JP2002197021A - 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, and generates no insertion miss. SOLUTION: The format of a homepage is provided with layout blocks and the attribute of data which can be written to the layout blocks is set to text data or image data, and a specific mail address meaning homepage generation and update and text data or image data to be written to object layout blocks to be processed 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 is stored, and writes the text data or image data to the object layout blocks to be processed 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.

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.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a facsimile apparatus in which anyone can easily create and update a homepage without any knowledge of computers and the Internet, incurs little cost, and does not cause posting errors. I do.

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

It is a further object of the present invention to provide a web server that allows anyone to easily create and update a home page, incurs little cost, and does not cause a posting error.

Also, the present invention provides a homepage creation / update facsimile communication system that allows anyone to easily create / update a homepage without any knowledge of a computer or the Internet, incurs little cost, and does not cause posting errors. The purpose is to do.

[0020]

According to the present invention, there is provided a homepage creating / updating method for providing one or more layout blocks in a format of a homepage, and providing an attribute of data which can be written in the layout blocks. The facsimile machine sends a specific mail address indicating creation / update of a homepage and text data or image data to be written to a layout block to be processed from the facsimile apparatus to the CTI server. Convert the data format of the image data, send an e-mail to the web server where the homepage is stored, write text data or image data according to the attribute in the layout block to be processed, and create / update the homepage And butterflies.

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

The facsimile apparatus of the present invention allows the display means to interactively guide the user to create a home page, and facsimile-transmits data for creating an e-mail, and data input for creating an e-mail. Input means, a homepage creation mode selecting means capable of selecting a mode when creating / updating a homepage, and an e-mail management means for facsimile sending data to a CTI server for sending an e-mail,
When creating / updating a homepage, the dialogue management means prompts you to enter a specific e-mail address that means creating / updating the homepage.
It is characterized by prompting input of text data or image data to be written in a layout block to be processed.

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 data format conversion unit for converting the data format of image data from a data format that can be transmitted by facsimile to a data format that can be transmitted by the Internet, and a specific mail address that means creation / update of a homepage. An e-mail including text data to be written in a layout block to be processed or image data after data format conversion is transmitted to the destination.

As a result, anyone can easily create and update the home page, and no posting error occurs.

A web server according to the present invention writes a text data or an image data transmitted from a facsimile apparatus via a CTI server to a layout block designated from one or more layout blocks constituting a home page. The control parameter is decoded from the e-mail address of the sent e-mail, the decoding unit notifies the homepage processing unit of the layout block name and the control information, the memory unit stores the received data, and the homepage data is stored. A homepage storage unit, an attribute data storage area provided in the memory for storing the attribute of data associated with each layout block, 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 apparatus, and converted into a data format of image data in a CTI server, and is created by converting the data format of image data into a layout block decrypted by a decryption unit according to its attributes. A home page is created by writing text data or image data.

As a result, anyone can easily create and update a home page, incur little cost, and do not make a posting error.

The homepage creation / update facsimile communication system of the present invention is transmitted from a facsimile machine,
The e-mail created by converting the data format of the image data in the CTI server writes the text data or the image data after the data format conversion into the layout block decrypted by the decryption unit of the web server according to the attribute, and creates a homepage. It is characterized by the following.

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 do not make a posting error.

[0030]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The invention according to claim 1 of the present invention provides one or more layout blocks in a format of a homepage registered in a web server, and specifies attributes of data that can be written in the layout blocks. The facsimile device transmits to the CTI server from the facsimile machine a text message or image data, which is a specific mail address indicating creation / update of a homepage, and text data or image data to be written in a layout block to be processed. Converting the data format of the data, sending an e-mail to a web server storing the homepage, writing text data or image data in the layout block to be processed in accordance with the attribute, and creating / updating the homepage. Since this is a page creation / update method, data can be written reliably and easily in consideration of data attributes for each layout block, and there is no need to perform character recognition from image data. Since the content of the control is specified from the address, the homepage can be created and updated using a communication system that transmits and receives an 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.

[0031] In the invention according to claim 2 of the present invention, a specific e-mail address indicating creation / update of a homepage is
2. The homepage creation according to claim 1, further comprising control parameters including a layout block name to be processed and a homepage creation parameter indicating arrangement information of the text data or image data to be written in the layout block. Since the update method is used, it is possible to use an e-mail to indicate at which position in the specified layout the data is to be arranged.

