JPH07297972A - Facsimile mail system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To convert code data into image data within a mail system and to transmit the data to a facsimile equipment by performing communication between a host computer and a mail system without limiting facsimile mail service to the communication between facsimile equipments. CONSTITUTION:When the registration request of the code data or image (graphic) data generated by a host computer 400 is issued to a gateway system 710, a data reception part, 711 receives the request and transfers it to a frame edition part 712. The edition part 712 divides image data into the frame of the unit for transmitting a mail system 800, transfers the data to an intra-net communication part 713 and transmits the data by a frame unit to the system 800 via a network 900. The system 800 receives image data by an intra- communication part 810, transfers the data to a frame edition part 820, multiplexes the image data divided into the frame unit and transfers the data to a data edition part 830. The edition part 830 imparts necessary identification data and additional information, etc., for every image data and transfers the data to a data registration part 840, and the data is registered in an image data base 850.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile mail system, and more particularly to a facsimile mail system for registering / accessing mail data from a facsimile machine and a host computer.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 15 shows a system configuration of a conventional facsimile mail service. Conventionally, image data (facsimile information) is stored in the mail system 110 in the network from the facsimile device 100 in addition to directly transmitting the image data from the facsimile device 200 to the other facsimile device 300 via the network 100. When a transmission request is made from the facsimile 310, the image data is read from the mail system 110 and transmitted.

When the facsimile device 200 transmits image data of the same content to a plurality of facsimile devices, the image data is temporarily stored in the mail system 110,
Send to a plurality of facsimiles 300, 310, 320.

[0004]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional facsimile mail service, since the communication range is limited to the communication between the facsimiles, the communication of the image data transmitted from the facsimile apparatus and accumulated in the facsimile mail is carried out. However, there is a problem in that the code data generated by the host computer and the graphic data cannot be handled as data for facsimile communication.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to provide a facsimile mail system which solves the conventional problems and is capable of providing a versatile service.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a facsimile mail system capable of designating a desired output data item and a destination when an output request is made from a terminal side prior to outputting image data from the mail system. .

[0007]

The present invention provides a host computer 400 connected to a network 900, or
Data registered in the mail system 800 based on image data or code data input from the facsimile devices 200 and 500, and registered in the mail system 800 based on processing request information transmitted from the host computer 400 or the facsimile devices 200 and 500. Is searched for and sent to the host computer or other facsimile, and the registered data is updated or deleted. Further, the image data input from the facsimile device 200 or 500 is directly transferred to another facsimile device 3
To 00.

Further, according to the present invention, processing request information for requesting a search of the data registration list registered in the mail system 800 from the facsimile device 500 having a telephone function and a facsimile function is sent by the mail system 800 by a PB signal or a voice signal. Send to and mail system 800
Searches the data registration list according to the processing request information and sends it to the terminal devices 200 and 500, and the mail system 80
0, a desired data item is selected from the data registration list transmitted, and the data item is transmitted to the mail system 800 by a PB signal or a voice signal.
00 retrieves the data corresponding to the data item and transmits it to the terminal devices 200, 500.

According to the present invention, processing request information for retrieving a data registration list registered in the mail system 800 from a terminal device 500 equipped with a telephone and a facsimile device is filled in an OCR sheet, transmitted to the mail system 800, and sent by mail. The system 800 searches the data registration list according to the processing request information and transmits the data registration list to the terminal device 500, selects a desired data item from the data registration list transmitted from the mail system 800, and fills in the OCR sheet. To the mail system 800, the mail system 800 searches for data corresponding to the data item, and sends it to the terminal device 500.

The present invention also provides a host computer 40.
When transmitting image data from 0 to the facsimile apparatus 500, the data attribute information 80 including the user ID 843
Is added to the image data to be transmitted to the host computer 4
Send image data from 00 to mail system 800,
In the mail system 800, the user database 860 having the user information is searched by the user ID 843, the user information necessary for sending to the destination is acquired, and the image data is edited based on the user information. do it,
It is transmitted to the facsimile device 500.

The present invention also provides a facsimile apparatus 500.
From the user to the host computer 400, the data attribute information 80 including the user ID 843 is transmitted.
Is added to the image data to be transmitted, and the facsimile device 50
The image data transmitted from 0 to the mail system 800 and received by the mail system 800 is
The user database 860 having the user information is searched by D843, the user information required when transmitting to the destination is acquired, the image data is edited based on the user information, and the image data is transmitted to the host computer 400. To do.

