JP2002190904A - Network facsimile machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a network facsimile machine which can refuse the arrival of an unwanted e-mail. SOLUTION: This network facsimile device is equipped with a register means for registering an electronic mail address that the user wants to refuse an incoming call, a storage means for storing the registered electronic mail address, an analysis means for analysing the address of the received electronic mail, a comparison means for comparing the address of the received electronic mail with the table of the registered electronic mail address, a reception means for receiving the electronic mail data in case it does not match with the table, and a discard means for discarding the electronic mail data in case it matches with the table. What is more, the function of each means is controlled by a system controller 1.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a network facsimile apparatus, and more particularly, to a technique for controlling a troublesome facsimile prevention function.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art JP-A-2000-22850 discloses that
There is disclosed a facsimile machine which can avoid unwanted reception by changing a reception rejection procedure by a device function on the transmission side. Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 11-68828 discloses a communication terminal device with an e-mail function that does not receive undesired mail and does not overflow a mailbox due to a mail rejected. Also, JP-A-11-25225
No. 2 discloses a mobile communication terminal capable of efficiently utilizing an e-mail without discomfort by providing a function of registering a rejection address for rejecting an e-mail from among offensive e-mails. .

[0003]

As described above, G3
There are known techniques for rejecting unwanted reception by a facsimile machine and techniques for rejecting undesired electronic mail at a mobile communication terminal. Here, in the case of a network facsimile machine, it is expected that the probability of receiving spam mail and other unsolicited e-mails will be higher because a broadcast can be sent instantaneously at a lower cost than a conventional facsimile using a telephone line. You. Under such circumstances, there is a demand for the development of a technique for rejecting the reception of unnecessary mail even in a network facsimile machine.

[0004] Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a network facsimile apparatus capable of rejecting the arrival of unsolicited mail.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 1 provides a function of exchanging data on a local area network and a facsimile transmission procedure performed by a facsimile transmission via a public line. In a network facsimile apparatus having a data exchange function and a function of transmitting image information included in an e-mail received via a local area network to a facsimile apparatus of a public network, register an e-mail address for which reception is to be rejected. Registration means, storage means for storing the registered e-mail address, analysis means for analyzing the received e-mail address, and comparison means for comparing the received e-mail address with a registered e-mail address table And the email data if it does not match the table Receiving means for receiving, if it matches the table relates to a network facsimile apparatus characterized by comprising a discarding discarding means e-mail data.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a function for exchanging data on a local area network, a function for exchanging facsimile data by a facsimile transmission procedure performed via a public line, and a function for exchanging data via a local area network. In a network facsimile machine having a function of transmitting image information included in a received e-mail to a facsimile machine of a public network, a registration unit for registering a domain name of an e-mail address for which call rejection is to be rejected, and storing the registered domain name Storage means for analyzing the address of the received e-mail, analysis means for analyzing the address of the received e-mail, comparison means for comparing the table of registered domain names with the address of the received e-mail, and e-mail data if the table does not match. Receiving means to receive, and if it matches the table Relates to a network facsimile apparatus characterized by comprising a discarding discarding means e-mail data.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a function of exchanging data on a local area network, a function of exchanging facsimile data by a facsimile transmission procedure performed via a public line, and a function of exchanging data via a local area network. In a network facsimile apparatus having a function of transmitting image information contained in a received e-mail to a facsimile apparatus of a public network, a registration unit for registering an e-mail address in one-touch dialing, abbreviated dialing, etc., and the registered content is an e-mail In the case of an address, storage means for storing in a table, analysis means for analyzing the address of the received e-mail, comparison means for comparing the received e-mail address with a registered e-mail address table, If they do not match, Receiving means for receiving the data, if it matches the table relates to a network facsimile apparatus characterized by comprising a discarding discarding means e-mail data.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a function of exchanging data on a local area network, a function of exchanging facsimile data by a facsimile transmission procedure performed through a public line, and a function of exchanging data via a local area network. In a network facsimile apparatus having a function of transmitting image information included in a received e-mail to a facsimile apparatus of a public network, a display means for displaying an e-mail address of a receiving party, and communication when a clear button is pressed. Communication disconnection means for disconnecting,
The present invention relates to a network facsimile apparatus comprising: a discarding unit for discarding the contents of a received electronic mail; and a deleting unit for deleting the electronic mail from a mail server.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a function of exchanging data on a local area network, a function of exchanging facsimile data by a facsimile transmission procedure performed via a public line, and a function of exchanging data via a local area network. In a network facsimile apparatus having a function of transmitting image information included in a received e-mail to a facsimile apparatus of a public network, a display means for displaying an e-mail address of a receiving party, and communication when a clear button is pressed. Communication disconnection means for disconnecting,
A storage unit for storing the received e-mail address, a registration unit for registering the electronic mail address of the destination electronic device in the table information of the incoming call rejection e-mail address, a destruction unit for destroying the content of the received e-mail, The present invention relates to a network facsimile machine comprising a deletion means for deleting an electronic mail from a mail server.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a function of exchanging data on a local area network, a function of exchanging facsimile data by a facsimile transmission procedure performed via a public line, and a function of exchanging data via a local area network. Registering means for registering the size of each receivable e-mail address in a network facsimile apparatus having a function of transmitting image information contained in a received e-mail to a facsimile apparatus of a public network, and a received e-mail address Determining means for determining whether the size of the received e-mail is equal to or more than a certain value; storing means for storing the received e-mail address if the size is not less than a certain value; discarding means for discarding the contents of the received e-mail; Deleting means for deleting from the server. The present invention relates to a network facsimile apparatus.

