JPH0490661A - Destination name transmitting system for facsimile - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reduce communication cost by only one copy of communicating original information to a receiver having the same telephone number when plural addresses exist at this receiver in multi-address communication to execute the facsimile communication of the same document to plural destinations. CONSTITUTION:This system is equipped with a panel part 11, one easy step registration table 12, addressed list registration part 13, addressed list line-up part 14, transmitting sheet preparation part 15, reading part 16, original information storage part 17 and transmission part 18. When there are plural receiving persons at the receiver having the same telephone number in the multi-address communication to execute the facsimile communication of the same document to the plural destinations, a transmitting sheet is prepared and transmitted while defining these plural receiving persons as contents, and only one copy of the communicating original information is transmitted to this receiver. Therefore, even when there are plural receiving persons at this receiver, only one copy of communicating original information is transmitted to the receiver. Thus, communication cost is reduced.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) This invention relates to a facsimile destination name transmission method, and particularly when multiple destination names share one facsimile receiver, This invention relates to a facsimile destination name transmission method that allows only one part of a document to be sent instead of multiple copies.

(Prior Art) As a conventional broadcast communication system that uses a facsimile machine to automatically send the same document like a direct mail, there is a system such as that disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 63-59061, for example. There is.

In this conventional method, first, the original information to be transmitted is read and stored in the -time image memory. Further, the destination facsimile number and address data are stored in the destination data memory. Thereafter, the automatic transmission means sequentially calls the destination facsimile numbers read from the destination data memory, and each time the destination facsimile numbers read from the destination data memory are added to the image information read from the image memory. It was designed so that it could be sent.

In addition, as other conventional broadcast communication systems, for example,
There is one disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 3-33821.

This conventional method is used to clarify who the message is addressed to when multiple people share one facsimile terminal.
Destination names are stored in advance in a destination text memory, and then the correspondence is stored in the message memory, and the destination names are read out one by one from the destination text memory and automatically sent together with the message. It is something.

The receivers of the transmission information transmitted using the above two conventional methods both print the address data on a portion of the header of the paper, and then print the image information. Therefore, on the receiving side, it is difficult to know who the received image information or message is addressed to.
I can see it clearly.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) In the conventional broadcast communication system described above, when multiple receivers are shared, the same document can be sent to all or some of the multiple receivers. If you try to send a document to the same recipient, the same document will be sent to the same receiver as many times as there are recipients.

This has led to problems such as high communication costs and waste of recording paper.

The purpose of the present invention is to eliminate the problems of the conventional method described above,
When there are multiple recipients of the same document on the same receiver, the document can be sent in one communication, and the recipient name of the facsimile can be notified of the document to the multiple recipients. The goal is to provide a method.

(Means and operations for solving the problem) In order to achieve the above object, the invention of claim (1) includes means for organizing recipients input using a one-touch key or abbreviated key by corresponding telephone number; When there are multiple recipients for the same telephone number, means for creating a transmission sheet containing the plurality of recipients, and transmitting the transmission sheet and one piece of communication manuscript information to a receiver of the telephone number. It is characterized in that it is equipped with a means for transmitting.

According to this invention, in broadcast communication in which the same document is sent by facsimile to multiple recipients, if there are multiple recipients on the receiver with the same telephone number, a transmission sheet containing the contents of the multiple recipients is provided. is created and sent. Next, only one communication manuscript information is transmitted to the receiver.

Therefore, even if there are multiple recipients, only one communication manuscript information is sent to the receiver, reducing communication costs.
Moreover, it is possible to eliminate waste of paper received by the receiver.

The invention of claim (2) is characterized in that, instead of the transmission sheet, overlay information including a plurality of recipients is created, and only one piece of communication manuscript information with the overlay information combined is sent to the receiver. There are characteristics.

The invention of claim (3) analyzes non-standard functions (NSF) in the protocol to determine whether or not the receiver is equipped with a transmission sheet creation means or an overlay information creation means. If there is a non-standard function setting (NS
S) is characterized in that a plurality of recipient information is included in the transmission, and then one communication manuscript information is transmitted.

According to the invention of claim (2) and claim (3),
The same effect as the invention of claim (1) can be expected.

The invention of claim (4) allows multiple destination names to be registered with one-touch keys or abbreviated keys, thereby making it possible to easily input recipient instructions and improving operability. can.

