JP2002259290A - Method for generating and updating homepage, cti server and web server used for the same, and homepage generation and update facsimile communication system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for homepage generation and update which enables anybody to easily generate a homepage at little cost without any knowledge of computers and the Internet, makes it easy to input and send reply mail, makes a distribution destination clear, and causes no publication miss. SOLUTION: The homepage generating and updating method is characterized by that an input screen for reply mail is displayed in a browser by writing a reply icon or reply function character string to a specified layout block and selecting the reply icon or reply function character string displayed actively in the browser and the reply mail is sent back by making a reply means for sending the reply mail addressed to facsimile machine from the input screen function.

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. Above all, the spread of technology related to the inner net is 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. Speaking of things that can be done in connection with the Internet,
The only thing is that there is a model that can send and receive e-mails by an e-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.

[0010] In a case where a single facsimile machine is used throughout the above-mentioned shopping district and PR is performed on a homepage, even if an e-mail is received with one click, it is still located at the shopping district management office. Only by. When an incoming call arrives, the management office has to determine which store it is addressed to based on the content of the e-mail and deliver it, and the burden is greater than expected. Even after performing such processing,
In some cases, the destination may remain unknown.

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.

[0013]

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 the 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.

[0014] Unless the information on the home page is 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, the technology proposed in Japanese Utility Model Registration No. 30598894 requires that a form for writing a standard homepage be prepared, and handwriting, photographs, image data, etc. are written in a predetermined column of the form for writing 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.

[0016] In a normal homepage, a person who accesses the site can send an opinion or the like by sending an e-mail with one click. There is no problem. In stores and the like, it is difficult to use for business use unless e-mail information is returned from the customer. In addition, in the case where a homepage is managed by the management office in the entire shopping district, even if it can be digitized, in most cases, it is only a shopping district management office. When there is an incoming call to the shopping district management office, the management office has to determine the destination of the store that manages the homepage based on the content of the e-mail and deliver it, the burden is large, the destination is unknown In some cases, it remained.

Therefore, in order to solve such a conventional problem, the present invention makes it possible for anyone to easily create and create a homepage without any knowledge of computers and the Internet.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a method of creating and updating a homepage that can be updated, costs little, can easily input and transmit a reply mail, has a clear distribution destination, and does not cause a posting error.

Also, the present invention enables anyone to easily create and update a home page, and to easily input and send a reply mail.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a CTI server having a clear delivery destination and no posting errors.

Further, according to the present invention, a web server which allows anyone to easily create and update a homepage, incurs little cost, easily inputs and transmits a reply mail, has a clear distribution destination, and does not cause a posting error. The purpose is to provide.

According to the present invention, anyone can easily create and update a home page without any knowledge of a computer or the Internet, incur little cost, easily input and send a reply mail, and have a clear destination. Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a homepage creation / update facsimile communication system in which a posting error does not occur.

[0021]

According to the present invention, there is provided a homepage creating / updating method in which a reply icon or a reply function character string is written in a predetermined layout block, and a reply displayed actively on a browser. The reply mail input screen is displayed on the browser by selecting the reply icon or the reply function character string, and the reply means for transmitting the reply mail addressed to the facsimile machine from the input screen is used to return the reply mail. It is characterized by making it.

[0022] This allows anyone to easily create and update a home page without any knowledge of computers and the Internet, incurs little cost, easily inputs and sends reply mail, and has a clear destination for posting. No mistakes occur.

The CTI server according to the present invention includes a data format converter for converting the data format of the image data into a data format that can be transmitted by facsimile and a data format that can be transmitted by the Internet. A CTI server that sends an e-mail containing text data to be written to a layout block and / or image data after data format conversion to the e-mail address of the facsimile apparatus, The electronic mail is transmitted by facsimile to the facsimile apparatus.

As a result, anyone can easily create and update a home page, easily input and transmit a reply mail, and have a clear destination to which a posting error does not occur.

In the web server according to the present invention, the homepage processing unit actively displays a reply icon or a reply function character string on the browser, and selects the reply icon or the reply function character string to provide a mail function realizing means. Displays a reply mail input screen on the browser, and transmits the filled reply mail to the CTI server by operating the reply means from the input screen.

