JPH1198273A - Communication equipment and communication having provision for network - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To inform a transfer result of communication data to a distribution destination on a network toward a transmitter side and to allow a receiver side to obtain a transfer result of communication data to the distribution destination on the network by detecting the transfer result, when transferring received communication data are transferred and generated and sending transferred result report data based thereon is sent. SOLUTION: In the transfer result notifying processing in a network facsimile equipment 5, at first text character strings of a transfer result notice mail stored in cross reference with a sender facsimile number are expanded into fonts, while referencing a font table stored in a ROM 21 and converts them into image information. Then received image information stored in cross reference with the sender facsimile number is read, and an address conversion table stored in an SRAM 26 is expanded into fonts and converted into image information and the image information sets are composited to obtain transfer result notice report image information. The information is sent by dialing the sender facsimile number.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a network-compatible communication device and a communication device, and more particularly, is connected to a network capable of transmitting and receiving data between network terminals as one of the network terminals and to a public network, Address conversion in which transmission and reception of communication data by exchanging control signals based on a predetermined transmission control procedure is performed between the partner device and the destination device via the public network, while subaddress information is associated with distribution destination information on the network. Table information is stored in advance, and when a control signal including sub-address information is received by the predetermined transmission control procedure at the time of receiving communication data, the received sub-address information is compared with the address conversion table to correspond. The communication data that has been received and stored is A network-compatible communication device for transferring data via a network, and a communication device connected to a public network for transmitting and receiving communication data by exchanging control signals based on a predetermined transmission control procedure with a partner device via the public network. On the other hand, when the communication data is transmitted, when the sub-address is specified together with the transmission destination number, the communication data is transmitted to the receiving-side device which has responded by calling the specified destination number, and the specified sub-address is changed. The present invention relates to a communication device for transmitting a control signal including information content to the receiving side device according to the predetermined transmission control procedure.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, when facsimile apparatuses, which are communication apparatuses that transmit and receive facsimile messages as communication data, transmit and receive facsimile messages via a public network, a transmitting apparatus transmits a fax number to a receiving apparatus. Call ITU-T Recommendation T. A facsimile message is transmitted from the transmitting device to the receiving device while exchanging control signals according to a predetermined transmission control procedure such as the G3 facsimile protocol specified in 30.

However, in this case, even if the receiving apparatus is used by a plurality of users, the user of the transmitting apparatus has specified the user of the receiving apparatus which is the destination of the facsimile message to be transmitted. Sending a facsimile message cannot be performed as it is. Therefore, even when the receiving-side apparatus is a network-compatible facsimile apparatus (network facsimile apparatus) connected to a network together with other network terminals and used by a user via these network terminals, The user of the device cannot directly transmit a facsimile message specifying the destination user on the network.

Therefore, the network facsimile apparatus on the receiving side has a correspondence table (address conversion table) between the sub-address information and the distribution destination information on the network, and the user of the facsimile apparatus on the transmitting side transmits a facsimile message. When a fax number of the network facsimile machine on the receiving side is specified as a destination at the time of transmission, and a subaddress corresponding to distribution destination information corresponding to a user who wants to transmit a facsimile message among the users on the network is specified. In addition, the facsimile apparatus on the transmitting side transmits a control signal including sub-address information specified by the user (in the G3 facsimile protocol,
A sub address signal SUB) is transmitted to the network facsimile apparatus on the receiving side according to the predetermined transmission control procedure, and the network facsimile apparatus compares the received sub address information with the address conversion table to correspond to the corresponding distribution destination on the network. For example, there is a technique for distributing a received facsimile message (for example, see Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 6-276326).

In this case, the distribution destination information on the network corresponding to the received sub-address information is information for specifying each user, such as an e-mail address of a user on the network, and the received facsimile message is , Etc., to each user. Note that the received facsimile message delivered as an e-mail is actually delivered to a specific network terminal on the network, but the e-mail address is assigned to each network terminal, It is assigned to each user. Therefore, the e-mail addressed to the specific user is temporarily stored in a mail server device or the like on the network, and among the network terminals on the network,
It may be delivered to the network terminal logged on each time by the specific user, and the specific network terminal does not always correspond to the specific e-mail address.

When the network facsimile apparatus receives a facsimile message transmitted from the facsimile apparatus on the transmitting side and distributes the facsimile message to a distribution destination on the network, the facsimile apparatus on the transmitting side transmits the message. If the transmission of the facsimile message to the network facsimile apparatus on the receiving side ends normally, the transmission of the facsimile message to the distribution destination on the network for the facsimile apparatus on the transmitting side has apparently ended normally. become.

[0007]

However, in practice, a facsimile message transmitted from the transmitting facsimile apparatus is normally transmitted to the receiving network facsimile apparatus, and further, the network facsimile apparatus transmits the facsimile message to the receiving network facsimile apparatus. If the transmission is not normally performed to the distribution destination, the transmission-side facsimile apparatus does not necessarily end the transmission of the facsimile message normally.

Therefore, the user of the transmitting facsimile apparatus confirms that the facsimile message transmitted by designating the distribution destination on the network is normally received by the receiving network facsimile apparatus. Even if it can be known from a communication result report or the like output by the facsimile device of the above, the information (transfer result) on whether or not the data was normally transferred from the receiving network facsimile device to the distribution destination on the network is transmitted. If the transfer result cannot be obtained from the facsimile machine on the side, and the user wants to check the transfer result, it takes extra time such as checking the user of the distribution destination on the network by telephone contact or the like separately. was there. The problem is not limited to a facsimile device that is a communication device that transmits and receives a facsimile message as communication data, but may also occur in other communication devices that transmit and receive communication data by specifying a distribution destination on the network. It is.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and has a network-compatible communication device capable of notifying a transmission-side communication device of a transfer result of communication data to a distribution destination on a network, and a receiving-side communication device. It is an object of the present invention to provide a communication device capable of obtaining a transfer result of communication data from a network-compatible communication device to a distribution destination on a network.

