JPH0537702A - Password control system for facsimile collection/ delivery system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To secure the secrecy in the unit of documents by allowing the user of the facsimile equipment to directly and easily register a document password. CONSTITUTION:When a facsimile equipment 1-1 inputs an image data to a document file 1-13 of a computer 1-15, a password for the image data is entered from a pushbutton telephone set 1-2 to register it to a document information management file 1-14. When an image data in the document file 1-13 is read, the password is entered from the pushbutton telephone set 1-2. The entered password and the password in the document information management file 1-14 are compared and only when they are coincident, the image data is outputted.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a password control method for a facsimile collection / delivery system, and more particularly to a facsimile collection / delivery system for collecting and delivering documents by using a facsimile as an image input / output device of a computer and a push-button telephone as a code data input device. This is related to the password control method of the system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In the conventional password control method for a facsimile concentrating and delivering system, a password is generally set as a means for protecting confidentiality in communication with a facsimile. Normally, a password is used to limit a facsimile as a communication partner. If you want to protect the documents stored in the host computer in the fax collection / delivery system, set one password for the host computer, allow only the facsimiles with the same password to communicate with the host computer, and retrieve the document. I was able to do it.

[0003]

In the password control method of the above-mentioned conventional facsimile collecting and delivering system, one password is set in the host computer, but the document is taken out from the facsimile which is once permitted to communicate with the host computer. It has the disadvantage that there is no means to protect the documents stored on the host computer when requested.

An object of the present invention is to input a document password from a push button telephone connected to the facsimile when the document is input from the facsimile.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a password control method for a facsimile collection / delivery system that enables a user of a facsimile to easily register a document password as document management information and enables security protection in document units.

[0005]

A password control system for a facsimile integrated communication system according to the present invention comprises a facsimile and a push-button telephone connected to the facsimile, a computer for collecting and delivering documents input from the facsimile, A facsimile control device for performing protocol conversion between a computer and the facsimile and the push-button telephone, a document file for storing image data input from the facsimile as a document, and document information accumulated in the document file And a document information management file for managing the image data, when inputting image data from the facsimile, the password for the image data is input from the push button telephone and registered in the document information management file, Said document When reading the image data stored in the file, enter the password from the push-button telephone and compare the entered password with the password of the document registered in the document information management file. Is output by outputting the image data.

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a first embodiment of a password control system for a facsimile collection / delivery system of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, 1-1 is a facsimile,
1-2 is a push-button telephone connected to the facsimile machine 1-1, 1-3 is a public line, 1-4 is a facsimile machine 1-
Facsimile controller for using 1 as an image input / output terminal of the computer 1-15 and the push-button telephone 1-2 as a code data input terminal, 1-5
Is a facsimile machine 1 via the facsimile controller 1-4.
-1 and a data receiving unit for receiving data input from the push button telephone 1-2, 1-6 indicates a push input from the push button telephone 1-2 among the data passed from the data receiving unit 1-5. A push button data analysis unit that analyzes button data and checks validity, and a document file access unit 1-7 that reads and writes a document file 1-13 that stores image data input from the facsimile machine 1-1. , 1-8
Is a document information management file access unit for updating and referring to a document information management file 1-14 that manages the password of the document passed from the push button data analysis unit 1-6 and information such as the date and time of reception and the recipient. Reference numeral 9 is a document password check unit for comparing the password of the document passed from the push button data analysis unit 1-6 with the password of the document registered in the document information management file 1-14, and 1-10 is a document file access. A data transmission unit for outputting the read document to the facsimile machine 1-1 by the unit 1-7, and 1-11 for a document information management file access unit 1-8.
A report editing unit that edits the information passed from the document list report format, 1-12 is a report output unit that outputs the report created by the report editing unit 1-11 to the facsimile machine 1-1, and 1-13 is a facsimile machine 1 A document file that stores the image data input from -1 as a document,
Reference numerals 1-14 represent document information management files for managing the information of the documents stored in the document file 1-13.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of push button data used in the first embodiment. As shown in FIG. 2, the push button data includes a start symbol 2-1 indicating the beginning of data, a function number 2-2 indicating a function requested of the computer 1-15, and a delimiter symbol 2-3 indicating a delimiter of data items. , A document password 2-4 for accessing the document file 1-13 and the document information management file 1-14 at the time of a document output request and a document list report output request, at the time of a document output request and a document list report output request Telephone number 2-5 indicating the output destination facsimile and the document identifier 2 of the output document designated at the time of the document output request
6 and an end symbol 2-7 indicating the end of data.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing, for each function, items designated by push button data from the push button telephone 1-2 in the first embodiment. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of the document information management file 1-14 of the first embodiment. On the other hand, FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a document list report output from the facsimile machine 1-1 according to a request from the user in the first embodiment.

On the other hand, FIG. 6 is a flow chart showing a second embodiment of the password control system of the facsimile collecting and delivering system, in the case of inputting push button data from the push button telephone and registering the document password in the document information management file. , Shows a process for outputting a document to a designated facsimile and a process for outputting a document list report to a designated facsimile.

Further, FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing an example of a password control system according to the second embodiment. 7-1 is a computer, 7-2 is a facsimile control device, 7-3 is a public network, and 7-4. Is push button data 7-6, 7-8,
Push button telephone for inputting 7-9, 7-5
Is a facility for inputting a document original 7-7, 7-
6, 7-8 and 7-9 are push button data for making a request to the computer 7-1, 7-7 is a document of image data to be a document, 7-10 is push button data 7
-8, 7-9 is an output destination facsimile having a telephone number specified, 7-11 is a document output by a push button data 7-8 document output request, and 7-12 is push button data 7-9. Document list report output by the document list report output request, 7-13 is a document file, 7-
Reference numerals 14 respectively denote document information management files.

