JP2003108490A - Communication system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To confirm which address a mail is received in, from any terminal. SOLUTION: In this communication system comprising a main equipment connectable to a mail server via a line, and one or more of sub-equipment(s) connected wirelessly to the main equipment, and having two or more of mail addresses, the main equipment receives notification of reception from the mail server (S1 step), a message for indicating the presence of the reception notification to the address 1 is displayed on display parts of the main equipment and the sub-equipment (S3 step), in the notification of the reception to the address 1 (S2 step), and a message for indicating the presence of the reception notification to the address 2 is displayed on the display parts of the main equipment and the sub-equipment (S5 step), in the notification of the reception to the address 2 (S4 step).

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]

One of the modes of using such a facsimile machine compatible with the mail service is as follows.
For example, a plurality of users use one facsimile machine composed of the master unit 100 and the slave units 201 and 202, and the master unit 100 and the slave units 201 and 202 are used by allocating their own mail addresses. Morphology is possible.

In such a case, from the mail server to the base unit 1
When there is an incoming call notification to 00, the master device 100 is a terminal (for example, the slave device 201) corresponding to the mail address with the incoming call notification.
It is possible to make a configuration in which only the incoming call notification is made so that others do not know that there is a mail addressed to them.

However, when one user uses one facsimile machine, the master unit 100 and the slave unit 201,
For example, a mode in which a work-specific address or a private-specific address is allocated to each of the 202 and used is also possible.

In such a case, if the incoming notification is made only to the master device 100 or the slave devices 201 and 202 corresponding to the mail address with the incoming notification, the user receives the incoming mail to the desired address in the mail server. When checking whether or not it is necessary to go to the base unit 100 or the handset units 201 and 202 corresponding to the address used for work or private and check the presence or absence of mail, which is very troublesome.

[0016]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention is to solve such a problem, and the communication device according to claim 1 selectively has two or more terminals on one line connected to the mail server. Is a communication device that can be connected to any of the terminals, and further has two or more mail addresses and can arbitrarily associate each of the mail addresses with each of the terminals.
When one of the terminals receives the incoming call notification from the mail server, all of the above terminals notify the address to which the incoming mail has arrived.

[0017]

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 the present 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 according to 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 detection 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, various displays such as notification of incoming mail and subject and body of the mail are displayed.

In this embodiment, when an incoming call notification is sent from the mail server, the display section 114 displays information indicating to which address the incoming mail is sent, and the user sees this display. This makes it possible to know to which address the mail has arrived.

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 addressed to the parent device 100 is stored in the server 300, and when an unread mail addressed to the parent device 100 exists in the second storage unit 116 described later. Lights up.

The user sees the lighting state of the LED,
It is possible to recognize whether or not the server has received a mail addressed to the master device 100 or has unread mail addressed to the master device 100.

The second storage unit 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 (slave unit 201, slave unit 201). 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, the user can display the mail contents on the display unit 114,
Alternatively, when it is displayed on the display unit 250 of the slaves 201 and 202 described later, the flag changes from "1" to "0".

The third storage unit 117 comprises, 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 control section 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 section 240 includes a numeric keypad, a call key, a cut 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, an enter 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,
A message or the like indicating which address the mail has arrived is displayed on the server 300.

In this embodiment, when there is an incoming call notification from the mail server to the base unit 100, the display section 250 of the handset units 201 and 202 also displays information indicating which address the mail has arrived. Therefore, the user can know which address the mail has arrived by looking at this display.

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

Before operating the apparatus of this embodiment, the user first acquires, for example, three mail addresses, and the respective mail addresses and the master unit 100 and the slave units 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 at the time of the operation of associating the mail address with the master unit 100 or the slave units 201 and 202.

On the standby screen shown in 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, for example, "1. cordless handset 201" is selected on the next screen, screen (c),
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, it is possible to associate the parent device 100 and the child device 202 with the mail address.

The area (a) of the second storage section 116 shown 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, Addresses of 0 or more 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 to which mail address the mail is addressed.

In step S2, the control unit 101 determines that the incoming call notification 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 transmission / reception unit 119 to send a message indicating that there is an incoming notification to the address 1 (for example, "address 1 mail exists") to the slave units 201 to 202. The message is transmitted and the message is displayed on the display unit 114. still,
At this time, when the address 1 is associated with the parent device 100, the LED of the WEB key 18 is blinked.
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 immediately 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 immediately proceeds to step S6.