Further, when transmitting from the above-mentioned facsimile apparatus 500 or the host computer 400 to a plurality of destination apparatuses, a plurality of destination information of the data attribute information 80 is designated to perform broadcast transmission.

[0013]

According to the present invention, the facsimile mail service is not limited to the inter-facsimile communication, but communication is performed between the host computer and the mail system, so that the code data generated by the host computer is held in the mail system and the code data is retained. Can be converted into image data in the mail system and transmitted to the facsimile device.

It is possible to perform various operations such as update / deletion and transmission of the data registered in the mail system from the host computer or the facsimile device based on the processing request information from the terminal device or the host computer. .

Further, according to the present invention, the processing request information is transmitted from the terminal device to the mail system in advance regarding the data name and the destination stored in the mail system, and the mail system is based on the processing request information. It becomes possible to search the database and send the specified data to the specified destination.

Further, according to the present invention, even when the processing request information is notified to the mail system by using the PB signal or the voice signal which is the telephone function of the telephone with the facsimile, the mail system controls the specified information. Data can be retrieved and output by converting it into information.

Further, according to the present invention, it is also possible to write the above specified information on an OCR sheet from a facsimile device and notify the mail system.

Further, according to the present invention, when transmitting data from the host computer to the facsimile apparatus via the mail system, the user identification information is used to search the user database to obtain the destination information, By transmitting according to the destination information, it is not necessary for the data to be transmitted to include detailed data such as the protocol information of the destination.
Also, by specifying a plurality of destination information for the data to be transmitted, broadcast communication becomes possible.

[0019]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows the system configuration of an embodiment of the present invention. The system shown in FIG.
0, telephone with facsimile function (TEL / FAX) 50
0, host computer 400, network system 700, network 900, mail system 800
It is composed of The network system 700 receives the data from the host computer 400 from the mail system 8
The gateway system 710, the facsimile apparatus 200, or the TEL that accepts data when registering in 00.
/ A node system 720 that receives a data registration request from the FAX 500, receives an access to data registered in the mail system 800, and outputs data registered in the mail system 800.

In the following embodiments, image data registration and access will be described separately.

[Data Registration] In the first embodiment of the present invention, a case where data is registered from the host computer 400 or the facsimile apparatus 200 to the mail system 800 will be described.

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining the data registration in the first embodiment of the present invention.

The gateway system 710 of the network system 700 comprises a data receiving section 711, a frame editing section 712, and an intra-net communication section 713. The node system 720 includes a facsimile receiving unit 721, a code converting unit 722, a frame editing unit 723, and an intra-net communication unit 724.

The mail system 800 includes an intranet communication unit 810, a frame editing unit 820, a data editing unit 830,
It comprises a data registration unit 840 and an image database 850.

(1) Registration from Host Computer FIG. 3 is a sequence chart for registering data from the host computer according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

First, the mail system 800 from the host computer 400 via the gateway system 710.
A case where data is registered in will be described. Each connection protocol with the host computer 400, the gateway system 710, and the mail system 800 is connected according to the protocol procedure held by the connecting host computer 400 (step 1).

When a registration request for code data or image (graphic) data generated by the host computer 400 is issued to the gateway system 710 (step 2), the data receiving unit 711 of the gateway system 710 causes the registration request message and image data. Is received and transferred to the frame editing unit 712. The frame editing unit 712 divides the image data into frames of a unit to be transmitted to the mail system 800, and transfers the frames to the intra-net communication unit 713. The intra-net communication unit 713 is the network 900.
Data is transmitted in frame units to the mail system 800 via (step 3).

Upon receiving the image data from the gateway system 710, the mail system 800 receives the image data in frame units by the intra-network communication unit 810 and transfers it to the frame editing unit 820. Frame editing unit 820
Multiplexes the image data divided into frame units and transfers it to the data editing unit 830 (step 4). The data editing unit 830 attaches necessary identifiers and additional information to each image data, and transfers the image data to the data registration unit 840. The data registration unit 840 registers in the image database 850 (step 5).

(2) Registration from Facsimile Machine Next, from the facsimile machine 200, the node system 72
A case where image data is registered in the mail system 800 via 0 will be described.

FIG. 4 is a sequence chart (No. 1) for registering image data from the facsimile apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention. In the example shown in the figure, the data identification information to be added to the data to be registered is written on the OCR sheet and transmitted from the facsimile apparatus 200.

