KR20030000941A - Data transmission system for Fax using e-mail - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A system for transmitting a facsimile using an e-mail is provided to enable a facsimile receiver to receive a facsimile signal transmitted through a DID(Direct Inward Dialing) line via the e-mail. CONSTITUTION: A local relay module(300) includes a receiving part(301) receiving the facsimile signal through the DID line, an ID code generating part(302) generating an ID code matching with the receiver by searching a facsimile receiver number from a code database(303), a signal analyzing part(304) extracting the sender information and a facsimile file from the facsimile signal, and a transmitting part(305) outputting the ID code, the sender information and the facsimile file. A server module(400) includes a receiving part(401) receiving the ID code, the sender information and the facsimile file outputted from the transmitting part(305) of the local relay module(300), an e-mail address selecting part(402) selecting an e-mail address matching with the ID code by searching an e-mail database(403), an e-mail generating part(404) writing the e-mail contents includes the sender information and the facsimile file, and a mail server transmitting the e-mail through a network.

Description

Data transmission system for Fax using e-mail}

The present invention relates to a fax transmission system using e-mail, and more particularly, to a fax transmission technology for transmitting fax data to a plurality of fax mill users connected by a direct inward dialing (DID) method.

Direct Inward Dialing (DID) is an incoming fax routing method that assigns a fax number to an individual, just like a telephone number, so that a fax sender can send a fax just like a regular fax. You can get service.

Such a direct dialing (DID) method is, for example, when a fax sender sends a fax to a fax number of 3401-6888, the telephone company looks at the front of the fax number 3401-6 to determine which company the number is going to, and then the back digit of the fax number. It passes the personal number 888 to the exchange, and the exchange determines that the fax is delivered to the user by mechanical switching.

With the rapid spread of the Internet, as the technologies for exchanging information with each other through the Internet are rapidly developed, it is now common to exchange information between senders and receivers through e-mail.

In response to this trend, the present inventor assigns an identification code to a plurality of fax mills connected to a direct inward dialing (DID) line, and maps the fax recipient's e-mail address to each of the identification codes. When a fax signal is transmitted to a fax mill connected to the extension direct dial line (DID), a predetermined format including the contents of the fax is included in an e-mail address corresponding to an identification code generated from the fax receiver number included in the fax signal. By sending e-mail, a new method of e-mail fax transmission system has been developed that allows fax recipients to receive fax contents sent by fax senders.

The present invention has been invented under the above-mentioned object, and provides a fax transmission system using an e-mail to allow a corresponding fax receiver to receive a fax signal transmitted through an extension direct dial (DID) line. For that purpose.

It is still another object of the present invention to provide a fax transmission system using an e-mail to generate an advertisement effect by including an advertisement in an e-mail including a fax content.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a service for sending a fax using e-mail in exchange for a predetermined fee to a member who subscribes through a predetermined homepage. To provide a transmission system.

1 is a block diagram of a fax transmission system using e-mail according to the present invention.

2 is a flowchart of a fax transmission service using e-mail according to the present invention.

<Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

100: telephone station 200: DID line

300: local relay module 301, 401: receiver

302: identification code 303: code database

304: signal analyzer 305, 405: transmitter

400: server module 402: e-mail address selection unit

403: e-mail database 404: e-mail generating unit

According to an aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, a fax transmission system using an e-mail according to the present invention is a receiving unit for receiving a fax signal to at least one fax via a direct dial line (DID) line Wow; An identification code generator for searching a code database from a fax receiver number included in the fax signal received by the receiver to generate an identification code corresponding to the fax receiver number; A signal analyzer for extracting fax caller information and a fax file from the fax signal received by the receiver; A local relay module including an identification code generated by the identification code generator, a transmitter for outputting fax caller information and a fax file generated by the signal analyzer; an identification code output from a transmitter of the local relay module; A receiving unit for receiving fax caller information and a fax file; an e-mail address selection unit for searching an e-mail database and selecting an e-mail address corresponding to the identification code received by the receiving unit; E-mail for generating predetermined e-mail contents including the fax sender information and the fax file received by the receiving unit, and generating an e-mail having the e-mail address selected by the e-mail address selection unit as the recipient address; A mail generating unit; And a server module including a transmitting unit for transmitting the e-mail generated by the e-mail generating unit to a corresponding mail server through a network.

