JP2003078647A - Communication equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent a mail addressed to a user from being read by another person when using one facsimile machine or telephone equipment among a plurality of users. SOLUTION: In the communication equipment composed of a base unit 100 connected to a line and one or more handsets 201 and 202 connected to the base unit 100 by radio while having two or more mail addresses, this communication equipment is provided with a means (e) for selecting one of mail addresses, a means (c) for selecting the base unit 100 or one of handsets 201 and 202 and a means for storing a corresponding relation between the mail address and the base unit 100 or one of handsets 201 and 202 selected by both the selection means.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a communication device capable of sending and receiving mail.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art At present, there is a service for sending and receiving E-mail between an information terminal such as a personal computer or a mobile phone and an indoor communication device (for example, a telephone device or a facsimile device) via a line by Japan Telecom Co., Ltd. ) Is provided by.

A communication device compatible with the above services must have at least a modem for sending and receiving mails and a display unit for displaying mail contents.

FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram of a network for utilizing the above service.

In FIG. 11, a facsimile apparatus is an apparatus compatible with the above service, and has a master unit 100 and two slave units 201 and 202. Further, the facsimile machine is connected to the mail server 300 via the line L.

The mail server 300 is connected to a gateway 400 that relays and converts data, and the gateway 400 is connected to an internet network 500.

In the Internet network 500, a personal computer 600 and a mobile phone 7 are connected via a wired line or a wireless line.
00 and the like are connected, and the facsimile device corresponding to the above service is a mail server 300, a gateway 40.
0, it is possible to send and receive mail with the personal computer 600 and the mobile phone 700 via the Internet 500.

A facsimile machine is, for example, a personal computer 60.
When receiving a mail from 0, the mail transmitted from the personal computer 600 is temporarily stored in the mail server 300 via the Internet network 500 and the gateway 400. When the mail is stored in the mail server 300, the arrival of the mail from the mail server 300 to the facsimile device is notified (notification of incoming call).

From the facsimile machine to the mail server 3
It is also possible to access 00 to check for incoming mail.

Next, the facsimile machine accesses the mail server 300 to access the mail server 300.
It is possible to receive the mail text from.

On the other hand, from the facsimile machine to the personal computer 60
When sending a mail to 0, the facsimile machine sends the mail to the mail server 300, and the sent mail is temporarily stored in the mail server 300. The mail stored in the mail server 300 is the gateway 40
0, a personal computer 600 via the Internet 500
Alternatively, it is transmitted to a mail server (not shown) connectable to the personal computer 600.

[0012]

Generally, a common mail address is assigned to devices connected to the same line. That is, for example, since the common e-mail address can be accessed from any of the parent device 100, the child device 201, and the child device 202 of the facsimile device shown in FIG. 11, if only one user uses one facsimile device, an e-mail is sent to another person. Although it is unlikely that you can see the contents, for example, multiple users can individually
Even if you exclusively use each child machine, there is a great chance that you can see mails addressed to you by your family and colleagues in the same workplace.

From the viewpoint of protecting the privacy of an individual, it is preferable that the mail addressed to the individual can be viewed only by that person as much as possible.

[0014]

The present invention is intended to solve such a problem, and a wireless communication apparatus according to claim 1 is a communication capable of selectively connecting two or more terminals to one line. The device is characterized in that it has two or more mail addresses and that each of the mail addresses can be arbitrarily associated with each of the terminals.

[0015]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 shows a master unit 100 of an embodiment apparatus in which the present invention is applied to the facsimile apparatus shown in FIG.
2 is a block circuit diagram of the parent device 100 of the device of this embodiment, and FIG. 3 is a block circuit diagram of the child devices 201 and 202 of the device of this embodiment.

In this embodiment, the master unit 100 and the slave unit 20
For convenience of explanation, reference numerals 1 and 202 are simply referred to as terminals.

In FIG. 1, the apparatus of the present embodiment has a display unit 1
14, input unit 115, reading unit 112 that can also be used as a hand scanner, handset 109, antenna 120
Etc., which will be described in detail later.

First, FIG. 2 shows the circuit configuration of the base unit 100.
Will be described below.

