JP2020043389A - Information transmitting device and information processing device - Google Patents

Abstract

To easily recognize a range of users who are authorized to use a series of processes associated with a single icon as compared to a case in which only the user's determination is left in an operation of associating the series of processes with the single icon.SOLUTION: When a corresponding icon is touched, a one-touch application that sends a fax to a destination associated with the icon is created, and a creating tool that associates the one-touch application with the icon is provided, and the one-touch application is an application that is associated with either "personal" which grants usage rights only to a specific user who is a creator of the one-touch application, or "public" which grants usage rights to all users, and when the one-touch application is created, the creation tool recommends one of "personal" and "public" to the creator of the one-touch application on the basis of information in a MFP.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 10

Description

  The present invention relates to an information transmission device and an information processing device.

  In an information processing apparatus shared by a plurality of users, it has been considered that a series of operations including a plurality of procedures are packaged to have a function that can be performed by one operation in order to improve usability. For example, in a facsimile machine or a multifunction machine having a function of a facsimile machine, transmission of information on a facsimile transmission destination and information attached to the transmission, such as fineness and density of a character, and distinction between a character and a photograph of a document. Is packaged into one piece of transmission information, and the transmission information is associated with one operation button such as an operation button (for example, one soft button on a touch panel). It has been considered to include a function of executing facsimile transmission based on transmission information associated with the operator.

  In this case, there is a problem as to who is authorized to use one operation including a series of packaged operations. Taking the above facsimile transmission as an example, only the user who created the above transmission information and associated it with the operator is given the authority to operate the operator, or the user in the group to which the user belongs The question is whether to grant authority to all users or open it to all users. If the setting of the range of users to be authorized is left only to the determination of the user who performs the above-mentioned association operation, the user may be confused or the association may be incorrect.

  Here, in Patent Literature 1, with respect to the setting value of an electronic device, a statistical value of user information about a user who uses another electronic device is received via a network, and the default value of the setting value of the electronic device is set to It is proposed to change.

JP-A-2006-29550

  The present invention relates to an information transmitting apparatus and an information processing apparatus that can easily recognize a range of users to be authorized to use, as compared with a case where a series of operations are associated with one operation element, only when the user's judgment is left. It is intended to provide a device.

Claim 1
An information transmitting device that is shared by a plurality of users and transmits information,
A transmission tool that is associated with transmission information including one or more pieces of destination information, receives the activation, and transmits information to a destination indicated by the destination information included in the associated transmission information, creates the transmission tool. Having a creation tool for associating an operation button for each transmission tool responsible for activating the transmission tool,
A tool for allowing the transmission tool to be used only by users within one usage right range associated with each transmission tool from among a plurality of usage right ranges in which the range of users having usage right is defined in a plurality of stages And
When the creation tool creates the transmission tool, if there is a recommended usage right range recommended as a usage right range corresponding to the transmission tool, the presentation tool specifies the recommended usage right range, An information transmitting apparatus characterized by presenting a user with a use authority range that can be associated with the transmission tool.

  A second aspect of the present invention is the information transmitting apparatus according to the first aspect, wherein the information transmitting apparatus has a destination table including a destination to which attribute information based on the recommended use authority range is associated.

Claim 3
The plurality of use authority ranges include a first use authority range that gives use authority only to the creation user who created the transmission tool, and a second use authority range that gives use authority not only to the creation user,
A shared destination table including destinations to which personal priority information of each user is added, indicating that the destination table is a personal priority presentation destination shared by a plurality of users and preferentially presented to a user who uses the destination table. ,
The creation tool includes the personal priority information as the attribute information, and the transmission tool being created includes a first destination to which personal preference information of a user who is a creator of the transmission tool being created is attached. 3. The information transmitting apparatus according to claim 2, wherein when the information is transmitted, the first use authority range is set as the recommended use authority range.

Claim 4
The plurality of use authority ranges include a first use authority range that gives use authority only to the creation user who created the transmission tool, and a second use authority range that gives use authority not only to the creation user,
The destination table is a shared destination table that includes a destination to which shared priority information indicating that the destination table is a shared priority presentation destination that is shared by a plurality of users and that preferentially presents the user without discrimination,
If the creation tool associates the shared priority information with the attribute information, and the transmission tool being created is associated with a second destination to which the shared priority information is associated, the second 3. The information transmitting apparatus according to claim 2, wherein a use right range is set to the recommended use right range.

Claim 5
The plurality of use authority ranges include a first use authority range that gives use authority only to the creation user who created the transmission tool, and a second use authority range that gives use authority not only to the creation user,
The destination table is shared by a plurality of users, a destination with shared priority information indicating that the destination table is a shared priority presentation destination that is preferentially presented without distinguishing users, and a destination user is preferentially presented. A shared destination table including a destination to which personal priority information of each user is added, indicating that the destination is a personal priority presentation destination,
The creation tool sets both the shared priority information and the personal priority information as the attribute information, and the transmission tool being created has the personal priority information of a user who is a creator of the transmission tool being created. When only the associated first destination is associated, the first use authority range is set as the recommended use authority range, and the transmission tool being created is associated with the shared priority information. The information transmitting apparatus according to claim 2, wherein when only the second destination is associated, the second usage right range is set as the recommended usage right range.

  7. The presentation tool according to claim 6, wherein the creation tool does not specify the recommended use authority range when both the first destination and the second destination are associated with the transmission tool being created. The information transmitting apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the information transmitting apparatus is a system.

  8. The recommended use right when the creation tool associates only the third destination excluding both the first destination and the second destination with the transmission tool being created. The information transmitting apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the information transmitting apparatus is a presentation method that does not specify a range.

Claim 8
The plurality of use authority ranges include a first use authority range that gives use authority only to the creation user who created the transmission tool, and a second use authority range that gives use authority not only to the creation user,
A shared destination table that includes a destination that is shared by a plurality of users and that prohibits the second use right range from being the recommended use right range, and to which a recommended range restriction information of each user is attached;
The creation tool sets the recommended range limitation information as the attribute information, and the destination to which the recommended range limitation information of the user who is the creator of the transmission tool being created corresponds to the transmission tool being created. 3. The information transmitting apparatus according to claim 2, wherein when the information is attached, the first use authority range is set as the recommended use authority range.

Claim 9
The plurality of use authority ranges include a first use authority range that gives use authority only to the creation user who created the transmission tool, and a second use authority range that gives use authority not only to the creation user,
Have a personal address book for each user,
In the case where the creation tool includes the destination selected from the personal destination table of the user who is the creator of the transmission tool being created, the first use right 3. The information transmitting apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the range is the recommended use authority range.

  According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, the creation tool specifies a recommended use authority range that can be associated with the transmission tool being created, depending on the destination, a recommended use authority range depending on the destination, or does not specify the use authority range depending on the destination. The information transmitting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information is presented to a user by a presentation method.

Claim 11
The plurality of use authority ranges include a first use authority range that gives use authority only to the creation user who created the transmission tool, and a second use authority range that gives use authority not only to the creation user,
In the case where the creation tool includes only the destination of a user who is the creator of the transmission tool being created, the first use authority range is set to the recommended use authority. The information transmitting apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the information transmitting apparatus is a range.

Claim 12
The plurality of use authority ranges include a first use authority range that gives use authority only to the creation user who created the transmission tool, and a second use authority range that gives use authority not only to the creation user,
Prohibiting the second use right range from being the recommended use right range, having recommended range restriction information common to a plurality of users,
The creation tool sets the first use authority range to the recommended use authority range when the transmission tool being created includes a destination to which the recommended range restriction information is added. The information transmitting apparatus according to claim 10, wherein

  14. The creation tool according to claim 13, wherein the creation tool presents a plurality of use authority ranges including the recommended use authority range, and the use authority range associated with the transmission tool being created is a use authority range other than the recommended use authority range. The information transmission device according to any one of claims 1 to 12, wherein a warning is issued when the information transmission device is changed to (1).

  14. The information transmitting apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the warning includes presentation of a reason for recommending associating the recommended use authority range with the transmitting tool being created.

Claim 15
An information processing device shared by a plurality of users,
A processing tool that is associated with the tool processing information and performs processing based on the tool processing information in response to the activation is created, and the processing tool corresponds to an operation button for each processing tool responsible for starting the processing tool. Has a creation tool
The processing tool created by the creation tool is configured such that the range of users having usage authority is within one usage authority range selected for each processing tool from a plurality of usage authority ranges defined in multiple stages. A tool that only users can use,
In the creation of the processing tool, when the creation tool has a recommended usage right range recommended as a usage right range associated with the processing tool, the presentation tool that specifies the recommended usage right range, An information processing apparatus characterized by presenting a user with a use authority range that can be associated with the processing tool.

