JPH1117920A - Media conversion type information register - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable retrieval from a computer or a FAX through a computer communication network or public network with code information as an aid of retrieval by receiving image or audio information in a predetermined format and storing this information while pairing image information and code information or audio information and code information. SOLUTION: Information from various communication terminals is stored in a common format through media conversion. On the side of a center, the transmitted information is received in a FAX format by an information receiving means from a public network 300, and this is transferred to a media converting means. In this case, the section of FAX images described in a predetermined format to be recognized as code information is converted to code information by a character recognizing function of the media converting means. This converted information is stored in an information storage means while being paired with the code information, TIFF or GIF format or audio information. This is information registration from a FAX terminal or FAX terminal with telephone set but only the audio information can be ordinarily registered in the telephone set as well.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] The present invention relates to a communication network,
A plurality of information providers register information, other users search for the registered information, and further, a user who has found desired information and the information provider communicate with each other. The present invention relates to a media conversion type information registration device in a system for performing the conversion.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a system in which a plurality of users register information through a communication network and other users search for the registered information, there is a FAX box.

[0003]

However, in the case of the prior art, registration and search cannot be performed between terminals having different media.

[0004] It is an object of the present invention to provide a media conversion type information registration apparatus capable of registering and searching for information even in the case of a communication terminal of a medium in which information registration and search modes are different.

[0005]

In a system to which the present invention relates, image information or audio information in a predetermined format is received via a (public) communication network, and the received information is converted into an image. Information and code information or voice information and code information are stored as a set, and the code information can be retrieved from a computer or a facsimile via a computer communication network or a public network as a clue for retrieval. Also, the media conversion technology used above is applied to message storage type communication to enable communication between the information provider and the user. At the same time as the above information registration, a message box is created for each registered information so that messages from other users are accepted.

[0006] The present invention is a media conversion type information registration device for registering information under the system.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A system to which the present invention relates and a processing mode under the system will be described below.

According to the present invention, information provided by an information provider is viewed by another user, and communication between the user and the information provider is performed as necessary.
For example, an “information storage device” is provided at the center for information provision and browsing. Communication between the user and the information provider is based on a "message storage device" located at the center.
Done through.

The following are the features. (1) The information provided by the information provider is added to a heading composed of code information and image information, and if necessary, audio information, and these are set as a set and stored in the information storage means of the center.

(2) In the information provision described above, even if the information provided by the information provider is not in the information format finally stored in the information storage device, the code can be obtained by using image recognition or voice recognition technology. The information corresponding to the information is extracted from the original information provided by the information provider.

[0011] Thus, it becomes possible to register the image information with a heading based on the code information from various communication terminals. (3) In the information storage device, areas are divided according to the type of information, and each area is called a genre. The information provider provides information by designating a genre.

(4) When the information provider registers information in the information storage device, an ID is assigned to each registered information, and a message box is opened in the message storage device corresponding to the information. . The message box is identified by the ID.

(5) Other users can search and retrieve information registered in the information storage device. (i) A search can be made from a computer via a communication network based on the above-mentioned heading.

(Ii) If a genre name is designated, a list of registered information in the genre can be taken out, and if an ID is designated, information itself corresponding to the ID can be taken out. At this time, the genre name and ID are specified on the PB of the FAX terminal.
By performing the input, the information can be extracted from the FAX terminal.

(Iii) Information can be extracted by the information provider itself. (6) The information provider and other users can communicate with each other by transmitting a message to the message box and extracting the message. Since the message storage device has a media conversion function and holds messages from different communication terminals in a common information format, communication between different communication terminals is also possible.

(7) By combining taking out a message from a message box with a way of giving a personal identification number, it is possible to regulate the message in several patterns as follows.

(I) No personal identification number is given,
Anyone who knows the ID given to the information,
You can access the message box and retrieve registered messages.

(Ii) A password is assigned to the information provider, and only those who know the password, that is, the information provider, are allowed to retrieve the message. (iii) assigning a password to the message submitter, the information provider and those who know the password, that is,
Allow the message submitter to retrieve the message.

