JPH01213060A - Facsimile data processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable the repeated storage of facsimile data to be avoided by utilizing information which specifies the facsimile data received through a dial means. CONSTITUTION:When an user program 6 issues the requirement of the specified facsimile data (FSD) to a reception means 8, a control means 5 takes it over. The means 5 reads the information arriving at an arrived information control file 7 and confirms whether the required FSD from the user already arrives or not. When it confirms that, it informs that to the program 6 through the means 8 as arrived information and executes the input requirement of the FSD for an input/output control means 10. At this time, a key which is already read as one part of the arrived information at the arriving time of the requirement is used. The means 10 reads the FSD according to the reception of FSD input and the FSD read from an FSD storage file 9 is delivered to the program 6 from the means 10. Thus, the program 6 can receive the desired FSD.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to means for a user program running on a combiator to input and output facsimile data.

〔overview〕

The present invention eliminates redundant storage of facsimile data by using information identifying facsimile data received via dialing means in the means for delivering facsimile data to one of a plurality of user programs requesting this data. It is possible to avoid this.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, there has been a means for passing facsimile data to a single user program running on a computer, but there has been no means for passing facsimile data to a specific program among a plurality of user programs running on a computer.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

Facsimile data does not contain any information other than a series of black and white dots, and no code data is added. Therefore, with conventional technology, when multiple user programs request facsimile data, had the disadvantage that it was not possible to specify the user program to which facsimile data should be passed. Furthermore, facsimile data has an amount of information of about 100K bytes per page, which is compared to the number of bytes required by a normal computer to create one page of a form using code data when stored in a file. Since the capacity is nearly 100 times larger, if multiple programs that handle facsimile data are stored in a file, this has the disadvantage of occupying a large amount of file capacity.

The present invention aims to eliminate such drawbacks and provides a facsimile data processing device having means for specifying one of a plurality of user programs and providing facsimile data to it.

[Means for solving problems]

The present invention provides a facsimile data processing device equipped with a plurality of user programs for acquiring facsimile data, in which one piece of key information corresponding to one piece of facsimile data is sent to this facsimile data from a push button dial means installed in the facsimile device. an extraction means for extracting data from previously arriving data; a first storage means for storing incoming facsimile data and reading it out using key information corresponding to this data; a second storage means for storing arrival information in pairs indicating whether or not the arrival information has already arrived; and contents of the arrival information in the second storage means according to key information corresponding to facsimile data acquired by the user program. a detection means for detecting the facsimile data; and when the content of the arrival information indicates the arrival of facsimile data, key information corresponding to the facsimile data is given to and read out from the first storage means based on a request from the user program, and the key information is read out from the first storage means. The present invention is characterized by comprising a control means for controlling the user program.

[Effect]

The receiving means receives the telephone data sent from the pushbutton dial for the telephone to the computer through the subscriber telephone line, converts the telephone data into a code, and transfers it to the management means.

Facsimile data arrival information required when a user program running on a computer requests facsimile data can be extracted from the arrival information management file using a part of the code converted from the telephone data as a key. The user program request receiving means accepts requests from the user program and, if requested, inquires of the management means whether or not specified facsimile data has arrived. On the other hand, the input/output control means stores facsimile data input from the receiving means in a facsimile data storage file, and outputs facsimile data requested by the user program from the facsimile data storage file. The management means stores a part of the received telephone data in the facsimile data arrival information management file as a key, searches the facsimile data storage file in response to an inquiry from the user program request reception means, and searches the facsimile data storage file for the requested information. It is confirmed whether the facsimile data has arrived and is stored in the facsimile data storage file, and the user program request receiving means is notified. This allows facsimile data to be passed to multiple user programs.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described based on the drawings. 1st
The figure is a block configuration diagram showing the configuration of this embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 1, this embodiment includes a telephone 1, a facsimile machine 20, a computer 3, and a subscriber telephone line network 2 that connects the telephone 1, facsimile machine 20, and computer 3. Then, the computer 3 receives the user program 6 that requests facsimile data and the telephone data sent from the telephone 1 to the computer 3 via the subscriber telephone line network 2, and converts the telephone data into a code. The reception means 4 converts and transfers the data to the management means 5, and the facsimile data arrival information required when the user program 6 running on the computer 3 requests facsimile data is converted from the telephone data into a code. Arrival information management file 7, part of which can be retrieved as a key,
A user program request reception means 8 that inquires of the management means 5 whether specified facsimile data has arrived in response to a request from the user program 6; and a reception means 4;
an input/output control means 10 for storing facsimile data input from the facsimile data storage file 9 in the facsimile data storage file 9 and for outputting facsimile data requested by the user program 6 from the facsimile data storage file 9; and a facsimile data storage file for storing the facsimile data. 9 and a part of the received telephone data in advance is stored in the arrival information management file 7 as a key, and in response to an inquiry from the user program request receiving means 8, the facsimile data storage file 9 is searched and the requested The management means 5 checks whether the facsimile data is already stored in the facsimile 1-mail storage file 9 and notifies the user program request receiving means 8 of the same. That is, the computer 3, which is a feature of this book, includes a plurality of user programs 6 for acquiring facsimile data, and a push button dial means installed in the facsimile machine 20 for transmitting one key information corresponding to one facsimile data. a receiving means 4 having an extraction means for extracting from data that arrives prior to this facsimile data from the telephone 1, and a first storage means that stores the incoming facsimile data and can read it out using key information corresponding to this data. A certain facsimile data storage file 9, an arrival information management file 7 which is a second storage means for storing the above-mentioned key information and arrival information indicating whether or not the facsimile data corresponding to this key information has already arrived as a set. , a detection means for detecting the content of the arrival information in the second storage means according to the key information corresponding to the facsimile data acquired by the user program 6; and a detection means for detecting the content of the arrival information in the detection means indicating the arrival of the facsimile data. At times, based on a request from the user program 6, the management means 5 has a control means that supplies key information corresponding to the facsimile data to the first storage means, reads it out, and supplies it to the user program 6, and the user program request. It includes a reception means 8 and an input/output control means 10.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained with reference to FIG.

