JP2002041402A - Method for processing information, information processor and storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide information processing method and device, capable of correctly outputting a received mail and enabling a user to execute the output processing of the received mail later. SOLUTION: When there is no description for setting up a character code in the mail header of a received mail, a CPU 101 controls the output of the received mail, so as to output the mail by a character code set up by the CPU 101 itself.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information processing method and an information processing apparatus applied to a facsimile apparatus and the like, and a storage medium storing a control program for controlling the information processing apparatus.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, LAN (Local Area)
An e-mail is received by an Internet facsimile device connectable to a network (internal communication network).
When the received mail is output by the recording device (output device), the subject format described in the mail header (FIG. 7-1) or the character code of the body described in MIME in the mail header, charset ( Fig. 7-
2) MIME based on the designation or the mail body
Chars specified in (RFC2046, 2045)
The character code is determined based on the et (FIG. 7-3), and the subject and the body of the mail are output.

[0003] The format of the subject and the cha
If no character code is specified in rset, the character code is determined by facsimile (FAX) / language setting on the application side, or by analyzing the character code of the mail body, and the mail body is output or the PC (Per)
In the case of a personal computer application, the character code setting was changed while checking on a PC.

[0004]

However, in the above-described conventional example, when the character code is not specified in the mail header, or when the subject format and the charset specification of the mail body are not specified, the received e-mail is not sent. In some cases, the character code settings did not match, and the contents of the received mail were not output correctly.

In Japanese and European language types, duplicate character codes are included. Therefore, when trying to display a European language in Japanese, the characters are always garbled. Also, when character codes are analyzed and output from the mail text, multi-byte codes are included, so that it was impossible to determine character codes properly for all mails.

In particular, when a received mail is output on a recording sheet as in a facsimile machine, the output received mail is deleted, so that the received mail cannot be changed and output again. there were.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and a first object of the present invention is to output a received mail with a correct character code. Another object of the present invention is to provide a highly reliable information processing method and an information processing apparatus that enable a user to output received mail later. A second object of the present invention is to provide a storage medium storing a control program for controlling the information processing apparatus of the present invention as described above.

[0008]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information processing method comprising: a connection step for connecting to a network; and a mail receiving step for receiving an e-mail via the network. Step, an output step of outputting the received mail received in the receiving step to a recording medium, a character code setting step of setting a character code when outputting the received mail in the output step, and a mail header of the received mail Character code (charset)
And a control step of controlling to output the received mail using the character code set in the character code setting step when there is no description of the setting.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information processing method according to the first aspect, wherein the network is a local area network (LAN).
cal Area Network (local area communication network).

In order to achieve the first object, an information processing method according to claim 3 is characterized in that in the information processing method according to claim 1, the network is a public line. .

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information processing method according to the first aspect, wherein the recording medium is a recording sheet. I do.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information processing apparatus, comprising: a connection unit for connecting to a network; a mail reception unit for receiving an e-mail via the network; Output means for outputting the received mail received by the receiving means to a recording medium; character code setting means for setting a character code when the received mail is output by the output means; and a character code ( control means for controlling to output the received mail with the character code set by the character code setting means when there is no description of the (charset) setting.

In order to achieve the first object, an information processing apparatus according to claim 6 is an information processing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the network is a LAN (Lo).
cal Area Network (local area communication network).

In order to achieve the first object, an information processing apparatus according to claim 7 is the information processing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the network is a public line. .

In order to achieve the first object, an information processing apparatus according to claim 8 is the information processing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the recording medium is a recording paper. I do.

In order to achieve the first object, an information processing apparatus according to claim 9 is the information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 5 to 8, wherein the information processing apparatus is a facsimile apparatus. It is characterized by being.

According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information processing method comprising the steps of: connecting to a network; receiving an email via the network; A memory step of storing the received mail received in the receiving step in a memory; an output step of outputting the received mail to a recording medium; and a character code (charset) in a mail header of the received mail.
A control step of performing control so as to store the received mail in the memory without outputting the received mail in the output step when there is no description of the setting.

In order to achieve the first object, an information processing method according to claim 11 is the information processing method according to claim 10, wherein the network is a LAN.
(Local Area Network; local communication network).

In order to achieve the first object, an information processing method according to claim 12 is the information processing method according to claim 10, wherein the network is a public line. .

In order to achieve the first object, the information processing method according to claim 13 is the information processing method according to claim 10, wherein the recording medium is a recording paper. I do.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information processing apparatus, comprising: a connection unit for connecting to a network; a mail reception unit for receiving an electronic mail via the network; Memory means for storing the received mail received by the receiving means in a memory; output means for outputting the received mail to a recording medium; and a character code (charset) in a mail header of the received mail.
And a control means for controlling the output mail to store the received mail in the memory without outputting the received mail when there is no description of the setting.

In order to achieve the first object, an information processing apparatus according to claim 15 is the information processing apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the network is a LAN.
(Local Area Network; local communication network).

In order to achieve the first object, an information processing apparatus according to claim 16 is the information processing apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the network is a public line. .

In order to achieve the first object, an information processing apparatus according to claim 17 is the information processing apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the recording medium is a recording paper. I do.

In order to achieve the first object, an information processing apparatus according to claim 18 is the information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 14 to 17, wherein the information processing apparatus is a facsimile apparatus. It is characterized by being.

In order to achieve the first object, the information processing method according to the nineteenth aspect provides a connection step for connecting to a network, a mail receiving step for receiving an electronic mail via the network, A mail transmitting step of transmitting an e-mail via a network, a transfer destination setting step of setting a transfer destination for transferring the received mail received in the receiving step, and a character code (charset) in a mail header of the received mail And a control step of performing control so as to transmit the received mail to the transfer destination set in the transfer destination setting step without outputting the received mail when there is no description of the setting.