As a result, anyone can easily create and update a home page, incur little cost, easily input and transmit a reply mail, have a clear destination, 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 and / or the image data after the data format conversion into the layout block decoded by the decoding unit of the web server, and creates / updates the homepage. A facsimile communication system for creating and updating homepages. By selecting the reply icon or reply function string displayed on the browser, the mail function realizing means displays the reply mail input screen on the browser, and Is transmitted to the CTI server.

This allows anyone to easily create and update a homepage without any knowledge of computers and the Internet, at little cost, easy input and transmission of reply mails, clear destinations, and posting. No mistakes occur.

[0029]

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 layout are provided. The text data and / or image data to be written in the block is transmitted from the facsimile machine to the CTI server, the CTI server converts the data format of the image data, transmits the data to a web server where the homepage is stored, and sends the text data to the layout block. as well as/
Alternatively, a homepage creation / update method characterized by writing and / or writing image data, in which a reply icon or a reply function character string is written in a predetermined layout block and is actively displayed on a browser. By selecting a reply icon or a reply function character string, a reply mail input screen is displayed on the browser, and a reply means for transmitting a reply mail addressed to the facsimile apparatus from the input screen is used to execute the reply mail. Since this method is a homepage creation / update method characterized by sending a reply, data can be written in consideration of the type of data for each layout block, and there is no need to perform character recognition from image data. To identify the control content from the email address, It is possible to homepage created and updated from Kushimiri device by using a communication system to send and receive e-mail. Since character recognition is not performed by the OCR or the like, the reading accuracy does not matter, and no posting error occurs.
In addition, select the reply icon or reply function string that is actively displayed on the browser, display the reply mail input screen on the browser, and use the reply means from the input screen to reply the reply mail very easily can do.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for creating a home page in which a specific mail address indicating creation of a home page indicates a layout block name and arrangement information of text data and / or image data to be written in the layout block. Control parameters, including parameters;
Since the method for creating and updating a home page according to claim 1 is provided, it is possible to use an e-mail to indicate at which position in the layout the data is to be arranged.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, a reply mail input screen is displayed on the browser by selecting a reply icon or a reply function character string that is actively displayed on the browser. The page user name of the home page being displayed is written in the subject field of the reply mail, and the reply means for transmitting a reply mail addressed to the facsimile apparatus from the input screen is used to return the reply mail. Since the method of creating and updating the homepage according to claim 1 or 2, it is possible to send the reply by linking the page user name of the homepage being displayed in the subject column of the reply mail. Is related to the homepage on which the mail destination is displayed, even if the facsimile machine manages the top page More it can be identified.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, data for creating an electronic mail that is created in an interactive format and transmitted from a facsimile apparatus is received, and an electronic mail addressed to the facsimile apparatus is transmitted by facsimile. For a communication input / output unit and image data in the data,
It has a data format conversion unit that converts the data format between a data format that can be transmitted by facsimile and a data format that can be transmitted by the Internet. Or a CTI that sends an e-mail containing the image data after the data format conversion
The server is a CTI server characterized in that when an e-mail addressed to the facsimile apparatus is sent, the e-mail is facsimile-transmitted to the facsimile apparatus. In addition, text data and / or converted image data can be sent by e-mail together with control parameters such as layout block names. Then, when an e-mail addressed to the facsimile apparatus is sent, the e-mail can be transmitted by facsimile to the facsimile apparatus. 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.

[0033] The invention according to claim 5 of the present invention provides 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 text data and / or image data is written in a layout block decrypted by a decryption unit by an e-mail transmitted by facsimile from a facsimile apparatus and created by converting a data format of image data in a CTI server. so A web server for generating a mail page, wherein a home page processing unit actively displays a reply icon or a reply function string on a browser, and selects the reply icon or the reply function string to provide a mail function realizing means. Is a web server characterized in that a reply mail input screen is displayed on a browser, and the filled-in reply mail is transmitted from the input screen to the CTI server by operating a reply means. Names and other control parameters can be extracted, 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. Can write and need to do character recognition Rather, it is possible to homepage created and updated using a communication system to send and receive e-mail from the facsimile apparatus. OC
Since characters are not recognized by R or the like, the reading accuracy does not matter, and there is no erroneous posting. Also, by selecting the reply icon or reply function string that is actively displayed on the browser and displaying the reply mail input screen on the browser by the mail function realizing means, the reply screen functions from the input screen, making it extremely easy Reply email to CT
A reply can be sent to the I server.

