JP2014239366A - Communication device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide means for allowing a user who registered a facsimile transmission job that has been suspended to learn circumstances why the job was suspended.SOLUTION: A communication device comprises: a transmission instruction information storage unit that stores transmission instruction information to transmit content to a specified destination; a destination information storage unit that stores the destination and suspension instruction information to suspend execution of transmitting content by the transmission instruction information for the destination per destination; a suspension control unit that stores the suspension instruction information on transmission of the content to the specified destination in the destination information storage unit, and suspends execution of the transmission; a user information storage unit that associates and stores user identification information with a notification destination in advance; and a notification unit that notifies the notification destination associated with the user identification information on a user having registered the transmission instruction information of information indicating that transmission of the content was suspended and information on the suspended user when the suspension control unit stores the suspension instruction information on transmission of the content in the destination information storage unit.

Description

  The present invention relates to a communication apparatus such as a facsimile apparatus that transmits content to a designated destination.

  In a conventional communication device, when a user as a user tries to edit a record in the telephone directory, if a facsimile transmission job referring to the record is reserved, a warning display indicating that the record is reserved for transmission In addition, the facsimile transmission job is not transmitted while the user opens the record editing screen, and when the user edits the record, the facsimile transmission job is canceled. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1).

JP-A-11-150614

However, in the conventional technique, when a facsimile transmission job is suspended, the user who registered the facsimile transmission job cannot know the suspended situation, and the user immediately suspended the facsimile transmission job. There is a problem that even if it is hoped that the situation will be resolved, no measures can be taken.
An object of the present invention is to solve such a problem, and when a facsimile transmission job is suspended, an object of the present invention is to enable a user who has registered the facsimile transmission job to know the suspended situation. To do.

  Therefore, the present invention provides a transmission instruction information storage unit that stores transmission instruction information for receiving contents of a user in response to a user operation and transmitting the contents to the specified destination in a communication apparatus that transmits the contents to the specified destination. And for each destination, a destination information storage unit that stores suspension instruction information for suspending execution of content transmission by the transmission instruction information, and transmission of content to a designated destination by accepting a user operation User information stored in advance in association with the hold control unit that stores the hold instruction information in the destination information storage unit, holds the execution of the transmission, user identification information that identifies the user, and the notification destination When the storage unit and the hold control unit store the hold instruction information for the transmission of the content in the destination information storage unit, an instruction for registering the transmission instruction information in accordance with an instruction from the hold control unit The notification destination associated with the user identification information of the user includes information indicating that transmission of the content is suspended and a notification unit that notifies the user identification information of the suspended user. Features.

  According to the present invention as described above, when a facsimile transmission job is suspended, an effect that the user who has registered the facsimile transmission job can know the suspended situation can be obtained.

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a facsimile apparatus according to a first embodiment. Explanatory drawing which shows the structure of the network in a 1st Example. Explanatory drawing of the information memorize | stored in RAM in 1st Example Explanatory drawing which shows the structure of the user table in 1st Example. Explanatory drawing which shows the structure of the telephone directory in a 1st Example. Explanatory drawing which shows the structure of the job table in a 1st Example. Explanatory drawing which shows the structure of the notification destination list in 1st Example. Explanatory drawing which shows the structure of the content of notification in 1st Example Explanatory drawing which shows the structure of the menu screen in 1st Example. Flowchart showing the flow of injunction processing in the first embodiment The flowchart which shows the flow of the injunction cancellation | release process in 1st Example. Flowchart showing the flow of facsimile transmission processing in the first embodiment Explanatory drawing which shows the structure of the telephone directory in 2nd Example. Flowchart showing the flow of injunction processing in the second embodiment

  Embodiments of a communication apparatus according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing the configuration of the network in the first embodiment.
In FIG. 2, a facsimile apparatus 1 serving as a communication apparatus for transmitting content to a designated destination is connected to an opposite facsimile apparatus 2 via a PSTN (public telephone network) 4, and the facsimile apparatus 1 is connected to a LAN (Local). It is connected to the mail server 3 via an area network (5). Here, the content refers to information such as an image, video, music, text, or a combination thereof, and in this embodiment, the content is described as image information of a document read by the facsimile apparatus 1.

