JPH02297191A - Document processing device with communicating function - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To inform the terminal of a remote party that a device is in the course of use, and to disconnect a line even during the processing of a document by transmitting message information stored in a storing means if reception is not possible. CONSTITUTION:When incoming is detected by a supervising means 21, arrived information is received if the reception is possible according to a judged result by a judging means 22, and if the reception is not possible, the reception is not executed, and the message information stored in the storing means saying that the host function is operating is controlled so as to be transmitted by a communicating means. Thus, when the incoming is detected in the midst of the document processing of a host, the terminal of the remote party can be immediately informed of the state of the host, and at a host side, such trouble that a telephone set does not stop ringing because a remote party side continues to request connection through the telephone line can be eliminated.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a document processing device, and more particularly to a document processing device having a function of exchanging document information with other terminal devices.

[Background Art] In recent years, with advances in communication technology and information processing technology, document processing devices equipped with a communication control function have appeared.

Furthermore, in terms of 5 communication control functions, devices have appeared that have not only the function of a terminal (calling side) but also the function of a host (receiving side).

With these document processing devices, 1
When document processing is being performed, the host function cannot operate, and when the host function is operating, document processing cannot normally be performed.

Therefore, it is desirable for the host function to always detect incoming calls from other terminals and to operate the normal host function when the call arrives, but the current situation is that the host function cannot be operated during document processing.

[Problem to be Solved by the Invention] For the above reasons, if another terminal makes a connection request via a telephone line while the host is processing a document, the host's phone keeps ringing. There was a problem that

Furthermore, the other party's terminal cannot distinguish the reason for the connection failure from other causes (for example, an incorrect telephone number, a faulty line, etc.), making it difficult to take any further action.

[Means and effects for solving the problem] According to the present invention, there is a system for transmitting and receiving documents between a manual means for inputting document information, a processing means for processing document information, and another terminal. a communication means for determining whether document information can be received, a monitoring means for monitoring incoming calls from other terminals, and a storage means for storing message information;
When an incoming call is detected by the monitoring means, based on the determination result by the determining means, if the call is receivable, the received information is received; if it is not receivable, the information is not received and is stored in the storage means. By providing a control means for controlling the message information to be transmitted by the communication means, even if a document is received from another terminal during document processing, the line connection is quickly established and the message information is sent to the other terminal. It is now possible to disconnect the line by notifying that it is in use.

[Example] Hereinafter, one example of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of one embodiment of the present invention,
In the figure, 0 is a document processing device with a communication function, 9 is an NCUC degree adjustment device, and 10 is a general public telephone line network.

In this embodiment, the other terminal is connected to the general public telephone line 1.
When a call is made to the document processing device 0 with communication function via 0, the call is received by the NCUC degree adjustment device 9, and the document processing device 0 with communication function is notified of the incoming call.

The document processing device 0 with a communication function includes an MPU 1. which executes control of the entire device. A RAM (Random Access Memory) 2, which is used to develop programs shown in the flowcharts described later in FIGS. 4 to 8, temporarily store documents from the other party's terminal, and is also an area for performing calculations and comparisons; FD (Flexible Disk) 3 is a storage medium for documents etc. created with the document processing device, and can send documents created with the document processing device to other terminals, receive documents from other terminals, etc.
Sio (serial 1o) 5, which controls the io to receive incoming signals from the NCUC degree adjustment device 9; ) 6, a PRT (printer) 7 that prints out document information, and a CRT (display device) 8 that displays the operating status of the document processing device, documents, etc.

In this embodiment, a haze modem is used as the NCUC degree adjustment device 9.

FIG. 2 shows the configuration of the system program of the communication function document processing bag 20 developed in the RAM 2. As shown in FIG. Document processing functions such as creating, editing, saving, and printing documents using known technology;
Also, various functions such as sending and receiving documents will be omitted.

In FIG. 2, reference numeral 11 denotes a status monitoring program, which is a program that monitors the current status of the document processing device O with a communication function. The state monitoring method will be explained in detail using the flowchart of FIG. 7, which will be described later.

12 is a communication monitoring program, which constantly monitors incoming calls from other terminals, performs operations up to connection of the line when a call is received from the other terminal, and connects the modems 9 to 5i with NCtJ.
By receiving the connection notification via o5, it is determined that an incoming call has been detected.

Reference numeral 13 denotes an in-use message sending program, which sends a message informing that the document processing device O is in use to the NCUC degree adjustment device 9 via 5io5 when the document processing device O with communication function is not in the incoming call waiting state. .

14 is a line disconnection program which sends a disconnection request to forcibly disconnect the communication line after sending a message by the busy message sending program 13 to the NC via 5io5.
It is sent to the UC degree adjustment device 9.

Reference numeral 15 denotes a document processing program, which is a program that controls basic operations for performing document processing in the document processing device 0 with a communication function.

Reference numeral 16 denotes a host function program, which is a camellia program that controls basic operations when operating the host function in the communication function-equipped document processing apparatus 0.

