JP2011130054A - Communication processing apparatus, communication processing method, and communication processing program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent contact destination information from being erroneously edited by a user. <P>SOLUTION: A communication processing apparatus includes: a storage unit for storing, as management target, contact destination information including information used for communication with a communication target and for identifying the communication target; a first editing unit for editing the contact destination information to be managed in response to text inputted by a user; an adding unit for adding the contact destination information inputted by data transfer as the contact destination information which should not be edited by the text input to the management target; a prohibiting unit for prohibiting the editing by the text input for the contact destination information which should not be edited by the text input; a presenting unit for presenting in a common list the contact destination information to be managed; and a communication control unit for performing communications with a communication target indicated by information for identifying the communication target included in the contact destination information selected from the contact destination information presented in the common list. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a communication processing apparatus, method, and program having a function of managing contact information of a communication target.

  Conventionally, it is known that contact information such as a telephone number is downloaded from a telephone directory published on a network to a terminal device such as a personal computer and registered in an address book used in the terminal device. Patent Document 1 describes a method of automatically collecting a large amount of contact information registered in a telephone directory into a set of necessary information and registering it in an address book.

JP 2003-134217 A

For example, when a correspondence education provider publishes contact information for correspondence education (such as the FAX number of the manuscript and the contact phone number of the person in charge) on the network, the contact information is downloaded to the terminal device. If a correspondence learning student can easily edit the downloaded contact information in the same way as other contact information managed by the student on the terminal device, it may be edited incorrectly. was there.
An object of the present invention is to prevent downloaded contact information from being accidentally edited by a user.

  (1) A communication processing apparatus for achieving the above object includes storage means for storing, as a management target, contact information including information for identifying the communication target used for communication with the communication target; A first editing means for editing the contact information according to a user's text input; and the contact information input by data transfer as the contact information that cannot be edited by the text input. An adding means for adding to the information, a prohibiting means for prohibiting editing by the text input for the contact information that cannot be edited by the text input, and the contact information to be managed are presented in a common list Identifying the communication target included in the contact information selected from the contact information presented in the common list with the presenting means Comprising a communication control means for performing communication with the communication target indicated that information.

  According to the present invention, the communication processing device has a function of adding the contact information input to the communication processing device by data transfer as a non-editable item to be managed, so that the user configures the contact information by text input. The trouble of inputting the contents of each item can be saved. Further, since it is not necessary for the user to input text using an input device such as a keyboard, a mouse, or a touch panel, the possibility of inputting incorrect information can be eliminated. In addition, since it has a function for prohibiting editing of contact information that has been added as uneditable by text input, it is possible to prevent the contact information from being updated to an incorrect content by the user.

  In the communication processing apparatus of the present invention, both the contact information that can be edited by text input and the contact information that cannot be edited by text input are presented in a common list. Desired contact information can be easily selected from the list. That is, contact information that can be edited by text input and contact information that cannot be edited are not distinguished and presented in separate lists, so the user can place the desired contact information in either list. It is not necessary to memorize whether it is presented or not, and the user can easily find desired contact information.

(2) In the communication processing apparatus for achieving the above object, the second editing for editing the contact information, which is prohibited from editing by the text input, based on the contact information input by the data transfer. Means may be provided.
According to the present invention, the user can edit the contact information that cannot be edited by text input, using the contact information input to the communication processing apparatus by data transfer. Even if you change the contents of contact information that has already been entered into the communication processing device and added as a management target and cannot be edited by text input, there is no opportunity for the user to enter text. It is possible to prevent the information from being updated.

(3) In the communication processing apparatus for achieving the above object, the editing by the second editing means permits the contact information, which has been disabled by the text input, to be edited by the text input. It may include changing to.
According to the present invention, when the contact information input to the communication processing device by data transfer and added as a management target is edited based on the contact information newly input to the communication processing device by data transfer and added, Whether or not editing is possible by text input can be switched. As a result, it is possible to allow the user to edit the contact information that has been disabled by text input by text input.

(4) In the communication processing apparatus for achieving the above object, the presenting means includes the contact information that is permitted to be edited by the text input and the contact information that is not allowed to be edited by the text input. May be classified according to a common rule and presented in the common list.
According to the present invention, contact information that cannot be edited by text input and contact information that is permitted to be edited by text input are classified according to common rules and presented in a common list. Therefore, the user can search for desired contact information based on common rules without being conscious of whether the contact information cannot be edited for text input or not.

