JP2002197018A - Homepage generating and updating method, facsimile machine used for the same, cti server, web server, and homepage generating and updating facsimile communication system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a homepage generating and updating method which enables anybody to easily generate and update a homepage without having the knowledge of a computer and the Internet, facilitates URL(Uniform Resource Locator) management, and generates no insertion miss. SOLUTION: The format of a homepage registered to a web server is provided with more than one layout block and a specific mail address meaning homepage generation and update, a user ID related to a facsimile machine telephone number, and text data and/or image data to be written to the layout blocks are transmitted from the facsimile machine to a CTI(Computer Telephony Integration) server, which converts the data format of the image data, mails the data to a web server where the homepage related to the facsimile machine telephone number is stored, and writes the text data and/or image data to the layout blocks to generate and update the homepage.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for creating / updating a homepage which allows anyone to easily create / update a homepage without knowledge of a personal computer or the Internet, a facsimile apparatus used for the method, and a CTI (Computer Telephony Integration). )
The present invention relates to a server, a web server, and a homepage creation / update facsimile communication system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Recently, network technology has been remarkably advanced. In particular, the spread of Internet-related technologies has been remarkable. This internet is
Personal computer (hereinafter referred to as computer)
World Wide Web (World Wide Web) by browsing software installed on mobile devices
Since a web page can be linked to a web page in the web site via the web), various businesses are becoming indispensable. That is, the top page, which is the entrance of the website, and the web pages within the site (hereinafter, both are referred to as home pages) are sources of various information, and can be accessed anywhere in the world in real time. Yes, connecting to the Internet is a great way to get ever-changing business information.

However, in order to connect to the Internet, it is necessary to operate a computer, a portable terminal, and the like.
Relatively young people tend to benefit from the Internet more than older people. However, the flow of information is skewed, and most people just pull out information from the Internet at present, and relatively few people have their own homepages and information sources. The obstacle is that creating a homepage requires knowledge of a computer, software for creating the software, knowledge of a network, and the like. Therefore, when it is not possible to create it, an external expert is requested to create it. However, not only the creation but also the updating of data requires a large amount of expense, which also hinders the spread of homepages.

[0004] As described above, creating a homepage is very troublesome, but there is a big movement all over the world to transmit information using the Internet and conduct business. If you have a homepage, whether you are an individual or a company,
In other words, information can be provided on an equal basis, and business opportunities are expanded. However, there are quite a few people who want to do the Internet, even if they want to.

[0005] By the way, it is said that urbanization has progressed in recent years, and young people have flowed out in local areas, and local vitality has been lost. For example, local shopping streets have long been depopulated by the outflow of population, and have been shouted at large suburban stores, which have a large ability to attract customers, to deprive them of their customers and to revitalize them. There is a possibility that such shopping streets will have a chance to be activated if information is transmitted using the homepage as described above. For that reason, homepages that promote the entire shopping district have recently appeared. However, at the level of individual stores, computers are not familiar with computers and the Internet, and expectations for computers are extremely low. Given that the manipulation of computers is painful for those who are not interested, there is no immediate possibility that computers will explode in such people.

At present, the most popular communication terminals used in such shopping streets are telephones and facsimile machines. Facsimile machines are already established among those who are unfamiliar with computers as devices capable of performing data communication, and if a facsimile machine can be connected to the Internet, a new perspective will be opened.
For example, by transmitting daily information on stores on the homepage to the region, a new customer environment can be cultivated, and it will be possible to operate in large stores.

[0007] However, there is no facsimile machine that can directly connect to the Internet and browse the homepage except for special terminals, and the most popular one is to transmit and receive data via a public line. It is a facsimile machine. Therefore, at present, it is not possible to obtain information directly from the Internet using a facsimile machine. On the other hand, uploading information to a homepage using a facsimile machine has not been performed at all. The only thing that can be done in connection with the Internet is E
The only thing that exists is a model that can send and receive e-mails by a mail server. If a facsimile machine could easily launch a homepage, it would be good news for traditional small-scale shops, and for those who were not familiar with the Internet, hobbies and social life. Good news.

[0008] By the way, even if the homepage is started, the following problems occur next. that is,
If you do not update the information on the homepage every day, the value of the homepage will decrease and the chance of getting access will drastically decrease. If you can not easily update the data on this homepage yourself, if you can not do it easily, you will not be able to practically post daily information on shops etc., and even though the homepage is expensive, it will be less effective . It is difficult for a person who is not familiar with the Internet to update data on a daily basis unless a very simple homepage creation and update method is used.

[0009] Furthermore, there is a service in which a public organization sets up a home page free of charge for persons who do not have a personal computer or a fax, but there is a problem that an e-mail cannot be received although the home page is opened. In a normal homepage, people who access the site can communicate their opinions by sending e-mail, but expect to see facsimile transmission from customers on the homepage of such stores. It's difficult to do, and you can't use it for sales unless you have a homepage that can send emails automatically with one click. If there is no response from the customer looking at the homepage, an illusion that the homepage has no effect occurs, and the user cannot continue.

As described above, the conventional facsimile apparatus is
A homepage was set up on the Internet, and it could not be used. In order to make this possible, Japanese Utility Model Registration No. 3059894 has been proposed. The point of this invention is to establish a homepage on the Internet based on automatic reading of a handwritten manuscript without input operation from a computer. That is, first, a form for writing a home page is prepared, and image data such as handwriting, a photograph, and image data are written in a predetermined column of the form for writing a home page. Then, fill in the title, the fax number for sending and receiving, the keyword, etc. in another predetermined column, and configure the fax server for sending and receiving faxes, the fax image correcting means, the homepage creating means, the homepage replying means, etc. via the telephone line Send to homepage editing means. The homepage editing means automatically converts the information into Internet image format information, which creates information such as the homepage and homepage address, and stores the information so that it can be connected to the outside world.
In addition, the homepage address is sent back to the sender.