    According to the information transmitting device of the first aspect and the information processing device of the fifteenth aspect, in an operation of associating a series of operations with one operation element, the range of the It becomes easy to recognize whether to grant usage rights.

  According to the information transmitting apparatus of claim 2, the presence or absence of the recommended use authority range is determined based on the attribute information.

  According to the information transmitting apparatus of the third aspect, it is determined whether or not the first use authority range is set to the recommended use authority range based on the personal priority information.

  According to the information transmitting apparatus of the fourth aspect, it is determined whether or not the second usage right range is set to the recommended usage right range based on the sharing priority information.

  According to the information transmitting apparatus of claim 5, the first use authority range is set to the recommended use authority range or the second use authority range is set to the recommended use authority range based on the shared priority information and the personal priority information. Is determined.

  According to the information transmitting device of claim 6 and the information transmitting device of claim 7, it is determined that the recommended use authority range does not exist based on the shared priority information and the personal priority information.

  According to the information transmitting apparatus of the eighth aspect, it is determined whether or not the first usage right range is the recommended usage right range based on the recommended range restriction information of the user who is the creator of the transmission tool being created. Is done.

  According to the information transmitting apparatus of the ninth aspect, it is determined whether or not the first use authority range is set to the recommended use authority range depending on whether the destination is selected from the personal address table.

  According to the information transmitting apparatus of the tenth aspect, the presence or absence of the recommended use authority range is determined more directly based on the destination than based on the attribute information.

  According to the information transmitting apparatus of the present invention, it is determined whether or not the first usage right range is the recommended usage right range based on whether or not only the destination of the user who is the creator of the transmission tool is associated. You.

  According to the information transmitting apparatus of the twelfth aspect, it is determined whether or not the first use authority range is the recommended use authority range based on whether or not the destination has the recommended range limitation information common to a plurality of users. You.

  According to the information transmission device of the present invention, when a warning is issued when the usage right range is changed to a range other than the recommended usage right range, the user is alerted more strongly than simply presenting the recommended usage right range. Can be.

  According to the information transmitting apparatus of the fourteenth aspect, by presenting the reason for the recommendation, erroneous selection of the use authority range is further suppressed.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating an appearance of the multifunction peripheral. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a home screen displayed on a touch panel of a UI. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a data structure of an authentication information storage unit in the multifunction peripheral. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a data structure of a common destination table, which is a destination list for fax transmission, stored in the multifunction peripheral. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a data structure of a common destination table when a personal destination table is used together. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a data structure of a personal destination table. FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a screen operation for selecting whether to use only a common destination table or to use a personal destination table together. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a data structure of a preset registration storage unit. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a data structure of a one-touch application storage unit. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a flowchart of an upstream portion of a fax process. FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a flowchart of a part of the middle stream of the fax process following FIG. 10. FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a flowchart of a part of the middle part of the facsimile process, which is different from FIG. 11, following FIG. 10. FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating a flowchart of a part downstream of the fax process, following FIG. 11 and FIG. 12; FIG. 14 is a flowchart illustrating a part of the downstream part of the facsimile processing, different from FIG. 13, following FIG. 11 and FIG. 12; FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen operation procedure of a fax transmission process. FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating a procedure of an upstream portion of a screen operation when performing one-touch registration with reference to a destination table. FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a procedure of a middle part of a screen operation when performing one-touch registration with reference to a destination table. FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a procedure of a downstream portion of a screen operation when performing one-touch registration with reference to a destination table. FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a switching operation between “personal favorite” and “shared favorite”. FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a screen operation in a situation where a user is going to change “personal” or “public” recommended at the time of one-touch application registration. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a procedure of a middle part of a screen operation when registering a one-touch application including a plurality of destinations with reference to a destination table. FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a procedure of a downstream portion of a screen operation when registering a one-touch application including a plurality of destinations with reference to a destination table. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a screen operation at the time of preset registration. FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a procedure of a first half of a screen operation in a scene of registering a one-touch application using a registered preset. FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a procedure of a latter half of a screen operation in a case of registering a one-touch application using a registered preset. FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a screen operation for switching a destination table. FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating a processing flow instead of the processing flow illustrated in FIG. 11 when “personal favorite” is prioritized. FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating a processing flow that replaces the processing flow illustrated in FIG. 12 when “personal address book” is prioritized. FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating a processing flow that replaces the processing flow illustrated in FIG. 11 when “shared favorite” is prioritized over “individual favorite”. FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating a processing flow that replaces the processing flow illustrated in FIG. 12 when “shared favorite” is prioritized over “personal destination table”. FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a processing flow of one-touch application registration at the time of non-authentication based on a concept of permitting registration only when registration is possible. FIG. 32 is a diagram showing a notification screen displayed in step S105 of FIG. 31. FIG. 32 is a diagram showing an inquiry screen displayed in step S106 of FIG. 31. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a processing flow of one-touch application registration based on a concept of prompting authentication. FIG. 35 is a diagram showing a notification screen displayed in step S108 of FIG. 34. FIG. 35 is a diagram showing a notification screen displayed in step S110 of FIG. 34.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described.

  FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating an appearance of the multifunction peripheral. The multifunction peripheral 100 corresponds to one embodiment of the information transmitting apparatus of the present invention, and also corresponds to one embodiment of the information processing apparatus of the present invention.

  The multifunction peripheral 100 has multiple functions such as a function as a printer, a function as a copier, a function as a scanner, a function of transmitting and receiving a fax, and a function of transmitting image data read by a scanner as an attached file by e-mail. This is a device having various functions. Further, the multifunction peripheral 100 includes a post-processing device 110. The post-processing device 110 performs post-processing after printing, such as stapling a plurality of printed sheets and punching holes in the sheets.

  The multifunction peripheral 100 is provided with a UI (user interface) 120. The UI 120 includes a touch panel 121, and a plurality of push buttons including a keyboard 122 and a home button 123.

  Further, the multifunction peripheral 100 is provided with an IC card reader 130. The multifunction peripheral 100 has a user authentication function. Each user carries an authentication IC card (not shown) and holds his / her IC card over the IC card reader 130 when trying to use the MFP 100. Then, the IC card reader 130 reads the IC card, and the MFP 100 performs an authentication process to confirm that the user is a user who has authority to use the MFP 100. However, the MFP 100 is set so that some functions can be used without authentication.

  Note that the authentication process is not limited to the authentication process using the IC card, but may be any authentication process such as password input, fingerprint authentication, and the like. Here, a description will be given assuming that authentication processing using an IC card is performed.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a home screen displayed on the touch panel of the UI. Here, FIG. 2A shows a home screen before authentication, and FIG. 2B shows a home screen after authentication.

  On the home screen before authentication shown in FIG. 2A, a “copy” button and a “fax” button are shown. When the "copy" button is pressed, the process proceeds to a copy process, and when the "fax" button is pressed, the process proceeds to a fax transmission process. That is, the multifunction peripheral 100 is set so that anyone can use copy and fax transmission without going through an authentication process. However, some restrictions are imposed on unauthenticated copy or fax transmission. Restrictions related to the following description will be described each time.

  On the other hand, on the home screen after authentication shown in FIG. 2B, in addition to the “copy” button and the “fax” button that were displayed before the authentication, various other buttons are also displayed. Here, the description of the individual buttons is omitted, and the buttons necessary for the description of the present embodiment will be described each time.

  A scroll bar S is shown on the home screen of FIG. This scroll bar S means that when the screen is scrolled, further different buttons appear on the screen.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a data structure of an authentication information storage unit in the multifunction peripheral.

  An authentication information storage unit that stores authentication information required for user authentication is provided in the multifunction peripheral 100. Here, the name, mail address, fax number, and affiliation of each user are recorded. The authentication information is downloaded in advance to the multifunction peripheral 100 from an unillustrated personal computer (hereinafter abbreviated as “PC”) by an administrator of the multifunction peripheral 100. Even after the operation of the multifunction peripheral 100, addition, deletion, and the like can be performed from the administrator's PC or by operating the touch panel 121 by the administrator.

  The facsimile transmission function of the MFP 100 will be described below. In the description below, it is assumed that there are only three users of the multifunction peripheral 100: a user A, a user B, and a user C in order to avoid complexity.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a data structure of a common destination table, which is a destination list for fax transmission, stored in the multifunction peripheral.

