JP5187135B2 - Facsimile device, client and facsimile system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a facsimile apparatus, a client, and a facsimile system.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there is known a facsimile apparatus that stores an address book including a destination number for facsimile transmission (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
JP 2007-195083 A

  By the way, while the user is updating the address book of the facsimile apparatus from a certain client (for example, a personal computer on the network) connected to the facsimile apparatus, the other client (for example, on the network) connected to the facsimile apparatus is updated. In general, the address book cannot be updated from other PCs. Here, the address book is updated by, for example, reading and editing the address book once and then overwriting the read-out original address book. On the other hand, if a user can update the address book by another client while the client is updating the address book, a user who is reading and editing the address book by one client The client may overwrite the address book without knowing that the address book has been updated.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and prevents a user from overwriting an address book without knowing that the address book has already been updated when the address book is updated by a client. The main purpose.

  The present invention adopts the following means in order to achieve the main object described above.

The facsimile apparatus of the present invention
A facsimile machine communicably connected to one or more clients,
Address book storage means for storing the address book;
Ticket number storage means for storing a ticket number used to determine whether or not to allow updating of the address book;
Ticket number updating means for updating the ticket number stored in the ticket number storage means according to a predetermined rule when updating the address book stored in the address book storage means;
When an address book acquisition request is received from at least one of the one or more clients, the address book acquisition request is associated with the address book read from the address book storage means and the ticket number read from the ticket number storage means Acquisition request processing means for replying to the client of the transmission source,
When an address book update request is received together with a ticket number from at least one of the one or more clients, the received ticket number is compared with the ticket number read from the ticket number storage means, and if both match, Update request processing for storing an address book to be updated edited by the client in the address book storage unit and returning an update success response to the client, and returning an update failure response to the client if they do not match Means,
It is equipped with.

  In this facsimile apparatus, when an address book update request is received from a client, it is stored in the address book storage means between the time when the address book is transmitted to the client and the time when the address book update request is received from the client. When the address book has been updated, an update failure response is returned to the client instead of further updating the address book. Therefore, when the user updates the address book by the client, it is possible to prevent the address book from being overwritten without knowing that the address book has already been updated. Here, examples of the “predetermined rule” include a rule that increases the number by 1 and a rule that decreases the value by 1.

  In the facsimile apparatus of the present invention, the update request processing means may return the ticket number stored in the ticket number storage means together with the update failure response when returning the update failure response to the client. . By doing this, it is possible to notify the client that returns this ticket number of the update status of the address book stored in the address book storage means.

  The facsimile apparatus of the present invention comprises user information storage means for storing information relating to a user, and the acquisition request processing means stores the address book to be updated in storing the address book to be updated in the address book storage means. At the same time, information related to the user who edited the address book to be updated may be stored, and when the update failure response is returned to the client, the stored information related to the user may be transmitted together with the update failure response. In this way, when the user updates the address book by the client, it is possible to prevent the user from overwriting the address book without knowing which user has already updated the address book. Here, as the “information about the user”, for example, when the client and the facsimile apparatus are connected by a network, the MAC address for identifying the client on the network, the user name of the user who has updated the address book, etc. Is mentioned.

  The facsimile apparatus of the present invention comprises an edit input means for inputting edit contents for updating the address book stored in the address book storage means by a user operation, and the ticket number update means is controlled by the edit input means. When the edited contents of the address book are input, the address book stored in the address book storage means is updated and the ticket number stored in the ticket number storage means is updated according to the predetermined rule. It is good. In this way, the address book can be updated by the facsimile apparatus, and the user can overwrite the updated address book by the client without knowing that the address book has already been updated. Can be prevented.

The client of the present invention
A client communicably connected to any of the facsimile machines described above,
Command input means for inputting various commands by user operation;
Information storage means capable of storing various types of information;
An acquisition request transmitting means for transmitting an address book acquisition request to the facsimile apparatus when an address book acquisition request instruction is input to the instruction input means;
An acquisition response processing means for storing the received address book and ticket number in the information storage means when the address book and ticket number are received from the facsimile apparatus after transmitting the address book acquisition request;
Update that transmits an address book update request together with a ticket number to the facsimile machine when an address book update request command is input to the command input unit after the address book stored in the information storage unit is edited by a user A request sending means;
Whether or not the address book stored in the address book storage means has already been updated when the update failure response is received from the facsimile apparatus after the address book update request has been transmitted, but whether to rewrite and overwrite the update result If a retry command is input to the command input means, the ticket number stored in the information storage means is updated according to the predetermined rule, and then the address book update request is sent to the facsimile apparatus again. An update response processing means that executes a retry to transmit with the updated ticket number and does not execute the retry if a retry command is not input to the command input means;
It is equipped with.