(Example) The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 2 is a system block diagram showing the general configuration of the facsimile machine.

In the figure, 1 is a scanner that reads the original, 2 is an encoding unit (codec) that compresses the read original information using an encoding method with high compression efficiency, 3 is an image storage memory that stores the compressed original information, and 4 5 is a modem that modulates the original information read from the image storage memory 3 and demodulates the received original information; 5 is a modem that automatically dials and sends a message to the other party when there is a transmission instruction using one-touch dialing or speed dialing. This is a line control unit (NCU) that calls stations and performs predetermined communication procedures using a predetermined protocol.

Reference numeral 6 indicates a printer that prints the received document information; 7 indicates an operation panel having a numeric keypad, various function keys, a display section, etc.; and 8 indicates C, which controls the operations of the various blocks described above.
PU 9 is a ROM 10 that stores control programs and various basic data for operating this system.
is a RAM that provides a work area and stores speed dial data and the like registered from the operation panel 7.

Next, one embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the functional diagram of FIG.

Reference numeral 11 denotes a panel section, on which a one-touch key, a shortcut key (hereinafter, both are collectively referred to as one-touch keys) lla, a start key 11b, a display section 11c, and the like are arranged. When the one-touch key 11a is pressed, the corresponding telephone number, recipient name, etc. can be displayed on the display section 11c. Reference numeral 12 denotes a one-touch registration table, which stores the one-touch keys, telephone numbers, and recipient names in correspondence with each other. An example thereof is shown in FIG.

Reference numeral 13 denotes a recipient list registration section, in which data for recipients input using the one-touch key 11 is extracted from the one-touch registration table 12 and registered.

An example thereof is shown in FIG. 4(a). In this recipient list registration section 13, recipient data is registered in the order in which they are input from the one-touch key 11. In the illustrated example, the recipient C.

This shows that A and B were input from the one-touch key 11 in that order.

14 is a recipient list organizing section, and one-touch key 11
When the input of the recipient is completed and the start key is pressed, the recipient list organizing section 14 registers the recipient list registration section 13.
It determines whether or not the same phone number exists in the numbers, and if so, it will combine them into one. As a result, the recipient list registration section 13 is organized by telephone number, for example, as shown in FIG. 4(b).

Reference numeral 15 denotes a transmission sheet creation section, which extracts names of recipients with the same telephone number and creates a transmission sheet as shown in FIG. 5, for example. The name of the recipient with the same telephone number is posted in the place marked XX on the transmission sheet in FIG. Therefore, if there are multiple recipients for the same telephone number, multiple names will be recorded on the transmission sheet.

Reference numeral 16 denotes a reading section for reading communication document information, 17 a document information storage section for accumulating the communication document information, and 18 a transmitting section.

Note that the one-touch registration table 12 is stored in the ROM 9.
Or it is registered in the non-volatile part of RAM10. In addition, the recipient list registration section 13 and the recipient list organizing section 1
4 and the transmission sheet creation section 15 perform their functions using the volatile section of RAM10. The transmitter 18 corresponds to the line controller 5.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. 1 and 6.

First, when a recipient is input using the one-touch key 11a on the panel 11, the one-touch registration table is referenced for each input, and data such as a telephone number and recipient's name are registered in the recipient list (steps 81 to 8). S3).

When step S3 becomes affirmative, a determination is made as to whether or not the start key has been turned on, and when this determination becomes affirmative, the recipient list is organized by telephone number (step S5). Next, communication manuscript information is read from the reading j[RHa and stored in the manuscript information storage section 17. (Step S6).

Subsequently, one of the organized telephone numbers is sent to the transmitter 18.
sent to. The transmitter 18 automatically dials this telephone number and performs an operation of calling the receiver (step S?).

Next, it is determined whether there are multiple recipients at the same telephone number (step S8). If this determination is affirmative, the process advances to step S9 and a transmission sheet is created.

For example, transmission sheet data as shown in FIG. 5 is created. Next, the process proceeds to step SIO, and the transmission sheet is sent from the transmitter 18 to the receiver.

On the other hand, if the determination at step S8 is negative, the process proceeds to step 811, where the recipient's name is transmitted.

Following the transmission of the transmission sheet or the recipient's name, the manuscript information stored in the manuscript information storage section 17 is transmitted.

