JPH1127418A - Communication terminal with electronic mail function - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable an investigation of cause for a trouble occurrence, preparation of a script, set change of a user ID and a password or the like to be executed without a personal computer by displaying a response from a network to a signal transmission to the network and transmitting a signal to the network on the basis of an inputted character. SOLUTION: A main control part 1 displays a response from a network in an exchange with the network and, when characters such as a script, a user ID, a password or the like are inputted, an exchange is performed with the network on the basis of those characters. Also a performance procedure of a facsimile equipment in the exchange with the network on the basis of inputted characters is displayed, stored in an RAM 7 in accordance with an instruction from a user and data is transmitted to the network in the performance procedure stored in the RAM 7 by an operation of a program one touch key to which the performance procedure is allocated. Thus, a response from the network is displayed and, when the characters are inputted, a signal is transmitted to the network.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a communication terminal device such as a facsimile device having a function of connecting to electronic mail.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, a computer communication network which connects a local computer communication network with a communication line and distributes e-mail via a networked Internet or the like has become widespread. The computer communication network has an excellent error correction function and can communicate with computers not only in Japan but also abroad simply by paying the communication cost to the nearest provider (a connection company to the computer communication network).

[0003] The communication procedure and communication system of the conventional G3 facsimile apparatus are different from those of the computer communication network.
Cannot directly connect to computer communication network. However, even image data such as a transmission original can be transmitted to a computer communication network by converting the image data into an electronic mail format.

When transmitting image data converted into an electronic mail format to such a computer communication network, a call is made to a telephone number of a provider and prior to sending the mail,
You must log in to the network by entering the user ID and password given when you signed up with the provider. The user ID and password can be registered in the facsimile machine in advance, and the user can automatically log in to the facsimile machine.

[0005] When the user ID and password registered in the facsimile machine are changed due to cancellation of the provider, contract with a new provider, or the like, or when a failure occurs in the communication with the network, the user and the maintenance worker are required. Connect a personal computer (hereinafter referred to as a personal computer) to the facsimile machine, change the user ID and password settings with the personal computer, and investigate the cause of the failure. Depending on the cause, the communication procedure stored in the facsimile machine A script of a different communication procedure is created on a personal computer, and the script is stored in a facsimile machine and executed.

[0006]

Therefore, when a conventional facsimile machine is installed in an environment without a personal computer,
In addition, when the PC is being used for other tasks, it is necessary to investigate the cause of the failure, maintain the script, etc.
Settings cannot be changed.

[0007] The present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and displays a response from the network in exchange with the network, and displays a script,
By accepting input of characters such as user ID and password, and performing communication with the network based on the input characters, investigating the cause of failures in communication with the network, creating scripts, setting user IDs and passwords It is an object of the present invention to provide a communication terminal device with an e-mail function such as a facsimile device in which a change or the like can be performed without a personal computer.

[0008]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a communication terminal device having an electronic mail function, comprising: a communication terminal device having an electronic mail communication function; It is characterized by comprising means for receiving input of a character and means for sending a signal to a network based on the input character.

In the first invention, a response from the network to a signal transmission to the network is displayed, and when characters such as a script, an ID, and a password are input, a signal is transmitted to the network based on the input characters. I do. Therefore, it is possible to investigate the cause of the occurrence of a failure in the communication with the network, create a script, change the settings of the user ID and the password, etc. without using a personal computer.

A communication terminal device with an electronic mail function according to a second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the first aspect, displays means for displaying an execution procedure for transmitting a signal to a network based on input characters,
A memory and means for storing the execution procedure in the memory are provided.

In the second invention, the execution procedure of the facsimile apparatus for transmitting a signal to the network based on the input characters is displayed, and the user and the maintenance worker monitor the displayed execution procedure and store it in the memory. Therefore, the user and the maintenance worker can confirm the execution procedure of the apparatus and then store it in the memory.

A communication terminal device with an electronic mail function according to a third aspect of the present invention, in addition to the features of the second aspect, is assigned to the key by means of a key, means for assigning the execution procedure to the key, and operation of the key. Means for sending a signal to the network in the execution procedure.