[0010]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a network-compatible communication apparatus which is connected to a network capable of transmitting and receiving data between network terminals as one of the network terminals and is connected to the public. While connected to a network, transmission and reception of communication data by exchange of control signals based on a predetermined transmission control procedure is performed between the partner device and the public network via the public network, while sub address information and distribution destination information on the network are transmitted. The associated address conversion table information is stored in advance, and when a control signal including sub address information is received by the predetermined transmission control procedure at the time of receiving communication data, the received sub address information and the address conversion table are compared. Matches the received and stored messages to the corresponding distribution destination on the network. In a network-compatible communication device that transfers data via the network, when an incoming call is received from a transmitting device via the public network, a control signal including subaddress information according to the predetermined transmission control procedure from the transmitting device is transmitted. A transfer result detecting means for detecting a transfer result when the received communication data is transferred to a distribution destination on the network corresponding to the received sub-address information; and a transfer result detecting means for detecting the transfer result. Report generation means for generating transfer result report data based on the transfer result, and report transmission means for calling and transmitting the transfer result report data generated by the report generation means to the transmission side device. Features.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the network compatible communication device is connected to a network capable of transmitting and receiving data between the network terminals as one of the network terminals and connected to a public network, and based on a predetermined transmission control procedure. Transmission and reception of communication data by exchange of control signals is performed with the partner device via the public network, and address conversion table information in which sub-address information is associated with distribution destination information on the network is stored in advance. When receiving a control signal including sub-address information by the predetermined transmission control procedure when receiving communication data,
A network-compatible communication device that compares the received sub-address information with the address conversion table and transfers received and stored communication data to the corresponding distribution destination on the network via the network. At the time of an incoming call from the transmitting side device, a control signal including sub address information according to the predetermined transmission control procedure from the transmitting side device is received, and a distribution destination on the network corresponding to the received sub address information is received. On the other hand, a transfer result detecting means for detecting a transfer result when transferring the received communication data, a report creating means for creating transfer result report data based on the transfer result detected by the transfer result detecting means, After the transfer of the communication data received from the transmitting device, the predetermined Report transmission means for polling and transmitting the transfer result report data created by the report creation means to the transmission side device when an incoming call accompanied by reception of a control signal of a transfer result polling transmission request by a transmission control procedure is received. It is characterized by the following.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, a communication apparatus is connected to a public network, and transmits and receives communication data by exchanging control signals based on a predetermined transmission control procedure to and from a partner apparatus via the public network. When a sub-address is specified together with the transmission destination number when transmitting the communication data, the communication data is transmitted to the receiving-side device that has responded by calling the specified destination number, and the specified sub-address is stored in the information. In a communication device that transmits a control signal including the content to the receiving device by the predetermined transmission control procedure,
After transmitting the communication data with the designation of the sub-address to the receiving device, a re-call to the receiving device, transfer result request means for transmitting a control signal of a transfer result polling transmission request by the predetermined transmission control procedure, Report receiving means for receiving transfer result report data transmitted from the receiving side device in response to a request from the transfer result request means.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, a network compatible communication device is connected to a network capable of transmitting and receiving data between network terminals as one of the network terminals and is connected to a public network, and is based on a predetermined transmission control procedure. Transmission and reception of communication data by exchange of control signals is performed with the partner device via the public network, and address conversion table information in which sub-address information is associated with distribution destination information on the network is stored in advance. When receiving a control signal including sub-address information by the predetermined transmission control procedure when receiving communication data,
A network-compatible communication device that compares the received sub-address information with the address conversion table and transfers received and stored communication data to the corresponding distribution destination on the network via the network. At the time of an incoming call from the transmitting side device, a control signal including sub address information according to the predetermined transmission control procedure from the transmitting side device is received, and a distribution destination on the network corresponding to the received sub address information is received. On the other hand, a transfer result detecting means for detecting a transfer result when transferring the received communication data, a report creating means for creating transfer result report data based on the transfer result detected by the transfer result detecting means, After the transmission of the communication data received from the transmitting device, an incoming call is again received from the transmitting device. If the, following the reception of the communication data, characterized in that the transfer report data to which the report producing means and a report transmission unit to reply to the sender apparatus.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the network-compatible communication apparatus according to any one of the first to second aspects, the transfer result report data created by the report creation means is the transmission-side device. And a part or all of the communication data received and stored from the Internet.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the network-compatible communication apparatus according to any one of the first, second, fourth, and fifth aspects, the transfer result report data created by the report creating means is the address. It is characterized by including conversion table information.

[0016]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG.
An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail.

First, FIG. 1 shows a configuration of a communication system including a network facsimile apparatus 5 as a network-compatible communication apparatus according to the present invention and a facsimile apparatus 9 as a communication apparatus according to the present invention.

In FIG. 1, a network 1 is a LAN
(Local area network) 22, a mail server device 3 connected as a network terminal, client terminals 4a, 4b, 4c, 4
d, a network facsimile machine 5, and an administrator terminal 6.

Each network terminal on the network 1 supports Ethernet as a physical / data link layer and TCP / I as a network transport layer.
Supports the P protocol and uses SMTP (Simple Ma
il Transfer Protocol), sending and receiving e-mails of normal text data, MIME
(Multipurpose Internet Me
transmission / reception of data other than normal text data, such as images and voices, through FT (sage extensions), FT
P (File Transfer Protocol)
An application for transmitting / receiving a file by the system is operated to transmit / receive data via the LAN 2.

The connection form of the network 1 is shown in FIG.
However, the present invention is not limited to the above, and may be a network such as the Internet in which the LAN 2 is interconnected with another LAN via a wide area network via a router.

Next, the configuration of the network facsimile machine 5 will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 2, the configuration of the network facsimile apparatus 5 and
The configuration of the facsimile machine 9 having the same configuration except for the network facsimile machine 5 and the LAN communication control unit 27 is shown, and redundant description of the configuration of the facsimile machine 9 is omitted.

In FIG. 1, a facsimile apparatus 5
PU 20, ROM 21, RAM 22, timer control unit 2
3, operation display section 24, hard disk drive 25, SRA
M26, a LAN communication control unit 27, a plotter unit 28, a scanner unit 29, an encoding / decoding unit 30, a network control unit 31, a communication control unit 32, and a system bus 33.

Here, the CPU 20 is a microcomputer that controls each unit of the apparatus according to the control program written in the ROM 21 while using the RAM 22 as a work area.

The ROM 21 stores the CPU 2 as described above.
Reference numeral 0 denotes a read-only memory in which a control program for controlling each unit of the apparatus is stored. ROM 21
Stores a font table 21a which is a correspondence table between a character code and font data corresponding to the character code. The CPU 20 refers to the font table 21a when converting a character string into an image. .

The RAM 22 stores the CPU 20 as described above.
Is a random access memory used as a work area. The timer control unit 23 counts the passage of time,
The CPU 2 detects the elapse of the time set by U20 and
It controls time such as notifying 0 by interruption.

The operation display unit 24 includes a numeric keypad for allowing the user to input a destination telephone number and the like, a start key for receiving an instruction input for starting transmission, a stop key for receiving an instruction input for stopping the operation, and a one-touch dial key. Various keys such as abbreviated dial keys are provided to receive various operations by the user, and a display such as a liquid crystal display device is provided, and the operation state of the device to be notified to the user and various messages are displayed on the display. Is what you do.

The hard disk device 25 includes the scanner unit 2
9 is temporarily stored as a file for transmission to a memory, the received image data is temporarily stored as a file until it is recorded by a plotter unit 28, and various other data are stored in a file. It is for accumulating as. The SRAM 26 stores the R backed up by a backup circuit (not shown).
The AM is used to store setting information and user parameters related to the operation of the apparatus that should be stored even when the apparatus is powered off.

The LAN communication control unit 27 is connected to the LAN 2, supports Ethernet as a physical / data link layer, and uses a TCP / I as a network transport layer.
An application that supports the P protocol and executes transmission / reception of e-mail of normal text data by SMTP and transmission / reception of data such as image information other than normal text data by MIME.

The plotter unit 28 records and outputs the received image data in accordance with the linear density of the image data.
This is for recording and outputting (copying) the image data read in step 9 in accordance with its linear density. The scanner unit 29 has 3.85 lines / mm, 7.7 lines / mm, and 15.4 lines / mm.
This is for obtaining an image data by reading a document image at a predetermined reading line density such as book / mm.

The encoding / decoding unit 30 converts the transmission image data into an MH encoding system or an MH code conforming to G3 facsimile.
While encoding and compressing are performed using a predetermined encoding method such as the R encoding method, received image data is decoded and decompressed using a predetermined decoding method corresponding to the MH encoding method or the MR encoding method.