  In this client, when an update failure response is received from the facsimile machine, the address book was already updated, but after asking the user whether or not to overwrite the update result, a retry is executed when a retry command is input When no retry instruction is input, no retry is performed. Therefore, when the user updates the address book by the client, it is possible to prevent the address book from being overwritten without knowing that the address book has already been updated. Therefore, it can be said that the client of the present invention is suitable for updating the address book of the above-described facsimile apparatus of the present invention. Here, “send address book update request together with ticket number” means to send the address book update request and ticket number at the same time, or to send the address book update request and ticket number at a time. Is meant to include. The same applies to “send address book update request together with updated ticket number”.

  In the client according to the present invention, the update response processing means may ask the user whether to retry and overwrite the update result when the address book stored in the address book storage means has already been updated. When the ticket number stored in the ticket number storage unit is received together with the update failure response from the device, the address book storage is performed from the received ticket number and the ticket number stored in the information storage unit. The number of times the address book stored in the means has been updated is derived, and the address book stored in the address book storage means has already been updated the number of times derived, but the retry is performed and the update result is overwritten. It is good also as what inquires a user whether or not. In this way, when the ticket number is received together with the failure response from the facsimile apparatus, the user who wants to update the address book by the client can know how many times the address book has been updated, and the update result It is possible to more accurately determine whether or not to overwrite.

  In the client according to the present invention, the update response processing means may ask the user whether to retry and overwrite the update result when the address book stored in the address book storage means has already been updated. When the information about the user who edited the address book to be updated stored in the address book storage unit is received together with the update failure response from the device, the user can select the address based on the received information about the user. Deriving whether the book has been updated, and inquiring the user whether the address book stored in the address book storage means has already been updated by the derived user, but overwrites the updated result It is good. In this way, when information about the user who edited the address book to be updated stored in the address book storage means is received together with the failure response from the facsimile apparatus, the user who wants to update the address book by the client It is possible to know which user has already been updated by the user, and more accurately determine whether or not to overwrite the update result.

  The facsimile system of the present invention includes any of the above-described facsimile apparatuses and any of the above-described clients.

  Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing the configuration of a facsimile system 90 including a multifunction printer (hereinafter referred to as MFP) 10 and personal computers 71 and 72, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing electrical connections of the MFP 10. 3 is an explanatory diagram of information stored in the flash memory 68, and FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing electrical connection of the personal computer 71. Since the personal computer 72 has the same configuration as the personal computer 71, the description thereof is omitted.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the facsimile system 90 according to the present embodiment can execute facsimile transmission / reception, printing, scanning, and the like, and includes an MFP 10 connected to a network 91 and personal computers 71 and 72. The MFP 10 is connected to a telephone line 92 for facsimile transmission / reception. Here, two personal computers are included, but three or more personal computers may be included.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the MFP 10 includes a printing device 20 that executes printing, a reading device 22 that reads documents, a communication device 24 that transmits and receives FAX information, and a network interface (network) that is connected to a network 91 and transmits and receives data. I / F) 26, an operation panel 50 for displaying various types of information and inputting user instructions, and a main controller 60 for controlling the entire MFP 10. The MFP 10 is configured such that the printing device 20, the reading device 22, the communication device 24, the network I / F 26, and the main controller 60 can exchange various control signals and data via the bus 94.