According to an additional aspect of the present invention, the fax transmission system using the e-mail according to the present invention is characterized in that the server module further comprises a storage unit for storing the fax signal received by the receiving unit.

According to an additional aspect of the present invention, a fax transmission system using an e-mail according to the present invention further comprises a conversion unit for converting the fax file included in the fax signal received by the server module into a predetermined graphic file. Including; The e-mail generating unit may be configured to generate an e-mail by attaching the graphic file converted by the converting unit to the e-mail contents created.

According to an additional aspect of the present invention, the fax transmission system using the e-mail according to the present invention is characterized in that the e-mail content generated by the e-mail generating unit of the server module includes an Internet advertisement.

According to an additional aspect of the present invention, a fax transmission system using an e-mail according to the present invention is characterized in that the Internet advertisement links a predetermined site.

According to an additional aspect of the present invention, a fax transmission system using an e-mail according to the present invention is characterized in that the receiving unit receives only a fax signal received by a fax of a user registered through a predetermined homepage.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art can easily understand and reproduce the present invention.

1 is a block diagram of a fax transmission system using e-mail according to the present invention.

In the fax transmission system using the e-mail according to the present invention, the local relay module 300 is connected to the DID line 200 connected to the telephone station 100, and the local relay module 300 and the server module 400 are connected to each other. It is connected.

The local relay module 300 generates and outputs an identification code from the recipient fax number included in the fax signal transmitted to the DID line 200 through the telephone station 100.

The server module 400 receives an identification code from the local relay module 300 and transmits an e-mail including the contents of a fax to an e-mail address assigned to the identification code.

Specifically, the local relay module 300 includes a receiver 301, an identification code generator 302, a code database 303, a signal analyzer 304, and a transmitter 305. .

The receiver 301 receives a fax signal sent to at least one or more facsimile through the DID line 200. That is, the receiver 301 receives the fax signal transmitted to the DID line 200 through the telephone station 100.

On the other hand, the receiving unit 301 may be able to receive only the fax signal sent to the fax of the user registered through the predetermined homepage, the service provider side can create a predetermined profit through the membership. The technology for receiving only the fax signal received by the user's facsimile registered through the predetermined homepage searches the predetermined member database for the fax receiver number included in the fax signal, and determines whether the correspondence is matched. You only need to receive fax signals from the number.

The identification code generator 302 searches the code database 303 from the fax receiver number included in the fax signal received by the receiver 301 to generate an identification code corresponding to the fax receiver number. For example, if a fax sender sends a fax to 3567-0363, the telephone company 100 determines which fax signal is going from 3567-0 and passes the 363 to the corresponding DID line 200. If it is assumed that 100 is assigned to the code database 303 as a code corresponding to the 363, the identification code generator 302 searches the code database 303 to identify the fax receiver number 363. Output code 100

The code database 303 stores the fax receiver numbers connected to the corresponding DID line 200 and the identification codes assigned thereto, respectively. For example, fax recipient number 363 assigns an identification code of 100, fax recipient number 727 assigns an identification code of 111, and fax recipient number 127 assigns an identification code of 112 to each of the fax recipient numbers connected to the corresponding DID (200) line. Save the assigned identification code.

The signal analyzer 304 extracts the fax caller information and the fax file from the fax signal received by the receiver 301. That is, the signal analysis unit 304 extracts the fax caller information and the fax file from the fax signal including the fax caller number, the date and time of the fax transmission, the contents of the fax, the fax receiver number, and the error confirmation code.

The transmitter 305 outputs the identification code generated by the identification code generator 303, the fax caller information and the fax file generated by the signal analyzer 304. In other words, the transmitter 305 is a server module to display the identification code, the fax caller information and the fax file output by the identification code generator 303 and the signal analyzer 304 from the fax signal received by the receiver 301. Send to 400.