As a result, the receiver that has received the transmission sheet receives the transmission sheet and the document information, and the receiver that has received the recipient's name receives the document information that includes the recipient's name in a part of the header.

In step S13, it is determined whether or not the document information has been transmitted to all receivers, and if the determination is negative, step S13 is performed.
Returning to step 7, a call can be made to the receiver with the next different telephone number.

As a result of the above operation, if step 513 becomes affirmative, the operation ends.

As is clear from the above explanation, according to this embodiment, if there are multiple recipients on the same receiver, a transmission sheet listing recipient names and one piece of manuscript information are sent to the receiver. Therefore, the cost of facsimile communication can be reduced. Furthermore, since the receiving side only needs to print out one communication document, recording paper can be saved. Note that the receiving side is free to decide how to distribute or circulate the communication manuscript to multiple recipients.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

The difference between this embodiment and the first embodiment is that when there are multiple recipients for the same telephone number in the sender list registration section 13, an overlay of the multiple recipients (
The point is that only one communication document information is transmitted by creating composite) information and combining it with document information.

In FIG. 7, 21 is an overlay information creation section for the recipient, and 22 is a synthesis section that synthesizes the overlay information and original information. Reference numerals other than these indicate the same or equivalent parts as in FIG.

The operation of this embodiment will be explained with reference to the flowchart of FIG. In FIG. 8, the steps up to step S8 are the same or equivalent to those in FIG. 6, so the explanation will be omitted.

If it is determined in step S8 that there are multiple recipients at the receiver that made the call in step S7, the process proceeds to step S21, where overlay information for multiple recipients is created. On the other hand, if step S8 is negative, the process proceeds to step S22, where overlay information for a single recipient is created.

Then, the process proceeds to step S23, where the overlay information and the original information stored in the original information storage section 17 are combined. Subsequently, the process proceeds to step S24, and this information is transmitted from the transmitter 18 to the receiver.

Next, the process proceeds to step S13, where it is determined whether or not the transmission has been completed to all receivers of the telephone numbers registered in the sender list registration section 13. If the result is negative, the process returns to step S7 and the next reception is completed. The same operations as described above are performed on the machine. When step S13 becomes affirmative, all the operations are completed.

Only one document information transmitted as described above is received per receiver and printed out. FIG. 9 shows an example. In this example, multiple recipient names are printed as part of the header.

It is clear that the same effects as in the first embodiment can be expected in this embodiment as well.

Next, a third embodiment of the present invention is shown in FIGS. 10 and 11.

In this embodiment, the sender has a non-standard function (N
SF) to determine whether or not the receiver has the function to create a transmission sheet, and if it is found to have the function, the recipient information is entered in the non-standard function setting (NSS) and sent. There are characteristics.

FIG. 10 shows a functional block diagram of the transmitter, and FIG. 11 shows a functional block diagram of the receiver.

In FIG. 10, 18 is a transmitting section, and a calling section 18a
, an NSF analysis section 18b, an SNSS creation section 18C1, a manuscript information transmission section 18d, and the like.

The NSF analysis unit 18b determines whether the receiver has a transmission sheet creation function. In addition, the NSS creation unit 18
c performs the operation of putting recipient information into NSS and transmitting it.

Note that other symbols are the same as or equivalent to those in FIG. 1 or FIG. 7 above.

In FIG. 11, 31 is a receiving section, which corresponds to the line control section 5 in FIG. Reference numeral 32 denotes a protocol analysis section, which includes an NSS extraction section 32a, a transmission sheet creation parameter extraction section 32b, a document information extraction section 32c, and the like.

33 is a transmission sheet creation unit, 34 is an output device (printer)
It is.

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

The steps up to step S8 are the same as those in the first and second embodiments.

If the determination in step S8 is affirmative, in this embodiment, the process proceeds to step S31, and the NSF sent from the receiver during the protocol is analyzed. Based on this analysis, it is determined whether the receiver has reception sheet creation means (step 532). If this determination is affirmative, the transmitter sends a plurality of recipient information in the NSS (step 533). After that, the document information is transmitted (step 512).

Next, it is determined whether transmission has been completed to all receivers, and if the answer is negative, the process returns to step S7 and a call is made to the next recipient's telephone number.