In FIG. 2, the control unit 101 is composed of a semiconductor microprocessor, for example, a ROM (Read).
It controls each circuit described below based on the system program stored in the first storage unit 102 made up of only memory.

Further, the control unit 101 controls the CNG signal and D
Sending and receiving data such as facsimile control signals such as IS signals, the number of mails, mail contents, etc., and receiving an incoming call notification signal indicating that mails have arrived at the server, for example, DS
P (Digital Signal Processo)
The modem 103 consisting of r) is built in.

The incoming call detecting unit 104 is connected to the line L,
The 16 Hz incoming signal from the line L is detected, and the polarity reversal detection unit 105 detects the polarity reversal of the line L.

Diode bridge 1 connected to line L
06 prevents abrupt voltage change inside the device during polarity reversal.

The network control unit 107 closes and opens the line L under the control of the control unit 101.

The crosspoint circuit 108 includes a controller 10
Under the control of No. 1, the route of data such as voice signals, facsimile data, the number of mails and the contents of mails is switched between the network control unit 107 and the handset 109 and the DAC 111 described later.

The handset 109 is connected to the crosspoint circuit 108, and the hook detector 110 detects the hook state of the handset 109.

DAC (Digital Analog)
The converter 111 has a function of converting an analog signal input from the crosspoint circuit 108 into a digital signal and outputting the digital signal to the modem 103, and a function of converting the digital signal input from the modem 103 into an analog signal. It has a function of outputting to.

The reading unit 112 is, for example, a CCD (Cha
The image reading device reads the image information under the control of the control unit 101.

The printing unit 113 is composed of a printing device using a known system such as an ink jet system or a thermal paper system, and prints image information under the control of the control unit 101.

The display unit 114 is composed of, for example, a liquid crystal display device, and under the control of the control unit 101, displays various items such as the subject and body of the mail.

The input section 115 has, for example, the key arrangement shown in FIG. 1, and includes a ten-key pad 11, a start key 12,
Stop key 13, selection key 14 consisting of up, down, left and right movement keys, enter key 15, return key 1 for returning to the previous screen
Function key 17 consisting of 6 and 4 function keys,
It comprises a WEB key 18 and the like. Further, the function corresponding to each of the function keys 17 is displayed on the display section 114 above the function keys 17. For example, as shown in the top view of FIG. 1, each of the four function keys 17 corresponds to a function name (for example, menu, name search, FAX display, operation guide) shown below in the display unit 114. Further, the WEB key 18 is a key used when reading the mail text from the server 300, and is equipped with an LED. The LED is turned off in the standby state, blinks when a mail is stored in the server 300, and lights up when a mail that has not been read is stored in the master device 100.

The user sees the lighting state of this LED,
It is possible to recognize whether or not there is an incoming mail in the server, or whether or not there is an unread mail among the mails stored in the parent device.

The second storage section 116 is composed of, for example, a non-volatile flash memory. For example, as shown in FIG. 4, which terminal is associated with three mail addresses (addresses 1 to 3) is the terminal (child device 201, child device). Machine 202, master machine 100)
The first area (a) for storing information indicating whether or not it is, the subject of each mail address, the sender address, the time stamp indicating the mail reception date and time of the server 300, the mail text, and the user already It has a second area (b) capable of storing a plurality of flags indicating whether or not the mail is read.

From the facsimile machine to the mail server 3
When the user accesses 00 to read the mail body, the second area (b) stores the destination mail address, subject, sender address, time stamp, body and flag “1”. Further, when the user causes the display unit 114 to display the mail content, the flag changes from "1" to "0".

The third storage unit 117 is composed of, for example, a flash memory, and stores dictionary data such as alphanumeric characters, hiragana, katakana, kanji, and symbols for creating a mail text.

The transmission / reception unit 119 is connected to the antenna 120 and transmits / receives radio signals to / from the slave units 201 and 202.

Next, the circuit configuration of the slave units 201 and 202 will be described below with reference to FIG.

Circuits such as a speech network circuit and a compander circuit are omitted because they are not directly related to this embodiment.

In FIG. 3, a slave unit controller 210 is composed of a semiconductor microprocessor and controls each circuit described below according to a built-in control program.