  The mode of holding the destination table for fax transmission in this embodiment includes a mode using only a common destination table and a mode using a personal destination table for each user in addition to the common destination table. Which mode to use is determined by the initial setting when the multifunction peripheral 100 is introduced.

  FIG. 4 is a common destination table in a mode using only a common destination table without using a personal destination table described with reference to FIG. Although the common destination table is also used in the mode using the personal destination table, the common destination table when the personal destination table is used will be described later with reference to FIG.

  The common destination table shown in FIG. 4 corresponds to an example of the common destination table according to the present invention.

  In the common destination table shown in FIG. 4, "shared favorite", "A favorite", "B favorite", and "C favorite" are set. Many addresses are registered in this common destination table. For this reason, it is difficult to look at the common destination table in order and find the destination that is going to send a fax. Therefore, in the multifunction peripheral 100, "favorite" can be set. In the multifunction peripheral 100, a destination list including only destinations registered as “favorite” can be displayed on the touch panel 121. By registering a destination with a high frequency of fax transmission as a "favorite", a target destination can be found relatively easily.

  The “shared favorite” of the “favorite” is a favorite destination list that can be referred to regardless of the user and even without authentication. The “shared favorite” corresponds to an example of the sharing priority information according to the present invention, and the destination in the “shared favorite” corresponds to an example of the sharing priority presentation destination according to the present invention.

  “A favorite” is a destination list that can be referred to as “favorite” when the authenticated user is user A. The same applies to “B favorite” and “C favorite”. These “A favorite”, “B favorite” and “C favorite” correspond to an example of the individual priority information of each user according to the present invention, and the destination in “A favorite”, the destination in “B favorite”, Each of the destinations in “C favorite” corresponds to an example of a personal priority presentation destination.

  However, even if these destinations are registered in the "favorite" destination list, the "publication restriction" has priority over the destinations registered in the "public restriction" destination list described below. , May not be able to refer.

  In the common destination table shown in FIG. 4, in addition to the above-mentioned various “favorites”, “sharing public restriction”, “A public restriction”, “B public restriction”, and “C public restriction” are set.

  “Restricted sharing release” is a list of destinations that are not referred to when not authenticated. As shown in FIG. 2A, anyone can use the fax transmission function in an unauthenticated state. This means that, for example, even visitors from the outside can use it. If it is not desired that such an outside person knows that the destination is registered, the destination is registered in the destination list of "restricted sharing and publication". The destination registered in the destination list of “restricted sharing and publication” is not referred to in an unauthenticated state, but can be referred to by any user after authentication.

  The “A release restriction” can be referred to as a part of the destination in the common destination table only when the user A has been authenticated, and the status has not been authenticated or the other users B and C have been authenticated. This is a list of destinations that are sometimes not referred to. For example, even if the user A participates in a secret project that only a few people know in the company and is a user who has authority to use the multifunction peripheral 100, he or she does not want to be known to anyone other than himself (user A). The destination and the like are registered in the destination list of "A release restriction". The same applies to “B release restriction” and “C release restriction”.

  In FIG. 4, in the representation of the drawing, for example, a human eye identifies which destination is included in the “shared favorite” file, which destination is included in the “shared sharing restriction” file, and the like. Although it is shown in a format that can be viewed as a file, for example, a digital watermarking technique may be applied so that a file other than a necessary user does not know which destination is included in which file. The same applies to the destination table in FIG.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a data structure of the common destination table when the personal destination table is used together.

  The common destination table shown in FIG. 5 also corresponds to an example of the shared destination table according to the present invention.

  The common destination table shown in FIG. 5 includes a destination list of “shared favorite” and “shared release restriction”. These “shared favorite” and “shared public restriction” are destination lists having the same meanings as “shared favorite” and “shared public restriction” in the common destination table described with reference to FIG. That is, this common destination table can be basically referred to even by an unauthenticated guest user. However, if the user has not been authenticated, the destination registered in the “restricted sharing and publication” cannot be referred to. After authentication, any user can refer to all destinations in this common destination table.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a data structure of the personal destination table. Here, a personal destination table of the user A is illustrated. For the other users B and C, similar personal destination tables exist for each user.

  “A favorite” is set in the personal destination table shown in FIG. After authentication, the user A can refer to all destinations in the personal destination table. However, the user A cannot refer to the personal destination tables of the other users B and C even after the authentication. The user A can refer to both the “personal destination table” of the user A and the “common destination table” shown in FIG. 5 by a switching operation when referring to the destination table after the authentication. The user A can also refer to both “A favorite” and “shared favorite” by a switching operation. This will be described later with reference to FIG.

  It should be noted that there is no “disclosure restriction” list in the personal address book. This is because the personal destination table itself is a destination list that only the user A can refer to.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a screen operation for selecting whether to use only the common destination table or to use the personal destination table together.

  This screen operation is an operation performed before the multifunction peripheral 100 is installed and started to be used. Once the user selects whether to use only the common destination table or to use the personal destination table together, the selection is performed unless a special reset is performed. The destination table mode is effective throughout the life of the multifunction peripheral 100.

  Here, a “device” button on the home screen after authentication by the administrator of the multifunction peripheral 100 is pressed (FIG. 7A). Then, columns of “address table”, “date and time”, and “version” appear on the screen of the touch panel (the touch panel 121 shown in FIG. 1) (FIG. 7 (2)). When the “address table” field on the screen is pressed, a screen of choices of “common” and “individual” is displayed in a pop-up (FIG. 7C). “Common” means a mode in which a personal destination table is not used and the “common destination table” described with reference to FIG. 4 is used, and “individual” is a “common destination table” described with reference to FIG. And the “personal address table” described with reference to FIG. 6. When one of “common” and “individual” is selected (“common” is selected in the example shown in FIG. 7D) and the home button (home button 122 shown in FIG. 1) is pressed, The selection becomes valid. Although the screen operation on the touch panel is shown here for the sake of simplicity, it is also possible to make a remote selection from the administrator's PC.

  After selecting the mode of the destination table in this way, the destination of the fax transmission is registered in the destination table of the selected mode. In this registration, when the multifunction peripheral 100 is installed, a destination list as an initial setting is downloaded from the administrator's PC. Subsequent addition and deletion of destinations are performed by operating the screen of the touch panel. This screen operation is started by pressing “Address Book” on the home screen after authentication. Here, further description of registration, deletion, and the like of the destination is omitted.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a data structure of the preset registration storage unit.

  In the multifunction peripheral 100, a destination for fax transmission (a plurality of destinations in the case of broadcast transmission) and information attached to fax transmission (here, "document type", "resolution", and "density") are set. A preset registration function is provided for registering the set with a name and an icon. The preset set using the preset registration function is registered in the preset registration storage unit shown in FIG. This preset is divided for each user. In the example shown in FIG. 8, two presets, “Send company A drawing” and “Send company B document” are registered as presets of user A. Here, two destinations are registered in the “company B document transmission” so as to be broadcasted to two destinations. Although illustration is omitted here, a preset can be registered not only for the user A but also for each user. This preset registration will be described later with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a data structure of the one-touch application storage unit.

  The “one-touch application” is a type of application in which a destination of a fax transmission is associated with attached information, and a name and an icon are added, similarly to the “preset” described with reference to FIG. The difference from the “preset” is that an icon (button) is displayed on the home screen, as in “transmission of company A drawing” shown in FIG. When a document for facsimile transmission is set in the multifunction peripheral 100 and a one-touch application icon (button) displayed on the home screen is pressed, the icon (button) is directed to a destination registered in the one-touch application. Then, the fax transmission according to the attached information registered in the one-touch application is immediately executed. This one-touch application is registered for each user. There are also one-touch apps that are shared by all users. Here, the one-touch application registered for each user is referred to as “personal”, and the one-touch application shared by all users is referred to as “public”. These “personal” and “public” correspond to each example of “use authority range” in the present invention. “Personal” corresponds to an example of the first use authority range according to the present invention, and “public” corresponds to an example of the second use authority range according to the present invention.

  The one-touch application according to the present embodiment corresponds to an example of the transmission tool according to the present invention and an example of the processing tool according to the present invention. Further, the icon (button) of the one-touch application on the home screen according to the present embodiment corresponds to an example of the operation element according to the present invention. Each row of information shown in FIG. 9 is information that, when a one-touch application icon (button) is pressed, a facsimile transmission is performed in that row according to the information, and corresponds to an example of transmission information according to the present invention. I do. In addition, when the icon (button) of the one-touch application is pressed, a tool for performing a process of transmitting a fax is activated when the icon (button) of the one-touch application is pressed, and the tool performs a process of transmitting the information in one column according to the information. Therefore, the information in each column corresponds to an example of the tool processing information according to the present invention.