According to a third 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 input in an interactive format, and a home page creation on 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 to the CTI server for sending e-mail is provided. When creating / updating a homepage, the dialogue management means prompts for a specific mail address meaning homepage creation / update, Since the facsimile apparatus is characterized by prompting input of text data or image data to be written in a layout block to be processed by guidance display, it is possible to send data for creating an e-mail interactively to the CTI server. You can use a specific e-mail address to manage the creation and updating of homepages, so you can easily create a homepage to upload by operating a computer. Create / update homepage Rukoto can.

[0033] The invention according to claim 4 of the present invention is characterized in that a control parameter is added to a specific mail address meaning homepage creation / update by inputting from the input means by the guidance display. Since the facsimile apparatus described in No. 3 is used, a control parameter such as a layout block name is added to a specific e-mail address to be sent. Therefore, the user does not need to operate a computer to create a homepage to be uploaded. Just by instructing data writing, the homepage can be created and updated automatically and easily according to the attributes.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a communication input / output unit for receiving data for creating an electronic mail which is created in an interactive manner and transmitted by facsimile, Equipped with a data format converter that converts the data format from a data format that can be sent by facsimile to a data format that can be sent via the Internet, and sends text data or text data to be written to a layout block to be processed to a specific mail address that means homepage creation / update Since the CTI server is characterized by transmitting an e-mail containing the image data after the data format conversion, the image data is converted into data and the text data or the converted image data is transmitted to the web server together with the control parameters. Can be sent by email. In this specification, a 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.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, the CTI
A homepage processing unit for writing text data or image data transmitted from the facsimile apparatus via the server to a specified layout block from one or more layout blocks constituting the homepage, and a mail address of the sent e-mail A decoding unit that decodes control parameters from the server, notifies a homepage processing unit of a layout block name and control information, a memory unit that stores received data, a homepage storage unit that stores homepage data, and is provided in the memory unit. What is claimed is: 1. A web server comprising: an attribute data storage area for storing data attributes associated with each layout block; and a URL management unit for storing and managing a URL of a home page, wherein the CTI server is facsimile-transmitted from a facsimile apparatus. In the image The web server is characterized by writing text data or image data according to the attribute in the layout block decrypted by the decryption unit to create a homepage by e-mail created by converting the data format of the data. The control parameters can be taken out by the decryption unit, and it is stored in the attribute data storage area in layout block units only by instructing the web server to write data, without having to create a homepage to upload by operating the computer by yourself. Text data or image data can be reliably and easily written according to the attribute, and there is no need to perform character recognition, making it possible to create and update home pages using a communication system that sends and receives e-mail from a facsimile machine. Become. Since character recognition is not performed by the OCR or the like, the reading accuracy does not matter, and no posting error occurs.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided a facsimile apparatus according to the third or fourth aspect, and a fifth aspect.
And a web server according to claim 6, which is transmitted from a facsimile machine,
The e-mail generated by converting the data format of the image data in the TI server writes the text data or the image data after the data format conversion into the layout block decoded by the decoding unit of the web server according to the attribute of the attribute data storage area, A homepage creation and update facsimile communication system characterized by the creation of a homepage, so that the contents of control can be specified from the e-mail address without having to create a homepage to be uploaded by operating a computer. ,
By simply instructing the web server to write data, text data or image data can be reliably and easily written in layout block units according to their attributes, and there is no need to perform character recognition, and e-mails are sent and received from the facsimile machine. It is possible to create and update home pages using existing communication systems. OC
Since characters are not recognized by R or the like, the reading accuracy does not matter, and there is no erroneous posting.

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. 6A is a block diagram, FIG. 6A is a sample diagram of an e-mail containing text data to be transmitted in the homepage creation / update facsimile communication system according to the first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 6B is an embodiment of the present invention. Image data transmitted by the homepage creation / update facsimile communication system in mode 1 Sample diagram of an electronic mail to Ntsu, 7 (a) is diagram homepage created on the website creation and updating facsimile communication system according to the first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 7 (b)
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. 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 which 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 description will be given of 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.

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 (establishment operator), 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, the creation and update of the home page becomes possible. As shown in FIG. 3, it is checked whether to send an image or a text in order to create / update a homepage (step 1). When sending an image, the original image is inserted into the facsimile machine in the facsimile e-mail mode and the image is read (st
ep2). If the image has been read in step 2, the process proceeds to step 4, and if the image could not be read, error processing is performed (step 3), and then END processing is performed (step 13). If the text is to be sent in step 1, the process proceeds to step 4 in the e-mail mode.