The connection protocol between the facsimile device 200 and the mail system 800 follows the connection protocol for facsimile communication.
00, node system 720 and mail system 800
Are connected (step 10).

First, the user of the facsimile device 200 writes registration information necessary for registration in the image database 850 on the OCR sheet and inputs the registration information from the facsimile device 200, whereby the image data is transferred to the node system 7.
20 (step 11).

The facsimile receiving section 721 receives the image data transmitted from the facsimile apparatus 200 and transfers it to the code converting section 722. The code conversion unit 722 character-recognizes the transmitted image data, converts it into a code that can be processed, and transfers it to the frame editing unit 723. The frame editing unit 723 divides the frame into predetermined units for transmission, and transfers the frame to the intra-net communication unit 724. The data edited by the frame editing unit 723 from the intranet communication unit 724 is transferred to the mail system 800 via the network 900.
(Step 12).

The mail system 800 stores the registration data from the facsimile apparatus 200 in the image database 850 in the same procedure as the data registration from the host computer 400 (steps 13 and 14).

FIG. 5 is a sequence chart (No. 2) for registering image data from the facsimile apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, a facsimile device 2
The PB signal or voice output from 00 is used to add identification information to the image data to be registered.

The connection protocol for the facsimile device 200, the node system 720, and the mail system 800 is based on the connection protocol for facsimile communication, and the facsimile device 200 and the node system 720 are used.
And connect the mail system 800 (step 2)
0).

The facsimile communication mode is switched to the telephone mode in order to input the information necessary for the registration of the image data by the PB signal or the voice (step 21), the PB signal or the voice is input (step 22), and the facsimile communication mode is resumed. (Step 23), the image data to be registered in the image database 850 is stored in the node system 7.
20 (step 24). The subsequent processing is the same as the processing after step 12 in FIG. 4 described above.

[Access to Registered Data 1] Second Embodiment of the Present Invention
In this embodiment, a case will be described in which the registration data registered in the mail system 800 is accessed from the facsimile device 200 via the node system 730.

FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining a case of inputting a PB signal / voice according to the second embodiment of the present invention and outputting the registered contents of the image database.

The node system 730 in this embodiment
Is composed of a facsimile communication control unit 731, PB signal / voice conversion units 732 and 733, a frame control unit 734, and an intra-network communication unit 735. Mail system 8
00 is an intra-network communication unit 810, a frame editing unit 820, a presentation control unit 860, a PB signal /
Audio data processing unit 861, image output data processing unit 86
2. The database search processing unit 863 and the image database 850 are included.

(1) Request for Registration Content Menu FIG. 7 is a sequence chart for accessing image data from the telephone set according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

First, the facsimile device 200 issues a connection request to the node system 730 and the mail system 800 (step 30), and the facsimile device 20
The communication mode of 0 is set to the telephone communication mode (step 31). From the facsimile machine 200 to the node system 7
A search request for a data item (registered data menu) registered in the image database 850 of the mail system 800 is issued to 30. When making a request by voice information, the node system 730 converts the PB signal and voice output into a frame signal and transmits the frame signal to the mail system 800. This allows you to talk to the mail system 800,
Enter search conditions etc.

Normally, the PB signal is sent from the facsimile apparatus 200 to the node system 730 as a search request, and then the voice is output. PB of node system 730
The signal / speech converter 732 converts the input PB signal / speech signal into transmission data and transfers the transmission data to the frame controller 734. The frame control unit 734 divides the transmission data into transmittable frames, and the intra-network communication unit 735
Transfer to. The intra-network communication unit 735 transmits the transmission data to the mail system 800.

The transmission data (search request) received by the intra-network communication unit 810 of the mail system 800 is edited by the frame editing unit 820 according to the received sequence and transferred to the presentation control unit 860. Here, the input PB signal is analyzed, or if a voice signal is input, it is received as voice data and responded to the facsimile apparatus 200 (step 33). Here, the facsimile device 200 switches the communication mode to the facsimile communication mode (step 34). In the mail system 800, the database search processing unit 863 searches the index information accumulated in the image database 850 and the frame editing unit 820.
The frame is edited into a frame that can be transmitted by, and is transferred to the node system 730 via the intra-network communication unit 810.