According to the invention of claim 6 of the present invention, by selecting a reply icon or a reply function character string on the browser, the mail function realizing means displays a reply mail input screen on the browser. 6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the page user name of the displayed home page is written in the subject field of the reply mail, and the filled-in reply mail is transmitted from the input screen to the CTI server by operating the reply means. Because the web server is a web server, the mail function realizing means can send the page user name of the home page being displayed in the subject field of the reply mail in association with the user name, for example, the home page has a hierarchy, and the destination of the mail is the top page Even with a managed facsimile machine, the true destination of the mail can be specified based on the relationship with the page user of the displayed home page. .

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided a facsimile apparatus capable of transmitting text data and / or image data to be written in a layout block to a specific mail address meaning homepage creation / update,
A web server comprising a CTI server according to claim 4 and a web server according to claim 5, wherein the web server is transmitted from a facsimile apparatus, and is created by converting the data format of image data in the CTI server. Writes text data and / or image data after data format conversion into the layout block decrypted by the decryption unit, and creates and updates the homepage.
In the updated facsimile communication system, by selecting the reply icon or reply function string displayed on the browser, the mail function realizing means displays the reply mail input screen on the browser, and displays the reply mail after completion. CT
Since it is a homepage creation / update facsimile communication system characterized in that it is transmitted to the I server, control parameters can be extracted from the e-mail address, and without having to create a homepage to be uploaded by operating a computer, An existing communication system that can send and receive e-mails from a facsimile machine without writing text data and / or image data in layout block units only by instructing a web server to write data, without the need for character recognition. You can create and update homepages by using. O
Since character recognition is not performed by a CR or the like, the reading accuracy does not matter, and no posting error occurs. Also, by selecting the reply icon or reply function string that is actively displayed on the browser and displaying the reply mail input screen on the browser by the mail function realizing means, the reply screen functions from the input screen, making it extremely easy Reply email to CT
A reply can be sent to the I server.

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a facsimile apparatus capable of transmitting text data and / or image data to be written in a layout block to a specific mail address meaning homepage creation / update,
A web server comprising a CTI server according to claim 4 and a web server according to claim 6, wherein the web server is transmitted from a facsimile apparatus and is created by converting the data format of image data in the CTI server. Writes text data and / or image data after data format conversion into the layout block decrypted by the decryption unit, and creates and updates the homepage.
In the updated facsimile communication system, by selecting a reply icon or a reply function character string displayed on the browser, the mail function realizing means displays a reply mail input screen on the browser and the reply mail. The home page creation / update facsimile communication system is characterized in that the page user name of the home page being displayed is written in the subject field of the above, and the completed reply mail is transmitted to the CTI server. It is possible to take out the text data and / or layout block units simply by instructing the web server to write the data, without having to create a homepage to be uploaded by operating the computer.
Alternatively, it is possible to write image data, and it is not necessary to perform character recognition, and it is possible to create and update a homepage using an existing communication system that transmits and receives e-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. Also, by selecting the reply icon or reply function string that is actively displayed on the browser and displaying the reply mail input screen on the browser by the mail function realizing means, the reply screen functions from the input screen, making it extremely easy A reply mail can be returned to the CTI server. By means of the mail function realizing means, it is possible to relate the page user name of the home page displayed in the subject column of the reply mail and send it, for example, the home page has a hierarchy,
Even if the destination of the mail is a facsimile machine that manages the top page, the true delivery destination of the mail can be specified by the relationship with the page user of the displayed home page.

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 Embodiment 1 of the present invention, and FIG. FIG. 8A 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. FIG. 8A is a homepage created by the homepage creation / update facsimile communication system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 8B is a diagram of a reply mail creation screen of the top page of FIG. 8, FIG. 8B is a diagram of a reply mail creation screen of the web page of the home page created by the homepage creation / update facsimile communication system in Embodiment 1 of the present invention, and FIG. Ho according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. Flowchart of processing after the facsimile transmission of a page created and updated facsimile communication system, FIG. 10 is a flowchart of the reply mail processing homepage created and updated facsimile communication system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

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 connected via the Internet network 32. Normally, it is advantageous to open a homepage using a web server 31a integrated or integrated with the CTI server 30, but in some cases, a homepage can be registered in the web server 31b. 33
Reference numerals a and 33b denote computers each having a browser capable of browsing a homepage and a reply means capable of performing e-mail and at least a reply mail.

