JP2008098823A - Communication terminal device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a communication terminal device such that a mobile terminal to which a FAX-received document is transferred by Internet FAX is not wastefully charged for communication. <P>SOLUTION: The communication terminal device includes a means of storing an electronic mail address of the mobile terminal 31, a means of receiving a document FAX-transmitted by a transmission section of a FAX communication apparatus 32, a means of storing the received document, and a means of performing Internet FAX transmission using electronic mail containing the stored electronic mail address as a destination and including an upper part 41 of a first page of the stored document and a next operation menu 42. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a communication terminal device capable of transferring a document received by FAX (fax) to a portable terminal such as a cellular phone by Internet FAX.

As this type of conventional technology, means for receiving a document transmitted by FAX by a transmission unit of a FAX communication device, means for storing the received document, and e-mail attached with the stored document are transmitted to the portable terminal. On the other hand, a communication terminal device (for example, refer to Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2) provided with means for performing Internet FAX transmission is known.
JP 2005-94262 A (Claims etc.) JP-A-8-265245 (Claims etc.)

  However, in the conventional communication terminal device as described above, all documents received by FAX are often transferred to the mobile terminal. Therefore, if the type of communication contract of the mobile terminal is a type in which a communication fee is generated according to the amount of data to be received, if a received document that does not need to be confirmed at the destination is transferred to the mobile terminal, the mobile terminal Has the problem of wasteful communication charges.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described circumstances and problems, and provides a communication terminal device that does not generate a wasteful communication fee for a portable terminal to which a document received by FAX is transferred by Internet FAX. For the purpose.

  In order to achieve the above object, the invention of claim 1 is characterized in that means for storing an e-mail address of a portable terminal, means for receiving a document transmitted by FAX by a transmission unit of a FAX communication device, and storing a received document. And means for transmitting the result by Internet FAX by e-mail including the upper part of the first page of the stored document and the next operation menu as a destination with the stored e-mail address as a destination.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, the electronic mail includes the number of stored document pages.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, when the all-page receiving operation on the next operation menu in the e-mail is selected via the Internet by means for storing a plurality of next operation menus and the operation unit of the portable terminal, Means are provided for transferring all pages of the stored document and the stored next operation menu to the portable terminal so as to be displayed by the display unit of the portable terminal.

  In the invention of claim 4, when a first page receiving operation on the next operation menu in the e-mail is selected via the Internet by means for storing a plurality of next operation menus and the operation unit of the mobile terminal, Means for transferring the first page of the stored document and the stored next operation menu to the portable terminal so as to be displayed by the display unit of the portable terminal, and the operation unit of the portable terminal via the Internet, When the next page receiving operation on the transferred next operation menu is selected, the next page of the stored document and the stored next operation menu are displayed on the portable terminal so as to be displayed on the display unit of the portable terminal. And a means for transferring to.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided means for deleting a stored document when the delete operation on the next operation menu is selected via the Internet by the operation unit of the portable terminal.

  According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided means for printing a stored document when a printing operation on the next operation menu is selected via the Internet by an operation unit of the portable terminal.

  According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, when the monochrome printing operation on the next operation menu is selected, the printing unit performs monochrome printing on the stored document, while the color printing operation on the next operation menu is performed. When selected, the stored document is color-printed.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, the upper part of the first page of the document received by FAX and the next operation menu are transmitted by Internet FAX to the portable terminal. It is easy to perform next operations such as reception, printing, and deletion.

  According to the second aspect of the invention, the number of pages of a document received by FAX can be easily grasped, so that the next operation can be easily performed.

  According to the invention of claim 3, since all pages and the next operation menu of the document received by FAX are transferred, it is possible to confirm the document as a whole and to easily perform the next operations such as printing and deleting the document.

  According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, since the page of the document received by FAX and the next operation menu are transferred, it is possible to check the document one page at a time and to easily perform the next operation such as reception, printing, and deletion of the document.

  According to the invention of claim 5, since the document received by FAX can be deleted by an instruction from the portable terminal, the storage resource of the communication terminal device can be saved.

  According to the invention of claim 6, since the document received by FAX can be printed by an instruction from the portable terminal, the document can be referred to immediately after returning from the destination.

  According to the seventh aspect of the invention, since color printing with high printing cost can be performed only when necessary, the printing cost can be reduced.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
As shown in FIG. 1, the communication terminal device 1 according to the present embodiment includes, as main components, a control unit 2, a flash memory 3, a RAM (random access memory) 4, an image memory 5, and a codec. (CODEC) 6, modem 7, NCU (network control unit) 8, display unit 9, operation unit 10, reading unit 11, recording unit 12, and LAN (local area network) interface [LAN I / F] 13 is provided, and each component is communicably connected to each other via a bus 14.

  The LAN interface 13 is connected to the Internet 21. The communication terminal device 1 can perform Internet FAX transmission to a portable terminal 31 that can be connected to the Internet 21. The portable terminal 31 can access the communication terminal device 1 via the Internet 21. Examples of the portable terminal 31 include a cellular phone, a personal handy phone system (PHS), a portable information terminal (personal digital assistant, PDA), a portable information terminal with built-in PHS, and a personal computer (PC).