Hereinafter, a specific description will be given. FIG. 1 shows the overall configuration of the system. As the information provider terminal, FA
X, FAX and voice terminals (telephones), computers (registration by browser or registration by e-mail), and letters can be considered for registration.

Reference numeral 100 in the figure denotes a media conversion type information registration / retrieval system. The media conversion type information registration / retrieval system 100 receives information from a public network (FA).
X receiving means, voice receiving means), media converting means (input on paper basis is also possible), information storing means (store information with headings on codes), information server (access from computer) Receiving the information registration form), a computer for receiving an e-mail (providing the information registration form upon receiving an e-mail from the computer), a search means, and a search request receiving means.

As the information retrieval terminal, a FAX terminal and a computer (with a browsing function) can be considered. Reference numeral 200 in the figure denotes a media conversion type message communication system. The media conversion type message communication system includes a message receiving unit (FA) from a public network.
X receiving means, voice receiving means), message converting means (can also be input on paper), message storing means (accumulate messages from each terminal in the same format), message server (with browsing function) A message received from a computer and passed to the message storage means), a computer for receiving e-mail (received an e-mail from the computer and passed to the message storage means), and a message storage means.

The terminal on the message registration side is FAX
Terminal and voice terminal (telephone), computer (with browsing function), computer (with e-mail function),
Consider a scanner.

As a terminal on the message retrieval side, F
An AX terminal and a voice terminal (telephone), a computer (with a browsing function), and a computer (with an e-mail function) are considered. Reference numeral 300 denotes a public communication network,
00 represents a computer communication network.

The steps of (1) registering and storing information, (2) searching and retrieving information, (3) inputting a message, and (4) reading a message will be described below. (I) Procedure for registering information from each terminal In the present invention, information provided from various communication terminals is
By media conversion, the information is converted into a common format and stored. Here, the procedure of information registration will be described for each type of communication terminal used by the information provider.

(1) FAX terminal or FA with telephone
Information registration from X terminal The information provider fills out a predetermined form with necessary information and sends it to the center.

FIG. 2 shows an example of an original sheet in a predetermined format. The “code input field” in FIG. 2 is a part that is converted into code information and input, and the “registered content” is a part that is handled as a dot image as image information.
Note that “Title” is used as it is as a title. Of course, the title is also handled as a dot image.

On the center side, the transmitted information is received in a FAX information format by "information receiving means from the public network". At this time, if the terminal of the information provider is a fax terminal with a telephone, it is easy to add voice to the registration information. In order to add voice, an announcement function is provided in the "information receiving means from the public network", and the information provider first inputs voice according to guidance from a telephone, and then transmits an image by facsimile.

The “information receiving means from the public network” transfers the received information to the “media converting means”.
Here, the part of the FAX image entered in the predetermined format to be recognized as the code information is converted into the code information by the character recognition function of the “media conversion means”.

Here, conversion from image information to code information can be performed by using an existing technique, and is disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent Application No. 52-114172. Also, Research and Application Report Vol. 32, No. 1 (1983)
“FIC” on pages 127 to 137
S-2 Facsimile data conversion connection device (FDIC)
Configuration "will be helpful. According to the published content, the facsimile data conversion connection device (abbreviated as FDIC)
The main functions provided in the facsimile communication network are the mutual conversion between facsimile and data communication media (media conversion function) and the function to match the difference between the protocols of facsimile communication and data communication (protocol conversion function). is there. In the pattern / code conversion, an input sheet (mark sheet) on which three types of data of a mark, a number, and a pattern (image signal) are described is used. The facsimile screen is composed of a dot matrix plane defined by three parameters: recording paper size, main scanning line density, and sub-scanning line density. After the conversion process, the mark is a binary code and the number is JIS C6
In the 220 code, the patterns are respectively represented by MH encoded image signals. It is clarified that when three types of data are mixed on one page, it is considered that the mark, numeric data, and pattern data are transferred as separate information units. The other parts remain as images, but are converted to TIFF format or GIF format, which is standard for browsing on the Internet.