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. In the case where the shopping district management office manages the homepage, the registration is not performed at each shop, but the shopping street management office managing the top page performs registration and obtains a user ID and a security ID. Each web page after the top page is a source of information. 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 a homepage service, a facsimile in which necessary information including a user ID is entered is sent to a set-up of the web server 31a, and the set-up performs user registration and sets various data of the homepage, as described later. The user is notified of a specific URL (Uniform Resource Locator) of the user's homepage. 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 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 fax 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, "" = "" (m2) is displayed on the liquid crystal display 3 prompting an address input, and an address for selecting a mode for creating and updating a home page is input ( step5). At this time, if the mode selection of the homepage creation / update is performed by the operation dial instead of the address input (step 6), "" Homepage update "" (m
3) is displayed on the liquid crystal display 3. At this point, the mode is determined by the transmission button 6, and when the transmission button 6 is pressed again, "" title = "" is displayed. This title includes the target homepage consisting of multiple pages, the top page and the webpage,
The page number to be created / updated is entered (step 7).
If it is not entered, it will be the top page. In the case where the top page is a homepage managed by a shopping mall management office, the top page is the page of the upper-level user given the user ID, and the page numbers to be entered are respectively the lower-level web pages of each store. Pages.

Next, when the send button 6 is further pressed, "" 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 the message "" E-mail communication "" (m6) is displayed.
To transmit data to the CTI server 30. At this time, "" Sending E-mail "" (m7) is displayed. At the time of this data transmission, the e-mail management unit 28a automatically transmits the user ID and the security ID stored in the memory unit 20a.

When the transmission is completed, if there is an unreceived e-mail on the CTI server 30, ““ unreceived e-mail = 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 receive the unreceived e-mail. Thereafter, END processing is performed (step 12). If the unreceived e-mail is a reply by viewing the homepage with a browser, the above-mentioned shopping district management office will receive an e-mail to each store,
As will be described later, the user name of each store is entered as a page user in the subject column of the e-mail, and distribution processing to each store is performed according to the page user name. As described above, the facsimile apparatus of the first embodiment can transmit data for creating an e-mail to the CTI server 30 in an interactive manner, and the e-mail management unit 28a can automatically transmit the user ID and the 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.

Reference numeral 43 converts image data transmitted by facsimile from a data format that can be transmitted by facsimile, for example, MR / MH format or TIFF format, to a data format that can be transmitted to the Internet, for example, GIF format or JPEG format. It is a data conversion unit. 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. 57 is a random number generator.
Note that the e-mail creation unit 44 can facsimile transmit an e-mail sent via the Internet to a facsimile machine. Although an e-mail with an image is sometimes sent, the reply e-mail from the home page is mostly an e-mail of text data. This will be described later. Although the CTI server according to the first embodiment employs a single server in which a facsimile function and an e-mail function are integrated with a computer, a CTI server (fax server) that integrates the facsimile function with a computer, an e-mail function, It is also appropriate to configure the CTI server by dividing it into a CTI server (conversion server) that executes data processing.

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. As described above, when the top page is the home page of the upper hierarchy managed by the shopping mall management office, the designated page numbers correspond to the web pages of the respective shops. Reference numeral 47 denotes an e-mail address, and a control parameter "BL" is added to a specific e-mail address "hp@abc.com" which means homepage creation / update for the web servers 31a and 31b.
To the email address "hpBL@abc.co"
m ”. 48 is text data to be written in a predetermined layout block of the homepage, 49
Is image data read by the scanner 24. The data is converted and attached to the e-mail by the data converter 43. 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. 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 24 or the like. 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. The image data can be sent in the form of an attached file instead of being read by the scanner 24, and in this case, the text data and the image data can be transmitted together.

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.