Upon receiving the index information of the image data stored in the image database 850, the node system 730 uses the index information received via the intra-network communication unit 735 as facsimile data via the frame control unit 734 to perform facsimile communication. Control unit 73
The data is output to the facsimile apparatus 200 via 1 (step 35).

Further, the facsimile device 200 receives the index information from the mail system 800, and thereafter,
The call connection may be disconnected once, the information to be accessed may be selected from the index information, the call may be connected again, and the processing of FIG.
Further, the processing of FIG. 8 described later may be continued without disconnecting the call.

The above facsimile device 200 is
Although it is premised on a telephone with a facsimile device, the telephone and the facsimile device may be separate housings. In this case, the identification number of the facsimile for facsimile output is designated by the telephone with a PB signal or voice. Just keep it.

(2) Requesting Output of Registered Image Data by Selecting Registration Content Menu FIG. 8 is a sequence chart for accessing image data (registered data) from the telephone set according to the second embodiment of the present invention. .

The process shown in the figure is a process performed subsequent to the process shown in FIG. Also, like the above process,
It is premised on a telephone with a facsimile device.

The user refers to the index information of the contents registered on the image database 850 output to the facsimile device 200, selects the database information to be transmitted, and sets the facsimile device 200 to the telephone communication mode. After switching (step 36), a facsimile output request is sent from the telephone 500 to the node system 730 by a PB signal or a voice signal (step 37).
At this time, the same processing as when the above search request is issued is performed. Thereafter, the facsimile device 200 switches to the facsimile communication mode (step 38).

The mail system 800 is the node system 7
Upon receiving the facsimile output request from 30, the mail system 800 is input to the presentation control unit 860 via the frame editing unit 820. PB signal /
The voice data processing unit 861 recognizes the input facsimile output request, retrieves the image data to be output from the image database 850 (step 39), and transfers the retrieved image data to the image output data processing unit 862. From the image output data processing unit 862 to the frame editing unit 8
The selected image data is output to the facsimile apparatus 200 by performing the same operation as when the index information is transmitted to the node system 730 via step 20 (step 40).

As in the above, the mail system 80
Instead of getting the image data registered from 0,
In step 37, when sending the output request, P
The operation mode is designated by the B signal or voice output. For example, when deleting, in the PB signal or audio output,
Specifies to delete the image data selected by the user. When updating, the selected image data is designated to be updated, and a PB signal or audio signal is added to the image data of the content to be updated and transmitted.

[Access to Registered Data 2] Third Embodiment of the Present Invention
In this embodiment, the OCR sheet is filled with the information necessary for taking out the image data, the information is transmitted from the facsimile apparatus 200, and the mail system 8 is transmitted via the node system 730.
A case of accessing registration data registered in 00 will be described.

FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining the case where the OCR of the third embodiment of the present invention is input and the registered contents of the image database are output.

The node system 740 comprises a facsimile communication control section 741, an OCR code conversion section 742, a frame control section 744 and an in-network communication section 745.

The mail system 800 has an intra-network communication section 810, a frame editing section 820, a presentation control section 870 having an image output data processing section 871 and a database search processing section 872, and an image database 850.

(1) Request for Registration Content Menu FIG. 10 is a sequence chart for accessing image data (index information) from the facsimile apparatus according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

The user writes in the OCR sheet the search request items necessary to acquire the index information of the image data registered in the image database 850, and sends it from the facsimile apparatus 200 to the node system 740 (step 41). . Upon receiving the search request from the facsimile device 200, the node system 740 converts the OCR code into a communication code by the OCR code conversion unit 742 (step 42) and transfers the code to the frame control unit 744.
The frame controller 744 divides the data into frames that can be transmitted to the mail system 800, and transfers the data to the intra-network communication unit 745. A search request is transmitted from the intra-network communication unit 745 to the mail system 800 (step 43).

Upon receiving the search request from the node system 740, the mail system 800 transfers the data edited by the frame editing unit 820 to the presentation control unit 870 via the intra-network communication unit 810. The database search processing unit 872 of the presentation control unit 870, based on the search request, sends the image database 8
50 is read (step 44), the index information for each image data is searched, and transferred to the image output processing unit 871.

The index information is transmitted from the image output processing section 871 to the facsimile apparatus 200 via the node system 740 by intra-net communication (step 4).
5). The transmitted index information is output to the facsimile device 200.

