JPH1115747A - Data processor provided with communication function and program recording medium therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily confirm that the unupdated data are precedently transmitted by using a discrimination means which discriminates whether the unupdated data are already transmitted based on the contents of a communication history storage means when the data are updated and an output means which outputs the result of the discrimination means in a message. SOLUTION: The programs and data stored in a storage means 4 are loaded into a RAM 2 as necessary under the control of a CPU 1. The CPU 1 generates the communication history information showing the transmitted data and stores this information in the RAM 2 every time a text mail is transmitted together with its attached file. Then the CPU 1 discriminates whether the unupdated data are precedently transmitted based on the communication history information when the data are updated. If the transmitted data are confirmed, this fact is outputted to a display device 6 in a message. Thus, it's possible to store and manage the communication history with no special operation required to a user and also to easily confirm that the unupdated data are precedently transmitted when the data are updated.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a data processing device with a communication function for constructing a communication network system and a program recording medium for the same.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a terminal device for constructing an e-mail system, when a message is transmitted by designating a mail address of a destination, if another file (attachment) is attached to the message. The attached file is sent to the other party together with the message. By the way, the user himself remembers what data was sent to whom, and when the data transmitted as attached data was subsequently updated by modification, addition, deletion, etc., the updated data was used as needed. And send it to the other party.

[0003]

However, the user sometimes forgets what data was transmitted to which party, and the updated data cannot always be transmitted to the destination. There was a risk of transmission omission. Then, the user inputs what data was sent to the other party, and when updating the data, calls the contents as necessary and displays it in a list. It is possible to confirm whether or not, but in such a method, the user has to perform a troublesome key input, and furthermore, for example, forgetting to input a key or forgetting to confirm a call.
Problems remain in terms of certainty. An object of the first invention is to make it possible to store and manage a communication history without requiring a user to perform a special operation, and to easily transmit data before updating when updating data. It is to be able to confirm. A second object of the present invention is to store and manage a communication history without requiring a user to perform a special operation. Is to be able to automatically transmit the data.

[0004]

The means of the present invention are as follows. According to the first aspect of the present invention, the communication history storage unit stores communication history information indicating that the data has been transmitted each time data is transmitted, and the content of the communication history storage unit is updated when the data is updated. Referencing and determining means for determining whether or not the data before update is transmitted data transmitted before, and a message when the determining means determines that the data is transmitted data, Output means for outputting. Each time data is transmitted, in addition to indicating that the data has been transmitted, communication history information indicating the transmission destination is stored in the communication history storage means, and the transmitted data may be determined by the determination means. When it is determined, the output means may output a message indicating that the data is transmitted data together with a destination corresponding to the data. In the invention according to claim 1, communication history information indicating that the data is transmitted data is stored and managed each time data is transmitted, and when the data is updated, the communication history information is referred to, It is determined whether or not the data is previously transmitted data, and if the data has been transmitted, a message to that effect is output. Therefore, the communication history can be stored and managed without requiring the user to perform any special operation.
When the data is updated, it can be easily confirmed that the data before the update has been transmitted before.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided communication history storage means for storing communication history information indicating a transmission destination in addition to indicating that the data has been transmitted each time data is transmitted;
When the data is updated, referring to the contents of the communication history storage means, determining means for determining whether or not the data before update is previously transmitted data; and And transmitting means for transmitting the updated data to the destination corresponding to the data when it is determined that Note that, when transmitting the updated data to the transmission destination, if the data includes a plurality of pages, the transmitting unit may transmit only the updated page. Further, when transmitting the updated data to the transmission destination, the transmission means may transmit the updated data together with identification data for identifying the updated portion. According to the third aspect of the present invention, each time data is transmitted, it is indicated that the data is already transmitted, and communication history information indicating the transmission destination is stored and managed. , It is determined whether or not the data before the update is data transmitted before, and if the data has been transmitted, the updated data is transmitted to the transmission destination. Therefore, the communication history can be stored and managed without requiring a special operation from the user, and when the data is updated, if the data before the update has been previously transmitted, the data after the update is automatically transmitted. Can be sent.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of a data processing device with a communication function. The data processing device with a communication function transmits and receives e-mails to and from a destination, for example, by a terminal device connected to a LAN (Local Area Network) or a personal computer connected to the Internet. The CPU 1 is a central processing unit that controls the entire operation of the data processing device with a communication function according to various programs loaded in the RAM 2. The storage device 3 includes a storage medium 4 in which an operating system, various application programs, data files, character font data, and the like are stored in advance, and a drive system thereof. The storage medium 4 is fixedly provided or removably mountable, and is constituted by a magnetic / optical storage medium such as a floppy disk, hard disk, optical disk, RAM card, or the like, and a semiconductor memory. The programs and data in the storage medium 4 are
The data is loaded into the RAM 2 under the control of the CPU 1 as needed. Further, the CPU 1 receives programs and data transmitted from other devices via a communication line or the like and stores them in the storage medium 4 or stored in a storage medium provided in other devices. Existing programs and data can be used via a communication line or the like. An input device 5, a display device 6, and a printing device 7, which are input / output peripheral devices, are connected to the CPU 1 via a bus line.
The CPU 1 controls these operations according to an input / output program. The input device 5 inputs character string data,
It has a keyboard for inputting various commands and a pointing device such as a mouse. The display device 6 is a liquid crystal display device, a CRT display device, a plasma display device, or the like that performs multicolor display, and the printing device 7 is a full-color printer device, such as a non-impact printer such as thermal transfer or ink jet, or an impact printer.

