JP4894764B2 - Communication device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a communication device capable of communicating with a terminal via a network and capable of communicating with a device having an address described in telephone directory data.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there is a technique for reading all phone book data stored in a one-touch dial storage area of a communication device such as a facsimile machine, and attaching the read phone book data to a terminal as a text data format file attached to an e-mail. It is known (see Patent Document 1).
JP 2004-312317 A

In the technique of Patent Document 1, all of the phone book data stored in the one-touch dial storage area is transmitted to the terminal as one file. The phone book data stored in the communication device can be viewed on the terminal. However, since all the data described in the phone book data is transmitted to the terminal as one file, even the phone book data not required by the user can be viewed. The telephone directory data includes personal information such as a telephone number, and it is not preferable in terms of security that anyone can view it. For example, a user using a communication device may read a phone number stored in the communication device by operating a terminal from a place where he / she goes out to know the phone number. Although it is sufficient for the user to be able to know only the telephone number of the destination to make a call, in the technique of Patent Document 1, all telephone numbers must be output in order to view the target telephone number.
The present invention has been made in view of the problems described above, and aims to improve security by allowing only specific individual information from a database stored in a communication device to be viewed from a terminal connected to the network. An object of the present invention is to provide a communication device.

  The communication apparatus according to the present invention is a communication apparatus that can communicate with a terminal via a network. This communication apparatus includes storage means (typically storage), reception means, file generation means, and transmission means. The storage means stores a database that is a set of a plurality of records each describing individual information. The receiving means receives a read request regarding a specific record in the database from the terminal. In other words, a request for reading a specific record in the database is received. The file generation means generates a file (in some cases referred to as a terminal-viewable file) in a format that can be browsed by the terminal from individual information described in the record. For the specific record specified by the read request received by the receiving means, the transmitting means transmits a file generated by the file generating means based on the record to the terminal.

  Each record describes the individual information described above (for example, personal information such as a telephone number). A database that is a set of a plurality of records corresponds to, for example, the telephone book data described above. For the record specified by the read request received by the receiving means, the communication device transmits a file generated by the file generating means based on the record to the terminal that issued the read request. Therefore, the user of the terminal can view desired individual information from the file transmitted from the communication device. That is, only specific individual information can be selectively browsed from the database stored in the communication device.

  The communication apparatus preferably includes an identifier generating unit that generates a different record identifier for each record. At this time, the receiving means described above may receive a list request for a plurality of records included in the database from the terminal. Further, the transmission unit described above may transmit a plurality of record identifiers generated by the identifier generation unit to the terminal.

  In such a communication apparatus, a record identifier is transmitted to a terminal requesting a list of records (that is, for example, a list of destinations described in telephone book data). A list of records can be notified to the user of the terminal without transmitting the information described in the records. The user of the terminal can specify a desired record from a plurality of record identifiers.

  The receiving means preferably receives a specific record read request together with a predetermined record identifier among the plurality of record identifiers transmitted by the transmitting means. At this time, it is preferable that the transmission means transmits a file generated based on a specific record specified by the received record identifier. One record can be specified from a plurality of records by the record identifier.

Preferably, the transmission means transmits the name (file name) of the file generated by the file generation means as a record identifier.
The relationship between the file generated by the file generation means and the record identifier can be easily shown to the user.

  Preferably, the file generation means generates a file in a format that can be browsed by the terminal for the record that has received the read request on condition that the reception means has received the read request for the specific record. It is possible to prevent file conversion even for records that are not viewed on the terminal.

  The individual information described in the record may include destination information (for example, a telephone number of a communication destination) that identifies the other communication device in order for the communication device to transmit data to the other communication device. . The communication device preferably includes a plurality of operation means (for example, a plurality of operation keys) each associated with destination information specifying another communication device. In response to the operation of the operation means by the user, the communication device reads destination information (for example, a communication destination telephone number) associated with the operation means. For example, as an example of this function, there is a function called “one touch dial” that allows a user to make a call to a desired communication destination with a single key operation from a user.

  Read information may be associated with the operation means. At this time, it is preferable that the identifier generating unit generates the read information as a record identifier of a record associated with the operation unit associated with the read information. The “read information” may be a one-digit or two-digit number, for example. A long number of digits, such as a telephone number, is not necessary, as long as there is a digit that can distinguish the number of destinations stored in the communication device.