  The opposite facsimile apparatus 2 may be a facsimile apparatus to which the present invention is not applied, and the mail server 3 is a computer having a function of transferring an electronic mail using SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol). It shall be.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the facsimile apparatus according to the first embodiment.
In FIG. 1, a facsimile apparatus 1 includes a control unit 101, an operation panel 102, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 103, a scanner 104, a NIC (Network Interface Card) 105, a facsimile interface 106, an RTC (Real Time Card). Clock) 107.

  The control unit 101 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and a ROM (Read Only Memory). The control program (software) stored in the ROM is executed by the CPU, and the operation panel 102, The operation of the entire facsimile apparatus 1 including peripheral devices such as the RAM 103, the scanner 104, the NIC 105, the facsimile interface 106, and the RTC 107 is controlled.

The control program stored in the ROM includes an operation unit 201, a user management unit 202, a telephone directory management unit 203, a job management unit 204, an injunction control unit 205, an injunction release control unit 206, and a notification unit 207. And the facsimile transmission unit 208.
The operation panel 102 includes a display unit that displays an instruction to the operator and an input unit such as a touch panel that receives an operation by the operator.
A RAM 103 as a storage unit is a storage device for storing temporary work data generated when the control program by the control unit 101 is executed.

The scanner 104 is a device that reads a document and generates image information of the document.
The NIC 105 is a device connected to the LAN 5 shown in FIG. 2 and enables communication with the mail server 3 via the LAN 5.
The facsimile interface 106 is a device connected to the PSTN 4 shown in FIG. 2 and enables communication with the opposite facsimile device 2 via the PSTN 4.
The RTC 107 is a device having a calendar function and a clock function.

The operation unit 201 is a control program that receives a request by an operator's input operation using the operation panel 102 and processes the request.
The user management unit 202 is an authentication unit that identifies a user as a user, and is a control program that manages information related to a user who uses the facsimile apparatus 1 with a predetermined configuration.
The telephone book management unit 203 is an address book management unit that manages a facsimile transmission destination address as one address record, and is a control program that manages information related to a facsimile communication partner with a predetermined configuration.

The job management unit 204 is a control program that manages a facsimile transmission request (hereinafter referred to as “job”) by an operator with a predetermined configuration.
An injunction control unit 205 as a hold control unit is a control program that inhibits facsimile transmission to a designated destination of facsimile communication. The injunction control unit 205 accepts a user's operation on the operation panel 102 shown in FIG. 1, stores the facsimile transmission hold instruction information for the designated destination in a telephone book 302 described later, and executes the facsimile transmission. Hold.

An injunction release control unit 206 as a hold release control unit is a control program for canceling the suspension of facsimile transmission to a designated destination of facsimile communication. The injunction release control unit 206 accepts the user's operation on the operation panel 102 shown in FIG. 1, deletes the suspension instruction information for facsimile transmission to the designated destination from the telephone directory 302 described later, and executes the facsimile transmission. Release the hold.
The notification unit 207 is a control program that transmits an e-mail having a specified content to a specified destination to the mail server 3 using the NIC 105. In addition, transmission of an electronic mail shall be performed using SMTP.

  The facsimile transmission unit 208 uses the facsimile interface 106 to transmit the document image information generated by the scanner 104 to the T.Facsimile. This is a control program for facsimile transmission according to the 30 recommendation. T. T. The 30 recommendation is a facsimile transmission procedure defined by ITU-T (International Telecommunication Union Telecommunication Standardization Sector).

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of information stored in the RAM in the first embodiment.
In FIG. 3, the RAM 103 includes a user table 301, a telephone directory 302, a job table 303, a current user 304, a notification destination list 305, notification contents 306, and a job pointer 307.
A user table 301 serving as a user information storage unit is information relating to a user who uses the facsimile apparatus 1 and is stored by the user management unit 202 shown in FIG. The user table 301 stores a user name as user identification information for identifying a user and a telephone number as a notification destination in association with each other.

