JP2004221722A - Fax service system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a FAX service system wherein a user makes a sender transmit a FAX original to a selected FAX service providing shop and the shop can automatically inform the user's mobile phone about the arrival of the FAX original. <P>SOLUTION: In the FAX service system 100, when a FAX original is transmitted to the selected FAX service providing shop, the FAX transmitter-receiver 21 of a FAX service processing apparatus installed in the shop receives the FAX original. The FAX transmitter-receiver reads personal data of FAX sender and recipient described on the received original, creates mail to inform the recipient about the reception of the FAX original at the FAX service providing shop on the basis of the personal data, and delivers the created mail and the mail address of the FAX recipient to a wireless communication module 22. The wireless communication module transmits the mail to the mail address via a mobile communication network 30, and the FAX recipient recognizes the arrival of the original and can receive the original at a desired time. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a facsimile service system, and more particularly, to a facsimile service system in which facsimile service processors arranged at a plurality of facsimile service providers provide facsimile transmission / reception services to an unspecified number of customers.
[0002]
[Prior art]
A conventional FAX service system uses a FAX device placed in a convenience store. In this case, in most cases, the transmission service could be performed, but the reception service could not be received. Even when the reception service can be received, it is not clear when the fax document arrives, and it is necessary to wait until the fax document arrives at the place.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
In most of the above-mentioned conventional FAX service systems, a FAX transmission service can be received, but a reception service cannot be received in a timely manner. In addition, when the user goes out to negotiate business with the other party, or when he / she wants to receive materials required for the negotiation at a convenience store by facsimile without seeing the other party, the above-mentioned inconvenience is particularly inconvenient. .
[0004]
SUMMARY An advantage of some aspects of the invention is to select a facsimile service provider that is convenient for receiving a facsimile document from a plurality of facsimile service providers, and perform facsimile service processing therefor. An object of the present invention is to provide a FAX service system in which a fax document is sent to a device, and the arrival of the fax document is automatically notified from a fax service processing device to a mobile phone so that a desired fax document can be received in a timely manner. I do.
[0005]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the present invention provides a facsimile service system in which a facsimile service processing device disposed at each of a plurality of facsimile service providers provides a facsimile transmission service to an unspecified number of customers. The processing device has a FAX receiving unit and a wireless communication module. When the FAX receiving unit receives a FAX original describing the FAX sender / receiver's personal data including the FAX recipient's mail address and text data, the FAX receiving unit receives the FAX document. Based on the personal data of the sender / receiver, generate an e-mail notifying the FAX service provider that received the FAX manuscript that the FAX recipient will come to receive it, and wirelessly communicate the generated e-mail with the FAX recipient's e-mail address. Handover to the module, the wireless communication module It is sent to the address.
[0006]
According to such a configuration, when a FAX document is sent to the selected FAX service providing store, the FAX receiving unit of the FAX service processing device arranged in the FAX service providing store receives the FAX document. The facsimile receiving unit reads the personal data of the facsimile sender / receiver described in the received facsimile manuscript and, based on the personal data, causes the facsimile receiver to receive the facsimile manuscript to a facsimile service provider that has received the facsimile manuscript. And sends the generated mail and the mail address of the fax recipient to the wireless communication module. The wireless communication module transmits the received mail to the received mail address. Therefore, the FAX recipient who has received the mail knows the arrival of the FAX document, and can receive the FAX document at a desired time without being known by others.
[0007]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a facsimile service system according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a chart for explaining steps of a facsimile document delivery process in the facsimile service system of FIG. 1. FIG. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a fax document transmitted by a user, and FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of the content of a mail transmitted from the fax service processing apparatus of FIG. 1 to a fax recipient based on the fax document of FIG.
[0008]
In the facsimile service system 100 of FIG. 1, a facsimile sender transmits a facsimile manuscript from a usable facsimile transmitting / receiving device 10 to a facsimile recipient. In this case, the facsimile document is received by the facsimile service processing apparatus 20 of the facsimile service provider which has been selected and requested in advance by a facsimile recipient from a plurality of facsimile service providers. The FAX service processing device 20 reads necessary information (personal information) such as a mail address (to be described later) regarding the recipient described in the received FAX manuscript, and sends the FAX recipient's mail address via the mobile communication network 30. To the user that a fax document has been sent. The facsimile recipient who has received this notification from the mobile phone 40 or the like goes to the designated facsimile service provider and receives the fax document that has been sent.
[0009]