  Furthermore, the above method can also be applied as a program or method. In addition, the apparatus, program, and method as described above may be implemented as a single apparatus or may be implemented using components shared with other apparatuses, and include various aspects. For example, it is possible to provide a communication processing system, method, and program including the above-described devices. Further, some changes may be made as appropriate, such as a part of software and a part of hardware. Furthermore, the invention is also established as a recording medium for a program for controlling the apparatus. Of course, the software recording medium may be a magnetic recording medium, a magneto-optical recording medium, or any recording medium to be developed in the future.

(1A) is a block diagram showing a configuration of a communication processing apparatus, (1B) is a block diagram showing a configuration of a communication processing program. (2A) and (2B) are schematic diagrams according to the first embodiment. The schematic diagram concerning other embodiment.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in the following order with reference to the accompanying drawings. In addition, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected to the corresponding component in each figure, and the overlapping description is abbreviate | omitted.

1. First embodiment (Configuration)
FIG. 1A is a block diagram showing a configuration of a communication processing apparatus as a first embodiment of the present invention. The communication processing apparatus includes a control unit 20 including a CPU, ROM, RAM, and the like, a personal computer (PC) 1 including a hard disk device (HDD) 30, a communication unit 40, and the like. An input device such as a keyboard 70 and a mouse 71 for operating the PC 1 and a display 72 are connected to the PC 1 via an interface (not shown). The communication unit 40 is an interface that connects to the server 100 via a network such as the Internet and performs communication for downloading contact information and the like. In the present embodiment, the PC 1 is connected to the facsimile machine 80 via the communication unit 40.

  The server 100 is a server that discloses contact information. For example, the server 100 publishes on the network a WEB site including a UI (User Interface) that accepts a contact information download request. The server 100 has a function of transmitting contact information to the user's terminal in response to a contact information download request from the user's terminal device (PC1 or the like). The server 100 is configured as a server computer including a control unit including a CPU, RAM, and ROM, an HDD, a communication unit, and the like.

  The PC 1 is installed with a communication processing program 31 for causing the PC 1 to function as a communication processing device (see FIG. 1B). The communication processing program 31 is stored in the HDD 30 and is appropriately loaded into the RAM at the time of execution. The communication processing program 31 is configured, for example, as an application program that creates or transmits / receives e-mails or a FAX transmission application program. In addition, for example, it may be configured to be incorporated in various application programs such as address creation application programs such as postcards and sealed letters. The communication processing program 31 includes a first editing unit 31a, an adding unit 31b, a prohibiting unit 31c, a second editing unit 31d, a storage unit 31e, a presentation unit 31f, and a communication control unit 31g. .

The HDD 30 stores contact information 32 managed by the communication processing program 31. The contact information includes the name, e-mail address, telephone number, facsimile (FAX) number, Web site URL, address, etc. related to the person or organization to which the user of the PC 1 or other terminal device is to communicate. Refers to information for identifying a target. In the contact information 32, the user of the communication processing program 31 newly created or edited by text input to the PC 1 using an input device such as the keyboard 70, and the editing by the text input input to the PC 1 by data transfer are permitted. There are two types, though not. In the present specification, the former is distinguished from type 1 and the latter from type 2 for convenience of explanation. In both cases, items (such as the above-mentioned name and e-mail address) constituting information for identifying a communication target are common. Note that data transfer refers to acquiring contact information (type 2) in which contents for items constituting contact information are already set from outside the PC 1. In the present embodiment, the acquisition is performed by downloading from the server 100. It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the form acquired via the network, but may be a form acquired from an external recording medium connected to be accessible to the PC 1, for example.
For type 1 contact information, a plurality of contact information is stored in one contact information file. As for type 2 contact information, one contact information file includes one contact information. Each file is distinguished by a difference in extension.

