KR100689766B1 - Method for transmitting/receiving fax message and record readable medium thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

A fax message transmission/reception method and a record medium recording the fax message are provided to leave record on a person who receives a fax message in a fax management server so that the person can not deny reception of the fax message. A fax message is received and stored. The fax massage includes a transmission message, a title of the transmission message, information about a writer of the transmission message, information about one of a plurality of PSTN(Public Switched Telephone Network) fax machines(151,152,...,15n) which is selected to receive the transmission message, and information about one of a plurality of intra-net fax machines(141,142,...,14n) which is selected to receive the transmission message. Based on the information about the writer included in the fax message, the fax message is transmitted to a computer(130) of an approval person. In response to an approval signal of the computer, the fax message is transmitted to the selected PSTN fax machine via a PSTN(103) and transferred to the selected intra-net fax machine via an intra-net(101).

Description

Method for transmitting / receiving fax message and record readable medium

The detailed description of each drawing is provided in order to provide a thorough understanding of the drawings cited in the detailed description of the invention.

1 shows a block diagram of a system according to an embodiment of the invention.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of transmitting and receiving a fax message according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The present invention relates to a method for transmitting and receiving a fax message, and more particularly, to a method for efficiently transmitting and receiving a fax message between faxes connected to each other through a predetermined network, and a recording medium recording the method.

In general, a facsimile, or fax, refers to a device that transmits and receives scanned data (eg, text or images) through a public switched telephone network (PSTN). As used herein, a 'fax message' refers to a message transmitted and received through the facsimile.

When the original document is read through the facsimile, the facsimile treats it as a fixed graphical image and converts it into a bitmap. In digital form, certain information is transmitted as an electrical signal over a public switched telephone network (PSTN). The receiving fax restores the information back to the coded image and prints it on paper.

Many documents are currently sent and received via fax for security reasons or for ease of use. However, anyone can see the transmitted fax message, anyone can take it arbitrarily, and there is a risk of losing the transmitted or received fax message.

In addition, a situation in which the recipient of the fax message is denied in a situation that is disadvantageous to the recipient receiving the fax message. In addition, when payment is required for the transmission of a fax message, a person who wants to obtain a payment has a inconvenience in that the fax message must be transmitted after obtaining a payment directly from a settlement right holder.

Accordingly, the present invention provides a method for transmitting and receiving a fax message for efficiently managing a fax message and a recording medium recording a program for executing the method.

In order to achieve the above technical problem, a server managing transmission of a fax message, each of which has a unique number and a plurality of public telephone network facsimile machines connected to the server through a public telephone network, and each of which has a unique number and is connected to the server through an intranet. A method for transmitting a fax message in a system having a plurality of intranet facsimiles connected to is a transmission message, a subject of the transmission message, information on the creator of the transmission message, and the transmission message among the plurality of public telephone network facsimile machines. Receive a fax message including information about at least one public telephone network facsimile selected to receive a message, and information about at least one intranet facsimile selected from among the plurality of intranet faxes to receive the transmission message; To Storing; Sending the fax message to the approver's computer based on information about the author included in the fax message; And transmitting the fax message to the selected at least one public telephone network facsimile via the public telephone network in response to an approval signal of the approver, and to the selected at least one intranet fax machine via the intranet.

In order to achieve the above technical problem, a server for managing reception of a fax message, each of which has a unique number and a plurality of public telephone network facsimile machines connected to the server through a public telephone network, and each of which has a unique number and is connected to the server through an intranet. A method for sending and receiving a fax message in a system having a plurality of intranet faxes connected to a server, the method comprising: a first public telephone network facsimile of any one of the plurality of public telephone network facsimile machines or one of the plurality of intranet facsimiles. 1) receiving and storing a received fax message including information sent from an intranet fax, a subject of the message, and information about the creator of the message; And inserting information about the receiver, which is input through the computer of the receiver connected to the server, into the received fax message and storing it in the server.