  Upon receiving a print command from the main controller 60, the printing device 20 performs printing by discharging ink from a print head onto a recording sheet based on a print job that is the target of the print command. It is configured as a printer mechanism. When the reading device 22 receives a reading command from the main controller 60, the reading device 22 is configured as a well-known flatbed type full-color scanner mechanism that reads a document placed on a document table (not shown) as image data. The reading device 22 includes a well-known color image sensor that separates reflected light after emitting light toward a document into red (R), green (G), and blue (B) colors to obtain read data. . Upon receiving a facsimile transmission command from the main controller 60, the communication device 24 converts the original data for facsimile transmission into transmission data in a format that matches the communication method of the transmission destination, and is connected via the telephone line 92. The transmission data is transmitted to a transmission destination device, and reception data received from a device connected via a telephone line 92 is converted into image data. The network I / F 26 is connected to the network 91 and configured to be able to transmit and receive data to and from clients (for example, personal computers 71 and 72) connected to the network 91. The operation panel 50 includes a display unit 52 that is a liquid crystal display, and a button group 54 including a copy button, a print button, a facsimile transmission button, a scan button, a power button, a numeric keypad, and the like. The operation panel 50 displays various types of information on the display unit 52 and inputs user instructions through the operation of the button group 54. The main controller 60 is configured as a microprocessor centered on the CPU 62, and is electrically rewritten with a ROM 64 that stores various processing programs, various data, various tables, and a RAM 66 that temporarily stores print data and the like. A flash memory 68 that can hold data even when the power is turned off and an internal communication interface 69 that enables communication with the operation panel 50 are provided. The main controller 60 inputs various operation signals, various detection signals, and various data from the printing device 20, the reading device 22, the communication device 24, and the network I / F 26, or according to the operation of the button group 54 of the operation panel 50. Input the operation signal generated. Further, a command is output to the printing device 20 to execute printing, various control signals are output to the reading device 22, a control signal is output to the display unit 52 of the operation panel 50, and data is transmitted to the network I / F 26. Is output. Here, as shown in FIG. 3, in the flash memory 68, an address book 68a that is used in facsimile transmission and stores a destination name and a facsimile number in association with each other, and whether or not to edit this address book 68a is determined. The ticket number 68b to be used and the user name 68c that updated the address book 68a are stored. The ticket number 68b will be described in detail later.

  The MFP 10 configured in this way has an address book network update function for updating the address book 68 a from the personal computers 71 and 72 via the network 91.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the personal computer 71 has a network interface (network I / F) 74 that transmits and receives data between a built-in HDD 73 known as a storage medium and an external device (for example, the MFP 10) connected to the network 91. A known keyboard 76 for inputting information by key operation, a known mouse 77 as a pointing device, a known display 78 capable of color display, and a personal computer controller 80 for controlling the entire personal computer 71. . The personal computer 71 is configured such that the built-in HDD 73, network I / F 74, keyboard 76, mouse 77, display 78, and personal computer controller 80 can exchange various control signals and data via the bus 96. The personal computer controller 80 is configured as a microprocessor centered on the CPU 82, and includes a ROM 84 that stores various programs and various data, and a RAM 86 that can temporarily store data. The personal computer controller 80 inputs various operation signals and various data from the network I / F 74 and inputs operation signals generated in response to operations of the keyboard 76 and the mouse 77. In addition, a control signal is output to the network I / F 74 so as to output various data via the network, and a control signal is output to the display 76.

  Next, the operation of the facsimile system 90 of this embodiment configured as described above, particularly the operation when the personal computer 71 updates the address book 68a via the network 91 will be described. First, the operation of the MFP 10 will be described. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an example of the update processing routine executed by the CPU 62. This routine is repeatedly executed at predetermined time intervals when the MFP 10 is powered on.

  When this routine is started, the CPU 62 first determines whether or not an address book acquisition request has been received (step S100). Here, it is determined whether an address book acquisition request is received from the personal computers 71 and 72 via the network 91. If an address book acquisition request has not been received, it is determined whether an address book update request has been received (step S110). Here, the address book update request includes an address book to be updated, a ticket number, and a user name. Here, it is determined whether or not an address book update request has been received from the personal computers 71 and 72 via the network 91. When the address book update request has not been received, this routine is terminated.

  When the address book acquisition request is received in step S100, the ticket number 68b is read from the flash memory 68 (step S120), and the ticket number 68b and the address book 68a are associated with each other and transmitted to the sender of the address book acquisition request. . Here, it is assumed that the ticket number 68b is represented by a positive integer and is initialized to a value 1 when the MFP 10 is powered on.

  When an address book update request is received in step S110, it is determined whether the ticket number received together with the address book update request matches the ticket number 68b stored in the flash memory 68 (step S140). When the received ticket number matches the ticket number 68b stored in the flash memory 68, the address book received together with the address book update request is completely overwritten on the address book 68a currently stored in the flash memory 68, and the address book The user name received together with the update request is stored in the flash memory 68 (step S150). Then, the ticket number 68b stored in the flash memory 68 is incremented by 1 (step S160), and an update success signal indicating that the writing is successful is transmitted to the client that is the transmission source of the address book update request (step S160). S170), this routine is finished. In step S140, when the received ticket number does not match the ticket number 68b stored in the flash memory 68, an update failure signal indicating that the address book update request cannot be accepted, the ticket number 68b, and the flash memory 68 are stored. The user name 68c is transmitted to the address book update request transmission source client (step S180), and this routine is terminated.