  Hereinafter, a series of processes starting from pressing the “fax” button will be described. Here, a description will be given mainly of a scene of registration of a “one-touch application” which is a feature of the present embodiment. Means for creating a one-touch application according to a user operation described below corresponds to an example of a creation tool according to the present invention.

  Here, when registering this one-touch application, an icon (button) is displayed on the home screen only after authentication of a specific user (here, user A) (here, this is referred to as “personal”). ) Or always display on the home screen irrespective of non-authentication and after authentication (here, this is referred to as "public"). Whether the one-touch application is registered as “personal” or “public” is left to the discretion of the user who intends to register the one-touch application. However, if left only to the judgment of the user, the user may be confused or mistaken. If a one-touch application to be registered as “personal” is erroneously registered as “public”, there is a possibility that confidential disclosure will occur. Conversely, if the one-touch application to be registered as “public” is erroneously registered as “personal”, the one-touch application registered for the sake of convenience of all members is registered by the registered person (for example, user The icon (button) appears only on the home screen of A), and is not useful for other users. In addition, since an icon (button) appears on the home screen of the registered person (user A), there is a possibility that it is difficult to notice that the registered person (user A) is erroneously registered as "personal".

  Therefore, in the present embodiment, in order to reduce hesitation and mistakes at the time of registration by the user, various conditions described below are used to determine whether “personal” or “public” is suitable for the one-touch application to be registered. And recommends either "personal" or "public" to the user who is going to register. However, depending on the conditions, there are cases where none of them can be recommended. Hereinafter, a specific description will be given.

  FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a flowchart of the upstream part of the fax process.

  FIGS. 11 and 12 are flowcharts showing each part of the middle stream of the facsimile process following FIG.

  Further, FIGS. 13 and 14 are flowcharts of each part downstream of the facsimile process, following FIGS. 11 and 12. FIG.

  Here, as shown in FIG. 10, first, an authentication process is performed (step S01). Note that the fax process performed without authentication will be described later. This authentication process is performed by placing one's own IC card (here, user A) over the IC card reader 130 of the multifunction peripheral 100 shown in FIG. Then, the home screen on the touch panel shifts from the home screen at the time of non-authentication (see FIG. 2A) to the home screen after authentication (see FIG. 2B).

  Next, the "fax" button is pressed on the home screen after the authentication (step S02). Then, the fax transmission process is started. The feature of the present embodiment lies in the “one-touch registration” process of registering a one-touch application after step S03. However, the most basic process of the fax transmission process is a process of inputting a destination and transmitting a fax to the destination, which is positioned as one of the "other fax processes" in FIG. Therefore, here, the most basic processing will be described first.

  FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating an example of a procedure of a screen operation of the fax transmission process.

  A "fax" button is pressed on the home screen shown in FIG. Then, an input screen for the destination and the attached information shown in FIG. 15 (2) is displayed. Then, the ten key 122 (see FIG. 1) is pressed to input a fax number (destination). The input destination is displayed in a destination input box as shown in FIG. To input a plurality of destinations, press the "next destination" button displayed in the destination input box when one destination is input, and then input the next destination using the numeric keypad. The button on this screen immediately to the right of the destination input field is a "destination table" button that is pressed when referring to a destination table (see FIGS. 4 to 6). A method of referring to the destination table will be described later.

  The attached information (document type, resolution, density) is preset with standard values (character, standard, normal). To change this, touch the column of the additional information that you want to change. Then, the options for that column are displayed in a pop-up. In FIG. 15D, a screen including options of “light”, “normal”, and “dark” is displayed in a pop-up box in the density column. In the example shown here, “dark” is touched (selected), and the density column is changed from “normal” to “dark” in FIG. 15 (5).

  After setting the original for fax transmission of the multifunction peripheral 100, inputting the destination and setting the attached information as described above, the "send" button is pressed. Then, a fax adjusted according to the set attached information is transmitted to the input destination.

  FIG. 16, FIG. 17, and FIG. 18 are diagrams showing the procedures of the upstream part, the middle part, and the downstream part, respectively, of the screen operation when performing one-touch registration with reference to the destination table. In relation to the flowchart shown in FIG. 10, pressing the “one-touch registration” button on the screen in FIG. 17 (8) corresponds to step S03 in FIG. The association between the flowcharts of FIGS. 16 to 18 and the flowchart other than the pressing of the “one-touch registration” button will be described after the screen operations of FIGS. 16 to 18 are described.

  Here, first, the "fax" button on the home screen after authentication is pressed (FIG. 16 (1)). Then, the input screen of the destination and the attached information shown in FIG. 16 (2) is displayed. Up to this point, it is the same as FIGS. 15 (1) and (2). Here, next, the “address table” button is pressed. Then, the destination table screen (FIG. 16 (3)) is displayed. On this screen, tabs of “A favorite” and “all” are displayed. On the screen on which the “A favorite” tab is opened, a screen in which the destinations of the “favorite” are arranged is displayed. When the “all” tab is pressed, a screen is displayed in which all destinations in the destination table (with the exception of the above-mentioned “disclosure restriction”) are arranged. However, regardless of whether the screen has the “A Favorite” tab or the “All” tab, destinations that cannot be displayed on the screen are displayed on the screen by scrolling. appear.

  Here, it is assumed that the mode using only the “common destination table” described with reference to FIG. 4 has been selected (see FIG. 7). In this case, what is displayed first on the screen when the “address table” button is pressed is not “all” but an address of “favorite”. Here, since the user A has been authenticated, the destination of “A favorite” in the common destination table shown in FIG. 4 is displayed first. Also, when the “all” tab is pressed, all destinations in the common destination table in FIG. 4 (except for “publication restriction” of users B and C) are displayed.

  Here, in the “common destination table” illustrated in FIG. 4, “shared favorite” exists in addition to “A favorite” of the authenticated user A.

  FIG. 19 is a diagram showing a switching operation between “A favorite” and “shared favorite”.

  On the screen on which the “A favorite” tab is open, touch the “A favorite” tab. Then, the options of “individual” and “shared” are displayed in a pop-up. Touching "Individual" on the pop-up screen displays the destination of "A favorite" which is the favorite of the user (here, user A), and touching "Share" displays the destination of "Shared favorite". Is displayed.

  Returning to FIG. 16, the description will be continued.

  In FIG. 16C, the destination of “A favorite” is displayed. When "Company A" is touched on this screen, "Company A" is displayed in the destination entry field (FIG. 16 (4)). To add an address, press the "Address Book" button again to select the next address. Here, it is assumed that only "Company A" has been selected as the destination, and the description will proceed. In FIG. 17 (5), a pop-up screen including options of “standard” and “fine” as a result of touching the “resolution” column is displayed. Here, “beautiful” is touched, and “density” is changed to “beautiful” (FIG. 17 (6)).

  When the "send" button is pressed at this stage, a fax addressed to "company A" is sent. However, here, the screen is scrolled instead of pressing the “send” button (FIG. 17 (7)). Then, a “preset registration” button and a “one-touch registration” button are displayed at the bottom of the screen. Here, the “one-touch registration” button is pressed (see step S03 in FIG. 10). “Preset registration” will be described later.

  FIG. 15 shows an example in which the destination is directly input by operating the numeric keypad 122 shown in FIG. 1 and the “send” button is pressed, but the “send” button is not pressed, and FIG. When a scroll operation is performed on the screen, a “preset registration” button and a “one-touch registration” button appear on the screen as in FIG. 17 (8), and the process can proceed to “preset registration” or “one-touch registration”.

  However, here, an example in which the description is started with reference to FIG. 16 and the destination is input with reference to the destination table will be continued.

  When the “one-touch registration” button is pressed, a one-touch registration screen shown in FIG. 18 (9) is displayed. On this one-touch registration screen, a keyboard k is displayed in addition to an "one-touch name" input field and an "icon" button a. Here, a key on the keyboard is touched to input a one-touch name (here, “Send company drawing”). When the “icon” button is pressed, an icon list is displayed (not shown), and when the user touches a desired icon from the list, the icon is selected. Here, it is assumed that the icon named “Send company drawing” shown in FIG. 18 (11) is selected.

  In this way, after inputting the one-touch name and selecting the icon, the “next” button is pressed. Then, a selection screen for “personal” and “public” shown in FIG. 18 (10) is displayed. Here, “Personal” is highlighted. This highlighting indicates that "personal" is recommended. Also, on this screen, as a reason for recommending “personal”, a phrase “Recommend“ personal ”because it is Mr. A's favorite destination” is displayed. The wording of this reason is changed depending on the circumstances that led to the recommendation of “personal”. The same applies to the case where "public" is recommended, or the case where neither "personal" nor "public" is recommended, as described later.