The method of transmitting and receiving a fax message comprises: receiving the received fax message and the received fax message from at least one second public telephone network facsimile selected from among the plurality of public telephone network faxes, and / or the Receiving and storing a fax message including information about at least one second intranet fax selected from among a plurality of intranet faxes to receive the received fax message; Sending the fax message to the approver's computer based on information about the author included in the fax message; And sending the fax message to the selected at least one second public telephone network facsimile via the public telephone network and / or to the selected at least one second intranet facsimile via the intranet in response to an approval signal of the approver. Equipped.

The recording medium records a program capable of performing a method of transmitting and receiving the fax message.

In order to fully understand the present invention, the operational advantages of the present invention, and the objects achieved by the practice of the present invention, reference should be made to the accompanying drawings which illustrate preferred embodiments of the present invention and the contents described in the accompanying drawings.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Like reference numerals in the drawings denote like elements.

1 is a block diagram of a system according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 is a flow chart showing a method for transmitting and receiving a fax message according to an embodiment of the present invention. A method of transmitting a fax message with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2 will now be described in detail.

The system 100 according to the present invention includes a facsimile management server 110, a destination database 111, the author's computer 120, the recipient's computer 121, the approver's computer 130, and a plurality of intranet facsimile machines 141. , 142, ..., 14n, n are natural numbers), and a plurality of public telephone network facsimile machines 151, 152, ..., 15n.

The author's computer 120, the recipient's computer 121, the approver's computer 130, and the plurality of intranet fax machines 141, 142,. Is connected to the facsimile management server 110 via an intranet of 101. Further, each of the plurality of public telephone network facsimile machines 151, 152,..., 15 n is connected to the facsimile management server 110 through a second network (eg, public telephone network (PSTN)) 103.

The facsimile management server 110 manages fax messages transmitted and received via the intranet 101 and / or the public telephone network 103.

The destination database 111 is a unique number (e.g., a telephone number or a number) of each of the plurality of intranet facsimile machines 141, 142, ..., 14n connected to the facsimile management server 110 through an intranet 101. IP address) and / or a unique number of each of the plurality of public telephone network facsimile machines 151, 152, ..., 15n connected to the facsimile management server 110 via the public telephone network 103 (e.g., a telephone number). Save).

The author writes the message to be sent through the author's computer 120, the title of the message to be sent, information about the author who wrote the message to be sent (e.g., the author's title and the author's name, etc.), and the destination database 111. Among the plurality of intranet facsimile machines 141, 142, ..., 14n, each of which is stored and has a unique number, a unique number of at least one intranet facsimile (for example, 142) to receive the transmission message is input (S101). .

In addition, the author is stored in the destination database 111 through the author's computer 120, and the message to be transmitted among a plurality of public telephone network facsimile machines 151, 152, ..., 15n each having a unique number. Input a unique number of at least one public telephone network facsimile (for example, 151 and 15n) to receive (S101).

Thus, a fax message written by the author includes a message to be sent, a title of the message to be sent, information about the author who created the message to be sent, a unique number of one intranet fax machine (eg, 142) to receive the message to be sent and / or the message to be sent. A unique number of public telephone network facsimile machines (eg, 151 and 15n) to receive the message is included.

When the author wants to send a fax message written by the author, the creator selects a predetermined icon (e.g., an approval request) related to the transmission of the fax message, or when executing the predetermined transmission program, the author's computer ( 120 transmits the fax message written by the creator to the facsimile management server 110 (S103). In this case, the facsimile management server 110 is an approver (for example, based on information about the creator included in the received fax message (for example, the current position of the author), which can approve the transmission of the fax message. In step S105, the author's direct correlation or person in charge of approval of the transmission of the fax message is transmitted to the computer 130 (S105).

When the approver uses the approver's computer 130 to review the fax message received at his computer 130 and approves the transmission of the fax message, the approver's computer 130 sends the fax message to the facsimile management server ( 110) (S107).

The facsimile management server 110 sends a fax message through the public telephone network 103 to public telephone network faxes (eg, 151 and 15n) based on a corresponding unique number (eg, a telephone number) included in the fax message. And transmits the fax message via the intranet 101 to an intranet facsimile (eg, 142) based on a corresponding unique number (eg, a telephone number) included in the fax message (S109).

