KR20000073163A - Method for batch managing of delay transmission job in facsimile - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method of batch-processing a reserved transmitting operation of a facsimile is provided to reduce a time for transmitting/receiving a protocol, thereby reducing an entire transmitting time of the facsimile. CONSTITUTION: A method of batch-processing a reserved transmitting operation of a facsimile comprises the steps of: storing an information of a reserved transmitting operation including a facsimile data to be transmitted, a starting time of the reserved transmitting operation and a telephone number of a receiving part; checking a present time and detecting the starting time of the reserved transmitting operation corresponding to the present time; detecting the telephone number of the receiving part if the starting time of the reserved transmitting operation is corresponded to the present time; detecting other reserved transmitting operation having the same telephone number if the telephone number is detected at the above step; and dialing the detected telephone number of the receiving part to form a transmitting line and then transmitting the facsimile data to the receiving part.

Description

How to batch process a fax's scheduled send job {METHOD FOR BATCH MANAGING OF DELAY TRANSMISSION JOB IN FACSIMILE}

The present invention relates to a facsimile delayed transmission operation, and more particularly, to a facsimile with a delayed transmission function through a memory, a telephone of the same receiving side at the same delayed transmission start time among a plurality of fax data performing a delayed transmission operation. The fax data in which a reserved transmission job is registered by a number is transmitted in one batch, and the present invention relates to a batch processing method of a fax's reserved transmission job that can save the entire transmission time.

In recent years, as fax communication becomes general, much information is exchanged through facsimile. Especially for documents that need to be processed quickly, the exchange of information through facsimile is very effective, thereby greatly improving work efficiency.

As information exchange through facsimile is frequently performed, memory is installed in the facsimile to improve the reception rate of the information or to receive a large amount of information. This enables memory transmission / reception of specific documents.

A fax transmission method can be divided into a general transmission method based on a document and a transmission method through a memory.

Meanwhile, in order to perform the reserved transmission function through the memory, a memory for storing data recorded in the document and a time management function for transmitting the data stored in the memory at the reserved time are essentially required. In order to perform the time management function, a reserved transmission task management table for managing the scheduled transmission of the corresponding fax data is required, and such a reserved transmission task management table is given to all of the fax data to be reserved.

A structure diagram of a general reserved transmission task management table and respective reserved transmission task management information is shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 1, a plurality of reserved transmission job management information is arranged in the reserved transmission job management table, and each of the reserved transmission job management information includes a header indicating that the reserved transmission job management information is started, and Information such as the name or identifier of the reserved transmission job, the number of times to redial, the start time of the scheduled transmission job, the telephone number of the destination, and the like are sequentially recorded.

As the user randomly inputs the reserved transmission task information, each reserved transmission task information is sequentially registered in the reserved transmission task management table according to the input order, and then the time for starting the scheduled transmission task through the sorting process is quick. The reservation transmission job information is arranged in order and re-registered in the reservation transmission job management table.

At this time, the scheduled transmission work start time is compared with the current time among the plurality of reserved transmission work fax data registered by the user, and if the same scheduled transmission start time exists as the current time, the corresponding fax data is transmitted to the pre-stored receiving side. Here, when one or more fax data having the same start time of the scheduled transmission job exist, the scheduled transmission job is performed according to the order registered in the reserved transmission job management table, and the fax data after the reserved transmission job is completed are deleted from the memory.

However, according to such a facsimile transmission operation, when more than one fax data is registered to the same recipient's telephone number at the same scheduled transmission start time, the transmission operation is performed by dialing the recipient's telephone number to form a call path. Since separately performed, protocol transmission / reception time is included in each working time, resulting in a waste of overall transmission time.

Accordingly, the present invention is to solve such a problem, the object of the present invention is to reduce the time required for the protocol transmission / reception fax data registered the same scheduled transmission start time of the current time to save the overall transmission time Provides a batch processing method of a facsimile delayed transmission operation that detects and transmits a reservation transmission operation registered with the same telephone number as the telephone number of the receiving side that performs the reservation transmission operation, and transmits it at once. .