In step S5, the control unit 101 controls the transmission / reception unit 119 to send a message (for example, "address 2 mail present") indicating that there is an incoming call notification to the address 2 to the slave units 201 to 202. The message is transmitted and the message is displayed on the display unit 114. still,
At this time, when the address 2 is associated with the master device 100, the LED of the WEB key 18 is blinked.
After that, the control unit 101 advances the processing to step S6.

In step S6, the control unit 101 determines that the incoming call notification 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 controls the transmission / reception unit 119 to send a message indicating that there is an incoming notification to address 3 (for example, "address 3 has mail") to the slave units 201-202. The message is transmitted and the message is displayed on the display unit 114. still,
At this time, when the address 3 is associated with the base unit 100, the LED of the WEB key 18 is blinked.
After that, the control unit 101 returns the process to step S1.

In the present embodiment, the master unit 100 supports only the address 3, so that the LED of the WEB key 18 blinks only when there is a mail addressed to the address 3.

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, time stamp, mail body, and the like of the mail that has reached the destination are read and stored in the second storage unit 116.

Specifically, the control unit 101 controls the modem 10
By controlling No. 3, the mail server 300 is accessed and an inquiry is made as to whether or not the mails addressed to the mail addresses 1 to 3 have arrived. Then, the mail server 300 responds to the mail address at which the mail is received. Receive the subject, sender address, time stamp, and text.

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 sets the 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 display mail subject names has been selected by pressing the selection key 14 and the enter key 15 from the input unit 115, S1
If not, the process proceeds to step S18.

In step S18, if the control unit 101 determines that the stop key 16 has been pressed from the input unit 115, the process proceeds 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, 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 display "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 parent 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.

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

At step S25, the control section 101 determines that 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 causes the second storage unit 116 to store the first slave unit 2 whose unread flag is "1".
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 the present 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 display a message indicating that the first slave device 201 has no mail addressed to the slave device (for example,
"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 master unit 100 wirelessly receives the instruction to read the mail subject, the body text, etc. from the first slave unit 201, and in accordance with the instruction, the second storage unit 116 receives 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 unit 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 transmit the text stored in the second storage unit 116 selected in step S33 to the first slave device 201, and then to S36. The process proceeds to the step. At this time, the unread flag of the mail sent to the first slave device 201 is set to "0".

In step S36, if the control section 101 determines that the transmission / reception 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 processing 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 transmit 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 transmission / reception 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 3 in this embodiment) in the second storage unit 116, S4
If not, the process proceeds to step S43.

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

In step S43, the control section 101 determines that 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 the second storage unit 116 has an unread mail addressed to the second slave device 202 (mail addressed to address 2 in this embodiment), the process proceeds to step S45. Proceed, otherwise S4
The process proceeds to 6 steps.

In step S45, the control unit 101 causes the display unit 250 of the second child device 202 to display a message indicating that there is an unread mail (for example, "there is an unread mail"). 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 transmit a signal instructing to cancel the display of the message to the second child device 202, and returns the processing 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 transmitter / receiver unit 210 determines that the transmitter / receiver 230 has detected a signal indicating that there is a message such as an incoming call notification from the base unit 100, the process proceeds to step S51. Otherwise S
The process proceeds to step 52.

At this time, the signal notified to the first slave unit 201 and the second slave unit 202 is S3, S5 or S7 in FIG.
In the step, the signal is a signal indicating an incoming call notification transmitted from the parent device 100 or a message signal transmitted from the parent device 100 in steps S27 of FIG. 7 and S45 of FIG.

In step S51, the slave unit controller 210
Controls the transmitting / receiving unit 230,
Messages sent from (eg "address 1
"Mail present") is displayed on the display unit 260, and the process returns to step S50.

In 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 controller 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.

At step S58, the slave unit control section 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 the 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 controller 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 a 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 section 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.

At step S62, the slave unit controller 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.

It should be noted that in this step, from the base unit 100 to the first
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).

In 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.

At 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.

