JP2003271493A - Communication device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a communication device capable of obtaining information on a URL. <P>SOLUTION: Access to the URL causes download of data (JTML data) of the URL to a RAM 30. When download and access are ended, information on history (URL, start time, connection time, amount of data), information on the URL (FAX number, telephone number), URL (URL of link destination) of Web, and a mail address are created as a communication management record 31 in the RAM 30. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a communication device having a facsimile function, a telephone function and an internet function.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, with the development of the Internet,
BACKGROUND ART Accessing the Internet from a communication device such as a personal computer is used to browse homepages and send and receive e-mail. Further, a communication device that can easily access the Internet, for example, a facsimile device having an L mode function is becoming popular.

By the way, a browser on a personal computer or the like uses a URL (Uniform Resource Loc) that has been accessed in the past.
ators) data in the hard disk,
The next time the same URL is accessed, the stored data in the hard disk is displayed to speed up the process.

[0004]

However, although such a function can speed up the next time the same URL is accessed, as long as the same URL is not accessed, information relating to the URL, such as a telephone number and a FA, can be obtained.
You cannot get your X number, email address, etc.

The present invention has been made in view of such problems, and an object thereof is to provide a communication device capable of acquiring information on a URL.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, in the invention described in claim 1, the storage means for storing the information on the URL and the information on the URL when the URL is accessed are stored. And a control unit for storing the data in the storage unit.

According to the second aspect of the invention, in the communication device according to the first aspect, the control means causes the storage means to store the history-related information when the URL is accessed. In the invention described in claim 3, in the communication device according to claim 1 or 2, the information regarding the URL is
It is at least one of a fax number, a telephone number, and a mail address.

According to a fourth aspect of the invention, in the communication device according to any one of the first to third aspects, the UR
Display means for displaying information about L and its URL;
The control means accesses the information on the URL selected by the selecting means, and the selecting means selects the URL displayed on the display means or the information on the URL.

[0009]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An embodiment in which a communication device according to the present invention is embodied as a facsimile device will be described below with reference to the drawings.

As shown in FIG. 1, the facsimile machine 1
Is MPU 10, ROM 20, RAM 30, reading unit 4
0, a recording unit 50, an operation unit 60, a display unit 70, an image memory 80, a codec 90, a modem 100, an NCU 110, and a ringing unit 120, and each unit 10 to 1
20 are connected to each other via a bus 130.

The MPU 10 controls each part of the facsimile machine 1. The ROM 20 stores a program for controlling the facsimile device 1. Specifically, the program of a browser or mailer (software for e-mail client) is stored. RAM30 is
Various information regarding the facsimile apparatus 1 is temporarily stored. Specifically, the communication management record 31 including information on history and information on URL is stored.

The reading section 40 reads image data on a document and outputs black and white binary image data. The recording unit 50 includes an electrophotographic printer and records received image data and image data of a document read by the reading unit 40 in a copy operation on a recording sheet.

The operation unit 60 includes a mode key 61 for setting a FAX mode, a copy mode, an Internet mode, etc., a shortened number, a shortened key 62 for registering a shortened number, a URL, a mail address or the like, or a shortened key 62 for making a call from the shortened number, and previously registered. A one-touch key 63 for designating the FAX number, URL and mail address with one touch is provided. The operation unit 60 includes various operations such as a numeric keypad (including * and # keys) 64 for inputting a telephone number, the number of copies, a URL and a mail address, and a start key 65 for starting a document reading operation. It also has a key. LC
The display unit 70 including D and the like displays various information such as the operating state of the facsimile apparatus 1.

The image memory 80 temporarily stores the received image data and the image data read by the reading section 40. The codec 90 encodes the image data read by the reading unit 40 by the MH, MR, MMR system or the like for transmission. The codec 90 also decodes the received image data.

The modem 100 is based on the ITU-T recommendation T.264. Thirty
The facsimile transmission control procedure according to 1
7, V.I. 27 ter, V.I. The transmission / reception data is modulated and demodulated according to 29 or the like. Also, the modem 100 is an ISP (Internet Serve) that provides a dial-up connection service.
vice provider) for transmitting and receiving data, for example, ITU-T Recommendation V.6. It also modulates and demodulates transmission / reception data according to 90 or the like.

The NCU 110 has a function of controlling the connection with the telephone line L and detecting the sending and receiving of a dial signal corresponding to the telephone number of the other party. The NCU 110 also includes an attached telephone 111 for talking with the other party.

The ringing unit 120 rings a ringing tone based on a ringing signal to notify that a telephone call has arrived. Then, when the auxiliary telephone 111 is off-hooked based on the ringing tone, it is possible to talk with the other party.

Next, enter a predetermined URL and enter the UR
The operation when L is accessed will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. In addition, this operation is RO
It is executed under the control of the MPU 10 based on the program stored in the M20 (hereinafter, the same applies to the operation of the facsimile apparatus 1).

First, when a predetermined URL is input from the one-touch key 63 or the like while the browser is activated based on a predetermined operation from the operation unit 60 (S1), the modem 10
0 and URL input via ISP is accessed, and the data of the URL (HTML data) is stored in RAM
30 is downloaded (S2). After that, when the download is completed and the access to the URL is completed (S3), the history information and the URL information are stored in the RAM 3 as the communication management record 31 shown in FIG.
It is created to 0 (S4). Here, examples of the history-related information include a URL, a start time, a connection time, and a data amount. In addition, as information regarding the URL, FAX
Number, telephone number, Web URL (link destination UR
L), e-mail address and the like. The FAX number is a character string (for example, "FAX TO") indicating the FAX number in the source code of the downloaded HTML data.
Etc.), and if there is the character string, the FAX number following the character string is stored in the communication management record 31. In addition, telephone number, Web URL,
Similarly, the mail address is also stored in the communication management record 31.

