JPH1041973A - Communication terminal equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To process confidential reception and junk mail or the like with a simple configuration by registering in advance the processing mode corresponding to a caller and/or reception ID and operating the terminal equipment according to the registered processing mode when the transmission and/or reception ID of received data is registered. SOLUTION: In a facsimile equipment with an electronic mail function provided with a communication function with the Internet in addition to G3, G4 facsimile communication functions, a user table T1 of a RAM 7 registers a user ID and a provider type or the like, and a provider name or the like is registered in a provider table T2. Furthermore, a destination table T3 registers a destination name or the like and the processing mode is registered corresponding to the caller address or the like. When there is the same combination of the addresses registered in the table T4 in header information of a received electronic mail, the terminal equipment is operated according to the processing mode registered corresponding to the address.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a communication terminal device such as a facsimile device capable of connecting to a computer communication network.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Computer communication networks such as the Internet tend to be used more and more, and recently, the number of people who use them also in general homes is increasing. The use of such a computer communication network requires the user to bear only the communication cost from the personal computer or the like to the nearest contract provider (connection company to the computer communication network). Communication can be done at low cost.

[0003] In view of such circumstances, communication terminal devices such as facsimile devices capable of connecting to a computer communication network have been developed at present. Facsimile transmission,
Alternatively, it can be transmitted to the other party's communication terminal device by any of e-mail transmission. That is, when facsimile transmission is selected when transmitting image data, the image data is directly transmitted using a telephone network or the like. On the other hand, when electronic mail transmission is selected, the image data is converted into an electronic mail format, and the converted data is stored in a mailbox on the network. Many of the recipients connect the computer network via a telephone line at an appropriate time via a dial-up connection, confirm that an e-mail has been sent, and read image data from the mailbox. .

[0004]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional communication terminal device, the facsimile communication has a confidential function and a junk mail function (a function of not receiving or pretending to receive), but one of the computers is used. Communication via a communication network did not have such a function.

Conventionally, personal computers connected to a computer communication network have not been provided with such functions, and it has been desired to develop a device having these functions. However, in order for the confidential reception function to be effective, both the transmission side and the reception side must have the same confidential function, and an operation on the transmission side is required.
Conventionally, it has been necessary to review the data format and communication procedure used in computer communication, and a simple method for realizing the data format and communication method has been studied.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been proposed in view of the above circumstances, and enables processing of data received via a computer communication network to be performed for each transmission ID and reception ID, thereby providing a confidential data with a simple configuration. It is an object of the present invention to provide a communication terminal device capable of processing reception, junk mail, and the like.

[0007]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a communication terminal device, wherein a processing mode is registered in advance in correspondence with a transmission ID and / or a reception ID. And receives data via a computer communication network, and when a transmission ID and / or a reception ID of the data is registered in the storage means, operates in accordance with the processing mode registered in the storage means correspondingly. .

That is, in this communication terminal device, when the same ID as the transmission ID, the reception ID, or the transmission ID and the reception ID of the received data is registered in the storage means, it corresponds to these. And execute the registered process. Here, the communication terminal device according to the present invention can be connected to a computer communication network, and includes a facsimile device with an e-mail function, a personal computer with a data communication function, and the like. The computer communication network includes the Internet, personal computer communication services such as NIFTY-Serve and PC-VAN, and implements an e-mail service as one of the services.

The transmission ID and the reception ID are added to the transmission data as header information in order to identify the transmission source and destination of the data, and are notified to the communication terminal device of the present invention that receives the data. is there. On the Internet,
The IP address of each communication terminal device corresponds to this ID, and a domain name is usually used for easy identification. In the communication terminal device according to the second aspect, the processing mode of the storage means includes a confidential reception processing mode, and the transmission ID and / or the reception ID of the received data are registered in the storage means. Correspondingly, when the confidential reception processing mode is registered in the storage means, the received data can be output only when a preset password is input.

Here, the password is an ID code assigned to a person who can use confidential reception in advance, and prints out or displays data stored in a memory assigned to each person. At times, this password must be entered. Claim 3
In the communication terminal device described in (1), the processing mode of the storage means includes a junk mail processing mode, and the transmission ID and / or the reception ID of the received data are registered in the storage means. When the junk mail processing mode is registered in the storage means, the received data is discarded. When discarding the received data,
It can also pretend that it has been received normally and return a normal response.