  The NCU 8 is connected to a PSTN (public switched telephone network) 22. The communication terminal device 1 can perform FAX communication (FAX reception and FAX transmission) with an external FAX communication device 32 connected to the PSTN 22.

  The flash memory 3 stores an e-mail address of the portable terminal 31, a plurality of next operation menus, and the like, in addition to a control program for controlling the operation of each component. The storage means may be an HDD (hard disk drive) or the like in addition to the flash memory 3.

  The control unit 2 includes a CPU (central processing unit) and the like, and controls the operation of each component according to a control program on the flash memory 3. The RAM 4 temporarily stores various information related to the communication terminal device 1.

  The reading unit 11 reads a document. The image memory 5 temporarily stores the read original. The recording unit 12 prints a stored document or the like on a recording sheet by an electrophotographic method or the like. As described above, the communication terminal apparatus 1 also includes means for reading a document, means for storing the read document, and means for printing the stored document.

  The display unit 9 is configured by an LCD (liquid crystal display) attached to the operation unit 10 or the like, and displays various types of information.

  The operation unit 10 includes operation keys for performing various operations. Various operations by the user on the communication terminal device 1 are performed through the operation unit 10. The display unit 9 may be a touch panel, and the display unit 9 as the touch panel may function as the operation unit 10.

  The codec 6 encodes the read document by an MH (modified huffman) method, an MR (modified read) method, an MMR (modified modified read) method, or the like for transmission or the like, or decodes the received document.

  The modem 7 is a ITU-T (International Telecommunication Union-Telecommunication Standardization Sector) recommendation V.3. The transmission data is modulated and the received data is demodulated according to the 34 standard. The NCU 8 controls the telephone line to place or hang up the telephone.

  When the transmission unit of the FAX communication device 32 transmits a FAX to the communication terminal apparatus 1, the FAX-transmitted document is received by the modem 7. The received document is temporarily stored in the image memory 5. The stored document is decoded by the codec 6. The decrypted document is stored in the flash memory 3. As described above, the communication terminal device 1 is configured to receive, in memory, a document that is fax-transmitted by the transmission unit of the fax communication device 32.

  The communication terminal device 1 configured as described above is a multifunction device that functions as a FAX communication device, an Internet FAX communication device, a copier, a network printer, a network scanner, and the like. Note that the communication terminal device 1 does not have to be a multifunction device, and may be any device that functions as at least a FAX communication device and an Internet FAX communication device.

  Next, an example of Internet FAX transmission processing will be described based on the flowchart shown in FIG. This process is performed according to a command issued by the control unit 2 based on a control program on the flash memory 3 or the like.

  In this process, when a document faxed by the transmission unit of the fax communication device 32 is received (step S1), the received document is stored in the flash memory 3 (step S2).

  Next, an Internet FAX transmission is performed by an e-mail addressed to the e-mail address on the flash memory 3 and including the upper part of the first page of the document on the flash memory 3 and the next operation menu (step S3), and the process ends.

  When an e-mail transmitted via the Internet FAX is opened by the operation unit of the mobile terminal 31, the upper part 41 of the first page of the document on the flash memory 3 and the next operation are displayed by the display unit of the mobile terminal 31, as shown in FIG. A menu 42 is displayed.

  Here, if the e-mail includes the number of pages of the document on the flash memory 3 (for example, “3 pages in total”) 43, the number of pages 43 of the document received by FAX can be easily grasped. There is an advantage that it is easy to do.

  When the all page reception operation (for example, “receive all pages”) 44 on the next operation menu 42 in the e-mail is selected via the Internet 21 by the operation unit of the portable terminal 31, the document on the flash memory 3 is selected. All pages and the next operation menu are transferred to the portable terminal 31. As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, all pages 45 and the next operation menu 46 of the transferred document are displayed on the display unit of the portable terminal 31. As described above, if all the pages 45 and the next operation menu 46 of the FAX received document are transferred, the entire document can be confirmed, and the next operation such as printing and deleting the document can be easily performed. There is.

  As shown in FIG. 3, when the first page reception operation (for example, “receive the first page”) 47 on the next operation menu 42 in the e-mail is selected via the Internet 21 by the operation unit of the mobile terminal 31. The first page of the document on the flash memory 3 and the next operation menu are transferred to the portable terminal 31. As shown in FIG. 6, the first page 45 and the next operation menu 48 of the transferred document are displayed on the display unit of the mobile terminal 31.

  When a next page reception operation (for example, “receive next page”) 49 on the transferred next operation menu 48 is selected by the operation unit of the portable terminal 31 via the Internet 21, the data is stored on the flash memory 3. The second page of the document and the next operation menu are transferred to the portable terminal 31. Although not shown, the second page 45 and the next operation menu 48 of the transferred document are displayed on the display unit of the portable terminal 31.