  Next, the operation of the personal computer 71 will be described. FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a request transmission processing routine executed by the CPU 82. This routine is executed when, for example, the keyboard 76 is operated by the user and a command for updating the address book 68a is input. The same applies to the personal computer 72.

  When this routine is started, the CPU 82 first transmits an address book acquisition request to the MFP 10 via the network 91 (step S200). Next, it waits for the address book and ticket number to be received from the MFP 10 via the network 91 (step S210), and the received address book and ticket number are stored in the RAM 86 (step S220). Then, the address book is displayed on the display 78 so that it can be edited (step S230). Here, it is assumed that the address book is displayed on the display 78 so that the user can edit the contents by operating the keyboard 76 and the mouse 77. Then, after the user finishes editing the address book and waits for an instruction to save the edited content by operating the button group 54 (step S240), the edited address book is temporarily stored in the RAM 86, and the address is stored. The book update request, the edited address book, the ticket number stored in the RAM 86, and the user name of the user logged in to the client are transmitted to the MFP 10 via the network 91 (step S250). Here, the MFP 10 that has received this address book update request transmits an update success signal or an update failure signal to the personal computer 71 as described above.

  Subsequently, it is determined whether or not an update success signal has been received (step S260). When the update success signal is received, the update of the address book 68a from the personal computer 71 has been completed, so the ticket number stored in the RAM 86 is changed. Discard (step S270) and end this routine. If an update success signal has not been received, it is determined whether an update failure signal has been received (step S280). When the update failure signal has not been received, the process of step S260 is performed again. On the other hand, when the update failure signal has been received, an inquiry is made as to whether or not the address book has already been edited by another user but is overwritten. An inquiry screen is displayed (step S290). At this time, the ticket number received together with the update failure signal is compared with the ticket number 68b stored in the flash memory 68, and the difference is set as the number of times the address book has already been updated. The user name user name 68c received together with the update failure signal is set as the user name of the user who updated the address book. FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of an example of the inquiry screen 78a. As shown in the figure, the inquiry screen 78a has a display area 78b for displaying a message, a YES button 78c for operating and clicking the mouse 77 when overwriting the edited result, and operating the mouse 77 when not overwriting the edited result. And a NO button 78d to be clicked. In the display area, the address book update count and the updater name and a message for inquiring whether to overwrite are displayed. Then, it is determined whether to overwrite the editing result (step S300). When the editing result is not overwritten, that is, when the NO button 78d is clicked, the process of step S270 is executed, and this routine is terminated without retrying transmission of the address book update request. When the editing result is overwritten, that is, when the YES button 78c is clicked, the ticket number stored in the RAM 86 is incremented by 1 (step S310), and the processing after step S250 is executed to update the address book. Retry sending the request. As described above, when the ticket number does not match and the MFP 10 does not accept the address book update request and receives the update failure signal, the inquiry screen 78a can be displayed on the display 78 to notify the user. Then, the user can determine whether or not to overwrite the address book by looking at the inquiry screen 78a displayed on the display 78.

  FIG. 8 shows how the address book 68a is updated in the facsimile system 90. FIG. 8 shows the following state. That is, first, the personal computer 71 and the personal computer 72 transmit an address book acquisition request to the MFP 10 at the same time, and the personal computer 72 transmits an address book update request first, and the ticket number matches and the address book is successfully updated. . After that, the personal computer 71 transmits an address book update request, the ticket number does not match, the address book update fails, the ticket number is incremented by 1 and the retry is performed, and the address book update succeeds. Yes.

  Here, the correspondence between the components of the present embodiment and the components of the present invention will be clarified. The MFP 10 of this embodiment corresponds to a facsimile apparatus of the present invention, the flash memory 68 corresponds to an address book storage unit and a ticket number storage unit, and the CPU 62 corresponds to an acquisition request processing unit and an update request processing unit. The flash memory 68 corresponds to user information storage means, the button group 54 corresponds to editing input means, the personal computers 71 and 72 correspond to clients, the update success signal corresponds to an update success response, and the update failure signal Corresponding to an update failure response, the keyboard 76 and mouse 77 correspond to command input means, the RAM 86 corresponds to information storage means, and the CPU 82 and network I / F 74 correspond to acquisition request transmission means, update request transmission means and update response processing means. The CPU 82 corresponds to an acquisition response processing unit and an address book updating unit.

