KR100260427B1 - Method and apparatus for managing particulars utilized by users by use of password - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A facsimile telegraph for managing individual used details and a method thereof are to give an identification number and a password to each person to manage the used details by each person. CONSTITUTION: Each user having an identification number registered in a facsimile telegraph inputs a password by each person to register the password corresponding to the identification number. The user can use the facsimile telegraph only when his/her password and identification are identical each other. If an approved user finishes using the facsimile telegraph, whether a telephone number dialed by the user is a local phone or a long-distance phone is decided. If the telephone number is a local phone, a used time is added to an existing time recorded in a used detail of an information table corresponding to the user. If the telephone number is a long-distance phone, the used time and the telephone number is recorded in the information table with a new index number.

Description

Facsimile device and method for managing personal details using password

The present invention relates to a facsimile device, and more particularly, to a facsimile device and a method for managing personal usage history using a password.

Currently, facsimile devices are widely used in large offices, homes, and shops, and are increasingly used according to their usage. Among the various functions of the facsimile device is a password function. The password function refers to a function of setting a password in a facsimile device so that only the user who correctly inputs the password can use the facsimile device. It has been used as a means of security that can not be transmitted.

However, in recent years, according to the trend of various functional units of the facsimile device, a facsimile device having a function of managing a user's usage history for each user when a facsimile device is shared by many people is also required. In response to such demands, there have been attempts to realize the above functions by using the conventional password function. As described above, the conventional password function cannot manage individual usage information of users because one password is shared. There was a problem.

As described above, the password function in the conventional facsimile apparatus has a problem in that it is not possible to manage individual usage history information of users because a single password is shared by several people.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a facsimile apparatus and method that can manage user usage information for each user using a password.

1 is a block diagram of a facsimile apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a process flowchart of registering a personal password according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a diagram illustrating an individual identification number and a password information table of a registered licensor provided in a memory unit according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a process flowchart of confirming a personal password according to an embodiment of the present invention;

5 is a flowchart illustrating a process of managing a facsimile device usage history for each individual according to an embodiment of the present invention;

6 is a view illustrating a table of usage history information for each individual provided in the memory unit according to an embodiment of the present invention;

7 is an exemplary long distance telephone history information table provided in the memory unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The present invention for achieving the above object is characterized by managing the facsimile device usage by individual by assigning a personal identification number and password to each individual facsimile device users.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Many specific details are set forth in the following description and in the accompanying drawings, in order to provide a more thorough understanding of the present invention. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the present invention may be practiced without these specific details. In addition, detailed descriptions of well-known functions and configurations that may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention will be omitted.

First, referring to FIG. 2, which shows a block diagram of a facsimile apparatus to which the present invention is applied, the CPU 100 controls the overall operation of the facsimile according to a program stored in the memory unit 102. The memory unit 102 stores an operation program, a protocol control program, and various reference data of the central processing unit 100, and also provides information on a personal identification number and a password provided for an embodiment of the present invention. It has a licensor information table to record, an individual usage history information table and a long distance telephone history information table, and also temporarily stores data according to program execution of the central processing unit 100. The operating panel (hereinafter referred to as "OPE") 104 has a plurality of numeric keys, function keys, and a liquid crystal display, and applies key data according to key input to the central processing unit 100 and provides a central processing unit ( The various states of the facsimile apparatus are displayed under the control of 100). The scanner 106 scans an original or a document and outputs image data according to the original image. Image data output from the scanner 106 is processed by the central processing unit 100 and stored in the memory unit 102 and transmitted by the modem (modulator-demodulator) 108 or printed by the printer 112. Is output. The modem 108 modulates the output data and the image data of the central processing unit 100 into analog signals and transmits them to the telephone lines T and R through the LIU (Line Interface Unit) 110 and the telephone lines T and R. Demodulate the analog signal received from The LIU 110 forms a line between the telephone lines T and R and the modem 108 under the control of the central processing unit 100. The printer 112 prints an image under the control of the central processing unit 100. The sensor unit 114 detects a state of each part of the facsimile apparatus, including detecting the remaining amount of the recording paper, detecting the presence or absence of a document in the reading unit of the scanner 106, and detecting a facsimile message, and provides the same to the CPU 100.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a process of registering a personal password according to an embodiment of the present invention. The operation according to the flowchart of FIG. 2 is programmed in the memory unit 102 to be performed by the CPU 100 of FIG. 1. An embodiment of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2.

