KR100859462B1 - Fax translation system and method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

A fax transmitting system and a transmitting method thereof are provided to transmit a file which is received from a transmitter terminal to a receiver terminal rapidly by converting the file into an image file for passing through an UMS(Unified Messaging System) and transmitting the converted image file to the receiver terminal, using an MMS(Multimedia Messaging service) server. A fax transmitting system(30) comprises a fax driver providing server(34), and a fax transmitting server(36). The fax driver providing server provides a fax driver for converting a file into an image file for passing through an UMS(Unified Messaging System). The fax transmitting server receives the image file converted from a transmitter as well as receiver information of the transmission object, and transmits the converted image file based on the receiver information via the UMS. The fax transmitting server includes an MMS(Multimedia Messaging service) server(38) for transmitting the converted image file to the receiver terminal through a mobile net.

Description

FAX translation system and method thereof

1 is a diagram showing a network connection relationship of a first fax transmission system according to the present invention;

2 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of the fax transmission system of FIG.

3 is a flow chart showing a fax transmission method by the fax transmission system of FIG.

4 is a view for explaining the execution of the fax driver;

5 shows an example of execution of a fax driver, and

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a mobile communication terminal in the fax transmission method of FIG. 3.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

10, 110: fax sender terminal 20, 160: IP network

30, 130: Fax transmission system 31: Web server

33, 133: database server 35, 135: image conversion server

37, 137: fax template transmission server 39, 139: MMS server

The present invention relates to a fax transmission system and a method of transmitting the same, and more particularly, to a fax transmission system using a UMS (Unified Messaging System) in a fax transmission system to reduce the burden on the role of UMS and to quickly transmit a fax. It relates to the transmission method.

Facsimile (hereinafter, referred to as 'fax') is used to decompose still images such as texts, diagrams, and photographs into pixels, convert them into electric signals, and transfer them to an electric signal. Communication method or such mechanism.

However, such a fax system can transmit or receive a fax only when there is a fax terminal connected by wire through a public switched telephone network (PSTN), so when the sender or the receiver is far from the fax terminal, There is a local limitation that it is not possible to send a fax quickly.

Recently, with the development of data communication technology, fax data created by a computer is transmitted to a UMS (Unified Messaging System) server through an IP (Internet Protocol) network, which is then returned to a printer, a portable device assistant (PDA), a mobile phone, a computer. A method for transmitting to a receiver terminal such as the above has been developed, and it is possible to overcome some of the limitations of fax data transmission.

UMS, also referred to as an integrated messaging system, refers to a two-way communication service that enables users to send and receive messages regardless of differences in communication systems by integrating and processing various messages into one data.

Voice communication and data communication have been developed based on different technologies. With the development of new technologies such as Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), it has become difficult to separate technology between voice communication and data communication. Thus emerged a unified messaging system.

Regardless of the sender's communication environment, the system stores messages such as text, voice, fax, and e-mail in a single logical mailbox, and delivers them in the format desired by the recipient. Using a unified messaging system, communication efficiency can be greatly improved by checking messages using various communication means regardless of time and place.

However, in order to transmit the fax data from the sender terminal to the receiver terminal using UMS, a work of converting a document or an image created by the sender terminal into a form of an image file suitable for the receiver terminal must be performed. This process of converting image files increases the role of the UMS server, and is a major factor in delaying the transmission time of fax data, especially when multiple sender terminals simultaneously access the UMS server and transmit fax data. There is a problem with this.

The present invention was devised to solve the above problems, which can reduce the role of UMS in a fax transmission system using UMS, and consequently, reduce the transmission delay time of the fax data so that the fax can be quickly transmitted. An object of the present invention is to provide a fax transmission system and a transmission method thereof.

A first embodiment of a fax transmission system according to the present invention for achieving the above object is a fax driver that provides a sender's terminal with a fax driver that converts a transmission target file into an image file via a UMS (Unified Messaging System). Providing server; And a fax transmission server for receiving the converted image file and receiver information of a transmission target from the sender terminal and transmitting the converted image file to a receiver terminal based on the received receiver information.