Normally, it is easy for a user who uses a communication device to specify communication destination information based on read information. Therefore, the desired communication destination information can be easily specified simply by confirming the record identifier from the terminal.
In particular, when a large number of registration destinations are stored in the phone book data, the user of the terminal can easily find a target destination from the phone book data in which a large number of registration destinations are stored.

  Furthermore, it is good for each record to set whether browsing from a terminal is permitted. At this time, it is preferable to provide transmission prohibiting means for prohibiting transmission of the file by the transmitting means when browsing prohibition is set in a specific record specified by the received read request.

  For personal information that other people do not want to be seen, it is possible to provide higher security by providing a prohibition means and restricting browsing from the terminal.

  Moreover, it is good for each record to set whether browsing from a terminal is permitted. At this time, when the receiving unit receives the list request, the transmitting unit may transmit only the record identifier of the record for which browsing permission is set.

  A record identifier (for example, a file name) that cannot be accessed from the terminal is not transmitted from the file names corresponding to the record list, so that the user is prevented from inadvertently requesting reading of the communication destination information. Can do.

  Further, identification information for identifying the record may be attached to each record stored in the storage means. At this time, the communication device receives from the terminal a file receiving means for receiving a file including identification information and new individual information, and identification information included in the received file among the records included in the database. It is preferable to provide update means for updating the individual information of the record identified by the new individual information included in the received file.

  The telephone directory data can be updated simply by receiving a file containing only the record to be updated.

  The storage means preferably stores the database (phone book data) in a data format in which the capacity is smaller than the total capacity of all files converted from all records. Phonebook data can be stored with a small storage capacity.

  According to the present invention, a communication device that improves security by browsing only a specific record from a plurality of records (phone book data) stored in the communication device from a terminal connected to the network is realized. it can.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is an external view showing a facsimile apparatus 100 as an example of a communication apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
On the upper part of the main body of the facsimile apparatus 100, a scanner unit 5 for reading a document at the time of facsimile transmission is disposed.
An operation key group 15 (operation means) for inputting numerical values, characters, various commands, and the like, and an LCD 16 (display) for displaying a menu, an operation procedure, and a state of processing being executed are displayed at the upper front of the main body of the facsimile apparatus 100. Part). The operation key group 15 includes a plurality of one-touch keys, and a telephone number and a mail address are stored in association with each key. The user can call the telephone number or mail address corresponding to the key by simply pressing the one-touch key. In the present embodiment, the telephone number or mail address may be collectively referred to as “destination information”.

  A paper feed cassette 3 and a paper discharge unit 4 are provided at the lower part of the main body of the facsimile apparatus 100. The facsimile machine 100 feeds the recording paper set in the paper feed cassette 3 and discharges it to the paper discharge unit 4. The facsimile apparatus 100 prints an image in the facsimile data received by the facsimile function on a recording paper set in the paper feed cassette 3 and discharges it to the paper discharge unit 4.

  Next, the electrical configuration of the facsimile machine 100 and the terminal 150 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 shows a block diagram of the facsimile machine 100. The facsimile apparatus 100 is connected to a terminal 150 via the LAN 102 and can perform communication.

The facsimile apparatus 100 includes a CPU 110, a storage device 120, a facsimile unit 112, and the like.
Specifically, the facsimile unit 112 includes a scanner, a network control unit (hereinafter referred to as “NCU”), a modem, a buffer, an encoding unit, a decoding unit, and a printer. The CPU 110 of the facsimile apparatus 100 controls each part of the apparatus according to various signals transmitted / received via the NCU that performs line control, and executes a facsimile operation, that is, data communication.

  The storage device 120 stores a control program executed by the facsimile machine 100 and telephone book data 126 stored in the facsimile machine 100. The storage device 120 also has a memory for temporarily storing various data when each operation of the facsimile apparatus 100 is executed.

The facsimile unit 112 can facsimile-transmit the image read by the scanner to a transmission destination described in telephone book data to be described later. Further, the facsimile unit 112 can transmit the document data sent from the terminal 150 to the destination described in the telephone directory data by facsimile.
The CPU 110 executes various processes based on programs stored in the storage device 120. The processing executed by the CPU 110 includes, for example, processing for controlling the facsimile unit 112 and data transmission / reception processing with the terminal 150.
The storage device 120 stores various programs and data. The programs stored in the storage device 120 include a communication processing program 122 and a facsimile control program 124. The letters “PGM” shown in FIG. 2 mean a program.