However, this registered utility model No. 305989
No. 4 proposes a method for preparing a predetermined homepage writing form without performing an input operation from a computer keyboard, and performing character recognition by a fax image correcting means constituted by an OCR to perform correction. Things. However, the accuracy of character recognition by this OCR is poor,
Practically, the utility was extremely poor. In addition, it is necessary to write and prepare a form for writing the home page in advance, and it is not possible to freely take anything into the home page.

[0012]

As described above, the conventional facsimile apparatus can transmit and receive e-mails by an e-mail server, however, it is necessary to connect to the Internet to access a homepage. Could not obtain information, and moreover, could not upload information to the homepage. If a homepage can be easily created without operating a computer and a homepage can be established on the Internet, the Internet can be further utilized. At this time, if it can be easily created with a facsimile machine, which is the most popular data communication terminal, it is considered that the population of homepage establishers can be dramatically increased.

If the information on the home page is not updated every day, the number of opportunities to access the home page is drastically reduced. Unless the homepage can be updated on its own and easily, it is impossible for a shop or the like to publish daily information virtually, and the homepage becomes worthless. Considering the updating of the homepage in this way, anyone must be able to easily perform the updating process, and the facsimile machine must be easy to operate. Unless the homepage can be handled and managed by facsimile, rather than the feeling of handling the homepage on a computer, it is difficult to say that the operation is truly easy.

Further, in the technique proposed in Japanese Utility Model Registration No. 3059894, it is necessary to prepare a fixed form for writing on a homepage, and handwriting, photograph, image data, etc. are written in a predetermined column of the form for writing on the homepage. In addition to the image data described above, a title, a fax number for transmission / reception, a keyword, and the like are entered in another column, and character recognition is performed by OCR to correct the character data. However, the accuracy of character recognition by this OCR is poor, and the practicality is poor.

Therefore, in order to solve such a conventional problem, according to the present invention, anyone without any knowledge of computers and the Internet can easily create a homepage.
It aims to provide a homepage creation and update method that can be updated, costs little and does not cause posting errors.

Also, the present invention enables anyone to easily create and update a home page without any knowledge of computers and the Internet, at little cost, and with a low UR.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a facsimile apparatus in which L management is easy and a posting error does not occur.

An object of the present invention is to provide a CTI server that allows anyone to easily create and update a home page, easily manages a URL, and does not cause a posting error.

Further, according to the present invention, anyone can easily create and update a homepage, incur little cost,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a web server in which L management is easy and a posting error does not occur.

Also, according to the present invention, anyone can easily create and update a homepage without any knowledge of a computer or the Internet, and incurs little cost,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a homepage creation / update facsimile communication system in which L management is easy and a posting error does not occur.

[0020]

In order to achieve the above object, a homepage creating / updating method according to the present invention comprises providing one or more layout blocks in a format of a homepage to be registered in a web server, and specifying a homepage creating / updating. The e-mail address, the user ID associated with the facsimile apparatus telephone number, and text data and / or image data to be written in the layout block are transmitted from the facsimile apparatus to the CTI server, and the CTI server converts the data format of the image data. By sending an e-mail to a web server storing a home page associated with a facsimile apparatus telephone number, and writing text data and / or image data in a layout block, the home page is created and updated.

As a result, anyone can easily create and update a home page without any knowledge of the computer and the Internet, at little cost, easily manage URLs, and avoid posting errors.

In the facsimile apparatus of the present invention, when a home page is created / updated, the e-mail management means automatically sends the user ID associated with the facsimile apparatus telephone number to the CTI server, and the dialog management means creates the home page. -It is characterized in that it prompts the user to input a specific mail address meaning an update, and further provides guidance on input of text data and / or image data to be written in a layout block.

As a result, anyone can easily create and update a home page without any knowledge of a computer or the Internet, incur little cost, and eliminate posting errors.

The CTI server of the present invention includes a communication input / output unit for receiving data for creating an electronic mail created in an interactive format and transmitted by facsimile, and a facsimile transmission of the data format of image data in the data. A data format conversion unit for converting from a possible data format to a data format that can be transmitted to the Internet, and after authenticating a user ID associated with the facsimile device telephone number, laying out a layout block to a specific mail address meaning homepage creation / update And transmitting an e-mail containing text data to be written and / or image data after data format conversion.

As a result, anyone can easily create and update a home page, URL management is easy, and posting errors do not occur.

The web server according to the present invention uses text data and / or image data transmitted from a facsimile apparatus via a CTI server to form a home page.
A homepage processing unit that writes the above-described layout blocks, a decoding unit that decodes control parameters from the e-mail address of the sent e-mail, and notifies the homepage processing unit of a layout block name to be processed and control information, and received data. , A homepage storage section storing homepage data, and a URL management section storing and managing the URL of the homepage, wherein the webpage is facsimile-transmitted from the facsimile apparatus, and the image data is transmitted to the CTI server. After the user ID associated with the facsimile apparatus telephone number is authenticated by an e-mail created by converting the data format of the facsimile apparatus telephone number, text data and / or image data are written in the layout block decoded by the decoding unit, and the facsimile apparatus telephone number And Seki Characterized in that it created the Tagged website.

As a result, anyone can easily create and update a home page, incur little cost, easily manage URLs, and avoid posting errors.

The homepage creating / updating facsimile communication system according to the present invention is characterized in that after the user ID associated with the facsimile apparatus telephone number is authenticated, the image converted into text data and / or data format is converted into the layout block decoded by the decoding unit of the web server. It is characterized by writing data and creating a home page associated with the facsimile machine telephone number.

