JPH1198179A - Method for registering bulletin board and method for registering/transfering bulletin board - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To register information related to a bulletin board function by simple operaton by registering original image information transferred from a facsimile equipment (FAX) correspondingly to index information included in bulletin board information transferred from the FAX. SOLUTION: An electronic mail(E mail) management part 46 in a server device 3 monitors the arrival of an E mail through a LAN communication control part 48. When an E mail terminates, the management part 46 checks the header part of the terminated E mail and judges whether the E mail is related to bulletin board registration including index information or not. When the E mail corresponds to the condition, the E mail is transferred to a bulletin board master control part 47 through a system bus and original image information and index information are extracted from the contents of the E mail. The extracted original image information is stored in a hard disk device 44 as a file correspondingly to the extracted index information.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a bulletin board registration method and a bulletin board registration / transfer method in a network having a bulletin board function.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Communication via a computer network represented by the Internet, unlike conventional facsimile communication via a public network, has the advantage that communication charges are not charged for each communication and can be performed free of charge. is there. However, when performing a communication via the Internet by dial-up connection to a server device of a nearest Internet connection provider (provider) via the public network, a communication fee for the public network is charged. However, the communication fee is
Only a local call fee is required, and the advantage of communication via the network is hardly lost.

On the other hand, the form of facsimile communication is basically communication between facsimile apparatuses via a public network, but a network such as the Internet is used as part or all of a communication path between the facsimile apparatuses. As a result, various new facsimile communication modes have been proposed to reduce communication fees.

[0004] Specifically, a facsimile machine (network facsimile machine) having a network interface such as a LAN interface is connected to a network, and original image information read by the network facsimile machine on the transmission side is transmitted via the network. The network facsimile machine on the receiving side receives the image information of the transmission request from another network terminal as an e-mail or the like via the network, or the network facsimile apparatus on the transmitting side receives the image information via the network, and relays the image via the network. The fax is transferred to the facsimile machine, and the network facsimile machine at the relay destination calls the notified fax number accompanying the transferred image information,
The transferred image information is transmitted via the public network, or conversely, the network facsimile device receives the image information requested to be relayed from the facsimile device via the public network,
The received image information is transmitted as an e-mail or the like via the network to the notified transmission destination on the network attached to the received image information, and received by the network facsimile apparatus at the transmission destination, or further transmitted to the network facsimile machine. There is a facsimile communication mode in which image information received by the apparatus is transmitted to a final destination facsimile apparatus via a public network.

[0005] As described above, by connecting a network facsimile apparatus as one of network terminals to a network, various convenient facsimile communication modes can be realized. However, the conventional network facsimile apparatus simply uses a network. Was only used for facsimile communication.

However, a database on the Internet is accessed from a facsimile apparatus connected to the public network via a network facsimile apparatus connected to the Internet, and desired information is designated as a facsimile message by operating a push button or the like. Although an information providing system compatible with the Internet is proposed, the network facsimile apparatus is used only for relaying communication between the Internet and a public network.

On the other hand, in a network, HTML
(Hyper Text Markup Langua
ge) is registered as bulletin board information in a server device, which is one of the network terminals, and HTTP (H) is used over a TCP / IP protocol.
hyper Text Transfer Protocol
ol) so that other network terminals can refer to the information via the network, and when the index information included in the bulletin board information is selected from any of the network terminals, the index information is registered in association with the index information. For example, a bulletin board function of transferring transferred image information to the network terminal and displaying the transferred image information by an application for browsing a homepage is widely used in the network terminal.

[0008]

However, index information included in bulletin board information for the above bulletin board function,
Conventionally, registration of information related to the bulletin board function such as image information corresponding to the index information in the server device has to be performed manually, and there is a problem that the operation is troublesome.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a bulletin board registration method and a bulletin board registration / transfer method capable of registering information relating to a bulletin board function with a simple operation. I do.

[0010]

To achieve the above object, a bulletin board registration method according to claim 1, wherein a server device connected as one of the network terminals to a network capable of communicating between the network terminals. Registered in the bulletin board information containing the index information as the content can be referred to by the network terminal, and when the index information in the bulletin board information is selected by any of the network terminals, the selected bulletin board information is displayed. In a bulletin board registration method in a network having a bulletin board function in which image information registered corresponding to index information is transferred from the server device to the network terminal, a facsimile device is provided as one of the network terminals in the network. Connected and indexed by the facsimile machine. The document image information read with the input of the facsimile information is transferred to the server device via the network together with the input index information, while the server device transmits the index information transferred from the facsimile device. The bulletin board information including the content is created and registered as new bulletin board information, and the original image information transferred from the facsimile apparatus is registered in association with the index information transferred from the facsimile apparatus. .

A bulletin board registration method according to a second aspect of the present invention provides a bulletin board including index information registered in a server device connected to one of the network terminals in a network capable of communication between the network terminals. Information can be referred to by the network terminal, and when index information in the bulletin board information is selected by any of the network terminals, image information registered corresponding to the selected index information is displayed. In a bulletin board registration method in a network having a bulletin board function transferred from the server device to the network terminal, a facsimile device is connected to the network as one of the network terminals, and the facsimile device involves inputting index information. Read the original image information When taken, bulletin board information including the input index information as content is created, and the created bulletin board information is transferred to the server device via the network together with the document image information, while the server device is The bulletin board information transferred from the facsimile device is registered as new bulletin board information as it is, and the original image information transferred from the facsimile device is registered in association with the index information included in the bulletin board information transferred from the facsimile device. It is characterized by the following.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a bulletin board registration / transfer method.
To a network that allows communication between network terminals,
Bulletin board information that includes index information as content registered in a server device connected as one of the network terminals can be referred to by the network terminal, and one of the network terminals allows the bulletin board information in the bulletin board information to be referred to. When index information is selected, in a bulletin board registration / transfer method in a network having a bulletin board function in which image information registered corresponding to the selected index information is transferred from the server device to the network terminal, A facsimile device is connected to the network as one of the network terminals, and the facsimile device reads the original image information read with the input of the index information and the viewing permission address information, and converts the input index information and the viewing permission information. Address information Both are forwarded to the server device via the network, while the server device creates bulletin board information including the index information transferred from the facsimile device as content, registers the bulletin board information as new bulletin board information, and registers the facsimile information. The document image information and the browsing permission address information transferred from the device are registered in association with the index information transferred from the facsimile device, and the server device then stores the index corresponding to the document image information transferred from the facsimile device. In the case where information is selected by the network terminal, the information is selected only when the address of the network terminal in the network is included in the browse-permitted address information registered corresponding to the selected index information. Indeed The original image information registered in correspondence with the box information and transferring to the network terminal.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a bulletin board registration / transfer method.
To a network that allows communication between network terminals,
Bulletin board information that includes index information as content registered in a server device connected as one of the network terminals can be referred to by the network terminal, and one of the network terminals allows the bulletin board information in the bulletin board information to be referred to. When index information is selected, in a bulletin board registration / transfer method in a network having a bulletin board function in which image information registered corresponding to the selected index information is transferred from the server device to the network terminal, A facsimile device is connected to the network as one of the network terminals, and when the facsimile device reads the original image information with the input of the index information and the viewing permission address information, the input index information is used as the content. Notices including While the information is created and the created bulletin board information is transferred to the server device via the interface together with the original image information and the viewing permission address information, the server device receives the bulletin board information transferred from the facsimile device as it is. Along with registering as new bulletin board information, the document image information and the browsing permission address transferred from the facsimile apparatus are registered in association with index information included in the bulletin board information transferred from the facsimile apparatus, and the server apparatus includes: Thereafter, when index information corresponding to the document image information transferred from the facsimile apparatus is selected by the network terminal, an address of the network terminal in the network is registered corresponding to the selected index information. Previous Only if contained in the read-permitted address information, the original image information registered in correspondence with the selected index information, wherein the forwarding to the network terminal.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a bulletin board registration / transfer method.
5. The bulletin board registration / transfer method according to claim 3, wherein the server device selects the index information corresponding to the original image information transferred from the facsimile device by the network terminal. If the address of the network terminal in the network is not included in the browse-permitted address information registered corresponding to the selected index information, an image indicating that the network terminal cannot be browsed is displayed. It is characterized by transferring information.