FIG. 2A shows a main configuration of the RAM 2, and various memory areas are allocated to the RAM 2 as needed. The data file 2-1 stores document data, image data, and the like, and the contents are loaded from the storage device 3. When updating the contents of the data file 2-1, the save buffer 2-2 copies the contents of the data file 2-1 before the update under certain conditions. The CPU 1 stores the data before the update and the data after the update. Analysis of the updated page or updated location is performed by comparing with the data. The communication history log file 2-3 is the data file 2-
2 stores communication history information indicating that the content has been transmitted each time the content is transmitted to the destination as an attached file attached to the body text. FIG. 3 illustrates a configuration of the -3. That is, each time an attached file is sent, its file name,
The transmission destination and transmission date and time are stored in the communication history log file 2-3 as communication history information. Here, when the content of the data file 2-1 is updated, the CPU 1 refers to the communication history log file 2-3 to determine whether or not the data before the update is the previously transmitted data. If the data has already been transmitted, a message to that effect is displayed. This message display screen is a message indicating that the transmission has been completed and the transmission destination thereof, whether or not to transmit the updated data, if transmitting, whether or not to add a marking attribute described later to the updated location, This is a menu window that displays message data for guiding whether to transmit only the updated page or all pages. When an arbitrary menu item is selected and specified, the CPU 1 executes a process corresponding to the specified menu.

Next, the operation of the data processing apparatus with a communication function will be described with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. Here, a program for realizing each function described in these flowcharts is stored in the storage medium 4 in the form of a program code readable by the CPU 1, and its contents are loaded into a work memory in the RAM 2. Have been. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an operation when an electronic mail is created and transmitted to the other party.
First, the user inputs arbitrary character string data from the input device 5 to create a body mail (step A1). Then, when an instruction to send a mail is given by designating the user name of the destination (step A2), it is checked whether an attached file exists in the body mail (step A3). Here, if the document data, image data, and the like are not added to the body mail as an attached file, only the body mail is transmitted to the other party (step A8). Even when an attached file is added, if transmission of the attached file is not instructed (NO in step A4), only the body mail is transmitted to the destination (step A8). On the other hand, if the attached file exists and its transmission is instructed (step A
3, YES at A4), the data attached to the body mail as an attached file is read from the data file 2-1 (step A5), and the data is transmitted to the other party as an attached file together with the body mail (step A).
6). When the attached file is transmitted to the destination together with the body mail in this manner, the attached file name, the transmission date and time together with the destination are recorded as communication history information in the communication history log file 2-3 (step A7).