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 transmission button 6 is further pressed, "" message = "" (m5) is displayed, and it is checked whether or not the data is text data (step 8). In the case of E-mail mode, enter a message (step
9), proceed to step 10. In step 8, in the case of fax e-mail mode for sending image data,
Proceed to step 10. In step 10, when the send button 6 is pressed, the CTI server 30 is called and "" E-mail communication is in progress ""
(M6) is displayed, and CT is continued in step 11.
Data is transmitted to the I server 30. At this time, "" E-mail is being transmitted "" (m7) is displayed. At the time of this data transmission, the e-mail management means 28a
Automatically transmits the user ID and the security ID stored in.

When the transmission is completed, if there is an e-mail that 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. In step 12, it is checked whether or not there is more data to be transmitted. If there is other data, the process returns to step 1 and repeats. If there is no other data to be transmitted, END processing is performed thereafter (step 13). 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 nonvolatile memory for storing various control setting values and the like required when the CTI server control unit 40 performs control; 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 FIGS. FIG. 6A shows a case where text data is sent, and FIG. 6B shows a case where image data is sent. 45 is a user ID. “5678” of p12345678 described as an example is the last four digits of the facsimile machine telephone number and “123”.
"4" 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 user ID 45
Will never occur the same ID. 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 created by a URL management unit 56 described later.
L is a path name of L, and is default-written as title information in a layout block serving as a title of a homepage, so that it is more closely related to the telephone number of the facsimile apparatus.

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 ”. 48 is text data to be written in a predetermined layout block of the homepage, 4
Reference numeral 9 denotes image data read by the scanner 24. FIG.
As shown in FIG. 6A, there is no image data 49 when there is only text data, and there is no text data 48 when there is only image data as shown in FIG. 6B.
It should be noted that the image data can be sent in the form of an attached file instead of being read by the scanner 24. In the present invention, when a layout block name is specified by a mail address, whether image data or text data is to be written is automatically determined by the data attribute setting described above.

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.

[0055] 50a ₁ is provided in the memory unit 50a, which is the attribute data storage area for storing the attribute of the data associated with a respective layout blocks of the format data. That is, whether the data to be written to the layout block to be processed is an area to write text data,
If space for writing image data, and stores the attribute data in the attribute data storage area 50a _1. Therefore, when the format data is read, the attribute data stored in the attribute data storage area 50a ₁ is read in conjunction, for example, if the home page is an HTML file, automatically image with area setting of layout blocks A tag is added to create a home page. Assuming that the specific mail address “hpBL @ abc.
When image data or text data is sent in com ", according to the data attributes associated with the layout block stored in the attribute data storage area 50a _1" B ", the data in the format of the Home Written. In this way, since the data attributes of the layout block are determined in advance, there is no need to instruct the user to create or update an image or text by e-mail each time and write it in the layout block. It suffices to specify it, and the processing is extremely simple and easy, and writing can be performed reliably.

Reference numeral 52 denotes a communication input / output unit which exchanges various protocol data, controls connection, and transmits and receives data. Reference numeral 53 denotes a homepage processing unit that performs processing when creating and registering a homepage in the web servers 31a and 31b and updating the homepage. 5
Reference numeral 4 denotes a decoding unit that separates control parameters from the mail address 47 upon receiving an e-mail, and decodes a layout block to be processed and homepage creation parameters, which are positional information to be arranged in the horizontal direction. Reference numeral 55 denotes a homepage storage unit for storing the registered homepage;
Reference numeral 6 denotes a URL management unit that manages the URL of each home page.

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 apparatus 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 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 homepage 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, it is determined whether the data transmitted by facsimile is image data or text data (step 22).
3 converts the data format into a data format that can be transmitted to the Internet (step 23). If it is text data, go directly to step 24. In step 24, the e-mail creating unit 44 creates the sent data as an e-mail and sends it to the web servers 31a and 31b (step 24). When the e-mail arrives, the web servers 31a and 31b authenticate the user with the user ID and the security ID (step 25). When the authentication is completed, the web servers 31a and 31b receive the mail address and the text data and / or image data as the contents, and store them in the received data section (step 26). Next, the decryption unit 54 separates the layout block name designated for creating / updating the homepage from the mail address and the homepage creation parameter, and extracts them (step 2).
7).