The telephone directory 302 serving as a destination information storage unit stores facsimile transmission destinations and hold instruction information for suspending execution of facsimile transmission stored in a job table 303 to be described later for each destination. This is information relating to the other party, and is stored by the telephone directory management unit 203 shown in FIG.
A job table 303 serving as a transmission instruction information storage unit stores transmission instruction information that is information related to a job that receives a user operation on the operation panel 102 shown in FIG. 1 and transmits a facsimile to a specified destination. And stored by the job management unit 204 shown in FIG.

The current user 304 is identification information of a user who logs in the facsimile apparatus 1 by operating the operation panel 102 shown in FIG.
The notification destination list 305 is a list of destination addresses when the notification unit 207 shown in FIG. 1 transmits an e-mail.
The notification content 306 is the content of the email transmitted by the notification unit 207 shown in FIG. The content of this e-mail is a message that a job whose destination is a telephone directory record designated by the user's operation is suspended, for example, a message as shown in FIG.
The job pointer 307 is a pointer that points to the job being referred to when sequentially referring to the jobs stored in the job table 303.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing the configuration of the user table in the first embodiment.
A user table 301 shown in FIG. 4 is information managed by the user management unit 202 shown in FIG. 1, and includes a user name column 401 and an e-mail address column 402. Information related to one user is stored as one row. Has been.

The user name column 401 is a user identification name as user identification information (user identification information) for identifying the user. The value of the user name column 401 is information that can uniquely identify the user.
The e-mail address column 402 is an e-mail address that is a contact (notification destination) of the user identified by the value of the user name column 401.
Thus, the user table 301 stores the user's e-mail address in association with the user identification information.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing the configuration of the telephone directory in the first embodiment.
A telephone directory 302 shown in FIG. 5 is information related to a destination of facsimile communication managed by the telephone directory management unit 203 shown in FIG. 1, and includes a record name column 501, a telephone number column 502, and an injunction flag column 503. It is configured. In this telephone book 302, information relating to one destination is stored as one line (hereinafter referred to as “phone book record”).
The record name column 501 is an identification name for identifying the other party. Note that the value of the record name column 501 is information that can uniquely identify the phone book record.

The telephone number column 502 is a telephone number as a destination of the other party identified by the value of the record name column 501.
The injunction flag column 503 is flag information indicating whether or not facsimile transmission to the destination identified by the value of the record name column 501 should be prohibited.
As described above, the telephone directory 302 stores information on whether or not to stop facsimile transmission to the other party's telephone number and the other party in association with the other party identification information.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing the structure of the job table in the first embodiment.
A job table 303 shown in FIG. 6 is information related to a facsimile transmission request (job) by an operator managed by the job management unit 204 shown in FIG. 1, and includes an image address column 601, a destination record name column 602, and a transmission It consists of a scheduled time column 603 and a registrant user name column 604. In this job table 303, information (transmission instruction information) related to one job is stored as one line.
An image address column 601 is an address of the RAM 103 in which image information read by the scanner 104 shown in FIG. 1 is to be transmitted by facsimile as the job.

A destination record name column 602 is a record name of the telephone directory 302 designated as a destination to which the job is to be facsimile-transmitted.
The scheduled transmission time column 603 is a time designated by the operator on the operation panel 102 shown in FIG. 1 as a time at which the job should be transmitted by facsimile.
The registrant user name column 604 is a user name as user identification information for identifying the user who has requested (registered) the job.
As described above, the job table 303 stores the address where image information is stored for each job, the record name of the telephone book 302, the time when the facsimile should be transmitted, and the user name of the registrant.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing the configuration of the notification destination list in the first embodiment.
The notification destination list 305 shown in FIG. 7 is information related to the notification destination transmitted by the notification unit 207 shown in FIG. In this notification destination list 305, information related to one notification destination is stored as one line.
An email address column 701 is an email address as a notification destination to which the notification unit 207 illustrated in FIG. 1 transmits an email.
The operation of the above configuration will be described.
First, login of the facsimile apparatus of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.