[0011]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of the internal configuration of the communication terminal device of the present invention. here,
The Internet is used as a computer communication network, and an electronic mail (e-mail) service is used on the Internet.

FIG. 1 shows one of the communication terminal apparatuses according to the present invention.
First, the configuration of a facsimile apparatus with an e-mail function will be described. That is, this facsimile apparatus has a conventional G
A communication function with the Internet is provided in addition to the facsimile communication function of G3 and G4. The CPU 1 not only controls each unit of the facsimile apparatus through the bus 12, but also executes various processes such as encoding / decoding, image conversion, binary / text conversion, mail editing, and communication procedure control, which will be described later.

The reading section 2 reads an original by a CCD or the like,
Outputs black and white binary image data. The recording unit 3 includes a printer of an electrophotographic system or the like, and is connected to another G3 or G4 facsimile machine or via the Internet.
Records (prints out) the received image data. The display unit 4 includes a liquid crystal display device and the like, and displays an operation state of the facsimile apparatus and image data. Operation unit 5
Is provided with numeric keys, speed dial keys, one-touch dial keys, various function keys, and the like, and performs various input settings for the facsimile apparatus.

The ROM 6 stores software necessary for the operation of the facsimile machine. The RAM 7 stores temporary data generated when the software is executed, and also stores various tables T1 to T4 described later.
The image memory 8 is composed of a DRAM or the like, and stores image data. DSU (Data line terminator: Digi
The tal service unit 9 converts transmission / reception data and voltage so that the digital line L1 using the baseband transmission method can be connected. The modem 10 is a conventional FA
It has a data modem function in addition to the X modem function. N
A CU (Network Control Unit) 11 closes and opens the analog line L2.

FIG. 2 schematically shows a data flow in the facsimile apparatus shown in FIG. In this figure, parts corresponding to those in FIG. 1 are denoted by the same reference numerals. Although an e-mail conversion unit 20, an encoding / decoding unit 21, and an auto dialer 25, which will be described later, do not exist in FIG.
6 is processed by the CPU 1 based on the software stored in the CPU 6.

The e-mail converter 20 comprises an image converter 22, a binary / text converter 23, and an e-mail editor 24. The e-mail converter 20 is provided in a conventional facsimile machine. In addition to facsimile communication, it enables access to the Internet and use of e-mail services. The encoding / decoding unit 21 encodes or decodes image data according to an encoding method such as MH, MR, and MMR. Less than,
Image data encoded by these encoding methods is referred to as “encoded image data”. The image data memory 8 stores the encoded image data.

The image conversion unit 22 converts the encoded image data into a TIFF (Tagged) image, which is a general image format used in computers, at the time of sending an e-mail.
ImageFile format), while receiving, T
Convert from IFF to encoded image data. TIFF
Is published by adobe company and handles not only black and white binary but also various Cl
ass is defined. One of them defines Class F for handling facsimile images. If the TIFF header information of Class F is added to the head of encoded image data, it can be converted to TIFF. Less than,
The encoded image data to which the Class F TIFF header information is added is referred to as “TIFF image data”.

The binary / text converter 23 converts binary data into text data when sending an electronic mail, and converts text data into binary data when receiving an electronic mail. In some cases, computers that cannot handle binary data e-mails are connected to the Internet. To ensure that e-mails reach the recipient, binary data such as TIFF image data must be used. Need to be converted to text data upon transmission.

Text data handled on the Internet is:
Documents issued by IETF (Internet Engineering Task Fore), RFC (Request For Comments) 82
2, is defined as a 7-bit code,
Among them, MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Ext
If the base64 or the like is used, binary data can be converted into text data. In addition, base
64 is an encoding method in which binary data of 8 bits × 3 bytes is regarded as 6 bits × 4 bytes and a character code is assigned to each byte to convert the binary data into text data.

