KR100666395B1 - Fax transmission system and method using wireless mobile communication terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a fax transmission system and method using a wireless mobile communication terminal, comprising: a mobile communication terminal, a base station transmitting a signal transmitted from the mobile communication terminal, a website connected to the mobile communication terminal, and a wireless communication network. A method for providing a fax service using a system including a facsimile, the method comprising: displaying information provided by the website on a screen of the mobile communication terminal through an internet network, and executing a fax transmission service according to a user's request. Send web information displayed on the screen. Then, the web information is received through the base station, and the type of service selected by the user and the IP of the facsimile to be transmitted are determined from the web information. The facsimile machine converts the web information into fax data, transmits the image, and image the fax data. To transmit and receive the fax data from the fax.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the present invention enables the user to output the web information displayed on the mobile communication terminal to the facsimile selected by the user in real time, and the user information and the advertisement information to the web information output through the remote facsimile By being included, to meet the needs of users and to provide more advertising opportunities to advertisers.

Fax, mobile communication, advertising, image addition

Description

FAX TRANSMISSION SYSTEM USING A MOBILE STATION AND METHOD THEREOF

1 is a block diagram of a fax transmission system using a wireless mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a schematic block diagram of a wireless communication mobile communication in a fax transmission system using a wireless mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is an operation flowchart of a fax transmission system using a wireless mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The present invention relates to a fax transmission system and method using a wireless mobile communication terminal, and more particularly, to a fax transmission system and method for outputting information retrieved by a wireless mobile phone (handphone) through a fax machine at a remote location.

At present, the Internet is becoming popular, and Internet users are provided with desired information and services provided by websites by accessing web sites existing on the Internet.

In general, the Internet is generally accessed through a wired communication network using a PC equipped with a web browser. However, in order to satisfy the needs of Internet users, mobile internet terminals can be accessed through a wireless communication network.

As a result, a user having a wireless mobile communication terminal equipped with a web browser can access the Internet network and receive information from a website.

However, the current wireless mobile communication terminal is difficult to process the information provided by the Internet or the Internet website compared to the general PC.

Among the information retrieved through the existing wireless mobile communication terminal, the user received the information using the bookmark function, it was difficult to receive information other than this bookmark function.

The fax function is added as part of the Unified Messaging System (hereinafter referred to as 'UMS: unified messaging system') function, but the fax function is related to the fax reception function. To be received.

Therefore, the use of the information of the website using the conventional wireless mobile communication terminal has a very limited problem, and thus there is a problem that does not satisfy the needs of the user.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to solve such a conventional problem, and an object thereof is to receive data as if printing information of a website searched through a wireless mobile communication terminal.                         

In addition, an object of the present invention is to image the information of the website retrieved by the wireless mobile communication terminal so that the information desired by the user is included in the website information and output as a fax.

Fax transmission system using a wireless mobile communication terminal according to a feature of the present invention for achieving the above technical problem,
In a system comprising a mobile communication terminal, a base station for transmitting a signal transmitted from the mobile communication terminal, a website connected to the mobile communication terminal, and a facsimile connected to a wireless communication network,
Receives a fax transmission request signal and web information output from the mobile communication terminal through the base station, determines the type and transmission path of the received signal, and converts the web information into fax data in the determined path and transmits the signal type / Path determination server;
A fax transmission router for transmitting the data signal of the mobile communication terminal output from the signal type / path determination server to a fax requested by the mobile communication terminal;
A fax image processing server for receiving fax data transmitted from the fax transmission router and imaging the received fax data; And

And a fax data output server for transmitting the imaged fax data received from the fax image processing server to the corresponding fax.

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In this case, when the fax image processing server receives the fax data signal from the fax transmission router, the fax image processing server reads its own stored image file in the set order and adds the read image file to the beginning and the end of the fax data. In this case, the operation of adding an image file in the fax image processing server may be performed every time fax data is received, or may be performed when an image addition request signal is received from the mobile communication terminal.

The image file added by the facsimile image processing server may be any image file selected by a program stored therein, and may be an image file designated by a signal received from the mobile communication terminal.

The image file may be advertisement information and / or text information selected by a user and transmitted through the mobile communication terminal.

In the above description, the mobile communication terminal executes a web browser according to a user's request, requests an Internet connection unit for accessing a predetermined website connected to the Internet network, requests IP information of the user Emily, and displays the information on the screen using the input IP of the facsimile. And a fax service unit for controlling the web page to be transmitted, and an image adding unit for providing an image adding service to the user and transmitting image information selected by the user.

On the other hand, the fax transmission method using a wireless mobile communication terminal for achieving the above technical problem,
What is claimed is: 1. A method of providing a fax service using a system including a mobile communication terminal, a base station transmitting a signal transmitted from the mobile communication terminal, a website connected to the mobile communication terminal, and a facsimile connected to a wireless communication network.
A first step of receiving web information transmitted from the mobile communication terminal to a fax transmission service; And
A second step of receiving the web information through the base station and determining an IP of a facsimile to be transmitted;
Converting the web information into fax data; And

And a fourth step of imaging the fax data and transmitting it to the facsimile of the determined IP.