The transmitting / receiving section 23 connected to the antenna 220
0 performs a wireless connection operation with the base unit 100.

The input unit 240 includes a numeric keypad, a call key, an off key, a key for instructing mail start, a key for instructing mail end, a selection key consisting of up, down, left, and right direction keys, a decision key, and a front screen. It consists of a return key etc. for returning to.

The display unit 250 not only displays the telephone number, but also displays the number of mails received from the parent device, the mail text, and the like.
A message or the like indicating that the mail has arrived is displayed on the server 300.

Next, the operation of the apparatus of this embodiment will be described.

Before operating the apparatus of this embodiment, the user first obtains, for example, three mail addresses, and the respective mail addresses and the parent device 100 and the child devices 201, 20 are acquired.
It is necessary to make settings so as to correspond to 2 and.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a screen transition of the display unit 114 when the mail address is associated with the parent machine 100 or the child machines 201 and 202.

On the standby screen of FIG. 5A, the user presses the function key 1 corresponding to the "function" shown on the display unit 114 by the user.
When 7 is pressed, the screen (b) is switched to and the cursor (indicated by an arrow in the figure) is moved by operating the function key 17 and the enter key 15 shown in FIG. ”Is selected.

By the same operation, on the next screen, screen (c), for example, "1. cordless handset 201" is selected,
Then, select "3. E-mail address" on the screen (d).

Finally, on the screen (e), by selecting the address 1 which is the mail address to be associated with the child device 201, the work of associating the child device 201 with the mail address 1 is completed. At this time, as shown in FIG. 4, the flag “1” is stored in the area (a) of the second storage unit 116 where the row of the child device 201 and the column of the address 1 intersect.

Similarly, the parent device 100 and the child device 202 can be associated with the mail address.

The area (a) of the second storage section 116 in FIG.
4 shows an example in which different addresses are associated with the respective terminals of the parent device 100 and the child devices 201 and 202, but even if the same address is associated with two or more terminals, Two or more addresses may be associated.

After this setting operation, the operation of the apparatus of this embodiment can be performed in the operation procedure shown in the flow charts of FIGS.

The call origination and the call reception, the facsimile communication, the image information reading and recording operations for the telephone call are not directly related to the present invention, and therefore the description thereof is omitted.

First, the operation of the master unit will be described below with reference to the flow charts of FIGS.

In step S1 of FIG. 6, the control unit 101
If the modem 103 determines that the incoming call notification signal, which is a signal indicating that there is an incoming mail, is received from the mail server 300, the process proceeds to step S2. If not, the process proceeds to step S8 shown in FIG. Proceed.

The incoming notification signal referred to here includes information indicating which mail address the mail is addressed to.

In step S2, the control unit 101 determines that the incoming call destination address received by the modem 103 is the address 1
If so, the process proceeds to step S3.

In step S3, the control unit 101 controls the second
It is determined which terminal corresponds to the address 1 stored in the first area (a) of the storage unit 116,
The incoming notification is sent to the terminal corresponding to the address 1. For example,
As shown in FIG. 4, the terminal corresponding to the address 1 is the slave unit 2
In the case of 01, the control unit 101 controls the transmission / reception unit 119.
By controlling the above, a message indicating that there is an incoming call notification (for example, “server has mail”) is transmitted to the slave unit 201, and the above message is displayed on the display unit 250 of the slave unit 201. After that, the control unit 101 advances the process to step S4.

On the other hand, in step S2, the control unit 10
If it is determined that 1 is not address 1, the process proceeds to step S4.

In step S4, the control unit 101 determines that the incoming call notification destination address received by the modem 103 is the address 2
If so, the process proceeds to step S5, and if not, the process proceeds to step S6.

In step S5, the control unit 101 controls the second
It is determined whether the terminal corresponding to the address 2 stored in the first area (a) of the storage unit 116 is a terminal,
The incoming notification is sent to the terminal corresponding to the address 2. For example,
As shown in FIG. 4, the terminal corresponding to the address 1 is the slave unit 2
If the number is 02, the control unit 101 determines that the transmission / reception unit 119
By controlling the above, a message indicating that there is an incoming call notification (for example, “mail exists in server”) is transmitted to the child device 202, and the above message is displayed on the display unit 250 of the child device 201. After that, the control unit 101 advances the processing to step S6.

