Notification Unit for Address Book Change Detection in Fax Transmitters

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing information transmitting systems, such as those used for facsimile transmissions, face challenges in ensuring accurate recipient information is maintained and updated, leading to potential misdelivery of documents due to changes in address book content without proper notification or handling.

Innovation Solution

An information transmitting apparatus with a recipient information memory, user information memory, information transmitting unit, and notification unit that stores and manages recipient identification information, allows users to select and store recipient information, and notifies users of changes in recipient information, enabling options for transmission to previous or updated recipients.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If the system uses stored recipient information for transmission, then transmission efficiency is improved, but accuracy deteriorates when recipient information changes without notification

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvetransmission efficiencyVSAvoiddelivery accuracy

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements a feedback mechanism where the notification unit alerts the user when recipient information changes. This allows the user to be informed of updates and make decisions about whether to use the updated information, thereby maintaining both efficient transmission using stored data and accurate delivery by accounting for changes.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary action by storing recipient information in advance and allowing users to select which recipients to notify. The notification unit is prepared in advance to alert users of changes, enabling the system to maintain efficiency while preparing for accuracy requirements when changes occur.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

2Reliability

If the system notifies users of all changes, then delivery accuracy is improved, but user convenience deteriorates due to excessive notifications

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedelivery accuracyVSAvoiduser convenience

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system applies local quality by allowing users to selectively notify only specific recipients rather than notifying all recipients of changes. Users can choose which recipient identification information should trigger notifications, making the notification system both accurate for important changes and convenient by filtering out irrelevant notifications.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements partial action by notifying users only about changes to specific recipient information that the user has selected for notification, rather than notifying about all changes. This partial notification approach maintains accuracy for important updates while avoiding the excessive notifications that would reduce user convenience.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #16Partial or excessive action

3Ease of operation

If the system allows flexible recipient selection, then ease of operation is improved, but device complexity increases due to multiple memory and notification components

Engineering Contradiction:

Improverecipient selection flexibilityVSAvoidmemory and notification structure

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The notification unit serves multiple functions: it notifies users of changes to recipient information, allows users to select which recipients to notify, and provides the basis for determining transmission accuracy. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate complex components while maintaining ease of operation and flexibility in recipient selection.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS9258451B2Information transmitting apparatus, information transmitting method, and non-transitory computer readable medium

Publication Date: 2016.02.09 FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP

AI summary

An information transmitting apparatus includes a recipient information memory storing multiple pieces of recipient information and recipient identification information that is associated with each of the multiple pieces of recipient information and is used for identifying each piece of recipient information; a user information memory storing user selection identification information, which is the recipient identification information selected by a user from the recipient information memory, and storing information indicating a time when the user selection identification information is selected by the user; an information transmitting unit reading out the recipient information corresponding to the user selection identification information from the recipient information memory to transmit information to the recipient identified by the recipient information that is read out; and a notification unit notifying the user of change if the recipient information stored in the recipient information memory is changed after the selection.