Here, the fax driver converts the transmission target file into an image file for passing through the UMS by execution in the sender terminal, receives receiver information of the transmission target, and receives the received receiver together with the converted image file. It is preferable to execute a function of transmitting information to the fax transmission server.

Preferably, the fax transmission system further includes a database server for storing a fax driver corresponding to the type of the terminal on the sender side and the type of the terminal on the receiver side as a database, wherein the fax driver providing server is the database server. Provides a fax driver corresponding to the sender terminal and the receiver terminal among the fax drivers stored therein.

More preferably, the fax transmission server includes a multimedia messaging service (MMS) server for transmitting the converted image file to the receiver terminal through a mobile network.

Alternatively, the fax transmission server may be implemented to transmit the converted image file to the receiver terminal connected through a wired communication network.

Alternatively, the fax transmission server may be implemented to transmit the converted image file to the receiver terminal connected through an IP (Internet Protocol) network.

According to a second embodiment of a fax transmission system according to the present invention, in a fax transmission system using UMS, a file to be transmitted is converted into an image file via UMS by execution at a sender terminal, and the recipient information is received and converted. And a fax driver providing server for providing a fax driver that performs a function of transmitting to the UMS together with the image file, wherein the converted image file is transmitted to the receiver terminal based on the received receiver information.

On the other hand, the above fax transmission system comprises the steps of: providing a sender terminal, a fax driver for converting a transmission target file into an image file via UMS; Converting a transmission target file into an image file for UMS via UMS when executing the fax driver in the sender terminal, and receiving receiver information and transmitting the received information to the UMS server together with the converted image file; And transmitting, by the UMS server, the converted image file to a receiver terminal based on the received receiver information.

Thus, the fax transmission system and its transmission method according to the present invention can reduce the role of the UMS in the fax transmission system using the UMS, and as a result, it is possible to quickly transmit the fax by reducing the transmission delay time of the fax data. .

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail the configuration and operation of the fax transmission system and its transmission method according to the present invention.

1 is a view showing a network connection relationship of the first fax transmission system according to the present invention, Figure 2 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of the fax transmission system of FIG.

Referring to the drawings, the computer 10 of the fax sender can be connected to the fax transmission system 30 through the IP network 20. In addition, the mobile communication terminal 15 may be connected to the fax transmission system 30 through the IP network 20, or may be connected to the fax transmission system 30 through the mobile network 25. In addition, the fax transmission system 30 may be connected to the fax receiver's facsimile 50 via a public telephone network (PSTN) 40, or may be connected to the fax receiver's computer 60 through the IP network 20. It may be connected to the mobile communication terminal 80 of the fax receiver through the mobile network (25).

Here, the fax transmission system 30 includes a web server 32, a fax driver providing server 34, and a fax transmission server 36, as shown in FIG. In addition, the fax transmission system 30 may further include a multimedia messaging service (MMS) server 38 for transmitting data to the mobile communication terminal 80 connected through the mobile network 25.

The web server 32 guides the service provided by the fax transmission system 30 to the fax sender's computer 10 connected through the IP network 20, and requests for the fax transmission service from the fax sender's computer 10. Enter the information. In particular, the web server 32 publishes the type menu of the fax driver corresponding to the type of the sender terminal and the type menu of the fax driver corresponding to the type of the destination terminal, that is, the receiver terminal, and the like to select an appropriate fax driver. Can be implemented. For example, if you want to send a fax from the sender's personal computer (PC) to the recipient's mobile terminal, the sender has a fax driver for the PC, a fax driver for the mobile terminal, and a PDA (Portable Device) that indicate the options on the sender's side. (Fax Driver for PC) from the menu of the Fax Driver for the Assistant), and then the Fax Driver for the Mobile Terminal from the menus of the Fax Driver for the Fax, PC Fax Driver, and Fax Driver for the Mobile Terminal that indicate the options on the receiver side. Can be selected. In addition, the type of each fax driver can be further divided according to the type of the sender terminal or the receiver terminal. In this case, the sender may not select only one of the selection menus posted through the web server 32, but may select a plurality of fax drivers.

To this end, the fax transmission system 30 may further include a database server (not shown) that stores a fax driver corresponding to the type of the terminal on the sender side and the type of the terminal on the receiver side as a database. .