Various programs and data stored in the storage device 120 will be described.
The communication processing program 122 describes processing for receiving commands and data transmitted from the terminal 150. The communication processing program 122 also describes a process for transmitting a file or the like to the terminal in response to the received process.
Commands received by the facsimile machine 100 from the terminal 150 are, for example, a file list request command, a file read command, a file write command, and the like. Processing according to these commands will be described later.
The facsimile control program 124 describes a process for controlling the facsimile unit 112.

Next, the terminal 150 will be described. The terminal 150 is a personal computer. The terminal 150 includes a CPU 152 and a storage device 160. Although not shown, the terminal 150 includes a display.
The CPU 152 executes various processes based on the program stored in the storage device 160. The storage device 160 stores a communication processing program 161, a display processing program 162, and a file 164. The communication processing program 161 describes processing for transmitting / receiving commands and data to / from the facsimile apparatus 100. The display processing program 162 describes processing for displaying information such as files and folders and error messages received from the facsimile apparatus 100 on the display. The file 164 is a file created by the user of the terminal 150 or a file received from the facsimile apparatus 100.

The communication processing program 122 of the facsimile apparatus 100 and the communication processing program 161 of the terminal 150 describe communication procedures based on the file sharing protocol. Therefore, the facsimile apparatus 100 and the terminal 150 can transmit and receive data and commands based on the file sharing protocol. The file sharing protocol is, for example, WebDAV (Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning).
In the file sharing protocol, several commands transmitted and received between the terminal 150 and the facsimile apparatus 100 are defined. For example, WebDAV defines a PROPFIND command (file list request command), a GET command (file read command), a PUT command (file write command), and the like. The PROPFIND command is a command for requesting transmission of file list information stored in the partner apparatus (terminal 150 or facsimile apparatus 100). The GET command and the PUT command are transmitted together with a specific file name. The GET command is a command for requesting transmission of a designated file when the counterpart device has the designated file. In other words, the GET command is a command for reading the designated file from the partner device. The PUT command transmits a file having a specific file name and the file name. The PUT command is a command for requesting a partner apparatus to store a specified file. In other words, the PUT command is a command for writing the designated file to the partner apparatus.
The facsimile apparatus 100 and the terminal 150 can transmit and receive file list information and files by transmitting and receiving these commands.

Processing executed by the CPU 110 of the facsimile apparatus 100 will be specifically described. FIG. 3 is a flowchart of communication processing between the facsimile apparatus 100 and the terminal 150.
When the facsimile apparatus 100 receives a command from the terminal 150, the facsimile apparatus 100 executes this processing. Specifically, the CPU 110 reads out the communication processing program 122 and starts executing it. First, the facsimile machine 100 specifies the type of command received from the terminal 150 (step S102). If the received command is a file list request command (PROPFIND command), the process proceeds to step S104. If the received command is a file read command (GET command), the process proceeds to step S108. If the received command is a file write command (PUT command), the process proceeds to step S114.

Processing when a file list request command is received will be described.
Upon receiving the file list request command, the facsimile machine 100 creates a predetermined file name based on the stored phone book data 126 (step S104).
FIG. 4 shows the data structure of the phone book data 126. The phone book data 126 is a set of data in which a destination name (Name) and an address (at least one of a telephone number and a mail address) are associated with each other. A pair of destination name and address is stored as one record. That is, the phone book data 126 is a set of a plurality of records in which destination names and addresses are associated with each other. Each record is assigned a record number. For example, in the record with the record number “1”, the telephone number “1234567” is associated with the destination name “AAA”. In the record with the record number “2”, an e-mail address “xxx@yyy.com” is associated with a destination name “BBB”. In the record with the record number “3”, the telephone number “9877653” is associated with the destination name “CCC”. In the record with the record number “4”, the telephone number “2345678” is associated with the destination name “DDD”.
Each record is associated with a one-touch number. For example, in the record with the record number “1”, the one-touch number is “1”. This corresponds to “1” of the one-touch key (one of the operation keys 15) of the facsimile apparatus 100. When the user presses the “1” one-touch key, the telephone number “1234567” is read out. This one-touch number is also used as a file name when a file is transmitted to the terminal 150.
Furthermore, each record has readability information. “Readability information” is a flag that determines whether the terminal 150 is permitted or prohibited to read records. For example, in the record with the record number “4”, a flag “NO” (a flag that cannot be read) is set. When the facsimile apparatus 100 receives the file list request from the terminal 150, the facsimile apparatus 100 does not generate the file name of the record (record number “4”) in which “NO” is set. On the other hand, when the facsimile apparatus 100 receives a file list request from the terminal 150, the facsimile apparatus 100 generates a file name of a record in which a flag “YES” (read permission flag) is set in the read permission information. When the facsimile apparatus 100 receives the file list request from the terminal 150, the facsimile apparatus 100 generates only the file name of the record in which the flag “YES” is set in the readability information and transmits it to the terminal 150. That is, the facsimile apparatus 100 generates only the file names corresponding to the record numbers “1”, “2”, and “3” without generating the file name of the record number “4” and transmits the file name to the terminal 150.