As a result, anyone can easily create and update a homepage without any knowledge of the computer and the Internet, incur little cost, easily manage URLs, and avoid posting errors.

[0030]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS According to the first aspect of the present invention, a format of a home page registered in a web server is provided with one or more layout blocks, and a specific mail address indicating creation / update of a home page and a facsimile are provided. The user ID associated with the device telephone number and text data and / or image data to be written in the layout block are transmitted from the facsimile device to the CTI server. The CTI server converts the data format of the image data, and Send an email to the web server where the associated homepage is stored,
The homepage creation / update method is characterized by writing and / or updating text pages and / or image data in a layout block to create / update a homepage.
A facsimile device that can write data in consideration of the type of data for each layout block, does not need to perform character recognition from image data, and specifies control contents from an e-mail address addressed to a web server. A homepage can be created and updated using a communication system that sends and receives e-mails from the Internet. Since character recognition is not performed by the OCR or the like, the reading accuracy does not matter, and no posting error occurs. Since the user ID is associated with the facsimile device telephone number and the URL is associated with the facsimile device telephone number, respectively,
It is easy to manage and does not conflict or duplicate. The facsimile device telephone number itself may be used as the user ID.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for creating and updating a home page according to the first aspect, wherein the home page is associated with a user ID. Since the user ID is associated with a number and the user ID is associated with the URL, URL management is easy, and conflicts and duplication do not occur. The facsimile device telephone number itself may be used as the user ID.

The invention according to claim 3 of the present invention is characterized in that the user ID is constituted by a combination of a facsimile apparatus telephone number and a random number generated by a random number generator. Since the homepage creation / updating method described above is used, the user ID is associated with the random number and the facsimile machine telephone number, and the user ID is the URL
URL management is easy, and there is no conflict.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a communication input / output unit for transmitting / receiving data via a communication line, a display means capable of performing display for interactive input, and a home page creation for the display means. Dialogue management means for providing facsimile transmission of data for creating an e-mail by giving guidance in interactive form, input means for inputting data for creating an e-mail, scanner for reading images, and creation of a homepage・ Web page creation mode selection means that allows mode selection when updating
E-mail management means for facsimile sending data for creating an e-mail to the CTI server is provided, and when the homepage is created / updated, the e-mail management means is used by the user I associated with the facsimile apparatus telephone number.
D is automatically sent to the CTI server, and the dialogue management means prompts for the input of a specific e-mail address meaning homepage creation / update, and further provides guidance on input of text data and / or image data to be written in the layout block. Since the facsimile apparatus is characterized in that it can send data for creating an e-mail interactively to the CTI server, the user ID associated with the facsimile apparatus telephone number is automatically converted to the CT number.
It sends the data to the I-server and manages the creation and updating of the homepage using a specific e-mail address, so it is easy to authenticate and the data can be sent to the web server without having to create a homepage to be uploaded by operating a computer. You can automatically create and update your homepage simply by giving a write instruction. Since the user ID is associated with the facsimile device telephone number,
RL management is easy, and there is no occurrence of contention and duplication.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the facsimile apparatus according to the fourth aspect, the user ID comprises a combination of a facsimile apparatus telephone number and a random number generated by a random number generator. Since the device is a device, a user ID is associated with a random number and a facsimile device telephone number, and since this user ID is associated with a URL, URL management is easy, and contention may be duplicated. That never happens.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a communication input / output unit for receiving data for creating an electronic mail created in an interactive manner and transmitted by facsimile, and an image data of the image data in the data. Equipped with a data format converter that converts the data format from a data format that can be transmitted by facsimile to a data format that can be transmitted by the Internet. Since the CTI server is characterized by transmitting text data to be written to the layout block and / or an e-mail containing image data after the data format conversion to the destination, the image data is converted into data and transmitted to the web server. Text data and / or converted image with specific email address It can send over data by e-mail. In this specification, a CTI server is a server that implements a unified message that integrates at least a facsimile function and an e-mail function with a computer.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, a CTI
A homepage processing unit for writing text data and / or image data transmitted from the facsimile apparatus via the server into one or more layout blocks constituting the homepage, and decoding control parameters from the e-mail address of the sent e-mail A decoding unit for notifying a homepage processing unit of a layout block name to be processed and control information, a memory unit for storing received data, a homepage storage unit for storing homepage data, and a URL for storing and managing the URL of the homepage. A web server provided with a management unit, which is transmitted by facsimile from a facsimile device, and after authenticating a user ID associated with a facsimile device telephone number by an e-mail created by converting a data format of image data in a CTI server. , Decoding section Since a web server, characterized in that to create a homepage associated with the facsimile telephone number to the layout within the block of decoding written text data and / or image data,
Control parameters can be extracted by the decryption unit, and text data and / or image data can be output in layout block units only by instructing a web server to write data, without having to create a homepage to upload by operating a computer. It is possible to write, there is no need to perform character recognition, and it is possible to create and update a homepage using a communication system that sends and receives electronic mail from a facsimile machine. Since character recognition is not performed by the OCR or the like, the reading accuracy does not matter, and no posting error occurs. Since the home page is associated with the facsimile apparatus telephone number and the user ID associated with the facsimile apparatus telephone number, URL management is easy, and there is no occurrence of conflicts and duplication.