The network control unit 31 is connected to the public network 8 and
Closed / released line DC loop, line polarity reversal detection, line release detection, dial tone detection, tone signal such as busy tone (busy tone) detection, ringing signal detection, etc. It controls connection and generates dial pulses.

The communication control unit 32 controls facsimile communication based on the G3 facsimile protocol,
It has a G3 facsimile modem function to modulate transmission data and demodulate received data. The communication control unit 32 also transmits a DTMF signal corresponding to the dial number input from the operation display unit 24 or instructed by the CPU 20. The system bus 33 is a signal line for exchanging data between the above-described units.

The network facsimile apparatus 5
Stores an address conversion table as shown in FIG. The address conversion table shown in the figure is stored in the operation display unit 2 of the network facsimile machine 5.
4 to be registered in advance by directly inputting the information from the mail server device 3 or transferring / registering from the mail server device 3 or the client terminals 4a to 4d on the network 1.

The address conversion table shown in FIG. 3 is a table in which a character string of an e-mail address and a numerical string of a sub address assigned to each user as distribution destination information on the network 1 are associated one-to-one. It is. Further, each sub-address and e-mail address correspond to each network terminal on the network 1. However, the network facsimile machine 5 and the administrator terminal 6 are not assigned sub-addresses, and these terminals cannot be externally designated as distribution destinations by sub-addresses.

The network facsimile apparatus 5 configured as described above and the facsimile apparatus 9 which is different from the network facsimile apparatus 5 only in that the network facsimile apparatus 5 does not include the LAN communication control unit 27 are, as shown in FIG. 8 are connected to each other. In this case, the facsimile machine 9 is a facsimile machine according to the present invention,
The facsimile machine 10 is another ordinary facsimile machine. FIG. 1 shows a network facsimile apparatus 5 according to the present invention, a facsimile apparatus 9 according to the present invention, and another facsimile apparatus 10 housed in the network 1 one by one. In the following description, it is assumed that many of these devices are actually connected to the public network 8.

First, a general operation when a facsimile message is transmitted from the facsimile apparatuses 9 and 10 to the network facsimile apparatus 5 will be described.

From the facsimile machines 9 and 10, the image information of the manuscript and the G
BFT (B), an extension of the 3 facsimile protocol
In the case of transmitting a facsimile message such as binary data based on an Inary File Transfer, a call is made to a subscriber number (fax number) in the public network 8 of the network facsimile apparatus 5 to make a call connection with the network facsimile apparatus 5 and call G3. What is necessary is just to transmit as a facsimile message while transmitting and receiving the control signal by the facsimile protocol. However, in this case,
A facsimile message addressed to any user on the network 1 is received by the network facsimile device 5 and output to recording paper by the plotter unit 28 of the network facsimile device 5 or stored in the hard disk device 25. Stop at device 5.

Therefore, in order to deliver a facsimile message to a specific user on the network 1, the facsimile machines 9 and 10 on the transmitting side, together with the fax number of the network facsimile apparatus 5 on the receiving side, specify A sub-address corresponding to the user is designated by a number (numerical string), a call is made to the fax number, and the designated sub-address numeric string is a sub-address signal which is one of control signals in a pre-transmission procedure of the G3 facsimile protocol. The information is notified to the network facsimile machine 5 as the information content of the SUB.

When the network facsimile device 5 receives the sub-address signal SUB in the pre-transmission procedure, it does not process the received facsimile message in its own device, but sends the corresponding number of the sub-address notified to the hard disk device 25 by the sub-address signal SUB. Attach and temporarily store.

The network facsimile apparatus 5 is configured as shown in FIG.
By referring to the address conversion table, the e-mail address serving as the distribution destination of the received facsimile message corresponding to the subaddress notified from the facsimile apparatuses 9 and 10 on the transmission side as the information content of the subaddress signal SUB can be specified.

Therefore, the network facsimile machine 5
When the transmission side facsimile machines 9 and 10 are notified of the numerical sequence of the sub-address, it reads out the address conversion table information shown in FIG. 3 from the SRAM 26, searches for the numerical sequence of the notified sub-address, and Specify the character string of the email address.

Then, the facsimile message stored in the hard disk device 25 is read out in association with the numerical string of the sub-address corresponding to the specified e-mail address, and encoded by the binary / text conversion method of BASE64 of the MIME standard. An e-mail containing the obtained data is transmitted with the specified e-mail address on the network 1 as a distribution destination.

The transmitted e-mail is temporarily stored in the mail server device 3. The e-mail containing the facsimile message stored in the server device 3 is a MIME-compatible e-mail that operates on one of the client terminals 4a to 4d corresponding to the e-mail address of the distribution destination of the e-mail. Received by the mail application, decoded by the BASE64 binary / text conversion method, returned to the original facsimile message data, processed by the facsimile application, etc., decoded, returned to the original image information, and displayed on the display. Processing desired by the user of the distribution destination, such as displaying, printing with a printer, or saving as a file, is performed.

As described above, since the network facsimile apparatus 5 has the address conversion table as shown in FIG. 3, the distribution destination on the network 1 can be designated from the facsimile apparatuses 9 and 10 by the numerical string of the subaddress. The facsimile message can be delivered to a desired delivery destination.

However, in order to be able to normally deliver a facsimile message to a desired delivery destination, the electronic mail address of the delivery destination specified by the subaddress must be a valid one registered in the network 1 and It is assumed that data communication via the LAN 2 can be performed normally.

Therefore, if the e-mail address of the delivery destination specified by the subaddress is not registered in the network 1 or the data communication via the LAN 2 in the network 1 cannot be performed normally, the mail server The distribution of the e-mail containing the requested facsimile message from the device 3 to the destination mail address cannot be normally performed.

On the other hand, in the facsimile machines 9 and 10 which are the distribution request sources, since the result of the distribution of the e-mail within the network 1 cannot be directly known, the distribution of the e-mail including the facsimile message requested to be distributed by the network is not performed. Conventionally, it was not possible to know whether or not the test was successfully performed in the test No. 1.

Therefore, in order to enable the transmitting-side facsimile apparatus to obtain information on the distribution result in the network 1 of a facsimile message transmitted to the receiving-side network facsimile apparatus by specifying a distribution destination by a subaddress. The various processing procedures performed in the facsimile apparatus 9 according to the present invention or the network facsimile apparatus 5 according to the present invention will be described in order according to the first to third embodiments.

First, a transmission processing procedure according to the first embodiment in the facsimile machine 9 will be described with reference to FIG.

In the figure, the CP of the facsimile machine 9
U20 monitors that a document is set on the scanner unit 29 (No loop in decision 101), and when a document is set (Yes in decision 101), determines whether a fax number is input from the operation display unit 24. Monitoring (No loop of decision 102), if there is an input (Yes of decision 102), it is monitored whether a sub address has been input or the start key has been pressed (Yes of decision 103, No loop of decision 104). .

When the start key is pressed without inputting the sub-address (Ye of decision 104)
s) A normal facsimile transmission process without specifying a subaddress by the subaddress signal SUB in the pre-transmission procedure is performed (process 104). On the other hand, if the sub address is input before the start key is pressed (decision 103
Yes), and then monitors pressing of the start key (judgment 1)
When the button is pressed (No loop of 06) (Yes in decision 106)
s) A facsimile transmission process is performed with designation of a subaddress by the subaddress signal SUB in the pre-transmission procedure (process 107).