[0027] In order to achieve the first object, the information processing method according to claim 20 is the information processing method according to claim 19, wherein the network is a LAN.
(Local Area Network; local communication network).

In order to achieve the first object, an information processing method according to claim 21 is the information processing method according to claim 19, wherein the network is a public line. .

In order to achieve the first object, an information processing method according to claim 22 is the information processing method according to claim 19, wherein the recording medium is a recording paper. I do.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information processing apparatus, comprising: connection means for connecting to a network; mail receiving means for receiving an electronic mail via the network; Mail sending means for sending an e-mail via a network, transfer destination setting means for setting a transfer destination for transferring the received mail received by the receiving means, and a character code (charset) in a mail header of the received mail And control means for controlling transmission to the destination set by the destination setting means without outputting the received mail when there is no description of the setting.

In order to achieve the first object, an information processing apparatus according to claim 24 is an information processing apparatus according to claim 23, wherein the network is a LAN.
(Local Area Network; local communication network).

In order to achieve the first object, an information processing apparatus according to claim 25 is the information processing apparatus according to claim 23, wherein the network is a public line. .

In order to achieve the first object, an information processing apparatus according to claim 26 is the information processing apparatus according to claim 23, wherein the recording medium is a recording paper. I do.

In order to achieve the first object, an information processing apparatus according to claim 27 is the information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 23 to 26, wherein the information processing apparatus is a facsimile apparatus. It is characterized by being.

Also, in order to achieve the first object, the information processing method according to claim 28, wherein a connecting step for connecting to a network, a mail receiving step for receiving an electronic mail via the network, An output step of outputting the received mail received in the mail receiving step to a recording medium; and, if there is no description of a subject or character code (charset) setting in the mail header of the received mail, the received mail is described in the from: header field of the received mail. And a control step of setting a character code to be output from a correspondence table between the country code (top level domain) of the source domain name and the character code, and controlling to output the received mail.

In order to achieve the first object, an information processing method according to claim 29 is the information processing method according to claim 28, wherein the network is a LAN.
(Local Area Network; local communication network).

In order to achieve the first object, an information processing method according to claim 30 is the information processing method according to claim 28, wherein the network is a public line. .

In order to achieve the first object, an information processing method according to claim 31 is the information processing method according to claim 28, wherein the recording medium is a recording paper. I do.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information processing apparatus, comprising: a connection unit for connecting to a network; a mail reception unit for receiving an electronic mail via the network; An output unit that outputs the received mail received by the mail receiving unit to a recording medium; and, if there is no description of the subject or the character code (charset) setting of the body in the mail header of the received mail, the from: header field of the received mail Control means for setting a character code to be output from a correspondence table between a country code (top level domain) of the written source domain name and a character code, and controlling to output the received mail. I do.

In order to achieve the first object, an information processing apparatus according to claim 33 is an information processing apparatus according to claim 32, wherein the network is a LAN.
(Local Area Network; local communication network).

In order to achieve the first object, an information processing apparatus according to a thirty-fourth aspect is characterized in that, in the information processing apparatus according to the thirty-second aspect, the network is a public line. .

In order to achieve the first object, an information processing apparatus according to claim 35 is the information processing apparatus according to claim 32, wherein the recording medium is a recording paper. I do.

In order to achieve the first object, an information processing apparatus according to claim 36 is an information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 32 to 35, wherein the information processing apparatus is a facsimile apparatus. It is characterized by being.

Also, in order to achieve the first object, an information processing method according to claim 37, wherein a connecting step for connecting to a network, a mail receiving step for receiving an electronic mail via the network, A memory step of storing received mail received in the mail receiving step in a memory, and an output step of outputting the received mail to a recording medium;
If there is no description of the character code (charset) setting of the subject or the body in the mail header of the received mail and there is no description of the country code (top level domain) for the domain name of the sender, the received mail is not output. And a control step of controlling the data to be stored in the memory.

In order to achieve the first object, an information processing method according to claim 38 is the information processing method according to claim 37, wherein the network is a LAN.
(Local Area Network; local communication network).

In order to achieve the first object, an information processing method according to claim 39 is characterized in that, in the information processing method according to claim 37, the network is a public line. .

In order to achieve the first object, an information processing method according to claim 40 is the information processing method according to claim 37, wherein the recording medium is a recording paper. I do.

In order to achieve the first object, an information processing apparatus according to claim 41, further comprising: a connection unit for connecting to a network; a mail reception unit for receiving an electronic mail via the network; Memory means for storing received mail received by the mail receiving means in a memory; output means for outputting the received mail to a recording medium;
If there is no description of the character code (charset) setting of the subject or the body in the mail header of the received mail and there is no description of the country code (top level domain) for the domain name of the sender, the received mail is not output. Control means for controlling the data to be stored in the memory.

In order to achieve the first object, an information processing apparatus according to claim 42 is an information processing apparatus according to claim 41, wherein the network is a LAN.
(Local Area Network; local communication network).

In order to achieve the first object, an information processing apparatus according to claim 43 is the information processing apparatus according to claim 41, wherein the network is a public line. .

In order to achieve the first object, an information processing apparatus according to claim 44 is the information processing apparatus according to claim 41, wherein the recording medium is a recording paper. I do.

In order to achieve the first object, an information processing apparatus according to claim 45 is an information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 41 to 44, wherein the information processing apparatus is a facsimile apparatus. It is characterized by being.