  At this stage, the "execute" button is pressed. Then, the screen returns to the home screen after the authentication of the user A, and an icon (button) of the one-touch name “Send company drawing” is displayed on the home screen (FIG. 18 (11)).

  The flow of this processing is as follows when following the flowcharts of FIG. 10 and subsequent figures.

  As described above, pressing “one-touch registration” on the screen in FIG. 17 (8) corresponds to step S03 in the flowchart in FIG. Since the destination of the one-touch registration this time is a destination selected from “A favorite”, if all of Steps S04 to S08 (these steps will be described later) do not apply, all Nos. To the step S21 in FIG. In this case, since the destination is selected from the favorite destinations of the user A, this step S21 is Yes. Then, the process proceeds to step S22. This time, since it is not a sharing favorite, step S22 is No. Then, "Personal" is recommended (step S23).

  At this stage, the "execute" button is pressed (FIG. 18 (10), step S41 in FIG. 13). Then, the process proceeds to step S47, and is registered as a “personal” one-touch application.

  FIG. 20 is a diagram illustrating a screen operation in a situation where the user intends to change “personal” or “public” recommended at the time of one-touch application registration.

  In FIG. 20 (1), “personal” is recommended, and the reason for the recommendation is displayed, as in FIG. 18 (10). Here, it is assumed that “Public” is touched on this screen. Then, as shown in FIG. 20 (2), a warning message saying “If you change to public, there is a possibility that a security problem may occur. Do you want to change?” And “Yes” or “No” Each button is displayed.

  When the “Yes” button is pressed on the screen of FIG. 20 (2), a screen where “Public” is highlighted is displayed (FIG. 20 (3)), and when the “Execute” button is pressed, the one-touch application is registered. (FIG. 20 (5)). In this case, the icon (button) of the one-touch application is displayed not only on the home screen of the user A after authentication, but also on an unauthenticated home screen and home screens of all the authenticated users.

  On the other hand, when the “No” button is pressed on the screen of FIG. 20 (2), the screen shown in FIG. 20 (4), that is, the screen where “Personal” is highlighted as in FIG. 20 (1) is displayed. You.

  When the “execute” button is pressed on the screen of FIG. 20 (4), the “personal” one-touch application is registered (FIG. 20 (5)). As described above, the icon (button) of the one-touch application in this case is displayed only on the home screen of the user A after the authentication.

  When the flow of the processing of FIG. 20 is followed on the flowchart, it is as follows.

  A change operation is performed without confirming that the “execute” button is pressed in step S41 of FIG. 13 (step S42). Then, in response to this change operation, a warning screen as shown in FIG. 20 (2) is displayed (step S43). When the “Yes” button is pressed on the screen of FIG. 20 (2), it is determined that the user intends to make a change (Step S44), and when the “Execute” button is pressed (Step S45), one touch as “Public” is performed. The application is registered (Step S47).

  On the other hand, when the “No” button is pressed on the screen of FIG. 20 (2), it is determined that there is no intention to change (Step S44), and when the “Execute” button is pressed (Step S46), “Personal” is set. Is registered (step S47).

  FIG. 20 is a diagram showing the transition of the screen when changing to “public” in a situation where “personal” is recommended, but the same applies to the opposite case. If "Public" is recommended, "Public" is highlighted and "Public" is recommended, for example, "Recommend" Public because the destination is open to all users. " Is displayed. Then, if you try to change this to "Personal", the warning message "If you change to Personal, users other than Mr. A will not be able to use it. Do you want to change?" And the buttons "Yes" and "No" will be displayed. Is displayed. The subsequent screen transition is the same as that in FIG.

  Next, an example of a screen operation when registering a one-touch application including a plurality of destinations will be described.

  FIG. 21 and FIG. 22 are diagrams showing the procedures of the middle part and the downstream part of the screen operation when registering a one-touch application including a plurality of destinations with reference to the destination table. In selecting a plurality of destinations, one destination is selected first, so the upstream part of the screen operation is the same as that in FIG. 16 in which one destination is selected.

In FIG. 16, the destination “company A” is selected from “A favorite” (see FIG. 4). In FIG. 16, the “destination table” button is pressed at the stage of FIG. 16 (2). However, to select a plurality of destinations, the “destination table” button is pressed again at the stage of FIG. 16 (4). Then, the destination table is displayed again. FIG. 21 (1) shows the destination table again in this way, touches the “A favorite” tab (see FIG. 16 (3)), and operates the “shared favorite” by the operation described with reference to FIG. This is the screen after changing to the tab. In this case, the user touches the column of “company D” from the destinations of “shared favorite”. Then, as shown in FIG. 21 (6), the destination input field is displayed in two rows, and in addition to the previously selected “Company A ○”, “D Company □” is displayed in the two-level destination input field. □ ”is displayed. Here, the screen is scrolled at this stage (FIG. 21 (7)), and the "one-touch registration" button is pressed (FIG. 21 (8)). Then, a one-touch registration screen shown in FIG. 22 (9) is displayed. On this screen, input of a one-touch name and selection of an icon are performed. Here, it is assumed that “Sales Headquarters A Company Sales” is input as the one-touch name, and an icon named “Sales Headquarters A Company Sales” shown in FIG. 22 (12) is selected as the icon. Then, after inputting the one-touch name and selecting the icon, the “next” button on the screen of FIG. 22 (9) is pressed.
Then, as shown in FIG. 22 (10), “Personal” and “Public” are displayed without being highlighted. This means that neither "personal" nor "public" is recommended. The reason why neither “Personal” nor “Public” is recommended on the screen of FIG. 22 (10) is that “A's favorite destination and shared favorite destination are both displayed. Are not recommended because they are included. Please select one. "Is displayed. Here, of the two destinations, "company A" is a "A favorite" destination where "personal" is recommended, and "company D" is "shared" where "public" is recommended. "Favorite". Here, as described above, since the destination where "personal" is recommended and the destination where "public" is recommended are mixed, it is described that neither "personal" nor "public" is recommended. .

  In this case, one of “personal” and “public” is selected by the user. In FIG. 22 (11), “public” is selected. When one of “Personal” and “Public” is selected and the “Execute” button is pressed, the icon (button) of the one-touch application created this time is displayed on the home screen as shown in FIG. Is displayed. Here, since “public” is selected, this icon (button) is displayed on the home screen of an unauthenticated user and the home screens of all the users after authentication.

  The process leading to the determination that neither “Personal” nor “Public” shown in FIG. 22 (10) is recommended in the flowchart is as follows.

  Here, since the destination includes “company A,” which is the destination of “A favorite”, it is determined in step S21 in FIG. 11 that there is a personal favorite destination, and the process proceeds to step S22. Further, since “D Company □□” is included in the destination, it is also determined in step S22 that there is a shared favorite destination, and the process proceeds to step S26. “No prediction value” in step S26 means that neither “personal” nor “public” is recommended, and the screen of FIG. 22 (10) is displayed.

  Here, the case where the destination is input by operating the ten keys 122 (see FIG. 1) and the “one-touch registration” button is pressed, as described with reference to FIG. 15, will be described. Also in the case where the destination input from the numeric keypad is a new destination that does not exist in the destination table, the process reaches step S26 as can be understood by following the flowchart starting from FIG. That is, when a new destination is input from the numeric keypad, neither “personal” nor “public” can be recommended, and both “personal” and “public” are highlighted as in FIG. 22 (10). Screen is not displayed. However, the reason displayed on the screen is, for example, "A new destination is not recommended. Please select one." However, the same destination as the destination already existing in the destination table may be input from the ten keys. In that case, according to the flowchart starting from FIG. 21, it is determined to be any of "personal", "public", or "no predicted value".

  Next, registration of a one-touch application using a preset whose data structure is shown in FIG. 8 will be described.

  Here, first, a case of registering a preset will be described.

  FIG. 23 is a diagram illustrating a screen operation at the time of preset registration.

