JP3537533B2 - Facsimile transmission / reception processing device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile transmission / reception processing apparatus, and more particularly to a facsimile transmission / reception processing apparatus led by a reception side for performing facsimile transmission / reception processing according to the situation of the reception side.

2. Description of the Related Art With the spread of facsimile machines, there has been a demand for a more sophisticated facsimile utilization method. In particular, in a facsimile distribution service that provides information to a destination when information to be transmitted occurs, information is transmitted on the initiative of the transmitting side regardless of the content of the information. Facsimile transmission and reception processing by
In other words, there is an increasing need for a processing method that determines whether the information to be transmitted is necessary information on the receiving side and then makes a transmission request.

[0003]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional facsimile delivery service,
When transmission data is generated, facsimile transmission is performed periodically or as needed. At that time, the transmitting side has unconditionally performed facsimile transmission ignoring the situation of the receiving side. For this reason, facsimile transmission data is output on the receiving side regardless of the situation.

[0004]

Therefore, the transmitting side unconditionally performs facsimile transmission to the receiving side irrespective of the amount of transmission data. There has been a problem that the time receiving facsimile apparatus and the communication line are occupied, and other communications are hindered regardless of the intention of the receiving side.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and notifies a facsimile transmission output destination of output data information such as the number of facsimile output sheets in advance, and outputs the output time and output data according to the status of the output destination. It is an object of the present invention to provide a facsimile transmission / reception processing device in which a receiving side can instruct whether or not there is a facsimile.

[0006]

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating the principle of the present invention for achieving the above object. The facsimile transmission / reception processing device of the present invention includes a facsimile transmission side device 10, a facsimile reception side device 20, and a communication line 30 connecting these. The facsimile transmission-side device 10 includes a transmission data creation unit 12 that creates facsimile transmission data 11, a transmission-side communication conversation processing unit 13, and a facsimile transmission processing control unit 14 that controls facsimile transmission processing. The apparatus 20 includes a receiving-side communication conversation processing unit 21, a display unit 22, an instruction input unit 23, and a facsimile reception processing unit 24 that controls facsimile reception processing.

[0007]

In the facsimile transmitting apparatus 10, first,
The transmitting-side communication conversation processing unit 13 transmits output information such as the number of output data to be transmitted to the reception-side communication conversation processing unit 21 of the facsimile receiving-side device 20 via the communication line 30. The receiving-side communication conversation processing unit 21 of the facsimile receiving-side device 20 displays the output information of the received communication data on the display unit 22 and, based on the receiving-side processing information from the instruction input unit 23, etc. 13 is returned with transmission data output instruction information. In the facsimile transmission side device 10, the facsimile transmission processing control unit 14 outputs the facsimile transmission data 11 to the facsimile reception processing unit 24 of the facsimile reception side device 20 based on the output instruction information received by the transmission side communication conversation processing unit 13. I do.

[0008]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing one embodiment of a facsimile transmission / reception processing apparatus of the present invention.

A facsimile transmission / reception processing device according to the present invention comprises a facsimile transmission side device 10, a facsimile reception side device 20, and a communication line 30 connecting these. The facsimile transmission side device 10 includes a transmission data creation unit 12 for creating the facsimile transmission data 11 and output information such as the number of facsimile output notified from the transmission data creation unit 12 in advance when the facsimile transmission data 11 is transmitted. Of the facsimile receiving side device 20 via the communication line 30 and receiving an instruction for the output information thereof, and the facsimile transmission data according to the instruction from the transmitting side communication conversation processing unit 13. And a facsimile transmission processing control unit 14 for controlling the transmission processing. On the other hand, the facsimile receiving-side device 20 includes a receiving-side communication conversation processing unit 21 for exchanging information with the transmission-side communication conversation processing unit 13 via the communication line 30, and output information notified from the transmission-side communication conversation processing unit 13. , An input unit 23 for instructing the output information displayed on the display unit, for example, the data output time, the presence or absence of output, and the like, and controls the reception process of the transmitted facsimile transmission data. And a facsimile reception processing unit 24.