As described above, when the mail addressed to the parent device 100, the child device 201, or the child device 202 arrives at the server 300, the incoming notification is sent from the server 300 to the parent device 100. Base unit 100 and handset 20
A message indicating which mail address has been notified of an incoming call is displayed on all terminals of 1 and the child device 202 (incoming call notification).

As described above, in the apparatus of this embodiment,
When an incoming notification is received from the mail server 300, all the terminals are notified of which mail address the incoming notification is sent to. Therefore, one user can set a work mail address and a private mail address to the parent device. Even when used in association with 100 and the slaves 201 and 202, it is possible to confirm which address the mail is addressed to only by looking at the display of the terminal closest to the user.

Further, when there is an instruction to take in a mail from the parent machine 100 or the child machines 201 and 202, the parent machine 100 fetches the mail body addressed to all the addresses from the mail server, so that one access to the mail server can be performed. It is possible to fetch the mail text from the mail server at a low communication charge compared to the case where the mail text addressed to one address is fetched.

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.

Further, in the present embodiment, the incoming call notification is performed by displaying a message, but it may be configured to notify which address is addressed by the voice message.

[0147]

According to the present invention, it is possible to check the presence or absence of mail for all addresses from any terminal.

[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 (10)

[Claims] 1. A communication device capable of selectively connecting two or more terminals to one line connected to a mail server, further comprising two or more mail addresses and each of the above mail addresses for each terminal. A communication device, which can be arbitrarily associated with each other, and when one of the terminals receives an incoming notification from a mail server, all of the terminals notify to which address the incoming mail arrives. 2. A communication device comprising a master unit connectable to a mail server via a line and one or more slave units wirelessly connected to the master unit, further comprising two or more mail addresses. In addition, each of the above mail addresses can be arbitrarily associated with each of the master unit and the slave unit, and when the master unit receives the incoming notification from the mail server, the master unit informs which address the mail has arrived. At the same time, all the slaves are instructed to notify to which address the mail has arrived. On the other hand, the slaves have received the mail to any address according to the instruction. A communication device for informing whether or not. 3. A communication device comprising a master unit connectable to a mail server via a line and one or more slave units connected to the line via the master unit, further comprising two or more units. While having a mail address, each of the above mail addresses can be arbitrarily associated with each of the parent device and the child device, and when the parent device receives the incoming notification from the mail server, any address will receive the mail. And instruct all of the above-mentioned slave units to notify to which address the mail is received. On the other hand, the above-mentioned slave unit responds to the above-mentioned instruction by sending the mail address to any address. A communication device for notifying whether there is an incoming call. 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 connected to a mail server and having two or more mail addresses, and means for selecting one of the mail addresses. A means for selecting one of the terminals, and a means for storing the correspondence between the mail address selected by both the selecting means and the terminal,
And a notification means for notifying which mail address the incoming notification is sent from, and one of the terminal's incoming notification detecting means of the terminal is a mail server. A communication device, characterized in that, when an incoming call notification is detected, the notification means of all the terminals notify which mail address is the incoming call notification. 6. A communication device comprising a master unit connectable to a mail server via a line and one or more slave units wirelessly connected to the master unit and having two or more mail addresses, Means for selecting one of the e-mail addresses, means for selecting one of the master unit or the slave unit, and storing the correspondence relationship between the mail address selected by both selecting units and the master unit and / or the slave unit Means, a means for detecting an incoming notification from the mail server, and a means for notifying which mail address the incoming notification is sent to. When the incoming notification of is detected, the notification means of the parent device and the child device,
A communication device for notifying which mail address is notified of an incoming call. 7. A communication device comprising a master unit connectable to a mail server via a line and one or more slave units connected to the line via the master unit and having two or more mail addresses. Of the mail address, the means for selecting one of the master unit or the slave unit, and the mail address selected by both of the selecting units and the master unit and / or the slave unit. The incoming call notification detecting means of the parent device has means for storing the correspondence relationship, means for detecting an incoming call notification from the mail server, and means for notifying which mail address is addressed to the incoming call. , When the incoming notification from the mail server is detected, the notification means of the parent device and the child device,
A communication device for notifying which mail address is notified of an incoming call. 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. 10. The communication device according to claim 1, wherein the notification is a display or audio notification.