The fax driver providing server 34 provides the sender terminals 10 and 15 with a fax driver for converting a transmission target file to be sent from the sender terminal to the receiver terminal into an image file via UMS. The fax driver provided by the fax driver providing server 34 may be implemented in a compressed form in order to reduce download time, and may only be executed after decompressing at the sender terminal 10 or 15 provided with the fax driver. It may be implemented to be in a state.

At this time, the fax driver converts the file of the fax transmission object into an image file via UMS by execution on the sender terminal 10 or 15 that has downloaded the fax driver, and allows the sender terminal to input the recipient information of the transmission target. Pops up a pop-up window on the screen, and transmits the recipient information input by the sender to the fax transmission server 36 together with the converted UMS image file. In this case, various methods such as a tracing technique for tracking a pixel of the fax template and the input side information, a screen capture technique, and the like may be used as the image file conversion method. Since detailed description thereof will be omitted below.

In addition, the recipient information of a transmission target means the unique number of the receiver terminal to which a fax is to be transmitted, that is, an IP address, a telephone number, or a fax number. In this case, the recipient information to be transmitted may include additional information such as the name, address, and work name of the recipient, and the fax driver may include additional information input by execution on the sender terminals 10 and 15 and the name and work name of the sender. It can also be implemented to convert together into an image file by adding.

The recipient information input by the sender and the image file converted by the fax driver are transmitted to the fax transmission server 36. Here, the fax transmission server 36 includes a Unified Messaging System (UMS) and a fax server for fax transmission on the web.

When the fax driver downloaded by the sender terminals 10 and 15 is executed, the fax transmission server 36 receives the image file and the receiver information converted by the fax driver from the sender terminals 10 and 15, and receives the received receiver. The image file is transmitted to the receiver terminal 50, 60, 80 based on the information. In this case, when the fax transmission server 36 transmits an image file to the receiver's mobile communication terminal 80 through the mobile network 25, the fax transmission server 36 may be transmitted via the MMS server 38. Here, MMS is a service provided when a multimedia message is transmitted by using a mobile communication terminal, also called a 'multimedia messaging service', and is a type of UMS service. MMS is an international standard recommendation 3GPP (3 ^rd Generation Partnership Project) Technical Specification (TS: Technical Specification) as the services defined in 22.140 and 23.140, as well as between the terminal text messages transmitted and received multimedia data, such as voice, images, audio, video, data, Do it.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a fax transmission method using the fax transmission system of FIG. 2. With reference to the drawings will be described in detail a fax transmission method by a fax transmission system according to the present invention.

The sender terminals 10 and 15 can access the fax transmission system 30 through the IP network 20 or the mobile network 25, and provide the fax driver through the web server 32 of the fax transmission system 30. At least one fax driver can be downloaded from the server 34 (S101). In this case, the fax driver downloaded to the sender terminals 10 and 15 may be configured in the form of a compressed file, and may be switched to an executable state by decompressing the sender terminals 10 and 15. . 4 is a view for explaining the execution of the fax driver, which shows that the sender is selected from among a plurality of drivers mounted on the sender terminals 10 and 15.

As shown in Fig. 5, when the sender designates a transfer destination file for transmission to the receiver terminal 50, 60, 80 while the document stored in the sender terminal 10, 15 is opened (S103). ), The fax driver converts the transmission target file into an image file for UMS passing (specified as a Tiff image file in the drawing) (S105). At this time, the fax driver is preferably downloaded to the fax driver corresponding to the type of the sender's terminal (10, 15) and the type of the receiver's terminal (50, 60, 80), to one sender terminal (10 or 15) A plurality of fax drivers of various kinds corresponding to the plurality of receiver terminals 50, 60, and 80 may be downloaded. Alternatively, the fax driver may be implemented as an integrated fax driver to be used for all types of sender terminals and all types of receiver terminals.

The fax driver converts the transmission target file into an image file via UMS, and then displays a pop-up window on the screen of the sender terminal 10 or 15 so that the sender can input the receiver's information. In this case, the receiver information includes a unique identification number such as a fax number, an IP address, a telephone number, etc. of the receiver terminals 50, 60, and 80, and may further include additional information such as a name of a recipient, a work name, and the like.