  FIG. 23 (1) shows a screen in a state where the screen has advanced to FIG. 17 (8) or FIG. 21 (8) by screen operation. When the “preset registration” button on the screen of FIG. 23A is pressed, a screen including options of “registration” and “read” is displayed in a pop-up. Here, "registration" is touched. Then, a screen for preset registration shown in FIG. 23 (2) is displayed. On this screen, the input of the preset name and the selection of the icon are performed in the same manner as in the one-touch registration shown in FIG. Here, “Sending company drawing” is input as the preset name. Further, as the icon, a star mark which is shown in association with the character "Sending company drawing" on the screen of FIG. 2 (3) is selected. After inputting the preset name and selecting the icon, the “execute” button is pressed. Then, a notification screen indicating that the preset registration has been made is displayed as shown in FIG. In the screen of FIG. 23 (3), “Company A drawing transmission” registered this time is highlighted with an icon, and “B company document transmission” registered earlier is also displayed with an icon. (See also FIG. 8). This preset registration is performed for each user. What is displayed on the screen of FIG. 23C is a preset registered in association with the user A.

  Next, a home button (home button 123 shown in FIG. 1) is pressed. Then, the display on the touch panel returns to the home screen (here, the home screen after the authentication of the user A).

  FIG. 24 and FIG. 25 are diagrams showing the procedure of the first half and the second half of the screen operation when registering the one-touch application using the registered preset.

  Here, after the authentication of the user A, the “fax” button is pressed as shown in FIG. Then, the screen shifts to the screen of FIG. 15B, and the screen is scrolled without inputting the destination on the screen or referring to the destination table, and a “preset registration” button as shown in FIG. Is displayed.

  Then, the user touches the “preset registration” button and touches “read” on the displayed pop-up screen. Then, a preset list for the user A is displayed (FIG. 24 (2)). From the list, select the desired preset (here, “Company B document transmission”). Then, the screen returns to the fax transmission screen. Therefore, the "preset registration" button and the "one-touch registration" button are displayed again by scrolling.

  At this stage, that is, at the stage when the screen returns to the fax transmission screen, when the original is set on the multifunction peripheral 100 and the “Send” button is pressed, the destination “B company document transmission” selected using preset registration The fax is sent to the destination.

  However, since the purpose here is to register a one-touch application using a preset, do not press the "send" button, display the "preset registration" button and the "one-touch registration" button, and then Press the "One-touch registration" button. Then, a one-touch registration screen shown in FIG. 25 (4) is displayed. In the one-touch registration screen of FIG. 25 (4), the preset name “Send Company B Document” is entered in the one-touch name field as an initial setting, and the preset icon is also selected as the icon. However, it is also possible to change the one-touch name or the icon at this stage.

  When the “Next” button on the screen of FIG. 25 (6) is pressed, a selection screen of “Personal” and “Public” shown in FIG. 25 (7) is displayed. Here, the highlighting indicates that "personal" is recommended. In addition, on this screen, as a reason for recommending “personal”, a phrase “Personal is recommended because it is a destination registered in preset” is displayed. Then, if the “execute” button is pressed as it is, an icon (button) of “Send document of company B” is displayed on the home screen of the user A.

  The transition of this screen is determined in Step S05 of the flowchart shown in FIG. And corresponds to the process of recommending "personal" in step S09.

  The description so far is about the mode in which the common destination table shown in FIG. 4 is adopted as the destination table. In the case of a multifunction machine adopting a mode in which the common destination table shown in FIG. 5 and the personal destination table shown in FIG. 6 are used together, it is necessary to switch the destination table.

  FIG. 26 is a diagram showing a screen operation for switching the destination table.

  When the "address table" button is pressed in the multifunction peripheral in which the mode in which the personal address table is used together is selected, first, the address of the personal address table (see FIG. 6) of the user of the current authentication (here, user A) is displayed. Is displayed. As shown in FIG. 26A, a tab of “A favorite” and a tab of “A all” are provided on the screen of the destination table.

  Here, if the column of “address table” on the screen of FIG. 26A is touched, a screen including options of “individual” and “common” is displayed in a pop-up. When "Share" is touched on the pop-up screen, a destination table of a tab of "Shared favorite" and a tab of "All common" as shown in FIG. 26B are displayed. The destination table shown in FIG. 26B is a destination registered in the common destination table shown in FIG.

  In the case of a multi-function peripheral in which the mode using the personal destination table is also used, the destination can be selected and registered as a one-touch application while switching the destination table as needed.

  Based on each example of the one-touch application registration described above, the flowcharts of FIGS. 10 to 14 will be described below.

  In step S01 of FIG. 10, an authentication process is performed. Here, it is assumed that the user A has been authenticated. By the authentication, the unauthenticated home screen is changed to the home screen after authentication (see FIG. 2).

  When the user A finishes using the multifunction peripheral, the user A presses an “end” button (not shown) on the UI 120. Then, the authentication is canceled and the screen returns to the unauthenticated home screen. Alternatively, even when a predetermined time has elapsed without performing any button operation, the screen returns to the unauthenticated home screen.

  A "fax" button is pressed on the home screen after authentication (step S02). Then, the fax process is started. Then, as described above, the destination is input or selected, the attached information is adjusted, and the "one-touch registration" button is pressed. Then, the process of registering the one-touch application is started.

Here, first, it is determined whether or not the destination input or selected for one-touch registration is only the destination of the user (here, user A) (step S04). This determination is made by referring to the authentication information storage unit shown in FIG. If only the address of the person is used, "personal" is recommended (step S09).
If the one-touch application you are trying to register this time does not include your own address, or if it contains other destinations in addition to your own address, then register the one-touch application using preset registration. It is determined whether or not it is (step S05).

  If the preset registration is used, the process proceeds to step S09, and “personal” is recommended. Presets are registered for each user and are considered to be important destinations for the user. Therefore, "personal" is recommended here.

  However, although this embodiment departs from the present embodiment, a system that can perform common preset registration together with preset registration for each user may be used. Since the shared preset is a preset registered on the assumption that it is shared by all users, “public” is recommended for registering a one-touch application using the shared preset.

  Returning to the present embodiment, FIG. 10 will be further described.

  If it is determined in step S05 that the preset registration is not used, it is next determined whether or not the multifunction peripheral 100 is set to the mode using the personal destination table (see FIG. 6) (step S05). S06). When the multifunction peripheral 100 is set to the mode in which the personal destination table is not used, that is, the mode in which the common destination table shown in FIG. 4 is used, the process proceeds to step S07.

  In this step S07, it is determined whether or not a destination included in the list of disclosure restriction of the individual (here, user A) is included. If the destination included in the personal restriction list is included, the process proceeds to step S09, and “personal” is recommended. In addition, even if the destinations listed on the personal restriction list are not included, but the destinations listed on the sharing restriction list are included (step S08), the process proceeds to step S09 and “ "Personal" is recommended.

  If there is no destination on the list of individual disclosure restrictions, and there is no destination on the sharing restriction list, the process proceeds to step S21 in FIG. In FIG. 11, it is determined whether there is a personal favorite destination (step S21) and whether there is a shared favorite destination (steps S22 and S24). As described above, when there is a personal favorite destination (step S21) and there is no shared favorite destination (step S22), the process proceeds to step S23, and "personal" is recommended.

  If there is a personal favorite destination (step S21) and, at the same time, a shared favorite destination also exists (step S22), the process proceeds to step S26, where both "personal" and "public" are displayed. It is set to “no predicted value” that is not recommended (see FIG. 22 (10)).

  On the other hand, when there is no personal favorite destination (step S21) and there is a shared favorite destination (step S24), the process proceeds to step S25, and "public" is recommended.

  Further, when there is no personal favorite destination (step S21) and there is no shared favorite destination (step S24), the process proceeds to step S26, where "no predicted value" is set. When a completely new destination is input using the numeric keypad 123, the process proceeds from step S21 to step S24 to step S26.

  When "Personal" or "Public" is recommended, the process proceeds to the processing flow of FIG. Since the processing flow of FIG. 13 has been described with reference to FIG. 19, the duplicate description is omitted here.

  When the processing flow in FIG. 13 ends, the process returns to step S02 in FIG. 10, and the home screen after authentication is displayed. As described above, when the “end” button (not shown) is pressed, the authentication is released, and the home screen becomes an unauthenticated home screen.

  When the process reaches “no predicted value” (step S26) in the flow of FIG. 11, the process proceeds to the process of FIG. Here, as described with reference to FIG. 22, the user selects either "personal" or "public" (step S51). When the "execute" button is pressed (step S52), the one-touch application is registered (step S53). After the one-touch application registration, the process returns to step S02 in FIG. 10, and the home screen after authentication is displayed.

  If it is determined in step S06 of FIG. 10 that the multifunction peripheral 100 is set to the mode in which the personal destination table is also used, the process proceeds to step S10, where the one-touch application to be registered this time is shared with the one-touch application shown in FIG. It is determined whether or not a destination listed in the list of “restricted sharing and publication” in the destination table is included.

  If the destination listed in the “restricted sharing / publication” is included, the process proceeds to step S11, and “personal” is recommended.

