Communication device and recording medium recording program for communication device

• US 20030200270A1
• Filed: 04/09/2003
• Published: 10/23/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 04/17/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Murata Machinery Limited (Muratec)
• Original Assignee: Murata Machinery Limited (Muratec)
• Inventors: Tanimoto, Yoshifumi
• Granted Patent: US 7,243,128 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/224 providing notification on incoming messages, e.g. pushed notifications of received messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/234 for tracking messages

Abstract

To provide a communication device which can obtain information necessary at a transmitter without placing a burden on a receiver. The control unit prepares an original document by being scanned by the scanning unit, received by the facsimile communication unit, or received by the network communication unit. By comparing a condition for the above operations and a condition set in the distribution table within the storage unit, it can be determined whether or not there is a destination or a reply document, and the reply document can be specified. When including the reply document in an electronic mail, the electronic mail is formed by including the original document and the specified reply document, and the formed electronic mail is transmitted to the destination from the network communication unit. The reply document can include an indication for handling and processing the document, or an input column for the information necessary at the transmitter. Moreover, the address of the destination can be included in the reply document, and human errors and input works at the receiver can be reduced.

Claims

1. A communication device comprising:

a generation means for generating an electronic mail including an original document and a reply document; and

a transmission means for transmitting the electronic mail generated by the generation means.

2. The communication device according to claim 1, wherein the reply document includes an address to which a processing result of the electronic mail is notified.

3. The communication device according to claim 2, wherein the address is an electronic mail address of the communication device itself.

4. The communication device according to claim 1, wherein the reply document is a form document.

5. The communication device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a reception means for receiving information;

wherein the original document is information received by the reception means.

6. The communication device according to claim 5, wherein the reception means is a facsimile reception means, and the information is a received facsimile image data.

7. The communication device according to claim 5, wherein the reception means is an electronic mail reception means, and the information is a main text or an attached file of the received electronic mail.

8. The communication device according to claim 5, further comprising:

a condition holding means for holding a condition indicating whether or not to include the reply document in the electronic mail;

wherein the generation means determines whether or not to include the reply document in the electronic mail by comparing a condition for a reception by the reception means and the condition held by the condition holding means.

9. The communication device according to claim 8, further comprising:

an updating means for updating the condition.

10. The communication device according to claim 5, further comprising:

a condition holding means for holding a condition to include a selected reply document in the electronic mail among a plurality of reply documents;

wherein the generation means determines whether or not to include the reply document in the electronic mail by comparing a condition for a reception by the reception means and the condition held by the condition holding means.

11. The communication device according to claim 10, further comprising:

an updating means for updating the condition.

12. The communication device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a scanning means for scanning an original;

wherein the original document is an image data scanned by the scanning means.

13. A method for transmitting an electronic mail comprising:

generating an electronic mail including an original document and a reply document; and

transmitting the generated electronic mail.

14. The method for transmitting the electronic mail according to claim 13, comprising:

receiving a facsimile image data;

wherein the original document is the received facsimile image data.

15. The method for transmitting the electronic mail according to claim 13, comprising:

receiving an electronic mail;

wherein the original document is a main text or an attached file of the received electronic mail.

16. The method for transmitting the electronic mail according to claim 14, comprising:

holding a condition for indicating whether or not to include the reply document in the electronic mail; and

determining whether or not to include the reply document in the electronic mail based on a condition at reception.

17. The method for transmitting the electronic mail according to claim 15, comprising:

holding a condition for indicating whether or not to include the reply document in the electronic mail; and

determining whether or not to include the reply document in the electronic mail based on a condition at reception.

18. A recording medium recording a communication program for a computer to transmit an electronic mail, comprising:

a generation function for generating an electronic mail including an original document and a reply document; and

a transmission function for transmitting the electronic mail generated by the generation function.

19. The recording medium recording the communication program according to claim 18, comprising:

a function for receiving a facsimile image data; and

a function for handling the received facsimile image data as the original document.

20. A recording medium recording the communication program according to claim 18, comprising:

a function for receiving an electronic mail; and

a function for handing a main text or an attached file of the received electronic mail as the original document.