JPS6145912B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a specific information designation method for receiving and acquiring specific information documents from an information providing device that stores information documents such as a plurality of documents or drawings.

Multiple information documents such as documents or drawings are recorded in the information providing device as a center device, and by specifying a specific information document from the information requester side of the terminal, the specified information document can be sent from the information providing device. There are data services that make it possible to receive and retrieve data. In this case, as a method of specifying a specific information document, the information requester prepares a mark sheet paper on which the contents of the selected information are printed in drop-out color in advance, writes a prescribed mark on it, and then sends it by facsimile, etc. The first method is to send the contents of the selected information to the information providing device using , and a second method is to see this and send selection information using the keyboard.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram for obtaining the necessary information documents by the first method, in which 1 is mark sheet paper, 2 is a facsimile reader, 3 is a transmission line,
4 is an information providing device, and 5 is a facsimile recording section. A request for an information document is made by reading the mark sheet information written on the mark sheet paper 1 with the facsimile reading section 2 and transmitting it via the transmission line 3 to the information providing device 4 of the communication partner. The information providing device 4 decodes the content of the received mark sheet information,
A specific information document is selected from among the plurality of information documents held by the device and sent to the information requester through the transmission path 3. The facsimile recording unit 5 records and outputs the received information, whereby the information requester obtains the specified information document 6. By the way, in this first method, the information provider needs to own the mark sheet paper on which the selection information is written, and also, depending on the list of information documents on the information providing device,
It is necessary to have various types of mark sheets, and storing and organizing mark sheets is not necessarily easy. Further, there are drawbacks such as limitations on the types of selection information that can be included in the mark sheet paper.

Figure 2 shows a block diagram for obtaining the necessary information documents by the second method, where 7 is an input device such as a keyboard or a pushphone, 8 is a display, and the rest are the same as in Figure 1. The same is true. Requests for information documents are made by calling up the information providing device 4 using the input device 7, and while viewing the list of information documents held by the information providing device 4 on the display 8, inputting more detailed selection information using a keyboard or the like. When a specific information document is selected, the information provision device 4 transfers the contents of the specified information document, and the facsimile recording unit 5 records the information document 6.
get. However, this second method of requesting information is difficult to operate because it requires training in the order of operations because it is operated while looking at the display, and it requires devices such as a keyboard and display to connect to the information providing device. , there are disadvantages in terms of economy.

In order to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks of the conventional method, the present invention obtains a mark sheet paper for selecting a specific information document from an information providing device, writes predetermined marks, symbols, characters, etc. on the mark sheet paper, and then provides information. The information is sent to a providing device to obtain a predetermined information document, and the drawings will be described in detail below.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.
1 is a telephone, and 10 is a facsimile transmitting/receiving device. The facsimile transmitting/receiving device 10 includes a received information storage section 11, a facsimile recording section 12, a facsimile reading section 13, and a written information transmitting section 14.

Initially, the information requester connects to the information providing device 4 by turning the dial on the telephone 9, and then designates a specific list from among the list of multiple information documents owned by the information providing device 4. Request that transfer. The information providing device 4 decodes the information from the telephone 9 and sends a list of information documents specified by the information requester to the information requester. The list of information documents sent from the information providing device 4 is stored in the received information storage section 11 of the facsimile transmitting/receiving device 10 through the transmission line 3, and is also recorded and output by the facsimile recording section 12. ,
The information requester obtains mark sheet paper 1. Next, the information requester writes predetermined marks, characters, symbols, etc. on the mark sheet paper 1 and causes the facsimile reading section 13 to read it in order to obtain the information document that the information requester needs. The written information transmitting section 14 compares the content read by the facsimile reading section 13 and the content stored in the received information storage section 11, and extracts only the information written on the mark sheet 1 by the information requester, that is, the selected information. and sends it to the information providing device 4. This is to use transmission line 3 efficiently, and of course,
The information read by the facsimile reading section 13 may be sent as is. The information providing device 4 decodes the received information, selects a specific information document from a plurality of information documents, and transmits it to the information requester. This passes through the received information document storage section 11 of the facsimile transmitting/receiving device 10, and is recorded and output by the facsimile recording section 12, whereby the information requester obtains the specified information document. If the information required by the information requester cannot be obtained through the above-mentioned procedure, the same procedure may be repeated.

In FIG. 3, an information requester and an information providing device 4
When the transmission line 3 is located at a remote location, the transmission line 3 becomes a communication line such as a telephone line network, but when the communication line is not required at a short distance, it is simply a connection line. Also, the information requester sends the mark sheet 1 to the information providing device 4.
A keyboard or the like may be used instead of the telephone 9 as a means for requesting the information.

FIG. 4 shows one method of extracting only the selected information written by the information requester on the mark sheet. That is, among the contents of the mark sheet paper 1 read by the facsimile reading section 13, the entry information transmitting section 14 detects the mark 15 marked in advance, and selects the contents of the selection information entry field 16 after the position of this mark 15. The information is then sent to the information providing device. Alternatively, when the mark sheet paper 1 is obtained by the facsimile recording section 12, a method may be considered in which the color or density is changed and only the information written on the mark sheet paper 1 is directly obtained by the facsimile reading section 13 using an optical filter. .

As explained above, according to the present invention, the information requester does not need to have a form such as a mark sheet on which to fill in selection information, but instead fills in all the forms sent from the information providing device and then Since it is only necessary to read the marked mark sheet with a facsimile reader and transfer it to the information providing device, there is no need to store or organize the mark sheet paper at all.

In addition, by changing the program, data, etc. in the information providing device, it is possible to make it easier for the information requester to fill in the mark sheet paper, and the contents of the mark sheet paper can also be adjusted according to the needs of the information providing device. It has excellent operability because it can be used as a computer, and it is also economical because it does not require an input/output device such as a keyboard or display.

Furthermore, the present invention is not limited to simply transferring information documents from an information providing device to an information requester; the information providing device issues a question sheet to the information requester, and the information requester writes the answers on the question sheet, and the result is sent as information. It has the advantage that it can be sent back to the providing device, and furthermore, the processing results regarding the correctness or wrongness of the answer can be sent to the information requester, and that it can also be used as an inexpensive learning machine.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

1 and 2 are block diagrams for explaining a conventional information specifying method, FIG. 3 is a block diagram for an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a block diagram for explaining one method for obtaining selection information. This is a diagram. 1... Mark sheet paper (information specification paper), 3...
...Transmission path, 4...Information providing device, 6...Information document, 9...Telephone, 10...Facsimile transmitting/receiving device, 11...Received information storage section, 12...Facsimile recording section, 13...Facsimile reading section ,
14... Entry information transmission section.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In a system that receives specific information documents from an information providing device that stores information documents such as documents or drawings, information indicating an information designation form is stored in the information providing device, and information designation is made to the information providing device. Receive information indicating the information designation form from an information providing device by requesting paper transfer, record the received information with a facsimile recording device to obtain an information designation form, and request information documents on the information designation form. A facsimile-based information designation method characterized in that after the designation is made, the specified information document is read by a facsimile reading device and transmitted to the information providing device, and the designated information document is received from the information providing device.