The converted information is code information,
A set of the TIFF format, the GIF format, and audio information (if any) is stored in the "information storage means".
Although the above is information registration from a FAX terminal or a FAX terminal with a telephone, it is also possible to register information from a normal telephone only by voice. In this case, based on the same idea that the area of the image information sent from the FAX is divided into a part to be converted into the code information and a part to be handled as the image information in the above embodiment, The part transmitted as information may be divided into a part to be converted into code information and a part to be handled as audio information. Use the announcement function of the center to provide guidance to the information provider about these inputs, and if the parts that are converted to code information are limited to standard input such as numbers, existing voices can be used. Recognition techniques are available.

(2) Registration from Computer with Browsing Function An information provider registers information from a computer with a browsing function according to the following procedure.

The information provider accesses the “information server” of the center by using the browsing function of the computer of the information provider. The "information server" holds a form for entering information to be registered, and the information server receives the access from the computer of the information provider and transmits the entry form to the computer.

The information provider who has obtained the form fills in necessary items according to the form and returns it to the information server. The "information server" transfers the returned information to the "information storage means".

In this case, unlike the case of providing information from a facsimile, the format of the image to be sent is GIF from the beginning.
Format. It is not necessary to perform conversion from image information to code information by image recognition.

The converted information is code information,
The GIF format is stored as a set in the "information storage means". (3) Registration from a computer with an e-mail function
Information registration is performed according to the following procedure.

The information provider sends an e-mail requesting the entry form by e-mail to the “e-mail computer” of the center using the e-mail function of its own computer.

The “e-mail computer” that has received the mail returns and returns a form for filling in information to be registered to the computer of the information provider.

The information provider who has obtained the form fills in necessary items according to the form and returns it to the information server. The "information server" transfers the returned information to the "information storage means". However, there is no need to convert image information to code information by image recognition.
This is the same as the case of registration from the computer having the browsing function.

The converted information is code information,
The GIF format is stored as a set in the "information storage means". (4) Registration by letter If the information provider does not hold a FAX terminal, registration by letter can be performed as follows.

The information provider fills out a required form on a predetermined form and mails it to the center. On the center side, the mailed sheet is input by "image input means from paper", and the input information is transferred to "media conversion means".

Here, the part to be recognized as code information is converted into code information by the image recognition function of "media conversion means". Other parts are
The image remains as it is, but is converted to a TIFF format or a GIF format as necessary.

The converted information is code information,
The GIF format is stored as a set in the "information storage means". (II) Information search and retrieval procedure The center accepts an information search request from a facsimile terminal, a computer, or the like via a public communication network or a computer communication network, and data that matches the search request is transmitted to the center by the " Information storage means, the fax
Send it to the terminal, computer, etc. ("take out" from the viewpoint of the user).

There are several types of terminals that issue information search requests. Here, the procedure of information search and transmission is summarized for each possible pattern. In addition, information search and transmission may be performed by the person who provided the information to confirm their registered information, or by those who are not information providers,
In some cases, the search is performed to search for the desired type of information. Here, both cases will be described.

(0) Premise of Information Retrieval The information with the heading of the code information stored in the information storing means described in the description of the information registration is further divided into groups called "genres" according to the contents of the information. Classified. Each genre is assigned a genre name.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a part of a list of genres. As codes representing genres, there are codes corresponding to large genres and codes corresponding to small genres.
As a major genre, as shown in Fig. 3, "1 sell!", "2 buy!", "3 make friends!"
There are "Tell me 4 information! (Evaluate)" and "Tell me 5 information!", And the first number "1" to "5" is the code. As a small genre, as shown in FIG. 3, <directly from production area (grain)>, <directly from production area (flower)>,.
(Game), (Music), (PC related), etc., and for example, the code “01002” is associated with “rice” in <directly from production (grain)>. In the blank space corresponding to “genre” in the “code input column” shown in FIG. 2, for example, in the case of “sell rice”, “101002” is entered. The information registered by the information provider is sorted and stored in any genre, and further, an ID for identifying the registered individual information is given.