  The operator needs to log in to the facsimile apparatus 1 using the operation panel 102 when operating the facsimile apparatus 1. Here, the login is to authenticate a user who can use the facsimile apparatus 1. The operation unit 201 receives an input of a user name for identifying the user on the operation panel 102, and the user name is input to the user management unit 202. 4, the user management unit 202 refers to the user table 301 shown in FIG. 4. If a user name that matches the user name is registered (stored) in the user table 301, the user name is set as the current user. Is stored in 304. If a user name that matches the input user name is not registered (stored) in the user table 301, the operation unit 201 waits for input of the user name again.

Next, the menu screen of the facsimile apparatus will be described with reference to FIGS.
When the login is completed, the operation unit 201 of the facsimile apparatus 1 displays a menu screen on the operation panel 102 for selecting and executing a function. The menu screen is, for example, the menu screen 900 shown in FIG. 9, and includes a user registration button 901, a telephone book registration button 902, a telephone book change button 903, a facsimile transmission registration (Fax transmission) button 904, and a stop button 905. , An injunction release button 906 and a logout button 907.

  A user registration button 901 is a button that is pressed when an operator registers a user who can use the facsimile apparatus 1. When the user registration button 901 is pressed, the operation unit 201 receives input of a user name and an e-mail address, and notifies the user management unit 202 of the input user name and e-mail address. The user management unit 202 stores and registers the notified user name and e-mail address in the user name column 401 and the e-mail address column 402 of the user table 301 shown in FIG.

  A phone book registration button 902 is a button to be pressed when the operator registers a phone book record in the facsimile apparatus 1. When the telephone book registration button 902 is pressed, the operation unit 201 accepts input of a record name and a telephone number, and notifies the telephone book management unit 203 of the input record name and telephone number. The telephone book management unit 203 stores and registers the notified record name and telephone number in the record name column 501 and the telephone number column 502 of the telephone book 302 shown in FIG. Further, the telephone directory management unit 203 sets “false” in the inhibition flag column 503 of the record name column 501 of the telephone directory 302 shown in FIG. “False” is information indicating that no injunction is performed, and “true” is information indicating that an injunction is performed.

  A phone book change button 903 is a button to be pressed when the operator changes a phone book record registered in the facsimile apparatus 1. When the phone book change button 903 is pressed, the operation unit 201 displays the phone book 302 shown in FIG. 5 as a list, accepts selection of a phone book record name to be changed, accepts input of a telephone number, and selects The telephone directory record name and the input telephone number are notified to the telephone directory management unit 203. The telephone directory management unit 203 stores the telephone number on the basis of the notified telephone directory record name by overwriting the telephone number column 502 of the record name column 501 of the telephone directory 302 shown in FIG.

  A facsimile transmission registration button 904 is a button to be pressed when the operator performs facsimile transmission. When this facsimile transmission registration button 904 is pressed, the operation unit 201 displays the telephone book 302 shown in FIG. 5 as a list, accepts selection of the telephone book record name of the facsimile transmission destination, and further starts the facsimile transmission to be started. The input of the transmission time is accepted, and the selected telephone book record name and the input facsimile transmission time are notified to the job management unit 204. The job management unit 204 reads an image of a document by the scanner 104, stores the generated image information in the RAM 103, and shows the address of the RAM 103 in which the image information is stored, the phone book record name, and the facsimile transmission time in FIG. Are stored in an image address column 601, a destination record name column 602, and a scheduled transmission time column 603, respectively. Further, the job management unit 204 stores the contents of the current user 304 in the registrant user name column 604 of the job table 303 shown in FIG.

  An injunction button 905 is a button to be pressed when a facsimile transmission destined for a desired telephone directory record is to be suspended. When the stop button 905 is pressed, the operation unit 201 operates the stop control unit 205. Details of the intrusion process performed by the injunction control unit 205 will be described later.