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a facsimile apparatus according to the fourth or fifth aspect, and a facsimile apparatus according to the sixth aspect.
And a web server according to claim 7, which is transmitted from a facsimile apparatus and has a CTI server.
After e-mail created by converting the data format of the image data in the TI server, after authenticating the user ID associated with the telephone number of the facsimile machine, text data and / or data format is added to the layout block decrypted by the decryption unit of the web server. Write a converted image data and create a home page associated with the facsimile machine telephone number.
Because it is an updated facsimile communication system, it is possible to specify the contents of control from the e-mail address, without having to create a homepage to upload by operating a computer, just instruct the web server to write data Text data and / or image data can be written in layout block units, eliminating the need for character recognition and creating and updating home pages using existing communication systems that send and receive e-mails from facsimile machines. become. Since character recognition is not performed by the OCR or the like, the reading accuracy does not matter, and no posting error occurs. Since authentication is performed using the user ID associated with the facsimile apparatus telephone number, URL management is easy and conflicts do not occur.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

(Embodiment 1) A homepage creating / updating method according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention, a facsimile apparatus, a CTI server, a web server, and a homepage creating / updating facsimile communication system used therefor will be described. FIG. 1 is a schematic view of an operation unit of a facsimile apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a facsimile apparatus and a homepage creation / update facsimile communication system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention, and FIG. FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a CTI server according to the first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a web server according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 and FIG. 6 show Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
7A is a sample diagram of an e-mail transmitted by the homepage creation / update facsimile communication system in FIG. 7, FIG. 7A is a diagram of a homepage created by the homepage creation / update facsimile communication system in the first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. FIG. 8 is a diagram of homepage creation parameters used in the homepage creation / update facsimile communication system according to the first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating processing after facsimile transmission of the homepage creation / update facsimile communication system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. It is a flowchart.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a facsimile apparatus main body capable of creating or updating a home page by facsimile transmission, and 2 includes an operation dial and operation keys for calling.
An operation unit that can perform various operations. Reference numeral 3 denotes a liquid crystal display capable of displaying a menu screen as a list and allowing the user to select a function using the operation unit 2, and performing interactive display in the homepage creation / update mode. 4 is a handset capable of making a call, 5
Is an e-mail button that is pressed when selecting a mode for sending e-mail, and 6 is a send button (start button) that is pressed when facsimile transmission or sending e-mail data to the CTI server.

In FIG. 2, reference numeral 20 denotes a central control unit.
Reference numeral 20a denotes a memory unit such as a nonvolatile memory for storing various control setting values and the like necessary for control by the central control unit 20, and 20b denotes a RAM as a work area.
A program storage unit 0c stores a program for the central control unit 20 to control each unit of the facsimile apparatus and the entire system. Reference numeral 21 denotes an image data storage unit that stores data received via a communication line and stores transmission image data read by a scanner 24 described later.

Reference numeral 22 denotes a communication input / output unit that performs connection between a telephone line and the facsimile apparatus, exchanges various protocol data, and transmits and receives data. Reference numeral 23 denotes various input means, which can output an input signal to the central control unit 20 by operating the operation keys and the operation dial of the operation unit 2 shown in FIG. In addition to the functions that can be entered simply by pressing the operation key, the functions can also be executed by listing or individually displaying the menu screen on the liquid crystal display 3 and confirming one highlighted (cursor display) with the operation key. it can. The homepage creation mode selection means according to the first embodiment includes an operation unit 2 and various input means 2.
3 and a transmission button 6, the operation dial of the operation unit 2 is turned, an input signal from various input means 23 is used to display a homepage creation / update mode on the liquid crystal display 3, and the selection is confirmed by the transmission button 6. Is what you do.
In the homepage creation / update mode and the e-mail mode, the user inputs information interactively as described later. Reference numeral 24 denotes a scanner capable of reading a document image. In the first embodiment, the scanner 24 includes a CCD line image sensor. Reference numeral 25 denotes a printing unit which is used in a facsimile mode or a copy mode, and can print received facsimile image data, image data read by the scanner 24, and the like. 26 is a voice input / output unit,
Reference numeral 27 denotes a display unit that can display a menu screen on the liquid crystal display 3 and perform interactive display. Reference numeral 28 denotes a dialogue management means for displaying and giving instructions in a dialogue format when the homepage creation / update mode or the e-mail mode is selected. Reference numeral 28a denotes an e-mail management unit that manages transmission and reception of e-mail. For example, the e-mail management unit 28a performs an e-mail transmission / reception process, and when an e-mail arrives, the liquid crystal display 3
An incoming call is displayed at the top, and a user ID (user name of a user address) and a security ID, which will be described later, stored in the memory unit 20a are automatically transmitted at the time of sending an e-mail.

Next, 29 is a public line to which the facsimile apparatus is connected, and 30 is data for creating an e-mail transmitted from the facsimile apparatus when a homepage creation / update mode or an e-mail mode is selected. Is a CTI server that creates and sends an e-mail. Details will be described later. 31a and 31b are web servers capable of registering homepages, and 32 is an Internet network. The web server 31a is a web server integrated or integrated with the CTI server 30, and the web server 3a
1b is a web server installed by another provider connected via the Internet network 32. Usually CTI
Web server 31 linked or integrated with server 30
It is advantageous to set up a homepage using a.
In some cases, the homepage can be registered in the web server 31b.

Next, a flow of interactive input and a message displayed on the liquid crystal display when a homepage is created or updated in the facsimile apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described.

First, when creating a homepage,
The following preparations need to be made. That is, in order to create a homepage, it is necessary to transmit e-mail creation data from the facsimile apparatus to the CTI server 30, and it is necessary to determine the user ID, security ID, and mail address.

