JP2002169752A - Communication terminal device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To manages and record communication even when plural addresses of electronic mail are specified. SOLUTION: This device is equipped with communication control parts 2 and 3 which send images by specifying plural electronic mail addresses as destinations and a control part 1 which outputs a transmission result report 10a showing the specified electronic mail addresses at the end of the transmission.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a communication terminal device having a communication management function.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a facsimile apparatus, a communication management record is performed, and a destination telephone number, a communication mode, a communication start time, a communication time, a number of communication, a communication result, and the like are stored in a communication management memory for each communication. In addition, a list of communication management records can be displayed and printed out.

On the other hand, recently, with the development of communication networks representing the Internet, communication terminal devices having both functions of electronic mail and facsimile have been developed. When sending an e-mail, the mail address of the other party is specified, and when performing facsimile transmission, the telephone number (facsimile number) of the other party is specified.

[0004]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional communication terminal device, when an electronic mail is broadcast to a plurality of mail addresses, it is necessary to store all the mail addresses in the communication management memory. However, it is necessary to increase the data area of the communication management memory.

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and has as its object to provide a communication terminal device capable of performing communication management recording even when a plurality of e-mail destinations are specified.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, a communication terminal device according to a first aspect of the present invention includes a communication control unit for transmitting an image by designating a plurality of e-mail addresses as destinations. And a control unit that outputs a transmission result report indicating a plurality of e-mail addresses designated as destinations at the end of transmission.

The transmission result report is printed out on a predetermined recording paper, displayed on a display unit, transferred to an external device such as a personal computer, or output to a recording medium such as a floppy disk.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a communication terminal device, comprising: a communication management memory; a communication control unit for transmitting an image by designating a plurality of e-mail addresses as destinations; And a control unit for storing at least one e-mail address without storing all e-mail addresses in the communication management memory.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the second aspect, the communication management memory further stores information indicating that the electronic mail has been communicated.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a communication terminal device, comprising: a communication management memory; a communication control unit for transmitting an image by designating a plurality of e-mail addresses as destinations; And a control unit that stores the telephone number of the access point without storing the e-mail address in the communication management memory.

[0011]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of a communication terminal device. Although the configuration of the facsimile apparatus F having an e-mail function is shown here, the present invention is not limited to this, and is an apparatus capable of designating an e-mail address and having an e-mail communication function. Should be fine.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a main control unit which comprises a CPU and the like, and controls the following units. 2 sends a dial signal to a telephone line L and controls connection to the telephone line L.
CU 3, a modem for modulating and demodulating signals for performing facsimile communication and e-mail communication, 4 for an image memory for temporarily storing image data, 5 for a RAM for storing various data, 6 for a control program, etc. R stored in advance
OM, 7 is a display unit composed of a liquid crystal display, LED, etc., 8 is an operation unit having various operation keys, 9 is a reading unit for reading an image from a document, 10 is a facsimile-received image or data received by e-mail. And a recording unit that records (prints out) an image read from the reading unit 9 on a predetermined recording sheet.

Note that the communication means is not limited to this configuration, but is configured to be connected to an ISDN line (digital line) or the like via a DSU (not shown) without including the modem 3 and the NCU 2. You may.

The facsimile apparatus F can be switched between an e-mail mode and a facsimile mode by a mode key (not shown). If an e-mail address is designated in the e-mail mode, the image is converted to an e-mail format. Convert and send email to that address. On the other hand, if a telephone number is designated in the facsimile mode, the telephone number is called and facsimile transmission is executed.

In FIG. 1, the NCU 2 and the modem 3 constitute a communication control unit for transmitting an image by designating a plurality of e-mail addresses as destinations. In the present invention, the main control unit 1
Outputs a transmission result report 10a indicating a plurality of e-mail addresses designated as destinations at the end of transmission. Thus, the communication management memory 5a has a large capacity and does not need to store the destination, and all the destinations can be confirmed in the transmission result report.

As shown, the transmission result report is not limited to being printed out from the recording unit 10 on a predetermined recording sheet, and may be displayed on the display unit 7, for example.
Data may be transferred to an external device such as a personal computer via an interface (not shown), or output to a recording medium such as a floppy disk by a medium access unit (not shown) such as a floppy disk driver.

At the end of transmission, a transmission result report indicating a plurality of e-mail addresses designated as destinations is output, and at least one e-mail address is not stored in the communication management memory 5a. Can also be stored. Thus, when the communication management report 10b is output, it is known that the e-mail communication has been performed, and the collation with the transmission result report can be easily performed.

FIG. 2 shows an example of the form of a communication network to which the facsimile machine F is applied. Here, the facsimile apparatus F can access the gateway GW of the access point via the telephone network N1. When facsimile communication is performed, image data can be transmitted / received to / from the facsimile apparatuses F1 to Fn of the other party via the telephone network N1.
PC of the other party through a communication network such as
Communicate with C1-PCn.

When transmitting an e-mail, the facsimile apparatus F sends a call to the gateway GW of the access point, and transmits transmission data together with the e-mail address of the other party. Then, the gateway GW converts the transmission data into the e-mail format and transmits the e-mail to the destination specified by the address.
Here, the gateway GW transmits a facsimile procedure signal (IRA: Internet Routing) from the facsimile apparatus F.
Address).

