JP3334666B2 - Facsimile transmission method - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile transmission method for automatically outputting image data requested by a terminal via the Internet to the terminal by facsimile.

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2. Description of the Related Art When a general terminal user wants to receive image data from a facsimile communication service, the user usually calls the facsimile service to obtain the image data, or sends a transmission request by e-mail. The user makes a transmission request by making another request, for example, making a phone call or sending an application form while referring to a display screen through an Internet connection.

[0003]

However, in such a conventional method of requesting transmission of a service by facsimile communication, a terminal user needs to send transmission information such as a destination name, a destination telephone number, and a destination facsimile number from a screen. It is necessary to input characters or write in a document, and the work load until obtaining information is heavy for the user.
In addition, there is a problem that it is difficult to use. When browsing image data via the Internet, the time for displaying the image data depends on the bandwidth of the line to which the data is transferred and the display capability of the terminal device. In this case, the amount of data that can be decoded at the time of display and printing is 200 dots or more per inch, so that the image data is 5 megabytes in B4 size. When this data amount is transferred using an Internet connection line, there is a problem that it takes a considerable time depending on the bandwidth of the line.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention solves the above-mentioned problems, and enables a terminal user to easily and quickly make a request for transmission of image data to a facsimile communication service via the Internet. An object of the present invention is to provide a facsimile transmission method that can reduce the time.

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SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention solves the above-mentioned problems.
The invention according to claim 1 has been made to solve the problem.
Facsimile transmission request from terminal via Internet
Fax transmission process that the database server accepts
And the fax received by this database server.
Information to search the database based on millimeter transmission request information
Search step and the requested image from this database
Data acquisition step for acquiring image data and the acquisition
To output facsimile image data
Facsimile output instruction step for instructing the facsimile machine
And follow the instructions and follow the instructions from the facsimile
Facsimile the image data to the terminal through a network
Facsimile output step
A method of transmitting data by a ksimsimile, wherein the database contains
User ID is assigned together with image data
By entering the user ID at login
Specially, the image data can be automatically acquired.
This is a facsimile transmission method.

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram showing a facsimile transmission system for carrying out the facsimile transmission method of the present invention, wherein 1 is a terminal remote from the database server, and 2 is a facsimile transmission request from the terminal via the Internet 3. Database server, 4
Is a database provided in the database server 2 and stores image data to be requested for facsimile transmission together with a user ID and the like. 5 converts the image data from the database 4 into a data format capable of facsimile transmission, and transmits the data by facsimile transmission. A facsimile machine 6 for transmitting the data together with the vote data;
This is a public network for transmitting image data transmitted from the terminal 1 to the terminal 1.

Next, a facsimile transmission procedure according to the present invention will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
First, the terminal 1 is connected to the Internet 3 and connected (logged in) to the database server 2 through the Internet 3. At the time of this login, the user ID whose transmission information is registered is used. At this point, the user ID is stored in the Internet reference software. Thus,
The database server 2 receives the facsimile transmission request from the terminal 1 (step S1), searches the database 4 based on the facsimile transmission request information (step S2), and acquires the requested image data from the database 4 (step S1). S3). Subsequently, an instruction is issued to the facsimile device 5 to output the image data thus obtained by facsimile (step S5).
4) In accordance with this instruction, the facsimile device 5 converts the acquired image data into a data format that can be transmitted by facsimile, and transmits the data together with the facsimile transmission form data to the terminal 1 through the public network 6 (step S).
5). Further, the facsimile output result is recorded in the facsimile device 5 (step S6).

After the search result is displayed on the display of the data server in the above, if the requested image data exists, a facsimile transmission button is displayed. So by pressing this,
The user ID and the image data number can be transmitted to the database 4. The image data and the facsimile transmission form obtained from the database 4 are converted by the facsimile device 5 into a data format that can be transmitted by facsimile. Facsimile output.
Then, the facsimile output is received by the facsimile apparatus on the terminal 1 side via the Internet 3, and for example, image data can be provided from a facsimile communication service or the like.

In the case of member-only automatic information transmission, information for facsimile transmission is registered in advance from the user side, and a registration ID is issued at that time, so that the user can freely obtain information that he or she wants to know. 3
, It is possible to output to the user's facsimile machine.

[0015]

As described above, according to the present invention, a facsimile transmission request from a terminal is received by a database server via the Internet, and a database is searched based on the facsimile transmission request information received by the database server. Acquires the requested image data from the database, instructs the facsimile machine to output the acquired image data by facsimile,
Further, in accordance with this instruction, the image data is facsimile-output from the facsimile apparatus to the terminal via the public line network, so that the destination information can be automatically set and displayed on the display without performing character input, for example. By simply pressing the facsimile transmission button, the destination can be recognized and the facsimile transmission of the image data can be performed automatically, reducing the burden on the user and also saving the image data itself when the image data is searched. By performing facsimile transmission without displaying, an effect is obtained that the time for browsing image data can be greatly reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing an execution procedure of a facsimile transmission method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram showing a facsimile transmission system for implementing the method of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 terminal 2 database server 3 internet 4 database 5 facsimile device 6 public line network

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A facsimile transmission request in which a database server receives a facsimile transmission request from a terminal via the Internet, an information search step in which a database is searched based on facsimile transmission request information received by the database server, A data acquisition step of acquiring the requested image data, a facsimile output instruction step of instructing the facsimile apparatus to output the acquired image data by facsimile, and according to the instruction, the facsimile apparatus sends the acquired image data to the terminal through a public network. Fakushi executing the facsimile output step of facsimile output image data
A millimeter transmission method, wherein the database is stored in the database together with image data in advance.
By assigning a user ID,
The image data is automatically created by inputting the user ID
Facsimile transmission method characterized in that it can be acquired
Law.