[0061] understand layout blocks, the arrangement information is found as a homepage creation parameters homepage processing unit 53, associated with home format, in conjunction with the attribute data storage layout block to be processed which is stored in the area 50a ₁ The attribute of the data being read is read (step 28), and the text data and the image data read from the reception data unit 51 are written into the layout block according to the attribute. 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
Is registered and stored in the homepage storage unit 55 (step
29).

Next, the homepage processing unit 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
ep30). The CTI server 30 acquires home page data based on the URL, and converts the home page data into data that can be transmitted by facsimile by the data conversion unit 43 (step 3).
1), and sends it to the facsimile machine (step 32).
The facsimile machine receives this, and the printing unit 25 prints out the image of the homepage (step).
33), END processing is performed (step 34).

As described above, according to the homepage creating / updating method of the first embodiment, data can be written reliably and easily in consideration of the attribute of data, and there is no need to perform character recognition from image data. A homepage can be created and updated using a communication system that sends and receives electronic mail from a facsimile machine. 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 of 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. Since data attributes are set, data can be written reliably and easily.
The I-server 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 can write data reliably and easily in consideration of the attribute of the data, does not need to perform complicated and expensive character recognition, and transmits an e-mail from the facsimile machine. It is possible to create and update a homepage using a communication system for transmitting and receiving. 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. Text data and / or image data can be reliably and easily written in accordance with the data attribute in layout block units by instructing the web server to write data, and there is no need to perform character recognition. It is possible to create and update a homepage by using an existing communication system for transmitting and receiving the information.

[0067]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention,
The homepage creation / update method means that one or more layout blocks are provided in the format, and the attribute of data that can be written to the layout block is defined as either text data or image data, respectively, and means homepage creation / update. A specific e-mail address and text data or image data to be written in the layout block to be processed are transmitted from the facsimile machine to the CTI server. The CTI server converts the data format of the image data and sends the e-mail to the web server where the homepage is stored. Send and write text data or image data in the layout block to be processed in accordance with the attribute to create and update the homepage. Therefore, the data writing is performed reliably and easily in consideration of the attribute of the data for each layout block. Mukoto can, there is no need to perform character recognition from the image data, in order to specify the contents of the control from the e-mail address of the addressed 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.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for creating / updating a home page, wherein a specific mail address indicating creation / updating of a home page includes a name of a layout block to be processed and text data or image to be written in the layout block. Since a control parameter including a homepage creation parameter indicating data arrangement information is provided, it is possible to use an e-mail to indicate at which position in the specified layout the data is arranged.

In the facsimile apparatus according to the third aspect of the present invention, when creating / updating a homepage, the dialogue management means prompts the user to input a specific mail address indicating creation / updating of the homepage. Prompts input of text data or image data to be written in the layout block to be processed, so data for creating an e-mail can be sent interactively to the CTI server, and homepage creation / update using a specific e-mail address Therefore, the homepage can be automatically created and updated simply by instructing the web server to write the data, without having to create a homepage to be uploaded by operating the computer by himself / herself.

In the facsimile apparatus according to the fourth aspect of the present invention, since the control parameter is added to the specific mail address indicating creation / update of the homepage by the input from the input means by the guidance display, the specific mail address Automatically send data to the web server together with the control parameters, without having to create a homepage to upload by operating a computer. You can easily create and update your homepage.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a CTI server, comprising: a communication input / output unit for receiving data for creating an electronic mail which is created interactively and transmitted by facsimile; A data format conversion unit that converts the data format of facsimile data from a data format that can be sent by facsimile to a data format that can be sent via the Internet. Alternatively, since an e-mail containing the image data after the data format conversion is transmitted, the image data can be converted into data and the text data or the converted image data can be sent to the web server together with the control parameters by e-mail.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a web server, comprising: a layout block decoded by an e-mail transmitted from a facsimile apparatus by facsimile and converted by a CTI server into an electronic mail created by converting a data format of image data. Write text data or image data according to the attribute in the homepage to create a homepage, so that the decryption unit can extract control parameters,
Even if you do not create a homepage to upload by operating the computer yourself, just instruct the web server to write the data, and ensure that the text data or image data is securely and in accordance with the attribute stored in the attribute data storage area in layout block units. The homepage can be easily created and updated using a communication system that transmits and receives e-mail from a facsimile machine without having to perform writing and character recognition. Since character recognition is not performed by the OCR or the like, the reading accuracy does not matter, and no posting error occurs.