In step S6, the control unit 101 determines that the incoming call destination address received by the modem 103 is the address 3
If so, the process proceeds to step S7. If not, the process returns to step S1.

In step S7, the control unit 101 notifies the terminal corresponding to the address 3 of the incoming call. For example, in FIG.
When the terminal corresponding to the address 3 is the parent device 100 as shown in the first area (a) of FIG.
The LED of the key 18 is made to blink, and the process returns to step S1.

In step S8 shown in FIG. 7, the control unit 10
When the transmitter / receiver 119 detects a signal indicating that the WEB key has been pressed from the first slave device 201, the process proceeds to step S28 shown in FIG. 8; otherwise, the process proceeds to step S9.

In step S9, control unit 101 advances the process to step S10 when it detects a signal indicating that the WEB key 18 of input unit 115 is pressed, and otherwise returns the process to step S1 shown in FIG.

In step S10, the control unit 101 accesses the mail server 300 to send mail addresses 1 to 3.
The subject, the time stamp, the mail body, and the like that have arrived at the destination are read and stored in the second storage unit 116.

Specifically, the control unit 101 controls the modem 10
By controlling the mail server 3, the mail server 300 is accessed and an inquiry is made as to whether or not mails addressed to the mail addresses 1 to 3 have arrived. Then, from the mail server 300, a mail address at which a mail arrives (for example, The subject, the sender's address, the time stamp, and the text corresponding to the address 1) are received.

Subsequently, the control unit 101 controls the second storage unit 11
In the second area (b) 6 of FIG. 6, the data such as the subject received from the mail server 300 is stored for each mail address. For example, as shown in FIG. 4, in the area corresponding to the mail address 1, the subject "meeting schedule" and the sender address "XYZ"
1000 ", time stamp" 12.1.12: 00 "
(December 1st, 12:00), the text, and the flag "1" are stored.

In the following S11 step, the control unit 101
If it is determined that a mail addressed to the parent device 100 (a mail addressed to address 3 in this embodiment) is stored in the second area (b) of the second storage unit 116, the process proceeds to step S13. If not, the process proceeds to step S12.

In step S12, the control unit 101 causes the display unit 114 to display a message indicating that there is no mail addressed to the parent device 100 (for example, "no incoming mail").
The process proceeds to step S26.

In step S13, if the control unit 101 determines that there is a mail whose unread flag is "1" among the mails addressed to the parent device 100 stored in the second storage unit 116, the process proceeds to step S14. If not, the process proceeds to step S15.

In step S14, the control unit 101 determines that W
The LED of the EB key 18 is turned on, and the process proceeds to step S16.

In step S15, the control unit 101 determines that W
The LED of the EB key 18 is turned off, and the process proceeds to step S16.

In step S16, control unit 101 causes display unit 114 to display a list of mail subject names addressed to master device 100 stored in second storage unit 116, and the process proceeds to step S17.

In step S17, if the control unit 101 determines that one of the displayed mail subject names has been selected by pressing the selection key 14 and the enter key 15 from the input unit 115, the control unit 101 proceeds to step S1.
If not, the process proceeds to step S18.

In step S18, if the control section 101 determines that the stop key 16 has been pressed from the input section 115, the control section 101 advances the process to step S22.
The process is returned to 16 steps.

As described above, the control unit 101 controls the selection key 1
4 or S16 until it is determined that the stop key 16 has been pressed.
The steps S18 to S18 are cyclically processed.

In step S19, the control section 101 reads the text corresponding to the subject selected in step S17 from the second storage section 116, displays it on the display section 114, and advances the processing to step S20.

In the text display of step S19,
The second area (b) of the second storage unit 116 corresponding to this text
When the flag stored in 1 is "1", it is changed to "0" because it has already been read.

In step S20, if the control unit 101 determines that the return key 16 is pressed from the input unit 115, the process returns to step S13.
The process proceeds to 1 step.

In step S21, if the control unit 101 determines that the stop key 13 is pressed from the input unit 115, the process proceeds to step S22; otherwise, the process proceeds to step S1.
Return the process to step 9.