In order to achieve the first object, an information processing method according to claim 46, wherein a connecting step for connecting to a network, a mail receiving step for receiving an electronic mail via the network, A mail transmitting step of transmitting an e-mail via a network, a transfer destination setting step of setting a transfer destination of the received mail received in the mail receiving step, and a subject or body character code (charset) in a mail header of the received mail. )
If there is no description of the setting and there is no description of the country code (top level domain) for the source domain name, the received mail is output to the setting destination set in the transfer destination setting step without outputting the received mail. And a control step of controlling transmission.

In order to achieve the first object, an information processing method according to claim 47 is the information processing method according to claim 46, wherein the network is a LAN.
(Local Area Network; local communication network).

In order to achieve the first object, an information processing method according to claim 48 is the information processing method according to claim 46, wherein the network is a public line. .

In order to achieve the first object, an information processing method according to claim 49 is the information processing method according to claim 46, wherein the recording medium is a recording paper. I do.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information processing apparatus, comprising: connection means for connecting to a network; mail receiving means for receiving an electronic mail via the network; Mail transmitting means for transmitting an e-mail via a network, transfer destination setting means for setting a transfer destination of the received mail received by the mail receiving means, and a subject or body character code (charset) in a mail header of the received mail )
If there is no setting description and there is no description of the country code (top-level domain) for the source domain name, the received mail is output to the setting destination set by the transfer destination setting means without outputting the received mail. And control means for controlling transmission.

In order to achieve the first object, the information processing apparatus according to claim 51 is the information processing apparatus according to claim 50, wherein the network is a LAN.
(Local Area Network; local communication network).

In order to achieve the first object, an information processing apparatus according to claim 52 is the information processing apparatus according to claim 50, wherein the network is a public line. .

In order to achieve the first object, an information processing apparatus according to claim 53 is characterized in that in the information processing apparatus according to claim 50, the recording medium is a recording paper. I do.

In order to achieve the first object, an information processing apparatus according to claim 54 is the information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 50 to 53, wherein the information processing apparatus is a facsimile apparatus. It is characterized by being.

In order to achieve the second object, a storage medium according to claim 55 is a storage medium storing a control program for controlling an information processing apparatus, wherein the control program is a network medium. A receiving module for receiving an e-mail via the network, an output module for outputting the received mail received by the receiving module to a recording medium, and outputting the received mail by the output module. A character code setting module for setting a character code at the time of output, and outputting the received mail using the character code set by the character code setting module when there is no description of a character code (charset) setting in the mail header of the received mail. Having a control module to control And butterflies.

In order to achieve the second object, the storage medium according to claim 56 is the storage medium according to claim 55, wherein the network is a LAN (Local Area Network).
lArea Network (local communication network).

In order to achieve the second object, a storage medium according to claim 57 is the storage medium according to claim 55, wherein the network is a public line.

In order to achieve the second object, the storage medium according to claim 58 is characterized in that, in the storage medium according to claim 55, the recording medium is a recording paper.

In order to achieve the second object, a storage medium according to claim 59 is a storage medium according to any one of claims 55 to 58, wherein the information processing device is
It is a facsimile machine.

In order to achieve the second object, the storage medium according to claim 60 is a storage medium storing a control program for controlling an information processing apparatus, wherein the control program is a network medium. A receiving module for receiving an e-mail via the network, a memory module for storing the received e-mail received by the receiving module in a memory, and an output module for outputting the received e-mail to a recording medium And a control module for controlling the output module to store the received mail in the memory without performing the output of the received mail when there is no description of the character code (charset) setting in the mail header of the received mail. Features.

In order to achieve the second object, the storage medium according to claim 61 is the storage medium according to claim 60, wherein the network is a LAN (Local Area Network).
lArea Network (local communication network).

In order to achieve the second object, a storage medium according to claim 62 is the storage medium according to claim 60, wherein the network is a public line.

In order to achieve the second object, the storage medium according to claim 63 is the storage medium according to claim 60, wherein the recording medium is a recording paper.

In order to achieve the second object, the storage medium according to claim 64 is a storage medium according to any one of claims 60 to 63, wherein the information processing device is
It is a facsimile machine.

In order to achieve the second object, a storage medium according to claim 65 is a storage medium storing a control program for controlling an information processing apparatus, wherein the control program is a network medium. A connection module, a mail reception module that receives an e-mail via the network, a mail transmission module that transmits an e-mail via the network, and a transfer module that transfers the reception mail received by the reception module. A transfer destination setting module for setting a transfer destination; and a character code (charse) in a mail header of the received mail.
and t) a control module for controlling the transmission of the received mail to the destination set by the destination setting module without outputting the received mail when there is no description of the setting.

In order to achieve the second object, a storage medium according to claim 66 is the storage medium according to claim 65, wherein the network is a LAN (Local Area Network).
lArea Network (local communication network).

In order to achieve the second object, a storage medium according to claim 67 is the storage medium according to claim 65, wherein the network is a public line.

In order to achieve the second object, the storage medium according to claim 68 is the storage medium according to claim 65, wherein the recording medium is a recording paper.

In order to achieve the second object, the storage medium according to claim 69 is the storage medium according to any one of claims 65 to 68, wherein the information processing device is
It is a facsimile machine.

In order to achieve the second object, a storage medium according to claim 70 is a storage medium storing a control program for controlling an information processing apparatus, wherein the control program is a network medium. A connection module, a mail receiving module that receives an email via the network, an output module that outputs the received mail received by the mail receiving module to a recording medium, and a subject or a mail header of the received mail. When there is no description of the character code (charset) setting of the body text, the character code output from the correspondence table of the country code (top level domain) of the source domain name described in the from: header field of the received mail and the character code To control to output the received mail And having a module.