  According to the MFP 10 of the present embodiment described in detail above, when the user updates the address book 68a by the personal computer 71, it is prevented that the address book 68a is overwritten without knowing that the address book 68a has already been updated. can do. In addition, the update status of the address book 68a stored in the flash memory 68 can be notified to the personal computer 71 that returns the ticket number. Furthermore, since the ticket number is updated by incrementing by 1 when the address book 68a is updated, the number of times the client that has received this ticket number has already been updated due to the difference from the ticket number stored by itself. Can know. Furthermore, when the user updates the address book 68a by the personal computer 71, it is possible to prevent the user from overwriting the address book 68a without knowing which user has already updated the address book 68a.

  Further, the personal computer 71 displays the number of times the address book 68a has been updated on the inquiry screen 78a. For this reason, the user who wants to update the address book 68a by the personal computer 71 can know how many times the address book 68a has been updated, and more accurately determine whether or not to overwrite the update result. be able to. Further, the user name of the user who has updated the address book 68a is displayed on the inquiry screen 78a. For this reason, a user who intends to update the address book 68a by the personal computer 71 can know which user has already updated the address book 68a, and more accurately determine whether or not to overwrite the update result. can do.

  It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and it goes without saying that the present invention can be implemented in various modes as long as it belongs to the technical scope of the present invention.

  For example, in the above-described embodiment, the address book 68a is updated via the network 91, but the address book 68a may be updated from the operation panel 50 in addition thereto. At this time, it is assumed that the ticket number 68b is incremented by 1 after the address book 68a is updated from the operation panel 50. In this case, the address book 68a can be updated by the MFP 10, and the user can update the address book 68a updated by the operation panel 50 without knowing that the address book 68a has already been updated. 71 can prevent overwriting.

  In the embodiment described above, when the user updates the address book 68a by the personal computer 71, the address book 68a is overwritten so as to have the same content as the editing result of the user. The address book 68a may be overwritten so that at least a part of the update result edited by another user is reflected between the time when the address book 68a is received from the MFP 10 and the time when the address book 68a is overwritten. . For example, the portion edited by the user who wants to update the address book 68a by the personal computer 71 reflects the editing result, and the portion edited by the other user in the portion that the user did not edit is changed to the other user. It is good also as reflecting the edit result of. In this case, for example, the following is assumed. That is, the personal computer 71 transmits only the address book update request when transmitting the address book update request. The MFP 10 that has received this address book update request transmits the address book 68a at that time to the personal computer 71. The personal computer 71 that has received the address book 68 a compares the address book 68 a with the address book edited by the user who wants to update the address book 68 a by the personal computer 71 and stored in the RAM 86. For the part edited only in the received address book 68 a, the edited result of that part is overwritten on the address book stored in the RAM 86. Alternatively, the personal computer 71 transmits only the part edited by the user who intends to update the address book 68a by the personal computer 71 together with the address book update request to the MFP 10, and the MFP 10 overwrites only the received part on the address book 68a. Good.

  In the embodiment described above, the MFP 10 and the personal computer 71 are connected via the network 91. However, the connection method between the MFP 10 and the personal computer 71 is limited to the network 91 as long as the address book 68a can be updated from the personal computer 71. For example, it may be connected via USB.

  In the above-described embodiment, the personal computer 71 transmits the edited address book at the same time as the address book update request. However, for example, when overwriting the address book 68a, the address book update request is delayed. The edited address book may be transmitted.

  In the embodiment described above, the MFP 10 increments the ticket number 68b by one value in step S160 of the update processing routine of FIG. 5, but may decrement by one value. At this time, the personal computer 71 decrements by one in step S310 of the request transmission processing routine of FIG.

  In the above-described embodiment, the MFP 10 has been described. However, as long as it can perform facsimile transmission / reception, manage an address book, and update the address book from a client, for example, a facsimile apparatus capable of only facsimile transmission / reception, etc. You may apply to things other than MFP10.