Since such a classification has been made, if the user knows the name of the genre, the user can specify the genre name to specify the content of the genre, that is, the information registered in the genre. Can be retrieved. Also, if the ID of the information is known, it is possible to request the information itself, not the genre.
To a user who does not know such information (specific genre name or ID), a list of genres to be indicated may be transmitted.

(1) Retrieval and retrieval of information from FAX terminal The user sends a call to the center from his / her FAX terminal. The call is received by "search accepting means from the public network", and the "search accepting means from the public network" prompts the user to input a genre name or ID of information to be output by voice guidance. .

The genre name and ID are specified by numerals, and the user can use the push button (P
By pressing B), this information is transmitted to "search receiving means from public network" of the center.

At this time, if the user does not know the specific genre name or ID, the user presses a specific push button or sets the PB within the period specified by the voice guidance.
If you decide not to press anything, you can deal with such a case.

“Means for receiving search from public network”
Analyzes the received PB signal and stores the genre name or ID obtained as a result of the analysis in the "information search means" of the center.
Pass to. At this time, if a specific push button is pressed or there is no PB signal, a notification is made to the "information search means" that a specific genre name or ID is not specified.

The “information search means” retrieves information matching the genre name or ID from the “information storage means” and passes it to the “information transmission means for public network”. In response to an information request for which a specific genre name or ID is not specified, a list of genres shown in FIG. 3 is passed to "information transmitting means to public network".

The “means for transmitting information to the public network” transmits the passed information to the user in a facsimile information format. Although the above description has been made on the assumption that the user is not the information provider, the information provider can confirm the information registered by the information provider by the same processing as this procedure. In this case, since the information provider knows the ID of the registered information, the information provider may specify the ID number when requesting the information.

When confirming information that is not disclosed to general users, the information provider is obliged to enter a personal identification number or the like to prevent unauthorized access from other users. Is also possible.

(2) Retrieval and retrieval of information from a computer having a browsing function (Premise): The information stored in the information storage means is FA
As described in the section of information search and retrieval from the X terminal, the information is accumulated in several genres. Here, the list of genres, the list of registered information in each genre, and each registered information are linked to each other and stored in the "information guide server" of the center.

The code information serving as a heading includes a keyword input by an information provider, but the "information guide server" also holds a list of keywords included in registration information in each genre. The list of
It is linked to the various tables by a link as appropriate.

Under this assumption, information retrieval and retrieval from a computer having a browsing function will be described below. In this case, it is characteristic that a search can be performed using a keyword.

The user accesses the “information guide server” from a computer having a browsing function of the user. At this time, if the user knows the list of each genre or the access destination of each registration information, the user may directly access there.

The information guide server returns to the accessed computer and transmits a designated list or the like. The user who has returned the list or the like displays the list or the like on a computer and clicks on anchor information indicating information to be further selected (genre list of lower or upper hierarchy or individual registration information). I do. The anchor information is set as link information, and access to information specified by the link information is performed.

Thereafter, by repeating the above procedure, desired information can be accessed. Furthermore, when you want to perform keyword search in each genre,
The keyword list is taken out by the same operation as described above, and a keyword is designated and searched, whereby a list of registered information having the designated keyword is obtained. (III) Procedure for Registering a Message to an Information Provider After the procedure described in the previous section, the user who has found the desired information notifies the information provider of a product order or the like. This communication is performed by the user registering a message in the "message storage means" in the center, and the information provider taking out the message from the message storage means.

In the registration and storage of messages, communication between different media is enabled by performing media conversion processing. Message registration is possible from various communication terminals. Here, the procedure of message registration for each communication terminal will be described.

(1) FAX terminal or FAX with telephone function
Message registration from terminal User (person who is going to put a message) dials a predetermined telephone number, connects to the center, and notifies the center of the ID of the target information provider using the push button of the FAX terminal I do. Subsequent to this operation, a message is written on an arbitrary form and transmitted to the center.

On the center side, the “transmitted message” is transmitted to the F by the “message receiving means from the public network”.
Received in the AX information format. At this time, audio may be added as needed. To add audio,
The "message receiving means from the public network" is provided with an announcement function, and the user can easily realize the communication network terminal by switching between telephone and facsimile.