Next, push button data 7-6, 7-8, 7- from the push button telephone 7-4 shown in FIG.
Enter 9 to enter the document password as the document information management file 7
-14, the document list report 7-12 of the image data accumulated in the computer 7-1 is output to the facsimile 7-10, and the target document 7-11 is displayed by the document list report 7-12. The operation of the second embodiment will be described by taking the case of obtaining the document identifier and outputting the document 7-11 to the facsimile 7-10 as an example.

First, "00" is input from the push button telephone 7-4 as a function number for requesting the input of a document, and push button data 7-6 specifying "1111" is input as a password of the document, and then the facsimile 7- Input the document original 7-7 from 5 in succession. All the data input from the push button telephone 7-4 and the facsimile 7-5 are passed to the data receiving section of the computer 7-1 via the facsimile control device 7-2. The facsimile control device 7-2 converts the passed data into a format that can be recognized by the computer 7-1, determines whether these data are push button data or image data originals, and notifies the data type. ..

Further, in the computer 7-1, as shown in FIG. 6, the data receiving section receives the data (step S
1) If it is push button data, the push button data analysis unit analyzes the push button data. Then, the content designated by the push button data is converted into code data that can be recognized by the computer 7-1 by the facsimile control device 7-2. Therefore, the push button data analysis unit retrieves the function number "00" and the document password "1111" by searching the delimiter and the end symbol (step S2), and the document information management file access unit controls the document information management. A new record is created in the file 7-14, and the document information management file 7-14 is updated for information such as the communication start time and the other party (step S3).

On the other hand, when the processing of the push button data is completed, the data receiving section receives the image data of the next original 7-7 (step S1). The received image data is written in the document file 7-13 by the document file access unit (step S12). When the communication with the facsimile 7-5 is completed, as a result of the document input processing of the document information management file 7-14, the information such as the number of documents and the communication end time is updated by the document information management file access unit (step S13).

Next, as the function number for requesting the output of the document list report from the push button telephone 7-4, "0" is set.
2 ", a document password" 1111 ", and a destination facsimile telephone number" 7777 "are designated as a push button data sequence 7-9.
In -1, the push button data is received as in the case described above (step S1), and the function number "02", the document password "1111", and the output destination facsimile number "7777" are taken out by the push button data analysis unit (step S1). S2).

Next, the document information management file access unit reads the document information management file 7-14 by using the value of the document password as a key (steps S8 and S9), and records of the record matching the specified document password "1111" are read. Only the information is edited by the report editing unit into a document list report format (step S10). The created document list report can be downloaded using the telephone number "7"
It is output to the output destination facsimile machine 7-10 having "777" (step S11).

Next, "01" is output as the function number for requesting the output of a document from the push button telephone 7-4, "1111" is set as the document password of the document to be output, and "7777" is output as the telephone number of the destination facsimile. The push button data 7-8 in which "6666" is designated as the document identifier of the document is input. The computer 7-1 receives the push button data in the same manner as described above (step S1), and the push button data analysis unit receives the function number "01", the document password "1111", the output destination facsimile telephone number "7777", Document identifier “666
6 "is taken out (step S2).

Next, the document information management file access unit reads the document information management file 7-14 using the value of the document identifier as a key (step S4), and checks the document password of the read record (step S).
5). Then, if it matches with the document password “1111” specified by the push button data 7-8, the data of the document corresponding to the document identifier “6666” is read from the document file 7-13 (step S6), and the telephone number “7” is read.
The data is output to the output destination facsimile machine 7-10 having "777" (step S7).

[0020]

As described above, according to the password control method of the facsimile collecting and delivering system of the present invention, when a document is inputted from the facsimile, the password for the document is directly inputted so that the user of the facsimile can directly input the document. Moreover, the password of the document can be easily registered, and the security of each document can be protected.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a first embodiment of a password control method for a facsimile collection / delivery system of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of push button data used in the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing, for each function, items designated by push button data in the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a document information management file of the first embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a document list report output from a facsimile according to a request from a user in the first embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a second embodiment of the password control method of the facsimile collection / delivery system.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing an example of a password control method of the facsimile collection / delivery system of the second embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1-1, 7-5, 7-10 Facsimile 1-2, 7-4 Push-button telephone 1-3, 7-3 Public line 1-4, 7-2 Facsimile control device 1-5 Data receiving unit 1-6 Push button data analysis unit 1-7 Document file access unit 1-8 Document information management file access unit 1-9 Document password check unit 1-10 Data transmission unit 1-11 Report editing unit 1-12 Report output unit 1-13, 7-13 Document File 1-14, 7-14 Document Information Management File 1-15, 7-1 Computer

Claims (1)

Claims: 1. A facsimile and a push-button telephone connected to the facsimile, a computer for collecting and delivering documents input from the facsimile, a computer, the facsimile, and the push-button telephone. A facsimile control device for performing protocol conversion between documents, a document file for storing image data input from the facsimile as a document, and a document information management file for managing document information accumulated in the document file. When the image data is input from the facsimile, the password for the image data is input from the push button telephone to be registered in the document information management file, and the image data stored in the document file is read out. When the front A facsimile characterized by inputting a password from a push-button telephone, comparing the input password with the password of a document registered in the document information management file, and outputting the image data only when they match. Password control method for collection and distribution system.