The mail editing section 24 adds mail header information to the TIFF image data converted to text data and edits the data into an electronic mail format when transmitting the electronic mail. Remove mail header information and TIFF of text data
Assume image data. Here, the mail header information refers to predetermined header information of an electronic mail on the Internet, and "From:", "To:", "Subject:", "cc:" at the beginning of the TIFF image data to be transmitted. It is stipulated that items such as "," Date: "are added.

The auto dialer 25 calls the DSU 9, the modem 10 or the NCU 11 to call the telephone number read from the provider table T2 and the destination table T3.
Send phone number data to. Next, each of the tables T1 to T4
Will be described with reference to FIG. In the user table T1 of FIG. 3A, a user ID and a password for logging in to the Internet, an e-mail address (domain name), and a provider type are registered for each user who uses the facsimile machine. The provider type corresponds to the provider type in the provider table T2 in (b).

In the provider table T2 of FIG. 3B, a provider name, a line type (analog or digital), and a telephone number of the provider used when connecting to the Internet are registered corresponding to the provider type. . Thereby, a different login procedure can be identified and executed for each provider, and even if one user uses a plurality of providers or the provider has a plurality of telephone lines, this table T2 is used. Can be dealt with by setting.

In the destination table T3 of FIG. 3C, the destination name, the destination e-mail address, the facsimile number and the facsimile type (G3 or G4) are stored for each abbreviated number, one-touch dial number, or program one-touch number. Is registered. In addition to the tables T1 to T3 stored in the conventional communication terminal device,
The feature is that the processing mode table T4 of (d) is stored.

In this table T4, the processing mode corresponding to the source address ("From"), destination address ("To"), and carbon copy address ("cc") of the header information added to the electronic mail is shown. Is registered. by this,
When the e-mail is received, the header information is referred to, and if there is the same combination of the addresses registered in the table T4 in the header information, the operation is performed according to the processing mode registered corresponding to the address. I do.

The confidential reception processing mode may be registered according to the importance of data to be transmitted, and the junk mail processing mode is unnecessary for advertisements and advertisements. What is necessary is just to register the data transmission destination. The table T4 shown here
Shows an example in which when data of a specific address is received, it is registered to operate according to the corresponding registered processing mode, but when data other than the registered specific address is received, The operation may be performed according to the registered processing mode, and the registration format is not limited.

Each of the tables T1 to T4 described above is
The setting contents excluding secrets such as passwords are stored in the recording unit 3.
If a list can be output from the display unit 4 or the display unit 4, setting, changing, and checking operations of the tables T1 to T4 can be simplified.
Next, FIG. 4 shows a configuration of a computer communication network provided with the facsimile apparatus. Here, the operation will be described below assuming that F in the figure corresponds to the facsimile apparatus with an e-mail function, but the communication terminal apparatus of the present invention
Any device having a function of receiving data from the computer communication network N may be used. For example, if a personal computer PC connected by a dedicated line is the communication terminal device of the present invention, image data can be received in real time. it can.

The facsimile apparatus F is connected to a computer communication network N via a telephone station P at an arbitrary time and receives an electronic mail addressed to its own address. When an e-mail is received from the facsimile machine Fa with an e-mail function and the personal computer PCa (routes ~~~, ~~
), When an e-mail is received from a computer PC connected to a dedicated line (route ~), or when an e-mail is received from another network Na connected to a LAN (route ~ ~), the processing mode table T4. To determine the processing mode.

Incidentally, Fb in the figure is a normal facsimile machine without an e-mail function, and receives image data from the facsimile machine Fb via a telephone line (routes-). Next, the basic operation of the communication terminal device (facsimile device) of the present invention will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

Here, a case where the Internet is connected by a dial-up connection and an e-mail is received is shown, and data such as a user ID of the user is selected from the user table T1 by operating the operation unit 5 or the like. Then, the line type of the provider to be connected is read from the provider table T2 (S2), the modem 10 is set for an analog line (S3), and the DSU 9 is set for a digital line (S4). Thereafter, a call is made to the telephone number of the provider (S5), and if there is an incoming call (S6),
The reception of the e-mail is started (S7).

Here, the reception of the e-mail depends on the protocol, for example, PAP (Password Authentication Protocol).
ol) and log in using POP (Post Office Prot
ocol). Subsequently, the transmission mode and the reception address (or CC address) are referred to from the mail header information of the received e-mail (S8), and the processing mode is determined by comparing with the processing mode table T4 (S9).