Since the facsimile management server 110 may store the transmitted fax message, the creator or approver of the facsimile message may manage the facsimile management server through his or her computer 120 or 130 that is allowed to access the facsimile management server 110. You can access 110 to view the fax message anytime, anywhere. Conventionally, there was a inconvenience that the person who sent the fax message had to keep a paper containing the fax message separately, but the facsimile management server 110 according to the present invention can store the fax message so that the fax message is lost or lost. The risk of damage is considerably reduced.

If the approver uses the approver's computer 130 to review the fax message received at his computer 130 and then rejects the transmission of the fax message, the approver uses his computer 130. Create a reason for the return, and transmits the fax message containing the reason for the facsimile to the facsimile management server 110 through the computer 130 of the approver (S111).

At this time, the facsimile management server 110 transmits the fax message including the reason for the return to the author's computer 120 based on the author's information (S113). Therefore, when the writer resolves the reason for rejection and transmits the fax message for which the reason for the rejection is resolved again to the facsimile management server 110 (S115), the facsimile management server 110 is included in the fax message for which the reason for settlement is resolved. The fax message is transmitted back to the approver's computer 130 based on the information on the author (S105). Thus, the approver can approve or reject the transmission of the fax message.

Referring to Figures 1 and 2 how to receive a fax message in detail as follows. The facsimile management server 110 receives a received fax message input through the public telephone network facsimile 151 or 15n (S201).

When the receiver accesses the facsimile management server 110 through his computer 121 and checks whether the received fax message is received, and clicks a predetermined 'receive' button to check the received fax message ( S203), the received fax message is downloaded to the recipient's computer 121 (S205), and a predetermined web page dialog is popped up for inputting information on the person who has received the received fax message.

The recipient is indicated in the web page dialog with the information of a predetermined recipient, such as the receipt number of the received fax message, the number of received fax messages, the unique number number of the recipient (or recipient), the recipient (or recipient) position (title, or Rank) and the acceptor (or receiver) name (S207).

The reception number of the received fax message or the number of received fax messages may be automatically assigned or calculated. When the recipient computer 121 transmits the facsimile management server 110 to receive the predetermined recipient information and the received fax message input in the web page dialog box (S209), the facsimile management server 110 sends the predetermined recipient information. And stores the received fax message (S211). Hence, it will be clear later on who the recipient of the electronicized fax message is.

In addition, even when a plurality of fax messages are received at the same time, the contents of the plurality of fax messages and information about each recipient may be sequentially stored in the facsimile management server 110, so that the electronic fax message may be re-opened later. Can be. Therefore, it is more effective in managing and archiving pass messages than using paper.

When the facsimile management server 110 receives the received fax message through the intranet facsimile 142 (S202), the received fax message and the predetermined information about the recipient are described in S203, S205, S207, S209, and S211. Through the facsimile management server 110 is stored.

Conventionally, in order to retransmit a fax message printed on paper through a receiving fax to another place, put the paper on which the fax message is printed in the fax, input the telephone number of the person who will receive the fax message, and then send the fax message to the PSTN. There was an inconvenience to be sent through.

However, according to the present invention, the recipient uses the computer 121 of his or her computer 121 to transmit the received fax message received through the intranet fax machine 142 or the public telephone network facsimile machine 151 or 15n in the manner described with reference to S101 to S109. The facsimile via at least one facsimile and / or public telephone network 103 of the plurality of intranet faxes 141, 142,..., 14n connected to the facsimile management server 110 via an intranet 101. Among the plurality of public telephone network faxes 151, 152, ..., 15n connected to the management server 110, it is possible to simply retransmit to at least one facsimile.

That is, since the received fax message is stored in the facsimile management server 110 and / or the recipient's computer 121, the person who wants to retransmit the received fax message is the facsimile management server 110 and / or the recipient's computer ( The received fax message stored in 121 may be read and transmitted to a facsimile to which the received fax message is simply sent through steps S101 to S109. In other words, it is possible to resend the received fax message.