The bulletin board registration / transfer method according to claim 6 is
To a network that allows communication between network terminals,
Bulletin board information that includes index information as content registered in a server device connected as one of the network terminals can be referred to by the network terminal, and one of the network terminals allows the bulletin board information in the bulletin board information to be referred to. When index information is selected, in a bulletin board registration / transfer method in a network having a bulletin board function in which image information registered corresponding to the selected index information is transferred from the server device to the network terminal, A facsimile apparatus is connected to the network as one of the network terminals. When the facsimile apparatus reads the original image information with the input of the index information, the facsimile apparatus transmits the input index information to the server via the network. Turn to device While registering the read original image information in association with the input index information, the server device creates bulletin board information including the index information transferred from the facsimile device as a content. Then, when the index information corresponding to the original image information transferred from the facsimile apparatus is selected by the network terminal, the server apparatus registers the new destination as new bulletin board information. Information to the facsimile device via the network together with the selected index information, and the facsimile device that has received the notification notifies the destination specified by the notified transfer destination information to the notified index. Original image information registered corresponding to the Characterized in that it sent.

[0016]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG.
An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail.

First, FIG. 1 shows a configuration of a communication system including a network 1 to which a bulletin board registration method and a bulletin board registration / transfer method according to an embodiment of the present invention are applied.

In FIG. 1, a network 1 includes a network facsimile apparatus 2, a server apparatus 3, and a LAN (local area network) 5 for interconnecting client terminals 4a and 4b such as personal computers as network terminals, and a network facsimile apparatus. 6, a server device 7, and a LAN 9 for interconnecting client terminals 8a and 8b such as personal computers as network terminals are interconnected by the Internet 12 via routers 10 and 11.

Each network terminal on the network 1 supports Ethernet as a physical / data link layer and TCP / I as a network transport layer.
Supports the P protocol and uses SMTP (Simple Ma
il Transfer Protocol) to send and receive normal text e-mails and MIME (Mu
ltipurose Internet Messa
send / receive data such as images and voices other than ordinary texts by FTP (File Extension)
By running an application for transmitting and receiving files by using a transfer protocol (Transfer Protocol), data can be transmitted and received via the LANs 2, 9, the routers 10, 11 and the Internet 12.

In the network 1 having the above configuration, the LAN 5
The sides are located far apart from each other, such as in Japan and the LAN 9 in the United States.

The network facsimile apparatuses 2 and 6 are also connected to a worldwide public network 13. Then, it is assumed that a facsimile machine 14a located on the LAN 5 side (Japan) and a facsimile machine 14b located on the LAN 9 side (USA) are connected to the public network 13.

Here, a general use form of the network facsimile apparatuses 2 and 6 will be described.
5 side (Japan) facsimile machine 14a, network facsimile machine 2, client terminals 4a, 4b
Facsimile machine 14b on the LAN 9 side (USA)
When transmitting image information to the network facsimile apparatus 6 or the client terminals 8a and 8b, image information requested to be distributed from the facsimile apparatus 14a via the public network 13, image information directly read by the network facsimile apparatus 2, From the client terminals 4a and 4b to the LAN 5
Is converted into an e-mail having text data encoded in a format corresponding to MIME and transferred to the network facsimile device 6 via the Internet 12, and the network facsimile device 6 The image information obtained by decoding the contents of the transferred e-mail is transmitted to the facsimile machine 14b as the distribution destination via the public network 13, or is recorded on a recording sheet in the own apparatus as the distribution destination, By transmitting the image information to the client terminal 8a or 8b of the distribution destination via the Internet, image information can be transmitted / received for free or at a low communication fee such as a local call fee.

This is an advantage obtained even when the LAN 5 and the LAN 9 are located at a long distance from each other in the same country.

As described above, by connecting the network facsimile apparatuses 2 and 6 to the network 1, a part of the communication path in the facsimile communication via the Internet 12 and the facsimile communication via the public network 13 is bypassed by the Internet 12. Facsimile communication can be performed, but simply using the network facsimile apparatuses 2 and 6 for such purposes only requires the simplicity of operation as a facsimile apparatus provided in the network facsimile apparatuses 2 and 6 and the document reading function. However, it cannot be said that the communication function in the network 1 is fully utilized.

Therefore, in the present embodiment, the functions of the network facsimile apparatuses 2 and 6 are used by using the network facsimile apparatuses 2 and 6 for realizing the bulletin board registration method and the bulletin board registration / transfer method according to the present invention. Use it effectively.

Hereinafter, a bulletin board registration method and a bulletin board registration / transfer method according to the present invention will be described. In the following description, each of these methods is described as being performed mainly on the network facsimile apparatus 2 and the server apparatus 3 on the LAN 5 side, but it is needless to say that the methods can be similarly applied on the LAN 9 side. Absent.

First, the configuration of the network facsimile apparatus 2 is shown in FIG.

In FIG. 1, the network facsimile apparatus 2 includes a CPU 20, a ROM 21, a RAM 22, a timer control unit 23, an operation display unit 24, and a hard disk drive 2.
5, SRAM 26, LAN communication control unit 27, plotter unit 28, scanner unit 29, encoding / decoding unit 30, network control unit 31, communication control unit 32, character generator 33,
Index information input unit 34 and system bus 35
It consists of.

Here, the CPU 20 is a microcomputer that controls each unit of the apparatus according to the control program written in the ROM 21 while using the RAM 22 as a work area.