Next, the facsimile transmission procedure involving the designation of the sub-address in the step 107 will be described with reference to FIG. In the figure, first, a call is made to the facsimile number input in the judgment 102 (process 202), and a call setting procedure and a pre-transmission procedure are performed based on the G3 facsimile protocol (process 202). In the pre-transmission procedure, a sub-address signal SUB having the sub-address input in the judgment 103 as information content is transmitted to the receiving side.

In the message transmission procedure, the image information of the set original is read by the scanner unit 29 and transmitted as a facsimile message (process 203).
Lastly, a post-transmission procedure and a call release procedure are performed (processing 20).
4).

FIG. 6 shows a communication sequence corresponding to the transmission processing procedure shown in FIG. In FIG. 6, the transmitting side is the facsimile machine 9 and the receiving side is the network facsimile apparatus 5.

In FIG. 6, the calling side calls the called side and instructs a call with a calling tone (CNG: 1100 Hz) (phase F1), and the called side identifies the called station identification signal (CE).
D: 2100 Hz) to answer the call (Phase F
2) A call is set up.

After the call setting procedure P1, the receiving side notifies the non-standard function identification signal NSF for notifying the non-standard all transmission functions provided in its own device and the standard all transmission functions provided in its own device. Terminal identification signal DIS for identifying the called terminal based on the international telephone number and a called terminal identification signal CSI for transmitting the called terminal to the calling side (phase F3).

Subsequently, the transmitting side sends a sub-address signal SUB for notifying the sub-address to the receiving side (phase F4). By this phase F4, the sub address input in the process 103 of FIG. 4 is notified to the receiving side as the information content of the sub address signal SUB. The sub-address signal SUB corresponds to the processing 10 in FIG.
If the subaddress is not input in 3, it is not sent to the receiving side. In this case, the communication sequence in FIG. 6 corresponds to the transmission processing without the sub-address designation in the processing 105 in FIG.

Now, following the phase F4, the transmitting side,
A non-standard function setting signal NSS for setting a non-standard function within the range of NSF, a digital transmission command signal DCS for setting a standard function within the range of DIS, and a transmission terminal for identification by an international telephone number The transmitting terminal identification signal TSI is transmitted to the receiving side (phase F5).

The transmitting side internally sets the same function as the transmission function to be set, which is notified to the receiving side by NSS and DCS, while the receiving side sets the same function notified by the NSS and DCS from the transmitting side. The transmission function to be set is internally set, and the facsimile number of the transmission side notified by the TSI from the transmission side is stored in the RAM 22.

Next, the transmitting side transmits a training check signal TCF to the receiving side to check the modem transmission speed (phase F6), and the receiving side indicates that the adjustment of the modem has been completed. A preparation confirmation signal CFR is sent to the transmitting side (phase F7) to determine the modem speed in message transmission.

When the pre-transmission procedure P2 is completed in this manner, the transmitting side transmits a facsimile message following the retraining signal for preparing the receiving side for reception of the facsimile message, and the receiving side receives the phase (phase). F8). When the facsimile message includes a plurality of pages, the transmitting side transmits a multi-page signal MPS (or a message end signal EOM) to the transmitting side (phase F9), and the receiving side responds with a message confirmation signal MCF (phase F10). ), A facsimile message following the retraining signal is transmitted from the transmitting side to the receiving side (phase F11).

When the message transmission procedure P3 is completed in this way, a procedure end signal EOP is sent from the calling side to the called side (phase F12), and a message confirmation signal MCF is sent from the calling side to the called side ( (Phase F13), a post-transmission procedure P4 is performed, and finally, a disconnection command signal DCN is sent from the calling side to the called side (phase F14), and a call release procedure P5 is performed, and the process 107 in FIG.
Or the facsimile transmission process of process 105 is completed.

Next, an incoming call processing procedure according to the first embodiment in the network facsimile apparatus 5 as an incoming call side in the communication sequence shown in FIG. 6 will be described with reference to FIG.
This will be described with reference to FIG.

In FIG. 6, the CPU 20 of the network facsimile apparatus 5 monitors an incoming call by monitoring the state of the network control unit 31 (No. 301 loop), and if there is an incoming call (Yes in the judgment 301), FIG. The indicated call setup procedure P1 and pre-transmission procedure P2 are performed (process 302).

In the pre-transmission procedure P2, it is determined whether or not the sub address has been notified by the sub address signal SUB (decision 303).
o) A normal facsimile reception process, in which the received facsimile message is recorded and output by the plotter unit 28 of the own device, and processed in the own device, is performed (process 30).
4).

If the sub-address is notified (Yes in decision 303), in the pre-transmission procedure P2, the transmission source facsimile number notified by the transmission terminal identification signal TSI is registered in the transfer result notification management table (processing 30
5). As shown in FIG. 8, the transfer result notification management table includes a file having a file number “0000” as a file.
It is stored in the hard disk device 25.

In the hard disk device 25, in addition to the file of the transfer result notification management table of the file number "0000", as shown in FIG. 8, various data such as memory transmission / reception image information and a transfer result notification mail described later. But,
It is managed by the file number assigned to each. The file number is a serial number that circulates in the order in which various data are stored in the hard disk drive 25, and is “00”.
01, "0002", ..., "8765", "876"
6 "," 9999 "," 0001 "," 0002 ". However, only the file storing the contents of the transfer result notification management table shown in FIG. 9 is an exception.
A fixed file number “0000” is always assigned and managed.

The transfer result notification management table shown in FIG. 9 is a table in which the source fax number is associated with the file number of the received image information file and the file number of the transfer result notification mail file.

Now, returning to FIG.
When the transmission source fax number is newly registered in the transfer result notification management table, image information is received in accordance with the message transmission procedure P3 of the communication sequence in FIG.
6) After performing the post-transmission procedure P4 and the call release procedure P5 (step 307), the image information received in step 306 is stored in association with the source fax number (step 308). That is, the source fax number registered in the process 305 in the management table of FIG. 9 is stored in association with the file number assigned when the image information received in the process 306 is stored in the hard disk device 25.

The received image information is converted into an e-mail by the BASE64 encoding method or the like (step 30).
9) In the address conversion table of FIG. 3 stored in the SRAM 26, the address is transmitted to the e-mail address corresponding to the sub-address notified in the determination 303 (process 3).
10).

The e-mail of the received image information transmitted in the process 310 is temporarily stored in the mail server 3 via the LAN 2 as described above, and
Is transferred to the destination e-mail address, the mail server device 3 returns the transfer result to the network facsimile device 5 by e-mail.
Therefore, the network facsimile machine 9 can obtain the transfer result of the received image information electronic mail to the mail address of the distribution destination by receiving the electronic mail of the transfer result notification from the mail server device 3. However, instead of the network facsimile device 5 requesting the mail server device 3 to deliver the e-mail of the received information, the network facsimile device 5 transfers the e-mail of the received information directly to the distribution destination, and directly receives the result by itself. Alternatively, the detection may be performed.

After the process 310, the network facsimile machine 5 monitors the reception of the transfer result notification mail from the mail server apparatus 3 (No loop of decision 311), and when it receives the mail (Yes of decision 311), it receives the received transfer result mail. The notification mail is stored in association with the transmission fax number (process 312). That is, the transfer result notification mail received in the determination 311 is stored in the hard disk device 25,
At step 305, the file number given at that time is
It is stored in association with the source fax number registered in the management table of FIG.