1 is a structural diagram of a general reserved transmission task management table and respective reserved transmission task management information;

2 is a schematic block diagram of a facsimile applied to the present invention;

3 is an operation flowchart showing a process of setting up a scheduled transmission operation by a user;

4 is an operation flowchart for performing a method for processing a scheduled transmission operation according to the present invention;

5 is an exemplary view showing an embodiment of a reserved transmission job management table registered in a memory through the reserved transmission job setting process of FIG.

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1 central processing unit 2 memory 3 control panel

4: scanner 5: modem 6: NCU

7: printer 8: sensor 9: timer

A feature of the present invention for achieving the above object is a batch processing method of a facsimile delayed transmission operation including a memory for performing a delayed transmission function: a delayed transmission operation of fax data and at least fax data to be delayed transmission. Storing the scheduled transmission job information including the start time and the receiving telephone number in a memory; and checking the current time, the scheduled transmission job registered with the same start time as the current time among the reserved transmission job information stored in the memory. Detecting whether there is a reserved transmission job registered at the same time as the current time, and detecting a receiving telephone number registered in the reserved transmission job; and if the receiving telephone number is detected, Recipient's phone number is the same as the recipient's phone number detected in the stored By dialing a registered reservation transmission operation in a step of detecting, the detected receiving side telephone number is that comprising the step of transmitting to the receiver the fax data in the detected reserved transmission operation when a call is formed.

Preferably, the reserved transmission job detection step detects a reserved transmission job having the same time as the receiving telephone number and the scheduled transmission job start time of the reserved transmission job retrieved in the retrieval step.

Preferably, the method further comprises the step of confirming whether a scheduled transmission batch processing function for processing the scheduled transmission operation registered at the same receiving telephone number among the reserved transmission operations registered in the fax at one time is set; If the scheduled transmission batch processing function is set, the reserved transmission task detection step is performed. If the reserved transmission batch processing function is not set, the general reserved transmission operation is performed.

Preferably, the reserved transmission batch processing function is set by selecting a preset key on the operation panel of the fax.

Preferably, the reserved transmission batch processing function is selectively set when storing the reserved transmission job information in the storing step.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. First, in adding reference numerals to the elements of each drawing, it should be noted that the same elements are denoted by the same reference numerals as much as possible even if they are displayed on different drawings. In addition, in the following description there are shown a number of specific details, such as components of the specific circuit, which are provided only to help a more general understanding of the present invention that the present invention may be practiced without these specific details. It is self-evident to those of ordinary knowledge in Esau. In describing the present invention, when it is determined that a detailed description of a related known function or configuration may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

Figure 2 is a schematic block diagram of a facsimile applied to the present invention, Figure 3 is an operation flow diagram showing the process of setting up a user scheduled transmission job, Figure 4 is a scheduled transmission operation according to the present invention An operation flow diagram for performing a method for processing the same is shown, and FIG. 5 is an exemplary diagram showing an embodiment of a reserved transmission task management table registered in a memory through the reserved transmission task setting process of FIG. 3.

As shown in Fig. 2, the central processing unit 1 controls the facsimile according to the set program as a whole, and in particular, the same reserved transmission operation among a plurality of fax data in which a reserved transmission operation is registered according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. Fax data having a start time and a receiving telephone number are controlled to be batch processed.

The memory 2 stores program data, protocol data, text data, and work contents related to transmission and reception, and accesses or stores data under the control of the central processing unit 1.

The Operational Panel (OPE) 3 includes a reserved transmission setting key for setting a reserved transmission function to a plurality of keys, in particular, a facsimile according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, so as to generate the facsimile key data. It includes a reservation transmission batch setting key for setting a function to collectively process the reserved transmission job registered in (2), and when the key data is generated, it is input to the central processing unit 1 and the display data of the central processing unit 1 is entered. It includes a display device to display.

The scanner 4 scans the data of the document, converts the data into digital image data, and provides the data to the central processing unit 1. The modem 5 is controlled by the central processing unit 1, and the central processing unit 1 Output data in the analog form and demodulate and output the analog form input signal.The NCU (Network Control Unit) 6 operates under the control of the central processing unit 1, thereby providing a general telephone network (PSTN: Public). It forms a call loop of Switching Telephone Network (consisting of Ring and Tip) and interfacing signals between modem 5 and general telephone network.