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In the above, the second step is to set the mode of the mobile communication terminal to the fax transmission mode, inputting the telephone number of the fax to be transmitted, and packetizing the web information displayed on the screen and the telephone number of the fax. Transmitting in a signal.

In this case, the second step may include providing an image adding service according to a user's request in a state in which a fax transmission mode is set, selecting an image type in response to the user's request, and receiving a packet signal for the selected image type. Included in the transmission step.

In the fourth step, if the user of the mobile communication terminal has requested to add an image, it is preferable that the user's information and advertisement information are added as image data at the beginning and the end of the received fax data.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram of a fax transmission system using a wireless mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in Figure 1, the fax transmission system using a wireless mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention,

Mobile communication terminal 100, web server 200, base station A, persNET system 300, fax service router 400, fax service image processing server 500, fax transmission server 600, and fax ( 700).

Here, the mobile communication terminal 100 is provided with a web browser that can connect to the Internet network, and provides a facsimile transmission service and an image addition service to the user.

In more detail, as shown in FIG. 2, the mobile communication terminal 100 executes a web browser in response to a user's request, accesses the Internet network, and transmits a URL resource signal of TCP / IP to a website of a URL input by the user. Internet connection 110 for transmitting the fax, setting the fax mode according to the user's request, requesting the input of the number of the fax to be transmitted, and faxing the web information (part or whole set by the user) displayed on the display 130 Fax service unit 120, the display unit 130 of the LCD screen for displaying information received from the outside, including a website, and the image addition unit 140 for providing an image addition service to add an image to the transmitted data It includes.

Here, the image adding unit 140 provides a service for writing user information and a service for selecting how to display the user information according to a user's request. It can be a configuration.

If there is no image adding unit 140, the fax service image processing server 500 automatically reads an arbitrary image file (advertisement or corporate logo, etc.) and adds it to the fax data whenever fax data is received. desirable.

However, when the image adding unit 140 is configured, the fax service image processing server 500 preferably attaches an image file only when an image adding request signal is received from the image adding unit 140, and the image adding unit 140 is attached. Receiving the text information via < RTI ID = 0.0 >

 The web server 200 provides content information in response to a request of the mobile communication terminal 10 connected to the Internet network.

The persNET system 300 receives the output of the mobile communication terminal 100 received through the base station A, determines the receiving terminal (fax, telephone, etc.) requested by the mobile communication terminal 100, and the mobile communication terminal 100. Determination of the type of service requested by the MS and change to a data format corresponding to the service determined by the data to be transmitted are performed.

That is, persNET (300) is a system that performs an unified messaging system (UMS) with a switch, and various formats (plain, text, formatted text, image, voice, etc) delivered through E-mail, Fax, and Voice Mail. It is easy to receive and provide the information of anytime, anywhere, converts between various information formats, and generates data of various formats as a single information to provide a service providing form (voice, SMS, lonD, E-mail) is a system that can support various things. The services performed by this persNET (300) are data management, email / fax reception and error notification, email or voice mail, message service via CyberNet (lonD), email service via web, fax service Provision, Fax to Email, Email to Fax, Voice to Email service, Email Decoding, Linkage with other systems.

 The fax service router 400 receives the fax data transmitted from the persNET 300 and the fax telephone number through TCP / IP, and transmits the received fax data to the fax service image processing server 500.

The fax service image processing server 500 converts the fax data transmitted from the fax service router 400 into an image for fax transmission and transmits the image to the fax transmission server 600. At this time, the fax service image processing server 500, when the user of the terminal 100 requests that the user's information to be displayed according to the corresponding format through the image service, and reads the signal for this from the received fax data, and judges, The user's information is added to the header or tail of the fax data in accordance with the determined display format. Then, the advertisement information of one of the stored advertisement information is read according to the selected selection method and added to the opposite side to which the user information is added, that is, the head portion or the end portion.

The fax transmission server 600 receives the imaged fax data from the fax service image processing server 500, outputs the received fax data as a facsimile of the transmission destination, and after the transmission to the facsimile is completed, the persNET 300 or the fax. When the service image processing server 500 requests the transmission result for the terminated messages, the result information is transmitted to the persNET 300 through the fax service router 400.

The result information is transmitted from the persNET 300 to the mobile communication terminal 100 again, so that the user can check the transmission result.

On the other hand, the facsimile 700 outputs the fax information transmitted from the fax transmission server 600 in a print format.

1 is a configuration according to an embodiment for explaining the features of the present invention, but not all of the present invention. The image adding unit 140 of the mobile communication terminal 100 is executed when the user selects an image adding service to include text information input by the user in the facsimile data, and the text information is user personal information. And a combination of characters supported by the mobile communication terminal.