In order to achieve the second object, a storage medium according to claim 71 is the storage medium according to claim 70, wherein the network is a LAN (Local Area Network).
lArea Network (local communication network).

In order to achieve the second object, a storage medium according to claim 72 is the storage medium according to claim 70, wherein the network is a public line.

In order to achieve the second object, a storage medium according to claim 73 is the storage medium according to claim 70, wherein the recording medium is a recording paper.

In order to achieve the second object, the storage medium according to claim 74 is the storage medium according to any one of claims 70 to 73, wherein the information processing device is
It is a facsimile machine.

In order to achieve the second object, a storage medium according to claim 75 is a storage medium storing a control program for controlling an information processing apparatus, wherein the control program is a network medium. Connection module, a mail receiving module for receiving an e-mail via the network, a memory module for storing the received mail received by the mail receiving module in a memory, and an output for outputting the received mail to a recording medium If the module and the mail header of the received mail do not include the description of the character code (charset) setting of the subject or the body and the country code (top level domain) is not described for the source domain name, the output of the received mail is performed. A control module that controls to accumulate in the memory without performing And having a Lumpur.

In order to achieve the second object, the storage medium according to claim 76 is the storage medium according to claim 75, wherein the network is a LAN (Local Area Network).
lArea Network (local communication network).

In order to achieve the second object, the storage medium according to claim 77 is the storage medium according to claim 75, wherein the network is a public line.

In order to achieve the second object, a storage medium according to claim 78 is the storage medium according to claim 75, wherein the recording medium is a recording paper.

In order to achieve the second object, the storage medium according to claim 79 is the storage medium according to any one of claims 75 to 78, wherein the information processing device is
It is a facsimile machine.

In order to achieve the second object, the storage medium according to claim 80 is a storage medium storing a control program for controlling an information processing apparatus, wherein the control program is a network medium. A mail receiving module that receives an e-mail via the network, a mail sending module that sends an e-mail via the network, and a transfer destination of the received mail received by the mail receiving module. If the transfer destination setting module to be set and the character code (charset) setting of the subject or the body are not described in the mail header of the received mail and the country code (top level domain) is not described for the source domain name, The output destination setting module without outputting received mail And having a control module for controlling to transmit the received mail to the configured set destination by.

In order to achieve the second object, the storage medium according to claim 81 is the storage medium according to claim 80, wherein the network is a LAN (Local Area Network).
lArea Network (local communication network).

In order to achieve the second object, the storage medium according to claim 82 is the storage medium according to claim 80, wherein the network is a public line. 78. The storage medium according to 76.

In order to achieve the second object, the storage medium according to claim 83 is the storage medium according to claim 80, wherein the recording medium is a recording paper.

Further, in order to achieve the second object, the storage medium according to claim 84 is the storage medium according to any of claims 80 to 83, wherein the information processing device is
It is a facsimile machine.

[0092]

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

(First Embodiment) First, the first embodiment of the present invention will be described.
An embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a system configuration of a facsimile apparatus which is an information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 101 denotes a CPU (central control unit) which controls the entire facsimile apparatus. Reference numeral 102 denotes an operation unit (FAX operation unit “LCD / LED /
Key / Speaker ”) and LCD (Liquid Cry
and a key panel for input, etc., and enable input operations such as communication and recording of the facsimile apparatus. 103
A reading device reads an image of a facsimile document to be transmitted. A recording device (output unit) 104 outputs the received image data, the text of an e-mail, various reports, and the like.

105 is a ROM (Read Only M)
memory; a read-only storage device for storing a control program and data for the facsimile machine. The ROM 105 includes a facsimile (FAX) transmission / reception control unit 105a and an electronic mail (E-mail) transmission / reception.
Reception control unit 105b, report generation control unit 105c, recording / reading control unit 105d, user interface (I
/ F) and the like.
106 is a RAM (Random Access Memory)
ry: read / write storage device) for storing various information of the facsimile machine, and stores communication management information, image data, etc. generated at the time of transmission / reception.
In this memory area, a personal computer (P
C) Store the address of 113.

Reference numeral 107 denotes a modem (MODEM), which is a modulation / demodulation circuit for transmitting / receiving the facsimile apparatus to / from a public line (PSTN) 109 described later. Reference numeral 108 denotes a network control circuit (NCU), which is a network control circuit for a public line (PSTN) 109 described later. Reference numeral 109 denotes a public line (PSTN). Reference numeral 110 denotes an interface (LAN I / F) for connecting to a local area network (LAN) 111 described later. 111 is a local area network (LAN)
Alternatively, the Internet 112 is a mail server, which is connected to the facsimile apparatus via a local area network (LAN) or the Internet 111. A personal computer (PC) 113 is connected to the facsimile apparatus via a local area network (LAN) or the Internet 111.

Transmission and reception of electronic mail using the facsimile apparatus according to the present embodiment is performed by SMTP (Simpl).
e Mail Transfer Protocol
l; Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) / POP3 (Post
Office Protocol Version
3; a protocol for receiving mail on the SMTP server) by sending and receiving mail to the mail server 112.

Next, the output processing operation of the received mail by the facsimile apparatus according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, in step S201, a MIME (Multipurpose) described in the header of the received mail is received.
Internet Mail Extension;
Protocol for multimedia email) char
It is determined whether or not the description of the set includes the setting of the modicode. If it is determined that the character code is set, the process proceeds to step S202. If it is determined that the character code is not set, the process proceeds to step S203.

[Content-Ty] is included in the mail header.
pe: text / plain; charset = iso
-2022-jp ", the ISO-
2022-JP indicates that a character code set is used.