The invention according to claim 7 provides a function of exchanging data on a local area network, a function of exchanging facsimile data by a facsimile transmission procedure performed through a public line, and a function of exchanging data via a local area network. A network facsimile apparatus having a function of transmitting image information included in the received e-mail to a facsimile apparatus of a public network, receiving means for collectively receiving e-mails at one time in a memory,
When there are a plurality of received e-mails, a judgment means for judging whether the e-mail address is the same, and when the e-mail addresses are the same, judgment means for judging whether the size of the e-mail is the same, and when the sizes are the same, compare the contents Means of comparison;
The present invention relates to a network facsimile apparatus comprising output means for outputting only the first e-mail when the contents are the same, and discard means for automatically discarding the remaining e-mails having the same contents.

The invention according to claim 8 provides a function of exchanging data on a local area network, a function of exchanging facsimile data by a facsimile transmission procedure performed via a public line, and a function of exchanging data via a local area network. A network facsimile apparatus having a function of transmitting image information included in the received e-mail to a facsimile apparatus of a public network, receiving means for collectively receiving e-mails at one time in a memory,
When there are a plurality of received e-mails, a judgment means for judging whether the e-mail address is the same, and when the e-mail addresses are the same, judgment means for judging whether the size of the e-mail is the same, and when the sizes are the same, compare the contents. Means of comparison;
If the contents are the same, output means for outputting only the first e-mail, list display means for displaying a list of the remaining e-mails having the same contents, and discard means for selecting and discarding a document are provided. And a network facsimile apparatus.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, a function of exchanging data on a local area network, a function of exchanging facsimile data by a facsimile transmission procedure performed via a public line, and a function of exchanging data via a local area network are provided. In a network facsimile apparatus having a function of transmitting image information included in a received e-mail to a facsimile apparatus of a public network, a registration unit for registering a password for permitting reception, and an analysis for analyzing a subject of the received e-mail address Means, a means for determining whether a password is described in the subject, a discarding means for discarding the content of the received e-mail if not described, and a comparison with a pre-registered password if described. And if they do not match, Discarding discarding means the contents of the electronic mail, if they match those of the network facsimile apparatus characterized by comprising a reception processing means for performing reception processing.

According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a function of exchanging data on a local area network, a function of exchanging facsimile data by a facsimile transmission procedure performed via a public line, and a function of exchanging data via a local area network. In a network facsimile apparatus having a function of transmitting image information included in a received e-mail to a facsimile apparatus of a public network, a registration unit for registering an F-code password as a password for permitting reception; Analysis means for analyzing the subject, determination means for determining whether a password is described in the subject, discard means for discarding the content of the received e-mail if not described, and registration in advance if described Compared to the password Means, discarding discarding means the contents of the received e-mail if not identical, to a network facsimile apparatus, characterized in that if there is a match with a reception processing means for performing reception processing.

The invention according to claim 11 provides a function of exchanging data on a local area network, a function of exchanging facsimile data by a facsimile transmission procedure performed via a public line, and a function of exchanging data via a local area network. In a network facsimile apparatus having a function of transmitting image information included in a received e-mail to a facsimile apparatus of a public network, a registration unit for registering a password for permitting reception, and an analysis for analyzing a subject of the received e-mail address Means,
Discriminating means for discriminating whether a password is described in the subject, discarding means for discarding the contents of the received e-mail if not described, and comparing means for comparing with a pre-registered password if described When,
Discarding means for discarding the content of the received e-mail if they do not match, storage means for storing the e-mail address, and counting means for counting the number of times they do not match;
Determining means for determining whether the number of times of non-matching exceeds a certain value; and registering means for registering the destination e-mail address in the table information of the incoming call rejection e-mail address when the number exceeds the certain value. And a network facsimile apparatus.

According to a twelfth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a function of exchanging data on a local area network, a function of exchanging facsimile data by a facsimile transmission procedure performed through a public line, and a function of exchanging data via a local area network. In a network facsimile apparatus having a function of transmitting image information included in a received e-mail to a facsimile apparatus of a public network, storage means for storing discrimination data of an unreceivable e-mail, and writing the data in a communication management report 12. A network facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a description unit.