(2) Registration data output request As described above, the user refers to the index information of the data registered in the mail system 800 and selects the image data contents to be output, The selected index item is filled in on the OCR sheet, and the facsimile apparatus 200 requests the mail system 800 for output.

FIG. 11 is a sequence chart when the image data (registered data) is accessed from the facsimile apparatus according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

The user selects the index of the desired image data from the index information which is the facsimile output information received in step 45 of FIG.
The CR sheet is filled in, and an output request is transmitted from the facsimile device 200 (step 46).

The node system 740 performs the same processing as step 42 described above (step 47) and sends the information output request information to the mail system 800 (step 4).
8). The mail system 800 includes a database search unit 8
The image database 850 is searched by using the index designated by the information output request information as a key by 72 (step 49), and the search result is displayed by the image output data processing unit 8
The node system 7
A facsimile output is made to the facsimile apparatus 200 via 40 (step 50).

In the above embodiment, the case where the data registered in the image database 850 is output has been described, but the information registered in the image database 850 can be changed or deleted from the facsimile apparatus 200. is there. For example, when the image data identification information registered in the image database 850 to be changed to the OCR sheet is entered from the facsimile device 200 and the deletion is selected as the mode, the image data designated by the image data identification information is entered. Can be deleted.

Further, in the above embodiment, the mail system 800 is sent to the facsimile apparatus 200 which has sent the output request.
Although the example in which the image data is transmitted from the above is described, it is also possible to output the image data to another facsimile apparatus or another terminal device as the image output request information.

FIG. 12 shows the system configuration of the fourth embodiment of the present invention. The configuration shown in the figure comprises a host computer 400, a facsimile apparatus 500, a network system 700 including a gateway system 710 and a node system 720, a network 900, a mail system 800 including an image database 850 and a user database 850.

Each data record of the image database 850 of the mail system 800 has the structure shown in FIG. FIG. 16A shows a data record of the image database 850, which is composed of data attributes 80 and image data 90. As shown in FIG. 2B, the data attribute 80 includes a data type 81 such as PB signal and image data, a data division 82 such as “general” and “confidential”, registration source information 83 and transmission destination information 84. Composed. Registration source information 83
Is device information 831 of a facsimile machine, telephone, personal computer, etc., registration date 832, user ID 833.
Composed of. The destination information 84 is device information 841,
It is composed of a take-out time limit 842 and a user ID 843.

Further, FIG. 7C shows the mail system 80.
0 shows a state of being stored in the mailbox 0, and when each image data is stored in the image database 850, image data (facsimile device 50) is stored for each user ID.
0 or data transmitted from the host computer 400) is stored.

Further, the user information database 860 is
User ID 60, device information 61, connection protocol 62,
It is composed of a connection address 63, transmission data information 64, reception data format 65, and service information 66. The transmission data information 64 is composed of a data format 641 and editing information 642, and the service information 66 is a usage service 661,
It comprises qualification information 662 and a contract period 663.

In FIG. 12, the host computer 40
When the image data is registered in the mail system 800 from 0, the image data is registered in the image database 850 in the mail system 800 as in the first embodiment shown in FIG. Furthermore, when image data is transmitted from the host computer 400 to the mail system 800, user data is added and transmitted, and when frame data is edited,
The data registered in the image database 850 and the data registered in the user database 860 are separately registered.

At this time, the ID of the host computer 400 is registered in the user ID 833 of the registration source information 83 in the data attribute 80 of the image database 850. When the facsimile device 500 is designated as the destination information, the device information of the facsimile device is set in the device information 841, and the user ID of the facsimile device 500 is added to the user ID 843.

When the image data is registered in the mail system 800 from the facsimile apparatus 500, the above-mentioned first method is used.
The image database 850 in the mail system 800 is registered in the same manner as in FIG. Further, when the image data is transmitted from the facsimile apparatus 500 to the mail system 800, the user data is added and transmitted, and when the frame data is edited, the data registered in the image database 850 and the user database 860 are stored. Separately register the data to be registered.

Data attribute 80 of the image database 850
The ID of the facsimile device 500 is registered in the user ID 833 of the registration source information 83 therein. If you specify another fax machine as the destination information,
The device information of the facsimile device is set in the device information 841, and the user ID 843 is given the user ID of the receiving facsimile device.

In FIG. 12, the host computer 40
The operation of transmitting the image data registered in the mail system 800 from 0 to the facsimile apparatus 500 will be described.

