JPH0385959A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To confirm that a content of a confidential file is given to a destination object person by outputting a report representing the state of file content takeover when the takeover of the content of a registered picture information file to a transmission object party is finished or the takeover is disabled. CONSTITUTION:When a polling reception request comes from a terminal equipment registered already in a center equipment 20, a confidential file 30 is read and the picture information of the confidential file is sent to the terminal equipment. Whether or not the issue of receipt notice is required is decided by referencing the registered content of the confidential file and when the issue of receipt notice is required, the content required for the issue of receipt notice registered in a nonvolatile memory is listed. Then in the case of local registration, the receipt notice is immediately printed out and in the case of remote registration, the content of the receipt notice is sent to the sender. Thus, when the takeover of the content of a registered picture information file to a transmission object party is finished or the takeover is disabled, the receipt representing the state of content is sent automatically to the sender.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application 1] The present invention relates to a facsimile machine having a memory function suitable for use in confidential transmissions.

[Background of the Invention] A facsimile machine having a memory function has a memory function that is used when the purpose is to send a message to a specific recipient. Confidential transmission is one type of transmission that uses this memory function.

That is, a highly confidential and important document is sent to a post office box file exclusively for the person to whom it is sent, and its image information 11 is registered in the post office box file in the memory built into the facsimile device. Then, the recipient (receiver) enters the PIN code and prints out the printout directly, or uses another registered facsimile machine (#I terminal).
This is a transmission form that allows registered image information to be retrieved by polling reception.

[Problem to be solved by the invention] By the way, in the case of such confidential transmission, the destination facsimile machine! (For example, a reception notification that restores the contents registered on the center machine side in order to confirm that the image information is definitely registered as a file in the memory installed in the center machine using a facsimile machine) * I am trying to print out the report.

However, the only way to confirm that the contents of the registered file have been delivered to the person to whom the file was sent was to make a phone call to the person to whom the file was sent. therefore,
The confirmation work is extremely troublesome.

Additionally, if volatile memory is used as file memory, registered files will be lost if an accident such as a momentary power outage occurs, so files cannot be sent to the recipient. Transfer becomes impossible.

Even in this case, the current situation is that confirmation work is performed using a telephone or the like.

Therefore, this invention takes these points into consideration, and when the sending is completed or cannot be sent to the recipient, a receipt is issued with the contents (so that it can be sent automatically to the third party). This paper proposes a facsimile machine based on the following features.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, in the present invention, in a facsimile machine having a memory function, a file of image information registered for the purpose of sending to a specific target person. and is characterized in that when the contents of the registered image information file have been delivered to the above-mentioned target person or when the delivery is impossible, a report representing the contents is outputted. It is.

[Operation] During confidential transmission, the destination detects the sender's telephone number (or an abbreviated number) from the transmitted data and stores it in memory. Phone numbers and other information are stored in non-volatile memory.

After that, the image information is registered in the specified post office box file. The memory used in this case is volatile memory. This memory contains the address where the phone number is stored,
Data such as input date is registered.

To read the image information registered in the P.O. Box file,
Enter at least a PIN to identify the PO Box file. A post office box file can be read either by directly printing it out or by transmitting it to another terminal (facsimile machine) by receiving polling from another terminal (facsimile machine) registered in the center machine.

When reading of the post office box file is completed, a receipt is sent by referring to the caller's telephone number stored in non-volatile memory. The receipt includes the destination, file number, date of transmission, number of pages, etc.

By receiving this receipt from the sender, it is possible to confirm that the message has been sent to the recipient.

If it is not possible to transfer the confidential file, a receipt containing the contents will be output.

[Example] Next, an example of a facsimile device according to the present invention will be described in the first example.
This will be explained in detail with reference to the figures below.

FIG. 1 shows a specific example of a communication control means 60 built into a facsimile machine used as a center machine.

In the figure, 61 is a CPU that manages communication control. 62 is a ROM in which various control programs are stored; 63
is a RAM that stores image signals to be sent and the like.

The image signal read by the image reading unit 64 is stored in the RAM 63 or directly sent to the interface 65.
via the modem and network control circuit (NCU) 66. In addition, the image (No. 8) input from the line is temporarily stored in the RAM 63 via this modem and NCU 66, or is stored in the memory 30. When using a file registration function such as a relay function or confidential transmission, generally 30 is used.

The image information read from the RAM 63 or the memory 30 is supplied to the printer 40 via the interface 67 and recorded.

The telephone number of the destination party is supplied to the display section 70 via the interface 69, and is displayed thereon.

Reference numeral 71 denotes an operation unit, which is provided with operation keys for selecting relay communication, etc., and in which passwords and the like are entered using a numeric keypad, etc., and this input information is taken into the CPU 61 via an interface 72. .

As shown in FIG. 2, when used as a transmitter 10 or a terminal 50, the memory 30 is not necessary.