In the third invention, the execution procedure stored in the memory in the second invention is assigned to a key, and a signal is transmitted to the network according to the execution procedure by operating the key. Therefore, the operation for re-executing the same execution procedure is easy.

[0014]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a facsimile apparatus as a communication terminal apparatus with an electronic mail function according to the present invention. In the embodiment of the present invention, the Internet is used as a computer communication network. The main control unit 1 not only controls each component of the hardware of the apparatus through a bus, but also converts the image data of the original into MH, MR, MMR based on the software stored in the ROM 6.
Communication procedures including encoding / decoding to encode or decode according to encoding methods such as image (TIFF) conversion, binary text conversion, mail editing, modem switching, RS232C control by AT command, etc. Run the software.

In the present embodiment, the main control unit 1 displays a response from the network in the exchange with the network, and when a character such as a script, a user ID, and a password is input, the main control unit 1 displays the response based on the input character. Perform network interactions. Further, the execution procedure of the facsimile apparatus in the exchange with the network based on the input characters is displayed, and the execution procedure is stored in the RAM 7 in accordance with an instruction from the user. By operating the one-touch key, data is transmitted to the network according to the execution procedure stored in the RAM 7.

In image conversion, at the time of transmission, G3 format image data is converted into TIFF (Tagged Image File Format), which is a general image format used in computers, and at the time of reception, TIFF to G3 format image data is converted. Convert to TIFF is published by Adobe Systems, and defines various Classes that handle not only black and white binary but also black and white multi-valued and full color. One of them, CLASS F, defines G3 format image data, which is image data of a manuscript in which image data of the manuscript is encoded by an encoding method such as MH, MR, or MMR. Therefore,
It can be converted to TIFF by adding TIFF header information of CLASS F to the head of G3 format image data.

In the binary text conversion, binary data is converted to text data at the time of transmission, and text data is converted to binary data at the time of reception. There are computers on the Internet that cannot handle binary data e-mail. When transmitting binary data such as TIFF image data, the data is first converted to text data so that the e-mail reaches the destination. Text data handled on the Internet
It is defined as a 7-bit code in RFC (Request For Comments) 822, a document issued by the IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force).

Therefore, MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mai)
l Extensions) is converted using base64 etc. According to this, 6-bit binary data is 64 characters (uppercase, lowercase alphabet, numbers, +, /)
And can be converted to text data. MIME is specified in RFC1521.

In the mail editing, at the time of transmission, mail header information is added to the TIFF image data converted to text data to edit the data into an electronic mail format, and at the time of reception, the mail header information is removed from the data in the electronic mail format, and Extracts only TIFF image data converted to data. Since it is specified that predetermined header information is added to e-mail on the Internet as e-mail management information, the "From: (user's Internet e-mail address) ) ”,“ To: (Internet e-mail address of the other party) ”,“ Subject: (title) ”, etc.

The reading section 2 reads an original by using a CCD or the like, and outputs image data of a black and white binary original. The recording unit 3 includes an electrophotographic printer or the like, and records image data of a document received from another G3 facsimile machine or the Internet, and a history of exchanges with a network executed by direct input of characters.

The display unit 4 is provided with a display such as a liquid crystal display (abbreviated as LCD). The display unit 4 operates the apparatus, image data of the original, in this embodiment, a response from the network in the exchange with the network, Display the entered script, user ID, password, etc. The LCD displays an icon of a key for setting the device to a user ID and password registration mode.

The operation unit 5 includes a cursor key, a cancel key, and a ten-key / one-touch key used when editing a directly input character string, in addition to a ten-key, one-touch key, and a program one-touch key necessary for operating the apparatus. The dial input key and other various modes such as a dial option key for switching the input mode by the user to one of the mode for instructing the display of the e-mail address and facsimile number registered on these keys on the display and the direct input mode for the e-mail address It has function keys and the like.

The one-touch key is used to select a mail address, a facsimile number, or a direct entry mode for alphabets and symbols, depending on whether or not a dial option key is pressed when a broadcast destination is registered. And a mode for instructing display of a facsimile number on a display.