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation at the time of updating data. First, based on the file name of the data specified as the update target, the communication history log file 2-3
(Step B1) to check whether the data before updating has been transmitted as an attached file (step B1).
2). That is, the file name of the data specified as the update target is the attached file name and the communication history log file 2
Check whether it is recorded in -3. As a result, if the data before the update is not transmitted as the attached file, only the data update process is performed as usual (step B12). On the other hand, if the data before the update has been transmitted as an attached file, the data before the update is read from the data file 2-1 and copied to the save buffer 2-2 as a pre-process of the update process (step B3). The process proceeds to a data update process (step B4). As a result, when the contents of the data file 2-1 are updated, which page has been updated, and which part has been updated, the contents of the evacuation buffer 2-2 and the updated data file 2
An analysis process is performed by comparing the content with the content of -1 (step B5). As a result, it is checked whether or not there is a substantial difference between them (step B6). That is, the letters,
It is determined whether or not the actual data such as the image has been updated, but whether or not the character attribute, the modification, or the like has been updated, whether or not the substantial update has been performed. -2 is cleared, at which point the process of FIG. 4 ends.

If it is determined that the data is substantially updated, a retransmission message screen is displayed and output (step B7). This message screen indicates whether or not to transmit the updated data as described above, and if so, whether or not to add a marking attribute to the updated portion, whether to transmit only the updated page, or whether to transmit all pages. Is a menu window for displaying message data for guiding the user, and an arbitrary menu item is selected and designated from the menu window. Then, it is checked whether a menu item instructing to transmit the updated data has been selected or a menu item instructing not to transmit has been selected (step B8). Proceeding to B11, the process ends after clearing the contents of the evacuation buffer 2-2. If transmission is instructed, however, the process proceeds to step B9, where the destination to be transmitted is read from the communication history log file 2-3. . In this case, since the transmission destination is recorded in the communication history log file 2-3 corresponding to the attached file name, the transmission destination corresponding to the file name of the updated data is read from the communication history log file 2-3. It is. Then, the process proceeds to a process of automatically generating a body mail (step B1).
0) At that time, a message to the effect that the transmitted attached file has been updated is automatically generated as a body mail.

Next, proceeding to step B13, it is checked whether a menu item instructing to add a marking attribute has been selected. If the menu item has been selected, step B13 is executed.
A marking attribute is added to the updated portion obtained in step 5 (step B14). Here, the marking attribute is a decoration attribute for highlighting the updated portion, such as displaying the updated portion in red, inverted display, or shading on the receiving side. Next, proceeding to step B15, it is determined whether a menu item instructing transmission of only the updated page has been selected or a menu item instructing transmission of all pages including the non-updated page has been selected. Here, when transmission of all pages is instructed, a process of adding the updated data of all pages as an attached file to the body mail automatically generated in step B10 and automatically transmitting the data to the other party is performed (step S10). Step B16). When the transmission of the updated page is instructed, only the updated page is extracted from the data file 2-1 and only this updated page is added as an attached file to the automatically generated body mail, and automatically transmitted to the destination. Is performed. When the updated data is automatically transmitted to the other party in this way, the process proceeds to step B18, and processing for updating the contents of the communication history log file 2-3 is performed.
In other words, the date and time data before update recorded in the communication history log file 2-3 corresponding to the file name and transmission destination that have been updated this time are replaced with the updated date and time data (current date and time).
Is updated. The above-described operation at the time of updating data has been described as an example in which the number of destinations is one. However, when the same data is transmitted to a plurality of destinations, when the data is updated, The updated data can be automatically transmitted for each destination. In this case, if a message screen is displayed and output for each destination, it is possible to select whether transmission is necessary for each destination.

