JPS63314975A - Confidential communication system for facsimile - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To simplify confidential transmission operation by providing a nonconfidential data blank with an original read by the facsimile of a transmitting side and providing a control means which prints only nonconfidential data among received data on a recording paper and outputs it with the facsimile of a receiving side. CONSTITUTION:The facsimile of the transmitting side reads the data of the nonconfidential data blank 3 simultaneously with a confidential mark 2 and transmits them to the facsimile of the receiving side. The control means of the facsimile of the receiving side prints only the nonconfidential data among the received data received with a confidential code and outputs it. An addressee recognizes that a confidential communication comes to oneself by seeing the nonconfidential data copied on the recording paper and takes out the confidential data from the facsimile of the receiving side. Thus when a original 1 which informs the confidential communication as a graphic shows to the receiving side is sent, at the same time, the message informing that a confidential original is sent to the addressee is sent to the receiving side. As the result, the confidential communication operation of the facsimile can be simplified because it is sufficient that a transmitter requires only facsimile transmission operation.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] Purpose of ER Akira] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention is a confidential communication method in a facsimile machine (prior art) Conventionally, the following method S has been used to perform confidential communication in a facsimile machine. -I was picking it. That is, a confidential mark 2 is applied to a document 1 as shown in FIG. 4, and after this is read by the sending facsimile, a normal document is read and sent to the receiving side.

When the sending facsimile reads the confidential mark, it converts it into a confidential code and sends it to the receiving facsimile to inform the receiving side that the communication is confidential. When the receiving facsimile receives the confidential code, it stores the next sent document data in its memory and prevents it from outputting it to recording paper. Next, the caller uses a telephone or the like to inform the addressee that he has sent the manuscript confidentially by facsimile. The recipient obtains the transmitted manuscript by operating the keys on the received facsimile to record the manuscript data stored in the memory onto recording paper and output it. In this conventional facsimile confidential communication method, in addition to sending the original by facsimile, it is also necessary to send a message to the recipient by telephone, etc. that the confidential communication has been sent, making the communication operation complicated and inconvenient. There was a drawback.

(Problem to be solved by the invention) The above-mentioned conventional facsimile confidential communication method has the drawback that in addition to sending the manuscript by facsimile, it is necessary to communicate by telephone or other means to notify that the document is confidential, which takes time and effort. was there. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, the present invention aims to eliminate the above-mentioned drawbacks, and aims to provide an easy-to-use facsimile confidential communication system that allows a confidential message of the day to be conveyed to the recipient with just one facsimile communication. do.

[Structure of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problems) The present invention provides a facsimile confidential communication system in which received data sent with a confidential mark is stored in the memory of the receiving facsimile machine and is not printed out on recording paper. , a non-confidential data field is provided in the document that is read by the sender's facsimile machine, in which the message on the date when the document was sent confidentially to the addressee along with the confidentiality mark is included, and only the non-confidential data is included in the received data received with the confidentiality code. The receiving facsimile machine is provided with a control means for printing and outputting the information on recording paper.

(Operation) In the facsimile confidential communication system of the present invention, the sending facsimile reads the data in the non-confidential data field along with the confidential mark and transmits it to the receiving facsimile. The control means of the receiving facsimile machine prints only the non-confidential data out of the received data received together with the confidential code on recording paper. The addressee sees the non-confidential data copied on the recording paper, knows that a confidential communication has been sent to him/her, and retrieves the confidential data from the receiving facsimile.

(Example) An example of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings, in which the same parts as those of the conventional example are denoted by the same reference numerals. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an embodiment of a document to be sent in order to realize the facsimile confidential communication system of the present invention.

A document 1 is marked with a confidential mark 2, and a non-confidential data field 3 is provided next to the confidential mark 2.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained. The above-mentioned non-confidential data field 3 is provided in the longitudinal range of the confidential mark 2, and is used to indicate that the communication is confidential and to record non-confidential data that may be known to others, such as the addressee, sender, date, etc. has been done. The sender first sends such a manuscript from the sending facsimile to the receiving facsimile, and then sends a confidential manuscript.

FIG. 2 is an operational flowchart of the sending facsimile machine during confidential transmission. First, in step 201, a document is read, and in step 202, it is determined whether or not there is a confidential mark. If there is no confidential mark, a normal transmission operation is performed in step 203 to transmit the read document to the destination, and the process ends.

If it is determined in step 202 that there is a confidential mark, the process goes to step 204, converts the confidential mark into a confidential code, transmits this to the destination, and then goes to step 203.

By such an operation of the sending facsimile, when the sending facsimile reads the document shown in FIG. 1, a confidential code is sent to the receiving facsimile, and non-laminated data is also sent. Thereafter, the data of the confidential document read by the sending facsimile is transmitted to the receiving facsimile.

FIG. 3 is an operational flowchart of a facsimile machine for receiving confidential communications. First, in step 301, data reception is started. In step 302, it is determined whether or not a confidential code has been received. If the confidential code has not been received, the process goes to step 303, and if it has been received, the process goes to step 304. Step 3
At step 03, normal reception processing is performed in which the received data is sequentially printed on recording paper and output, and the processing ends. Step 304
Then, all received data is stored in memory. Step 30
In step 5, only the non-confidential data is read from the memory and printed out on recording paper, and the process ends. Due to this operation of the receiving facsimile machine, in the case of confidential communication, confidential documents are stored in the memory so that they are not seen by other people, but non-confidential data is printed on recording paper and output. By looking at this non-confidential data, the recipient knows whether a confidential manuscript has been sent.

The addressee operates the facsimile machine on the receiving side to output the confidential document data stored in the memory onto a recording paper and receives it, as in the past.

According to this embodiment, if the sender sends a document notifying the receiving side of the confidential communication shown in FIG. This simplifies confidential facsimile communication operations. Furthermore, it is possible to eliminate inconveniences such as the recipient not being able to receive the confidential communication because he or she forgets to make a phone call to notify the recipient of the confidential communication.

In addition to the example shown in FIG. 1, the non-confidential data 3 may be written at any predetermined location.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the facsimile confidential communication method of the present invention, it is possible to convey a confidential message to the recipient with only one facsimile communication, and the confidential transmission operation can be simplified. effective.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 is a diagram showing an example of a document to be sent to realize the confidential communication method of the facsimile of the present invention, Figure 2 is an operation flowchart of the sending side facsimile during confidential transmission, and Figure 3 is during confidential communication. FIG. 4 is an operation flowchart of the receiving side facsimile machine, and is a diagram showing an example of a conventional confidential mark. 1...Manuscript 2...Confidential mark Death...Non-confidential data column Agent Patent attorney Nori Chika Ken Yudo Sanno - 1X Bridge Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3] 7, Kaya Figure 4

Claims (1)

[Claims] In the confidential communication method of facsimile, where the received data sent with a confidential mark is stored in the memory of the receiving facsimile and is not printed out on recording paper, a message indicating that the document was sent confidentially to the recipient is written along with the confidential mark. A non-confidential data field is provided in the document read by the sending facsimile, and the receiving facsimile is provided with a control means for printing and outputting only the non-confidential data out of the received data received together with the confidential code on recording paper. A confidential communication method for facsimile.