JP2002165026A - Communication terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a communication terminal that can easily identify to which of an electronic mail address or a telephone number the other parties' numbers are registered in a one-touch key corresponds. SOLUTION: The communication terminal is provided with a storage section 5 that registers electronic mail address or a telephone number corresponding to one-touch keys, a display section 7, and a control section 1 that displays or prints out an identification mark to identify an electronic mail/telephone number together with the electronic mail address or the telephone number in the case of displaying or printing out a list of destinations assigned to the one-touch keys 8a.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an improvement in a communication terminal device having a function of communicating electronic mail and facsimile.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, facsimile machines having an electronic mail transmission function have been developed. When sending an e-mail, specify the e-mail address of the other party,
When performing facsimile transmission, the telephone number (facsimile number) of the other party is specified.

A facsimile apparatus capable of transmitting an electronic mail of this type has been developed for the purpose of reading an original for facsimile transmission and transmitting it in the form of an electronic mail. Similarly, simple operation is the mainstream. For this reason, e-mail addresses are often input using simple operation methods.For example, pre-register e-mail addresses by assigning them to one-touch keys, and operate them with one touch at the time of transmission, or list destinations registered on the display unit. Is displayed, and the destination can be selected from among them.

[0004]

However, when displaying the destination of the e-mail mixedly with the destination of the facsimile on the display unit, especially when displaying the destination names in a list,
Since it is not possible to distinguish between an e-mail and a facsimile, an error may occur when trying to send an e-mail to a facsimile destination by mistake. In order to be able to distinguish them, at the time of one-touch key registration, the destination name must be registered, for example, as “XX Corporation (FAX)”, “XX Corporation (E-mail)”, etc. .

[0005] The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and the destination registered in the one-touch key is:
It is an object of the present invention to provide a communication terminal which can easily identify an electronic mail address or a telephone number.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, a communication terminal device according to a first aspect of the present invention is a storage unit for registering an e-mail address or a telephone number in correspondence with a plurality of one-touch keys. When displaying or printing a list of destinations assigned to the one-touch keys, a display section and a control section for displaying or printing an identification mark for identifying an e-mail address / telephone number together with the e-mail address or telephone number. And.

According to the present invention, a storage unit for registering an e-mail address or a telephone number corresponding to a plurality of one-touch keys, a display unit, and an e-mail address for displaying or printing a destination list of the one-touch keys. And a control unit for displaying or printing an identification mark for identifying the telephone number together with the destination name.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of a communication terminal device. Here, the configuration of the facsimile apparatus F having an e-mail function is shown, but the present invention is not limited to this, and is an apparatus capable of designating an e-mail address and a telephone number, and having both communication functions. Any device may be used.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a control unit which is constituted by a CPU or the like and controls the following units. 2 denotes an NC which sends a dial signal to the telephone line L and controls connection to the telephone line L.
U, 3 a modem for modulating and demodulating signals for performing facsimile communication and e-mail communication, 4 for an image memory for temporarily storing image data, 5 for a RAM constituting a storage unit for storing various data, Reference numeral 6 denotes a ROM in which control programs and the like are stored in advance, 7 denotes a display unit including a liquid crystal display or an LED, 8 denotes an operation unit having various operation keys, 9 denotes a reading unit that reads an image from a document, and 10 denotes facsimile reception. The recording unit records (prints out) the read image, data received by e-mail, and an image read from the reading unit 9 on a predetermined recording sheet.

The communication means is not limited to this configuration, but is connected to an ISDN line (digital line) or the like via a DSU (not shown) without including the modem 3 and the NCU 2. You may.

Here, the RAM 5 stores destination information for registering an e-mail address or a telephone number corresponding to the one-touch key 8a (FIG. 4A). In the present specification, a description will be given of a one-touch key capable of designating an e-mail address or a telephone number with one touch from a list of destinations displayed on the display unit 7. However, the present invention is not limited to this. Alternatively, it also includes the case of a shortened key in which a facsimile number can be specified.

The facsimile apparatus F can be switched between an electronic mail mode and a facsimile mode by a mode key (not shown). If an e-mail address is specified in the e-mail mode, the image is converted into an e-mail format, and the e-mail is transmitted to the e-mail address. On the other hand, if a telephone number is designated in the facsimile mode, the telephone number is called and facsimile transmission is executed.

When sending an e-mail,
In order to specify the destination with one touch, display the destination list including both the phone number and the e-mail address,
A predetermined e-mail address is selected from among them. In the present invention, a mark for identifying whether the destination is a telephone number or an e-mail address is additionally displayed (see FIG. 4A for a display example). In addition,
The destination list includes a list of only e-mail addresses / telephone numbers, a list of only names, and a list of names and e-mail addresses / telephone numbers.