The one-touch key is a key group for registering one mail address or facsimile number in one key, and the program one-touch key is one group of a plurality of mail addresses or facsimile numbers or a mixture thereof. And a group of keys for specifying the broadcast destination with one key operation.
Contents to be executed by the facsimile apparatus in exchange with the network based on characters such as a directly input script, user ID, and password can be registered.

The ROM 6 stores software necessary for the operation of the facsimile machine. The RAM 7 is composed of an SRAM, a flash memory, or the like, and stores temporary data generated when executing software. In this embodiment, RA
M7 associates the execution procedure of the facsimile apparatus in the communication with the network based on the characters directly input by the one-touch key and the numeric keypad with data such as the key number of the program one-touch key to which the execution procedure is assigned. To remember.

The image memory 8 is composed of a DRAM or the like, and stores image data of a document. The modem 9 is a modem for performing facsimile communication of image data of a document read by the reading unit 2 and has no data communication function. The data modem 10 is, for example, a modem for data communication for communicating image data of a document converted into an electronic mail via the Internet, and includes, for example, an external telephone terminal provided on a chip of the NCU 11 and a telephone. And a serial port of an external I / F 12 for connection to a personal computer or the like, and an RS232C connection. NCU
11 closes and opens the analog line.

Next, the procedure in the manual mode in the communication terminal device with the electronic mail function of the present invention will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The user operates the dial option key to set the apparatus to a manual mode in which characters such as a script, a user ID, and a password are directly input (step S1). When a call is made to the telephone number of the provider's access point (step S2), a response from the provider requesting input of a user ID and password for login is displayed on the LCD (step S3).

In response to this input request, the user
D. When the user manually logs in by directly entering the password characters (step S4), a response from the network such as notification of the success or failure of the login is displayed on the LCD (step S5). Note that the user ID entered directly,
The password is stored in the RAM 7 by touching the registration key icon displayed on the LCD.

When the login is successful, when the apparatus executes a predetermined command or the like based on the script of the communication procedure created by the user or the software of the communication procedure stored in the ROM 6, each time the apparatus exchanges with the network,
The response from the network is displayed on the LCD. (Step S6).

[0030]

The communication terminal device with an e-mail function according to the first invention displays a response from the network in response to a signal sent to the network, and when a character such as a script, an ID or a password is input, the character is input. Since the signal is transmitted to the network based on the characters, the excellent effect that the cause of the trouble occurrence in the communication with the network, the creation of the script, the setting change of the user ID and the password, and the like can be performed without a personal computer can be obtained.

In the communication terminal device with an e-mail function according to the second invention, the execution procedure of the facsimile apparatus for transmitting a signal to the network based on the input characters is displayed, and the user and the maintenance worker execute the displayed execution procedure. Since the data is monitored and stored in the memory, there is an excellent effect that the user and the maintenance worker can store the data in the memory after confirming the execution procedure of the apparatus.

In the communication terminal device with the e-mail function of the third invention, the execution procedure stored in the memory is assigned to the key, and a signal is transmitted to the network according to the execution procedure by operating the key. There is an excellent effect that the operation for re-execution is easy.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a communication terminal device with an e-mail function of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a procedure in a manual mode in the communication terminal device with an e-mail function of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Main control unit 4 Display unit 5 Operation unit 6 ROM 7 RAM 10 Data modem 12 External I / F

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A communication terminal device having an e-mail communication function, a means for displaying a response from a network to a signal transmission to a network, a means for receiving an input of characters, and a connection to a network based on the input characters. A communication terminal device with an e-mail function, comprising: means for transmitting a signal. 2. The e-mail function according to claim 1, further comprising: means for displaying an execution procedure for sending a signal to a network based on the input character; a memory; and means for storing the execution procedure in the memory. Communication terminal device. 3. The apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising: a key; means for assigning the execution procedure to the key; and means for transmitting a signal to the network in accordance with the execution procedure assigned to the key by operating the key. Communication terminal device with e-mail function.