The ROM 21 stores the CPU 2 as described above.
Reference numeral 0 denotes a read-only memory in which a control program for controlling each unit of the apparatus is stored. The RAM 22 is a random access memory used as a work area of the CPU 20 as described above. The timer control unit 23 controls the time such as counting the elapsed time and detecting the elapsed time set by the CPU 20 and notifying the CPU 20 of the elapsed time.

Although not shown, the operation display unit 24 receives numeric keys for allowing the user to input a destination telephone number and the like, alphabet keys for allowing the user to input a destination e-mail address and the like, and an instruction input for starting transmission. Keys, such as a start key for receiving a command to stop the operation, a one-touch dial key, a speed dial key, etc., are provided to receive various operations by a user and to display a liquid crystal display device or the like. And displays on the display the operating state of the device to be notified to the user and various messages.

The hard disk device 25 includes the scanner unit 2
9 is temporarily stored as a file for transmission to a memory, the received image data is temporarily stored as a file until it is recorded by a plotter unit 28, and various other data are stored in a file. It is for accumulating as. The SRAM 26 stores the R backed up by a backup circuit (not shown).
The AM is used to store setting information and user parameters related to the operation of the apparatus that should be stored even when the apparatus is powered off.

The LAN communication control unit 27 is connected to the LAN 5, supports Ethernet as a physical / data link layer, and uses TCP / I as a network transport layer.
In correspondence with the P protocol, transmission of normal text e-mail by SMTP, transmission of data such as images other than normal text by MIME, and POP (PostOf)
This is for controlling the reception of an e-mail by a file protocol.

The plotter unit 28 records and outputs the received image data in accordance with the linear density of the image data.
This is for recording and outputting (copying) the image data read in step 9 in accordance with its linear density. The scanner unit 29 has 3.85 lines / mm, 7.7 lines / mm, and 15.4 lines / mm.
This is for obtaining an image data by reading a document image at a predetermined reading line density such as book / mm.

The encoding / decoding section 30 converts the transmission image data into an MH encoding scheme or M
While encoding and compressing are performed using a predetermined encoding method such as the R encoding method, received image data is decoded and decompressed using a predetermined decoding method corresponding to the MH encoding method or the MR encoding method.

The network control unit 31 is connected to the public network 8 and
Closed / released line DC loop, line polarity reversal detection, line release detection, dial tone detection, tone signal such as busy tone (busy tone) detection, ringing signal detection, etc. It controls connection and generates dial pulses.

The communication control unit 32 controls facsimile communication based on the G3 facsimile protocol,
It has a G3 facsimile modem function to modulate transmission data and demodulate received data. In addition, the communication control unit 32 responds to the input dial number by
It also sends out TMF signals.

The character generator 33 has a correspondence table between character codes and font data corresponding to the character codes, and outputs font data corresponding to the character codes specified by the CPU 20. When converting a character string into an image, the character generator 33 is referred to.

The index information input section 34 is for inputting index information. System bus 3
Reference numeral 5 denotes a signal line through which each section of the device exchanges data.

Next, the configuration of the server device 3 is shown in FIG.

In FIG. 1, a server device 3 includes a CPU 4
0, ROM 41, RAM 42, hard disk interface 43, hard disk device 44, timer control unit 45, e-mail management unit 46, bulletin board master control unit 4
7, a LAN communication control unit 48, and a system bus 49.

Here, the CPU 40 is a microcomputer that controls each part of the apparatus in accordance with the control program written in the ROM 41 while using the RAM 42 as a work area.

The ROM 41 stores the CPU 4 as described above.
Reference numeral 0 denotes a read-only memory in which a control program for controlling each unit of the apparatus is stored.

The RAM 42 stores the CPU 40 as described above.
Is a random access memory used as a work area. The hard disk interface 43 controls transmission and reception of data between the hard disk device 44 and the CPU 40. The hard disk device 44 stores various types of information as files.

The timer control unit 45 controls the time such as counting the elapsed time and detecting the elapsed time set by the CPU 40 and notifying the CPU 40 of the time by interruption.

The LAN communication control unit 48 is connected to the LAN 5, supports Ethernet as a physical / data link layer, and uses TCP / I as a network transport layer.
It corresponds to the P protocol and controls data communication via the LAN 5.

The e-mail management unit 46 transmits and receives e-mail of normal text by SMTP, transmits and receives data such as images other than normal text by MIME,
It controls the distribution of e-mail by OP (Post Office Protocol), and functions as a mail server of the server device 3.

The bulletin board master control unit 47 manages bulletin board home page information and related index information and image information, and has a function of transmitting bulletin board information of the server device 3. Bulletin board master control unit 47
Is HTML (Hyper Text Markup)
Language homepage information described in a language (Language) and stored in the hard disk device 44 as a file is transmitted from a network terminal connected to the LAN 5, the Internet 12, the LAN 9, or the like from an HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer) over TCP / IP.
When it is selected by (Protocol), the selected bulletin board homepage information is transferred to (the address of) the network terminal of the selection source. Then, when the index information included in the bulletin board homepage information is further selected, the image information stored as a file in the hard disk device 44 in association with the index information is transferred to the selected network terminal.

The posting master control section 47 also performs various controls according to the present invention, such as control of registration of index information and corresponding image information, which will be described later. The system bus 49 is a signal line through which each section of the device exchanges data.

Next, some embodiments of the bulletin board registration method and the bulletin board registration / transfer method according to the present invention performed mainly on the network facsimile apparatus 2 and the server apparatus 3 configured as described above will be described. The four embodiments will be described in order below.

First, a processing procedure performed in the network facsimile apparatus 2 and common to the first to fourth embodiments will be described with reference to FIG.

In FIG. 5, the CPU 20 of the network facsimile apparatus 2 monitors that a document is set on the scanner unit 29 (No loop in decision 101). When a document is set (Yes in decision 101), the numeric keypad is used. It is monitored whether there is an input of designation of a transmission destination from the operation display unit 24 by pressing a key, an alphabet key, a one-touch dial, abbreviated dial, or the like, or whether there is input of index information from the index information input unit 34 (decision 1)
No of 02, No loop of judgment 109).

If there is a designation input of the destination (Yes in decision 102), the press of the start key is monitored (No loop in decision 103), and if the start key is pressed (Yes in decision 103), After the original is read by the scanner unit 29 (process 104), it is determined whether the destination input in decision 102 is a fax number (decision 1).
05) If it is a fax number (Yes in decision 105), a call is made to the designated fax number via the public network 13 and the original image information obtained by reading in the process 104 by the G3 facsimile protocol is facsimile. A normal facsimile transmission process for transmitting as a message is performed (process 106).

If the destination is not a fax number but an e-mail address (No in decision 105), an e-mail containing the original image information obtained in step 104 is created (step 107) and sent via LAN5. (Step 108).

As described above, when the transmission destination is designated at the time of reading the document, the original image information is transmitted to the designated transmission destination as a facsimile message or e-mail as in the related art. In step 109, when index information is input, bulletin board registration processing is performed (processing 110).