According to a thirteenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a function of exchanging data on a local area network, a function of exchanging facsimile data by a facsimile transmission procedure performed via a public line, and a function of exchanging data via a local area network. In a network facsimile apparatus having a function of transmitting image information included in a received electronic mail to a facsimile apparatus of a public network, storage means for storing information registered in a call rejection list, and output means for outputting as a call rejection list A network facsimile apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 11, comprising:

According to the first aspect of the present invention, by registering in advance an e-mail address for which call rejection is desired,
By eliminating facsimile that you do not want to receive, you can prevent the traffic from increasing due to unnecessary communication and printing unnecessary information on paper.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, when the number of registered e-mails is large, or when an unwanted e-mail is transmitted by changing only a part of the address from the same size, the entire domain name is excluded. By doing so, it is possible to easily reject incoming calls for a large number of addresses.
In addition, by managing by domain name, management becomes easy, and maintainability of the call rejection list is improved.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, in the case of a system which only needs to accept facsimile (e-mail) from only a limited number of destinations, only the one-touch and abbreviated forms registered in the own device are included in the incoming call receiving list. By doing so, the construction of the system is simplified.

According to the present invention, when it is desired to reject an incoming call during transmission, reception can be easily rejected with a single button. When no reception is performed, paper can be saved.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, when it is desired to reject an incoming call during transmission, reception can be easily rejected with a single button. When no reception is performed, paper can be saved. In addition, an e-mail address to be rejected is added to the incoming rejection list as it is, so that the list can be easily created.

According to the invention of claim 6, there is a method of sending a huge attached mail to the other party as one of unsolicited e-mails. And save paper.

In the invention according to claim 7, there is a method of sending a large amount of the same contents of e-mail to the other party as one of the unsolicited e-mails. Prevent reception and save paper.

According to the invention of claim 8, there is a method of sending a large amount of the same contents of e-mail to the other party as one of the unsolicited e-mails. The same contents of the e-mail are output only once and the rest are stored in the memory. By leaving
Let the user choose whether to print on paper or not.

According to the ninth aspect of the present invention, a mail address may be spoofed as one of the unwanted e-mails.
By setting the password as one of the reception permission, more strict call rejection is performed.

According to the tenth aspect of the present invention, there is a case where a mail address is spoofed as one of the unwanted e-mails, but more strict incoming call rejection is performed by setting the password as one of the reception permission. In addition, the password is shared with the password of the F code, so that the registration is easily performed.

In the eleventh aspect of the present invention, there is a case where a mail address is spoofed as one of the unwanted e-mails.
Perform more strict call rejection. Also, if you send your password incorrectly many times, it will be automatically rejected so that you can easily defend it.

According to the twelfth aspect of the present invention, even when an electronic mail is rejected, it is possible to determine what kind of communication has been made from the other party and for what reason.

According to the thirteenth aspect of the present invention, the maintenance of the list can be easily performed by outputting the electronic mail list for rejecting the incoming call.

[0031]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. The present invention has a function of exchanging data on the local area network and a function of exchanging facsimile data by a facsimile transmission procedure performed via a public line, and includes an e-mail received via the local area network. The present invention relates to a network facsimile apparatus for transmitting image information to be transmitted to a public network facsimile apparatus, and FIG. 1 shows the network system.

In FIG. 1, a local area network (LAN) includes a plurality of workstations WS.
1 to WSn, a mail server device SM, and a network facsimile device FX are connected. The local area network is connected to the Internet via the router device RT, and can exchange various data with a host device connected to another local area network or the like.

The mail server device SM provides an electronic mail collection and distribution service to users using the workstation devices WS1 to WSn connected to the local area network and the network facsimile device FX. The workstation devices WS1 to WSn process application software (e-mail access, etc.) for exchanging various data via the local area network, and process image information included in e-mail received from the network facsimile device FX. Various programs such as application software (viewer and the like) are installed and used by a specific user. The particular user may be one or more.

Further, the network facsimile machine FX
Has a transmission / reception function of an e-mail in a local area network and a transmission function of connecting to a public network (PSTN) and transmitting image information by a group 3 facsimile transmission procedure using the public network as a transmission path.

In the present embodiment, data exchange between terminals connected to a local area network is performed by a combination of a transmission protocol up to a transport layer called TCP / IP and a communication protocol of a higher layer than that. Done by applying. For example, in the transmission of e-mail, SMTP (Simple Mail Transp) is used as the upper layer communication protocol.
ort Protocol) is applied.

In the present embodiment, electronic mail is temporarily stored in the mail server device SM and then delivered. For example, an e-mail from the network facsimile machine FX to the user of the workstation WS1 is temporarily stored in the mail server SM. On the other hand, the workstation devices WS1 to WSn and the network facsimile device FX make an inquiry to the mail server device SM at an appropriate period to receive an e-mail addressed to the user of the own terminal, and the e-mail addressed to the user is sent to the mail server device. SM
When the e-mail is stored in the e-mail, the e-mail is received by the mail server device SM, and the terminal user is notified of the reception.

In this case, the workstation device WS1
Means that when an inquiry is made to the mail server device SM to receive an e-mail addressed to the user of the own terminal, it is notified that the e-mail addressed to the user of the own terminal is stored in the mail server device SM. Then, the e-mail is received, and the user is notified to that effect. The user who has received the notification reads the content of the e-mail and confirms the content. As this communication protocol, POP (Post
Office Protocol) can be applied.

