. A method, comprising:
sequentially acquiring at least two pieces of image data as partial image data;
determining if a first piece of image data of the at least two pieces of image data includes a gray object;
converting the first piece of image data into both first multi-color data and single color black data responsive to determining that the first piece of image data includes the gray object, the first multi-color data expressing the gray object by a combination of densities of multi-colors, the single color black data expressing the gray object by a single color black;
storing both the first multi-color data and the single color black data in a storage device;
determining if a second piece of image data acquired after the first piece of image data includes a chromatic color object;
outputting the first multi-color data for the first piece of image data including the gray object from the storage device responsive to determining that the second piece of image data acquired after the first piece of image data including the gray object includes the chromatic color object;
converting any piece of image data acquired after the second piece of image data including the chromatic color object into second multi-color data, the second multi-color data expressing any object by a combination of densities of multiple colors;
outputting the second multi-color data; and
outputting the single color black data for the first piece of image data including the gray object from the storage device responsive to the sequential acquisition of the at least two pieces of image data being completed without acquiring any piece of image data including the chromatic color object.
7. The image processing device according to claim 1, wherein the memory stores additional computer executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, further cause the image processing device to discard the first multi-color data when the acquisition of the image data is completed without acquiring any piece of image data including the chromatic color object.
8. The image processing device according to claim 4, wherein the memory stores additional computer executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, further cause the image processing device to:
convert the first piece of image data including the gray object into both the first multi-color data and the single color black data when determining that the first piece of image data includes the gray object; and
store both the first multi-color data and the single color black data for the first piece of image data in the storage device.
9. The image processing device according to claim 1, wherein the memory stores additional computer executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, further cause the image processing device to discard the single color black data when determining that the second piece of image data acquired after the piece of image data including the gray object includes the chromatic color object.
10. The image processing device according to claim 1, wherein the first piece of image data is converted into both the first multi-color data and the single color black data during the sequential acquisition of the at least two pieces of image data when any piece of the at least two pieces of image data includes a gray object.