On the other hand, when step S8 is negative, that is, there is only one recipient in the same receiver, or when step S32 is negative, that is, when the receiver is not equipped with reception sheet creation means, step Proceeding to S34, normal transmission is performed.

For example, the communication method disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No. 63-33821 is used.

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

When the receiver receives the NSS including recipient information from the transmitter, the NSS extraction unit 32a extracts the NSS from the protocol.
Parameter extraction unit 32b for extracting S and creating a transmission sheet
Output to. Transmission sheet creation parameter extraction unit 32b
extracts the transmission sheet creation parameters from the N5SO and sends them to the transmission sheet creation section 33. Transmission sheet creation section 3
3 creates a transmission sheet in the format shown in FIG. 5, for example, and sends it to the output device 34.

When the receiver subsequently receives the manuscript information, the manuscript information extraction section 32c extracts it and sends it to the output device 34.

As a result, the output device 34 prints out a transmission sheet and one communication document information.

As described above, the same effects as those of the first and second embodiments can be expected in this embodiment as well.

Note that the technology disclosed in "Facsimile Machine" (Utility Application Hei 2, FX83541) filed by the present applicant may be used for transmitting the recipient information by NSS and creating a transmission sheet in the receiver.

Next, a fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described.

In this embodiment, in the third embodiment, the NSF analysis section 18b
The feature is that it is determined whether the receiver has an overlay means or not, and if it does, the recipient information is put in the NSS and transmitted.

The transmitting side function of this embodiment differs from that of the third embodiment only in that the NSF analysis section 18b determines whether or not the receiver has overlay means.
A description of the configuration and operation of the transmitter will be omitted.

The configuration and operation of the receiver of this embodiment will be explained with reference to the functional block diagram of FIG. 13. Similarly to the third embodiment, the receiver extracts the NS from the protocol using the NSS extraction unit 32a.
Parameter extraction unit 32 for extracting S and creating an overlay
Output to d. Parameter extraction unit 3 for overlay creation
2d extracts overlay creation parameters from the NSS and sends them to the overlay information creation section 35.

The overlay information creation section 35 creates predetermined overlay information and outputs it to the data synthesis section 36.

The receiver then receives the manuscript information, and the manuscript information extraction section 32c extracts this and sends it to the data synthesis section 36.

The data synthesis section 34 synthesizes the overlay information and original information and outputs it to the output device 34.

As a result, the output device prints out one piece of communication document information with a plurality of recipient names overlaid on a portion of the header, as shown in FIG. 9 above.

As is clear from the above explanation, also in this example,
The same effects as in each of the embodiments described above can be expected.

Next, a fifth embodiment of the present invention will be described. This example is
The technique disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 63-77268 is applied to the first to fourth embodiments, thereby making it possible to easily specify the recipient.

The technology disclosed in the above-mentioned publication allows multiple recipients to be registered, whereas conventionally only one recipient could be registered with one touch key.

FIG. 14 is a block diagram of the main part of this embodiment, and the one-touch registration table 12 is configured so that multiple destination names can be registered for one-touch keys A, B, . . . as shown in the figure. It is composed of For example, for one-touch key A, destination names a1, a2 % a3, a4
, . . . can be registered, and destination names bl, b2, b3, b4, . . . can be registered for one-touch key B.

When specifying recipient names for broadcast transmission using the one-touch key 118, for example, by pressing the one-touch key A ] times, the first destination name a1 will be displayed on the display section 11c, and the first destination name a1 will be displayed on the display section 11c.
1, when a set key (not shown) is turned on, the destination name a1 and telephone number are sent to the recipient list registration section 13 and registered. Next, when the one-touch key A is pressed once more, the second destination name a2 is displayed on the display section 11c. If the data is not to be sent to the second destination name a2, the one-touch key A is pressed once more, and the third destination name a3 is displayed on the display section 11c. Thereafter, in the same manner, each time the one-touch key A is pressed, the destination name displayed on the display section 11c changes. Then, each time the destination name is the desired destination, the set key is turned on.

If there is a person desiring transmission in any of the destination names corresponding to one-touch key B, the same operation as described above is performed for one-touch key B. Note that if the desired destination name is selected too far, the user can return to the previous destination name by pressing the cancel key 11d, for example. Furthermore, when an instruction to start transmission is given, such as by turning on the start key 11b, the selected destination name is moved to the top of the one-touch registration table 12, and the unselected destination names are moved to the bottom. It can be carried out.