Further, in this embodiment, the workstations WS1 to WSn can request the network facsimile machine FX to relay the image information to the facsimile apparatus connected to the public network, and the relay request image information An e-mail is applied to the transmission of. Since the local area network in this case is connected to the Internet, a user such as another workstation device connected to the Internet also requests the network facsimile machine FX to relay image information. It can be carried out. This email is M
IME (Multipurpose Internet)
Mail Extension) format.
As the image information, information after being encoded in the Base64 encoding format is set.

FIG. 2 shows a network facsimile machine FX.
Is shown. In FIG. 1, a system control unit 1 performs various control processes such as a control process of each unit of the network facsimile machine FX and a facsimile transmission control procedure. Note that each means described in the claims corresponds to the system control unit 1. The system memory 2 stores a control processing program to be executed by the system control unit 1 and various data necessary for executing the processing program, and constitutes a work area of the system control unit 1. Parameter memory 3
Is for storing various information unique to the network facsimile machine FX. The clock circuit 4
Outputs current time information.

The scanner 5 is for reading a document image at a predetermined resolution. The plotter 6 records and outputs an image at a predetermined resolution. The operation display unit 7
This is for operating the network facsimile machine FX, and comprises various operation keys and various displays. The encoding / decoding unit 8 encodes and compresses an image signal, and stores a large number of image information in an encoded and compressed state. The image storage device 9 is for recording a large number of encoded and compressed image information. The group 3 facsimile modem 10 implements a group 3 facsimile modem function. Network control device 11
Is for connecting the network facsimile apparatus FX to a telephone network (PSTN), and has an automatic transmission / reception function.

The local area network interface circuit 12 is connected to the network facsimile machine F
X for connecting the local area network to the local area network.
Is for executing communication control processing (e-mail transmission / reception processing, etc.) of various predetermined protocols for exchanging various data with other data terminal devices via a local area network.

The system controller 1, system memory 2, parameter memory 3, clock circuit 4, scanner 5,
Plotter 6, operation display unit 7, encoding / decoding unit 8, image storage unit 9, group 3 facsimile modem 10, network control unit 11, local area network transmission control unit 13.
Are connected to the internal bus 14, and data exchange between these elements is mainly performed through the internal bus 14. Data exchange between the network control device 11 and the group 3 facsimile modem 10 is directly performed.

Hereinafter, control examples corresponding to the claims will be described. FIG. 3 is a flowchart of the first control example. This flow shows an incoming call rejection sequence at the e-mail address. The network facsimile machine FX periodically checks with the mail server SM whether there is an e-mail addressed to itself (S1). If you have an email to yourself, go get the email. First, only the mail header portion of the read electronic mail is read (S2). When the POP3 protocol is used, only the mail header portion of the number of lines specified by the TOP command can be obtained.

The contents of the mail header are analyzed (S
3) E-mail address information is extracted from the From line (S4). The data of the extracted e-mail address is compared with the data of the pre-registered e-mail rejection mail address (S5). The incoming call rejection e-mail address is input from the operation display unit 7 and stored in the parameter memory 3. If the received e-mail address matches the rejected e-mail address (Y in S6), the e-mail received so far is discarded (S7), and a command for deleting the e-mail address is sent to the mail server device SM. Clear (S8). If it does not match the incoming call rejection e-mail address (N in S6), normal e-mail reception processing is performed (S9).

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of the second control example. This flow shows an incoming call rejection sequence in the domain name of the e-mail address. The network facsimile machine FX periodically checks with the mail server SM whether there is an electronic mail addressed to itself (S
1). If you have an email to yourself, go get the email. First, only the mail header portion of the read electronic mail is read (S2). When the POP3 protocol is used, only the mail header portion of the number of lines specified by the TOP command can be obtained.

The contents of the mail header are analyzed (S
3) Extract the domain name information of the e-mail address from the From line (S4, S5). The extracted domain name of the e-mail address is compared with the domain name data of the pre-registered e-mail rejection e-mail address (S6).
The domain name of the incoming call rejection e-mail address is input from the operation display unit 7 and stored in the parameter memory 3. If the received e-mail address matches the domain name of the rejected e-mail address (Y in S7), the e-mail received so far is discarded (S8), and a command for deleting the e-mail address is sent to the mail server device SM. It is transmitted and cleared (S9). If it does not match the domain name of the incoming call rejection e-mail address (N in S7), normal e-mail reception processing is performed (S10).

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of the third control example. This flow shows an incoming call rejection sequence at an e-mail address registered in one-touch dialing and speed dialing. The network facsimile machine FX
The mail server SM periodically checks whether there is an e-mail addressed to the user (S1). If you have an email to yourself, go get the email. First, only the mail header portion of the read electronic mail is read (S2). When using the POP3 protocol, T
Only the mail header portion of the number of lines specified by the OP command can be obtained.