First, dialing is performed from the telephone 1 to the receiving means 4 (step 511). When the receiving means 4 receives the incoming call (step 531), it notifies the managing means 5 of the incoming call notification (step 532).

When the management means 5 receives this incoming call notification, it checks the status of the computer 3 and determines whether or not it is okay to receive facsimile data and telephone data (step 551), and if it is okay to accept it, it notifies the computer 3 to that effect. is returned to the receiving means 4. The receiving means 4 converts the confirmation response into a voice signal and returns it to the telephone 1 through the subscriber telephone line network 2 (
Step 533).

After confirming the audio signal, the butshuhon operator (
Step S12>, the user operates the button on the phone 1 to transmit the phone data (step 513).

Here, the button data is code data that can be transmitted from the button 1, and consists of 12 types of numbers 0 to 9, *, and #.

When the reception means 4 receives the telephone data, it converts the code and transfers it to the management means 5 (step 53).
4). The management means 5 creates a part of the received code information as a key to the user program 6 (step 552) and writes it into the arrival information management file 7 (step 553). Thereafter, the management means 5 returns an acknowledgment to the receiving means 4 (step 554). The receiving means 4 sends a confirmation response to the telephone 1 (step 535).
, a voice signal is sent to the operator to inform the operator that the telephone data has been correctly stored and that it is okay to move on to the next process (step 514). The operator sets the facsimile original and transmits the facsimile data (step 515).

The receiving means 4 sends the facsimile data to the human output control means 10.
(step 536). The human output control means 10 stores the facsimile data in the facsimile data storage file 9 so that the facsimile data can be retrieved by specifying a key (step S101), and at the same time notifies the management means 5 of the completion of storage (step S101). 10
2>. The management means 5 notifies the reception means 4 of the storage confirmation (step 555), and updates the key and code information in the previously written arrival information management file 7 by writing an arrival notification (step 55).
6).

In this way, the facsimile data is captured in the facsimile data storage file 9, and the key for extracting the facsimile data exists in the arrival information management file 7.
Available for reference.

When the user program 6 issues a request for specific facsimile data to the user program request receiving means 3 (
Step 561), the user program request accepting means 8 issues this facsimile data request to the managing means 5 (
Step 581). When the management means 5 accepts the request (step 557), it reads the arrival information into the arrival information management file 7 and checks whether the facsimile data requested by the user program 6 has already been sent (
step 858). If the management means 5 confirms the arrival, it sends a notification to that effect to the user program request reception means 8 (step 559). The user program request receiving means 8 sends this to the user program 6 as an arrival notification (step 582). The user programmer learns of the arrival of the desired facsimile data (step 562) and issues a facsimile data input request to the input/output control means 10 (step 563).

At this time, the key that has already been read as part of the arrival information at the time of reception is used. Human output control means 1
0 corresponds to facsimile data manual reception (step S
103), the facsimile data is read (step S104). The facsimile data read from the facsimile data storage file 9 is transmitted to the human output control means 10.
The data is then transferred to the user program 6 (step S105). This allows the user program 6 to receive desired facsimile data (step 564).

In this embodiment, the case where one user program exists is explained, but even if multiple user programs request different facsimile data, each user program can receive facsimile data using each key. The present invention can be implemented by taking the following steps. Further, in this embodiment, as shown in FIG.
Although the arrival information management file 7 and the facsimile data storage file 9 are included in the computer 3, the present invention can be practiced even if they are provided outside the computer 3.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, the present invention allows facsimile data to be passed to a specific user program among a plurality of user programs running on the same computer using a telephone. When processing using the same facsimile data, the same data must exist only in the system-common facsimile data storage file until just before processing, and the same data may exist redundantly in the file space or memory space occupied by the facsimile data. This has the effect of reducing waste.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a flow diagram showing the operation of the embodiment of the present invention. 1... Butshuhon, 2... Subscription telephone line network, 3.
... Computer, 4... Receiving means, 5... Management means, 6... User program, 7... Arrival information management file, Death... User program request receiving means, 9.
. . . Facsimile data storage file, 10 . . . Human output control means, 20 . . . Facsimile device.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. In a facsimile data processing device equipped with a plurality of user programs for acquiring facsimile data, one key information corresponding to one facsimile data is transmitted from pushbutton dialing means installed in the facsimile device. an extraction means for extracting from data that arrives prior to this facsimile data; a first storage means for storing the incoming facsimile data and being able to read it with key information corresponding to this data; a second storage means for storing arrival information indicating whether or not the facsimile data to be sent has already arrived; a detection means for detecting the content of arrival information; and a detection means for providing key information corresponding to the facsimile data to the first storage means based on a request of the user program when the content of the arrival information indicates the arrival of facsimile data. A facsimile data processing device characterized by comprising: control means for reading data and providing the data to the user program.