The input form of the index information in the index information input section 34 is a form in which a character string of the index information is directly input by key input, and a fixed phrase serving as the index information is registered in advance in association with the one-touch key. , Form specified by one touch key,
External storage media such as floppy disks and memory cards,
Input by infrared communication from PDA terminal, OC
A mode of inputting by character recognition by R, a mode of inputting by reading a barcode, and the like can be applied.

Next, processing 110 of the processing procedure shown in FIG.
A bulletin board registration processing procedure according to the bulletin board registration method of the first embodiment, which is performed as follows, will be described with reference to FIG.

In the figure, the CPU 20 of the network facsimile apparatus 2 monitors pressing of a bulletin board registration key (decision 201). The bulletin board registration key is
Although not shown, it is provided in the index information input unit 34 or the operation display unit 24.

When the bulletin board registration key is pressed (decision 20)
1), the original is read by the scanner unit 29 (process 202), and the obtained original image information and the judgment 10 in FIG.
An e-mail containing the index information input in step 9 is created based on MIME or the like (step 203), and transmitted to the server 3 (step 204). In other words, the transmission is made to the mail address of the server device 3. Since the transmission destination of the original image information and the index information for registering the bulletin board is fixed to the server device 3, the mail address is transmitted to the bulletin board of the network facsimile device 2. It may be registered in advance as a destination of the electronic mail related to registration, or may be input by the user each time as in the case of normal electronic mail transmission.

FIG. 6 shows a configuration example of the e-mail created in the process 203. In the figure, the mail text portion includes original image information and index information as contents, and a header portion is added. The fact that the mail body part contains the original image information and the index information can be specified by the description of “Content-Type:” in the header part and the like, and the fact that the electronic mail is for the bulletin board registration is described in the header part. The determination can be made by embedding a specific character string indicating an electronic mail relating to bulletin board registration in the “Subject:” field or incorporating a flag indicating an electronic mail relating to bulletin board registration in the mail body part.

Next, an incoming e-mail processing procedure according to the first embodiment, which is performed in the server apparatus 3 in correspondence with the bulletin board registration processing procedure according to the first embodiment in the network facsimile apparatus 2 shown in FIG. FIG.

In the figure, the e-mail management unit 46 of the server device 3 monitors whether an e-mail has arrived via the LAN communication control unit 48 (decision 301), and when the e-mail arrives (Yes in the decision 301). ), By checking the header portion of the received e-mail or the like, it is determined whether the e-mail is related to bulletin board registration including index information as shown in FIG. 6 (determination 302). If the email is another email that does not include the index information (No in decision 302), the email is
Since this is a normal electronic mail that arrives at the server device 3 as a mail server device, normal processing such as distribution to a transmission destination by SMTP is performed (process 303).

If the message is related to bulletin board registration including index information (Yes in decision 302), the e-mail is transferred to the bulletin board master control unit 47 via the system bus 49, and the electronic mail is read from the content. Image information and index information are extracted (process 304). The extracted document image information is stored as a file in the hard disk device 44 in association with the index information similarly extracted as shown in FIG. 8 (process 305). Then, the bulletin board master control unit 47 processes the bulletin board homepage information using an HTML sentence based on the index information obtained in the process 304 (process 3).
06), an e-mail containing the latest bulletin board home page information obtained in step 306 is returned to the network facsimile apparatus 2 as a reception notice (step 30).
7). In response to the process 307, the network facsimile apparatus 2 receives an e-mail including the latest bulletin board home page information and records and outputs the e-mail with the plotter unit 28, so that the registration result in the bulletin board in the server apparatus 3 is obtained. You can check.

FIG. 9 shows an example of the structure of bulletin board homepage information obtained by the process 306.

Next, the bulletin board homepage information created on the basis of the electronic mail relating to the bulletin board registration received from the network facsimile apparatus 2 as described above is stored in the TC
A network terminal on the network 1 (in this case, a client terminal 4 on the LAN 5 by HTTP over P / IP)
a) will be described with reference to FIG.

In the figure, the server device 3 monitors whether a bulletin board homepage has been selected (decision 401).
No loop). On the other hand, a client terminal 4a on the LAN 5 as a network terminal on the network 1
The homepage browsing application selects the bulletin board homepage of the server device 3 (process 501).

On the server device 3 side, in response to the processing 501, the determination 401 becomes Yes, and the bulletin board homepage information is transferred to the client terminal 4a (Process 402).
The client terminal 4a receives it (Y in decision 502).
es), HTML of homepage browsing application
The bulletin board homepage is displayed by the sentence display function (process 503), and the index information is selected in response to the user's clicking operation of the pointing device (process 504).

When waiting for index information to be selected (No loop of judgment 403), the server device 3 makes a judgment 403 Yes corresponding to the processing 504, and the hard disk corresponding to the selected index information. The document image information stored in the device 44 is transferred to the client terminal 4a (Step 404), and Step 504 is executed.
Waiting for the transfer of the image information corresponding to the index information selected in step (No in decision 505), received by the client terminal 4a (Yes in decision 505), and displayed by the image information display function of the homepage browsing application. (Process 506).

Thus, the user of the client terminal 4a can browse the image information registered in the bulletin board in the server device 3 in the same manner as when browsing a normal homepage. Can be performed as easily as the facsimile transmission operation by the network facsimile apparatus 2.

Next, processing 110 of the processing procedure shown in FIG.
The bulletin board registration processing procedure according to the bulletin board registration method of the second embodiment, which is a modification of the first embodiment, performed as follows will be described with reference to FIG.

In the figure, the CPU 20 of the network facsimile apparatus 2 monitors pressing of a bulletin board registration key (decision 601). The bulletin board registration key is
Although not shown, it is provided in the index information input unit 34 or the operation display unit 24.

When the bulletin board registration key is pressed (decision 60)
1), the original is read by the scanner unit 29 (process 602), and bulletin board homepage information is created by an HTML sentence based on the index information input in the determination 109 of FIG. 4 (process 603). An e-mail containing the original image information and the bulletin board homepage information obtained in the process 603 is created based on MIME or the like (process 604), and transmitted to the server device 3 (process 605). The fact that the mail text portion created in the process 604 includes the original image information and the bulletin board homepage information created based on the index information is determined by the description of “Content-Type:” in the header portion or the like. It can be identified and it is an e-mail related to bulletin board registration,
By embedding a specific character string indicating that it is an electronic mail related to bulletin board registration in the “Subject:” field of the header part, or incorporating a flag indicating that it is an electronic mail related to bulletin board registration in the mail body part. I can judge.

Next, the server device 3 performs the bulletin board registration processing procedure according to the second embodiment in the network facsimile machine 2 shown in FIG.
FIG. 12 shows an incoming e-mail processing procedure according to the embodiment.