  The phone book data 126 itself is a single piece of data (database). In the process of step S104, the same number of file names as the number of stored records (however, the number of records for which “YES” is set in the readability information) are created from a set of telephone book data 126. In step S104, a file name is created by adding a record number to the character spelling “OneTouch_” and further adding “txt” as an extension. The phone book data 126 shown in FIG. 4 includes four records with record numbers “1”, “2”, “3”, and “4”. Among these, “YES” is set in the readability information for the three records with the record numbers “1”, “2”, and “3”. The facsimile apparatus 100 creates three file names “OneTouch — 1.txt”, “OneTouch — 2.txt”, and “OneTouch — 3.txt” corresponding to the record numbers of these three records. Each file name corresponds to each one-touch number in the phone book data 126.

Returning to the flowchart of FIG.
In step S106, all the file names created in step S104 are transmitted to terminal 150. That is, the facsimile apparatus 100 transmits information on a list of records included in the telephone directory data to the terminal 150 as information on a list of file names.
The terminal 150 that has received the file name from the facsimile apparatus 100 displays the received file name on the display device. At this time, the terminal 150 displays icons representing the received file names in association with each other (see FIG. 5).

Next, processing when a file read command is received will be described.
When receiving the file read command, the facsimile apparatus 100 determines whether or not the file name specified by the file read command exists (step S108). Specifically, whether or not the specified file name exists is determined as follows. The facsimile apparatus 100 creates a file name corresponding to the record included in the phone book data 126, as in the process of step S104. When the file name specified by the file read command is included in the created file name, it is determined that the file name specified by the file read command exists. In other words, the process of step S108 determines whether or not the record number specified by the file name specified by the file read command matches the record number included in the phone book data 126. At this time, it may be determined whether the designated file name exists by comparing with the one-touch number included in the telephone book data 126 without creating the file name.
If the file name specified by the file read command does not exist (step S108: NO), the facsimile apparatus 100 creates an error message indicating that the corresponding file does not exist (step S116). Next, the created error message is transmitted to the terminal 150 (step S118).
If the file name specified by the file read command exists (step S108: YES), the facsimile machine 100 creates a file with the specified file name (step S110).

The process of step S110 will be specifically described.
When the file name specified by the file read command exists, the file name corresponds to a specific record number. In other words, a record is specified by a file read command. The facsimile machine 100 converts the record specified by the specified file name (record specified by the file read command) into one text file. The text file has a file format that can be browsed by the terminal 150. Further, the facsimile machine 100 generates a file for each record. That is, in step S110, a text file is generated based on the record specified by the received file read command. In other words, in step S110, the record designated by the received file read command is changed to a text file.
An example of a text file to be converted will be described with reference to FIG. When the file name specified by the file read command is “OneTouch — 1.txt”, the file name “OneTouch — 1.txt” corresponds to the record with the record number “1”. The facsimile apparatus 100 reads the record with the record number “1” and converts the contents of the record into one text file. The record with the record number “1” is converted into a text file 126a shown in FIG. <CR> shown in the text file 126a in FIG. 3 means a carriage return control code in the text file. <LF> means a line feed control code in the text file. <EOF> means an end-of-file control code in the text file. That is, in the record with the record number “1”, the text character string on the first line of the file body is “Name: AAA”, and the text character string on the second line is “Phone Number: 1234567”. To a text file 126a.
When the file name specified by the file read command is “OneTouch_2.txt”, the facsimile machine 100 reads the record with the record number “2” specified by the file name “OneTouch_2.txt” and converts it into the text file 126b. . The text file 126b is a two-line text file in which the text character string on the first line is “Name: BBB” and the text character string on the second line is “Mail Address: xxx@yyy.com”. . Similarly, when the file name specified by the file read command is “OneTouch — 3.txt”, the facsimile machine 100 reads the record with the record number “3” specified by the file name “OneTouch — 3.txt” and stores it in the text file 126c. Convert. The text file 126c is a two-line text file in which the text character string on the first line is “Name: CCC” and the text character string on the second line is “Phone Number: 98776543”.
Thus, in step S110, the record specified by the file name specified by the file read command is converted into one text file.