The server module 400 includes a receiving unit 401, an e-mail address selecting unit 402, an e-mail database 403, an e-mail generating unit 404, a transmitting unit 405, The storage unit 406 and the conversion unit 407 are included.

The receiving unit 401 receives the identification code, the fax caller information and the fax file output from the transmitting unit 305 of the local relay module 300. For example, assuming that a fax file having an identification code 100, a fax sender information 332-4570, and a fax content is output from the transmitter 305 of the local relay module 300, the transmitter 305 receives it.

The e-mail address selection unit 402 searches the e-mail database 403 and selects an e-mail address corresponding to the identification code received by the receiving unit 401. For example, if the identification code received by the receiving unit 401 is 100, and the identification code and the e-mail address assigned thereto are stored in the e-mail database 403 as msoftech@hotmail.com, The e-mail address selection unit 402 searches the e-mail database 403 from the received identification code 100 and selects and outputs the e-mail address msoftech@hotmail.com assigned to the identification code 100.

The e-mail generating unit 404 creates a predetermined e-mail content including the fax sender information and the fax file received by the receiving unit 401, and is selected by the e-mail address selection unit 402. Create an email with the email address as the recipient address. For example, assuming that the fax caller information received by the receiving unit 404 is 332-4570 and the e-mail address selected by the e-mail address selecting unit 402 is msoftech@hotmail.com, the e The mail generating unit 404 creates a predetermined email content using a software automatic email generation scripter, for example, an email content including a fax sender information as shown in FIG. And attach or attach the fax file to the e-mail content in HTML manner, and generate an e-mail with msoftech@hotmail.com as the e-mail address of the recipient.

In the above, the fax file is transmitted in the G3 protocol method, and since it is a graphic file itself, a software function of decode and output it in the recipient's e-mail receiving tool is installed through the computer of the fax receiver. can see. Since a technique for displaying a fax file on a computer is already known and variously implemented, a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

Meanwhile, the e-mail contents generated by the e-mail generating unit 404 may include internet advertisements such as a predetermined banner bar, a video advertisement, a voice advertisement, and the like to link a predetermined site. You may.

In other words, when the fax contents are sent to the fax recipient through e-mail, an advertisement effect can be created by inserting advertisements into the fax contents, thereby creating a new profit model.

The transmitter 405 transmits the e-mail generated by the e-mail generator 404 to the mail server of the corresponding fax receiver via a network.

For example, the recipient's address is msoftech@hotmail.com, and the e-mail with the fax file attached is sent to the mail server of hotmail.com using SMTP (Simple Mail Transmission Protocol), and the e-mail tool of the recipient's computer. Is received.

The storage unit 406 stores the fax signal received by the receiving unit 401. The storage unit 406 stores the fax signal received by the receiving unit 401 for a predetermined period of time in order to recover data when an e-mail transmission fails through the transmitting unit 405.

The conversion unit 407 converts the fax file included in the fax signal received by the reception unit 401 into a predetermined graphic file. The fax signal received by the receiver 401 by the G3 method is itself in the form of a graphic file, and this file is converted into a general graphic file, for example, BMP, JPG, TIF, or the like through software conversion. The above-described graphic conversion technology is already known and implemented in various ways, detailed description will be omitted since it is determined that the range out of the scope of the present invention.