In the figure, the e-mail management unit 46 of the server device 3 monitors whether an e-mail has arrived via the LAN communication control unit 48 (decision 701), and when the e-mail arrives (Yes in the decision 701). ), The header of the received e-mail is checked to determine whether the e-mail is related to bulletin board registration including index information in bulletin board homepage information (decision 702). If it is another e-mail that does not include index information (No in decision 702), the e-mail is a normal e-mail arriving at the server device 3 as a mail server device, and thus is transmitted by SMTP. A normal process such as distribution to the server is performed (process 703).

If the message is related to bulletin board registration including the index information (Yes in decision 702), the e-mail is transferred to the bulletin board master control unit 47 via the system bus 49, and the contents of the electronic mail are read from the content. The image information and the bulletin board homepage information are extracted (processing 70).
4). As shown in FIG. 8, the extracted original image information is stored as a file in the hard disk device 44 in association with the index information in the bulletin board homepage information similarly extracted (step 705). Then, the bulletin board master control unit 47 uses the bulletin board homepage information obtained in the processing 704 as new bulletin board homepage information as it is (processing 706), and performs the processing 706.
The e-mail containing the latest bulletin board homepage information obtained in step (1) is returned to the network facsimile machine 2 as a reception notice (step 707). In response to the process 707, the network facsimile apparatus 2 receives an e-mail containing the latest bulletin board home page information and records and outputs the e-mail with the plotter unit 28, so that the registration result on the bulletin board in the server apparatus 3 is obtained. You can check.

The bulletin board homepage information and the document image information corresponding to the index information in the bulletin board homepage information registered in the server device 3 are transferred to the bulletin board shown in FIG. 10 in the same manner as in the first embodiment. According to the procedure, reference and browsing are performed from a network terminal on the network 1.

As a result, the bulletin board registration to the server device 3 can be performed as easily as the facsimile transmission operation by the network facsimile device 2 as in the first embodiment. By creating the information on the network facsimile machine 2 side, there is an advantage that the server apparatus 3 side can omit the procedure for creating bulletin board homepage information.

Next, processing 110 in the processing procedure shown in FIG.
The bulletin board registration processing procedure according to the bulletin board registration / transfer method of the third embodiment, which is a modification of the first embodiment, performed as follows will be described with reference to FIG.

In the figure, the CPU 20 of the network facsimile apparatus 2 monitors the input of the browse permission address (No loop of the judgment 801). Here, the browsing permission address is an address in the network 1 of a network terminal on the network 1 that permits browsing of document image information to be registered in the server device 3 from now on. One or more of the viewing permission addresses are input from the operation display unit 24 or the index information input unit.

When the browse permission address is input (decision 8)
01 (Yes), and further monitors whether the bulletin board registration key is pressed (determination 802). The bulletin board registration key is
Although not shown, it is provided in the index information input unit 34 or the operation display unit 24.

When the bulletin board registration key is pressed (judgment 80)
2), the original is read by the scanner unit 29 (process 803), and the obtained original image information
An e-mail containing the index information input in step 9 and the browsing permission address input in step 801 is created based on MIME or the like (step 804), and transmitted to the server 3 (step 805).

The fact that the text portion of the e-mail created in the process 804 contains manuscript image information, index information, and a viewing-permitted address indicates that “Cont.
ent-Type: ”and the like, and the fact that the electronic mail is for the bulletin board registration is indicated by“ Su ”in the header section.
The judgment can be made by embedding a specific character string indicating that the electronic mail is related to bulletin board registration in the “jject:” field, or incorporating a flag indicating that the electronic mail is related to bulletin board registration in the mail body part.

Next, in the server device 3 corresponding to the bulletin board registration processing procedure according to the third embodiment in the network facsimile machine 2 shown in FIG.
FIG. 14 shows an incoming e-mail processing procedure according to the embodiment.

In the figure, the e-mail management unit 46 of the server device 3 monitors whether an e-mail has arrived via the LAN communication control unit 48 (decision 901), and when the e-mail arrives (Yes in the decision 901). ), The header of the received e-mail is checked to determine whether the e-mail is related to bulletin board registration including index information (decision 902). If the email is another email that does not include index information (determination 9
(No. 02), the e-mail is a normal e-mail that arrives at the server device 3 as a mail server device, and therefore performs a normal process such as distribution to a transmission destination by SMTP (process 903).

If the message is related to bulletin board registration including index information (Yes in decision 902), the e-mail is transferred to the bulletin board master control unit 47 via the system bus 49, and the electronic mail is read from the content. The image information, the index information, and the viewing permission address are extracted (step 904). The retrieved document image information is stored as a file in the hard disk device 44 in association with the retrieved index information and the browse permission address (process 905). Then, the bulletin board master control unit 47 processes the bulletin board homepage information by an HTML sentence based on the index information obtained in the processing 904 (processing 906), and uses the latest bulletin board homepage information obtained in the processing 906 as a content. The e-mail is returned to the network facsimile machine 2 as a reception notification (step 907). In response to the process 907,
The network facsimile apparatus 2 receives the e-mail including the latest bulletin board home page information and records and outputs the e-mail with the plotter unit 28, so that the result of registration in the bulletin board in the server apparatus 3 can be confirmed.

Next, the bulletin board homepage information created on the basis of the electronic mail relating to the bulletin board registration received from the network facsimile apparatus 2 as described above is stored in the TC
A bulletin board transfer procedure according to the third embodiment when viewed from a network terminal on the Internet 1 (in this case, the client terminal 4a on the LAN 5) by HTTP over P / IP, with reference to FIG. Will be explained.

In the figure, the server device 3 monitors whether a bulletin board homepage has been selected (decision 100).
1 No loop). On the other hand, a client terminal 4a on the LAN 5 as a network terminal on the Internet 1
Selects the bulletin board homepage of the server device 3 by the homepage browsing application (step 110).
1).

On the server device 3 side, in response to the determination at step 1001, the determination at step 1001 is “Yes”, and the bulletin board home page information is transferred to the client terminal 4 a (step 100
2) The client terminal 4a receives it (decision 11)
02, Yes), the bulletin board homepage is displayed by the HTML sentence display function of the homepage browsing application (processing 1103), and index information is selected in response to the user's clicking operation of the pointing device (processing 1104).

If the process waits until the index information is selected (No loop of decision 1003), the server device 3 makes a decision 1003 corresponding to the process 1104 to Yes.
Then, it is determined whether or not the address of the client terminal 4a in the network 1 is an address for which browsing is permitted, which is included in the browsing permitted address stored in the hard disk device 44 corresponding to the selected index information. If the address is a browse permission address (Yes in judgment 1004), the document image information stored in the hard disk device 44 corresponding to the selected index information is transferred to the client terminal 4a. (Process 1005) If the address is not a browse-permitted address (No in decision 1004), image information containing a content indicating that browsing is not possible is transferred to the client terminal 4a (Process 105).
06). Note that the addresses of the client terminals 4 a communicating with each other via the network 1 are naturally recognized by the server device 3.