In step S112, the text file converted in step S110 is transmitted to the terminal 150.
The terminal 150 receives the record included in the phone book data 126 as a text file. Even when the telephone book data 126 includes a large number of records, the user of the terminal 150 can view or edit only a specific record as a text file.

Next, processing when a file write command (PUT command) is received will be described.
When the facsimile apparatus 100 receives the file write command, it determines whether the format of the command is appropriate (step S114). In step S114, it is determined whether a file specified by the file write command exists. The terminal 150 transmits a predetermined file name and file together with a file write command. Therefore, “determining whether a file specified by a file write command exists” can be said to be “determining whether a file name and a file are received together with the file write command”. If the format of the file write command is not appropriate (step S114: NO), that is, if the designated file does not exist, the facsimile machine 100 creates an error message indicating that the corresponding file does not exist (step S116). Next, the created error message is transmitted to the terminal 150 (step S118).
If the format of the file write command is appropriate (step S114: YES), the facsimile apparatus 100 determines whether the contents of the designated file (file received together with the file write command) are appropriate (step S120). Specifically, in step S120, it is confirmed whether or not the character string “Name:” is included in the designated file. If the character string “Name:” is included, it is then checked whether at least one of the character string “Phone Number:” and the character string “Mail Address:” is included. If at least one of the two character strings is included, it is determined that the specified file is appropriate. In other words, the specified file is determined to be writable. That is, in step S120, when a predetermined character string exists in the designated file, it is determined that the file is appropriate (determined that the file is writable). The specific character string is an item name of the record of the phone book data. Based on this determination, the facsimile apparatus 100 confirms that the contents of the file specified by the file write command correspond to the telephone book data record.

If the file specified by the file write command is not appropriate (step S120: NO), the facsimile apparatus 100 creates an error message indicating that writing is impossible (step S122), and transmits the created error message to the terminal 150 (step S122). Step S118).
If the file specified by the file write command is appropriate (step S120: YES), the facsimile machine 100 updates the phone book data 126 with the contents of the specified file (step S124).

Next, telephone book data update processing (step S124) will be described. FIG. 5 shows a flowchart of the update process of the phone book data 126.
First, the file name specified by the file write command is read. Then, it is determined whether a record corresponding to the file name exists in the telephone directory data 126 (step S304). Specifically, it is determined whether or not the read file name is composed of a character string “OneTouch_” followed by a number. When the character string “OneTouch_” is followed by a number, a record in which the number following the character string “OneTouch_” matches the one-touch number of the phonebook data 126 is searched from the phonebook data 126. If a record with a matching number exists in the phone book data 126 (step S304: YES), the record with the corresponding number is overwritten and updated with the contents of the designated file (step S306). On the other hand, if the corresponding record does not exist in the phone book data 126 (step S304: NO), a new record is added to the phone book data 126 and the contents of the specified file are written in the added record (step S308). . A new record number is assigned to the added record. At this time, a record with a new one-touch number may be created. At this time, the newly added one-touch number may be notified to the terminal 150 that has transmitted the file write command. In step S120, it is confirmed that the item name of the record of the phone book data is described in the designated file. That is, the specified file contains data of each item (destination name and telephone number or mail address) of the record. Therefore, each item described in the designated file can be written in the record.

  In this embodiment, it is determined that the record corresponding to the file name does not exist in the phone book data 126 regardless of whether or not the file name is composed of the character string “OneTouch_” and the subsequent number. In some cases, common processing is performed. However, it is not necessary to limit to such processing. For example, if it is composed of the character string “OneTouch_” and the number that follows it, but there is no record that matches the number that follows the character string, it is added to the newly generated record, including the file number. If the file name is not composed of the character string “OneTouch_” followed by a number, an error message may be transmitted.