An injunction release button 906 is a button to be pressed when canceling an inhibition of facsimile transmission destined for a desired telephone directory record. When the injunction release button 906 is pressed, the operation unit 201 operates the injunction release control unit 206. Details of the intrusion release process performed by the injunction release control unit 206 will be described later.
A logout button 907 is a button to be pressed when logging out. When the logout button 907 is pressed, the operation unit 201 deletes the user name stored in the current user 304 and waits for a login operation.

Next, referring to FIG. 1 and FIG. 3 according to the step represented by S in the flowchart showing the flow of the injunction process in the first embodiment of FIG. explain.
S101: The operation unit 201 that has detected that the stop button 905 on the menu screen 900 shown in FIG. 9 has been pressed displays the phone book 302 shown in FIG. 5 on the operation panel 102 as a list.
S102: The operation unit 201 accepts an operation for selecting a telephone book record to be suspended from the list of the telephone book 302 shown in FIG.

S103: The injunction control unit 205 extracts the record name string 501 of the phone book 302 shown in FIG. 5 corresponding to the phone book record selected by the operation unit 201, and changes the value of the corresponding injunction flag 503 to “true”. To do.
S104: The injunction control unit 205 clears (deletes) the notification destination list 305.
S105: The injunction control unit 205 performs job registrant search processing and generates a notification destination list 305.

Here, the job registrant search process will be described.
The injunction control unit 205 first searches the destination record name column 602 of the job table 303 shown in FIG. 6 using the record name in the record name column 501 of the telephone book 302 shown in FIG. Extract jobs. Subsequently, the injunction control unit 205 displays the contact information of the user who registered the extracted job, that is, the value of the registrant user name column 604 of the extracted job in the user management unit 202 shown in FIG. The value in the email address column 402 of the user table 301 shown is stored in the notification destination list 305. In this way, the injunction control unit 205 performs job registrant search processing.

S106: The injunction control unit 205 determines whether or not the notification destination list 305 is empty, that is, whether or not the contact information of the user is stored in the notification destination list 305. In the registrant search process, this process is terminated because there is no corresponding job.
On the other hand, the injunction control unit 205 that has determined that the notification destination list 305 is not empty shifts the processing to S107 assuming that the corresponding job exists in the job registrant search process.

S107: The suspension control unit 205 that has determined that the notification destination list 305 is not empty clears the notification content 306.
S108: After the job registrant search process is completed, the injunction control unit 205 performs a notification content generation process.

  The notification content generation process performed by the injunction control unit 205 is a process of storing, in the notification content 306, a message indicating that a job destined for a specific phone book record is not executed by a user operation stored in the current user 304. . The message stored in the notification content 306 includes an email address of the user (in the email address column 402 of the user table 301 shown in FIG. Value). For example, when the current user 304 is John and the telephone book record to be suspended is Alice, the message is a facsimile addressed to Alice by an operation of “John <john@abcssoft.com>” as shown in FIG. "Sending is pending."

  S109: The injunction control unit 205 that has performed the notification content generation processing uses the email address stored in the email address column 701 of the notification destination list 305 shown in FIG. 7 as the destination, and stores it in the notification content 306 shown in FIG. 8, for example. An e-mail with the message as a body is transmitted using the notification unit 207, and this process is terminated.

  As described above, the notification unit 207, when storing the suspension flag (holding instruction information) for facsimile transmission in the telephone book 302, is sent to the destination where the facsimile transmission is suspended by the instruction from the suspension control unit 205. On the other hand, the facsimile transmission is suspended at the notification destination of the user who registered the job (transmission instruction information in the job table 303) (the notification destination of the email address column 402 associated with the user name column 401 of the user table 301). Notify information and the user name of the suspended user.