FIGS. 7 (a) and 7 (b), FIGS. 8 (a) and 8 (b)
As shown in the figure, the web server 31a,
The homepage created by 31b includes one or more editable layout blocks A, B, C,..., Y, Z in a format displayed on a screen as a browser. Reference numeral 61 denotes a reply icon actively and actively embedded in the layout block Z, and reference numeral 62 denotes a pop-up window for creating a reply mail which opens on the screen when a screen is input from the reply icon. Reference numeral 63 denotes a destination field ("to:" field on the program) displayed on the pop-up window 62 for entering a reply destination, and 64 denotes a subject field ("R" on the program) displayed on the pop-up window 62.
e: ”column). Instead of this reply icon 61,
A reply function character string (not shown) that can execute a reply may be embedded in the layout block Z.
The reply mail created on the pop-up window 62 is returned to the CTI server 30 by reply means (not shown) mounted on the computers 33a and 33b. These layout blocks A, B, C,.
Many patterns are prepared for Y and Z, and FIG.
(A) is a layout block formed in a rectangular shape in the vertical direction. In the HTML format, F
The area of the layout block may be specified by the ORM tag. In the first embodiment, layout block A
Is a block serving as a title, in which a user ID (URL path name) associated with the facsimile apparatus telephone number is written by default. In the case where the shopping district management office manages the homepage, the user ID of the shopping district management office is written in the layout block A of the top page by default, and the layout block A of the pages after the top page respectively. The page user name of each store is entered. 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 at the center, and R indicates an arrangement to be right-aligned. 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, and when this is represented by a mail address, it becomes a 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.

The reply icon 61 is actively displayed on the layout block Z by the homepage processing section 53. That is, when the reply icon 61 or the reply function character string is selected from the homepage displayed on the browser, the function program for the mail function realizing means 58 of the web servers 31a and 31b is called. As shown in (a) and (b), the mail function realizing unit 58 causes the homepage processing unit 53 to open the pop-up window 62 of the mail software on the browser according to the program for realizing the reply function, and stores it in the memory unit 50a. The mail address “p12345678@yyy.com” is written in the destination field 63 (destination address) of the mail software, and at the same time, the title (mostly the page user name) written in the layout block A of the displayed home page Or the memory unit 50 in advance. Stored pages user-related name read from (page username or this and related matters) data to be displayed on the browser. FIG.
In the case of a shopping mall homepage as shown in (b),
The mail function realizing means 58 writes the page user related name in the subject field 64 of the reply mail and displays it on the browser in addition to the writing of the destination field 63 on the subsequent pages after the top page. The mail function realizing means 58
Performs these processes using CGI, Java, or the like. However, if it is not necessary to enter the page user related name in the subject field 64, "mailto:" and a mail address " p12345678@yyy.com "
Is written into the data (HTML file) of the page displaying the return icon 61, so that the mail software of the computers 33a and 33b can perform the general mail processing to perform the above processing.

If a message is written in the reply mail creation screen, an image file is attached in some cases, and a send icon is selected, reply means (mail software) mounted on the computers 33a and 33b functions. The reply mail is sent to the CTI server 30 via the mail server (not shown) of the provider or the web servers 31a and 31b.
It is sent to “yyy.com” and sent from the CTI server 30 to the facsimile machine. In the case of a shopping mall homepage, a reply mail in which the name of the store is entered as the page user related name in the subject column 64 will be delivered. The shopping district office prints this out and delivers it, or further facsimile it to shops that have facsimile machines.

As described above, in the first embodiment, the reply means (mail software) mounted on the computers 33a and 33b functions to transmit the reply mail to the CTI server 30.
In addition to this method, a function such as a CGI is used as a reply means, and a predetermined input form of a web page is input. You may make it transmit to the server 30.

As described above, by the operation of the mail function realizing means 58, the user who browses the homepage on the computers 31a and 31b connected to the Internet can
E-mail can be returned to the facsimile machine with one click.

A description will be given of how a homepage creation / update process is performed after sending data for creating an electronic mail from the facsimile apparatus to the CTI server 30 and how a return electronic mail is sent. . As shown in FIG. 9, when there is a transmission from the facsimile machine, the CTI server 30 transmits the user ID and the security ID.
User authentication is performed with D (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 sent data as an e-mail (the image is an attached file) and sends the data to the web server 31a,
It is transmitted to 31b (step 23). When this e-mail arrives, the web servers 31a and 31b enter the user ID
User authentication is performed with the security ID and the security ID (step 2
4). After the authentication, the web servers 31a and 31b receive the mail address, the text data and / or the image data, and store them in the reception 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 layout 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 sends the received data to the layout block in the homepage format for editing. Part 51
Write the text data and image data read from. Thus, when the top page is a homepage managed by the shopping mall management office, the designated page number corresponds to the web page of each store, and therefore, writing is performed in the designated layout block. 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). In the case of a shopping district homepage, when an e-mail arrives, it is printed out at a shopping district office and delivered, or further facsimile sent to a shop having a facsimile machine.

