JPS6129581B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention includes a storage and conversion device in the network, and a message addressed to a specific terminal is temporarily stored in the memory of the storage and conversion device, and a predetermined key from the specific terminal is stored in the memory of the storage and conversion device. The present invention relates to a facsimile communication system that performs a storage service such as a so-called mailbox, in which a message is extracted from the memory and transmitted to the terminal only after receiving a message retrieval request signal including a number.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the conventional structure of this type of facsimile communication system. In the same figure,
11 is a facsimile terminal, 12 is a line including a subscriber line and an exchange, 13 is a storage/conversion device including a memory 14, 14 is a memory for storing facsimile image signals, and 21 is connected from the storage/conversion device 13 to the memory 14
A message retrieval notification message notifying that a message addressed to the terminal 11 has been stored in the memory 11 and requesting that the message in the memory 14 be retrieved from the terminal 11; A message retrieval request signal 23 including a key number for retrieval is a message read out from the memory 14.

With conventional storage services such as mailboxes,
A notification that a message addressed to the terminal 11 has been stored in the memory 14 is sent to the subscriber (terminal) through the line 12 in the form of a message retrieval notification 21 in the form of a facsimile image signal, and the subscriber (terminal) who sees this is notified. A person transmitted a message retrieval request signal 22 containing a key number to the storage/conversion device 13, and received 23 messages sent thereon. For this reason, the conventional method had the following runner-up points.

Since the message retrieval notification text 21 is sent through the line 12, it cannot be notified if the terminal 11 is busy.
3 requires a recall function. Further, the message 23 will be held in the memory 14 while being recalled.

The notification to the terminal 11 is in the form of a facsimile symbol because automatic call reception without requiring human intervention is effective, but for this reason, the line 12 is put on hold during this message sending time. Further, the device 13 is required to perform processing for creating a message.

In order to retrieve the message 23 from the memory 14, the subscriber must first view the notification 21 and then send a retrieval request signal 22 containing the key number. For this reason, it requires manpower to send out the message, and the message 23 remains in the memory 14 until the subscriber notices the message 21.
This results in an increase in the capacity of the memory 14.

This invention has been made to overcome the above-mentioned drawbacks of the conventional system, and an object of the invention is to reliably send message retrieval notification from the storage/conversion device side even when the terminal is busy. A facsimile communication system that provides storage services such as mailboxes that can notify the terminal without using a line, and also allows the terminal to automatically send a retrieval request signal including the key number without requiring any human intervention. Our goal is to provide the following.

The gist of the configuration of this invention is to use a selective call receiving device such as a wireless pager as a method of notifying a message retrieval notification to a facsimile terminal, and to send a message retrieval request signal containing a predetermined key number. Make the call automatically from the terminal side,
The main feature is that the correspondence is automatically retrieved from the memory of the storage and conversion device. Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention, in which 11, 12, 13, 14,
23 refers to the same thing as in FIG. 1, 15 is a signal line between the storage/conversion device 13 and the wireless device 16, 16 is a wireless device for transmitting a wireless signal to the pager 18, 17 is a wireless transmission path, and 1 is the pager. (selective call receiving device), 19 is a control signal line for notifying the terminal 11 of the signal received by the pager 18, 20 is an automatic transmitter for automatically transmitting a message retrieval request signal, 24 is the corresponding facsimile A calling signal for calling the terminal; 25, a wireless calling signal obtained by converting the calling signal 24 into a wireless signal on the wireless transmission path 17; 26, a terminal control signal to the terminal 11; and 27, an automatically transmitted key number. This is a message retrieval request signal.

In this system that provides a storage and conversion service such as a mailbox, when a message addressed to the terminal 11 is stored in the memory 14, the storage and conversion device 13
transmits a calling signal 24 for calling the corresponding facsimile terminal 11 to the wireless device 1 through the signal line 15.
Send on 6. The wireless device 16 that receives the paging signal 24 converts this signal 24 into a wireless paging signal 25 that matches the wireless transmission path 17, and transmits the paging signal 24 to the pager 18.
Send to. The pager 18 that receives the radio paging signal 25 sounds a buzzer according to the current technical specifications, but in this system, the signal that makes the buzzer sound is used as a terminal control signal 26 to notify the terminal 11. Use one configured to do so. In the facsimile terminal 11 that received the terminal control signal 26, the terminal 1 in the memory 14 is
In order to retrieve a message addressed to 1, a message retrieval request signal 27 containing a predetermined key number is transmitted from the automatic transmitter 20 to the storage and conversion device 13 through the line 12. The device 13 decodes the sent message retrieval request signal 27 and sends the corresponding message 23 in the memory 14 to the terminal 11 after confirming that the key number matches the terminal.

As explained above, when a storage service such as a mailbox is implemented using the method according to the present invention, a selective call receiving device such as a wireless pager is used as a method of notifying the facsimile terminal, so that the facsimile terminal is busy. There is an advantage that notification can be reliably made even in the case of , and there is also an advantage that a message retrieval notification message is unnecessary and a notification message creation process of the storage and conversion device is also unnecessary. In addition, since the message retrieval request signal is automatically sent from the facsimile terminal, there is no need for human intervention to retrieve the message, and there is also the disadvantage that the message remains in the memory for a long time until the subscriber retrieves it. It has the advantage of being removed.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram of the configuration of a conventional facsimile communication system having a storage/conversion device in the network, and FIG. 2 is a system configuration diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention. 11...Facsimile terminal, 12...Line, 13...
Storage conversion device, 14...Memory, 15...Signal line, 1
6... Wireless device, 17... Wireless transmission line, 18... Pager, 19... Control signal line, 20... Automatic transmitter,
21...Message retrieval notification text, 22...Message retrieval request signal, 23...Message, 24...Call signal, 2
5...Radio paging signal, 26...Terminal control signal, 27
...Message retrieval request signal.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A storage and conversion device is provided in the network, a message addressed to a specific terminal is temporarily stored in the memory of the storage and conversion device, and a message retrieval request signal containing a predetermined key number is received from the terminal. Wait,
A facsimile communication system in which a message is retrieved from the memory and transmitted to the terminal, and when a message addressed to a specific terminal is stored in the memory of the storage/conversion device, a calling signal is sent to call the terminal. A wireless device on the storage/conversion device side receives the signal from the storage/conversion device, converts it into a wireless paging signal, and sends it out; A selective call receiving device that communicates the arrival of a signal to the specific terminal, and the terminal automatically transmits a message retrieval request signal containing a predetermined key number to the storage conversion device upon notification from the selective call receiving device. A facsimile communication system characterized by comprising an automatic transmission device.