The configuration of the communication network is not limited to this, and the facsimile machine F may convert transmission data into an e-mail format and perform communication via the Internet N2 or the like. Also, here, the case where the communication network is formed by the telephone network N1 and the Internet N2 has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the communication network may include ISDN.
Public networks, LANs, leased lines, combinations of these, etc.
Includes all telecommunication lines.

Next, FIG. 3A shows the communication management report 1
FIG. 3B shows an output example of the transmission result report 10b.
An output example of a (transmission letter) is shown. Here, when mail is transmitted to a plurality of destinations, only the first e-mail address is stored in the destination name of the communication management report 10b.

When there is not only one mail address but also other mail addresses, a mark indicating that the mail address is recorded in the communication management report 10b as a representative may be added. Here, the letter “L” (arrow a) indicating that another destination is listed in the transmission certificate 10a is recorded in the communication management report 10b. Also, the number of destinations may be indicated by N such as “other N destinations” (N is a number).

The communication management memory 5a further stores information indicating that communication has been made by e-mail. In this case, the characters "E-mail" (arrow A) are recorded in the communication management report 10b. ing. As a result, the distinction between the e-mail transmission and the facsimile transmission can be made clear, and the e-mail communication can be identified.

The main control unit 1 outputs a transmission result report 10a indicating a plurality of e-mail addresses designated as destinations at the end of transmission, and does not store the e-mail address in the communication management memory 5a. It can be configured to store the telephone number of the point. by this,
When viewing the communication management report 10b, the gateway G
The access point such as W is clarified, and it can be identified that the communication is the electronic mail communication.

The transmission result report 10a shown in FIG. 3B records the telephone number of the access point. This makes the access point clear even when the telephone number of the access point is not stored in the communication management memory 5a.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart (100-109) showing the operation of the facsimile machine F. When a mail transmission is reserved by specifying a mail destination, the destination is stored in the command file (100, 101). here,
The command file is created for each job, and stores status, start time, number of copies, destination address, transmission number, result, and the like, and is cleared when transmission is completed.

When mail transmission is started, the transmission start time is stored in the communication management memory 5a (102, 103). When the mail transmission is completed, only the first address, the number of transmissions, the communication time, the transmission result, and the like when a plurality of destination addresses are specified are stored in the communication management memory 5a (104,
105).

Then, the mail transmission result report 10a
Is output. At this time, all destinations are output with reference to the command file, and the other number of transmissions, communication time, transmission result, etc. are output with reference to the communication management memory 5a (107, 108). When the output of the transmission result report 10a is completed, the command file is cleared (10
9).

[0029]

As can be understood from the above description, the communication terminal device according to the first aspect of the present invention outputs a transmission result report indicating a plurality of e-mail addresses designated as destinations at the end of transmission. Therefore, all of the destinations can be confirmed in this transmission result report.

The communication terminal device according to the present invention outputs a transmission result report indicating a plurality of destination e-mail addresses at the end of transmission, and stores all e-mail addresses in the communication management memory. In addition, since at least one e-mail address is stored, a large capacity is not required for the communication management memory. When the communication management report is output, it is known that the e-mail communication has been performed, and the collation with the transmission result report is performed. Easy.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the information indicating that the communication has been made by the electronic mail is stored in the communication management memory. Can be identified as e-mail communication.

A communication terminal device according to a fourth aspect of the present invention outputs a transmission result report indicating a plurality of destination e-mail addresses at the end of transmission, and stores the telephone number of the access point in the communication management memory. Therefore, when the communication management report is viewed, the access point is clarified, and it can be identified that the communication is an electronic mail communication.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of a communication terminal device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a form of a communication network.

3A is an output example of a communication management report, and FIG. 3B is an output example of a transmission result report.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation of the communication terminal device of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 F Facsimile machine 1 Main control unit 5a Communication management memory 7 Display unit 10 Recording unit 10a Transmission result report 10b Communication management report

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Claims (4)

[Claims] A communication control unit for transmitting an image by designating a plurality of e-mail addresses as a destination, and a control unit for outputting a transmission result report indicating the plurality of e-mail addresses designated when the transmission is completed. Communication terminal equipment. 2. A communication management memory, a communication control unit for transmitting an image by designating a plurality of e-mail addresses as destinations, and outputting a transmission result report indicating a plurality of e-mail addresses designated as destinations at the end of transmission. A communication terminal device comprising: a control unit that stores at least one e-mail address without storing all e-mail addresses in the communication management memory. 3. The communication terminal device according to claim 2, wherein the communication management memory further stores information indicating that the communication has been performed by electronic mail. 4. A communication management memory, a communication control unit for transmitting an image by designating a plurality of e-mail addresses as destinations, and outputting a transmission result report indicating the plurality of e-mail addresses designated at the end of transmission. At the same time, the communication management memory does not store an e-mail address,
A communication terminal device comprising: a control unit that stores a telephone number of an access point.