Accordingly, in the fax transmission system using the e-mail according to the present invention, as shown in FIG. 2, in the receiving of the fax signal (S100), the local area relays the fax signal received by at least one fax connected to the DID line 200. Received through the receiving unit 301 of the module 300, in the code generation step (S110) through the identification code generator 302 retrieves the code database from the fax recipient number included in the received fax signal to the corresponding fax Generates an identification code corresponding to the recipient number, extracts the fax sender information and the fax file from the fax signal through the signal analysis unit 304 in the signal analysis step (S120), and transmits the identification code through the transmission step (S130). And, outputting the fax caller information and the fax file to the server module 400 through the transmitting unit 305, and the server module 400 receives it through the receiving unit 401 in the receiving step S200, and the e-mail. In the address selection step (S210), the e-mail database 403 is searched through the e-mail address selection unit 402 to select an e-mail address corresponding to the identification code, and an e-mail generation step (S220). In the e-mail generation unit 404, a predetermined e-mail content including the fax sender information and the fax file is created, and the e-mail address selected by the e-mail address selection unit is set as the recipient address. By generating an e-mail to be transmitted to the network through the transmission unit 405 in the e-mail transmission step (S230) it can be received by the corresponding fax recipient via the e-mail fax signal.

In addition, in the e-mail generation step (S220), it is possible to provide a fax service through an e-mail with an advertising effect by including the Internet advertisement in the e-mail content, and in the receiving of the fax signal (S100) By providing a fax reception service through e-mail to a member subscribed through the homepage, a predetermined profit can be generated through a membership system, thereby achieving the object of the present invention.

In the fax transmission system using the e-mail according to the present invention as described above, a fax corresponding to an identification code assigned to a recipient fax number included in a fax signal transmitted through a direct inward dialing (DID) line. By sending e-mail including fax sender information and fax files to the recipient's e-mail address, the fax recipient can receive the fax contents conveniently and easily by e-mail. The advertisement effect can be created by including the advertisement in the e-mail, and the economic profit can be generated by providing a service of sending a fax using e-mail in exchange for charging a predetermined fee to the members subscribed through the predetermined homepage. Has a useful effect.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to the accompanying drawings, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications may be made therein without departing from the scope of the invention, which is covered by the following claims.

Claims (10)

A receiving unit for receiving a fax signal sent to at least one or more facsimile via an extension line (DID) line; An identification code generator for searching a code database from a fax receiver number included in the fax signal received by the receiver to generate an identification code corresponding to the fax receiver number; A signal analyzer for extracting fax caller information and a fax file from the fax signal received by the receiver; A transmitter for outputting an identification code generated by the identification code generator, fax caller information and a fax file generated by the signal analyzer; The regional relay module includes: A receiving unit for receiving an identification code, a fax caller information, and a fax file output from a transmitting unit of the local relay module; an e-mail address selection unit for searching an e-mail database and selecting an e-mail address corresponding to the identification code received by the receiving unit; E-mail for generating predetermined e-mail contents including the fax sender information and the fax file received by the receiving unit, and generating an e-mail having the e-mail address selected by the e-mail address selection unit as the recipient address; A mail generating unit; A transmitter for transmitting an e-mail generated by the e-mail generator to a corresponding mail server through a network; The server module includes: Fax transmission system using an e-mail, characterized in that it comprises. The method of claim 1, The server module: And a storage unit for storing the fax signal received by the receiving unit. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The server module: A conversion unit for converting the fax file included in the fax signal received by the reception unit into a predetermined graphic file; And generating an e-mail by attaching the graphic file converted by the converting unit to the e-mail contents created by the e-mail generating unit. The method according to claim 1 or 2, E-mail content generated by the e-mail generating unit of the server module Fax transmission system using an e-mail, characterized in that the Internet advertising. The method of claim 3, wherein E-mail content generated by the e-mail generating unit of the server module Fax transmission system using an e-mail, characterized in that the Internet advertising. The method of claim 4, wherein And a fax transmission system using an e-mail, wherein the internet advertisement links a predetermined site. The method of claim 5, And a fax transmission system using an e-mail, wherein the internet advertisement links a predetermined site. The method according to any one of claims 1 or 2 or 5 or 6 or 7, And the receiving unit receives only a fax signal received by a fax of a user registered through a predetermined homepage. The method of claim 3, wherein And the receiving unit receives only a fax signal received by a fax of a user registered through a predetermined homepage. The method of claim 4, wherein And the receiving unit receives only a fax signal received by a fax of a user registered through a predetermined homepage.