2 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a configuration of a facsimile system 90. FIG. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing electrical connection of the MFP 10. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of information stored in a flash memory 68. The block diagram showing the electrical connection of the personal computer 71. FIG. The flowchart which shows an example of an update process routine. The flowchart which shows an example of a request transmission process routine. Explanatory drawing of the inquiry screen 78a. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing how an address book is updated in the facsimile system 90;

Explanation of symbols

  10 MFP, 20 Printing device, 22 Reading device, 24 Communication device, 26, 74 Network I / F, 50 Operation panel, 52 Display unit, 54 Button group, 60 Main controller, 62, 82 CPU, 64, 84 ROM, 66 , 86 RAM, 68 Flash memory, 68a Address book, 68b Ticket number, 68c User name, 69 Internal communication interface, 71, 72 PC, 73 Built-in HDD, 76 Keyboard, 77 Mouse, 78 Display, 78a Inquiry screen, 78b Display area , 78c YES button, 78d NO button, 80 PC controller, 90 facsimile system, 91 network, 92 telephone line, 94, 96 bus.

Claims (8)

A facsimile machine communicably connected to one or more clients,
Address book storage means for storing the address book;
Ticket number storage means for storing a ticket number used to determine whether or not to allow updating of the address book;
Ticket number updating means for updating the ticket number stored in the ticket number storage means according to a predetermined rule when updating the address book stored in the address book storage means;
When an address book acquisition request is received from at least one of the one or more clients, the address book acquisition request is associated with the address book read from the address book storage means and the ticket number read from the ticket number storage means Acquisition request processing means for replying to the client of the transmission source,
When an address book update request is received together with a ticket number from at least one of the one or more clients, the received ticket number is compared with the ticket number read from the ticket number storage means, and if both match, Update request processing for storing an address book to be updated edited by the client in the address book storage unit and returning an update success response to the client, and returning an update failure response to the client if they do not match Means,
Facsimile machine equipped with. The update request processing means returns a ticket number stored in the ticket number storage means together with the update failure response when returning the update failure response to the client.
The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1 or 2,
Comprising user information storage means for storing information about the user;
The acquisition request processing means stores the information about the user who edited the address book to be updated together with the address book to be updated when the address book to be updated is stored in the address book storage means, and the update failure In returning a response to the client, the information about the stored user is transmitted together with the update failure response.
Facsimile device. The facsimile apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
Edit input means for inputting edit contents for updating the address book stored in the address book storage means by a user operation;
The ticket number update means updates the address book stored in the address book storage means and stores the address book storage means when the edited contents of the address book are input by the edit input means. Updating the ticket number according to the predetermined rule;
Facsimile device. A client that is communicably connected to the facsimile apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
Command input means for inputting various commands by user operation;
Information storage means capable of storing various types of information;
An acquisition request transmitting means for transmitting an address book acquisition request to the facsimile apparatus when an address book acquisition request instruction is input to the instruction input means;
An acquisition response processing means for storing the received address book and ticket number in the information storage means when the address book and ticket number are received from the facsimile apparatus after transmitting the address book acquisition request;
Update that transmits an address book update request together with a ticket number to the facsimile machine when an address book update request command is input to the command input unit after the address book stored in the information storage unit is edited by a user A request sending means;
Whether or not the address book stored in the address book storage means has already been updated when the update failure response is received from the facsimile apparatus after the address book update request has been transmitted, but whether to rewrite and overwrite the update result If a retry command is input to the command input means, the ticket number stored in the information storage means is updated according to the predetermined rule, and then the address book update request is sent to the facsimile apparatus again. An update response processing means that executes a retry to transmit with the updated ticket number and does not execute the retry if a retry command is not input to the command input means;
With client. When the update response processing means asks the user whether or not the address book stored in the address book storage means has already been updated, but will retry and overwrite the update result, the update response processing means When the ticket number stored in the ticket number storage unit is received together with the response, the ticket number is stored in the address book storage unit from the received ticket number and the ticket number stored in the information storage unit The number of times the address book has been updated is derived, and the address book stored in the address book storage means has already been updated the number of times derived, but the user is asked whether to retry and overwrite the update result. Inquire,
The client according to claim 5. When the update response processing means asks the user whether or not the address book stored in the address book storage means has already been updated, but will retry and overwrite the update result, the update response processing means When the information related to the user who edited the address book to be updated stored in the address book storage means was received together with the response, by which user the address book was updated based on the received information related to the user Inquiring the user whether or not the address book stored in the address book storage means has already been updated by the derived user but overwrites the update result by retrying,
The client according to claim 5 or 6. The facsimile apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
A client according to any one of claims 5 to 7;
Facsimile system with

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