When the facsimile apparatus telephone number is registered in the facsimile apparatus and the facsimile apparatus telephone number is transmitted to the CTI server 30 (establisher), the CTI server 3
0 registers this, and transmits the user ID (user name of the user address) and the security ID to the facsimile machine. The notified security ID is registered in the memory unit 20a of the facsimile machine. The security ID is unique to the device, and is automatically attached to an electronic mail together with the user ID and transmitted. next,
In order to receive the service of the homepage, the facsimile in which necessary information including the user ID is filled in is sent to the web server 31.
a, the installer registers the user, sets various data of the homepage, and, as described later, a specific URL (Uniform Resource L) of the user's homepage.
ocator) to the user. This completes the preparation procedure.

When the preparation procedure is completed, a home page can be created and updated. As shown in FIG. 3, it is checked whether or not an image is to be sent in order to create / update a home page (step 1). When the image is to be sent, the original image is inserted into the facsimile apparatus in the facsimile e-mail mode, and the image is read (step 2). s
If the image is read in step 2, the process proceeds to step 4. If the image cannot be read, an error process is performed (step 3), and an END process is performed (step 1).
2). If the image is not sent in step 1,
The process proceeds to step 4 as an e-mail mode (or a facsimile e-mail mode in which no image is sent).

When the E-mail button 5 is pressed in step 4, "" Fax E-mail transmission "" (m1a) is displayed on the liquid crystal display 3 in the case of the facsimile e-mail mode, and is selected with the operation dial in the case of the e-mail mode. As a result, "" Send text E-mail "" (m1b) is displayed. When the send button 6 (start button) is pressed, "" = "is displayed on the liquid crystal display 3 prompting the user to enter an address, and an address for selecting a mode for creating and updating a home page is input ( step5). At this time, instead of inputting the address, selecting the mode for creating / updating the home page by using the operation dial (step 6), "" Updating the home page "" (m
3) is displayed on the liquid crystal display 3. Here, the mode is determined by the transmission button 6, and when the transmission button 6 is pressed again, "" is displayed. When the target home page is composed of a plurality of pages, a page number to be created / updated is entered in this title (step 7). If it is not entered, it will be the top page.

Next, when the send button 6 is further depressed, "" message = "" (m5) is displayed, and it is checked whether or not there is a message (step 8). In the case of the e-mail mode, or in the case of the facsimile e-mail mode for sending a message, a message is input (step
9), proceed to step 10. In step 8, if you want to send only images in fax e-mail mode,
Proceed to step 10. In step 10, when the send button 6 is pressed, a call is made to the CTI server 30 and "" E-mail communication in progress "" (m6) is displayed.
To transmit data to the CTI server 30. At this time, "" E-mail is being transmitted "" (m7) is displayed.
At the time of this data transmission, the electronic mail management means 28a stores the user ID and the security ID stored in the memory unit 20a.
Is sent automatically.

When the transmission is completed, if there is an e-mail which has not been received on the CTI server 30, ““ E-mail not received = 1 ”
The message "" (m8) is displayed, an unreceived e-mail is displayed on the liquid crystal display 3 (step 11), and the user is prompted to open the unreceived e-mail. Thereafter, END processing is performed (step 12). Thus, the first embodiment
The facsimile apparatus can transmit data for creating an e-mail to the CTI server 30 in an interactive manner, and the e-mail management means 28a can automatically transmit a user ID and a security ID.

Next, the CTI server according to the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. As described above, this CTI server is a server that implements a unified message in which at least a facsimile function and an e-mail function are integrated with a computer in this specification.

In FIG. 4, reference numeral 40 denotes a CTI server control unit; 40a, a memory unit such as a non-volatile memory for storing various control setting values required when the CTI server control unit 40 controls; Is a RAM serving as a work area, and 40c is a CTI server control unit 40
A program storage unit that stores programs for controlling each unit of the I server and the entire system. Reference numeral 41 denotes a reception data section for storing data received via a communication line. Reference numeral 42 denotes a communication input / output unit connected to the public line and the web, and exchanges various protocol data, controls connection, and transmits and receives data. A data conversion unit 43 converts image data transmitted by facsimile from a data format that can be transmitted by facsimile, for example, an MR / MH format or TIFF format, to a data format that can be transmitted to the Internet, for example, a GIF format or a JPEG format. It is. Reference numeral 44 denotes an e-mail creation unit that creates an e-mail from information for creating an e-mail sent from the facsimile machine and sends the e-mail to the web server 31a. 5
7 is a random number generator.

The electronic mail created by the electronic mail creating section 44 will be described with reference to FIG. 45 is a user ID. P1234567 described as an example
8, "5678" is the last four digits of the facsimile machine telephone number, and "1234" is a random number obtained by the random number generator 57. Not only the last four digits but all digits may be used. If the user IDs overlap, a random number may be obtained again. Therefore, the same ID never occurs in the user ID 45. As described above, the user ID 45 is associated with the facsimile apparatus telephone number, and is used for authentication of the web servers 31a and 31b when creating and updating a homepage. Therefore, each facsimile apparatus telephone number is associated with each home page. In the first embodiment, this is a URL management unit 5 described later.
The path name of the URL created in step 6 is entered in the layout block serving as the title of the home page by default as title information, so that it is further closely associated with the facsimile apparatus telephone number.

Reference numeral 46 denotes a title for writing the designated page of the home page. When the home page has a plurality of pages,
This is to indicate which page is the target. Reference numeral 47 denotes an e-mail address, and a control parameter "B" is added to a specific e-mail address "hp@abc.com" which means homepage creation / update for the web servers 31a and 31b.
L ”and the mail address“ hpBL@abc.c ”
om ”. Note that there may be no control parameter. Reference numeral 48 denotes text data to be written in a predetermined layout block of the homepage, and reference numeral 49 denotes image data read by the scanner unit 24. When there is only text data, there is no image data 49, and when there is only image data, there is no text data 48.