First, a user inputs a password registration key (hereinafter referred to as a "registration key") for personal password registration. The registration key refers to a key set in advance to perform a function of personal password registration. In response, the central processing unit 100 proceeds from step 200 to step 202 to display a message requesting a recognition number to be input in text form on the liquid crystal display of the OPE 104. Accordingly, the user inputs his own identification number using the keys of the OPE 104. The personal identification number should be registered in advance by the highest-level user and stored in the memory unit 102. In response, the CPU 100 proceeds to step 204 and checks whether the input recognition number is a registered identification number. At this time, if the inputted identification number is not a registered identification number, the CPU 100 returns to step 202 to perform a process of requesting input of the identification number again. In contrast, if the inputted identification number is a registered identification number, the CPU 100 proceeds to step 206 and displays a message requesting input of a password in text form on the liquid crystal display of the OPE 104. Accordingly, the user inputs the password he wishes to use by using the keys of the OPE 104. In response, the CPU 100 proceeds to step 208 to display a text message on the liquid crystal display of the OPE 104 as a text message to inquire whether the password has been completed. When the "Yes" key, which signifies the completion of the input, is received, the input password is registered in the memory unit 102 together with the identification number of the user.

3 illustrates an example of a licensed individual identification number and a password information table stored in the memory unit 102 through the password registration process of FIG. 2.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of confirming a personal password according to an embodiment of the present invention. The operation according to the flowchart of FIG. 4 is programmed in the memory unit 102 to be performed by the CPU 100 of FIG. 1. Now, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 and 4.

First, the user enters a password confirmation key to gain permission to use the facsimile device. The password confirmation key refers to a key set in advance for performing a password confirmation function. In response, the CPU 100 proceeds from step 400 to step 402 to display a message requesting a recognition number to be input as a text message on the liquid crystal display of the OPE 104. Accordingly, the user inputs his identification number using the keys of the OPE 104. The CPU 100 then proceeds to step 404 to check whether the identification number has been input from the user. In this case, if the identification number is not input from the user, the CPU 100 returns to step 402 to perform the identification number input process again. On the contrary, if the identification number is input from the user in step 404, the central processing unit 100 proceeds to step 406 and displays a message requesting the input of a password in text form on the liquid crystal display of the OPE 104. Let's do it. Accordingly, the user enters his password using the keys of the OPE 104. The CPU 100 then proceeds to step 408 to check whether a password has been input from the user. In this case, if the password is not input from the user, the CPU 100 returns to step 406 to perform the password input process again. On the contrary, if the password is input from the user in step 408, the CPU 100 checks whether the input identification number and password match the registered identification number and password in step 410. . In this case, if the identification number and the password do not match, the CPU 100 returns to step 402 to perform steps 402 to 410 again. On the contrary, if the identification number and the password match in step 410, the CPU 100 proceeds to step 412 to allow the user to use the facsimile device to correspond to the facsimile device according to the user's key input. Perform the action.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a process of managing a facsimile device usage history using a facsimile device for each individual through the personal password verification process of FIG. 4 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The operation according to the flowchart of FIG. 5 is programmed in the memory unit 102 to be performed by the CPU 100 of FIG. 1. An embodiment of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 and 5.