The contents of the mail header are analyzed (S
3) E-mail address information is extracted from the From line (S4). The extracted e-mail address is compared with e-mail address data in the one-touch dial registered in advance (S5). The one-touch dial and the abbreviated dial are input from the operation display unit 7 and stored in the parameter memory 3. If it matches the one-touch dial (Y in S6), the e-mail received so far is discarded (S7), and a command for deleting the corresponding e-mail address is sent to the mail server device SM to clear it (S7). S8). If it does not match the one-touch dial (N in S6), it compares with the e-mail address data in the speed dial (S9). If it matches the speed dial (Y in S10), the above-described steps S7 and S7
8 is performed. If they do not match (N in S10),
A normal e-mail receiving process is performed (S11).

FIG. 6 is a flowchart of the fourth control example. This flow shows a sequence in which incoming e-mail is rejected by manually discarding it. The network facsimile machine FX periodically checks with the mail server SM whether there is an e-mail addressed to itself (S1). If you receive an email to yourself,
Go get the mail. First, only the mail header portion of the read electronic mail is read (S2). POP3
When the protocol is used, only the mail header portion of the number of lines specified by the TOP command can be obtained.

The contents of the mail header are analyzed (S
3). The read e-mail address is displayed on the LCD of the operation display unit 7 during reception processing (S4). If the user determines that the received e-mail is from an e-mail that the user does not want to receive, the user presses the data clear button on the operation display unit 7 (Y in S5) to interrupt the e-mail reception process (S6).
The e-mail received so far is discarded (S7), and a command for deleting the corresponding e-mail address is sent to the mail server device SM to clear it (S8). If the clear button is not pressed (N in S5), a normal e-mail receiving process is performed (S9).

FIG. 7 is a flowchart of a fifth control example. This flow shows a sequence for rejecting an incoming e-mail by manually discarding the incoming e-mail and adding the rejected e-mail address. The network facsimile machine FX periodically checks with the mail server SM whether there is an electronic mail addressed to itself (S
1). If you have an email to yourself, go get the email. First, only the mail header portion of the read electronic mail is read (S2). When the POP3 protocol is used, only the mail header portion of the number of lines specified by the TOP command can be obtained.

The contents of the mail header are analyzed (S
3). The read e-mail address is displayed on the LCD of the operation display unit 7 during reception processing (S4). If the user determines that the received e-mail is from an e-mail that the user does not want to receive, the user presses the data clear button on the operation display unit 7 (Y in S5) to interrupt the e-mail reception process (S6).
The e-mail received so far is discarded (S7), and a command for deleting the corresponding e-mail address is sent to the mail server device SM to clear it (S8). Then, the incoming call rejection e-mail address is registered in the incoming call rejection table (S9). On the other hand, if the clear button is not pressed (S
5 and N), a normal e-mail receiving process is performed (S1).
0). At the time of the next communication, the processing of the first control example can be performed based on the incoming rejection e-mail address list created this time.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart of the sixth control example. This flow shows a sequence for rejecting an incoming call when the size exceeds the permitted e-mail size. The network facsimile machine FX periodically checks with the mail server SM whether there is an e-mail addressed to itself (S1). If you have an email to yourself, go get the email. First, only the mail header portion of the read electronic mail is read (S2). When the POP3 protocol is used, only the mail header portion of the number of lines specified by the TOP command can be obtained.

The contents of the mail header are analyzed (S
3) Extract e-mail address information from the From line. Also, the size of the e-mail can be obtained first by the first command (S3). The acquired e-mail size is compared with a pre-registered allowable e-mail size (S4). The permitted e-mail size is input from the operation display unit 7, and the parameter memory 3
Shall be stored. If the size exceeds the permitted e-mail size (Y in S4), the mail reception process is interrupted (S5). The e-mail received so far is discarded (S6), and a command for deleting the corresponding e-mail address is sent to the mail server device SM to clear it (S7). If the email size is not exceeded (S4
N), a normal e-mail receiving process is performed (S8). Since the first command or the top command is sent first to obtain the e-mail information, it is not necessary to read all the large e-mails and then reject the incoming call.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart of the seventh control example. This flow shows a sequence for rejecting an incoming call when a plurality of mails having the same content are received. The network facsimile machine FX periodically checks with the mail server SM whether there is an electronic mail addressed to itself (S
1). If you have an email to yourself, go get the email. First, only the mail header portion of the read electronic mail is read (S2). When the POP3 protocol is used, only the mail header portion of the number of lines specified by the TOP command can be obtained.

Next, a mail address is obtained (S3),
It is determined whether the mail address is the same as the first mail address (S4).
If they are the same, the mail size is acquired (S5), and it is determined whether the mail size is the same as the first mail (S6). If the mail size is the same, convey the mail contents (S
7) If the content is the same as the first one (Y in S8), the electronic mail is discarded (S9). Steps S4 and S6, S
In the case of N at 8, normal output processing of e-mail is performed (S
10).

FIG. 10 is a flowchart of an eighth control example. This flow shows a sequence in which the user can select whether or not to output when a plurality of mails having the same content are received. The network facsimile machine FX periodically checks with the mail server SM whether there is an e-mail addressed to itself (S1). If you have an email to yourself, go get the email. First, only the mail header portion of the read electronic mail is read (S2). When using the POP3 protocol, TO
Only the mail header part of the number of lines specified by the P command can be obtained.