The method for transmitting and receiving a fax message according to the present invention can be embodied as computer readable codes on a computer readable recording medium. The computer-readable recording medium includes all kinds of recording devices in which data that can be read by a computer system is stored. Examples of computer-readable recording media include ROM, RAM, CD-ROM, magnetic tape, floppy disks, optical data storage devices, and the like, which are also implemented in the form of carrier waves (eg, transmission over the Internet). It also includes.

The computer readable recording medium can also be distributed over network coupled computer systems so that the computer readable code is stored and executed in a distributed fashion. And functional programs, codes and code segments for implementing the present invention can be easily inferred by programmers in the art to which the present invention belongs.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to one embodiment shown in the drawings, this is merely exemplary, and those skilled in the art will understand that various modifications and equivalent other embodiments are possible therefrom. Therefore, the true technical protection scope of the present invention will be defined by the technical spirit of the appended claims.

As described above, the method for transmitting / receiving a fax message according to the present invention enhances security because only a person having authority to transmit / receive a fax message can transmit / receive a fax message.

In addition, when applying the method for transmitting and receiving a fax message according to the present invention there is no fear of losing the transmitted and received fax messages.

And, since the record of the recipient of the fax message remains in the facsimile management server, there is an effect that the recipient of the fax message cannot be denied.

In addition, when payment is required for the transmission of a fax message, a person who wants to obtain a payment has an effect of eliminating the inconvenience of transmitting the fax message after directly obtaining a payment to a settlement right holder.

In addition, there is an effect that can be read at any time any time the fax message transmitted and received.

Claims (6)

A server managing the transmission of fax messages, each of which has a unique number and a number of public telephone network facsimile connected to the server via a public telephone network, and a plurality of intranet faxes, each having a unique number and connected to the server via an intranet In a method for sending a fax message in a system having a computer, A transmission message, a title of the transmission message, information on the creator of the transmission message, information on at least one public telephone network facsimile selected from among the plurality of public telephone network facsimile, and the plurality of intranet faxes Receiving a fax message including information on at least one intranet fax selected to receive the transmission message, and storing the received fax message; Sending the fax message to the approver's computer based on information about the author included in the fax message; And And transmitting the fax message to the selected at least one public telephone network facsimile via the public telephone network in response to the approval signal of the approver, and to the selected at least one intranet facsimile via the intranet. To send a fax message. The method of claim 1, wherein the method for sending a fax message comprises: Storing a unique number of each of the plurality of public telephone network faxes and a unique number of each of the plurality of intranet faxes in a predetermined database, Information about at least one public telephone network facsimile selected from among the plurality of public telephone network facsimile, and information about at least one intranet facsimile selected from among the plurality of intranet facsimile to receive the outgoing message; A method of sending a fax message, characterized in that selected based on the unique number stored in the database. A server managing the reception of fax messages, each of which has a unique number and a plurality of public telephone network facsimile connected to the server via a public telephone network, and a plurality of intranet faxes, each having a unique number and connected to the server via an intranet In a method for sending and receiving fax messages in a system having a computer, A message sent by the server from the first public telephone network facsimile of the plurality of public telephone network facsimile or the first intranet facsimile of any one of the plurality of intranet facsimile, the subject of the message, the author who created the message Receiving and storing a received fax message comprising information about the message; And And inserting information about the receiver input through a computer of a receiver connected to the server into the received fax message, and storing the information in the received fax message. 4. The method of claim 3 wherein the information about the recipient comprises a recipient rank and a recipient name. The method of claim 3, wherein the method of transmitting and receiving a fax message comprises: Information about the at least one second public switched telephone network facsimile selected to receive the received fax message and the received fax message from the plurality of public telephone network faxes, and / or the plurality of intranet faxes. Receiving and storing a fax message comprising information about at least one second intranet fax selected to receive the fax message; Sending the fax message to the approver's computer based on information about the author included in the fax message; And Sending the fax message to the selected at least one second public telephone network facsimile via the public telephone network and / or to the selected at least one second intranet facsimile via the intranet in response to an approval signal of the approver. And transmitting and receiving a fax message. A recording medium having recorded thereon a computer program for executing the method according to any one of claims 1 to 5.

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