Hereinafter, a fax transmission method using a wireless mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3. 3 is an operation flowchart of a fax transmission system using a wireless mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 3, a user of the mobile communication terminal 100 operates the terminal 100 to access the corresponding web site 200 through the Internet network. In this case, the terminal 100 transmits a URL resource signal to a WAP (gateway) server (not shown) through the mobile communication network, and converts the output of the terminal 100 into a protocol suitable for the Internet network by the WAP server. Transmit to (S100).

As a result, the user may request information from the web server 100 and check the requested information through the display unit 130 of the terminal 100 (S200).

In this state, when the user selects some or all of the displayed web information and then operates the terminal 100 to select the fax service, the fax service unit 120 of the terminal 100 enters the fax mode at the user's request. It determines the data to be transferred and transmits, and requests the input of the telephone number of the remote terminal to be transmitted, that is, the fax.

When the user enters the fax's telephone number and presses the fax transmission button (not shown), the terminal 100 transmits the web information selected by the user (including the fax telephone number information) to the persNET 300 (S300 and S400). .

Here, the user of the terminal 100 operates the terminal 100 before pressing the fax transmission button to request the image adding unit 140 to add an image, and fill in his information, that is, his name and address. It is possible to include their information in the transmitted web information (S500).

Then, the information transmitted from the terminal 100 is transmitted to the persNET (300) through the base station (A), the persNET (300) receives this to determine the type of the received information to determine the fax service request.

Accordingly, the persNET 300 converts the received web information into fax data, determines the IP of the facsimile as the fax number of the facsimile included in the web information, and transmits the fax data of the web information to the facsimile of the determined IP. It transmits to the fax service router 400 through a public switched telephone network (S600, S1100).

The fax service router 400 transmits the received fax data to the fax service image processing server 500, and the fax service image processing server 500 images the received fax data for fax output. In this case, when the user of the terminal 100 requests the addition of the image, the fax service image processing server 500 adds the user's information to the head of the fax data, and adds one of the self-stored advertisement data to the end of the fax data. Add and transmit (S700, S800).

On the other hand, if the user of the terminal 100 does not make an image addition request, it transmits the imaged fax data to the fax transmission server 600 without performing the image addition operation.

The fax transmission server 600 receives the imaged fax data, determines the IP of the facsimile, and then transmits the imaged fax data to the facsimile 700 with the determined facsimile 700 (S900 and S1000).

Therefore, the facsimile 700 outputs the web information transmitted by the terminal 100 in a print format.

In this case, the terminal 100 has a book mark function, and the fax information transmitted from the facsimile 700 is a fax transmission server 600, a fax service image processing server 500, and a fax service router 400. And via persNET 300.

As described above, the user can use the mobile communication terminal 100 to transmit the web information to a remote person or immediately receive the web information as a document.

Although the above has been described with reference to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, those skilled in the art will be able to variously modify and change the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as set forth in the claims below. I can understand that you can.

As described above, the present invention has an effect of allowing the user to output the web information displayed on the mobile communication terminal in a facsimile selected by the user.

In addition, the present invention has the effect of satisfying the user's needs and providing more advertising opportunities to advertisers by allowing the user's information and advertisement information to be included in the web information output through the remote fax.

Claims (8)

In a system comprising a mobile communication terminal, a base station for transmitting a signal transmitted from the mobile communication terminal, a website connected to the mobile communication terminal, and a facsimile connected to a wireless communication network, Signal type for receiving web information including the fax transmission request signal output from the mobile communication terminal through the base station, determining the type and transmission path of the received signal, converting the web information into fax data and transmitting Path determination server; A fax image processing server which receives the fax data output from the signal type / path determination server and image the received fax data; And And a fax data output server for transmitting the imaged fax data received from the fax image processing server to the corresponding fax. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile communication terminal, Internet access to access a website connected to the Internet by executing a web browser at the request of the user, requests IP information of the user Emily, and controls the web page displayed on the screen to be transmitted to the IP of the entered facsimile. And a fax service unit configured to provide an image adding service to a user and to transmit image information selected by the user. The method of claim 1, wherein the fax image processing server, The system stores the advertisement information requested by an advertisement company, and reads the advertisement information stored according to a program set during the transmission of the fax data, includes the image in the fax data, and transmits the image. The method of claim 1 or 3, wherein the fax image processing server, And if the web information includes an image addition service identifier and information to be added, image the information to be added together with the fax data. What is claimed is: 1. A method of providing a fax service using a system including a mobile communication terminal, a base station transmitting a signal transmitted from the mobile communication terminal, a website connected to the mobile communication terminal, and a facsimile connected to a wireless communication network. A first step of receiving web information transmitted from the mobile communication terminal to a fax transmission service; And A second step of receiving the web information through the base station and determining an IP of a facsimile to be transmitted; Converting the web information into fax data; And And a fourth step of imaging the fax data and transmitting it to a facsimile of the determined IP. In claim 5, The fourth step, If the web information includes an image addition service identifier, the stored advertisement information is imaged together with the fax data. In claim 5 or 6, The fourth step, And if the web information includes an image addition service identifier and information to be added, image the added information together with the fax data. In claim 7, The added image is And at least one of a beginning and an end of the fax data or the imaged fax data.

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