“Means for receiving message from public network”
Transfers the received message to "message conversion means". Here, the FAX image written on the paper of an arbitrary format is converted into the GIF format by the image recognition function of the "message conversion means". The audio information is P
CM information and Internet standard Real A
It is converted to audio information.

The converted information is stored in the “message storage unit” as a set of GIF format and audio information. (2) Message registration from telephone The user (the person who is going to put in a message) dials a predetermined telephone number and connects to the center, and then pushes the ID of the target information provider using the push button of the telephone.
To the center. Following this operation, a message is transmitted to the center in the form of voice using the telephone.

This procedure is more convenient if the center announces appropriately and guides the input of ID information and the input of messages. On the center side, the transmitted message is received in the form of voice information by the "message receiving means from the public network".

“Message receiving means from public network”
Transfers the received information to "message conversion means". At that time, the voice message contains PCM information and
It is converted to lAudio information.

The converted message is stored in “message storing means”. (3) Message registration from a computer having a browsing function The following procedure is for a user to register a message from a computer having a browsing function.

The user accesses the “message server” of the center by using the browsing function of his computer. The "message server" holds a form (referred to as a form) for entering a message to be registered. The message server receives the access from a user's computer, and stores the entry form in the computer. Send to

The user who has obtained the form fills in his / her contact information and means for contacting the user in accordance with the form and returns it to the message server. The returned information is stored in "message storage means". The information format at this time remains the GIF format.

(4) Message Registration from Computer with E-mail Function A user registers a message from a computer with an e-mail function according to the following procedure.

The user sends an e-mail requesting the message format to the “e-mail message reception computer” of the center by using the e-mail function of the computer of the user.

The “e-mail message receiving computer” that has received the mail returns and returns a form for writing a message to the user's computer.

The user who has obtained the form fills out a message and a communication means according to the form,
It is returned to the "e-mail message reception computer".

The “e-mail message accepting computer” transfers (forwards) the returned message in the same information format to an e-mail destination previously delivered to the center by the information provider.

(5) Message Registration by Letter If the user does not have a facsimile terminal or computer, the following message registration can be performed.

The user writes a message to the information provider, his / her own contact information and communication means on an arbitrary form, and mails it to the center. On the center side, "Message input means from paper"
Then, the mailed form is input, and the input information is transferred to the "message converting means". Here, a sheet of an arbitrary format is converted into a GIF format. The ID of the provided information is manually input at the center by a human.

The converted information is stored in the "message storage means". (IV) Message Retrieval The information stored in the message storage means can be retrieved by an information provider or a user other than the information provider as described below.

The message can be retrieved from various communication terminals, such as information registration, search, and message registration. Hereinafter, it arranges and describes for every communication terminal.

As described above, if the person who knows the ID and the password assigned to the provided information is the information provider, the information can be taken out by other users who input the message. Or anyone other than the two above. here,
The following description focuses on the type of communication terminal assuming that the owner knows the ID and the password for each communication terminal.

(1) Message Retrieval by FAX Terminal The information provider calls the center by telephone (FAX terminal), and the ID number assigned to the information provided by the information provider and the information provider Notify the password assigned to the user. This notification is made by a push button.

After the center authenticates the information provider with the received password, the center retrieves the message from the user registered in the corresponding ID number in the “message storage means”, and reads “message conversion means”. And converts the converted information to "information transmitting means for public network".

The “information transmitting means to the public network” to which the information has been passed is transmitted to the information provider. (2) Message retrieval by telephone The information provider calls the center by telephone, and the ID number assigned to the information provided by the information provider and the password assigned to the information provider Notify. This notification is made by a push button.

On the center side, after confirming the validity of the information provider based on the received password, the center extracts the message from the user registered in the corresponding ID number in the “message storage means”, and “ The message converting means converts the PCM information into a voice format, and passes the converted information to the means for transmitting information to the public network.