Next, based on FIG. 5, the web server 31
The configuration of a and 31b will be described. Reference numeral 50 denotes a web server control unit; 50a, a memory unit such as a non-volatile memory for storing various control setting values and the like necessary for control by the web server control unit 50; 50b, a RAM as a work area Yes, 50c is the web server controller 5
Reference numeral 0 denotes a program storage unit that stores programs for controlling each unit of the web servers 31a and 31b and the entire system. Reference numeral 51 denotes a reception data section for storing data received via a communication line. Reference numeral 52 denotes a communication input / output unit that exchanges various protocol data, controls connection, and transmits and receives data. 53 is the web server 31
Create and register a homepage in a, 31b,
A home page processing unit that processes when updating the home page. Reference numeral 54 denotes a decoding unit that separates the control parameters from the mail address 47 when receiving the electronic mail, and decodes the layout block to be processed and the homepage creation parameter, which is positional information to be arranged in the horizontal direction. A homepage storage unit 55 stores the registered homepages, and a URL management unit 56 manages the URL of each homepage.

The URL of the present invention uses a number common to the user ID 45 associated with the facsimile apparatus telephone number as described above as a path name. The URL is configured by adding a domain name and a user ID 45 to this path name. For example, “http: //www.domain name / user ID”. As described above, the user ID p12
"5678" of 345678 is the last four digits of the facsimile apparatus telephone number, and "1234" is a random number obtained by the random number generator 57. In this case, "http: // www.
Domain name / p12345678 ". As an example, if the domain name is “xxx.co.jp” and the home page is composed of three pages, the top page of the URL is “http://www.xxx.co.jp/p1”.
2345678 / ", and the third page is" http:
// www. xxx. co. jp / p12345678
/ 003 ”. Then, the web servers 31a, 31
b is "hp@abc.c"
om ”, there is a possibility that the location of the server may be common in the case of the web server 31a, and the domain name“ xx ”
x. co. jp ”may become“ abc.com ”. Also, the user ID 45 “p12345678”
Is also associated with the e-mail address of the only facsimile machine in the world, where the e-mail address uses the user name p12345678 and "p
12345678 @ yyy. com ".

However, the user ID 45 and the URL may be numbers associated with different facsimile telephone numbers. As described above, in the first embodiment, the user ID 45 is associated with the facsimile apparatus telephone number, and the user ID 45 is further associated with the UR.
Since it is associated with L, there is no possibility that the URLs conflict and become duplicated. The user only needs to memorize the facsimile apparatus telephone number as the center, and homepage management is extremely easy.

As shown in FIGS. 7A and 7B, the home pages created by the web servers 31a and 31b according to the first embodiment include one or more editable layouts in a format displayed on a screen as a browser. Blocks A, B,
, Y, Z are provided. Numerous patterns are prepared for the layout blocks A, B, C,..., Y, and Z. The layout block shown in FIG. I have. In the HTML format, a layout block area may be specified by a FORM tag. In the first embodiment, the layout block A is a block serving as a title, and a user ID (URL path name) associated with the facsimile apparatus telephone number is written therein by default. The homepage creation parameter described in FIG. 7B is a control parameter for instructing position information in the horizontal direction in the layout block. L indicates an arrangement to be left-aligned, C indicates an alignment to the center, and R indicates an alignment to the right. As described above, the number of pages is specified in the title of the e-mail. For example, in FIG. 7A, the text data in the layout block B is left-aligned. When this is represented by a control parameter, it is BL. When this is represented by a mail address, the specific mail address with control function "hpBL
{Abc. com ". If there is text data and image data, it specifies where to place the text data. If a layout box name is not specified as a control parameter, a predetermined layout block will be created / updated. However, according to this, a homepage can be created / updated most easily.

A description will be given of how home page creation / update processing is performed after data for creating an electronic mail is transmitted from the facsimile apparatus to CTI server 30. As shown in FIG. 8, when there is a transmission from the facsimile machine, the CTI server 30 performs user authentication with the user ID and the security ID (step 20). This user ID is associated with the facsimile machine telephone number, and since this user ID is associated with the URL, there is no possibility that the URLs conflict and become duplicated. When the authentication is completed, the CTI server 30 receives the mail address for creating and updating the homepage, the text data and / or the image data, and stores them in the reception data section (step 21). Subsequently, if there is image data transmitted by facsimile, the data converter 43 converts the data format into a data format that can be transmitted to the Internet (step 22). When the conversion of the image data is completed, the e-mail creating unit 44 creates the transmitted data as an e-mail (the image is an attached file), and the web server 31
a and 31b (step 23). When the e-mail arrives, the web servers 31a and 31b authenticate the user with the user ID and the security ID (ste
p24). When the authentication is completed, the web servers 31a and 31b
Receives the e-mail address and the text data and / or image data and stores them in the received data section (step 2).
5). Next, the decryption unit 54 separates the layout block name of the control parameter and the homepage creation parameter from the mail address and extracts them (step 26).

When the layout block is known and the arrangement information is known as the homepage creation parameter, the homepage processing unit 53 recognizes the number of pages from the number sent as the title, and stores the received data in the layout block in the homepage format for editing. Part 51
Write the text data and image data read from. In the case of updating the homepage, the data is written over the written data. As a result, old data is deleted and new data is written.
At this point, the creation of the homepage is completed, and the homepage processing unit 53 registers and stores the homepage in the homepage storage unit 55 (step 27).

Next, the homepage processing section 53 sets the CTI
The server 30 is notified of the URL of the newly created / updated homepage managed by the URL management unit 56 (st
ep28). The CTI server 30 acquires home page data based on the URL, and converts it into data that can be transmitted by facsimile by the data conversion unit 43 (step 2).
9) Send to facsimile machine (step 30).
The facsimile machine receives this, and the printing unit 25 prints out the image of the homepage (step).
31), END processing is performed (step 32).