Next, the reply mail process of the homepage creation / update facsimile communication system according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described. As shown in the flowchart of FIG. 10, the computer 3 connected to the Internet
When the homepage is browsed with the browsers 3a and 33b and the reply icon 61 or the reply function character string is clicked to prepare a reply mail (step 33), the mail software starts up (step 34). Therefore, FIG.
Since the mail creation screen as shown in (a) and (b) is created by the mail function realizing means 58, a message is written, and an icon for transmission or a reply function character string is clicked and transmitted (step 35). . The transmitted e-mail is sent to the CTI server 30, and it is checked whether or not there is image data (step 36). If there is image data, the data conversion unit 43 performs data conversion (step 37), and proceeds to step. step36
In step 3, even if there is no image data,
Proceed to 8 to send an e-mail to the facsimile machine. In the facsimile apparatus, whether to display on the liquid crystal display 3 or to print by the print unit 25 is executed (step
p39), and then END processing is performed (step 40).
In the case of a shopping mall homepage, a reply mail in which the name of the shop that is the page user is entered in the subject column 64 will arrive. The shopping district office prints this out and delivers it, or further facsimile it to shops that have facsimile machines.

As described above, according to the homepage creation / update method of the first embodiment, a reply icon or a reply function character string is embedded in the format of the homepage.
A reply mail can be created by inputting from the reply icon displayed on the browser or the reply function character string.

Further, the CTI server, web server, and homepage creation / update facsimile communication system according to the first embodiment uses the mail function realizing means 58 to read the homepage on the computers 33a and 33b connected to the Internet. However, an e-mail can be returned to the facsimile machine with one click.

Further, the CTI server according to the first embodiment
The web server and homepage creation / update facsimile communication system can transmit the homepage page name displayed in the subject column of the reply mail by the mail function realization means, so that the destination of the mail manages the top page Even a facsimile device that can perform the identification can be specified by associating the page user name of the web page with the subject column.

[0070]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention,
In the homepage creation / update method, one or more layout blocks are provided in the format of the homepage registered in the web server, and a specific e-mail address indicating the homepage creation / update and text data and / or image data to be written in the layout block are provided. The facsimile machine sends the data to the CTI server, the CTI server converts the data format of the image data, sends the mail to the web server where the homepage is stored, and writes the text data and / or image data in the layout block to create the homepage・ Update, write the reply icon or reply function string in the specified layout block, and select the reply icon or reply function string that is displayed active on the browser to open the reply mail input screen The reply message is displayed on the browser and the reply means for transmitting the reply mail addressed to the facsimile apparatus from the input screen is used to return the reply mail. Therefore, it is possible to write the data in consideration of the data type for each layout block. It is not necessary to perform character recognition from image data, and to specify the contents of control from the e-mail address addressed to the web server, use a communication system that sends and receives e-mail from a facsimile machine Updates are possible. Since character recognition is not performed by the OCR or the like, the reading accuracy does not matter, and no posting error occurs. In addition, the reply icon or reply function string that is actively displayed on the browser is selected, the reply mail input screen is displayed on the browser, and the reply means is functioned from the input screen, and the reply mail is extremely easily CTI. Can reply to server.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a home page creating / updating method, wherein a specific mail address for creating a home page includes a layout block name, and layout information of text data and / or image data to be written in the layout block. And a control parameter including a home page creation parameter indicating the position of the data in the layout.

In the method of creating / updating a home page according to the third aspect of the present invention, the page user related name of the home page being displayed is written in the subject field of the reply mail, so that it is displayed in the subject field of the reply mail. The home page where the true destination of the mail is displayed even if the home page has a hierarchy and the mail destination is a facsimile machine that manages the top page. Can be specified by the relationship with the page user.