Next, the injunction release processing performed by the injunction release control unit 206 shown in FIG. 1 is shown in FIGS. 1 and 3 according to the step represented by S in the flowchart showing the flow of the injunction release processing in the first embodiment of FIG. The description will be given with reference.
S201: The operation unit 201 that has detected that the injunction release button 906 on the menu screen 900 shown in FIG. 9 has been pressed displays the phone book 302 shown in FIG. 5 on the operation panel 102 as a list.

S202: The operation unit 201 accepts an operation for selecting a telephone book record that is a target of uninhibition from the list of the telephone book 302 shown in FIG.
S203: The injunction release control unit 206 extracts the record name string 501 of the phone book 302 shown in FIG. 5 corresponding to the phone book record selected by the operation unit 201, and sets the value of the corresponding injunction flag 503 to “false”. Change and end this process.

Next, the facsimile transmission processing performed by the facsimile transmission unit 208 shown in FIG. 1 is shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 3 and FIG. 3 according to the step indicated by S in the flowchart showing the flow of the facsimile transmission processing in the first embodiment of FIG. This will be described with reference to FIG.
S301: First, the facsimile transmission unit 208 determines whether or not there is a job in the job table 303, that is, whether or not a job is stored in the job table 303, and if not, waits until a predetermined time elapses. When the predetermined time has elapsed, the above determination is repeated. On the other hand, if it is determined that the job is stored in the job table 303, the facsimile transmission unit 208 proceeds to S302.

S302: The facsimile transmission unit 208 that has determined that the job is stored in the job table 303 initializes the job pointer 307 to point to the head of the job table 303. The job indicated by the job pointer 307 is referred to as “target job”.
S303: The facsimile transmission unit 208 compares the value of the scheduled transmission time column 603 of the target job in the job table 303 with the current time read from the RTC 107, and whether the scheduled transmission time of the value of the scheduled transmission time column 603 has arrived. If it is determined that it has not arrived, the process proceeds to S306. If it is determined that it has arrived, the process proceeds to S304.

  S304: The facsimile transmission unit 208 that has determined that the scheduled transmission time has arrived determines whether or not to make an injunction, that is, the intent flag string 503 shown in FIG. 5 of the telephone directory record designated as the destination of the target job is “true”. If it is determined to be “true”, the facsimile transmission is suspended. Therefore, the process proceeds to S306, and if it is determined to be “false”, the facsimile transmission is performed, so the process proceeds to S305. Transition.

  S305: The facsimile transmission unit 208 that has determined that there is no need to prevent facsimile transmission reads the image information indicated by the image address column 601 of the target job stored in the job table 303 from the RAM 103, and is further designated as the destination of the target job. 5 is read out as a destination, and the read image information is transmitted by facsimile using the facsimile interface 106 to the destination.

S306: The facsimile transmission unit 208 searches the job table 303 to determine whether or not there is a subsequent job. If it is determined that there is a subsequent job, the process proceeds to S307. If it is determined that there is no subsequent job, the predetermined time elapses. After waiting, the process proceeds to S301.
S307: The facsimile transmission unit 208 that has determined that there is a subsequent job updates the job pointer 307 to the subsequent job, moves the process to S303, and processes the subsequent job.

In this way, the facsimile transmission unit 208 performs facsimile transmission processing.
For example, when the user A of the facsimile apparatus 1 notices an error in the telephone number of the telephone book record X, the user A can use the menu shown in FIG. 9 to hold the job of facsimile transmission to the telephone number indicated by the telephone book record X. It is conceivable to perform an operation for stopping the facsimile transmission by designating the phone book record X by pressing the stop button 905 on the screen 900.

  In this embodiment, the user who has registered the job held in this way is notified by e-mail that the facsimile transmission is not performed due to the operation of the user A. The user who registered the job can contact the user A who has held the job and inquire about the circumstances of the job being held, and have an opportunity to take measures to quickly resolve the situation where the job is held. It is done.

  As described above, in the first embodiment, the user who has registered the suspended job is notified that the job is suspended and the user who has suspended the job is notified. The user who has registered the job can know the user who has held the job, and an effect is obtained that an opportunity can be taken to quickly resolve the situation where the job is held.