RFC 2046, 2047: RFC (Re
quest For Comments) is a standard document on the Internet, which is RFC 2046,2.
047 describes a character code.

ISO 3166: A description regarding the Internet address is defined for the top-level domain.

ISO 2022, ISO 8859: Describes a character code set.

In step S202, the character code of the received mail is set to the character code specified by the charset of MIME, and then the process proceeds to step S206.

In step S203, the Su of the received mail is
It is determined whether or not there is a character code set in bject. If it is determined that a character code is set in the subject, the process proceeds to step S204.
If it is determined that no character code is set in the “ject”, the process proceeds to step S205.

Subject: “ISO-2” is included in the header.
If there is a description of “022-JP”, refer to ISO-2022
-Indicates that the JP character code set is used.

[0107] In addition, if there is a description of the character "B" surrounded by a question mark before the subject text,
ISO-encoded by BASE64 encoding method
The subject is described in the character code of 2022-JP.

In step S204, the character code of the received mail is set to the character code described in the subject, and thereafter, the flow proceeds to step S206. Step S2
At 05, the character code of the received mail is set to the character code of the device setting, and then the process proceeds to step S206.

At step S206, at step S2
02, the character code of the received mail set in step S204 and step S205 (step S20
2. The received mail is output by using (set in step S204 and step S205), and the process ends.

Further, the present invention is applicable to a system including a plurality of devices (for example, a host computer, an interface device, a reader, a printer, etc.), but is not limited to a single device (for example, a copier, Facsimile machine etc.).

An object of the present invention is to supply a storage medium storing a program code of software for realizing the functions of the first embodiment to a system or an apparatus, and to provide a computer (or a computer) of the system or the apparatus. C
Needless to say, this is achieved by reading and executing a program stored in the storage medium by a PU or an MPU. In this case, the program code itself read from the storage medium realizes the function of the first embodiment, and the storage medium storing the program code constitutes the present invention. As a storage medium for storing the program code, for example, a floppy (registered trademark) disk, hard disk, optical disk, magneto-optical disk, CD-ROM (Co-ROM)
mpact Disk Read Only Memo
ry), CD-R (Compact Disk Rec)
order, a magnetic tape, a nonvolatile memory card, a ROM chip, or the like.

When the computer executes the readout program code, not only the function of the first embodiment described above is realized, but also the O / O operating on the computer based on the instruction of the program code.
It goes without saying that the S (operating system) or the like performs part or all of the actual processing, and the processing realizes the function of the above-described first embodiment.

Further, after the program code read from the storage medium is written into a memory provided in a function expansion board inserted into the computer or a function expansion unit connected to the computer, based on the instruction of the program code, CPU or the like provided in the function expansion board or function expansion unit performs part or all of the actual processing,
It goes without saying that a case where the function of the above-described first embodiment is realized by the processing is also included.

According to the facsimile apparatus according to the present embodiment, when determining the character code of the body and subject of the received mail, if the character code is described in the mail header, it is used. If there is no description of the character code, the received mail is output according to the device setting, so that the received mail can be output with the correct character code.

(Second Embodiment) Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described.
The embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

Note that the basic system configuration of the facsimile apparatus as the information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment is the same as that of FIG. 1 of the above-described first embodiment. I do.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the flow of the operation of the memory reception and transfer processing of the received mail in the facsimile apparatus according to the present embodiment.

Steps S301 to S304 in FIG. 3 are the same as steps S201 to S204 in FIG. 2 of the first embodiment, and a description thereof will be omitted.

In step S 305, it is determined whether or not a transfer address at which a received mail cannot be output is set in the apparatus settings. When it is determined that the transfer address is set, the process proceeds to step S307, and when it is determined that the transfer address is not set, the process proceeds to step S308.

In step S307, the received mail is transmitted to the set transfer address, and then this processing operation ends. In step S308, the received mail is stored in the memory, and then the present processing operation ends. After the processing of step S302 and step S304 is completed, the process proceeds to step S306, and the processing proceeds to step S302.
Then, the received mail is output using the character code set in step S304, and then this processing operation ends.

Note that the other configuration and operation of the facsimile apparatus according to the present embodiment are the same as those of the first embodiment described above, and the description thereof will be omitted.

According to the facsimile apparatus according to the present embodiment, in order to avoid output with an incorrect character code as much as possible, the apparatus is provided with a mail transfer setting function for a received mail whose character code cannot be determined. If there is no setting, transfer is performed, and if there is no transfer setting, memory reception is performed to prevent the output of received mail whose character code is not determined due to mismatch, and to obtain the reliability as a facsimile machine Becomes possible.

(Third Embodiment) Next, the second embodiment of the present invention will be described.
The embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.

The basic system configuration of the facsimile apparatus as the information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment is the same as that of FIG. 1 of the above-described first embodiment. I do.

The operation of the mail receiving process of the facsimile apparatus according to the present embodiment is the same as that of the above-described first embodiment shown in FIG.

FIGS. 4 and 5 are flowcharts showing the flow of the operation of the output of the received mail, the reception of the memory, and the transfer processing of the facsimile apparatus according to the present embodiment, and FIG. 6 shows the flow of the domain name and the character code (charset). It is a correspondence table.

Steps S401 to S404 in FIG. 4 are the same as steps S201 to S204 in FIG. 2 of the above-described first embodiment, and a description thereof will be omitted.

In FIG. 4, at step S405, the Fro
The source address is obtained from the field of m :. Next, in step S406, a top-level domain name is extracted from the address obtained in step S405. Address “xxx@yyy.canon.co.j
p ", the top-level domain name is
It means jp (defined by country code ISO-3166) described last.