As described above, in the method of creating and updating a home page according to the first embodiment, writing can be performed for each layout block, there is no need to perform character recognition from image data, and electronic mail is transmitted and received from a facsimile machine. It is possible to create and update a homepage using an existing communication system. In addition, since the control parameters include the layout information of the text data and / or image data in the layout block, it is possible to easily indicate at which position in the layout the data is to be arranged by using an e-mail. Since the user ID is associated with the facsimile machine telephone number, and furthermore, this user ID is associated with the URL, there is no possibility that the URLs conflict and become duplicated.

Since the facsimile apparatus according to the first embodiment can create a home page in an interactive manner, the home page can be easily created and updated without knowing the details.

The CTI server according to the first embodiment can send an e-mail to a specific e-mail address meaning homepage creation / update and an e-mail address composed of control parameters.

The web server according to the first embodiment is a simple one in which the control parameters are written in the mail address, can be decoded with a very simple configuration, and does not need to perform complicated and expensive character recognition. A homepage can be created and updated using an existing communication system that sends and receives e-mail from a facsimile machine. Since the user ID associated with the facsimile apparatus telephone number is used for authentication and the user ID is associated with the URL, there is no possibility that the URLs conflict and become duplicated.

The homepage creation / update facsimile communication system according to the first embodiment can extract the layout block name and the homepage creation parameter from the e-mail address, and can create the homepage to be uploaded by operating the computer. An existing communication system that sends and receives e-mails from a facsimile machine without instructing a web server to write data and writing text data and / or image data in layout block units without having to perform character recognition is required. Use this to create and update homepages.

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As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention,
The method of creating and updating the homepage described in is to provide one or more layout blocks in the homepage format,
A specific mail address meaning homepage creation / update, a user ID associated with the facsimile apparatus telephone number, and text data and / or image data to be written in the layout block are transmitted from the facsimile apparatus to the CT.
To the I server, the CTI server converts the data format of the image data, sends the mail to a web server storing a home page associated with the facsimile machine telephone number, and sends the text data and / or image data to the layout block. Write and create a homepage
Since the data is updated, data can be written in consideration of the data type for each layout block, and there is no need to perform character recognition from the image data, and the content of the control is specified from the address of the e-mail addressed to the web server. A homepage can be created and updated using a communication system that sends and receives electronic mail from a facsimile machine. Since character recognition is not performed by the OCR or the like, the reading accuracy does not matter, and no posting error occurs. User ID
Is associated with the facsimile device telephone number, and the URL is respectively associated with the facsimile device telephone number. Therefore, URL management is easy, and conflicts do not occur. The facsimile device telephone number itself may be used as the user ID.

In the method of creating and updating a home page according to the second aspect of the present invention, since the home page is associated with the user ID, the user ID is associated with the facsimile apparatus telephone number, and the user ID is the URL. URL management is easy, and contention and duplication never occur. The facsimile device telephone number itself may be used as the user ID.

According to the homepage creating / updating method of the third aspect of the present invention, since the user ID is composed of a combination of the facsimile machine telephone number and the random number generated by the random number generator, the user ID is The user ID is associated with the facsimile machine telephone number, and the user ID is URL.
URL management is easy, and contention and duplication never occur.

In the facsimile apparatus according to the fourth aspect of the present invention, when creating or updating a home page, the electronic mail management means automatically sends the user ID associated with the facsimile apparatus telephone number to the CTI server. The dialogue management means prompts for the input of a specific mail address meaning homepage creation / update, and further provides guidance for inputting text data and / or image data to be written in the layout block. The data can be sent to the CTI server, the user ID associated with the facsimile machine telephone number is automatically sent to the CTI server, and the creation and update of the homepage is managed using a specific mail address. Easy to operate and upload by computer The homepage without having to create your own, only write instruction of data to the web server, it is possible to automatically easily create and update the home page. Since the user ID is associated with the facsimile apparatus telephone number, URL management is easy, and conflicts and duplication do not occur.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, the user ID is constituted by a combination of a facsimile apparatus telephone number and a random number generated by a random number generator. Since the device is a device, a user ID is associated with a random number and a facsimile device telephone number, and since this user ID is associated with a URL, URL management is easy, and contention may be duplicated. Nothing happens.

In the facsimile apparatus according to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the user ID is composed of a combination of the facsimile apparatus telephone number and the random number generated by the random number generator. Since the user ID is associated with the number and the user ID is associated with the URL, the URL management is easy, and there is no occurrence of conflict and duplication.

The CTI server according to claim 6 of the present invention, after authenticating the user ID associated with the facsimile machine telephone number, sends the text data to be written to the layout block to a specific mail address meaning homepage creation / update. Since the e-mail containing the image data after the data format conversion is transmitted, the image data is converted into data, and the text data and / or the converted image data are transmitted to the web server together with the specific mail address by e-mail. Can be sent.

The web server according to claim 7 of the present invention is associated with the telephone number of the facsimile apparatus by e-mail transmitted by facsimile from the facsimile apparatus and created by converting the data format of the image data in the CTI server. After authenticating the user ID, the decoding unit writes text data and / or image data in the decrypted layout block to create a home page associated with the facsimile apparatus telephone number, so that the decoding unit can extract control parameters. It is possible to write text data and / or image data in layout block units simply by instructing a web server to write data without having to create a homepage to upload by operating a computer, and perform character recognition. Need Ku, it is possible to homepage created and updated using a communication system to send and receive e-mail from the facsimile apparatus. Since character recognition is not performed by the OCR or the like, the reading accuracy does not matter, and no posting error occurs. Since the home page is associated with the facsimile apparatus telephone number and the user ID associated with the facsimile apparatus telephone number, URL management is easy, and there is no occurrence of conflicts and duplication.