If receiver information is input from the sender (S107), the fax driver transmits the converted image file and receiver information to the fax transmission server 36 or the UMS server (S109). For this purpose, the fax driver stores the IP address of the fax transmission system 30 or the unique telephone number through the mobile network 25, and the fax terminal 10 and 15 and the fax in the process of executing the sender terminals 10 and 15. It may be implemented to check the connection between the transmission system 30.

The fax transmission server 36 or the UMS server transmits the image file received from the sender terminal 10, 15 to the receiver terminal 50, 60, 80 based on the receiver information received from the sender terminal 10, 15. (S111). In this case, when the receiver terminal is the mobile communication terminal 80, the fax transmission server 36 may transmit the image file via the MMS server 38.

Thus, the burden of image conversion on the fax transmission server 36 or the UMS server is applied to the sender terminals 10 and 15, so that the fax transmission server 36 or the UMS server omits the process of image conversion. It is possible to quickly transmit the image file received from 10, 15 to the receiver terminal 50, 60, 80.

On the other hand, when the sender wants to send a fax through the mobile communication terminal 15, if the user writes a text message and executes the downloaded fax driver as shown in FIG. 6 through the mobile communication terminal 15, the fax driver Converts the text message being created into an image file via UMS. By the execution of the fax driver, the text message is transmitted to the receiver terminals 50, 60, and 80 in the form of a fax image rather than a short message service (SMS). This allows the sender to transmit the fax image using the mobile communication terminal 15 while moving.

Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been illustrated and described above, the present invention is not limited to the specific embodiments described above, and the present invention is not limited to the specific embodiments of the present invention without departing from the spirit of the present invention as claimed in the claims. Anyone skilled in the art can make various modifications, as well as such modifications are within the scope of the claims.

According to the present invention, the person who wants to send a fax eliminates the inconvenience of having to print the document and send it to the other party through the fax again, and can easily send the fax to the receiver terminal by executing the fax driver. .

In addition, since the fax transmission server or the UMS server does not need to convert the transmission destination file received from the sender terminal into the image file, the burden of the role is reduced, thereby quickly receiving the transmission destination file received from the sender terminal. It can be transmitted to the terminal.

In addition, the sender can use the mobile communication terminal to transmit the fax regardless of the place on the move.

Claims (8)

A fax driver providing server which provides a sender's terminal with a fax driver for converting a transmission target file into an image file for passing through a Unified Messaging System (UMS); And By the execution of the fax driver, the converted image file is received from the sender terminal together with the receiver information of the transmission target, and the converted image file is transmitted to the receiver terminal via UMS based on the received receiver information. Fax transmission system comprising a fax transmission server. delete The method of claim 1, And a database server for storing a fax driver corresponding to the type of the terminal on the sender side and the type of the terminal on the receiver side as a database. And the fax driver providing server provides a fax driver corresponding to the sender terminal and the receiver terminal among the fax drivers stored in the database server. The method of claim 1, wherein the fax transmission server, And a multimedia messaging service (MMS) server for transmitting the converted image file to the receiver terminal through a mobile network. The method of claim 1, wherein the fax transmission server, And transmitting the converted image file to the receiver terminal connected through a wired communication network. The method of claim 1, wherein the fax transmission server, And transmitting the converted image file to the receiver terminal connected through an IP (Internet Protocol) network. In the fax transmission system using UMS, FAX which is executed in the sender's mobile terminal and converts a text message of the transmission target into an image file for UMS, and receives a recipient information and transmits it to the UMS together with the converted image file. Includes a driver providing server, And the converted image file is transmitted from the sender's mobile communication terminal to the receiver terminal via the UMS. Providing, to the sender's mobile terminal, a fax driver for converting a text message of a transmission object into an image file via UMS; When the sender's mobile communication terminal executes the fax driver, converting the text message of the transmission object into an image file for UMS, and receiving receiver information and transmitting the received information to the UMS server together with the converted image file; And And transmitting, by the UMS server, the converted image file to a receiver terminal based on the received receiver information.

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