The image information transferred in step 1005 or 1006 is waiting for transfer of the image information corresponding to the index information selected in step 1104 (decision 1105).
Is received by the client terminal 4a (Yes in decision 1105), and is displayed by the image information display function of the homepage browsing application (process 1106).

Thus, as in the first embodiment, the user of the client terminal 4a can browse the image information registered in the bulletin board in the server device 3 in the same manner as when browsing a normal homepage. The bulletin board registration to the server device 3 is performed by the network facsimile device 2.
Can be performed as easily as the facsimile transmission operation. In addition, network terminals other than the network terminal corresponding to the browse-permitted address registered at the same time as registering the bulletin board in the server device 3 are not allowed to browse the registered document image information.
The registered manuscript image information can be browsed. Also,
A user of a network terminal other than the network terminal corresponding to the browsing permission address can be notified that browsing is not permitted by the image information indicating that browsing is not possible.
The bulletin board registration / transfer method according to the third embodiment is different from the bulletin board registration method according to the first embodiment in that bulletin board homepage information is created on the network facsimile apparatus 2 side. The same can be applied to the bulletin board registration method.

Next, the processing 110 of the processing procedure shown in FIG.
A bulletin board registration processing procedure according to a bulletin board registration / transfer method of the fourth embodiment, which is a modification of the first embodiment, performed as follows will be described with reference to FIG.

In the figure, the CPU 20 of the network facsimile apparatus 2 monitors pressing of a bulletin board registration key (decision 1201). Although not shown, the bulletin board registration key is provided in the index information input unit 34 or the operation display unit 24.

When the bulletin board registration key is pressed (decision 12)
01, Yes), the original is read by the scanner unit 29 (process 1202), and the obtained original image information and judgment 1 in FIG.
09 in the hard disk drive 25 in association with the input index information (step 120).
3) An e-mail containing the index information input in the determination 109 of FIG. 4 is created based on MIME or the like (process 1204), and transmitted to the server device 3 (process 1205).

The fact that index information is included in the body of the e-mail created in process 1204 can be specified by the description of “Content-Type:” in the header and the like, and is the e-mail related to the bulletin board registration. This means that a specific character string indicating an electronic mail related to bulletin board registration is embedded in the “Subject:” field of the header portion, or a flag indicating an electronic mail related to bulletin board registration is included in the mail body portion. It can be determined by incorporating it.

Next, an incoming call according to the fourth embodiment, which is performed in the server device 3 in accordance with the bulletin board registration processing procedure according to the bulletin board registration / transfer method of the fourth embodiment in the network facsimile apparatus 2 shown in FIG. FIG. 17 shows the e-mail processing procedure.

In the figure, the e-mail management unit 46 of the server device 3 monitors whether an e-mail has arrived via the LAN communication control unit 48 (decision 1301), and when the e-mail arrives (Yes in decision 1301). ), The header of the received e-mail is checked to determine whether the e-mail is related to bulletin board registration including index information (decision 1302). If it is another e-mail that does not include the index information (No in decision 1302), the e-mail is a normal e-mail arriving at the server device 3 as a mail server device, and thus is transmitted by SMTP. A normal process such as distribution to the server is performed (process 1303).

If the message is related to bulletin board registration including the index information (Yes in decision 1302), the e-mail is transferred to the bulletin board master controller 47 via the system bus 49, and the contents are indexed. Information is extracted (process 1304). Then, the bulletin board master control unit 47 processes the bulletin board homepage information using an HTML sentence based on the index information obtained in the processing 1304 (processing 1305), and the processing 1305.
The e-mail containing the latest bulletin board homepage information obtained in step 1 is returned to the network facsimile machine 2 as a reception notification (step 1306). Process 1306
In response to this, the network facsimile apparatus 2 receives the e-mail containing the latest bulletin board home page information and records and outputs the e-mail with the plotter unit 28, thereby confirming the registration result on the bulletin board in the server apparatus 3. be able to.

Next, the bulletin board homepage information created on the basis of the electronic mail relating to the bulletin board registration received from the network facsimile apparatus 2 as described above is stored in the TC
A network terminal on the network 1 (in this case, a client terminal 4 on the LAN 5 by HTTP over P / IP)
a) will be described with reference to FIG.

In FIG. 14, the server device 3 monitors whether a bulletin board homepage has been selected (decision 140).
1 No loop). On the other hand, a client terminal 4a on the LAN 5 as a network terminal on the network 1
Selects the bulletin board homepage of the server device 3 by the homepage browsing application (process 150).
1).

On the server device 3 side, in response to the processing 1501, the judgment 1401 is YES, and the bulletin board homepage information is transferred to the client terminal 4a (processing 1401).
2) The client terminal 4a receives it (decision 15)
02, Yes), the bulletin board homepage is displayed by the HTML sentence display function of the homepage browsing application (process 1503), and index information is selected in response to the user's clicking operation of the pointing device (process 1504).

If the process waits until the index information is selected (No loop of decision 1403), the server device 3 makes a decision 1403 corresponding to the process 1504 to Yes.
Then, the process waits until the receiving mode is selected from the client terminal 4a (No loop of the judgment 1404).

On the other hand, in the client terminal 4a,
The image information corresponding to the index information selected in the process 1504 is selected as a reception mode of receiving as an electronic mail or transmitting the image information to a specific facsimile terminal in response to a selection input from a user ( Processing 15
05). As shown in FIG. 19, the client terminal 4a sends, as transfer destination information of the image information corresponding to the index information selected in the processing 1504, a mail address for transmitting as an e-mail and a fax number for transmitting as a facsimile message Are registered in advance in correspondence with each other, and any destination information corresponding to the reception mode selected in the process 1505 is transferred to the server device 3 (process 1506).

The fax number in the destination information shown in FIG. 19 is the subscriber number in the public network 13 of the facsimile machine used by the user of the network terminal 4a such as the nearest G3 facsimile machine of the network terminal 4a. The mail address in the destination information shown in FIG. 19 is a mail address assigned in the network 1 to the user of the network terminal 4a. Further, by the process 1506, instead of transferring the destination information from the network terminal 4a to the server device 3, the network device on the network 1 where the server device 3 can use the bulletin board service provided by the server device 3 such as the network terminal 4a. In each case, a table of destination information as shown in FIG. 19 may be registered. Further, in the process 1505, instead of selecting the receiving mode, only the receiving mode of receiving as an electronic mail or transmitting to an facsimile terminal may be used.

Now, in the server device 3, the processing 15
If the determination 1404 is Yes corresponding to the step 05, the process waits for the destination information to be transferred from the client terminal 4a (No loop of the determination 1405), and if the destination information is transferred corresponding to the process 1506 (the step 1405 of the determination). Yes), the destination information transferred in the judgment 1405 is transferred to the network facsimile apparatus 2 together with the index information selected in the judgment 1403 (process 1406). Note that the transfer of the destination information and the index information in this case is performed as an electronic mail, but may be performed according to a unique protocol.