  The first editing unit 31a is a program module that causes the PC 1 to realize a function of acquiring newly created or edited contact information (type 1) by inputting text using an input device such as a keyboard 70 or a mouse 71. is there. Specifically, a form provided with each column for inputting a name, an e-mail address, a FAX number, a telephone number, etc. corresponding to one contact information is displayed on the display 72 and entered in each column. It has a function to acquire text data. The storage unit 31 e is a program module that causes the PC 1 to realize a function of storing the acquired contact information in the HDD 30 as data to be managed by the communication processing program 31. The adding unit 31b is a program module that causes the PC 1 to realize a function of inputting contact information (type 2) acquired from the outside by data transfer to the PC 1 and adding (importing) it as a management target of the storage unit 31e.

  The prohibition unit 31c is a program module that causes the PC 1 to realize a function of prohibiting editing of type 2 contact information by text input. Specifically, for example, the prohibition unit 31c does not display the above-described form for the type 2 contact information. Alternatively, for example, the above-described form may be displayed, but text input to an input field in the form may not be accepted. In the present embodiment, an aspect is adopted in which the operation of the edit button serving as a trigger for displaying the above-described form is prohibited so that the form is not displayed. The second editing unit 31d causes the PC 1 to implement a function of editing the type 2 contact information already managed by the storage unit 31e based on the type 2 contact information newly acquired by data transfer. It is a program module. The presentation unit 31f is a program module that causes the PC 1 to realize the function of presenting the contact information 32 managed by the storage unit 31e in a common list. The list is displayed on the display 72.

  The communication control unit 31g is a program module that causes the PC 1 to realize a function of executing communication based on contact information selected by the user among contact information presented in the list. Specifically, for example, in the case of performing facsimile transmission, the image data indicating the transmission original and the FAX number included in the contact information are transferred to the facsimile apparatus 80, and the facsimile apparatus 80 is set as the communication target of the FAX number. The communication control unit 31g has a function of instructing transmission of image data. In addition, an email transmission function, an Internet telephone call function, and the like may be provided.

(Communication processing program processing)
Next, contact information adding / editing / deleting processing in the communication processing program 31 will be described. As described above, the communication processing program 31 can handle contact information acquired by two types of methods, type 1 and type 2. For example, as shown in FIG. 2A, the address book UI of the communication processing program 31 includes a list 200a for presenting contact information already managed by the storage unit 21e and a function for adding new contact information. An add button 200b to be provided, an edit button 200c that provides a function for editing contact information that has already been registered, and a delete button 200d that provides a function to delete contact information that has already been registered are included. Yes. Each row of the list 200a represents one piece of contact information, and each column of the list 200a represents items constituting the contact information. In the list shown in the figure, only the name, telephone number, and e-mail are presented, but all items constituting the contact information may be presented in the list 200a or, for example, one piece of contact information Is double-clicked by the user, the control unit 20 may present information input in all items of the corresponding contact information.

  Next, for example, when the user clicks the add button 200b, the control unit 20 displays a form including input fields for inputting each item of the new contact information on the display 72, and the user inputs text. Information corresponding to each item of the contact information is acquired and stored in the HDD 30. In this way, the type 1 contact information is registered in the communication processing program 31 as a new contact.

  The type 1 contact information added to the communication processing program 31 by the user's text input can be freely edited by the user by text input. Specifically, when the user selects type 1 contact information among the cases displayed in the list 200a (the selected contact information is highlighted in the figure), the control unit 20 The edit button 200c is displayed without being grayed out (gray display of the button indicates that the button cannot be operated, and when the gray button is not displayed, it indicates that the button can be operated. ). When the edit button 200c is clicked in this state, the control unit 20 displays a form for editing the contact information item on the display 72, and the information edited by the user by text input is stored in the HDD 30. Update the corresponding contact information. FIG. 2A shows that the edit button 200c is in a clickable state because “A field Y child” is selected as the type 1 contact information. Note that when the user clicks the delete button 200d while the type 1 contact information is selected, the control unit 20 discards the corresponding type 1 contact information from the HDD 30. Therefore, the corresponding type 1 contact information is deleted from the list 200a.