A schematic block diagram of the main functions of this embodiment consisting of the above configuration is shown in FIG. This is the first processing function.

In FIG. 3, an incoming call monitoring means 21 constantly monitors incoming calls from other terminals according to an incoming call monitoring program 12,
When an incoming call from another terminal is detected, the status monitoring means 22 according to the status monitoring program 11 learns the status of the document processing apparatus with communication function O, and the subsequent operation is determined based on the status.

If the document processing device 0 with communication function is in the waiting state, the host function is activated, and if not, it is determined that the document processing device 0 with communication function is in use, and the in-use message sending program 13 is activated. The in-use message transmitting means 23 according to the line transmitting means 23 transmits a message indicating that the terminal is in use to the other party's terminal, and the line disconnecting means 24 according to the line disconnection program 14 terminates the connection.

Next, the details of the operation of this embodiment having the above configuration will be explained with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. 4 to 8.

FIG. 4 shows the initial setting procedure. First, when the device is powered on, initial settings for the entire device are performed in step S31. Then, in step S32, the 5io5 is initialized, and in step S33, an incoming call request command is sent to the NCUC degree adjustment device 9. This allows the N.C.
A notification is sent to the document processing device O with the U-attached modem function. Then, in step S34, the device status is set to editing. Here, the device state is a work area provided on the RAM 2.

Next, referring to FIGS. 5 and 6, processing for starting and ending the host function will be explained. When the application for the host function is activated, the device status changes to standby for incoming calls in step S35, and the host function starts processing in step S36. Further, when the host function application is terminated, the host function is terminated in step S37, and the device status is set to be editing in step S38.

Next, referring to FIG. 7, the processing upon detecting an incoming call will be explained. When a call from another terminal is detected, the device status is checked using the NCU chip S39 and if the device is waiting for an incoming call, step S41
If the host function of the prior art is activated and the terminal is not waiting for an incoming call, the process proceeds to step S40, where a message indicating that the terminal is in use is sent to the other party's terminal. On the other party's terminal, a message as shown in FIG. 9(a) is displayed, for example.

Next, the process of disconnecting the line will be explained with reference to FIG.

When the message indicating that the device is in use has been sent, an escape code is sent in step S42. As a result, the NCUC degree adjustment device 9 changes from the connected state to the command mode. Then, upon transmitting the on-hook command in step S43, the NCUC degree adjustment device 9 disconnects the line. Furthermore, in consideration of the case where the on-hook command does not operate normally, the ER double signal is turned off in step S44. Then, in order to detect the next incoming call again, Sio is initialized in step S45, and an incoming call request command is sent in step S46.

[Other Examples] In the above example, only the message indicating that it is in use is sent, but as shown in Figure 9(b), the message may include the operating hours of the host function, or the current document processing status may be included in the message. By adding information such as the scheduled end time, it becomes possible to more clearly notify the host's status to the other party's terminal.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the present invention, an input means for inputting document information, a processing means for processing document information,
a communication means for transmitting and receiving documents with other terminals; a determination means for determining whether document information can be received;
monitoring means for monitoring incoming calls from other terminals; storage means for storing message information; and when an incoming call is detected by the monitoring means, if the call is receivable based on a determination result by the determining means; By providing a control means that receives incoming information and controls the message information stored in the storage means to be sent by the communication means without receiving the information if it is not receivable, the host can perform document processing. When an incoming call is detected while a call is in progress, the status of the host can be immediately notified to the other party's terminal, so the host side has to make a phone call so that the other party continues to request connection via the telephone line. This has the effect of eliminating the inconvenience of the sound not stopping.

In addition, since the other party's terminal can see that the reason it cannot connect is because the host function is not running on the host side, it can take corrective action, such as requesting a connection again at an appropriate time. Effects can be obtained.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is an internal structure diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a program configuration diagram of the inventive device, Fig. 3 is a functional summary block diagram of the inventive device, and Fig. 4 is a flowchart of initial setting processing. , Fig. 5 is a flowchart of host function start processing, Fig. 6 is a flowchart of host function termination processing, Fig. 7 is a flowchart of incoming call detection processing, Fig. 8 is a flowchart of line disconnection processing, Fig. 9(a), (b) is a diagram showing an example of a message indicating that the device is in use. 0... Document processing device with communication function 1... Microprocessor 2... Random access memory 3... Floppy disk 5... Serial 10 6... Keyboard 7... Printer 8... Display Device 9... NCUC degree adjustment device 10... General public telephone line network Figure 3 Figure Figure Figure Figure A Figure Figure Figure

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] An input means for inputting document information, a processing means for processing document information, a communication means for transmitting and receiving documents with another terminal, and whether document information can be received. a determining means for determining whether or not a call is received; a monitoring means for monitoring incoming calls from other terminals; a storage means for storing message information; and a determination result by the determining means when an incoming call is detected by the monitoring means. control means for controlling the message information stored in the storage means to be transmitted by the communication means, based on the received information, if it is receivable, the received information is received, and if the information is not receivable, the message information is not received; A document processing device with a communication function, characterized by having