The network facsimile apparatus 2 receives the processing 1406 in the server apparatus 3 and performs the bulletin board transfer processing procedure shown in FIG.

In the figure, the network facsimile apparatus 2 monitors whether there is transfer of destination information and index information via the LAN 5 (No loop of the judgment 1601), and judges 1601 corresponding to the processing 1406 in the server apparatus 3. Is Yes, it is determined whether the destination information transferred in determination 1601 is a fax number (determination 1602), and if it is a fax number (determination 1).
602), a call is made to the fax number of the destination (process 1603), and in response to the index information transferred in the judgment 1601, in the process 1203 of the bulletin board registration process procedure shown in FIG.
5 is transmitted as a facsimile message (process 1604). By this. The destination user can receive desired image information as a facsimile document.

In the decision 1602, if the destination information is not a fax number but a mail address (No in the decision 1602), the bulletin board registration processing shown in FIG. 16 is performed in accordance with the index information transferred in the decision 1601. In processing 1203 of the procedure, the hard disk device 2
An e-mail containing the original image information stored and registered in No. 5 is created based on MIME or the like, and transmitted to the mail address of the destination. By this. The destination user can receive the desired image information by receiving it as an e-mail and returning it to the original image information using a MIME-compliant mail application or the like.

Thus, the user of the client terminal 4a can browse the image information registered in the bulletin board in the server device 3 as in the case of the first embodiment.
The registration of the bulletin board in the server device 3 can be performed as easily as the facsimile transmission operation by the network facsimile device 2. Furthermore, the original image information itself corresponding to the index information registered in the server device 3 is:
Rather than being transferred to and stored in the server device 3, the data is stored in the network facsimile device 2 and transmitted to a designated destination as needed, so that unnecessary data does not flow on the network 1. There is an advantage that only requires.

Note that the bulletin board registration method according to the second embodiment is applied to the bulletin board registration / transfer method according to the fourth embodiment to omit the creation of bulletin board home page information in the server device 3 or the fourth embodiment. Bulletin board registration related to the form
By applying the bulletin board registration / transfer method according to the third embodiment to the transfer method, it is also possible to allow only a user registered as a view-permitted address to view image information corresponding to the selected index information. It is.

In the present embodiment described above, a case where index information, image information, and bulletin board homepage information related to bulletin board registration are transferred from network facsimile apparatus 2 to server apparatus 3 by electronic mail will be described as an example. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and can be similarly applied to the case of transferring data in a data format other than e-mail. Also, the connection mode of the network 1 is not limited to the connection mode described in the present embodiment, and the present invention can be similarly applied as long as data can be transmitted and received between network terminals.

In the embodiment described above, the present invention is applied to the network 1 including the Internet 12, but the present invention is not limited by the size of the network or the data transfer protocol in the network. The present invention can be similarly applied to a case where the communication is performed via another network.

The public network 13 to which the network facsimile apparatus 2 according to the present invention is connected is not limited to a telephone network, but may be another network such as an ISDN, or a public network 8 between facsimile apparatuses. The transmission control procedure for transmitting and receiving facsimile messages via
The present invention is applicable not only to the facsimile protocol but also to other transmission control procedures.

[0114]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the document image information read by the facsimile apparatus with the input of the index information is transmitted to the server apparatus via the network together with the input index information. On the other hand, the server apparatus creates bulletin board information including the index information transferred from the facsimile apparatus as content, registers the board information as new bulletin board information, and copies the original image information transferred from the facsimile apparatus. Since the information is registered in association with the index information transferred from the facsimile apparatus, the effect that the information related to the bulletin board function can be registered with a simple operation similar to the facsimile transmission operation is obtained.

According to the second aspect of the invention, when the document image information is read in the facsimile apparatus with the input of the index information, the bulletin board information including the input index information as the content is created, and the creation is performed. While transferring the bulletin board information together with the original image information to the server via the network, the server registers the bulletin board information transferred from the facsimile as it is as new bulletin board information,
Since the original image information transferred from the facsimile apparatus is registered in association with the index information included in the bulletin board information transferred from the facsimile apparatus, the information related to the bulletin board function can be performed as easily as the facsimile transmission operation. In addition to the effect of being able to register the bulletin board, the bulletin board information is created on the facsimile apparatus side, so that the server apparatus side can omit the bulletin board information creation procedure.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, it is possible to obtain the effect of registering information relating to the bulletin board function with a simple operation similar to the facsimile transmission operation, similarly to the first aspect of the invention. Rather, when registering information related to the bulletin board function in the server device, the network terminal other than the network terminal corresponding to the browse-permitted address information, which has been simultaneously registered as one of the information related to the bulletin board function, is not registered. Since the registered original image information is not browsed, there is an advantage that only the user who wants to browse can browse the registered original image information.

According to the invention of claim 4, similarly to the invention of claim 2, it is possible to register information relating to the bulletin board function by a simple operation similar to a facsimile transmission operation, and to register the bulletin board information. By performing the creation on the facsimile machine side, not only the server device side can obtain the effect of omitting the bulletin board information creation procedure, but also when registering information relating to the bulletin board function in the server device, Network terminals other than the network terminal corresponding to the browse-permitted address information registered at the same time as one of the information related to the function are not allowed to browse the registered document image information. There is an advantage that information can be browsed.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, when the index information corresponding to the original image information transferred from the facsimile apparatus is selected by the network terminal, the server apparatus may be configured to execute the network operation on the network terminal. If the address in is not included in the browse-permitted address information registered corresponding to the selected index information, the image information having the content indicating that browsing is not possible is transferred to the network terminal. , For a user of a network terminal other than the network terminal permitted to browse corresponding to the browse-permitted address information,
The effect of being able to notify that browsing is not permitted is obtained.

According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, it is possible to obtain the effect of registering information relating to the bulletin board function with a simple operation similar to the facsimile transmission operation, similarly to the first aspect of the invention. Instead, the original image information itself corresponding to the index information registered in the server device is not transferred to the server device 3 and stored therein, but is stored in the facsimile device. This is advantageous in that unnecessary data does not flow on the network because the data is transferred to the specified destination.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a communication system to which a bulletin board registration method and a bulletin board registration / transfer method according to an embodiment of the present invention are applied.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a block configuration of a network facsimile apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a block configuration of a server device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure in the network facsimile apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a bulletin board registration processing procedure according to the bulletin board registration method of the first embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of an electronic mail for bulletin board registration.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an incoming e-mail processing procedure according to the bulletin board registration method of the first embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing correspondence between index information and document image information.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a configuration example of bulletin board homepage information.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a bulletin board transfer procedure according to the bulletin board registration methods of the first and second embodiments.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating a bulletin board registration processing procedure according to the bulletin board registration method of the second embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart illustrating an incoming e-mail processing procedure according to the bulletin board registration method of the second embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart illustrating a bulletin board registration processing procedure according to the bulletin board registration / transfer method according to the third embodiment.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart illustrating an incoming e-mail processing procedure according to the bulletin board registration / transfer method of the third embodiment.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart illustrating a bulletin board transfer procedure according to the bulletin board registration / transfer method of the third embodiment.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart illustrating a bulletin board registration processing procedure according to the bulletin board registration / transfer method according to the fourth embodiment.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing an incoming e-mail processing procedure according to the bulletin board registration / transfer method of the fourth embodiment.