[0010] The operation of the facsimile transmission / reception processing apparatus with the pre-conversation function having the above-mentioned configuration, which allows the transmission side and the reception side to confirm the transmission of transmission data in advance, will be described. When the transmission data creation unit 12 of the facsimile transmission side device 10 creates the facsimile transmission data 11, first, the transmission side communication conversation processing unit 13 sets the title of the transmission data to be transmitted by facsimile, the output number,
Output information such as a fee is notified to the receiving-side communication conversation processing unit 21 of the facsimile receiving-side apparatus 20 via the communication line 30.

In the facsimile receiving apparatus 20, the notified output information is received by the receiving communication conversation processing section 21, and output information such as the number of facsimile output is displayed on the display section 22. The receiving operator visually judges the output information displayed on the display unit 22 and determines a response to the output information.
In other words, whether to output the notified transmission data,
If it is to be output, the output time is input through the instruction input unit 23. This output instruction information is notified by the receiving-side communication conversation processing unit 21 to the transmission-side communication conversation processing unit 13 of the facsimile transmission-side device 10 via the communication line 30.

In the facsimile transmission side apparatus 10, the output instruction information received by the transmission side communication conversation processing section 13 is notified to the facsimile transmission processing control section 14. The facsimile transmission processing control unit 14 performs a process of outputting the facsimile transmission data 11 to the facsimile reception processing unit 24 of the facsimile receiving side device 20 via the communication line 30 according to the output instruction information.

In a preferred embodiment, the facsimile transmitting apparatus 10 can be, for example, a transmitting apparatus for a facsimile distribution service based on a CD-ROM published by the Patent Office. In this case, the facsimile transmission data 11
Is data of a CD-ROM publication issued by the JPO. The transmission data creation unit 12 is a processing device that can output data of the CD-ROM publication and a CD-ROM drive that outputs the number of publications. Be composed. The transmission data creation unit 12 extracts a patent publication in response to a user's request and creates transmission data. When the transmission data is created, the title of the created transmission data (for example, a public number), the number of output pages which is the number of pages in the publication, and The information on the output fee as the information acquisition fee is notified to the transmission-side communication conversation processing unit 13, and is further notified from the transmission-side communication conversation processing unit 13 to the facsimile receiving-side device 20. The facsimile transmission processing control unit 14 is a server machine that performs transmission processing of the facsimile transmission data 11 based on the instruction information.

In the facsimile receiving-side device 20, the receiving-side communication conversation processing unit 21, the display unit 22, and the instruction input unit 23
Constitutes a device for processing facsimile output information, and the facsimile reception processing unit 24 is a facsimile device having basic functions. Receiving side communication conversation processing unit 21, display unit 22
The facsimile output information processing device including the terminal and the instruction input unit 23 uses a terminal device, and the facsimile reception processing unit 2
4 can use a normal facsimile machine.
Alternatively, a complex high-function facsimile apparatus in which a facsimile output information processing apparatus is added to a facsimile apparatus can be used as the facsimile receiving-side apparatus 20.

In the facsimile receiving apparatus 20, the notified facsimile output information is displayed on the display unit 22, and an example of the screen display is shown below. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a screen display example of the display unit of the facsimile receiving-side device.

According to the illustrated screen display example, the display screen 40
Is a screen 41 for displaying the output information notified from the facsimile transmission side device 10;
And a screen 42 for displaying instruction information for the user. The screen 41 includes a portion 41a for displaying a title, a portion 41b for displaying the number of facsimile output, and a portion 41c for displaying a fee. The screen 42 is displayed when the user inputs an instruction as to whether or not to perform facsimile output from the instruction input unit 23 while viewing the display contents of the screen 41, and is displayed when the desired output time of facsimile transmission is input. And a portion 42b to be formed.

According to this screen display example, a plurality of pieces of information on transmission data can be displayed. this is,
This is because a plurality of transmission data may be created at a time. For example, if transmission data created from a CD-ROM publication is data from a publication extracted based on a specific International Patent Classification (IPC), a plurality of transmission data may be created at once. . If the terminal device of the facsimile receiving side device 20 has not been activated for a long time, transmission data may be accumulated during that time. When a plurality of pieces of facsimile output information are notified, the reception-side communication conversation processing unit 21 of the terminal device can notify the facsimile transmission-side device 10 of individually designated output instruction information.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart showing the flow of processing of the facsimile transmission / reception processing apparatus of the present invention. First, the facsimile transmission data 11 is created by the transmission data creation unit 12 (step S1). At this time, the facsimile output information 11a is extracted from the created data and is notified to the terminal device of the facsimile receiving side device 20 (step S2). The facsimile output information 11a includes information such as a title, the number of output sheets, and an output fee. When an output instruction is input at the terminal device, the facsimile transmission side device 10 performs a process of receiving the output instruction information 23a (step S3). The output instruction information 23a includes information on the presence / absence of output and the output time.