FIG. 14 is a diagram for explaining the operation of the fourth embodiment of the present invention.

First, image data is registered in the mail system 800 from the host computer 400, and the attribute information 8
The information registered based on 0 is transmitted to the facsimile device 5
The case of transmitting to 00 will be described.

Image data is taken out from the user information file 860 (step 102) and the data attribute 80 is referred to. User ID of destination information 84 of data attribute 80
And recognizes which device is the destination device.
Next, the user ID of the destination device is used to store the user database 8
60 to retrieve the device information 61 of the facsimile device 500.
Alternatively, information necessary for transmission such as the connection protocol information 62 is acquired (step 103), and data editing is performed based on the acquired information. In this case, the facsimile device 5
In order to transmit to G.00, the data for the facsimile apparatus is edited (step 104), the connection protocol is selected (step 105), and when G3 transmission is performed, the G3 mode is selected and transmitted (step 106), When performing G4 transmission, the G4 mode is selected and transmitted (step 107).

Next, referring to FIG. 12, the operation when the image data registered in the mail system 800 is transmitted from the facsimile apparatus 500 to the host computer 400 will be described.

First, when image data is registered in the mail system 800 from the facsimile apparatus 500 and the registered information is transmitted to the host computer 400,
The image data is extracted from the user information file 860 (step 102) and the data attribute 80 is referred to. The user ID of the destination information 84 of the data attribute 80 is acquired, and which device is the destination device is recognized. Here, the host computer 400 is assumed. Next, the user database 860 is searched for the use ID of the destination device (ID of the host computer 400), and the device information 61 of the host computer 400, the connection protocol information 62, and other information necessary for transmission are acquired (step 103), data editing corresponding to the host computer 400 is performed (step 108). Next, the image data is transmitted by referring to the connection protocol 62 and the connection address 63 of the user database 860 (steps 110 and 111).

Further, if the information of the mail system 800 is changed, it is carried out at the stage where the above transmission processing is completed (step 112).

When the data is transmitted from the mail system 800 to the destination, the user is referred to the service information 66 of the user database 860, and the user is eligible to receive the service or the contract period. Check if it is inside, and if there is no obstacle to the provision of data,
A transmission process may be performed, and if the user is not qualified to provide data, a process of transmitting a notification indicating that the data cannot be transmitted may be performed.

According to the fourth embodiment, when image data is transmitted from the host computer 400 to the facsimile apparatus 500, the image data is registered in the mail system 800 from the host computer 400 and the data in the image data is registered. By referring to the user database 860 generated in advance by the destination user ID 843 of the attribute 80, the destination device (facsimile device 5
00), and the image data can be transmitted to the destination device (facsimile device 500).

Further, when transmitting from the facsimile apparatus 500 to the host computer 400 or another apparatus, the user database 860 and the image database 85 are similarly transmitted.
It is possible to search by referring to the data attribute 80 of 0, specify the host computer 400 of the transmission destination, and transmit the image data to the transmission destination.

In the second and third embodiments described above, when accessing data, the PB signal and the OCR
By inputting the user ID of the registration source when issuing the access request by input, the mail system 800 searches the user database by the user ID, and the user ID of the registration source is given. It is also possible to access desired image data from the data storage position of the image database 860.

In the fourth embodiment described above, when the broadcast transmission is performed, the image data is sent to the mail system 80.
This can be done by designating a plurality of destination information 84 when transmitting to 0. In this case, the user database 860 may be searched for the number of user IDs 843 of the destination information 84 to acquire the destination information, and the transmission process may be performed based on the destination information.

When the mail system 800 communicates with various terminal devices, the mail system 800 can be provided with a data conversion means that can be used for sending to any terminal device. However, various known data conversion means may be used, and the present embodiment is not limited to this.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, but various modifications and applications are possible within the scope of the claims.

[0090]

As described above, according to the facsimile mail system of the present invention, since communication between facsimiles is not limited, the data handled in the mail system is generated not only by the data transmitted from the facsimile machine but also by the host computer. Since the processed data can also be handled, the terminal side can acquire a wide range of data. In addition, it is possible to perform various operations such as updating and deleting the information registered in the mail system according to the instruction information from the terminal or the host computer, so it is also possible to update from time to time and obtain the latest data. Becomes

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining a data registration time according to the first embodiment of this invention.

FIG. 3 is a sequence chart when registering data from the host computer according to the first embodiment of this invention.