Next, at step S407, the above-mentioned step S407 is executed.
Based on the character string extracted in 406 and the correspondence table shown in FIG. 6, a corresponding character code is determined.

Here, edu, com, net, or
If a character other than the country code, such as g, gov, mil, int, etc., is described, the character code is not determined and step S
Proceed to 408.

In step S408, it is determined whether or not there is a corresponding character code from the correspondence table shown in FIG. When it is determined that there is a corresponding character code, the process proceeds to step S409, and when it is determined that there is no corresponding character code, the process proceeds to step S410 of FIG.

In step S409, the character code determined from the domain name is set as the character code of the received mail.
Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S411 in FIG.

Steps S402 and S4
After the process of step S04 is completed, the process proceeds to step S411 of FIG.

In FIG. 5, in step S410, it is determined whether a transfer mail address has been set.
If it is determined that the transfer mail address is set, the process proceeds to step S412. If it is determined that the transfer mail address is not set, the process proceeds to step S412.
Go to 413 respectively.

In step S412, the received mail is transmitted to the set transfer mail address, and then this processing operation ends. In step S413, the received mail is stored in the memory, and then the processing operation ends. In step S411, the received mail is output using the character code set in steps S402, S404, and S409 in FIG. 4, and the processing ends.

The other configuration and operation of the facsimile apparatus according to the present embodiment are the same as those of the above-described first embodiment, and a description thereof will not be repeated.

The correspondence table shown in FIG.
1, a charset column 602, a language name column 603, and a region column 604. In FIG.
As for the column 602, only representative ones are described.

Regarding each domain name, ISO-316
6 is defined.

As for the character code, ISO-8859
And ISO-2022 (Japanese).

In addition, for Chinese and Korean, a unique charset is used.

According to the facsimile apparatus according to the present embodiment, when the character code of the received mail body / subject is determined, if the character code is described in the mail header, it is used. If there is no description of the character code, it is determined from the top level domain name in the From: field. If it cannot be determined from the top level domain name, if there is a mail transfer setting, it is forwarded to the forwarding destination address. If there is no transfer setting, the received mail is stored in the facsimile apparatus as memory reception, thereby preventing the output of the received mail with unidentified characters due to the mismatch of the character codes, and the reliability of the facsimile apparatus can be obtained.

[0142]

As described in detail above, according to the information processing method and the information processing apparatus of the present invention, when there is no description about the character code in the mail header of the received mail, the information is set in the apparatus when outputting the received mail. By using the set character code, the mail can be output correctly, and by transferring the received mail or storing it in the memory, the user can perform the output process later.

According to the storage medium of the present invention, the information processing apparatus of the present invention as described above can be controlled smoothly.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a system configuration of an information processing apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a flow of a received mail output processing operation of the information processing apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a flow of a memory reception and transfer processing operation of a received mail in an information processing apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a flow of a received mail output, memory reception, and transfer processing operation of the information processing apparatus according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a flow of an output operation of a received mail, a memory reception, and a transfer process of the information processing apparatus according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a correspondence table between a domain name and a character code (charset) in the information processing apparatus according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a format described in a mail header.

[Explanation of symbols]

101 CPU (Central Control Unit) 102 Operation Unit (FAX Operation Unit “LCD / LED / Key / Speaker”) 103 Reading Device 104 Recording Device 105 ROM (Read Only Memory)
y; read-only storage device) 105a facsimile (FAX) transmission / reception control unit 105b e-mail (E-mail) transmission / reception control unit 105c report generation control unit 105d recording / read control unit 106 RAM (Random Access Me)
memory; read / write storage device 107 modem (MODEM) 108 network control circuit (NCU) 109 public line (PSTN) 110 local area network interface (LAN I / F) 111 local area network (LAN) Internet 112 mail server 113 PC (Personal computer)

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Claims (84)