FIG. 18 is a flowchart illustrating a bulletin board transfer procedure according to the bulletin board registration / transfer method of the fourth embodiment.

FIG. 19 is a diagram illustrating an example of correspondence of destination information.

FIG. 20 is a diagram showing a bulletin board registration / registration of the fourth embodiment together with FIG.
It is a flowchart which shows the bulletin board transfer procedure concerning a transfer method.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 network 2, 6 network facsimile device 3, 7 server device 4a, 4b, 8a, 8c client terminal 5, 9 LAN 10, 11 router 12 Internet 13 public network 14a, 14b facsimile device 20 CPU 21 ROM 22 RAM 23 timer control unit 24 operation display unit 25 hard disk device 26 SRAM 27 LAN communication control unit 28 plotter unit 29 scanner unit 30 encoding / decoding unit 31 network control unit 32 communication control unit 33 character generator 34 index information input unit 35 system bus 40 CPU 41 ROM 42 RAM 43 hard disk interface 44 hard disk device 45 timer control unit 46 e-mail management unit 47 bulletin board master control unit 48 LAN communication control unit 49 system Scan

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A bulletin board information including index information registered in a server device connected as one of the network terminals to a network in which communication between the network terminals is possible is referred to by the network terminal. When index information in the bulletin board information is selected by any of the network terminals, image information registered corresponding to the selected index information is transmitted from the server device to the network terminal. In a bulletin board registration method in a network having a bulletin board function to be transferred, a facsimile apparatus is connected to the network as one of the network terminals, and original image information read by the facsimile apparatus with input of index information is stored in the facsimile apparatus. , The input index While the server device transfers the index information together with the facsimile information to the server device via the network, the server device creates bulletin board information including the index information transferred from the facsimile device as content, and registers the bulletin board information as new bulletin board information, A bulletin board registration method, wherein the document image information transferred from the facsimile apparatus is registered in association with the index information transferred from the facsimile apparatus. 2. A bulletin board information including index information registered in a server device connected as one of the network terminals to a network in which communication between the network terminals is possible is referred to by the network terminal. When index information in the bulletin board information is selected by any of the network terminals, image information registered corresponding to the selected index information is transmitted from the server device to the network terminal. In a bulletin board registration method in a network having a bulletin board function to be transferred, a facsimile apparatus is connected to the network as one of the network terminals, and when the facsimile apparatus reads original image information with input of index information. , The input While creating the bulletin board information including the dex information as the content and transferring the created bulletin board information together with the original image information to the server device via the network, the server device transmits the bulletin board information transferred from the facsimile device. And registering the document image information as it is as new bulletin board information, and registering the original image information transferred from the facsimile apparatus in association with index information included in the bulletin board information transferred from the facsimile apparatus. . 3. A bulletin board information including index information registered in a server device connected as one of the network terminals to a network in which communication between the network terminals is possible is referred to by the network terminal. When index information in the bulletin board information is selected by any of the network terminals, image information registered corresponding to the selected index information is transmitted from the server device to the network terminal. In a bulletin board registration / transfer method in a network having a bulletin board function to be transferred, a facsimile apparatus is connected to the network as one of the network terminals, and the facsimile apparatus accompanies input of index information and viewing permission address information. Scanned manuscript While information is transferred together with index information is the input and read-permitted address information to the server device via the network,
The server device creates bulletin board information including the index information transferred from the facsimile device as content, registers the bulletin board information as new bulletin board information, and stores the original image information and the browse permission address information transferred from the facsimile device. When registering the index information corresponding to the document image information transferred from the facsimile apparatus by the network terminal, the server apparatus registers the network information in association with the index information transferred from the facsimile apparatus. Only when the address of the terminal in the network is included in the browse-permitted address information registered corresponding to the selected index information, the original image registered corresponding to the selected index information. Information How Boards registration and transfer, characterized in that the transfer over click terminal. 4. Bulletin board information including index information registered in a server device connected as one of the network terminals to a network capable of communication between the network terminals is referred to by the network terminal. When index information in the bulletin board information is selected by any of the network terminals, image information registered corresponding to the selected index information is transmitted from the server device to the network terminal. In a bulletin board registration / transfer method in a network having a bulletin board function to be transferred, a facsimile apparatus is connected to the network as one of the network terminals, and the facsimile apparatus is accompanied by input of index information and viewing permission address information. Original image information is read When taken, bulletin board information including the input index information as a content is created, and the created bulletin board information is transferred to the server device via the interface together with the manuscript image information and the viewing permission address information, while the The server device is
The bulletin board information transferred from the facsimile apparatus is registered as new bulletin board information as it is, and the original image information and the browse permission address transferred from the facsimile apparatus are added to the index information included in the bulletin board information transferred from the facsimile apparatus. When the index information corresponding to the document image information transferred from the facsimile apparatus is selected by the network terminal, the server apparatus selects the address of the network terminal in the network. Only when included in the browsing permission address information registered corresponding to the index information
A bulletin board registration / transfer method, wherein the document image information registered corresponding to the selected index information is transferred to the network terminal. 5. The server device according to claim 1, wherein, when index information corresponding to the document image information transferred from said facsimile device is selected by said network terminal, an address of said network terminal in said network is set to said selected index. 4. An image information having a content indicating that browsing is impossible is transferred to the network terminal when the information is not included in the browsing permission address information registered corresponding to the information. 4. The bulletin board registration / transfer method described in any of 4 above. 6. Bulletin board information containing index information registered in a server device connected as one of the network terminals to a network capable of communication between the network terminals is referred to by the network terminal. When index information in the bulletin board information is selected by any of the network terminals, image information registered corresponding to the selected index information is transmitted from the server device to the network terminal. In a bulletin board registration / transfer method in a network having a bulletin board function to be transferred, a facsimile apparatus is connected to the network as one of the network terminals, and the facsimile apparatus reads the original image information with input of index information. Is entered, While transferring the index information to the server device via the network and registering the read original image information in association with the input index information, the server device transmits the index image information from the facsimile device. The bulletin board information including the transferred index information as the content is created and registered as new bulletin board information, and the server apparatus transmits index information corresponding to the original image information transferred from the facsimile apparatus to the network terminal. If selected, the facsimile apparatus notifies the facsimile apparatus via the network of the transfer destination information corresponding to the network terminal together with the selected index information, and the facsimile apparatus receiving the notification transmits the notified transfer information. To the destination specified by the destination information, A bulletin board registration / transfer method, wherein original image information registered corresponding to the known index information is transferred.