Next, a mail address is obtained (S3).
It is determined whether the mail address is the same as the first mail address (S4).
If they are the same, the mail size is acquired (S5), and it is determined whether the mail size is the same as the first mail (S6). If the mail size is the same, convey the mail contents (S
7) If the content is the same as the first one (Y in S8), the output process is interrupted (S9). Then, the title and address of the same mail are displayed (S10). If there is a deletion request (Y in S11), the e-mail is discarded (S12).
In the case of N in steps S4, S6, and S8, the normal output processing of the e-mail is performed (S13).

FIG. 11 is a flowchart of a ninth control example. This flow shows an incoming call rejection sequence in password confirmation. If there is an e-mail (Y in S1), the mail header is read (S2), the mail header is analyzed (S3), and the subject is extracted (S4). Then, the title information of the e-mail is extracted from the subject line, and the password included in the extracted title information is compared with a previously registered password (S
5, S6). The password is input from the operation display unit 7 and stored in the parameter memory 3. If the passwords match (Y in S7), normal e-mail reception processing is performed (S8). When there is no description of the password (N in S5),
Alternatively, if the passwords do not match (N in S7), the electronic mail is discarded (S9), and a delete command is sent to the mail server device SM (S10).

FIG. 12 is a flowchart of the tenth control example. This flow shows an incoming call rejection sequence using an F-code password. If you have an email (S
1 and Y), the mail header is read (S2), the mail header is analyzed (S3), and the subject is extracted (S4). If there is a description of the password (Y in S5), then it is determined whether or not a password is described in the F code (S6). If there is a description, the F-code password and the subject password are compared (S7). If the passwords match (Y in S8), a normal e-mail reception process is performed (S9). If N in steps S5 and S8, the electronic mail is discarded (S10) and the mail server device SM
(S11).

FIG. 13 is a flowchart of an eleventh control example. This flow shows an incoming call rejection sequence in password confirmation. If there is an electronic mail (Y in S1), the mail header is read (S2), the mail header is analyzed (S3), and the subject is extracted (S2).
4). If there is a description of the password (Y in S5), it is compared with the registered password (S6), and if the passwords match (Y in S7), an e-mail receiving process is performed (S8). If N in steps S5 and S7, the number of mismatches and the mail address are stored, and if the number of mismatches does not exceed a certain number (S
N at 10), the electronic mail is discarded (S11), and a delete command is sent to the mail server device SM (S12). If the number of mismatches is exceeded (Y in S10), it is registered in the incoming call rejection address table (S13).

FIG. 14 is a flowchart of a twelfth control example. This flow shows the sequence of writing a communication management report in the case of receiving a call rejection. In the first control example, the network facsimile machine FX periodically checks whether there is an e-mail addressed to itself. If there is an e-mail (Y in S1), the e-mail header is read (S2), the e-mail header is analyzed (S3), and the e-mail address is extracted (S4). The data of the extracted e-mail address is compared with the data of the pre-registered e-mail rejection e-mail address (S5). If they match (Y in S6), the e-mail is discarded (S7), and a delete command is sent to the mail server SM. Is transmitted (S8). Then, the mail address of the rejected incoming call is described in the communication management report (S9). An example of the description is shown in FIG. If the addresses do not match (N in S6),
A normal e-mail receiving process is performed (S10).

FIG. 15 is a flowchart of a thirteenth control example. This flow shows an incoming call rejection report description sequence when the incoming call is rejected. In the first control example, the network facsimile machine FX periodically checks whether there is an e-mail addressed to itself. If there is an e-mail (Y in S1), the e-mail header is read (S2), the e-mail header is analyzed (S3), and the e-mail address is extracted (S4). The data of the extracted e-mail address is compared with the data of the pre-registered e-mail rejection e-mail address (S5). If they match (Y in S6), the e-mail is discarded (S7), and a delete command is sent to the mail server SM. Is transmitted (S8). Then, the mail address of the rejected incoming call is described in the incoming call rejected address list (S9). An example of the description is shown in FIG. If the addresses do not match (N in S6), normal e-mail reception processing is performed (S10).

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According to the first aspect of the present invention, by registering in advance an e-mail address for which rejection of incoming calls is desired, facsimiles which do not want to receive incoming calls are eliminated, and there is no increase in traffic due to unnecessary communication and no need for unnecessary communication. Printing information on paper can be prevented.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, when the number of registered e-mails is large, or when an unwanted e-mail is transmitted by changing only a part of the address from the same size, the entire domain name is excluded. By doing so, it is possible to easily reject incoming calls for a large number of addresses. Further, by managing by domain name, management becomes easy, and maintainability of the call rejection list can be improved.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, in the case of a system which only needs to accept facsimile (e-mail) from only a limited number of destinations, only the one-touch and abbreviated forms registered in the own machine are included in the incoming call accepting list. By doing so, the construction of the system can be simplified.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, when it is desired to reject an incoming call during transmission, reception can be easily rejected with a single button. When no reception is performed, paper can be saved.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, when it is desired to reject an incoming call during transmission, reception can be easily rejected with a single button. When no reception is performed, paper can be saved. In addition, by simply adding an e-mail address that the user wants to reject to the incoming call rejection list, the list can be easily created.