In step S22, the control unit 101 returns the display unit 114 to the standby display, as shown in FIG. 10A, for example, and advances the processing to step S23.

FIG. 10 shows a transition diagram of the display form of the display unit 114 in steps S9 to S22. The transition of the display on the display unit 114 in steps S9 to S22 will be described below with reference to FIG.

When the user presses the WEB key 18 in the standby state of FIG. 10A, the display unit 114 switches to the display of FIG. 10B (step S9).

Then, the user depresses the select key 14 and the enter key 15 to select "mail" in FIG. 10 (b).
10 is selected and then “2. Receive mail” in FIG. 10C is selected, a subject list is displayed as shown in FIG. 10D (step S16).

When the user selects the desired subject (step S17), the mail contents corresponding to the selected subject are displayed as shown in FIG. 10 (e) (step S19).

In this way, the user can select a desired mail from a plurality of mails addressed to him / her and read the mail text.

Finally, when the user presses the stop key 13, the display unit 11 is displayed as shown in FIG.
4 is displayed in the standby state (step S22).

Returning to the flowchart shown in FIG. 7, in step S23, the control unit 101 sends the mail addressed to the master device 100 (mail addressed to address 3 in this embodiment) stored in the second storage unit 116. If it is determined that there is a mail whose unread flag is "1", the process proceeds to step S24, and if not, the process proceeds to step S25.

In step S24, the control unit 101 sets the W
The LED of the EB key 18 is turned on and the process proceeds to step S26.

In step S25, the control unit 101 sets the W
By turning off the LED of the EB key 18, the notification of the presence of unread mail or the presence of mail in the server 300 is canceled,
The process proceeds to step S26.

In step S26, the control unit 101 stores the first slave unit 2 whose unread flag is "1" in the second storage unit 116.
If it is determined that the mail addressed to 01 (mail addressed to address 1 in this embodiment) or the mail addressed to second child device 202 (mail addressed to address 2 in this embodiment) is stored, S
The process proceeds to step 27, and if not, the process returns to step S1 shown in FIG.

In step S26, if there is an unread mail addressed to the first slave unit 201 in the second storage unit 116, the control unit 101 controls the first slave unit 2 in step S27.
01 is instructed to display unread, while the second storage unit 1
If there is an unread mail addressed to the second cordless handset 202 in 16,
The control unit 101 determines the second child device 202 in step S27.
To display unread. Specifically, the control unit 10
1 controls the transmission / reception unit 119 to transmit a message indicating that there is unread mail (for example, “There is unread mail”) to the first slave device 201 or the second slave device 202, and S1 shown in FIG. Return the process to the step.

In step S28 shown in FIG. 8, the control unit 1
01 controls the transmitting / receiving unit 119 to temporarily disconnect the wireless connection with the first child device.

In the following S29 step, the control unit 101
Reads the mail subject names or the like corresponding to the mail addresses 1 to 3 from the server, stores the same in the second storage unit 116, and advances the process to step S30.

In step S30, the control unit 101 determines that there is a mail addressed to the first slave device 201 (mail addressed to address 1 in this embodiment) in the second area (b) of the second storage unit 116. The process proceeds to step S32, and if not, the process proceeds to step S31.

In step S31, the control unit 101 controls the transmission / reception unit 119 to cause a message indicating that there is no mail addressed to the first slave device 201 (for example, a message).
"No incoming mail") is sent, and the display unit 250 of the child device
After the above message is displayed on the screen, the process proceeds to step S41.

In the following 32 steps to S37 steps, the parent device 100 wirelessly receives the instruction to read the mail subject, the body text, etc. from the first child device 201, and the second storage unit 116 receives it in accordance with the instruction. The stored data such as the mail subject and the text is wirelessly transmitted to the first slave device 201 that has been instructed.

In step S32, the control unit 101 controls the transmission / reception unit 119 to cause the second storage unit 116 to operate.
By transmitting the mail subject list, the sender address, the time stamp, and the unread mail information addressed to the first slave 201 stored in the display unit 250 of the first slave 201.
The above information is displayed on and the process proceeds to step S33.