Next, processing contents of the control unit 20 corresponding to user operations when importing contact information (type 2) downloaded from the server 100 will be described. For example, as shown in FIG. 2B, the address book UI includes an “import” menu 200e as one function of the menu, and when the user selects the “import” menu 200e, the control unit 20 prior to this operation. Then, a window for allowing the user to specify the storage destination and file name of the file including the contact information downloaded in advance from the server 100 and stored in the HDD 30 is displayed on the display 72. When the user designates a file, the control unit 20 adds the contact information included in the designated file as a management target of the recording unit 31e and presents it in the list 200a. In this way, type 2 contact information is registered in the communication processing program 31 as a new contact. Therefore, with respect to the contact information provided by the server 100, it is possible to save the user from manually inputting information on each item.
The type 1 contact information entered by the user and entered as described above and the type 2 contact information acquired from the server 100 by data transfer are presented in the same list 200a.

  In the present embodiment, the type 2 contact information is managed by the storage unit 31e as being incapable of being edited by the user by text input. Specifically, for example, in the transmission processing program 31, type 1 and type 2 are distinguished by the extension of the file, and a file including contact information of type 2 is treated as being uneditable by text input. . FIG. 2B shows a state where “KK correspondence education service” which is type 2 contact information is selected, and the edit button 200c is grayed out at that time. When the type 2 contact information is selected in the list 200a, the control unit 20 causes the edit button 200c to be displayed in a grayed out display indicating that the operation is disabled by the processing of the prohibition unit 31c so as not to accept the edit instruction. Therefore, even if the edit button 200c is clicked, the control unit 20 does not display a form similar to the type 1 edit on the display 72. As a result, it is possible to prevent the type 2 contact information from being edited erroneously by the user inputting text.

  When the type 2 contact information is selected in the list 200a, the delete button 200d is also grayed out. Therefore, the user cannot delete the type 2 contact information by clicking the delete button 200d. When the user selects the “export” menu 200f presented as one function of the menu, the control unit 20 displays a window for allowing the user to select type 2 contact information to be exported. And the control part 20 exports the contact information of the type 2 which the user selected, and makes it the management object of the memory | storage part 31e. As a result, the corresponding type 2 contact information is deleted from the list 200a. By doing so, it is possible to prevent the user from inadvertently deleting the type 2 contact information.

  In this embodiment, the type 2 contact information cannot be edited by text input. For example, when the type 2 contact information disclosed on the server 100 is changed (there is a change). When the contact information provider notifies that information), the user once exports the corresponding type 2 contact information 33 and newly downloads the changed contact information from the server 100 to the communication processing program. By importing the information into the type 31, the corresponding type 2 contact information can be changed to new information. Since the user does not need to edit the text to reflect the changed part, it is possible to prevent the contact information from being updated with incorrect information due to a typo or misunderstanding of the user.

  For example, by importing contact information newly acquired from the server 100 without once exporting the type 2 contact information before the change, the change location is reflected in the form of overwriting, so that the type 2 The contact information may be edited (second editing unit 31d). The trigger for executing such editing may be when the user explicitly inputs an update instruction to the communication processing program 31. Alternatively, for example, each time the communication processing program 31 is activated, the contact information published on the server 100 may be synchronized with the downloaded and imported type 2 contact information. That is, when there is a change in the contact information published on the server 100, the type 2 contact information already imported into the communication processing program 31 corresponding to the changed contact information is stored in the server 100. Automatically overwrite the changed contact information published in.

  The type 1 contact information and the type 2 contact information added or edited in the communication processing program 31 as described above are presented in the common list 200a as shown in FIG. From the contact information list 200a presented in this way, the user selects and uses the necessary contact information. For example, the usage is assumed to be used as a destination when sending an e-mail, as a fax number when sending a fax, or as a destination for an Internet telephone. Of course, it may be used as address information or address text information printed on a postcard or letter. Since it is presented in the common list 200a, the user can find out from the list 200a without being conscious of whether the required contact information is type 1 or type 2, so that they are distinguished and presented in separate lists. Compared to the case, it is convenient for the user.

2. Second Embodiment In the first embodiment, the type 2 contact information cannot be edited by the user by text input. However, as in this embodiment, the contact information newly acquired from the server 100 is imported. Then, when updating the corresponding type 2 contact information (second editing unit 31d), whether to edit the type 2 contact information by text input may be switched. For example, the contact information provided by the server 100 includes information indicating whether or not editing by text input of the user of the download destination terminal device is permitted. If it is set to allow editing by text input, the type 2 contact information that has been disabled for text input until now is imported by overwriting the contact information. Then, switching to a state in which editing by text input is permitted (that is, in this embodiment, editing by text input is possible for type 1 contact information and type 2 contact information for which editing is permitted). When the contact information permitted to be edited by text input is selected in the list 200a, the control unit 20 displays the edit button 200c in a clickable state, and when the edit button 200c is clicked, each item is displayed. On the other hand, a form including a field for accepting text input is displayed on the display 72, and contents edited by text input are acquired. According to the second embodiment, it is possible to edit contact information that has been disabled by text input until then by text input.