Next, the UR accessed in the past in this way
The operation when accessing the information regarding L will be described using the flowchart shown in FIG. Now, based on a predetermined operation from the operation unit 60, the URL accessed in the past is displayed on the display unit 70 (S1).
1). When a desired URL is selected from the URLs displayed on the display unit 70 based on a predetermined operation from the operation unit 60 (S12), information about the URL is displayed on the display unit 7.
0 is displayed (S13). Specifically, the FAX number, telephone number, Web URL (link destination URL), and mail address stored in the communication management record 31 are displayed on the display unit 70. Then, the F displayed on the display unit 70
AX number, telephone number, Web URL (link destination UR
L) or one of the mail addresses is selected based on the operation from the operation unit 60, the operation according to the selection is executed (S14 to S21).

That is, when the FAX number is selected (S14), the document is read by the reading unit 40 and the NCU is read.
After the FAX number is called from 110, FAX transmission is performed (S15). When the telephone number is selected (S16), the NCU 110 makes a call to the telephone number, and the attached telephone 111 makes a call with the other party (S17).

Further, when the Web URL is selected (S18), the NCU 110 makes a call to the ISP, and after the browser is activated, the Web URL is accessed (S19). At the same time, when the mail address is selected (S20), the NCU 110 sends the ISP
A call is made to and the mailer is activated. Then, the document is read by the reading unit 40, and the read document is transmitted as an attached file of an electronic mail (S21). The text data created in advance may be designated by the operation unit 60 and transmitted by e-mail. Although not shown in the flow chart, the FAX number, the telephone number, the URL of the Web (the URL of the link destination), the mail address, etc. If neither is selected, this process ends.

As described in detail above, according to this embodiment, the following actions and effects can be obtained. (1) When the URL is accessed, the data of the URL (HTML data) is downloaded to the RAM 30. And when the download and access are completed,
Information about history (URL, start time, connection time, amount of data) and information about URL (FAX number, telephone number,
The URL of the Web (URL of the link destination, mail address) is created in the RAM 30 as the communication management record 31. Therefore, it is possible to acquire the information regarding the history and the information regarding the URL.

(2) When accessing information relating to a URL accessed in the past, it is possible to access based on the information relating to the URL. That is, after displaying the information about the URL accessed in the past on the display unit 70, the information about the URL, for example, FAX is displayed.
If you select a number, the FAX number
X transmission is performed. Therefore, it is possible to directly access the information regarding the URL without accessing the URL again.

(3) When the URL is accessed, information regarding the history (URL, start time, connection time, data amount) is also created as the communication management record 31. For this reason,
It is possible to grasp the access frequency to the URL based on the information on the history. It can also be known in advance that access will take time if the amount of data is large. Therefore, the access information can be obtained in advance based on the history information.

The present embodiment may be modified and embodied as follows. The communication management record 31 including the history information and the URL information may be created in a hard disk or a small memory card as a storage unit.

The communication mode operation may be executed when a desired URL is selected based on the communication mode of the facsimile apparatus 1 without displaying the information on the URL on the display unit 70. Specifically, for example, when the FAX mode is set based on the operation of the mode key 61, the reading unit 40 does not display the information on the URL on the display unit 70 and the desired URL is selected. Scan the original with and fax from the NCU110.
A configuration may be used in which a fax is transmitted after calling a number.

Further, the technical idea grasped from the above embodiment will be described below together with their effects. [1] In the communication device according to claim 2, the history-related information is at least one of URL, start time, and connection time.
Is a communication device. With this configuration, access information can be obtained in advance.

[2] In the communication device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, a setting means for setting a communication mode, a display means for displaying a URL, and a URL displayed on the display means are provided. A communication device comprising: selecting means for selecting, wherein the control means accesses information related to the URL selected by the selecting means according to the communication mode based on the setting means. With this configuration, it is possible to directly access the information regarding the URL according to the communication mode without accessing the URL again.

[0030]

Since the present invention is constructed as described above, it has the following effects. According to the invention described in any one of claims 1 to 4, it is possible to acquire information about a URL.

Particularly, according to the invention described in claim 2, the access information can be obtained in advance. Further, according to the invention described in claim 4, it is possible to directly access the information regarding the URL without accessing the URL again.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a facsimile device.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an operation when accessing a URL.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a communication management record.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an operation when accessing information relating to a previously accessed URL.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Facsimile device as communication device, 10 ... MPU forming control means, 20 ... RO forming control means
M, 30 ... RAM constituting control means and storage means, 3
1 ... Communication management record for storing information on history and information on URL, 60 ... operation unit as selection means, 61
... Mode key as setting means, 70 ... Display unit as display means.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A communication device comprising: storage means for storing information about a URL; and control means for storing information about the URL in the storage means when the URL is accessed. 2. The communication device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit causes the storage unit to store the history information when the URL is accessed. 3. The communication device according to claim 1, wherein the URL-related information is at least one of a fax number, a telephone number, and a mail address. 4. The communication device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein display means for displaying a URL and information about the URL, and UR displayed on the display means.
L or a selection means for selecting information about a URL, and the control means is a communication device for accessing the information about a URL selected by the selection means.