KR20060063484A - Method for printing facsimile data - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for printing a fax, comprising the steps of: storing at least one fax number input by a user as a phone book; Receiving fax data; Determining whether the received fax number of the received fax machine matches one of fax numbers stored in the phone book; And printing the fax data when the fax numbers coincide with each other as a result of the determination. Thereby, it is possible to print only the fax data of the calling party that matches the fax number stored in the phone book by the user.

Fax, Print, Spam, Memory, Phonebook

Description

Printing method of fax data {Method for Printing Facsimile Data}

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a fax to which the present invention is applied;

2 is a flow chart of the present invention,

3 is a view for explaining the operation of the present invention.

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

10: input unit 20: control unit

30: display portion 40: printing portion

50: modem 60: ROM

70: RAM 80: Storage

The present invention relates to a method for printing a fax, and more particularly, to a method for selectively printing fax data.

A facsimile (hereinafter referred to as a facsimile) is an apparatus for transmitting / receiving information expressed on paper in an image format, and uses a telephone line for facsimile communication.

However, in the use of a fax, unlike a regular telephone, the received fax data is automatically printed even if it is not desired by the user. Similarly, if you enter a wrong number to dial, it will automatically be faxed to that number. Therefore, there is a problem that there is no way to prevent the output of the fax data randomly sent from the sender side, such as spam fax.

In order to solve this problem, conventionally, a technique has been proposed in which a user inputs a fax number to be rejected as a spam fax list and does not print the fax data when receiving a fax data from a sender side fax belonging to the spam fax list. There is a bar. However, even in such a case, since fax data received from a fax other than a spam fax number stored directly as a rejection target is automatically output, the spam fax may not be completely blocked.

Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a printing method of fax data which can prevent automatic output of fax data which is not desired by a user.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a method for selectively printing fax data, the method comprising the steps of: storing one or more fax numbers entered by a user into a phone book;

Receiving fax data; Determining whether the received fax number of the received fax machine matches one of fax numbers stored in the phone book; And printing the fax data when the fax numbers match each other as a result of the determination.

Here, the method may further include storing the fax data when the fax numbers do not coincide with each other. In addition, the method may further include printing or deleting the stored fax data according to a user's selection.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail with respect to the present invention.

In the configuration of the fax to which the present invention is applied, as shown in the block diagram of FIG. 1, an input unit 10, a control unit 20, a display unit 30, a printing unit 40, and a modem 50 corresponding to a communication port are provided. It is provided, in addition to the ROM 60, RAM 70 and the storage unit 80.

The input unit 10 generates an input signal in response to a user's operation. The controller 20 controls each device by processing a signal input through the input unit 10. The display unit 30 displays the display contents transmitted from the control unit 20. The printing unit 40 is controlled by the control unit 20 to print the fax data received from the modem 50. The ROM 60 includes a program for operating the entire system, and the RAM 70 provides an area in which fax data received through the modem 50 is stored under the control of the controller 20. On the other hand, the storage unit 80 provides an area in which the user can input the fax number desired to receive.

Briefly looking at the operation of the fax according to the configuration as described above, the fax data received via the modem 50 is stored in the RAM 70 under the control of the control unit 20. Then, the printing unit 40 prints the fax data stored in the RAM 70 under the control of the control unit 20. In addition, the control unit 20 displays the operation state of the fax on the display unit 30.

On the other hand, an embodiment of the fax data printing method according to the present invention applied to the above configuration will be described with reference to Figs. First, when a user inputs a fax number of one or more counterparts to be received through the input unit 10, the controller 20 lists the fax numbers in the storage unit 80 as a phone book and stores the fax numbers. S10). Here, the phone book (Phone-book) refers to a fax number stored in the fax for the user to send / receive frequently.

In this state, when the fax receives data from another fax through the modem 50 (S20), the control unit 20 first checks whether the sending fax machine matches one of the numbers stored in the phonebook of the storage unit 80. Check (S30). If the check result matches the stored number of the phone book, the received fax data is sent to the printing unit 40 to print (S40). On the other hand, if none of the numbers stored in the phonebook matches the calling party number, the received fax data is regarded as a spam fax and stored in the RAM 70 without being output.

Meanwhile, the controller 20 stores the calling party's fax number of the fax data stored in the RAM 70 in the same manner as described above and displays the same through the display unit 30 when a user request is made. That is, when the calling party fax number of the stored fax data is requested from the user through the input unit 10, the calling party fax numbers stored through the display unit 30 are listed and displayed. The user inquires the stored fax list and outputs the fax data to the number determined to be necessary data, and if the data is determined to be unnecessary, the user deletes the fax data.

On the other hand, in the above embodiment, the fax data of the calling party having a number not stored in the phone book in the storage unit 80 is configured to be stored in the RAM 70. Can also be set.

As described above, according to the method for printing fax data according to the present invention, it is possible to prevent the automatic output of fax data that the user does not want by allowing the user to print only the fax data of the calling party that matches the fax number stored in the phone book.

In addition, according to the method for printing fax data according to the present invention, even if the calling party's fax number does not match with the phone book's fax number, the fax data is stored and the user can print or delete the fax. You can cope with it.

Claims (3)

In the method for selectively printing fax data, Storing at least one fax number entered by the user as a phone book; Receiving fax data; Determining whether the received fax number of the received fax machine matches one of fax numbers stored in the phone book; And And printing the fax data when the fax numbers coincide with each other as a result of the determination. The method of claim 1, And storing the fax data when the fax numbers do not coincide with each other as a result of the determination. The method of claim 2, And printing or deleting the stored fax data according to a user's selection.

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