Next, it is determined whether or not facsimile output is to be performed based on the information on the presence or absence of output of the received output instruction information 23a (step S4). Here, if there is an instruction that requires facsimile output, it is determined whether there is information on the output time of the output instruction information 23a (step S5). If the output time is specified, a process to wait until the specified time is performed (step S6). If no output time is specified, the facsimile transmission control unit 14 performs the facsimile output process (step S7). In this facsimile output processing, the facsimile transmission processing control unit 14 reads the facsimile transmission data 11 and transmits it to the facsimile reception processing unit 24 of the facsimile receiving side device 20 via the communication line 30. When the facsimile output process is completed, the transmitted data is not required, so the facsimile transmission data is deleted (step S8). The facsimile transmission data deletion processing in step S4, even when the facsimile output is determined to be unnecessary, because there is no need to send the appropriate facsimile transmission data is deleted.

[0020]

As described above, according to the present invention, the facsimile output information such as the title of the facsimile output, the number of output facsimile, the fee, etc., is transmitted before the facsimile transmission side apparatus 10 of the transmission source transmits the facsimile. After receiving the notification, the transmission destination responds to the facsimile transmission source with an output instruction such as presence or absence of transmission data, an output time at which transmission data is desired to be transmitted, and the transmission source transmits the facsimile transmission source. The processing according to the above instruction is performed. For this reason, the destination can select the process according to the status of the destination, so that the process can be led by the receiving side, and the destination facsimile apparatus and the communication line can be used effectively.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing one embodiment of a facsimile transmission / reception processing apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a screen display example of a display unit of a facsimile receiving-side device.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a processing flow of the facsimile transmission / reception processing device of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 Facsimile transmission side device 20 Facsimile receiving device 30 communication lines 11 Facsimile transmission data 12 Transmission data creation unit 13 Sender communication conversation processor 14 Facsimile transmission processing control unit 21 Receiving side communication conversation processing unit 22 Display 23 Instruction input section 24 Facsimile reception processing unit

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Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A facsimile transmission processing apparatus having a function of notifying facsimile output information in advance, a facsimile transmission data to be transmitted, and a transmission data generating means for outputting output information of the generated transmission data; A transmitting-side communication conversation processing means for notifying the output information to a destination facsimile apparatus and receiving a response to an output instruction for the notification, and when the output instruction indicates output necessity, the facsimile transmission data and a facsimile transmission control means for transmission processing in the facsimile apparatus of the destination, the facsimile transmission control unit, the output instruction
When the output time is specified, the output time
A facsimile transmission processing device comprising means for waiting for transmission processing. 2. A facsimile output information notified in advance.
With a function to notify the sender of an instruction for
The output information of the transmission data from the facsimile machine of the transmission source in the similiar reception processing device
Notification indicating that output is not required for the notification.
Receiving a power instruction to the source facsimile machine
Side communication conversation processing means, display means for displaying the output information, and information of the output instruction to the transmission source facsimile machine
Instruction input means for inputting a facsimile
Facsimile reception processing means for re-outputting, the receiving-side communication conversation processing means comprising:
A facsimile characterized by including information indicating the designation of time.
Millimeter reception processing device. 3. Facsimile output information on facsimile
Facsimile with a function to talk in advance with the destination
In the output information processing device, the output information of the transmission data from the transmission source facsimile device
Notification indicating that output is not required for the notification.
Receiving a power instruction to the source facsimile machine
Side communication conversation processing means, display means for displaying the output information, and information of the output instruction to the transmission source facsimile machine
And an instruction input means for inputting the reception side communication conversation process unit, when output to the output instruction
A facsimile characterized by including information indicating the designation of time.
Milli-output information processing device.