As described above, the identification mark can easily identify the electronic mail address and the telephone number, so that the telephone number is not specified as the destination of the electronic mail and the telephone number is not transmitted as the electronic mail address. .

FIG. 2 shows an example of the form of a communication network to which the facsimile machine F is applied.

Here, the facsimile apparatus F can access the gateway GW of the access point via the telephone network N1. When facsimile communication is performed, image data can be transmitted / received to / from the other party's facsimile apparatuses F1 to Fn via the telephone network N1, but when e-mail communication is performed, via the gateway GW,
Through a communication network such as the Internet N2,
It communicates with the other PCs PC1 to PCn.

When sending an e-mail, the facsimile machine F sends a call to the gateway GW of the access point and sends the transmission data together with the e-mail address of the other party. Then, the gateway GW converts the transmission data into an e-mail format and transmits the e-mail to the destination specified by the e-mail address. Here, the gateway GW transmits a facsimile procedure signal (IRA: Intern) from the facsimile apparatus F.
et Routing Address).

The configuration of the communication network is not limited to this, and the facsimile apparatus F may convert the data into an electronic mail format and perform communication via the Internet or the like. Further, although the case where a communication network is formed by the telephone network N1 and the Internet N2 has been described here, the present invention is not limited to this, and the communication network may be a public network such as ISDN or L.
Includes all telecommunication lines, such as ANs, leased lines, and combinations thereof.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the basic operation of the facsimile apparatus F when displaying the destination list.

When the user operates to display the destination list, the control unit 1 reads the destination information registered in the RAM 5, displays the registered contents by the destination name, and furthermore, when the displayed destination is a telephone number, Phone number identification mark,
In the case of an e-mail address, an e-mail address identification mark is displayed (the above-mentioned 101 to 10 in FIG. 3).
4). This operation is repeated for the number of registered cases to display the destination list. FIG. 4A shows the destination list displayed in this manner.

As shown in FIG. 4A, an identification mark is added and displayed at the left end of each destination, so that it is possible to identify at a glance whether it is an electronic mail address or a telephone number. Here, as shown in FIG. 4B, the mark indicates a telephone number (facsimile number), and the mark indicates an e-mail address. The identification mark only needs to be able to identify at least the e-mail address and the telephone number. Therefore, a specific mark may be added to only one of them.

Each destination in the destination list displayed on the display unit 7 is a one-touch key 8a that can be selected by touching with a finger. After selecting one of the keys 8a, a transmission key or the like is pressed. When operated, the original image can be transmitted as an e-mail to the selected e-mail address.

In the display section 7 displaying the destination list,
By operating the detail key 8b, the destination name and the e-mail address can be displayed on the same screen. Also in this case, an identification mark is additionally displayed.

The destination list as described above is printed not only on the display unit 7 but also on recording paper in the present invention. FIG. 5 shows an output example of the destination list.

[0026]

As can be understood from the above description, the communication terminal device described in this specification uses an identification mark for identifying an e-mail address and a telephone number when displaying or printing a destination list of one-touch keys. Since it is added, it is possible to determine which one is at a glance, and it is possible to prevent an erroneous operation such as specifying a telephone number as a destination of an e-mail.

In particular, in the case of a destination list in which only destination names are displayed, it is not possible to determine at all whether the destination name is an electronic mail address or a telephone number.
According to the second aspect, since such a list of destinations is also displayed or printed with an identification mark added thereto, there is no need to switch the display to confirm the e-mail address or the telephone number, and the transmission operation can be performed efficiently. Can be. This is particularly effective when the telephone number and e-mail address of the same destination are registered with the same destination name.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of a configuration of a communication terminal device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a form of a communication network.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a basic operation of the facsimile apparatus when displaying a one-touch key destination list.

FIG. 4A is a diagram showing an example of a destination list display, and FIG.
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of an identification mark.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a destination list.

[Explanation of symbols]

 F: facsimile device 1: control unit 5: storage unit 7: display unit

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Claims (2)

[Claims] A storage unit for registering an e-mail address or a telephone number corresponding to a plurality of one-touch keys; a display unit; and an e-mail address / telephone number when displaying or printing a destination list of the one-touch keys. And a control unit for displaying or printing an identification mark for identifying the information together with the e-mail address or the telephone number. 2. A storage unit for registering an e-mail address or a telephone number corresponding to a plurality of one-touch keys, a display unit, and an e-mail address / telephone number when displaying or printing a destination list of the one-touch keys. And a control unit for displaying or printing an identification mark for identifying the destination together with the destination name.