In the configuration of the second embodiment, a registrant user name string is added to the telephone directory of the first embodiment. The configuration of the second embodiment will be described based on the explanatory diagram showing the configuration of the telephone directory in the second embodiment of FIG. Note that parts similar to those of the first embodiment described above are denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted.
A phone book 302 shown in FIG. 13 is information relating to a facsimile communication partner managed by the phone book management unit 203 shown in FIG. 1, and includes a record name column 501, a phone number column 502, an injunction flag column 503, It consists of a registrant user name column 504. In this embodiment, a registrant user name column 504 is added to the telephone directory 302 of the first embodiment.

A registrant user name column 504 as user identification information (second address information) for identifying the user who registered the destination is the user name of the user who registered the telephone directory record.
As described above, the telephone directory 302 of the present embodiment registers the telephone number of the destination, information on whether or not to stop facsimile transmission to the destination, and the phone book record in association with the destination identification information. Remember user name.
The operation of the above configuration will be described.
Since the login operation of the facsimile apparatus of this embodiment is the same as that of the first embodiment, the description thereof is omitted.

Next, the menu screen of the facsimile apparatus will be described with reference to FIGS.
When the login is completed, the operation unit 201 of the facsimile apparatus 1 displays a menu screen on the operation panel 102 for selecting and executing a function. The menu screen is, for example, the menu screen 900 shown in FIG. 9, and includes a user registration button 901, a phone book registration button 902, a phone book change button 903, a facsimile transmission registration button 904, an injunction button 905, and an injunction release button. 906 and a logout button 907 are the same as in the first embodiment. The operations when the user registration button 901, the phone book change button 903, the facsimile transmission registration button 904, the injunction button 905, the injunction release button 906, and the logout button 907 are pressed are the same as those in the first embodiment, and will be described. Omitted.

  A phone book registration button 902 is a button to be pressed when the operator registers a phone book record in the facsimile apparatus 1. When the telephone book registration button 902 is pressed, the operation unit 201 accepts input of a record name and a telephone number, and notifies the telephone book management unit 203 of the input record name and telephone number. The telephone book management unit 203 stores and registers the notified record name and telephone number in the record name column 501 and the telephone number column 502 of the telephone book 302 shown in FIG. Further, the telephone directory management unit 203 sets “false” in the inhibition flag column 503 of the record name column 501 of the telephone directory 302 shown in FIG.

Furthermore, in this embodiment, the telephone directory management unit 203 stores the contents of the current user 304 in the registrant user name column 504 of the record name column 501 of the telephone directory 302 shown in FIG.
An injunction button 905 is a button to be pressed when a facsimile transmission destined for a desired telephone directory record is to be suspended. When the stop button 905 is pressed, the operation unit 201 operates the stop control unit 205. Details of the intrusion process performed by the injunction control unit 205 will be described later.

Next, FIG. 1, FIG. 3 and FIG. 13 are performed according to the step represented by S in the flowchart showing the flow of the injunction process in the second embodiment of FIG. The description will be given with reference. Note that the telephone directory of this embodiment is the telephone directory 302 shown in FIG.
S401 to S405: The processing is the same as S101 to S105 in FIG.

S406: The injunction control unit 205 that has completed the job registrant search process performs the record registrant search process.
The record registrant search process performed by the injunction control unit 205 refers to the contact address of the registrant user of the telephone book record to be suspended, that is, the registrant user indicated by the value in the registrant user name column 504 of the telephone book 302. The value of the user's email address column 402 in the user table 301 shown in FIG. 4 obtained by referring to the management unit 202 is added to the notification destination list 305 and stored.