  On the other hand, if the destinations listed in the “restricted sharing and publication” are not included, the process proceeds to step S31 in FIG. Here, it is determined whether or not the destination of the one-touch application to be registered this time includes the destination selected from the personal destination table (see FIG. 6). If the destination selected from the personal destination table is included, the process proceeds to step S32, and it is determined whether the shared favorite destination (see FIG. 5) is included. When the destination selected from the personal destination table is included (step S31) and the shared favorite destination is not included (step S32), the process proceeds to step S33, and "personal" is recommended. If the destination selected from the personal destination table is included (step S31) and the shared favorite destination is also included (step S32), the process proceeds to step S36, and either “personal” or “public” is selected. Is also not recommended. If it is determined in step S31 that the destination selected from the personal destination table is not included, the process proceeds to step S34, and it is determined whether a shared favorite destination is included. If the destination selected from the personal destination table is not included but a shared favorite destination is included, the process proceeds to step S35, and "public" is recommended. Further, when the destination selected from the personal destination table is not included and the shared favorite destination is also included, the process proceeds to step S36, and “no predicted value” is set.

  When “Personal” or “Public” is recommended, the process moves to the processing flow of FIG. On the other hand, in the case of “no prediction value”, the processing moves to the processing flow of FIG. The processing flow of FIGS. 13 and 14 has already been described, and redundant description will be omitted.

  In the embodiment described so far, as shown in the processing flow of FIG. 11, “Personal favorites” and “Shared favorites” are treated equally, and both the “Personal favorites” destination and the “Shared favorites” destination are displayed. Is included, it is determined that there is no predicted value. The same applies to the processing flow of FIG. 12, in which the “personal address book” and the “shared favorite” are treated equally, and both the address selected from the “personal address book” and the address of the “shared favorite” are included. If it is, it is described as "No prediction value".

  However, when emphasis is placed on prevention of secret leakage, “personal favorites” or “personal address book” may be prioritized as described below.

  FIG. 27 is a diagram illustrating a processing flow that replaces the processing flow illustrated in FIG. 11 when “personal favorite” is prioritized.

  Here, when the address of “Personal Favorite” is included (Step S61), “Personal” is recommended regardless of whether the address of “Shared Favorite” is included (Step S62). . If the destination of “Personal favorite” is not included, the process proceeds to step S63, and it is determined whether the destination of “Shared favorite” is included. When the destination of "shared favorite" is included, "public" is recommended (step S64), and when the destination of "shared favorite" is not included, "no predicted value" is set (step S65). ).

  FIG. 28 is a diagram showing a processing flow instead of the processing flow shown in FIG. 12 when the “personal address table” is prioritized.

  Here, when the destination selected from the “personal destination list” is included (step S71), “personal” is recommended regardless of whether the “shared favorite” destination is included (step S71). Step S72). If the destination selected from the "personal destination table" is not included, the process proceeds to step S73, and it is determined whether the destination of "shared favorite" is included. When the destination of "shared favorite" is included, "public" is recommended (step S74), and when the destination of "shared favorite" is not included, "no predicted value" is set (step S75). ).

  Alternatively, there may be a concept of increasing the number of scenes shared by all users. In that case, “shared favorite” may be prioritized over “personal favorite” or “personal address book”.

  FIG. 29 is a diagram showing a processing flow instead of the processing flow shown in FIG. 11 when “shared favorite” is prioritized over “personal favorite”.

  Here, when the destination of “shared favorite” is included (step S81), “public” is recommended regardless of whether or not the destination of “individual favorite” is included (step S82). . If the destination of “shared favorite” is not included, the process proceeds to step S83, and it is determined whether the destination of “individual favorite” is included. When the destination of "personal favorite" is included, "personal" is recommended (step S84), and when the destination of "personal favorite" is not included, "no prediction value" is set (step S85). ).

  FIG. 30 is a diagram showing a processing flow that replaces the processing flow shown in FIG. 12 when “shared favorite” is prioritized over “personal destination table”.

  Here, when the destination of “shared favorite” is included (step S91), “public” is recommended regardless of whether or not the destination selected from the “personal destination table” is included (step S91). Step S92). If the destination of “shared favorite” is not included, the process proceeds to step S93, and it is determined whether the destination selected from the “personal destination table” is included. If the destination selected from the "personal destination table" is included, "personal" is recommended (step S94). If the destination selected from the "personal destination table" is not included, "no prediction value" is displayed. (Step S95).

  This concludes the description of the processing when authentication is performed, and then describes a case where the one-touch application is to be registered without being authenticated.

  Here, three examples of registration of the one-touch application at the time of non-authentication will be described.

  One is that registration of a one-touch application is permitted only after authentication, and registration is not possible if authentication is not performed. In the case of this concept, for example, the “one-touch registration” button shown in FIG. 17 (8) is blank before authentication to disable the one-touch registration process. Further, in the present embodiment, there is no setting of a shared preset. Therefore, in the case of the present embodiment, “unregistered preset” is blank in the unauthenticated stage.

  The second concept regarding the registration of the one-touch application at the time of non-authentication is that only the one-touch application which is not authenticated and may be registered is permitted to be registered without authentication.

  FIG. 31 is a diagram showing a processing flow of one-touch application registration at the time of non-authentication based on the second concept that registration is permitted only when registration is possible.

  Here, first, the "fax" button is pressed without performing the authentication process (step S101). Then, after inputting or selecting a destination or the like, the "one-touch registration" button is pressed (step S102). Then, here, all the users are checked, and if the scene has been authenticated by any of the users, it is determined whether or not “personal” is recommended (step S103). It is determined whether or not “no predicted value” is set (step S104).

  If there is a user who should be recommended as "personal" or a user who should have "no predicted value", the process proceeds to step S105 to notify that registration is not possible.

  FIG. 32 is a diagram showing the notification screen displayed in step S105 of FIG. On this screen, "This destination cannot be registered as a one-touch application without being authenticated. Please try after authentication." After pressing the "confirm" button or displaying for a predetermined time, the display returns to the unauthenticated home screen.

  Returning to FIG. 31, the description will be continued.

  If there is no scene recommending “Personal” after authentication of any user (step S103) and there is no scene saying “no predicted value” (step S104), the process proceeds to step S106, and “ Display an inquiry screen as to whether to register as "public".

  FIG. 33 is a diagram showing the inquiry screen displayed in step S106 of FIG.

  On this inquiry screen, an inquiry of "This destination can be registered if it is public. Is it registered as public?" And buttons of "register" and "do not register" are displayed. When the "register" button is pressed (step S107), a public one-touch application is registered (step S108), and the screen returns to an unauthenticated home screen. On the other hand, when the “do not register” button is pressed (step S107), the home screen is returned to an unauthenticated home screen without registering the one-touch application.

  In the processing flow shown in FIG. 31, in the case of "no predicted value" (step S104), the process proceeds to step S105 and registration is disabled. However, in the case of "no predicted value", the process also proceeds to step S106. Whether to register as public may be left to the user's judgment.

  A third concept regarding registration of a one-touch application at the time of non-authentication is to prompt authentication.

  FIG. 34 is a diagram showing a processing flow of one-touch application registration based on the third idea of prompting authentication.

  Steps S101 to S104 of the processing flow of FIG. 34 are the same as steps S101 to S104 of the processing flow shown in FIG. 31, and a description thereof will be omitted.

  In step S108, as in step S105 of FIG. 31, a notification that registration is not possible is made. Here, at the same time, authentication is prompted.

  FIG. 35 is a diagram showing the notification screen displayed in step S108 of FIG.

  On this notification screen, you will see a notification that "This destination cannot be registered as a one-touch application without being authenticated", a "Do you want to proceed with authentication", and a "Yes" or "No" message? A button appears.

  When the “Yes” button is pressed (step S109), the process proceeds to step S113 in FIG. The processing after step S113 will be described later. Pressing the “No” button returns to the unauthenticated home screen without registering the one-touch application.

  For any user, neither "personal" nor "no predicted value" match (steps S103, S104). If "public" is recommended, the process proceeds to step S110, and notification that only "public" is selectable is provided. Will be displayed.

  FIG. 36 is a diagram showing the notification screen displayed in step S110 of FIG.

  On this notification screen, the message "This destination can be registered as a one-touch application if it is public. Would you like to register it as public? If you want to register it as private, change it after authentication." Further, buttons for “register”, “authentication”, and “cancel” are displayed. When the "register" button is pressed (step S111), the "public" one-touch application is registered (step S112), and the display returns to the unauthenticated home screen. When the "authentication" button is pressed, the process proceeds to step S113. Further, if the “cancel” button is pressed, the registration returns to the unauthenticated home screen without registering the one-touch application.