The user who is allowed to use the facsimile device through the personal password verification process of FIG. 4 now performs various desired operations using the facsimile device. The operation using the facsimile apparatus may be various as the functions of the facsimile apparatus are diversified in recent years. An example of making a call will be described. Then, the CPU 100 checks whether the user finishes using the facsimile device in step 500 while performing the corresponding operation of the facsimile device keyed by the user. When the user finishes using the facsimile device, when the user makes a telephone call, the user ends the telephone call, that is, when the receiver of the facsimile device is "hooked on" and when the user transmits the document, when the document is completed. Becomes At this time, if the user has finished using the facsimile apparatus, that is, detecting the "hook on" of the receiver of the facsimile apparatus or the transmission of the document is completed, the central processing unit 100 responds to this in step (502) (502). It proceeds to check whether the telephone number used by the user is the telephone number for the local call (hereinafter referred to as "city telephone number") or the telephone number for the long distance call (hereinafter referred to as "urban telephone number"). At this time, if the telephone number used by the user is a local telephone number, the central processing unit 100 proceeds from step 504 to step 506 to the user in the personal usage history table of the users stored in the memory unit 102. The usage time information is updated by accumulating the call time used at the time recorded in the local call area among the corresponding usage history information. The individual usage history table is illustrated in FIG. 6. Referring to FIG. 6, the time used for each individual is continuously accumulated and updated in the local call area, and the index number of the telephone number used during the long distance call is recorded according to the number of long distance calls.

On the contrary, if the telephone number used by the user in step 502 is the telephone number for the long distance call, the CPU 100 proceeds from step 504 to step 508 and is stored in the memory unit 102. Register the usage time and telephone number by assigning a new index number to the long distance telephone usage history table. The CPU 100 proceeds to step 510 and adds and records the index number of the long distance phone usage history table in the long distance call area of the individual usage history table of the users. The long distance telephone history table is illustrated in FIG. 7. The long distance telephone history table is assigned and managed with a new index number each time the user uses the long distance telephone number.

Therefore, the user can manage the facsimile device usage for each individual by assigning a recognition number and a password to each individual user.

As described above, the present invention has an advantage in that the facsimile device usage history can be managed for each individual by assigning a recognition number and a password for each user when a single facsimile device is used by several users.

Claims (2)

In a facsimile device, A licensor information table in which personal identification numbers and passwords of users who can use the facsimile device are recorded, and the facsimile device usage history of the users registered in the licensor information table is divided into a local call area and a long distance call area. A memory unit including the facsimile device-specific usage history information table recorded therein, and a long-distance telephone history information table which records information about long distance telephones used by the users by dividing a telephone number and a usage time; The use of the facsimile apparatus is permitted only to a user in a licensor information table registered in the memory unit. The telephone number used by the user is examined and the telephone number is a local telephone number. Accumulate the time used so far to the time recorded in the user's local call area, and if the phone number is a long distance telephone number, a new index number is assigned to the used telephone number and the used time in the long distance telephone history information table. And a central processing unit that records and adds the index number to the long distance call area of the user in the individual usage history information table. Licensor information table that records the personal identification number and password of registered users, and individual long-distance telephone records that record personal fax history information of each user and long distance telephone history A method of managing a facsimile device usage by an individual using the identification number and a password in a facsimile device having a memory having a usage information table, the method comprising: Receiving a password for each individual to users of the identification number registered in the facsimile apparatus and registering the input password as a password corresponding to the identification number of each individual; Authorizing the use of the facsimile apparatus only if the identification number and password inputted by the user who intends to use the facsimile apparatus match the pre-registered identification number and password; Checking whether the telephone number used by the user is a local telephone number or a long distance telephone number when the licensed user terminates the use of the facsimile apparatus; If the used telephone number is a local telephone number, accumulating and renewing the currently used time at a time recorded in a local call area of the usage information corresponding to the user in the personal fax machine usage information table; If the used telephone number is a long distance telephone number, the used telephone number and the usage time are recorded in the long distance telephone history information table by giving a new index number and the index number is recorded in the long distance call area of the individual usage history information table. Personal history management method using a password in the facsimile apparatus characterized in that it comprises a further recording process.

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