[Claims] A connection step for connecting to a network; a mail receiving step for receiving an e-mail via the network; an output step for outputting the received mail received in the receiving step to a recording medium; A character code setting step of setting a character code when outputting the received mail; and a character code set in the character code setting step when the character code (charset) setting is not described in a mail header of the received mail. A control step of controlling to output the received mail. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the network is a LAN (Locala).
2. The information processing method according to claim 1, wherein the information processing area is an area network. 3. The information processing method according to claim 1, wherein the network is a public line. 4. The information processing method according to claim 1, wherein the recording medium is a recording paper. 5. A connection means for connecting to a network, a mail receiving means for receiving an electronic mail via the network, an output means for outputting the received mail received by the receiving means to a recording medium, and A character code setting unit for setting a character code for outputting the received mail; and a character code set by the character code setting unit when a character code (charset) setting is not described in a mail header of the received mail. Control means for controlling output of the received mail. 6. The network according to claim 1, wherein the network is a LAN (Locala).
6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the information processing apparatus is an area network. 7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the network is a public line. 8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the recording medium is a recording paper. 9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the information processing apparatus is a facsimile machine. 10. A connection step for connecting to a network,
A mail receiving step of receiving an e-mail via the network, a memory step of storing the received mail received in the receiving step in a memory, an output step of outputting the received mail to a recording medium, and a mail of the received mail A control step of performing control so as to store the received mail in the memory without outputting the received mail in the output step when the header does not include a description of a character code (charset) setting. 11. The network may be a LAN (Loc)
The information processing method according to claim 10, wherein the information processing method is an al area network (local communication network). 12. The information processing method according to claim 10, wherein the network is a public line. 13. The information processing method according to claim 10, wherein the recording medium is a recording paper. 14. A connection means for connecting to a network,
Mail receiving means for receiving an e-mail via the network, memory means for storing the received mail received by the receiving means in a memory, output means for outputting the received mail to a recording medium, and mail for the received mail An information processing apparatus, comprising: a control unit configured to control the output unit to store the received mail in the memory without outputting the received mail when the header does not include a description of a character code (charset) setting. 15. The network according to claim 1, wherein the network is a LAN (Loc).
15. The information processing apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the information processing apparatus is an area network. 16. The information processing apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the network is a public line. 17. The information processing apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the recording medium is a recording paper. 18. The information processing apparatus according to claim 14, wherein said information processing apparatus is a facsimile apparatus. 19. A connection step for connecting to a network,
A mail receiving step of receiving an e-mail via the network, a mail transmitting step of sending an e-mail via the network, and a transfer destination for setting a transfer destination for transferring the received mail received in the receiving step A setting step, and when the character header (charset) setting is not described in the mail header of the received mail, control is performed such that the received mail is not output and transmitted to the transfer destination set in the transfer destination setting step. An information processing method comprising a control step. 20. The network according to claim 1, wherein the network is a LAN (Loc).
20. The information processing method according to claim 19, wherein the information processing method is an al area network. 21. The information processing method according to claim 19, wherein said network is a public line. 22. The information processing method according to claim 19, wherein the recording medium is a recording paper. 23. Connection means for connecting to a network,
E-mail receiving means for receiving e-mail via the network, e-mail transmitting means for transmitting e-mail via the network, and a transfer destination for setting a transfer destination for transferring the received mail received by the receiving means Setting means for controlling, when the character code (charset) setting is not described in the mail header of the received mail, transmitting the received mail to the transfer destination set by the transfer destination setting means without outputting the received mail; An information processing apparatus comprising: a control unit. 24. The network according to claim 1, wherein the network is a LAN (Loc)
The information processing apparatus according to claim 23, wherein the information processing apparatus is an al area network (intra-area communication network). 25. The information processing apparatus according to claim 23, wherein the network is a public line. 26. The information processing apparatus according to claim 23, wherein the recording medium is a recording paper. 27. The information processing apparatus according to claim 23, wherein said information processing apparatus is a facsimile machine. 28. A connection step for connecting to a network,
A mail receiving step of receiving an electronic mail via the network, an output step of outputting the received mail received in the mail receiving step to a recording medium, and a subject or character code (ch) in a mail header of the received mail.
arset) If there is no description of the setting, set the character code to be output from the correspondence table between the country code (top level domain) of the sender's domain name described in the from: header field of the received mail and the character code, and A control step of controlling to output a received mail. 29. The network according to claim 1, wherein the network is a LAN (Loc)
29. The information processing method according to claim 28, wherein the information processing method is an al area network. 30. The information processing method according to claim 28, wherein said network is a public line. 31. The information processing method according to claim 28, wherein the recording medium is a recording paper. 32. connecting means for connecting to a network;
Mail receiving means for receiving an e-mail via the network, output means for outputting the received mail received by the mail receiving means to a recording medium, and a subject or body character code (charset) in a mail header of the received mail If there is no description of the setting, set the character code to be output from the correspondence table between the country code (top level domain) of the source domain name described in the from: header field of the received mail and the character code, and set the received mail. And control means for controlling so as to output the information. 33. The network, wherein a LAN (Loc)
33. The information processing apparatus according to claim 32, wherein the information processing apparatus is an area network. 34. The information processing apparatus according to claim 32, wherein said network is a public line. 35. The information processing apparatus according to claim 32, wherein the recording medium is a recording paper. 36. The information processing apparatus according to claim 32, wherein said information processing apparatus is a facsimile machine. 37. A connection step for connecting to a network,
A mail receiving step of receiving an electronic mail via the network, a memory step of storing the received mail received in the mail receiving step in a memory, an output step of outputting the received mail to a recording medium, The subject or body character code (c
(harset) setting and when there is no description of a country code (top-level domain) for the domain name of the transmission source, a control step of controlling to store the received mail in the memory without outputting the received mail. An information processing method, comprising: 38. The network is a LAN (Loc)
38. The information processing method according to claim 37, wherein the information processing method is an area network. 39. The information processing method according to claim 37, wherein the network is a public line. 40. The information processing method according to claim 37, wherein the recording medium is a recording paper. 41. Connecting means for connecting to a network,
Mail receiving means for receiving an electronic mail via the network, memory means for storing the received mail received by the mail receiving means in a memory, output means for outputting the received mail to a recording medium, The subject or body character code (c