FIG. 10 shows an example of the transfer result notification mail received in judgment 311. In the figure, the transfer result ordinary mail is composed of a header part and a body part, and the body part is composed of a report in which the destination mail address is associated with the transfer result. As the transfer result, “OK” indicating that the transfer was successful, and “E” indicating that the transfer was not possible due to a failure in the data communication on the LAN 2.
1 "and" E2 "indicating that transfer was not possible because the destination mail address is an unknown address not registered in the network 1.

After the process 312, a transfer result notification process (process 313) is performed. FIG. 11 shows a specific processing procedure of the transfer result notification processing in the processing 313.

In the figure, first, the main body character string of the transfer result notification mail stored in association with the transmission source fax number in process 312 is font-expanded while referring to the font table 21a stored in the ROM 21. The information is converted into information (process 401), the received image information stored in association with the transmission source fax number in process 308 is read (process 402), and the address conversion table of FIG. The transfer result notification report image information is synthesized by converting the information into information (process 403) and synthesizing the respective image information (process 404).
FIG. 12 shows an example of combining transfer result notification report image information.
In the figure, in the image information of one page sentence, the text of the transfer result notification mail as shown in FIG. 10, a part of the first page of the received image information, and the address conversion table shown in FIG. Included as The transfer result notification report image information may be composed of a plurality of pages. Further, the received image information is not a part of the first page, and the entirety of the first page or all of the received image information may be included in the transfer result notification report image information. Part of one page is enough.

Then, a call is made to the source fax number (step 405), the transfer result notification report image information is transmitted as a facsimile message (step 406), and finally, the source fax number for the source fax number is sent. The record composed of the fields of the received image information file number and the transfer result notification mail file number is deleted from the transfer result notification management table of FIG. Deletes the stored files that are no longer needed.

As described above, the network facsimile apparatus 5 makes a call to the facsimile apparatus 9 on the transmitting side and transmits the transfer result notification report image information, so that the facsimile apparatus 9 side receives the transfer result received as a facsimile message. The notification report image information is output by the plotter unit 28, and the user of the facsimile apparatus 9 can easily know the distribution result of the facsimile message transmitted by specifying the distribution destination on the network 1.

Further, the user of the facsimile machine 9 side
From the transmission image information (reception image information for the network facsimile machine 5) included in the transmission result notification report image information, it is possible to easily recognize which communication the transfer result notification report relates to.

Further, the user of the facsimile machine 9 side
By using the address conversion table included in the transfer result notification report image information, it is possible to confirm whether the sub-address specified by the user corresponds to the e-mail address of the desired distribution destination user, and to specify the subsequent sub-address without fail. I can do it.

In the processing procedure in the facsimile apparatus 9 and the network facsimile apparatus 5 for the transfer result notification according to the first embodiment described above, the call is transmitted from the network facsimile apparatus 5 to the facsimile apparatus 9 for the transfer result notification. However, in this case, the network facsimile apparatus 5 must bear communication costs for the transfer result notification service enjoyed by the facsimile apparatus 9 side.

In the second and third embodiments, which are modifications of the first embodiment, which will be described below, the facsimile machine 9 can call the network facsimile machine 5 and receive a notification of the transfer result. is there.

First, a second embodiment will be described.

In the second embodiment, the facsimile apparatus 9 performs the transmission processing procedure shown in FIG. 4 similarly to the first embodiment, and performs the second processing of the facsimile transmission processing shown in FIG.
The process from 01 to 204 is performed, but after the process 204, the process is not ended, but the additional process shown in FIG. 13 is performed.

That is, after the transmission of the facsimile message with the designation of the sub-address is completed according to the processing procedure of FIG. 5, a suitable time constant is set in the timer control unit 23 to perform the timer operation, and the network facsimile apparatus 5 in the network 1 is operated. After waiting for a certain period of time sufficient to complete the operation of distributing the e-mail of the received image information to the destination e-mail address (including the case where the distribution operation ends in error) (process 501), the process 102 in FIG. The incoming fax number is recalled (process 502), polling reception processing is performed (process 503), and the transfer result notification report image information received in process 503 is recorded and output by the plotter unit 28 (process 504).

FIG. 14 shows a specific communication sequence of the polling reception process of the process 503. In the figure, the transmitting side is the facsimile machine 9, and the receiving side is
It is a network facsimile device 5.

In the figure, the calling side makes a call to the called side and instructs a call with a calling tone (CNG: 1100 Hz) (phase F21), and the called side identifies the called station identification signal (CE).
D: 2100 Hz) to answer the call (Phase F
22) A call is set up.

After the call setting procedure P6, the receiving side notifies the non-standard function identification signal NSF for notifying the non-standard all transmission functions of its own device and the standard all-transmission functions of its own device. Terminal identification signal DIS for identifying the called terminal by an international telephone number and a called terminal identification signal CSI for identifying the called terminal based on the international telephone number (phase F23).

Subsequently, the transmitting side notifies the digital transmission command signal DTC for transferring the transmission right to the receiving side while notifying the standard all transmission functions provided in its own device, the non-standard full transmission function provided in its own device. The non-standard function command signal NSC for notifying the function and the calling terminal identification signal CIG for identifying the calling terminal by the international telephone number are transmitted to the receiving side (phase F24).

Subsequently, the receiving side sets a non-standard function setting signal N for setting a non-standard function within the range of NSF / NSC.
SS, a digital transmission command signal DCS for setting a standard function within a range of DIS / DTC, and a transmission terminal identification signal T for identifying a transmission terminal by an international telephone number.
The SI is transmitted to the transmitting side (phase F25).

The receiving side internally sets the same function as the transmission function to be set, which is notified to the calling side by the NSS and DCS, while the calling side sets the transmission function notified by the NSS and DCS from the called side. Transmission function to be set internally.

Next, the receiving side transmits a training check signal TCF to the transmitting side to check the modem transmission speed (phase F26), and the transmitting side receives a signal indicating that the adjustment of the modem has been completed. A preparation confirmation signal CFR is sent to the receiving side (phase F27) to determine the modem speed in message transmission.

When the pre-transmission procedure P7 is completed in this way, the receiving side transmits a facsimile message following the retraining signal for preparing the transmitting side for reception of the facsimile message, and the transmitting side receives it (phase). F28). When the facsimile message includes a plurality of pages, the receiving side transmits a multi-page signal MPS (or a message end signal EOM) to the transmitting side (phase F29), and the transmitting side responds with the message confirmation signal MCF (phase F30). ), A facsimile message following the retraining signal is transmitted from the called side to the calling side (phase F31).

As will be described later, the content of the facsimile message transmitted from the receiving side to the transmitting side in the message transmission procedure P8 is transfer result notification report image information.

When the message transmission procedure P8 is completed in this way, the procedure termination signal E is sent from the called side to the calling side.
The OP is transmitted (phase F32), the message confirmation signal MCF is transmitted from the transmitting side to the receiving side (phase F33), the post-transmission procedure P9 is performed, and finally, the disconnection command signal is transmitted from the receiving side to the transmitting side. The DCN is transmitted (phase F34), the call release procedure P10 is performed, and the polling reception process in the process 503 in FIG. 13 is completed.

Next, an incoming call processing procedure according to the second embodiment in the network facsimile apparatus 5 as an incoming call side in the communication sequence shown in FIG. 14 will be described.