A homepage creating / updating facsimile communication system according to a seventh aspect of the present invention decodes a web server by an electronic mail transmitted from a facsimile apparatus and created by converting the data format of image data in a CTI server. The attribute data storage area writes the text data or the image data after the data format conversion in accordance with the attribute in the layout block decoded by the section, and creates the homepage, so that the content of the control can be specified from the address of the e-mail, and the computer can be specified. You don't have to create your own homepage to navigate and upload,
By simply instructing the web server to write data, text data or image data can be reliably and easily written in layout block units according to their attributes, and there is no need to perform character recognition, and e-mails are sent and received from the facsimile machine. It is possible to create and update home pages using existing communication systems. OC
Since characters are not recognized by R or the like, the reading accuracy does not matter, and there is no erroneous posting.

[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 an interactive flowchart for creating and updating a homepage of the facsimile apparatus 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. 6A is a sample diagram of an e-mail including text data to be transmitted in the facsimile communication system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. Sample figure of e-mail with image data to be transmitted in updated facsimile communication system as content

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 means 24 scanner 25 print unit 26 voice input / output unit 27 display means 28 dialogue management means 29 public line 30 CTI server 31a, 31b web server 32 internet network 40 CTI server control unit 41, 51 received data unit 43 data converter 44 e-mail creating unit 28a email managing unit 45 user ID 46 Title 47 email address 48 text data 49 image data 50 web server controller 50a ₁ attribute Over data storage area 53 homepage processing unit 54 decoding unit 55 homepage storage unit 56 URL management unit 57 a random number generator

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A homepage format registered in a web server is provided with one or more layout blocks, and the attribute of data that can be written in the layout block is determined to be either text data or image data, respectively. A specific mail address indicating an update and text data or image data to be written in the layout block to be processed are transmitted from the facsimile apparatus to the CT.
The CTI server converts the data format of the image data, sends an e-mail to the web server where the homepage is stored, and sends the text data or image data to the layout block to be processed according to the attribute. A homepage creation / update method characterized by writing and updating a homepage. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the specific mail address indicating the homepage creation / update includes a name of a layout block to be processed and a homepage creation parameter indicating arrangement information of the text data or image data to be written in the layout block. The homepage creation / update method according to claim 1, further comprising control parameters including: 3. A communication input / output unit for transmitting / receiving data via a communication line, a display means capable of performing display for inputting in an interactive manner, and allowing the display means to guide a homepage creation in an interactive manner, and transmitting an e-mail. 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 homepage creation mode, and e-mail management means for facsimile sending data to a CTI server for sending e-mail. When the homepage is created / updated, the dialog management means means for homepage creation / update. Prompts you for a specific email address. By Nsu display, facsimile device characterized by prompting text data or image data to be written to the layout blocks that specify. 4. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 3, wherein a control parameter is added to a specific e-mail address indicating creation / update of a home page by an input from said input means by the guidance display. 5. 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. Equipped with a data format conversion unit that converts data into a format that can be transmitted to the Internet, and sends text data or image data after data format conversion written to the layout block to be processed to a specific mail address that means homepage creation / update. CTI for sending an e-mail
server. 6. A home page processing unit for writing text data or image data transmitted from a facsimile apparatus via a CTI server into a specified layout block from one or more layout blocks constituting a home page. A decoding unit that decodes the control parameters from the e-mail address of the received e-mail and notifies the homepage processing unit of the layout block name and control information, a memory unit that stores received data, and a homepage storage unit that stores homepage data. A facsimile machine, comprising: an attribute data storage area provided in the memory unit for storing an attribute of data associated with each layout block; and a URL management unit for storing and managing a URL of the homepage. Facsimile sent from the device And writing the text data or the image data in the layout block decrypted by the decryption unit in accordance with the attribute by using an email created by converting the data format of the image data in the CTI server to create a homepage. A featured web server. 7. A facsimile apparatus according to claim 3 or 4, a CTI server according to claim 5, and a web server according to claim 6, wherein the CTI server is transmitted from the facsimile apparatus and transmitted from the facsimile apparatus. The e-mail created by converting the data format of the image data in the server writes the text data or the image data after the data format conversion into the layout block decrypted by the decryption unit of the web server according to the attribute, thereby creating a homepage. A homepage creating / updating facsimile communication system.