  Next, processing of the terminal 150 will be described. FIG. 6 is an example of the display screen 200 of the terminal 150. When the file list request command is transmitted from the terminal 150 to the facsimile apparatus 100, the facsimile apparatus 100 executes the processes of steps S104 and S106 in FIG. By this processing, the same number of file names as the number of records included in the telephone book data 126 are transmitted to the terminal 150. The terminal 150 displays the received file name. As illustrated in FIG. 4, when the phone book data 126 includes three records from the record number “1” to the record number “3”, the screen 200 of the terminal 150 displays “OneTouch_1.txt”, “OneTouch_2. Three file names “txt” and “OneTouch — 3.txt” and icons 226a, 226b, and 226c representing the respective files are displayed. When the user of the terminal 150 double-clicks the “OneTouch — 3.txt” icon, a file read command specifying “OneTouch — 3.txt” is transmitted from the terminal 150 to the facsimile machine 100. In response to the file read command, the facsimile machine 100 executes the processes of steps S108, S110, and S112. With these processes, the facsimile apparatus 100 converts the content of the record with the record number “3” specified by the file name “OneTouch — 3.txt” into a text file and transmits it to the terminal 150. On the screen 200 of the terminal 150, a text file 126c describing the contents of the record with the record number “3” is displayed. After editing the text file 126c, the user inputs a save command to the terminal 150. When the user inputs a save command, a file write command specifying “OneTouch — 3.txt” is transmitted from the terminal 150 to the facsimile machine 100. In response to the file write command, the facsimile machine 100 executes the processes of steps S114, S120, and S124. With these processes, the facsimile apparatus 100 updates the contents of the record with the record number “3” with the contents of the edited text file 126c. If the content of the file specified by the file write command does not correspond to the phone book data record, an error message indicating that writing is impossible from the facsimile apparatus 100 is displayed on the display screen 200. Further, since the save command for the text file 126c is not accepted, the contents of the text file 126c before editing are maintained.

As described above, the facsimile machine 100 converts the stored record of the phone book data 126 into a text file and transmits it to the terminal 150. Therefore, the user of the terminal 150 can view or modify the phone book data as a text file in units of records. The user of the terminal 150 can easily browse and modify the phone book data.
Since each record is assigned a record number, the user of the terminal only has to edit a text file containing only the record to be updated and send it to the facsimile machine 100.
The facsimile apparatus 100 may not store the phone book data 126 in a text file format. For example, a single-digit number may be stored in a format that represents one byte. In the case of the text format, a capacity of 2 bytes is required to store a single digit number. By storing one-digit numbers in a format that expresses one byte, the phone book data 126 can be stored with a small capacity. Regardless of the format in which the phone book data 126 is stored, if the format at the time of storage is known, the phone book data 126 can be converted into a text file in record units.

The phone book data 126 in the above embodiment corresponds to an example of “a database that is a set of a plurality of records each describing individual information”.
The CPU 110 that receives the command from the terminal and executes the processes of steps S102, S108, and S104 corresponds to an example of “reception means”.
The CPU 110 when executing the process of step S110 corresponds to an example of “file generation means”. In step S110, the record designated by the file read command is converted into a text format file. The text format file is a file that the terminal 150 can display on the screen. Therefore, the text format file converted in step S110 corresponds to an example of “a file in a format viewable by the terminal”.
The CPU 110 when executing the processes of steps S112 and S106 corresponds to an example of “transmission means”.
The CPU 110 when executing the process of step S104 corresponds to an example of “identifier generating means”. Note that the “file name” generated in step S104 corresponds to an example of “record identifier for identifying each record”.
A telephone number or e-mail address described in each record of the telephone book data 126 corresponds to an example of “destination information”. “Destination information” is an example of “communication destination information”.
The “one touch number” described in each record corresponds to an example of “read information”.
In step S104, the record name of the record in which “NO” is set in the “readability information” is not generated. The process of step S104 that does not generate a record name of a record for which “NO” is set in “readability information” corresponds to an example of “transmission prohibition unit”.
In step S114 of FIG. 3, the facsimile machine 100 receives a file together with a file write command. The process of step S114 for receiving a file together with a file write command corresponds to an example of “file receiving means”. The CPU 110 executing the process of step S124 corresponds to an example of “update means”.

  In the above embodiment, the file name is a one-touch number, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the record number may be a file name, and the destination name may be a file name. By using the destination name as the file name, not only the telephone number corresponding to the one-touch key but also the record in which the telephone number is registered, the telephone book data can be provided to the terminal 150 in record units. . Also, by using the destination name as the file name, it becomes easier for the user to specify the target file from the list on the terminal 150 than from the record number.