The incoming call processing procedure according to the second embodiment in the network facsimile apparatus 5 is the same as the first embodiment shown in FIG.
This is the same as the incoming call processing procedure according to the embodiment. However, as the transfer result notifying process of the process 313, the process shown in FIG. 11 is performed in the first embodiment, whereas the transfer result notifying process shown in FIG.
13 is different.

That is, as shown in the management table of FIG. 9, the image information received based on the communication sequence shown in FIG. After storing the result notification mail in association with the transmission source fax number, the transfer result notification processing shown in FIG. 15 is performed. Note that the processing procedure from determination 301 to processing 312 in the incoming call processing procedure shown in FIG. 7 has already been described in the above-described first embodiment, and thus detailed description will be omitted.

In FIG. 15, the network facsimile apparatus 9 monitors the state of the network control unit 31 to determine whether there is an incoming call (No in the judgment 601). Perform (process 602),
It is determined whether a polling request has been made in the pre-transmission procedure, that is, whether the pre-transmission procedure for receiving the digital transmission command DTC has been performed from the transmitting side according to the polling transmission / reception communication sequence shown in FIG. 14 (decision 603). When there is no incoming call (No in the judgment 603), the incoming call in the judgment 601 is an incoming call irrelevant to the transfer result notifying process according to the second embodiment, and therefore, a normal facsimile receiving process according to the incoming call, Other processing 605 such as a normal facsimile reception processing accompanied by designation of a sub address is performed.

If there is a polling request (judgment 60
(Yes in 3), further, it is determined whether the fax number notified by the calling terminal identification signal CIG in the pre-transmission procedure is registered as a source fax number in the transfer result notification management table of FIG. 9 (determination 604). If it is not registered (No in decision 604), and if there is no polling request in decision 603 (Yes in decision 303)
Similarly to the above, other processing corresponding to the incoming call is performed (processing 60).
5).

If the fax number notified by the calling terminal identification signal CIG is registered in the transfer result notification management table of FIG. 9 as the source fax number (decision 6)
04, the report image information creating process is performed for the registered transmission source fax number (process 6).
06).

The report image information creation processing of processing 606 is as follows.
This is the same procedure as the processing 401 to the processing 404 in the transfer result notification processing procedure according to the first embodiment of FIG. 11, and the transfer result notification mail stored in association with the transmission source fax number in the processing 312 of FIG. Replace the body string with R
With reference to the font table 21a stored in the OM 21, fonts are developed and converted into image information (processing 40).
1) The received image information stored in association with the transmission source fax number in step 308 is read out (step 402), and the SRAM is read out.
The address conversion table of FIG. 3 stored in H.26 is converted to image information by developing the font (step 403), and the image information is synthesized to synthesize the transfer result notification report image information (step 404). ), A series of processing.

By processing 606, the transfer result notification report image information as shown in FIG. 12 is synthesized.

Then, the transfer result notification report image information synthesized in step 606 corresponding to the message transmission procedure P8 of the communication sequence in FIG. 14 is transmitted as a facsimile message to the facsimile machine 9 on the transmission side (step 60).
7), a post-transmission procedure P9 and a call release procedure P10 are performed (process 608), and finally, the source fax number, the received image information file number,
The record composed of the fields of the transfer result notification mail file number was deleted from the transfer result notification management table in FIG. 9 and was stored in the hard disk device 25 with the file number corresponding to the deleted record.
The file itself that is no longer needed is also deleted (process 609).

As described above, by calling the network facsimile apparatus 5 from the facsimile apparatus 9 and polling and receiving the image information of the transfer result notification report, the network facsimile apparatus 9 is provided to provide the facsimile apparatus 9 with the transfer result notification service. There is no need for the 5 side to bear communication costs.

Next, a third embodiment will be described.

In the third embodiment, similarly to the first embodiment, the facsimile apparatus 9 performs the transmission processing procedure shown in FIG. 4 and performs the processing 201 to 203 of the facsimile transmission processing shown in FIG. After the processing 203, the processing 204 is not performed, but the additional processing procedure shown in FIG. 16 is performed.

That is, processing 201 to processing 20 in FIG.
Network facsimile apparatus on the receiving side of a facsimile message with a subaddress designation based on the call setting procedure P1, the pre-transmission procedure P2, and the message transmission procedure P3 in the communication sequence shown in FIG. 5, the post-transfer procedure P11 shown in FIG. 17 is performed instead of performing the post-transfer procedure P4 of the communication sequence of FIG. 6 (process 801).

That is, instead of transmitting the procedure end signal EOP to the receiving side and terminating the procedure, a message end signal EOM is transmitted to the receiving side to indicate that there is a facsimile message to be transmitted continuously. A process for receiving the message confirmation signal MCF from the side is performed.

Then, polling reception processing is performed (processing 802). The polling reception process is performed following the post-transmission procedure P11 shown in FIG. 17, and is performed in the communication sequence shown in FIG. 14 in the pre-transmission procedure P7, the message transmission procedure P8, the post-transmission procedure P9, and the call release procedure. P10.

The transfer result notification report image information received in process 802 is recorded and output by plotter section 28 (process 80).
3).

In response to the processing procedure according to the third embodiment in the facsimile apparatus 9 described above, the network facsimile apparatus 5 does not have the incoming call processing procedure shown in FIG. 7 but the incoming call processing procedure shown in FIGS. Do.

In these figures, the CPU 20 of the network facsimile apparatus 5 monitors an incoming call by monitoring the state of the network control unit 31 (No loop of judgment 701), and when there is an incoming call (Yes of judgment 701), The call setting procedure P1 and the pre-transmission procedure P2 shown in FIG.
2), message transmission procedure P3 of the communication sequence in FIG.
, The image information is received and stored as a file in the hard disk drive 25 (process 703).

Then, it is determined whether the fax number notified by the transmission terminal identification signal TSI in the pre-transmission procedure is registered as a transmission source fax number in the transfer result notification management table of FIG. 9 (determination 704), and is registered. If not (No in determination 704), the processing shifts to processing 709 without performing processing 705 to processing 708.

If it is registered (Y in decision 704)
es) The report image information creating process is performed for the registered transmission source fax number (process 705).

The report image information creation processing of the processing 705 is as follows.
This is the same procedure as the processing 401 to the processing 404 in the transfer result notification processing procedure according to the first embodiment of FIG. 11, and the body of the transfer result notification mail stored in association with the transmission source fax number in the processing 716 described later. String
The font is converted into image information by expanding the font with reference to the font table 21 a stored in the ROM 21, and the received image information stored in association with the transmission source facsimile number in a process 712 described later is read and stored in the SRAM 26. This is a series of processing in which the address conversion table in FIG. 3 is converted to image information by developing the font, and the respective image information is synthesized to synthesize the transfer result notification report image information.

By processing 705, the transfer result notification report image information as shown in FIG. 12 is synthesized.

Then, after the post-transmission procedure P11 of FIG. 17, the pre-transmission procedure P7 of the communication sequence of FIG. 14 is performed, and the transfer result notification report image synthesized in the processing 705 corresponding to the message transmission procedure P8. The information is transmitted as a facsimile message to the facsimile machine 9 on the transmitting side (processing 706), and a post-transmission procedure P9 and a call release procedure P10 are performed (processing 707). The record composed of the fields of the received image information file number and the transfer result notification mail file number is deleted from the transfer result notification management table of FIG. 9 and stored in the hard disk drive 25 with the file number corresponding to the deleted record. Also deletes files that are no longer needed.