In step S33, the control unit 101 determines that the transmission / reception unit 119 has detected a signal indicating that one of the display mail subject names has been selected from the first slave device 201 by pressing the select key and the enter key. , And proceeds to step S35, and otherwise proceeds to step S34.

In step S34, if the control section 101 determines that the transmission / reception section 119 has received a signal indicating that the stop key has been pressed from the first slave unit 201, S38
If not, the process returns to step S33.

In step S35, the control unit 101 controls the transmission / reception unit 119 to cause the second storage unit 116 to operate.
The text stored in is transmitted to the first cordless handset 201, and S3
The process proceeds to 6 steps.

In step S36, if the control section 101 determines that the transmitting / receiving section 119 has detected a signal indicating that the return key has been pressed from the first slave unit 201, the control section 101 returns the process to step S32, and otherwise. The process proceeds to step S37.

In step S37, if the control section 101 determines that the transmission / reception section 119 has detected a signal indicating that the stop key has been pressed from the first slave unit 201, S38
If not, the process returns to step S36.

In step S38, if the control unit 101 determines that there is an unread mail addressed to the first slave device 201 (mail addressed to address 1 in this embodiment) in the second storage unit 116, S is determined.
If not, the process proceeds to step S40.

In step S39, the control unit 101 controls the transmission / reception unit 119 to send a message indicating that there is unread mail (for example, "unread mail exists") to the first child device 201, and the first child device 201. Display 25 of machine 201
The message is displayed at 0 and the process proceeds to step S40.

In step S40, the control unit 101 controls the transmitting / receiving unit 119 to disconnect the wireless connection with the first slave device 201, and advances the processing to step S41.

In step S41, if the control unit 101 determines that there is an unread mail addressed to the parent device 100 (mail addressed to address 1 in this embodiment) in the second storage unit 116, S4
If not, the process proceeds to step S43.

In step S42, the control unit 101 determines that the W
The LED of the EB key 18 is turned on, and the process proceeds to step S44.

At step S43, the control section 101 sends the W
The LED of the EB key 18 is turned off, and the process proceeds to step S44.

In step S44, if the control unit 101 determines that there is an unread mail addressed to the second child device 202 (mail addressed to address 2 in this embodiment) in the second storage unit 116, the process proceeds to step S45. Proceed, otherwise S4
The process proceeds to 6 steps.

In step S45, the control unit 101 displays a message (for example, "unread mail exists") indicating that there is an unread mail on the display unit 250 of the second child device 202. Specifically, the control unit 101 controls the transmission / reception unit 119.
The above message is transmitted to the second child device 202 by controlling
, And returns the process to step S1 shown in FIG.

In step S46, the control unit 101 controls the transmission / reception unit 119 to send a second signal indicating the cancellation of the display of the message indicating that there is unread mail.
The data is transmitted to the child device 202, and the process is returned to step S1 shown in FIG.

In the present embodiment, the control of the control unit 101 when there is a fetch request from the first slave unit 201 in step S8 has been described in steps S28 to S46.
As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the control when the acquisition request is issued from the second child device 202 in step S8 is the second target.
The control of the control unit 101 is the same except that the slave unit 202 is replaced.

Next, the first slave unit 201 (or the second slave unit 20)
The operation on the side 2) will be described below.

FIG. 9 shows the first slave unit 201 (or the second slave unit 2).
It is a flowchart showing the operation of the (02) side.

In step S50 of FIG. 9, when the slave unit control unit 210 determines that the transmission / reception unit 230 has detected a signal indicating that there is an incoming call notification from the master unit 100, the process proceeds to step S51, and otherwise. The process proceeds to step S52. At this time, the first slave unit 201 (or the second slave unit 201)
The signal notified to the child device 202) is S3 or S5 in FIG.
In step, it is a signal indicating an incoming call notification transmitted from master device 100.

At step S51, the slave unit controller 210
Controls the transmitting / receiving unit 230,
A message (for example, “mail is present in server”) transmitted from the server is displayed on the display unit 260, and the process returns to step S50.

At step S52, the slave unit controller 210
Detects an operation instructing access to the server 300 from the input unit 240 (for example, pressing the WEB key 18), controls the transmission / reception unit 230, thereby
A signal indicating pressing of the key 18 is transmitted to the base unit 100, and S
The process proceeds to step 53, and if not, the process returns to step S50.