The “information transmitting means to the public network” to which the information has been passed is transmitted to the information provider. (3) Message retrieval by e-mail To retrieve the message stored in the message storage means from a computer having an e-mail function, the information provider connects its own computer to an e-mail server. To do. In this case, the message registered by the user has already arrived in the electronic message box of the information provider as usual in the usual electronic mail function, so that the message may be output to the computer.

(4) Message Retrieval from Computer with Browsing Function The information provider retrieves the message stored in the message storage means from the computer having the browsing function by browsing the computer provided by the information provider. Use the function to access the "information server" of the center.

In the following cases, the “information conversion server” performs “media conversion” by the “media conversion unit”, converts the data into a format that can be browsed on the Internet, and transmits the information to the information provider.

[0087]

As described above, according to the present invention, information registration, retrieval, and communication can be performed between communication terminals of different media, and in particular, a user having only a terminal for image communication can be used. In a computer communication network, it is possible to connect to an information distribution place on the premise of an information search function, which is a universal function.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 shows the overall configuration of a system.

FIG. 2 shows an example of an original sheet in a predetermined format.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a part of a list of genres.

[Explanation of symbols]

 100: Media conversion type information registration / retrieval system 200: Media conversion type message communication system 300: Public communication network 400: Computer communication network

Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Norio Sone 3-192-2 Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (72) Inventor Megumi Sakamoto 3-192-1, Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Telephone Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Seiichi Takagi 3-192-2, Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (72) Inventor Katsuhiro Fujita 3-19-2, Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Telephone Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Noriyuki Terada 3-2-1, Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo Japan Telegraph and Telephone Co., Ltd.

Claims (12)