3. Other Embodiments The technical scope of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and it goes without saying that various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. For example, as shown in FIG. 3, type 1 contact information and type 2 contact information are presented in a common list in a state classified according to common rules such as alphabetical order or alphabetical order. You may do it. The user does not need to worry about whether the desired contact information is type 1 or type 2, but can search for the desired contact information based on a common rule, so type 1 and type 2 Compared with the case where the is distinguished and presented separately, the user-friendliness is better. The common rule may be any rule other than those described above. For example, the common rule may be arranged in the order in which contact information is added, divided into a predetermined number of items, and presented in a plurality of pages.

  For example, when a user downloads and imports type 2 contact information, other attached information related to the contact information may be added to the communication processing program 31 together with the type 2 contact information. . For example, if the type 2 contact information is contact information of correspondence education service, the Q & A of the correspondence education service, help, etc. may be included as attached information. Then, when the contact information is imported, the Q & A and the help information of the correspondence education service may be added to the help function of the communication processing program 31.

  Note that the present invention is not limited to a form applied to a personal computer, but can also be applied to a telephone with a facsimile function, a multifunction machine having an image reading function, a printing function, and a facsimile function. A touch panel may be used as an input device that accepts text input.

  1: PC (communication processing device), 20: control unit, 31: communication processing program, 31a: first editing unit, 31b: addition unit, 31c: prohibition unit, 31d: second editing unit, 31e: storage unit, 31f : Presentation unit, 31g: Communication control unit, 32: Contact information, 40: Communication unit, 70: Keyboard, 71: Mouse, 72: Display, 73: Facsimile device, 100: Server, 200a: List, 200b: Add button , 200c: Edit button, 200d: Delete button.

Claims (6)

Storage means for storing, as a management target, contact information including information for identifying the communication target used for communication with the communication target;
A first editing means for editing the contact information to be managed in response to a user's text input;
Adding means for adding the contact information input by data transfer to the management target as contact information that cannot be edited by the text input;
Prohibiting means for prohibiting editing by the text input with respect to the contact information that disables editing by the text input;
Presenting means for presenting the contact information to be managed in a common list;
Communication control means for executing communication with a communication target indicated by information identifying the communication target included in the contact information selected from the contact information presented in the common list;
A communication processing apparatus comprising: A second editing unit that edits the contact information that is prohibited from being edited by the text input based on the contact information input by the data transfer;
The communication processing apparatus according to claim 1. Editing in the second editing means includes changing the contact information that has been disabled by the text input to permit editing by the text input,
The communication processing apparatus according to claim 2. The presenting means classifies the contact information that can be edited by the text input and the contact information that cannot be edited by the text input according to a common rule, and presents them in the common list.
The communication processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3. A storage step of storing, as a management target, contact information including information used for communication with the communication target and identifying the communication target;
A first editing step of editing the contact information of the management target according to a user's text input;
An additional step of adding the contact information input by data transfer as the contact information that cannot be edited by the text input to the management target;
A prohibition step of prohibiting editing by the text input, with respect to the contact information that cannot be edited by the text input;
A presentation step of presenting the contact information to be managed in a common list;
A communication control step of performing communication with a communication target indicated by information identifying the communication target included in the contact information selected from the contact information presented in the common list;
A communication processing method including: A storage function for storing contact information including information for identifying the communication target used for communication with the communication target;
A first editing function for editing the contact information to be managed according to a user's text input;
An additional function of adding the contact information input by data transfer to the management target as contact information that cannot be edited by the text input;
A prohibition function for prohibiting editing by the text input with respect to the contact information that disables editing by the text input;
A presentation function for presenting the contact information to be managed in a common list;
A communication control function for executing communication with a communication target indicated by information identifying the communication target included in the contact information selected from the contact information presented in the common list;
A communication processing program that makes a computer realize.

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