According to the invention of claim 6, there is a method of sending a huge attached mail to the other party as one of the unwanted e-mails. And saves paper.

In the invention according to claim 7, there is a method of sending a large amount of e-mails having the same content to the other party as one of the unsolicited e-mails. Reception can be prevented and paper can be saved.

According to the invention of claim 8, there is a method of sending a large amount of e-mails of the same content to the other party as one of unsolicited e-mails, but the e-mails of the same content are output only once and the rest are stored in the memory. By leaving
The user can select whether or not to output to paper.

According to the ninth aspect of the present invention, a mail address may be spoofed as one of the unwanted e-mails.
By setting the password as one of the reception permission, more strict call rejection can be performed.

According to the tenth aspect of the invention, there is a case where a mail address is spoofed as one of the unwanted e-mails. However, by setting the password as one of the reception permission, more strict call rejection can be performed. . The password is F
The registration can be easily performed by sharing the password with the code.

In the invention according to claim 11, a mail address may be spoofed as one of the unwanted e-mails.
More strict call rejection can be performed. In addition, it is easy to defend a person who sends a wrong password many times by automatically rejecting the incoming call.

According to the twelfth aspect of the present invention, even when an electronic mail is rejected, it is possible to know what kind of communication was made from the other party and for what reason.

According to the thirteenth aspect of the present invention, the e-mail list for rejecting incoming calls can be output, so that the list can be easily maintained.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a network system.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of the network facsimile apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a first control example.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a second control example.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a third control example.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart of a fourth control example.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart of a fifth control example.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart of a sixth control example.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart of a seventh control example.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart of an eighth control example.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart of a ninth control example.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart of a tenth control example.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart of an eleventh control example.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart of a twelfth control example.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart of a thirteenth control example.

FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating a display example of a communication management report.

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing a display example of a call rejection address report.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 System control part 2 System memory 3 Parameter memory 4 Clock circuit 5 Scanner 6 Plotter 7 Operation display part 8 Encoding / decoding part 9 Image storage device 10 Group 3 facsimile modem 11 Network control device 12 Local area network interface circuit 13 Local area network Transmission control unit

Claims (13)