The printer 7 prints the fax data received by the control signal of the central processing unit 1, and the sensor unit 8 detects the remaining amount of recording paper or documents and detects the document. The timer 9 outputs time information.

The operation of the present invention configured as described above will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4.

First, a process in which a user sets a reserved transmission function by using the operation panel 3 provided in the facsimile and stores the fax data and the reserved transmission job information will be described.

Referring to FIG. 3, when a user selects a reserved transmission setting key from among a plurality of keys provided in the operation panel 3 to set a reserved transmission function in a facsimile (S301), the central processing unit 1 receives a user. A guide message is displayed to input reserved transmission job information such as a telephone number or a scheduled transmission job start time (S302).

The user inputs the reserved transmission job information according to the guidance message displayed on the display device of the operation panel 3, and the central processing unit 1 stores the reserved transmission job information input by the user in the memory 2 (S303). ).

When the storage of the reserved transmission job information is completed, the central processing unit 1 controls the scanner 4 to scan the set document, and stores the scanned fax data in the memory 2 (S304). Complete the setup process.

The user repeats this process to store the necessary reserved transmission job in the memory 2, and the reserved transmission job information stored in the memory 2 is shown in FIG.

Referring to FIG. 4, the central processing unit 1 checks whether the reserved transmission function is set in the facsimile (S401), and if the reserved transmission function is set, the central processing unit 1 and the current time counted by the timer 9 are used. By checking, the reserved transmission job registered with the same scheduled transmission start time as the current time is detected from the reserved transmission jobs stored in the memory 2 (S402).

If there is a reserved transmission job registered with the same start time as the current time, the central processing unit 1 detects the receiving telephone number of the same reserved time as the current time (S403).

Here, when there is at least one reserved transmission job registered with the same scheduled transmission start time as the current time, it is preferable to give priority to the reserved transmission job. For example, priority is given in the order of the storage time in which the reserved transmission job information is stored in the memory 2, or priority is given to information in which the receiving telephone number is a local call. It is set.

The central processing unit 1 checks whether the reserved transmission batch processing function is set in the fax (S404). Here, there are two methods for setting the reserved transmission batch processing function in the facsimile.

First, when inputting the reserved transmission job information according to the guidance message displayed on the display device of the operation panel 3 in step 303 (S303) shown in FIG. 3, a guidance message asking whether to set the reserved transmission batch processing function is displayed. It is displayed on the display device of the operation panel 3. The user can selectively set the reserved send batch processing function for each reserved send job by selecting whether or not to set the reserved send batch processing function each time the reserved send job is stored in the memory 2.

Second, a key for setting the reserved transmission batch processing function is set in the operation panel shown in FIG. 2, and when the user selects a predetermined key, the reserved transmission batch processing function is set in the facsimile.

As a result of the check, if the reserved transmission batch processing function is set, the central processing unit 1 has the same receiving party telephone number as that of the receiving party telephone number detected during the reserved sending operation for which the reserved sending batch processing function stored in the memory 2 is set. The registered reserved transmission job is detected (S405). That is, if the delayed sending batch processing function is set in the fax, the reserved transmission job in which the same receiving telephone number as the detected receiving telephone number is registered is detected, or the reserved transmission in the reserved transmission operation detected in step 402 (S402). If the batch processing function is set, a reserved transmission job in which the same receiving party phone number as the detected receiving party phone number is registered is detected. In this case, the reserved sending batch processing function detects the same receiving party phone number among the set reserved sending jobs. .

When a reserved transmission job in which the same receiving-side telephone number is registered is detected, the central processing unit 1 detects a reserved transmission job in which the same scheduled transmission start time as the present time is registered among the detected reserved transmission jobs (S406).

When a reserved transmission job in which the same reserved telephone number and the same scheduled transmission work start time is stored is detected, the central processing unit 1 dials the detected telephone number of the called party (S407) and checks whether a call path is formed (S408). ).

When the call path is formed with the receiving side, the central processing unit 1 transmits the fax data of the reserved transmission task detected in step 402 (S402) and the fax data of the reserved transmission task detected in step 406 (S406) to the receiving side. (S409).