[Claims] 1. A media conversion type information registration device for converting information sent via a communication network into media and registering and storing the converted information, wherein the information is recognized as image information sent via the communication network. Receiving image information in a predetermined format in which a part and a part recognized as code information are present, image information receiving means, and image information received by the image information receiving means,
Information storage means for converting the information of the part recognized as image information into media and storing it as image information, and converting the information of the part recognized as code information into medium and storing it as code information in combination with the image information; And a media conversion type information registration device. 2. An image information receiving means for receiving image information in a predetermined format including a part recognized as image information and a part recognized as code information, which are sent via a public communication network. And of the image information received by the image information receiving means,
Information storage means for converting the information of the part recognized as image information into media and storing it as image information, and converting the information of the part recognized as code information into media and storing it as code information in pairs with the image information; A search request receiving means for receiving key information for an information search request sent from a computer via a computer communication network; a key information received by the search request receiving means; An information search unit for searching for information already stored in the information storage unit based on a code information portion of the information, and a computer that has issued the search request for the information obtained as the search result. A media conversion type information registration device, comprising: a transmission unit for transmitting the information to a destination. 3. An image information input means for inputting image information in a predetermined format including a part recognized as image information and a part recognized as code information, wherein the image information is input by the image information input means. Image information,
Information storage means for converting the information of a part recognized as image information into media and storing it as image information, and converting the information of a part recognized as code information into media and storing it as code information as a set with the image information; And a search means for searching information stored in the information storage means for a code information part of the stored information by matching with search key information. Information registration device. 4. A media conversion type information registration apparatus for converting information sent via a communication network into media and registering and storing the converted information, wherein the information is recognized as audio information sent via the communication network. The part and the part recognized as code information
Voice information receiving means for receiving voice information in a divided format, of voice information received by the voice information receiving means,
The information of the part recognized as the voice information is stored as voice information, and the information of the part recognized as the code information is media-converted from the voice information to the code information, and is stored as a group with the voice information as the code information. A media conversion type information registration device comprising: information storage means. 5. A media conversion type information registration apparatus for converting information sent via a communication network into media and registering and storing the converted information, wherein the information is recognized as voice information sent via the communication network. A part and a part recognized as code information, a sound information receiving means for receiving sound information in a form divided in advance, and a sound information received by the sound information receiving means,
The information of the part recognized as the voice information is stored as voice information, and the information of the part recognized as the code information is media-converted from the voice information to the code information, and is stored as a group with the voice information as the code information. An information storage unit, a search request receiving unit that receives key information for an information search request sent from a computer via a computer communication network, and the key information received by the search request receiving unit; An information search unit for searching for information already stored in the information storage unit based on the code information part of the information already stored, and information obtained as the search result, A media conversion type information registration device, comprising: transmission means for transmitting the information to a computer that has issued the information. 6. An image information input means for inputting image information in a format in which a part recognized as image information and a part recognized as code information are present, and the image information input by the image information input means is provided. ,
Information of a part recognized as image information is stored as image information, and information of a part recognized as code information is media-converted from an image to code information and stored as code information in combination with the image information. A medium comprising: a storage unit; and an information search unit that searches information stored in the information storage unit for a code information portion of the stored information by matching with search key information. Conversion type information registration device. 7. A media conversion type information registration apparatus for converting information sent via a communication network into media and registering and storing the converted information, wherein the information is recognized as registration information sent via a communication network. A form receiving unit that receives registration from a browser form having a format that is divided into a part and a part that is recognized as search information; and information from the form received by the form receiving unit. The information of the part recognized as is stored as registration information, and the information of the part recognized as search information is obtained by extracting search information from the registration information and storing it as search information in combination with the registration information. A media conversion type information registration device comprising: 8. A media conversion type information registration device for converting information sent via a communication network into media and registering and storing the converted information, wherein the information is recognized as registration information sent via the communication network. A form receiving unit that receives a browser form having a predetermined format, divided into a part and a part that is recognized as search information; and information from the form received by the form information receiving means, which is recognized as registration information. Information accumulating means for accumulating part information as registration information, and converting part information recognized as search information into media by converting the registration information into search information, and accumulating the information as search information in combination with the registration information, Search request receiving means for receiving key information for an information search request sent from a computer via a computer communication network; An information search unit that searches for information already stored in the information storage unit based on the key information received by the search request reception unit and a code information portion of the information already stored in the information storage unit. Means for transmitting information obtained as a result of the search to the computer which has issued the search request. 9. A media conversion type information registration apparatus for converting information sent via a communication network into media and registering and storing the converted information, wherein the information is recognized as registration information sent via the communication network. An e-mail receiving unit that receives an e-mail with a predetermined format, divided into a part and a part that is recognized as search information; and a part of the e-mail received by the e-mail receiving unit that is recognized as registration information. Information is stored as registration information, and the information of the part recognized as search information is
An information storage unit for extracting search information from the registration information and storing the information as a set with the registration information as search information; 10. A media conversion type information registration apparatus for converting information sent via a communication network into media and registering and storing the converted information, wherein the information is recognized as registration information sent via a communication network. An e-mail receiving unit that receives an e-mail with a predetermined format, divided into a part and a part that is recognized as search information; and the e-mail received by the e-mail information receiving unit is recognized as registration information. An information storage means for storing information of the part as registration information, and converting the information of the part recognized as the search information into media by converting the registration information into search information and storing the information as a set with the registration information as search information; Search request receiving means for receiving key information for an information search request sent from a computer via a communication network; and the search request Information retrieval means for retrieving information already stored in the information storage means based on the key information received by the attachment means and a code information part of the information already stored in the information storage means. Transmitting means for transmitting the information obtained as a result of the search to the computer which issued the search request. 11. An information storage and registration device for searching and outputting information matching predetermined conditions from a database storing information consisting of a set of image information and code information, wherein the search condition is a search condition from a public network. A search condition receiving unit for receiving, based on the search condition received by the search condition receiving unit, an information search unit that searches information stored in the database by matching code information; and the information search unit. Means for transmitting information obtained as a result of the search to a predetermined terminal of a public network and transmitting the information. 12. An information storage and registration device for searching and outputting information matching predetermined conditions from a database storing information consisting of a set of image information and code information, wherein the information storage and registration device is connected to a computer communication network. Search condition receiving means for receiving a search condition from a computer, and information search means for searching information stored in the database by matching code information based on the search condition received by the search condition receiving means. And a means for transmitting information obtained as a result of the search by the information search means to a predetermined terminal of a computer communication network and transmitting the information.