[Claims] 1. A function of exchanging data on a local area network, a function of exchanging facsimile data by a facsimile transmission procedure performed through a public line, and an e-mail received through the local area network. In a network facsimile apparatus having a function of transmitting image information to a facsimile apparatus of a public network, a registration unit for registering an e-mail address for which reception is to be rejected, a storage unit for storing the registered e-mail address, and a received e-mail Analyzing means for analyzing the address of the received e-mail, comparing means for comparing the received e-mail address with the registered e-mail address table, receiving means for receiving e-mail data if the table does not match, Email data if matched Network facsimile apparatus characterized by comprising a discarding discarding means. 2. A function of exchanging data on a local area network, a function of exchanging facsimile data by a facsimile transmission procedure performed via a public line, and an e-mail received via a local area network. In a network facsimile machine having a function of transmitting image information to a facsimile machine in a public network, a registration unit for registering a domain name of an e-mail address to be rejected, a storage unit for storing the registered domain name, Analyzing means for analyzing the e-mail address; comparing means for comparing the received e-mail address with a registered domain name table; receiving means for receiving e-mail data if the table does not match; E-mail data is broken if matches Network facsimile apparatus and discarding means for comprising the. 3. A function for exchanging data on a local area network, a function for exchanging facsimile data by a facsimile transmission procedure performed via a public line, and an e-mail received via the local area network. In a network facsimile machine having a function of transmitting image information to a public network facsimile machine, a registration means for registering an e-mail address in one-touch dialing, abbreviated dialing, etc., and storing in a table when the registered content is an e-mail address Storage means for analyzing the received e-mail address; analyzing means for comparing the received e-mail address with a registered e-mail address table; and e-mail data if the table does not match the table. Receiving means for receiving Network facsimile apparatus characterized by comprising a discarding discarding means the electronic mail data If a match with the table. 4. A function for exchanging data on a local area network, a function for exchanging facsimile data by a facsimile transmission procedure performed via a public line, and an e-mail received via a local area network. A network facsimile apparatus having a function of transmitting image information to a public network facsimile apparatus, a display means for displaying an e-mail address of a received destination, and a communication disconnection means for disconnecting communication when a clear button is pressed. A network facsimile apparatus comprising: a discarding unit for discarding the contents of a received electronic mail; and a deleting unit for deleting the electronic mail from a mail server. 5. A function for exchanging data on a local area network, a function for exchanging facsimile data by a facsimile transmission procedure performed via a public line, and an e-mail received via a local area network. A network facsimile apparatus having a function of transmitting image information to a public network facsimile apparatus, a display means for displaying an e-mail address of a received destination, and a communication disconnection means for disconnecting communication when a clear button is pressed. Storage means for storing the received e-mail address, registration means for registering the e-mail address of the other party's e-mail in the table information of the rejection e-mail address, destruction means for discarding the contents of the received e-mail,
A network facsimile apparatus comprising: a deletion unit that deletes the electronic mail from the mail server. 6. A function for exchanging data on a local area network, a function for exchanging facsimile data by a facsimile transmission procedure performed via a public line, and an e-mail received via a local area network. A network facsimile machine having a function of transmitting image information to a public network facsimile machine; Determining means for determining, a storage means for storing the received e-mail address if the value is equal to or more than a certain value, a discarding means for discarding the contents of the received e-mail,
A network facsimile apparatus comprising: a deletion unit that deletes the electronic mail from the mail server. 7. A function for exchanging data on a local area network, a function for exchanging facsimile data by a facsimile transmission procedure performed via a public line, and an e-mail received via a local area network. In a network facsimile machine having a function of transmitting image information to a public network facsimile machine, a receiving means for collectively receiving e-mails obtained at one time in a memory, and an e-mail address when there are a plurality of received e-mails. Determining means for determining whether the email addresses are the same; determining means for determining whether the size of the email is the same if the email addresses are the same; comparing means for comparing the contents when the sizes are the same; Output means to output only emails and automatically break the rest of the same email Network facsimile apparatus and discarding means for comprising the. 8. A function for exchanging data on a local area network, a function for exchanging facsimile data by a facsimile transmission procedure performed via a public line, and an e-mail received via a local area network. In a network facsimile machine having a function of transmitting image information to a public network facsimile machine, a receiving means for collectively receiving e-mails obtained at one time in a memory, and an e-mail address when there are a plurality of received e-mails. Determining means for determining whether the email addresses are the same; determining means for determining whether the size of the email is the same if the email addresses are the same; comparing means for comparing the contents when the sizes are the same; Output means to output only, and list the remaining emails with the same content A list display unit, a network facsimile apparatus characterized by comprising a discarding discarding means selects a document. 9. A function for exchanging data on a local area network, a function for exchanging facsimile data by a facsimile transmission procedure performed via a public line, and an e-mail received via a local area network. In a network facsimile machine having a function of transmitting image information to a facsimile machine in a public network, a registration unit for registering a password for which reception is permitted, an analysis unit for analyzing a subject of the received e-mail address, and a password in the subject The discriminating means for discriminating whether it is described, the discarding means for discarding the content of the received e-mail if not described, and the comparing means for comparing with a pre-registered password if described, do not match. If the contents of the received e-mail And discarding means for disposal, the network facsimile apparatus characterized by comprising a reception processing means for performing reception processing if there is a match. 10. A function of exchanging data on a local area network, a function of exchanging facsimile data by a facsimile transmission procedure performed through a public line, and an e-mail received through a local area network. In a network facsimile apparatus having a function of transmitting image information to a facsimile apparatus of a public network, registration means for registering a password of an F code as a password permitting reception, and analysis means for analyzing a subject of a received e-mail address , A discriminating unit that discriminates whether a password is described in the subject, a discarding unit that discards the content of the received e-mail if the password is not described, and a comparison that compares the password with a pre-registered password if it is described If they do not match Network facsimile apparatus and discarding discarding means the contents of the received e-mail, if they match, characterized in that a reception processing means for performing reception processing. 11. A function for exchanging data on a local area network, a function for exchanging facsimile data by a facsimile transmission procedure performed via a public line, and an e-mail received via a local area network. In a network facsimile machine having a function of transmitting image information to a facsimile machine in a public network, a registration unit for registering a password for which reception is permitted, an analysis unit for analyzing a subject of the received e-mail address, and a password in the subject The discriminating means for discriminating whether it is described, the discarding means for discarding the content of the received e-mail if not described, and the comparing means for comparing with a pre-registered password if described, do not match. If the content of the received email Discarding means for discarding, storage means for storing the e-mail address thereof, counting means for counting the number of times of non-coincidence, discriminating means for determining whether the number of times of non-coincidence exceeds a certain value, A network facsimile apparatus comprising: a registering unit for registering an e-mail address of a destination in table information of a rejected e-mail address. 12. A function of exchanging data on a local area network, a function of exchanging facsimile data by a facsimile transmission procedure performed via a public line, and an e-mail received via a local area network. A network facsimile apparatus having a function of transmitting image information to a facsimile apparatus of a public network, comprising: a storage unit for storing identification data of an e-mail that cannot be received; and a description unit for writing the data in a communication management report. The network facsimile apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 11, wherein 13. A function for exchanging data on a local area network, a function for exchanging facsimile data by a facsimile transmission procedure performed via a public line, and an e-mail received via a local area network. A network facsimile apparatus having a function of transmitting image information to a facsimile apparatus of a public network, comprising: a storage unit for storing information registered in a call rejection list; and an output unit for outputting the information as a call rejection list. The network facsimile apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 11, wherein