The processing steps of the facsimile service system 100 will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. There is a case where it is desired to send a predetermined document to a partner by facsimile. For example, the partner may not have a facsimile transmission / reception device. In this case, a fax service provider convenient for the other party to visit is designated in advance, and the fax number is obtained (S21). As a manuscript to be sent to the other party, a text and information necessary for the FAX service provider to process the FAX service (a preamble such as personal information of a FAX sender / receiver) are created according to a format, for example, as shown in FIG. S22). Needless to say, this format is preferably created so as to be compatible with the program of the FAX service system to be constructed.
[0010]
In this example, the FAX manuscript created as shown in FIG. 3 is sent to the FAX number already obtained, that is, to the FAX transmitting / receiving device 21 of the FAX service processing device 20 provided in the FAX service providing store. It is transmitted to (S23). The FAX transmitting / receiving device 21 receives the transmitted FAX original (S24), first performs character recognition of the preamble, reads the contents, and then detects and reads a mail address to be a notification destination (S25). Based on the contents, a mail message is generated, for example, as shown in FIG. 4 (S26). The detected mail address and the generated mail message are delivered from the facsimile transmission / reception device 21 to the wireless communication module 22, and the wireless communication module 22 transmits the mail message to the delivered mail address via the mobile communication network 30. The e-mail is sent via the Internet (S27).
[0011]
The facsimile recipient who has received the e-mail from the wireless communication module 22 by the mobile phone 40 reads the e-mail message as shown in FIG. 4 and goes to the above-mentioned facsimile service provider described in the facsimile receiving place, and if necessary, For example, payment of a fee, input of an e-mail address, and the like are performed, approval for receiving a fax document is obtained, and a fax document is received from the provided fax service processing device 20. In this case, the fax service store may print and store the fax document to be delivered or may print it when the fax recipient comes to receive the fax document.
[0012]
When a fax service store prints and saves a fax document to be delivered, when the first page of the fax document is printed, the contents of the preamble are read by an OCR (Optical Character Recognition / Reader). read. Alternatively, printing may be performed when a fax recipient comes to receive a fax document.
[0013]
Regarding the above-described FAX service processing apparatus 20, when the FAX receiver cannot receive the mail from the wireless communication module 22, or when the FAX original is not received even after a predetermined time elapses, the FAX original It is also preferable to provide a function for notifying the FAX sender that the transfer has not been normally performed. In addition, the FAX service processing device 20 may have a function of authenticating the FAX receiver's mobile phone when receiving a FAX original, so that the payment process and various subsequent processes can be automatically performed. Preferred in the cashless era. In the above-described example, the case where the other party does not have a FAX transceiver is described. However, it is convenient when the user wants to receive necessary data from his / her company by FAX on a business trip or the like.
[0014]
【The invention's effect】
Since the FAX service system of the present invention is configured as described above, when a FAX original is sent to the selected FAX service providing store, the FAX service processing device arranged in the FAX service providing store Receive the FAX original. The facsimile receiving unit reads the personal data of the facsimile sender / receiver described in the received facsimile manuscript and, based on the personal data, causes the facsimile receiver to receive the facsimile manuscript to a facsimile service provider that has received the facsimile manuscript. And sends the generated mail and the mail address of the fax recipient to the wireless communication module. The wireless communication module transmits the received mail to the received mail address. Therefore, the FAX recipient who has received the mail knows the arrival of the FAX document, and can receive the FAX document at a desired time without being known by others.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a fax service system according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a chart for explaining steps of a fax document delivery process in the fax service system of FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a fax document transmitted by a fax sender.
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of the contents of a mail transmitted from the FAX service processing apparatus of FIG. 1 to a FAX recipient based on the FAX document of FIG. 3;
[Explanation of symbols]
10, 21 FAX transmitting / receiving device 20 FAX service processing device 22 Wireless communication module 30 Mobile communication network 40 Mobile phone 100 FAX service system S21 to S29 Step

Claims (1)

In a facsimile service system in which facsimile service processors arranged at a plurality of facsimile service providers respectively provide a facsimile transmission service to an unspecified number of customers,
The FAX service processing device has a FAX receiving unit and a wireless communication module,
The FAX receiving unit receives the FAX manuscript in which the FAX sender / receiver's personal data including the FAX receiver's mail address and the body data are described, and receives the FAX manuscript based on the FAX sender / receiver's personal data. Generate an e-mail notifying the provider that the FAX recipient will come to receive it, and pass the generated e-mail and the e-mail address of the FAX recipient to the wireless communication module.
A facsimile service system, wherein the wireless communication module transmits the received mail to the received mail address.

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