A CTI server according to a fourth aspect of the present invention includes a data format converter for converting a data format between image data into a data format that can be transmitted by facsimile and a data format that can be transmitted through the Internet, and creates a homepage. -When an e-mail containing text data to be written to the layout block and / or image data after data format conversion is transmitted to a specific e-mail address indicating an update, and an e-mail to the facsimile apparatus is sent. Since the electronic mail is transmitted by facsimile to the facsimile apparatus, the image data can be converted into data and the text data and / or the converted image data can be sent to the web server together with the control parameters by electronic mail. Then, when an e-mail addressed to the facsimile apparatus is sent, the e-mail can be transmitted by facsimile to the facsimile apparatus.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a web server 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. A decoding unit that decodes the control parameters from the e-mail address of the sent e-mail 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 the received data, and homepage data. And a URL management unit that stores and manages the URL of the home page. Layout decrypted by the department Writes text data and / or image data in the browser to create a home page, and the home page processing section displays a reply icon or reply function string on the browser active, and displays the reply icon or reply function string. By selecting, the mail function realizing means displays the reply mail input screen on the browser and sends the filled reply mail to the CTI server by making the reply means function from the input screen, so the layout block is decoded by the decoding unit. Names and other control parameters can be extracted, 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 can be written and needs to perform character recognition. Without, it is possible to homepage created and updated using a communication system to send and receive e-mail from the facsimile apparatus. OC
Since characters are not recognized by R or the like, the reading accuracy does not matter, and there is no erroneous posting. Also, by selecting the reply icon or reply function string that is actively displayed on the browser and displaying the reply mail input screen on the browser by the mail function realizing means, the reply screen functions from the input screen, making it extremely easy Reply email to CT
A reply can be sent to the I server.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the web server, the mail function realizing means displays a reply mail input screen on a browser and displays a page user of a home page displayed in a subject column of the reply mail. Since the related name is written, the mail function realizing means can link the page user related name displayed in the subject column of the reply mail with the user related name and send it, for example, the home page has a hierarchy,
Even if the destination of the mail is a facsimile machine that manages the top page, the true delivery destination of the mail can be specified by the relationship with the page user of the displayed home page.

A homepage creating / updating facsimile communication system according to a seventh aspect of the present invention is characterized in that a web server decrypts an electronic mail transmitted from a facsimile apparatus and created by converting the data format of image data in a CTI server. A homepage creation / update facsimile communication system for writing and updating homepages by writing text data and / or image data after data format conversion into layout blocks decoded by a section, and a reply icon or reply function displayed on a browser. By inputting from a character string, the mail function realizing means of the web server displays a reply mail input screen on the browser and sends the completed reply mail to the CTI server, so the control parameters are extracted from the e-mail address. Can computer 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 a homepage to be uploaded by operation, and it is necessary to perform character recognition. Instead, the homepage can be created and updated using an existing communication system that sends and receives e-mail from a facsimile machine. O
Since character recognition is not performed by a CR or the like, the reading accuracy does not matter, and no posting error occurs. Also, by selecting the reply icon or reply function string that is actively displayed on the browser and displaying the reply mail input screen on the browser by the mail function realizing means, the reply screen functions from the input screen, making it extremely easy Reply email to CT
A reply can be sent to the I server.

The homepage creating / updating facsimile communication system according to the eighth aspect of the present invention uses 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. Is a homepage creation / update facsimile communication system for writing and updating homepages by writing text data and / or image data after data format conversion into layout blocks decrypted by the decryption unit, wherein a reply icon displayed on a browser or By selecting the reply function string, the mail function realizing means
The input screen of the reply mail is displayed on the browser and the page user related name of the displayed home page is written in the subject field of the reply mail, and the completed reply mail is transmitted to the CTI server. It is possible to write out 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 be uploaded by operating a computer. There is no need to perform character recognition, and it is possible to create and update a homepage using an existing communication system that transmits 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. Also, by selecting the reply icon or reply function string that is actively displayed on the browser and displaying the reply mail input screen on the browser by the mail function realizing means, the reply screen functions from the input screen, making it extremely easy A reply mail can be returned to the CTI server. The mail function realizing means can transmit the page user related name of the home page being displayed in the subject line of the reply mail in association with the user name. However, the true delivery destination of the mail can be specified by the relationship with the page user of the displayed homepage.

[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. 8A is a diagram showing a home page creation / update screen in a facsimile communication system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. Figure of the reply mail creation screen of the homepage web page created by the updated facsimile communication system

FIG. 9 is a flowchart of a process after facsimile transmission of the homepage creation / update facsimile communication system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart of a reply mail process of 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 unit 28 Dialogue management unit 28a E-mail management unit 29 Public line 30 CTI server 31a, 31b Web server 32 Internet network 31a, 31b Computer 40 CTI server control unit 41, 51 Received data unit 43 Data conversion unit 44 E-mail creation unit 45 User ID 46 Title 47 Email address 48 Text data 49 Image data 50 Web Server control unit 53 homepage processing unit 54 decoding unit 55 homepage storage unit 56 URL management unit 57 random number generator 58 mail function realizing means 61 reply icon 62 pop-up window 63 destination field 64 subject field