As a result, the names of destinations with which you often communicate can always be placed at the top of the one-touch registration table 12, so that when you press the one-touch key, you can quickly see the destination name on the display section 12.
It can be displayed on c.

Therefore, operability is improved.

Further, according to the present embodiment, the recipient list registration unit 13
Since the registration is performed in a manner organized by telephone number, there is an advantage that the operation of the recipient list organizing section 14 is unnecessary or can be completed in a short time.

(Effects of the Invention) As is clear from the above description, according to the present invention, in broadcast communication in which the same document is sent by facsimile to multiple destinations, when there are multiple recipients at the receiver with the same telephone number. , only one communication manuscript information is transmitted to the receiver.

Therefore, according to the present invention, it is possible to expect the effects of being able to reduce communication costs and eliminate waste of paper received by the receiver.

Further, according to the present invention, a plurality of destination names can be registered in correspondence with a one-touch key or abbreviation key, and each time the one-touch key or abbreviation key is pressed, the plurality of destination names are sequentially displayed on the display section. Since it is possible to select recipients, recipients can be easily set and operability can be improved.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of a first embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the hardware configuration of an example of a facsimile machine to which the invention is applied, and FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a one-touch registration table. , FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram of the recipient list registration section, FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a transmission sheet, FIG. 6 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of this embodiment, and FIG. 7 is a flowchart of the present invention. FIG. 8 is a functional block diagram of the second embodiment. FIG. 8 is a flowchart for explaining the main part of the operation of this embodiment.
10 is a functional block diagram of a transmitter according to a third embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 11 is a functional block diagram of a receiver, and FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of overlay information combined with communication manuscript information. is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the transmitter of the third embodiment, FIG. 13 is a functional block diagram of the receiver of the fourth embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 14 is a summary of the fifth embodiment of the present invention. It is a functional block diagram of the section. 11... Panel section, 12... One-touch registration table, 13... Recipient list registration section, 14... Recipient list organizing section, 15... Transmission sheet creation section, 18...
- Transmission section, 21... Overlay creation section, 22...
Synthesis section, 18b... NSF analysis section, 18c... NS
S creation department. Figure Figure Agent Patent Attorney Michito Hiraki and 1 other person Figure Figure Figure Step S6 Figure

Claims (4)

[Claims] (1) A destination name transmission method for facsimile communication that sends the same document to multiple recipients, which includes a means to organize recipients entered using one-touch keys or shortcut keys by corresponding phone number, and a method to send recipients to the same phone number. When there are multiple recipients, means for creating a transmission sheet containing the plurality of recipients, and means for transmitting the transmission sheet and one piece of correspondence manuscript information to the receiver of the telephone number. A facsimile destination name transmission method characterized by: (2) A destination name transmission method for facsimile communication that sends the same document to multiple recipients, including a means to organize recipients entered using one-touch keys or shortcut keys by corresponding phone number, and a method to send recipients to the same phone number. When there are multiple recipients, means for creating overlay information containing the multiple recipients, and means for transmitting only one piece of communication manuscript information, which is a composite of the overlay information, to the receiver of the telephone number. A facsimile destination name transmission method characterized by comprising: (3) A destination name transmission method for facsimile communication that sends the same document to multiple recipients, including a means to organize recipients entered using one-touch keys or shortcut keys by corresponding phone number, and a method for sending recipients to the same phone number. If there are multiple recipients, the non-standard function (NSF) in the protocol determines whether the receiver of the telephone number is equipped with a transmission sheet creation means or an overlay information creation means.
If the receiver is equipped with a transmission sheet creation means or an overlay information creation means, multiple recipient information can be included in the non-standard function settings (NSS) in the protocol and transmitted. 1. A facsimile destination name transmission method characterized by comprising: a means for transmitting information on a single communication document; (4) A destination name transmission method for facsimile communication in which the same document is sent to multiple destinations, which includes a table in which multiple destination names can be registered in correspondence with one-touch keys or shortcut keys, and a table in which multiple destination names can be registered in correspondence with one-touch keys or shortcut keys; A facsimile address comprising means for sequentially displaying the plurality of destination names on a display section each time a facsimile address is received, and means for selectively registering the destination names displayed on the display section in a recipient list. name transmission method.