  When the authentication is performed in step S113, the input or selected destination is lit against a destination table or the like of the authenticated user (for example, user A), and “personal”, “public”, or “no predicted value” is determined. Is performed (step S114). Then, according to the determination result (step S115), if "personal" is recommended, a screen recommending "personal" (see FIG. 18 (10)) is displayed, and "public" is recommended. For example, a screen recommending “public” is displayed, and if “no predicted value”, a screen recommending neither “personal” nor “public” (see FIG. 22 (10)) is displayed. The subsequent transition is as described above.

  Here, three examples of registration of the one-touch application at the time of non-authentication have been described, but which of the three examples is adopted depends on the design concept of the multifunction peripheral. Alternatively, a configuration may be adopted in which the user is allowed to select one when installing an individual multifunction peripheral.

  In the above embodiment, as an example of the “plurality of use authority” in the present invention, a two-stage use authority range of “personal” and “public” is adopted. An intermediate use authority range may be set between “personal” and “public”. For example, a use authority range that distinguishes an unauthenticated user from an authenticated user may be set. Alternatively, a group in the organization to which the user belongs may be set as one use authority range between the user (“personal”) and all employees (“public”). When two or more use authority ranges are set in addition to the use authority range consisting only of the user himself (the first use authority range according to the present invention), the second use authority range according to the present invention is defined as Any of two or more use authority ranges may be adopted.

  Further, in the above embodiment, the one-touch application has been described using fax transmission as an example.However, the one-touch application is not limited to fax transmission, for example, scanning a document with a scanner to obtain image data, The image data can be applied to various transmission scenes, such as transmitting the image data directly to a PC or transmitting the image data as an attached file by e-mail. Further, the one-touch application is not limited to a scene involving transmission of information. For example, the present invention can be applied to a copy function for scanning and printing a document. For example, various conditions regarding copying, such as adjustment of the number of copies, image density, selection of a gamut conversion (color conversion) matrix, and selection of a gradation correction table, may be registered as a one-touch application in a package.

  Further, here, the multifunction peripheral 100 shown in FIG. 1 has been described as an example, but the present invention is not limited to the multifunction peripheral, but is widely applied to, for example, a common PC and various other common devices. Can be applied.

100 MFP 110 Post-processing device 120 UI (user interface)
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Claims (15)

An information transmitting device that is shared by a plurality of users and transmits information,
A transmission tool that is associated with transmission information including one or more pieces of destination information, receives the activation, and transmits information to a destination indicated by the destination information included in the associated transmission information, creates the transmission tool. Having a creation tool for associating an operation button for each transmission tool responsible for activating the transmission tool,
A tool for allowing the transmission tool to be used only by users within one usage right range associated with each transmission tool from among a plurality of usage right ranges in which the range of users having usage right is defined in a plurality of stages And
When the creation tool creates the transmission tool, if there is a recommended usage right range recommended as a usage right range corresponding to the transmission tool, the presentation tool specifies the recommended usage right range, An information transmitting apparatus for presenting to a user a use authority range that can be associated with the transmission tool.   2. The information transmitting apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a destination table including a destination to which attribute information based on the recommended use authority range is associated. The plurality of use authority ranges include a first use authority range that gives use authority only to the creation user who created the transmission tool, and a second use authority range that gives use authority not only to the creation user,
A shared destination table including destinations to which personal priority information of each user is added, indicating that the destination table is a personal priority presentation destination shared by a plurality of users and preferentially presented to a user who uses the destination table. ,
The creation tool includes the personal priority information as the attribute information, and the transmission tool being created includes a first destination to which personal preference information of a user who is a creator of the transmission tool being created is attached. 3. The information transmitting apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the first use authority range is set to the recommended use authority range when the information is transmitted. The plurality of use authority ranges include a first use authority range that gives use authority only to the creation user who created the transmission tool, and a second use authority range that gives use authority not only to the creation user,
The destination table is a shared destination table that includes a destination to which shared priority information indicating that the destination table is a shared priority presentation destination that is shared by a plurality of users and that preferentially presents the user without discrimination,
If the creation tool associates the shared priority information with the attribute information, and the transmission tool being created is associated with a second destination to which the shared priority information is associated, the second 3. The information transmitting apparatus according to claim 2, wherein a use right range is set to the recommended use right range. The plurality of use authority ranges include a first use authority range that gives use authority only to the creation user who created the transmission tool, and a second use authority range that gives use authority not only to the creation user,
The destination table is shared by a plurality of users, a destination with shared priority information indicating that the destination table is a shared priority presentation destination that is preferentially presented without distinguishing users, and a destination user is preferentially presented. A shared destination table including a destination to which personal priority information of each user is added, indicating that the destination is a personal priority presentation destination,
The creation tool sets both the shared priority information and the personal priority information as the attribute information, and the transmission tool being created has the personal priority information of a user who is a creator of the transmission tool being created. When only the associated first destination is associated, the first use authority range is set as the recommended use authority range, and the transmission tool being created is associated with the shared priority information. The information transmitting apparatus according to claim 2, wherein when only the second destination is associated, the second usage right range is set as the recommended usage right range.   In the case where both the first destination and the second destination are associated with the transmission tool being created, the creation tool may use a presentation method that does not specify the recommended use authority range. The information transmitting device according to claim 5, wherein   The creation tool does not specify the recommended use authority range when only the third destination excluding both the first destination and the second destination is associated with the transmission tool being created. The information transmitting apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the information transmitting apparatus is a system. The plurality of use authority ranges include a first use authority range that gives use authority only to the creation user who created the transmission tool, and a second use authority range that gives use authority not only to the creation user,
A shared destination table that includes a destination that is shared by a plurality of users and that prohibits the second use right range from being the recommended use right range, and to which a recommended range restriction information of each user is attached;
The creation tool sets the recommended range limitation information as the attribute information, and the destination to which the recommended range limitation information of the user who is the creator of the transmission tool being created corresponds to the transmission tool being created. 3. The information transmitting apparatus according to claim 2, wherein when the information is attached, the first use authority range is set as the recommended use authority range. The plurality of use authority ranges include a first use authority range that gives use authority only to the creation user who created the transmission tool, and a second use authority range that gives use authority not only to the creation user,
Have a personal address book for each user,
In the case where the creation tool includes the destination selected from the personal destination table of the user who is the creator of the transmission tool being created, the first use right 3. The information transmitting apparatus according to claim 2, wherein a range is the recommended use right range.   The creation tool specifies the recommended use authority range that can be associated with the transmission tool that is being created, depending on the destination, specifies the recommended use authority range depending on the destination, or uses a presentation method that does not specify the user depending on the destination. 2. The information transmitting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information is transmitted to the information transmitting apparatus. The plurality of use authority ranges include a first use authority range that gives use authority only to the creation user who created the transmission tool, and a second use authority range that gives use authority not only to the creation user,
In the case where the creation tool includes only the destination of a user who is the creator of the transmission tool being created, the first use authority range is set to the recommended use authority. The information transmission device according to claim 10, wherein the information transmission range is a range. The plurality of use authority ranges include a first use authority range that gives use authority only to the creation user who created the transmission tool, and a second use authority range that gives use authority not only to the creation user,
Prohibiting the second use right range from being the recommended use right range, having recommended range restriction information common to a plurality of users,
The creation tool sets the first use authority range to the recommended use authority range when the transmission tool being created includes a destination to which the recommended range restriction information is added. The information transmitting apparatus according to claim 10, wherein   When the creation tool presents a plurality of use right ranges including the recommended use right range, and the use right range associated with the transmission tool being created is changed to a use right range other than the recommended use right range 13. The information transmitting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a warning is issued.   14. The information transmission apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the warning includes presentation of a reason for recommending that the recommended use authority range be associated with the transmission tool being created. An information processing device shared by a plurality of users,
A processing tool that is associated with the tool processing information and performs processing based on the tool processing information in response to the activation is created, and the processing tool corresponds to an operation button for each processing tool responsible for starting the processing tool. Has a creation tool
The processing tool created by the creation tool is configured such that the range of users having usage authority is within one usage authority range selected for each processing tool from a plurality of usage authority ranges defined in multiple stages. A tool that only users can use,
In the creation of the processing tool, when the creation tool has a recommended usage right range recommended as a usage right range associated with the processing tool, the presentation tool that specifies the recommended usage right range, An information processing apparatus for presenting to a user a use authority range that can be associated with the processing tool.

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