As described above, the communication line established by calling to transmit the facsimile message from the facsimile apparatus 9 to the network facsimile apparatus 5 is not unconditionally released after the transmission of the facsimile message.
If the network facsimile device 5 holds information related to a delivery result report when a facsimile message with a subaddress designation from the facsimile device 9 has been received and delivered before, the network facsimile device 5 continues to send the delivery result notification report. By transmitting the image information to the facsimile apparatus 9 and receiving the image information, the network facsimile apparatus 5 does not need to bear the communication cost in order to provide the facsimile apparatus 9 with the transfer result notification service. In addition, the facsimile machine 9 does not need to separately call the network facsimile machine 5 just to obtain a distribution result notification report, so that a communication cost saving effect can be expected.

The processing 708 or the N of the judgment 704
Subsequent to o, in the pre-transmission procedure P2 of the process 702, it is determined whether or not the sub address is notified by the sub address signal SUB (decision 709).
No), the received facsimile message is recorded and output by the plotter unit 28 of the own device (process 710), and the process returns to the judgment 701.

If the sub-address is notified (Yes in decision 709), in the pre-transmission procedure P2, the transmission source facsimile number notified by the transmission terminal identification signal TSI is registered in the transfer result notification management table of FIG. (Step 711).

When the transmission source facsimile number is newly registered in the transfer result notification management table by the process 711, it is received and stored in the process 703 corresponding to the message transmission procedure P3 of the communication sequence of FIG. The image information is stored in association with the source fax number (process 712). That is, in step 703, the received fax number is registered in the management table of FIG.
A file number assigned when storing the stored image information in the hard disk device 25 is stored in association with the file number.

The received image information is converted into an e-mail by the BASE64 encoding method or the like (step 71).
3) In the address conversion table of FIG. 3 stored in the SRAM 26, the address is transmitted to the e-mail address corresponding to the sub address notified in the judgment 709 (processing 7).
14).

The e-mail of the received image information transmitted in the process 714 is temporarily stored in the mail server 3 via the LAN 2 as described above, and
Is transferred to the destination e-mail address, the mail server device 3 returns the transfer result to the network facsimile device 5 by e-mail.
Therefore, the network facsimile machine 9 can obtain the transfer result of the received image information electronic mail to the mail address of the distribution destination by receiving the electronic mail of the transfer result notification from the mail server device 3.

After the processing 714, the network facsimile machine 5 monitors the reception of the transfer result notification mail from the mail server apparatus 3 (No loop of decision 715), and upon receiving the mail (Yes of decision 715), returns the received transfer result mail. The notification mail is stored in association with the transmission fax number (process 716). That is, the transfer result notification mail received in the determination 715 is stored in the hard disk device 25,
At step 711, the file number assigned at that time is
It is stored in association with the source fax number registered in the management table of FIG. Then, the process returns to the determination 701.

The received image information stored in step 712 in association with the source fax number and the transfer result notification mail stored in step 716 in association with the source fax number are transferred in step 705 as described above. It is configured as the result notification report image information, and is transmitted to the facsimile machine 9 on the transmission side corresponding to the transmission source fax number by the processing 706.

In the present embodiment described above, the facsimile message is distributed on the network 1 by using an e-mail address as the distribution destination information and distributing the e-mail with the content of the facsimile message. Although described in the example, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, in order to specify each network terminal in the network 1, an address assigned to each network terminal is used as distribution destination information. The present invention can be similarly applied to the case where a facsimile message is delivered in a data format.
Also, the connection mode of the network 1 is not limited to the connection mode described in the present embodiment, and the present invention can be similarly applied as long as data can be transmitted and received between network terminals.

Further, the public network 8 to which the facsimile machine 9 and the network facsimile machine 5 according to the present invention are connected is not limited to a telephone network, but may be another network such as ISDN. The transmission control procedure for transmitting and receiving facsimile messages between the public networks via the public network 8 is not limited to the G3 facsimile protocol, and any other transmission control procedure can transmit sub-address information in the transmission control procedure. If so, the present invention can be applied effectively. Further, the present invention can be similarly applied to a case where the network facsimile apparatus 5 does not include the address conversion table and can directly specify the distribution destination on the network 1 by the sub-address information.

Also, in the present embodiment described above, the present invention is applied to a facsimile apparatus which is a communication apparatus for mainly transmitting and receiving a facsimile message of image information as communication data, but the present invention is not limited to this. The present invention can be similarly applied to a communication device that transmits and receives other communication data such as text data.

[0129]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the transfer result detecting means distributes the communication data received from the transmitting device on the network corresponding to the sub-address information received from the transmitting device. Upon detecting a transfer result at the time of transfer to the destination, the report creating means creates transfer result report data based on the transfer result detected by the transfer result detecting means, and transfers the report created by the report creating means. In order for the report transmitting unit to call and transmit the result report data to the transmitting side device,
The transmission result of the communication data to the distribution destination on the network can be notified to the communication device on the transmission side. Therefore, the user of the communication device on the transmitting side does not need to perform extra work such as separately inquiring and confirming the user of the distribution destination on the network by telephone or the like to confirm the transfer result. Is obtained, it is possible to know the transfer result such as whether the communication data has been normally transferred to the distribution destination designated by the user or the transfer data has not been transferred normally.

[0130] According to the invention according to claim 2, the transfer result detecting means transfers the communication data received from the transmitting device to a distribution destination on the network corresponding to the sub-address information received from the transmitting device. When detecting the transfer result when the transfer is performed, the report creating means,
Based on the transfer result detected by the transfer result detecting means,
Create transfer result report data. Then, the report transmission unit receives an incoming call accompanied by reception of a control signal of a transfer result polling transmission request according to the predetermined transmission control procedure from the transmission side device after the transfer of the communication data received from the transmission side device. In such a case, the transfer result report data created by the report creation means is polled and transmitted to the transmission side device. Therefore, an effect of being able to notify the communication device on the transmission side such as the communication device according to claim 3 of the transfer result of the communication data to the distribution destination on the network is obtained. In addition, when the report transmitting unit receives an incoming call accompanied by a transfer result polling transmission request from the transmitting side device, the report transmitting unit transmits the transfer result report data to the transmitting side device. Is required on the transmitting side, and the network-compatible communication apparatus according to the present invention needs to bear extra communication costs for the transfer result notification service provided to the transmitting side. There are no benefits.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the transmission result requesting means re-calls the receiving side device after transmitting communication data accompanied by designation of a sub-address to the receiving side device, and performs the predetermined transmission. When the control signal of the transfer result polling transmission request by the control procedure is transmitted, the report receiving means receives the transfer result report data transmitted from the receiving side device in response to the request from the transfer result request means, A transfer result of communication data from a receiving-side network-compatible communication device such as the network-compatible communication device according to item 2 to a distribution destination on the network can be obtained. Therefore, for the user of the communication apparatus according to the present invention, in order to confirm the transfer result, it is necessary to separately inquire the user of the distribution destination on the network of the receiving-side network-capable facsimile apparatus by telephone contact or the like to confirm. This makes it possible to know the transfer result, such as whether the communication data has been normally transferred to the delivery destination designated by the user or the transfer data has not been transferred normally, without taking the trouble of.