The central processing unit 1 checks whether the transmission of the detected fax data is completed (S410). When the transmission is completed, the central processing unit 1 deletes the completed fax data and the reserved transmission job information from the memory 2 (S411).

On the other hand, if the result of the check in step 404 (S404) of confirming whether the reservation transmission batch processing function is set, if the reservation transmission batch processing function is not set, general reservation transmission operation is performed (S412).

Therefore, since the reserved transmission job registered with the same receiving party phone number is transmitted at once, the process of dialing the receiving party to form a call path is performed only once.

As described above, a method of collectively processing the reserved transmission operation according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 5 as follows.

Here, it is assumed that the facsimile has a reserved transmission batch processing function, and the priority of the reserved transmission job stored in the memory 2 is given in the order in which the reserved transmission job is registered in the memory 2.

If the current time checked in the timer 9 is 09:00, the central processing unit 1 detects the first reserved transmission job according to the priority grant order among the reserved transmission jobs stored in the memory 2, and detects the reserved scheduled transmission job. Detects the receiving telephone number.

If the receiving telephone number is detected, the reserved transmission job registered with the same receiving telephone number as the detected receiving telephone number is detected.

That is, since the receiving party telephone number of the first reserved transmission job is 02-123-4567, the reserved transmission job whose receiving phone number is registered as 02-123-4567 is detected among the reserved transmission jobs stored in the memory 2. . In this case, the third and fourth reserved transmissions are registered as 02-123-4567.

When the same reserved transmission task as 02-123-4567 is detected, the fourth reserved transmission task is detected by detecting the reserved transmission task whose current time, that is, the reserved transmission task start time is registered at 09:00.

Therefore, when the call path is formed by dialing 02-123-4567, the fax data of the first and fourth reserved transmission operations are transmitted to the receiving side where the call path is formed and then deleted.

Thereafter, the above-described process is repeated for the reserved transmission job registered in the memory 2, so that each fax data registered with the same scheduled transmission start time and the same receiving telephone number can be collectively transmitted.

As described above, in the detailed description of the present invention, specific embodiments have been described, but various modifications are possible without departing from the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, but should be defined by the claims below and equivalents thereof.

As described above, according to the batch processing method of the reserved transmission operation of the fax according to the present invention, the receiving side and the protocol transmission / reception are performed only once for the fax data registered with the same receiving telephone number among the reserved transmission operations registered in the fax. In addition, since the fax data are continuously transmitted in a batch, the time required for protocol transmission / reception is reduced, thereby saving the overall transmission time.

Claims (5)

In a batch processing method of a delayed transmission of a fax including a memory for performing a delayed transmission function: Storing, in the memory, fax data to be scheduled-delivered and reserved transmission job information including at least a scheduled transmission start time of the fax data and a receiving telephone number; Checking a current time and searching whether there is a reserved transmission job registered with the same scheduled transmission start time as the current time among the reserved transmission job information stored in the memory; Detecting a receiving telephone number registered in the reserved transmission task if there is a reserved transmission task registered with the same time as the current time; If the receiving telephone number is detected, detecting a reserved transmission operation in which a receiving telephone number identical to the detected receiving telephone number is registered among the reserved transmission operations stored in the memory; And faxing the detected reserved transmission job to the receiving side, if the call path is formed by dialing the detected receiving telephone number. The method of claim 1, wherein the reserved transmission job detection step comprises: And a scheduled transmission job batch processing method of a facsimile, characterized in that it detects a scheduled transmission job having a reception telephone number and a scheduled transmission job start time of the reserved transmission job searched in the search step. The method of claim 1, Checking whether a scheduled transmission batch processing function for processing a scheduled transmission job registered with the same receiving party telephone number at a time is set among the reserved transmission jobs registered in the facsimile; And if the scheduled transmission batch processing function is set, performing the reserved transmission job detecting step, and if the reserved transmission batch processing function is not set, performing a general reserved transmission job. The method of claim 3, wherein the reserved batch processing function, And a facsimile of a scheduled transmission job batch process, wherein the facsimile is set by selecting a predetermined key on the operation panel of the facsimile. The method of claim 3, wherein the reserved batch processing function, And a facsimile delayed transmission job batch processing method characterized in that it can be selectively set when storing the reserved transmission job information in the storing step.