In step S53, the slave unit control section 210
S54 after returning the display of the display unit 260 to the standby state.
The process proceeds to the step.

At step S54, the slave unit controller 210
From the base unit 100 in step S32 of FIG.
If it is determined that the data such as the subject transmitted to the slave 201 (or the second slave 202) is received, the process proceeds to step S56, and if not, the process proceeds to step S55.

In step S55, the slave unit controller 210
Controls the transmission / reception unit 230 to receive and display a message (for example, “no received mail”) indicating that there is no mail addressed to the child machine transmitted from the parent machine 100 in step S31 shown in FIG. It is displayed on the part 250. After that, the child device control unit 210 advances the process to step S62.

At step S56, the slave unit controller 210
Displays the data such as the subject received in step S54 on the display unit 250, and advances the process to step S57.

In step S57, the slave unit controller 210
When detecting a signal instructing the selection of the subject from the input unit 240, controls the transmitting / receiving unit 230 to transmit the signal instructing the selection to the parent device 100, and advances the processing to step S59. On the other hand, if not, the process proceeds to step S58.

The signal transmitted to the parent device 100 in step S57 is the signal that the parent device 100 receives from the child device in step S33 of FIG.

In step S58, the slave unit controller 210
When it is determined that the stop key 16 is pressed from the input unit 240, the transmitter / receiver 230 is controlled to transmit a signal indicating the press of the stop key 16 to the master device 100, and the process proceeds to step S62. If not S5
Return the process to step 7.

The signal transmitted to the parent device 100 in step S58 is a signal that the parent device 100 receives from the first child device 201 (or the second child device 202) in step S34 of FIG.

In step S59, the slave unit control section 210
Causes the transmission / reception unit 230 to receive the data of the mail body transmitted from the parent device 100 in step S35 of FIG. 8, and displays the body data on the display unit 260.

In the following S60 step, the slave unit control section 21
When 0 determines that the return key is pressed from the input unit 240, it controls the transmission / reception unit 230 to transmit a signal indicating that the return key is pressed to the master device 100 and S
The process returns to step 56, and if not, the process proceeds to step S61.

The signal transmitted to the parent device 100 in step S60 is the signal that the parent device 100 receives from the first child device 201 (or the second child device 202) in step S36 of FIG.

In step S61, the slave unit control unit 210
When it is determined that the stop key 16 is pressed from the input unit 240, the transmitter / receiver 230 is controlled to transmit a signal indicating the press of the stop key 16 to the master device 100, and the process proceeds to step S62. If not S5
Return the process to step 9.

The signal transmitted to the parent device 100 in step S61 is a signal that the parent device 100 receives from the first child device 201 (or the second child device 202) in step S37 of FIG.

In step S62, the slave unit control section 210
If the transmitting / receiving unit 230 determines that the signal indicating the display request for the unread mail is detected from the parent device 100, the process proceeds to step S63, and if not, the process proceeds to step S64.

In this step, the main unit 100
The signal transmitted to the slave 201 (or the second slave 202) is transmitted from the master 100 to the first slave 2 in step S27 of FIG. 7 or step S39 or step S45 of FIG.
01 (or the second child device 202).

At step S63, the slave unit controller 210
Displays a message (for example, “unread mail exists”) indicating that there is an unread mail from parent device 100 received in step S62, and returns the process to step S50.

In step S64, the slave unit controller 210
Switches the display of the display unit 250 to the standby state and returns the processing to step S50.

In this way, the slave device 201,
When a mail addressed to 202 arrives, the server 300 notifies the slaves 201 and 202 of an incoming call via the master 100.
At this time, the incoming notification is sent only to the child device 201 or 202 corresponding to the destination of the mail received by the server 300. In addition, the body of the mail sent to the slaves 201 and 202 is
It can be displayed only on the display unit 260 of the child device 201, 202 that is the destination.