S407 to S410: The processing is the same as S106 to S109 in FIG.
In this way, the notification unit 207, when the suspension control unit 205 stores the facsimile transmission suspension flag (holding instruction information) in the telephone directory 302, the destination (for which the facsimile transmission has been suspended in accordance with the instruction from the suspension control unit 205) The user (value of the registrant user name column 504 of the phone book 302) who registered the value registered in the telephone number column 502 of the phone book 302 is extracted, and the user's notification destination (user name column 401 of the user table 301) is extracted. The information indicating that the transmission of the facsimile is suspended and the user name of the suspended user are notified to the notification destination in the associated email address column 402.

Note that the injunction release processing and facsimile transmission processing of the present embodiment are the same as those of the first embodiment, and thus description thereof is omitted.
For example, when the user B of the facsimile apparatus 1 registers the phone book record X in the phone book, and the user A notices an error in the phone number of the phone book record X, the user A enters the phone number indicated by the phone book record X. In order to hold the job for facsimile transmission, it is conceivable to perform an operation for prohibiting facsimile transmission by designating the telephone book record X by depressing the inhibition button 905 of the menu screen 900 shown in FIG.

  In the present embodiment, the user B who has registered the telephone number of the telephone directory record X in the telephone directory is notified by e-mail that facsimile transmission to the telephone number is not performed due to the operation of the user A. As a result, the user B who has registered the telephone number of the phone book record X in the phone book can contact the user A who has put the job on hold and can inquire about the circumstances on which the job is put on hold. You will have the opportunity to take steps to quickly resolve the situation.

As described above, in the second embodiment, in addition to the effects of the first embodiment, a job whose destination is the telephone number is suspended for the user who has registered the telephone number in the telephone directory, and By notifying the user who held the job, the user who registered the phone number that is the destination of the held job in the phone book can know the user who held the job, and the job was held The effect is that you have the opportunity to take action to quickly resolve the situation.
In the first and second embodiments, the communication apparatus has been described as a facsimile apparatus that performs facsimile transmission. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and a server apparatus that transmits content to a designated destination may be used.

1 Fax machine 2 Fax machine 3 Mail server 4 PSTN
5 LAN
101 Control unit 102 Operation panel 103 RAM
104 Scanner 105 NIC
106 Facsimile interface 107 RTC
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 201 Operation part 202 User management part 203 Telephone book management part 204 Job management part 205 Injunction control part 206 Injunction release control part 207 Notification part 208 Facsimile transmission part 301 User table 302 Phone book 303 Job table 304 Current user 305 Notification destination list 306 Notification Content 307 Job pointer

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In a communication device that transmits content to a specified destination,
A transmission instruction information storage unit that stores transmission instruction information for receiving a user's operation and transmitting the content to a specified destination;
A destination information storage unit that stores a destination and hold instruction information for holding execution of transmission of content by the transmission instruction information for each destination;
A hold control unit that accepts a user's operation, stores the hold instruction information for transmission of content to a specified destination in the destination information storage unit, and holds the execution of the transmission;
A user information storage unit that stores user identification information for identifying a user and a notification destination in association with each other;
When the hold control unit stores the content transmission hold instruction information in the destination information storage unit, the hold control unit is associated with the user identification information of the user who registered the transmission instruction information according to the instruction of the hold control unit. And a notification unit for notifying the notification destination of information indicating that transmission of the content is suspended and the user identification information of the suspended user. The communication device according to claim 1,
The transmission instruction information storage unit stores the transmission instruction information including the destination, and user identification information for identifying the user who registered the transmission instruction information for each transmission instruction information,
The notification unit searches the transmission instruction information in the transmission instruction information storage unit based on the destination specified by the hold control unit, and extracts the user identification information of the user who registered the transmission instruction information A communication device characterized by: The communication device according to claim 1 or 2,
The destination information storage unit further stores, for each destination, user identification information for identifying a user who registered the destination,
The notification unit is a user who has registered the destination from the destination information storage unit according to an instruction from the hold control unit when the hold control unit stores the hold instruction information for transmission of the content in the destination information storage unit. The user identification information for identifying the user identification information is extracted, and information indicating that the transmission of the content is suspended and the user identification information of the suspended user are notified to the notification destination associated with the user identification information. A communication device characterized by:

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