DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM HAVING EXTERNAL TERMINAL AND DATA COMMUNICATION DEVICE CONNECTED TO THE SAME EXTERNAL TERMINAL, AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD IN THE SAME SYSTEM

• US 20020041391A1
• Filed: 10/14/1998
• Published: 04/11/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 10/14/1997
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Ayutthaya Limited (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Ayutthaya Limited (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: BANNAI, NOBUYUKI
• Granted Patent: US 6,587,226 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 358/1.15
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00206 Transmitting or receiving computer data via an image communication device, e.g. a facsimile transceiver H04N1/00236 takes precedence

Abstract

A data communication device comprises a connection device for connection with an external terminal, a receiving device for receiving data, a decipher device for deciphering information sent from a companion when the receiving device receives data, a notifying device for notifying the external terminal through the connection device of predetermined information, and a selecting device for selecting information to be notified by the notifying device, according to a decipher result of the decipher device.

A control method for controlling an information processing terminal connected to the data communication device, the control method comprises a reception step of receiving data received by the data communication device and information concerning a sender of the received data, from the data communication device, a determination step of determining a priority of the received data, based on the information concerning the sender, received in the reception step, and a control step of performing such control as to vary a method of notification of reception according to a determination result in the determination step.

Claims

1. A data communication device comprising:

connection means for connection with an external terminal;

receiving means for receiving data;

decipher means for deciphering information sent from a companion when said receiving means receives data;

notifying means for notifying the external terminal through said connection means of predetermined information; and

selecting means for selecting information to be notified by said notifying means, according to a decipher result of said decipher means.

2. The data communication device according to claim 1, wherein said decipher means determines a priority according to information representing a companion and said selecting means selects information indicating the priority determined by said decipher means, out of a plurality of choices.

3. The data communication device according to claim 1, wherein said decipher means deciphers information indicating a priority, sent from the companion, and said selecting means selects the priority deciphered by said decipher means.

4. The data communication device according to claim 1, further comprising determining means for determining whether said notifying means can notify the external terminal connected through said connection means of the information, and display means for displaying a display according to the decipher result of said decipher means when said determining means determines that said notifying means cannot notify the external terminal of the information.

5. A control method for controlling an information processing terminal connected to a data communication device for carrying out data communication, said control method comprising:

a reception step of receiving data received by the data communication device and information concerning a sender of said received data, from the data communication device;

a determination step of determining a priority of the received data, based on the information concerning the sender, received in said reception step; and

a control step of performing such control as to vary a method of notification of reception according to a determination result in said determination step.

6. The control method according to claim 5, wherein said determination step is to determine the priority, based on address information included in the information concerning the sender, received in said reception step.

7. The control method according to claim 5, wherein said determination step is to determine the priority, based on information indicating the priority, said information being included in the information concerning the sender, received in said reception step.

8. The control method according to claim 5, wherein said control step is so adapted that when said data communication device receives data with a high priority, a display device is made to display a message indicating reception of the data.

9. The control method according to claim 5, wherein said control step is so adapted that when said data communication device receives data with a high priority, a display device is made to display a demagnified image of the data received in said reception step.

10. The control method according to claim 5, wherein said control step is so adapted that when said data communication device receives data with a high priority, a display device is made to display information indicating the sender of the data received.

11. The control method according to claim 5, wherein said control step is so adapted that when said data communication device receives confidential data, a display device is made to display information indicating reception of the confidential data.

12. A computer readable program, stored in a storage medium, controlling an information processing terminal connected to a data communication device for performing data communication, said program comprising:

a reception step of receiving data received by said data communication device and information concerning a sender of the received data, from the data communication device;

a determination step of determining a priority of the received data, based on the information concerning the sender, received in said reception step; and

a control step of performing such control as to vary a method of notification of reception according to a determination result in said determination step.