  Similarly, when the next page reception operation on the transferred next operation menu is selected by the operation unit of the portable terminal 31 via the Internet 21, the third page of the document on the flash memory 3 and the next operation menu are carried by the portable terminal 31. It is transferred to the terminal 31. Although not shown, the third page 45 and the next operation menu 48 of the transferred document are displayed on the display unit of the portable terminal 31. Thus, if the FAX-received document page 45 and the next operation menu 48 are transferred, it is possible to check the document one page at a time, and it is easy to perform the next operations such as receiving, printing, and deleting the document. There are advantages.

  As shown in FIGS. 3, 5, and 6, a delete operation (for example, “delete received document”) 50 on the next operation menus 42, 46, 48 is performed via the Internet 21 by the operation unit of the portable terminal 31. If selected, the document on the flash memory 3 is deleted. Thus, if the document received by FAX can be deleted by an instruction from the portable terminal 31, there is an advantage that the storage resource of the communication terminal device 1 can be saved.

  When the printing operation on the next operation menu 42, 46, 48 is selected via the Internet 21 by the operation unit of the portable terminal 31, the document on the flash memory 3 is printed. As described above, if a document received by FAX can be printed by an instruction from the portable terminal 31, there is an advantage that the document can be referred to immediately after returning from the destination.

  When the original on the flash memory 3 is a color image, when the monochrome printing operation (for example, “print the received original in monochrome”) 51 on the next operation menu 42, 46, 48 is selected, When the color printing operation (for example, “color printing of received document”) 52 on the next operation menu 42, 46, 48 is selected, the document on the flash memory 3 is printed in color. By doing so, there is an advantage that the printing cost can be reduced because color printing with high printing cost can be performed only when necessary.

  According to the communication terminal device 1 configured as described above, the upper part 41 and the next operation menu 42 of the first page of the document received by FAX are transmitted by Internet FAX to the portable terminal 31, so that the portable terminal 31 is useless. There is an advantage that a simple communication fee is not generated and the next operation such as reception, printing, and deletion of an original is easy.

  As described above, the communication terminal apparatus according to the present invention is suitable for applications in which a document received by FAX is prevented from generating a useless communication fee for a portable terminal that is transferred by Internet FAX.

The block diagram which shows the structural example of the communication terminal device which concerns on embodiment. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an example of an Internet FAX transmission process. Explanatory drawing which shows the example of a screen display of the email transmitted by Internet FAX. FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing a screen display example near the first page of a transferred document. Explanatory drawing which shows the example of a screen display near the 3rd page lower part of the transferred original. FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing a screen display example near the lower part of the first page of a transferred document.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Communication terminal device 2 Control part 3 Flash memory 4 RAM
5 Image memory 6 Codec 7 Modem 8 NCU
12 Recording unit 13 LAN interface 21 Internet 22 PSTN
31 Mobile terminal 32 FAX communication device 41 Upper part of first page 42 Next operation menu 44 All page reception operation 45 Page 46 Next operation menu 47 First page reception operation 48 Next operation menu 49 Next page reception operation 50 Deletion operation 51 Monochrome printing operation 52 Color printing operation

Claims (7)

Means for storing the e-mail address of the mobile terminal;
Means for receiving a document faxed by the transmitter of the fax machine;
Means for storing the received document;
Means for sending an Internet FAX by e-mail with the stored e-mail address as the destination and the upper part of the first page of the stored document and the next operation menu;
A communication terminal device comprising:   The communication terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the electronic mail includes the number of pages of a stored document. Means for storing a plurality of next operation menus;
When an operation for receiving all pages on the next operation menu in the e-mail is selected by the operation unit of the mobile terminal via the Internet, all stored documents are displayed so as to be displayed on the display unit of the mobile terminal. The communication terminal device according to claim 1, further comprising means for transferring a page and a stored next operation menu to the portable terminal. Means for storing a plurality of next operation menus;
When the first page receiving operation on the next operation menu in the e-mail is selected via the Internet by the operation unit of the mobile terminal, the stored document is displayed so as to be displayed on the display unit of the mobile terminal. Means for transferring the first page and the stored next operation menu to the portable terminal;
When the next page receiving operation on the transferred next operation menu is selected via the Internet by the operation unit of the mobile terminal, the next of the stored original is displayed on the display unit of the mobile terminal. Means for transferring the page and the stored next operation menu to the portable terminal;
The communication terminal device according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising:   5. The communication terminal device according to claim 1, further comprising means for deleting a stored document when a delete operation on the next operation menu is selected by the operation unit of the portable terminal via the Internet. .   6. The communication terminal device according to claim 1, further comprising means for printing a stored document when a printing operation on the next operation menu is selected by the operation unit of the portable terminal via the Internet. . When the monochrome printing operation on the next operation menu is selected, the printing unit prints the stored original in monochrome, while the color printing operation on the next operation menu is selected. 7. The communication terminal apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the original is color-printed.

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