As described above, in this data processing apparatus with a communication function, every time a body mail is transmitted as an attached file to the other party, communication history information indicating that the mail has been transmitted as an attached file is automatically generated and transmitted. Since the data is stored in the history log file 2-3, it is not necessary for the user to remember the data every time the data is transmitted or to perform an input operation for creating a communication history, thereby greatly reducing the burden on the user. Can be. Also, when the data is updated, the contents of the communication history log file 2-3 are referred to to determine whether or not the data before update is the previously transmitted data. Since a message to that effect is displayed or the updated data is automatically transmitted to the other party, forgetting to transmit the updated data can be prevented from occurring. In addition, since the transmission destination is displayed on the message display screen, the user can confirm from the transmission destination whether or not to transmit the updated data, so that transmission to unnecessary parties is omitted. Becomes possible. Furthermore, since only the updated page can be transmitted when transmitting the updated data, the amount of data transmission can be reduced, and the update location can be clarified. Further, since a marking attribute can be added to the updated portion and transmitted, the updated portion can be further clarified.

In the above-described embodiment, the e-mail system has been described as an example. However, it is needless to say that other data communication systems can be similarly applied. Although the message screen is displayed, the message data may be output by printing or voice.

[0014]

According to the present invention, the communication history can be stored and managed without requiring the user to perform any special operation, and when the data is updated, the data before the update is transmitted before. Can be easily confirmed. In addition, the communication history can be stored and managed without requiring a special operation from the user, and when the data is updated, if the data before the update has been transmitted before, the data after the update is automatically transmitted. Can be sent. Therefore, it is possible to prevent forgetting to transmit the updated data beforehand.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an overall configuration of a data processing device with a communication function.

FIG. 2A is a diagram showing a main configuration of a RAM 2,
FIG. 3B is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a communication history log file 2-3.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an operation at the time of creating and transmitting a mail.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an operation after data update.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 CPU 2 RAM 2-1 Data file 2-3 Communication history log file 3 Storage device 4 Storage medium 5 Input device 6 Display device 7 Printing device

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A communication history storage means for storing communication history information indicating that the data has been transmitted each time data is transmitted, and referring to the contents of the communication history storage means when updating data, Discriminating means for discriminating whether or not the data before updating is transmitted data transmitted before; and, when the discriminating means determines that the data is transmitted data, outputting a message to that effect And a data processing device with a communication function. 2. The communication history storage means stores communication history information indicating a transmission destination in addition to indicating that the data has been transmitted each time the data is transmitted. 2. The data with a communication function according to claim 1, wherein when it is determined that the data is data, the output unit outputs a message indicating that the data is transmitted together with a destination corresponding to the data. Processing equipment. 3. A communication history storing means for storing communication history information indicating a transmission destination in addition to indicating that the data has been transmitted each time the data is transmitted; Referring to the content of the storage means, determining means for determining whether or not the data before updating is transmitted data transmitted before; and when the determining means determines that the data is transmitted data, And a transmission unit for transmitting the updated data to a destination corresponding to the data. 4. The transmission means according to claim 1, wherein, when transmitting the updated data to the transmission destination, when the data includes a plurality of pages, only the updated page is transmitted. Item 4. The data processing device with a communication function according to Item 3. 5. The data processing device with a communication function according to claim 3, wherein said transmission means transmits the updated data to a transmission destination together with identification data for identifying an updated portion. apparatus. 6. A function for storing communication history information indicating that the data is transmitted data in the communication history storage means each time data is transmitted, and referring to the contents of the communication history storage means when data is updated. Then, a function of determining whether or not the data before the update is transmitted data that has been transmitted before, and a function of outputting a message to that effect when it is determined that the data is transmitted data are realized. Recording medium on which a program for recording is recorded. 7. A function of storing communication history information indicating a transmission destination in a communication history storage means in addition to indicating that the data has been transmitted each time data is transmitted, and A function of referring to the contents of the communication history storage means to determine whether or not the data before update is previously transmitted data; and a function of determining whether the data is transmitted data. A recording medium on which a program for realizing a function of transmitting updated data to a corresponding destination is recorded.