Facsimile Server Email Merging for Duplicate Transmission Reduction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional facsimile systems experience inconvenience due to multiple facsimile images of the same content being continuously received at a single facsimile device when multiple transmission destination telephone numbers are specified, as they store and transmit duplicate e-mails for each destination.
Innovation Solution
A communication device that generates and transmits a facsimile server addressed e-mail containing multiple transmission destination telephone numbers, but controls the system to send this e-mail fewer times than the number of destinations, reducing redundant transmissions by specifying a single mail address for multiple recipients.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a mail server generates and stores multiple e-mails for each transmission destination telephone number, then each facsimile device can receive the e-mail, but duplicate facsimile images of the same content are continuously received at the same facsimile device
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple e-mail transmission operations into a single e-mail containing multiple mail addresses in the 'To' field. Instead of generating separate e-mails for each destination (05@faxsvr.com, 06@faxsvr.com), the system creates one e-mail with both addresses listed, which the facsimile server then distributes to all destinations without creating duplicates at individual devices.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the mail server stores the same e-mail content multiple times in the mailbox, then all transmission destinations can be reached, but the system stores redundant e-mail data
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple e-mail copies into a single e-mail object that contains multiple mail addresses. The mail server stores only one copy of the e-mail content in the mailbox, but this single e-mail can be delivered to multiple destinations (05@faxsvr.com, 06@faxsvr.com) by parsing the 'To' field for multiple addresses, thereby reducing storage redundancy while maintaining delivery versatility.
3Reliability
If the system transmits e-mails for each specified telephone number separately, then delivery to all destinations is ensured, but the number of transmission operations increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple separate transmission operations into a single transmission operation. Instead of transmitting e-mails separately to 05@faxsvr.com and 06@faxsvr.com (requiring two SMTP transactions), the system transmits one e-mail containing both mail addresses in the '_to' field, reducing the number of transmission operations while maintaining reliable delivery to all specified destinations.
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AI summary
A communication device includes an input unit specifying a transmission destination telephone number, a communication unit transmitting an e-mail to a specified server connected to a network, a mail generating unit generating a facsimile server addressed e-mail, and a control unit. Wherein, the control unit controls the mail generating unit and the communication unit in such a manner that, when a plurality of transmission destination telephone numbers are specified as the one or more numbers of the transmission destination telephone numbers by the input unit, the mail generating unit generates a facsimile server addressed e-mail to which a facsimile server addressed mail address, and the communication unit transmits the facsimile server addressed e-mail to a facsimile server as a destination fewer times than the number of the plurality of the transmission destination telephone numbers.