Here, if the processing mode registered corresponding to the address is a confidential reception processing mode, S10
If the processing in S18 is the junk mail processing mode,
If the processing mode is not registered, the processing in steps S21 and S2 is performed as a normal reception processing mode.
6 is performed. In the confidential reception processing mode, the e-mail header is removed from the received e-mail data by the mail editing unit 24 (S10), and this is converted to a binary
The text is converted into binary data by the text converter 23 (S1
1) The image conversion unit 22 converts the TIFF image data back to encoded image data (S12), and sequentially stores the data in a confidential box (image memory 8) assigned to each reception address (S13). Thereafter, when the reception is completed, the line is released (S14), and the confidential reception is recorded by the recording unit 3 together with the destination and the confidential box number, or displayed on the display unit 4 (S15).

When a password corresponding to the confidential box is input (S16), the data stored in the confidential box is decoded by the encoding / decoding section 21 (S17), and is recorded by the recording section 3 or displayed on the display section 4. (S1
8). As a result, the confidential reception can be performed with a simple configuration by performing only the operation on the receiving side. In the junk mail processing mode, the received data is discarded (S19), and in the processing according to the protocol,
The computer communication network N does not receive or
After pretending to be received, the line is released (S20).

If the address of the received e-mail is not registered in the table T4 and there is no corresponding processing mode, the mail editing unit 24 converts the data of the received e-mail into data to perform a normal reception process. The e-mail header is removed (S21), and this is converted into binary data by the binary / text converter 23 (S22).
After converting the TIFF image data to the encoded image data by the image conversion unit 22 (S23), the encoded image data is decoded by the encoding / decoding unit 21 (S24). The decrypted image data is recorded by the recording unit 2 and displayed on the display unit 4 (S25), and then the line is released (S26).

It should be noted that the present invention can take embodiments other than those described above, and the data to be transmitted in the computer communication network N may be data such as audio and moving images in addition to image data (for example, the Internet). WW
W), a computer communication network other than the Internet (for example, NIFTY-Serve) may be used.

[0035]

As can be understood from the above description, according to the communication terminal device of the first aspect of the present invention,
If the processing mode is registered in correspondence with the transmission ID and / or the reception ID, data received via the computer communication network can be operated according to the processing mode by a combination of the data ID.

According to the communication terminal device of the second aspect,
Confidential reception can be registered according to the transmission ID and / or reception ID of the received data. Therefore, the data received via the computer communication network can be confidential reception with a simple configuration only on the receiving side. According to the confidential reception, the received data cannot be printed out without inputting a preset password, so that the confidentiality of the communication can be securely protected.

According to the communication terminal device of the third aspect,
Junk mail processing can be registered according to the transmission ID and / or reception ID of the received data. by this,
Not only in facsimile communication but also in communication via a computer communication network, printout of data received from an undesired partner is not performed, so that recording paper and the like are not wasted.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of an internal configuration of a communication terminal device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing a flow of data in a communication terminal device according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a configuration of a table stored in a communication terminal device according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of a computer communication network.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a basic operation of the communication terminal device according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 20 e-mail converter 22 image converter 23 binary / text converter 24 e-mail editor T1 user table T2 provider table T3 destination Table T4: Processing mode table N: Computer communication network F: Facsimile machine with electronic mail function

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A communication terminal device capable of connecting to a computer communication network, wherein a transmission ID and / or a reception ID
And a storage unit for registering the processing mode in correspondence with the above. The data is received via the computer communication network, and when the transmission ID and / or the reception ID of the data is registered in the storage unit, And operating according to the processing mode registered in the storage means. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the processing mode of the storage means includes a confidential reception processing mode, and a transmission ID and / or a reception ID of the received data are registered in the storage means. Correspondingly, when the confidential reception processing mode is registered in the storage means, the received data can be output only when a preset password is input. Terminal device. 3. The storage device according to claim 1, wherein the processing mode of the storage means includes a junk mail processing mode, and a transmission ID and / or a reception ID of the received data are registered in the storage means. When the junk mail processing mode is registered in the storage means, the received data is discarded.