control means for storing the received mail in the memory without outputting the received mail when there is no description of a harset setting and no description of a country code (top-level domain) for the source domain name. An information processing apparatus characterized by the above-mentioned. 42. The network is a LAN (Loc)
42. The information processing apparatus according to claim 41, wherein the information processing apparatus is an al area network. 43. The information processing apparatus according to claim 41, wherein said network is a public line. 44. The information processing apparatus according to claim 41, wherein said recording medium is a recording paper. 45. An information processing apparatus according to claim 41, wherein said information processing apparatus is a facsimile apparatus. 46. A connection step for connecting to a network,
A mail receiving step of receiving an e-mail via the network, a mail transmitting step of sending an e-mail via the network, and a transfer destination setting step of setting a transfer destination of the received mail received by the mail receiving step If there is no description of the character code (charset) setting of the subject or the body in the mail header of the received mail and no description of the country code (top level domain) for the source domain name, the received mail is not output. A control step of controlling the transmission of the received mail to the destination set in the transfer destination setting step. The network may be a LAN (Loc)
47. The information processing method according to claim 46, wherein the information processing method is an al area network. 48. The information processing method according to claim 46, wherein said network is a public line. 49. The information processing method according to claim 46, wherein said recording medium is a recording paper. 50. Connecting means for connecting to a network,
Mail receiving means for receiving an e-mail via the network, mail sending means for sending an e-mail via the network, and transfer destination setting means for setting a transfer destination of the received mail received by the mail receiving means If there is no description of the character code (charset) setting of the subject or the body in the mail header of the received mail and no description of the country code (top level domain) for the source domain name, the received mail is not output. Control means for controlling the transmission of the received mail to the destination set by the transfer destination setting means. 51. The network, wherein a LAN (Loc)
51. The information processing apparatus according to claim 50, wherein the information processing apparatus is an al area network. 52. The information processing apparatus according to claim 50, wherein said network is a public line. 53. The information processing apparatus according to claim 50, wherein said recording medium is a recording paper. 54. The information processing apparatus according to claim 50, wherein said information processing apparatus is a facsimile apparatus. 55. A storage medium storing a control program for controlling an information processing device, the control program comprising: a connection module for connecting to a network; and a mail receiving module for receiving e-mail via the network. An output module that outputs the received mail received by the receiving module to a recording medium, a character code setting module that sets a character code when the received mail is output by the output module, and a mail header of the received mail. Character code (charse
and t) a control module for controlling the output of the received mail according to the character code set by the character code setting module when there is no description of the setting. The network may be a LAN (Loc)
56. The storage medium according to claim 55, wherein the storage medium is an al area network. 57. The storage medium according to claim 55, wherein said network is a public line. 58. The storage medium according to claim 55, wherein said recording medium is a recording paper. 59. The storage medium according to claim 55, wherein said information processing device is a facsimile device. 60. A storage medium storing a control program for controlling an information processing apparatus, the control program comprising: a connection module for connecting to a network; and a mail receiving module for receiving e-mail via the network. A memory module for storing received mail received by the receiving module in a memory; an output module for outputting the received mail to a recording medium; and a character code (chars) in a mail header of the received mail.
and e) a control module for controlling the output module to store the received mail in the memory without outputting the received mail when there is no description of the setting. 61. The network is a LAN (Loc)
61. The storage medium according to claim 60, wherein the storage medium is an area network (al area network). 62. The storage medium according to claim 60, wherein said network is a public line. 63. The storage medium according to claim 60, wherein said recording medium is a recording paper. 64. The storage medium according to claim 60, wherein said information processing device is a facsimile device. 65. A storage medium storing a control program for controlling an information processing apparatus, the control program comprising: a connection module for connecting to a network; and a mail receiving module for receiving e-mail via the network. A mail sending module for sending an e-mail via the network, a transfer destination setting module for setting a transfer destination for transferring the received mail received by the receiving module, and a character code in a mail header of the received mail. (Charset) a control module for controlling transmission to the destination set by the destination setting module without outputting the received mail when there is no description of the (charset) setting. The network may be a LAN (Loc)
66. The storage medium according to claim 65, wherein the storage medium is an area network (al area network). 67. The storage medium according to claim 65, wherein said network is a public line. 68. The storage medium according to claim 65, wherein said recording medium is a recording paper. 69. The storage medium according to claim 65, wherein said information processing device is a facsimile device. 70. A storage medium storing a control program for controlling an information processing device, wherein the control program includes a connection module for connecting to a network, and a mail receiving module for receiving an electronic mail via the network. And an output module for outputting the received mail received by the mail receiving module to a recording medium, and when the subject or body character code (charset) setting is not described in the mail header of the received mail, from: A control module for setting a character code to be output from a correspondence table between a country code (top-level domain) of a sender's domain name described in a header field and a character code, and controlling to output the received mail; A storage medium characterized by the above-mentioned. The network may be a LAN (Loc)
71. The storage medium according to claim 70, wherein the storage medium is an area network. 72. The storage medium according to claim 70, wherein said network is a public line. 73. The storage medium according to claim 70, wherein said recording medium is a recording paper. 74. The storage medium according to claim 70, wherein said information processing device is a facsimile device. 75. A storage medium storing a control program for controlling an information processing device, the control program comprising: a connection module for connecting to a network; and a mail receiving module for receiving an electronic mail via the network. A memory module for storing received mail received by the mail receiving module in a memory, an output module for outputting the received mail to a recording medium, and setting a subject or body character code (charset) in a mail header of the received mail. When there is no description of the country code (top-level domain) for the domain name of the sender, there is a control module for controlling so that the received mail is not output and stored in the memory. Storage medium. The network may be a LAN (Loc)
76. The storage medium according to claim 75, wherein the storage medium is an al area network. 77. The storage medium according to claim 75, wherein said network is a public line. 78. The storage medium according to claim 75, wherein said recording medium is a recording paper. 79. The storage medium according to claim 75, wherein said information processing device is a facsimile device. 80. A storage medium storing a control program for controlling an information processing apparatus, wherein the control program includes a connection module for connecting to a network, and a mail receiving module for receiving electronic mail via the network. A mail sending module for sending an e-mail via the network, a transfer destination setting module for setting a transfer destination of the received mail received by the mail receiving module, and a subject or body text in a mail header of the received mail. Code (chars
et) When there is no description of the setting and no description of the country code (top-level domain) for the domain name of the transmission source, the reception mail is not output and the reception destination is set by the destination setting module. A control module for controlling transmission of an e-mail. The network may be a LAN (Loc)
81. The storage medium according to claim 80, wherein the storage medium is an al area network. 82. The storage medium according to claim 81, wherein said network is a public line. 83. The storage medium according to claim 81, wherein said recording medium is a recording paper. 84. The storage medium according to claim 81, wherein said information processing device is a facsimile device.