FIG. 2 shows an aspect of confidential transmission.

This is an example of remotely registering image information in a post office box file using the ALt wafer in the same figure. Image information is registered in the specific post office box file that was deleted.

When the 12th recording is completed, a receipt notification will be printed out.

Then, the registered image information is printed out by inputting the recipient's personal identification number. At the same time, a receipt notification is sent to the sender via the line to confirm that the image information has been sent to the sender. This allows you to confirm that the confidential file has definitely been delivered to the recipient.

Registration of confidential files using such a line is hereinafter referred to as remote registration.

B in the figure shows a case where the confidential file is not printed out at the center machine 20, but is transmitted to the recipient by polling reception from another terminal machine 50. In this case as well, the reception notification will be printed on the center machine 20 side.

C in the same figure is an example of so-called local registration in which the sender directly registers a confidential file in the center machine 20. This is the case when we send (8).

At this time, a receipt notification is given to the sender himself/herself.

FIG. 3 particularly shows an example of the confidential registration process among the specific processing examples of such confidential transfer (8).

In this confidential registration processing routine, it is first determined whether the registration is remote or local (step 80).

If it is a local registration, the sender user's I
The D input is checked, and if a user ID is found, its contents are registered as information to be written in the receipt notice. This registration is stored in non-volatile memory (constituting part of memory 30)
It will be held in

Thereafter, the confidential file number, transmission date, etc. are registered, and then the confidential file registration process is executed (steps 81 to 84).

The confidential file number and transmission date are registered in a non-volatile memory, and the image information of the confidential file is registered in a large-capacity volatile memory (which also forms part of the memory 30). When a confidential file is registered, the address of receipt notification information is also registered at the same time.

Receipt notification information includes, in addition to this address, user ID,
These include file number, date, page number, etc.

On the other hand, when the confidential file is registered remotely, the presence or absence of an abbreviated number code is detected from the transmission information, and if there is an abbreviated number, this is registered, and the registration process of the confidential file number and transmission date is executed. Thereafter, the confidential file is registered in a specific post office box file (steps 85-88).

Thereafter, when this registration process is completed, the reception notification process is performed as described above (step 89). In this example,
Although the S report is issued only during remote registration, it may also be issued during local registration.

When registering remotely, if there is no abbreviated number (same as phone number), we will assume that a receipt notification is not required.
In this case, the process immediately proceeds to the confidential file registration process (step 90). Therefore, at this time, only the registration date and time are stored, and the receipt notification information address and the like are not stored.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing confidential file output processing.

This figure is a flowchart especially when there is a polling reception request. When this processing routine starts, the confidential file is read and the image information of the confidential file is sent to the terminal that made the polling request (step 10
0). In this case, the terminal must already be registered in the center machine 20 to be able to receive polling, and the file contents cannot be read unless the passwords match.

Next, it is determined whether or not it is necessary to issue a receipt notification by referring to the registered contents of the confidential file mentioned above. Listing is performed (step 10
1.102). And when it is a local registration,
If the receipt notification can be printed out immediately and the registration is remote, send the ``S'' of the received notification to the sender.
The processing to do so is executed (steps 103 to 105).

When these processes are completed, the confidential file registered in the post office box file is deleted (step 106).

The same applies to the case of confidential transmission as shown in FIGS. 2A and 2C, so the explanation thereof will be omitted.

Although not shown in the figure, if the registered file is lost due to a momentary power outage, etc. before it is output, it is possible to check whether the file has been lost when the system is started up when the power is resupplied. Search and when it disappears,
Acknowledgment information registered in the nonvolatile memory and used when a file disappears is read. Then, by the same means, a list indicating that the file was lost and not accepted is sent to the sender or printed out.

This allows you to reliably report file loss to the source.

[Effect of the Invention] As explained above, the present invention has an image information file registered for the purpose of sending to a specific recipient, and the content of the registered image information file is transmitted to the recipient. When the delivery is completed or when the delivery is impossible, a report showing the contents is output (including sent).

According to this, it is possible to easily and reliably confirm that the contents of the confidential file have been handed over to the recipient by the receipt notification. Therefore, there is no need for troublesome confirmation work by telephone or the like, and the confidential transmission process can be greatly improved.

Even when a confidential file cannot be handed over, the contents can be received in the same way, so there is a practical benefit of being able to verify the contents of a lost file.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system diagram showing an example of communication control means in a facsimile apparatus according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a confidential transmission mode, FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing confidential registration processing, and FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing file output processing. IO...Transmitter 20...Center machine 30...Memory 40...Printer

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) A facsimile machine with a memory function has a file of information registered for the purpose of sending to a specific target person, and the contents of the registered image information file are not transferred to the target person. A facsimile device is characterized in that it outputs a report showing the contents when the facsimile is completed or when the delivery is impossible.