The homepage creating / updating facsimile communication system according to claim 8 of the present invention is characterized in that after authenticating a user ID associated with a facsimile apparatus telephone number, text data and / or text data is stored in a layout block decrypted by a decryption unit of a web server. Write the image data after the data format conversion and create a homepage associated with the facsimile machine telephone number, so you can specify the contents of control from the e-mail address, operate the computer and upload the homepage yourself It is possible to write text data and / or image data in layout block units only by instructing the web server to write data without having to create it. There is no need to perform character recognition, and e-mails can be sent and received from the facsimile machine. Existing Using the communication system allows the home page of the creation and update. Since character recognition is not performed by the OCR or the like, the reading accuracy does not matter, and no posting error occurs. Since authentication is performed using the user ID associated with the facsimile machine telephone number, URL management is easy,
No conflicts or duplicates occur.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of an operation unit of a facsimile apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a facsimile apparatus and a homepage creation / update facsimile communication system according to the first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a dialog for creating and updating a homepage of the facsimile machine according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a CTI server according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a web server according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a sample diagram of an e-mail transmitted by the homepage creation / update facsimile communication system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7A is a diagram of a homepage created by a homepage creation / update facsimile communication system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7B is a homepage used in a homepage creation / update facsimile communication system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. Diagram of creation parameters

FIG. 8 is a flowchart of processing after facsimile transmission in the homepage creation / update facsimile communication system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Facsimile machine main body 2 Operation part 3 Liquid crystal display 4 Handset 5 E-mail button 6 Send button 20 Central control part 20a, 40a, 50a Memory part 20b, 40b, 50b RAM 20c, 40c, 50c Program storage part 21 Image data storage part 22 , 42, 52 Communication input / output unit 23 Various input units 24 Scanner 25 Print unit 26 Voice input / output unit 27 Display unit 28 Dialog management unit 28a E-mail management unit 29 Public line 30 CTI server 31a, 31b Web server 32 Internet network 40 CTI Server control units 41, 51 reception data unit 43 data conversion unit 44 e-mail creation unit 45 user 46 title 47 e-mail address 48 text data 49 image data 50 web server control unit 53 homepage Processing unit 54 Decryption unit 55 Homepage storage unit 56 URL management unit 57 Random number generator

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Claims (8)

[Claims] A home page format registered in a web server is provided with one or more layout blocks, a specific mail address indicating creation / update of a home page, a user ID associated with a facsimile apparatus telephone number, and the layout. Transmitting text data and / or image data to be written to the block from the facsimile device to the CTI server, wherein the CTI server converts the data format of the image data and stores the home page associated with the facsimile device telephone number; A method for creating / updating a homepage, comprising sending an e-mail to a server and writing / writing the text data and / or image data in the layout block to create / update a homepage. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the home page is associated with a user ID. 3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the user ID is composed of a combination of a facsimile machine telephone number and a random number generated by a random number generator. 4. A communication input / output unit for transmitting and receiving data via a communication line, a display means capable of performing display for input in an interactive manner; Dialogue management means for facsimile sending data to be created, input means for inputting data for creating the e-mail, scanner capable of reading images, mode selection when creating / updating the homepage Means for selecting a home page creation mode, and e-mail management means for facsimile sending data for creating an e-mail to a CTI server. When the home page is created / updated, the e-mail management means is a facsimile apparatus telephone number. Automatically assigns the user ID associated with the CTI server And the dialog management means prompts the user to input a specific mail address meaning homepage creation / update, and further provides guidance on input of text data and / or image data to be written in the layout block. Facsimile machine. 5. The facsimile machine according to claim 4, wherein said user ID is composed of a combination of a facsimile machine telephone number and a random number generated by a random number generator. 6. A communication input / output unit for receiving data for creating an electronic mail that is created in an interactive format and transmitted by facsimile, and a data format of image data in the data from a data format capable of facsimile transmission. A user ID associated with the facsimile machine telephone number, comprising a data format conversion unit for converting to a data format that can be transmitted to the Internet.
A CTI server for transmitting, after authentication, an e-mail including text data to be written in the layout block and / or image data after data format conversion to a specific e-mail address meaning homepage creation / update. . 7. A home page processing unit for writing text data and / or image data transmitted from a facsimile apparatus via a CTI server into one or more layout blocks constituting a home page, and a mail address of the transmitted e-mail. A decoding unit that decodes the control parameters from the URL and notifies the homepage processing unit of the name of the layout block to be processed and the control information; a memory unit that stores received data; a homepage storage unit that stores homepage data; A web server having a URL management unit for storing and managing a URL, wherein the facsimile machine transmits a facsimile by using an e-mail transmitted from the facsimile machine by facsimile and created by converting a data format of image data in the CTI server. Related to the number After vignetting user ID authentication, the web server, characterized in that to create a homepage in which the decoding unit is associated with the facsimile device phone number by writing the text data and / or image data in the layout block of decoding. 8. A facsimile apparatus according to claim 4 or 5, a CTI server according to claim 6, and a web server according to claim 7, wherein said CTI server is transmitted from said facsimile apparatus and said CTI server After e-mail created by converting the data format of the image data in the server, after authenticating the user ID associated with the facsimile device telephone number, text data and / or data format is added to the layout block decrypted by the decryption unit of the web server. A homepage creating / updating facsimile communication system for writing converted image data and creating a homepage associated with a facsimile apparatus telephone number.