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A homepage format to be registered in a web server is provided with one or more layout blocks, and a specific mail address indicating creation / update of a homepage and text data and / or image data to be written in the layout blocks are transmitted from a facsimile apparatus. The CTI server converts the data format of the image data, sends the mail to the web server where the homepage is stored, and writes the text data and / or image data in the layout block. A homepage creation / update method characterized by creating / updating a homepage, wherein a reply icon or a reply function character string is written in a predetermined layout block, and a reply icon displayed actively in a browser. By selecting a reply function character string, a reply mail input screen is displayed on the browser, and a reply means for transmitting a reply mail addressed to the facsimile apparatus from the input screen is caused to return the reply mail. A method of creating and updating homepages. 2. A method according to claim 1, wherein the specific mail address for creating / updating the home page is the layout block name,
2. The homepage creation / management system according to claim 1, further comprising: a homepage creation parameter indicating arrangement information of the text data and / or image data to be written in the layout block.
Update method. 3. An input screen for a reply mail is displayed on the browser by selecting a reply icon or a reply function string that is actively displayed on the browser, and is displayed in the subject field of the reply mail. 3. A page user related name of a homepage in which the reply mail for sending a reply mail addressed to the facsimile apparatus from the input screen is made to function, and the reply mail is returned. How to create and update your homepage. 4. A communication input / output unit for receiving data for creating an e-mail transmitted from a facsimile apparatus and facsimile transmitting an e-mail addressed to the facsimile apparatus; and for image data in the data, A data format conversion unit for mutually converting a data format into a data format that can be transmitted by facsimile and a data format that can be transmitted by the Internet, and to a specific mail address meaning homepage creation / update, text data to be written in the layout block And / or a CTI server for transmitting an e-mail including image data after data format conversion, wherein when an e-mail addressed to the facsimile apparatus is sent, the e-mail is facsimile-transmitted to the facsimile apparatus. CTI server characterized by the above-mentioned. 5. A homepage processing unit for writing text data and / or image data transmitted from a facsimile machine via a CTI server into one or more layout blocks constituting a homepage, 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 URL management unit that stores and manages a URL, in a layout block decrypted by the decryption unit by an e-mail transmitted by facsimile from the facsimile apparatus and created by converting the data format of image data in the CTI server. The text A web server for writing data and / or image data to create a home page, wherein the home page processing unit actively displays a reply icon or a reply function string on a browser, and the reply icon or the reply function string. By selecting
A web server, wherein the mail function realizing means displays a reply mail input screen on the browser, and transmits the filled-in reply mail to the CTI server by operating the reply means from the input screen. 6. Selecting a reply icon or a reply function character string on the browser causes the mail function realizing means to display a reply mail input screen on the browser and the subject of the reply mail. 6. The web server according to claim 5, wherein a page user related name of the home page being displayed is written in a column, and a reply mail after the entry is transmitted from the input screen to the CTI server by operating a reply means. 7. A facsimile apparatus capable of transmitting text data and / or image data to be written in a layout block to a specific mail address meaning homepage creation / update, a CTI server according to claim 4, and a CTI server. 5. A web server according to claim 5, wherein the text data is transmitted to the layout block decrypted by the decryption unit of the web server by e-mail transmitted from the facsimile apparatus and created by converting the data format of the image data in the CTI server. A homepage creation / update facsimile communication system for writing data and / or image data after data format conversion and creating / updating a homepage, by selecting a reply icon or a reply function string displayed in a browser, The mail function implementation means replies A homepage creating / updating facsimile communication system wherein an input screen of an e-mail is displayed on the browser, and a reply e-mail after the entry is transmitted to the CTI server. 8. A facsimile apparatus capable of transmitting text data and / or image data to be written to a layout block to a specific mail address meaning homepage creation / update, a CTI server according to claim 4, and a CTI server. 6. The e-mail transmitted from the facsimile apparatus and created by converting the data format of the image data in the CTI server, into a layout block decrypted by the decryption unit of the web server. A homepage creation / update facsimile communication system for writing data and / or image data after data format conversion and creating / updating a homepage, by selecting a reply icon or a reply function character string displayed in a browser, The mail function realizing means is Displaying a reply mail input screen on the browser, writing a page user related name of the home page being displayed in the subject column of the reply mail, and transmitting the filled-in reply mail to the CTI server. Facsimile communication system for creating and updating homepages.