According to the invention of claim 4, the transfer result detecting means transfers the communication data received from the transmitting device to a distribution destination on the network corresponding to the sub-address information received from the transmitting device. When detecting the transfer result when the transfer is performed, the report creating means,
Based on the transfer result detected by the transfer result detecting means,
Create transfer result report data. The report transmitting unit may be configured to, when receiving an incoming call again from the transmitting side device after transferring the communication data received from the transmitting side device, transfer the transfer result generated by the report generating unit following reception of the communication data. The report data is returned to the transmitting device. Therefore, an effect is obtained in which the transmitting communication device can be notified of the result of transferring the communication data to the distribution destination on the network. In addition, the report transmission unit returns the transfer result report data to the transmission side device at the time of communication established when there is a re-incoming call from the transmission side device. Is advantageous in that there is no need to pay extra communication costs for the transfer result notification service provided to the transmitting device.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the transfer result report data created by the report creation means includes a part or all of the communication data received and accumulated from the transmission side device. On the side device side, by confirming the communication data included in the transfer result report,
It is possible to easily determine which communication is related to the transfer result report.

According to the invention of claim 6, since the transfer result report data created by the report creation means also includes the address conversion table information, the transmission side device includes the transfer result report data in the transfer result report. By checking the address translation table information, it is possible to easily determine whether or not the specified sub-address correctly corresponds to the desired user, and it is possible to obtain the effect that the future transfer destination can be accurately specified.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a network facsimile apparatus and a communication system including the facsimile apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a block configuration of a network facsimile apparatus and a facsimile apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the contents of an address conversion table.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a transmission processing procedure in the facsimile apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a procedure of a facsimile transmission process involving designation of a sub address in the facsimile apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a communication sequence between the network facsimile apparatus and the facsimile apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an incoming call processing procedure in the network facsimile apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of correspondence between file numbers and file contents in the network facsimile apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a transfer result notification management table in the network facsimile apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of the content of an electronic mail of a transfer result notification report returned from the mail server device to the network facsimile device according to the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating a transfer result notification processing procedure according to the first embodiment in the network facsimile apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of transfer result notification report image information.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing an additional processing procedure according to the second embodiment in the facsimile apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a polling transmission / reception communication sequence between the network facsimile apparatus and the facsimile apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart illustrating a transfer result notification processing procedure according to the second embodiment in the network facsimile apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing an additional processing procedure according to the third embodiment in the facsimile apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing a part of a communication sequence according to the third embodiment.

FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing an incoming call processing procedure according to the third embodiment in the network facsimile apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing an incoming call processing procedure according to the third embodiment in the network facsimile apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention, together with FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 network 2 LAN 3 mail server device 4a, 4b, 4c, 4d client terminal 5 network facsimile device 8 public network 9, 10 facsimile device 20 CPU 21 ROM 21a font table 22 RAM 23 timer control unit 24 operation display unit 25 hard disk device 26 SRAM 27 LAN communication control unit 28 Plotter unit 29 Scanner unit 30 Encoding / decoding unit 31 Network control unit 32 Communication control unit 33 System bus

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A transmission / reception of communication data by exchanging a control signal based on a predetermined transmission control procedure, connected as one of the network terminals to a network capable of transmitting / receiving data between the network terminals and connected to a public network. Is performed via the public network with the partner device, while address translation table information in which sub-address information is associated with distribution destination information on the network is stored in advance, and when receiving communication data, the predetermined When a control signal including sub-address information is received by the transmission control procedure, the received sub-address information is compared with the address conversion table, and for the corresponding distribution destination on the network, the communication data received and stored is transmitted. In a network-compatible communication device for transferring data via a network, During call from the transmitting apparatus via the network,
When receiving a control signal including sub-address information according to the predetermined transmission control procedure from the transmission side device and transferring received communication data to a distribution destination on the network corresponding to the received sub-address information Transfer result detecting means for detecting the transfer result of the transfer result, report creating means for creating transfer result report data based on the transfer result detected by the transfer result detecting means, and transfer result report data created by the report creating means. A network-compatible communication device, comprising: a report transmission unit that calls and transmits the transmission-side device. 2. A transmission and reception of communication data by exchanging a control signal based on a predetermined transmission control procedure, wherein the communication terminal is connected to a network capable of transmitting and receiving data between the network terminals as one of the network terminals and connected to a public network. Is performed via the public network with the partner device, while address translation table information in which sub-address information is associated with distribution destination information on the network is stored in advance, and when receiving communication data, the predetermined When a control signal including sub-address information is received by the transmission control procedure, the received sub-address information is compared with the address conversion table, and for the corresponding distribution destination on the network, the communication data received and stored is transmitted. In a network-compatible communication device for transferring data via a network, During call from the transmitting apparatus via the network,
When receiving a control signal including sub-address information according to the predetermined transmission control procedure from the transmission side device and transferring received communication data to a distribution destination on the network corresponding to the received sub-address information Transfer result detecting means for detecting the transfer result of the transfer result, report creating means for creating transfer result report data based on the transfer result detected by the transfer result detecting means, and In the case where there is an incoming call accompanied by the reception of a control signal of a transfer result polling transmission request according to the predetermined transmission control procedure from the transmitting side device, the transfer result report data created by the report creating means is sent to the transmitting side device. A network-compatible communication device, comprising: a report transmission unit that performs polling transmission. 3. While connected to a public network, transmission and reception of communication data by exchanging control signals based on a predetermined transmission control procedure are performed with a partner apparatus via the public network, and when transmitting communication data, When the sub-address is specified together with the transmission destination number, the communication data is transmitted to the receiving side device which has responded by calling the specified destination number,
In a communication device for transmitting a control signal including the specified sub-address as information content to the receiving-side device according to the predetermined transmission control procedure, after transmitting communication data accompanied by designation of a sub-address to the receiving-side device, A transfer result requesting means for re-calling the device and transmitting a control signal of a transfer result polling transmission request according to the predetermined transmission control procedure, and transmitted from the receiving side device in response to a request from the transfer result requesting means. A communication device comprising: report receiving means for receiving incoming transfer result report data. 4. A transmission / reception of communication data by exchanging control signals based on a predetermined transmission control procedure, being connected to a network capable of transmitting / receiving data between the network terminals as one of the network terminals and connected to a public network. Is performed via the public network with the partner device, while address translation table information in which sub-address information is associated with distribution destination information on the network is stored in advance, and when receiving communication data, the predetermined When a control signal including sub-address information is received by the transmission control procedure, the received sub-address information is compared with the address conversion table, and for the corresponding distribution destination on the network, the communication data received and stored is transmitted. In a network-compatible communication device for transferring data via a network, During call from the transmitting apparatus via the network,
When receiving a control signal including sub-address information according to the predetermined transmission control procedure from the transmission side device and transferring received communication data to a distribution destination on the network corresponding to the received sub-address information Transfer result detecting means for detecting the transfer result of the transfer result, report creating means for creating transfer result report data based on the transfer result detected by the transfer result detecting means, and A report transmitting unit that returns the transfer result report data generated by the report generating unit to the transmitting side device after receiving the communication data when an incoming call is received again from the transmitting side device. Network compatible communication device. 5. The transfer result report data created by the report creation means includes a part or all of communication data received and accumulated from the transmission side device. The network-compatible communication device according to any one of the above. 6. The network-compatible communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the transfer result report data created by the report creation means also includes the address conversion table information. .