Since a list of unreadable files is not transmitted, the file cannot be selected from the terminal 150. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, in the list request, the file name is transmitted, but processing such as double-clicking the file on the terminal 150 or displaying an error message without displaying the contents of the file may be performed. At this time, after determining that the file name specified in S108 exists, the facsimile apparatus 100 determines whether or not the record corresponding to the specified file name is set to “read permission”. If it is determined that “reading permission” is set, the process proceeds to S110. If it is determined that “reading is impossible”, the process proceeds to S116, where an error message is created and transmitted to the terminal. The error message created at this time may be a message “No corresponding file” or a message “Not viewable”.
The setting of the readability information registered in the telephone book data 126 is not particularly limited. For example, “YES” (reading permission) is set in the default setting, and the setting is set to “NO” by operating the facsimile apparatus 100. "(Cannot be read).

  If the content registered in the corresponding record number in the write request is a phone number, and the content that received the write request is an email address, delete the phone number and write the email address. Alternatively, an e-mail address may be written in addition to the telephone number.

Specific examples of the present invention have been described in detail above, but these are merely examples and do not limit the scope of the claims. The technology described in the claims includes various modifications and changes of the specific examples illustrated above.
The technical elements described in this specification or the drawings exhibit technical usefulness alone or in various combinations, and are not limited to the combinations described in the claims at the time of filing. In addition, the technology illustrated in the present specification or the drawings achieves a plurality of objects at the same time, and has technical utility by achieving one of the objects.

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a facsimile apparatus (communication apparatus). FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a facsimile apparatus (communication apparatus). FIG. 3 is a flowchart of processing of the facsimile apparatus. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of telephone directory data. FIG. 5 is a flowchart of the telephone book data update process. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display screen of the terminal.

Explanation of symbols

100: Facsimile device (communication device)
102: Network 110: CPU
112: Facsimile unit 120: Storage device 150: Terminal 152: CPU
160: Storage device

Claims (8)

A communication device capable of communicating with a terminal via a network,
An operation means operable by a user, wherein the communication device is associated with destination information for identifying the other communication device in order to communicate with the other communication device;
Storage means for storing a database that is a set of records including destination information and an identifier for identifying an operation means corresponding to the destination information ;
In response to an operation of the operation means by the user, a reading means for reading destination information associated with the operation means;
Communication means for starting communication with another communication device specified by the read destination information;
Receiving means for receiving a read request for a specific record in the database from the terminal;
The pre SL terminal a format browsing files, a file generation means for generating a record-by-record basis, the file name of the file, and the file generating means including an identifier included in the record specified by the file,
A transmission unit that transmits a file generated by the file generation unit to the terminal based on a specific record specified in the read request received by the reception unit;
A communication apparatus comprising: Before Symbol receiving means receives from the terminal, the list request of the plurality of records in the database,
2. The communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein when the receiving unit receives a list request , the transmitting unit transmits a plurality of file names including an identifier corresponding to each record to the terminal. The receiving means receives a read request for a specific record by designating a predetermined file name among a plurality of file names transmitted by the transmitting means,
The communication apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the transmission unit transmits a file generated based on a specific record specified by the received predetermined file name . Each record is set to allow browsing from the device,
If the received read request is not viewing a particular record that specification is set, any one of claims 1 3, characterized in that it comprises a transmission inhibition means for inhibiting the transmission of the file by the transmitting means The communication apparatus as described in. Each record is set to allow browsing from the device,
The transmitting means transmits only a file name including an identifier corresponding to a record for which browsing permission is set , among the plurality of file names when the receiving means receives the list request. 2. The communication device according to 2 or 3 . The file generating unit, subject to the reception of the read request of the specific record by the receiving means, any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the terminal and generates a file of viewable format The communication apparatus as described in. Before SL terminal, and a file receiving means for receiving a file containing the new destination information,
In the database, if the record identifier included in the file name of the received file is common is stored, and updates the record, with the new identification information included in the received file, received When a record having a common identifier included in the file name of the file is not stored, the record including the identifier included in the file name of the newly received file and the new destination information Update means stored in the database ;
The communication apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: Storage means, in a total volume than the volume decreases the data format of all file converted respectively all records, the communication device according to any one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that for storing said database .

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