FIG. 4 is a sequence chart (No. 1) for registering image data from the facsimile apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a sequence chart (No. 2) when image data is registered from the facsimile apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining a case of inputting a PB signal / voice according to a second embodiment of the present invention and outputting registered contents of an image database.

FIG. 7 is a sequence chart when image data (index information) is accessed from the telephone set according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a sequence chart when image data (registered data) is accessed from the telephone according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining a case of inputting OCR according to a third embodiment of the present invention and outputting registered contents of an image database.

FIG. 10 is a sequence chart when image data (index information) is accessed from the facsimile apparatus according to the third exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a sequence chart when accessing image data (registered data) from the facsimile apparatus according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a system configuration diagram of a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a database structure in the mail system according to the fourth embodiment of this invention.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing the operation of the fourth exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 15 is a system configuration diagram of a conventional facsimile mail service.

[Explanation of symbols]

 60 User ID 61 Device Information 62 Connection Protocol 63 Connection Address 64 Transmission Data Information 65 Reception Data Format 66 Service Information 80 Data Attributes 81 Data Type 82 Data Division 83 Registration Source Information 84 Destination Information 90 Data 200 Facsimile Machine 400 Host Computer 500 Facsimile device 661 Usage service 662 Qualification information 663 Contract period 700 Network system 710 Gateway system 711 Data receiving unit 712 Frame editing unit 713 In-net communication unit 720, 730, 740 Node system 731 Fax communication control unit 732, 733 PB signal / voice conversion Part 734 Frame control part 735 Network communication part 800 Mail system 810 Net communication part 820 Frame editing part 830 Data editing unit 840 Data registration unit 831 Device information 832 Registration date 833 User ID 841 Device information 842 Extraction deadline 843 User ID 850 Image database 860, 870 Presentation control unit 861, 871 PB signal / audio data processing unit 862, 872 image Output data processing unit 863 Database search processing unit 890 User database 900 Network

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Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A host computer (400) or a terminal device (20) connected to a network (900).
0, 500) data registered in the mail system (800), the host computer (400) or the terminal device (2)
00, 500) and searches the data registered in the mail system based on the processing request information transmitted from
The host computer (400), the terminal device (20
0,500) or other terminal device (300),
A facsimile mail system characterized by updating or deleting the registered data. 2. The mail system sends processing request information for requesting a search of a data registration list registered in the mail system (800) from a terminal device (500) equipped with a telephone and a facsimile device by a PB signal or a voice signal. (800), and the mail system (800) searches the data registration list according to the processing request information to search the terminal device (20).
0, 500), select a desired data item from the data registration list sent from the mail system (800), and send the data item to the mail system (800) by the PB signal or the voice signal. Then, the mail system (800) searches for data corresponding to the data item, and then the terminal device (200, 500)
The facsimile mail system according to claim 1, which is to be sent to. 3. An OCR sheet is filled with processing request information for searching a data registration list registered in the mail system (800) from a terminal device (500) equipped with a telephone and a facsimile device, and the mail system (80).
0), and the mail system (800) searches the data registration list according to the processing request information and searches the terminal device (50).
0), select a desired data item from the data registration list sent from the mail system (800), fill in the OCR sheet, and write the data item into the mail system (80).
0), the mail system (800) searches for data corresponding to the data item, and sends the data to the terminal device (500). 4. When transmitting image data from a host computer (400) to a facsimile device (500), data attribute information (80) including a user ID (843) is added to the image data and the host Computer (40
0) to the mail system (800), and in the mail system (800), the user ID (8
43), the user database (860) having the information of the user is searched, the user information of the destination is acquired, the image data is edited based on the user information, and the facsimile device (500). A facsimile mail system characterized by sending to. 5. When transmitting image data from a facsimile machine (500) to a host computer (400), data attribute information (80) including a user ID (843) is added to the image data to be transmitted. The facsimile device (500) sends the mail to the mail system (800), and the user ID (8) is sent to the mail system (800).
43), the user database (860) having the information of the user is searched, the user information of the transmission destination is acquired, the image data is edited based on the user information, and the host computer (400) A facsimile mail system characterized by sending to. 6. The data attribute information (80) when transmitting from the facsimile device (500) or the host computer (400) to a plurality of destination devices.
6. The facsimile mail system according to claim 4, wherein a plurality of destination information items are designated.