As described above, in the apparatus of this embodiment,
Since the incoming notification from the mail server 300 is sent only to the terminal corresponding to the destination of the mail, only the user can know that there is an incoming mail to the user. Also, mail addressed to me can only be displayed on the terminal that I am using. For this reason, for example, when the facsimile machine is used at home, when the master unit 100 is placed in the living room and is used by the whole family and the slave unit 201 is placed in the daughter's room, the mail arrival notification to the daughter is notified. Is performed only on the handset 201,
Only the daughter will be informed whether the mail has arrived.
Further, the mail addressed to the daughter stored in the master device 100 can be read only from the slave device 201, and the mail addressed to the daughter can be viewed only by the daughter.

In the apparatus of this embodiment, one mail address can be associated with a plurality of terminals, or one terminal can be associated with a plurality of mail addresses. The functions can be fully utilized. For example, father, mother, child 2
For a family of people, the base unit 100 is for the mother only, the handset unit 2
01 is dedicated to the father, the slave 202 has two mail addresses, and the slave 202 is a dedicated machine for two children.
May be dedicated to the father, the slaves 201 and 202 may have the same mail address, and the two slaves 201 and 202 may be dedicated to the mother.

Although the facsimile apparatus is used in the apparatus of this embodiment, it can be similarly applied to other communication apparatuses such as a cordless telephone apparatus.

In the apparatus of this embodiment, the control unit 101 has the modem 103 built therein.
The modem 103 and the modem 103 may have different configurations. Further, in the apparatus of the present embodiment, one control unit 101 is configured to control the base unit 100, but two controls, a control unit mainly used for facsimile communication and a control unit mainly used for mail transmission and reception. It may be configured to have a section.

[0140]

In the communication device of the present invention, a mail address is assigned to a terminal, and an incoming call notification from a mail server can be sent only to the address destination, which is the destination. Only the terminal can retrieve the mail contents from the server. Further, the mail function can be fully utilized in any family structure.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a top view of an apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a parent device of an embodiment device to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a child device of an embodiment device to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 4 is a data storage form diagram of a second storage unit.

FIG. 5 is a display transition diagram when associating a terminal with a mail address.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the operation of the parent device 100 that is the device of this embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the operation of the parent device 100 that is the device of this embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an operation of the parent device 100 which is the device of the present embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the operation of slave units 201 and 202 that are the devices of this embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a display transition at the time of displaying a mail body.

FIG. 11 is a system diagram to which a mail service is applied.

[Explanation of symbols]

100 base unit 101 control unit 103 modem 114 display 115 Input section 116 second storage 119 Transmitter / receiver

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Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. A communication device capable of selectively connecting two or more terminals to one line, further having two or more mail addresses and being capable of arbitrarily associating each mail address with each terminal. A communication device characterized by the above. 2. A communication device comprising a master unit connected to a line and one or more slave units wirelessly connected to the master unit, further comprising two or more mail addresses and each of the above mails. A communication device, wherein an address can be arbitrarily associated with each of the parent device and the child device. 3. A communication device comprising a master unit connected to a line and one or more slave units connected to the line via the master unit, further comprising two or more mail addresses. A communication device, wherein each of the mail addresses can be arbitrarily associated with each of the parent device and the child device. 4. The communication device according to claim 2, wherein the correspondence relationship between each address and the master unit is stored in the master unit. 5. A communication device capable of selectively connecting two or more terminals to one line and having two or more mail addresses, comprising means for selecting one of the mail addresses, and one of the terminals. A communication device, comprising: a means for selecting one of the two and a means for storing the correspondence between the mail address selected by the both selecting means and the terminal. 6. A communication device comprising a master unit connected to a line and one or more slave units wirelessly connected to the master unit and having two or more mail addresses, wherein one of the mail addresses is And a means for selecting one of the master unit or the slave unit, and a unit for storing the correspondence between the mail address selected by both the selecting units and the master unit or the slave unit. A communication device characterized by. 7. A communication device comprising a master unit connected to a line and one or more slave units connected to the line via the master unit and having two or more mail addresses, wherein: A means for selecting one of the mail addresses, a means for selecting one of the master unit or the slave unit, and a unit for storing a correspondence relationship between the mail address selected by both selecting units and the master unit or the slave unit. A communication device comprising: 8. A communication device according to claim 6 or 7, wherein both the selection means and the storage means are arranged in the master unit. 9. The communication device according to claim 1, wherein the communication device is a facsimile device.