JPS6362146B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a message communication system, and more particularly to a message communication system having a message storage means and a message editing means.

In the message communication system, conventionally,
The message was edited by selecting appropriate information from a large amount of original information (message data) depending on the recipient, and if it was necessary to store the message, the edited message was stored as is. Therefore, if the content of the edited message differs for each recipient, it is necessary to store the message for each recipient, which requires a large memory area, or if messages are stored for a long time, the memory area must be made longer. Occupy time.

Communication messages are image information, characters (text)
It consists of various media such as information. conventionally,
Communication messages containing image information need to be transmitted together with other media, such as character information, as image information; therefore, in such cases,
The amount of information to be transmitted increases. Therefore, according to the conventional method described above, in order to store communication messages,
The amount of memory area required for this storage increases, resulting in a disadvantage that the efficiency in using the memory area decreases.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to eliminate the drawbacks of the above-mentioned conventional methods, reduce the required amount of memory area when storing communication messages, and improve the efficiency of use of the memory area.

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of one embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, 1 is an editing circuit, 1-1 is a memory area access circuit, 1-2 is a write circuit, 1-
3 is a reading circuit, M ₁ , M ₂ , M ₃ ~, indicate the memory area of the storage device, and M ₁ , M ₂ , M ₃
~ is a message data storage area, and 2 is a communication message editing information storage area. Note that E ₁ and S ₁ of the editing circuit 1 are the input terminals of the editing signal E ₁ and the editing transmission signal S ₁ , respectively, which are indicated by the same symbol.
O is an output terminal for output signal O, and _S2 is an input/output terminal for editing information access and reading signal _S2 .

The editing signal E ₁ and the editing transmission signal S ₁ are given from the transmitting terminal, and the output signal O can be sent back to the transmitting terminal to display the message on the monitor display device of the terminal, and the editing of the communication message is completed. This output signal O is then sent to the receiving terminal to which the communication message is to be sent.

The editing signal _E1 is inputted, for example, from a keyboard of a transmitting terminal (not shown). The editing signal E ₁ includes address information of the message data storage areas M ₁ , M ₂ , M _{3 .} . . and editing instruction information such as the position, size, and interval on the message screen of the message editing data read from the addresses. . The input editing signal E ₁ is sent as a signal E ₂ to the communication message editing information storage area 2 via the writing circuit 1-2 and is stored there, as well as being sent to the message area access circuit 1-1. Branch and edit signals
The predetermined message data stored in the message data storage areas M ₁ , M ₂ , M ₃ is read using the address information contained in E ₁ , and the position, size, interval, etc. of the read message data on the message screen is It is output from the output terminal as an output signal O together with editing instruction information (included in the editing signal E1) specifying the edit signal _E1 . In this way, by sequentially inputting the editing signals _E1 corresponding to the message data, the communication message information can be sent to the monitor display device of the terminal on the output signal O, and the message can be displayed.

When the sending of the editing signal E ₁ is completed and the editing of the communication message is completed, the editing information for the communication message included in the editing signal E ₁ is stored in the editing information storage area 2 of the communication message, as described above. is accumulated in

Note that this editing information is managed for calls, that is, for communications.

Editing information is accumulated in the editing information storage area 2 as described above, or this accumulated editing information is read as described below and sent out from the delivery end O as a message information output signal.

That is, the editing transmission signal _S1 is transmitted from the transmitting terminal, this is input to the editing circuit 1, and the reading circuit 1--
3, it generates an edit information access signal _S2 , thereby reading the edit information corresponding to the call in the edit information storage area 2. This read editing information reaches the memory area access circuit 1-1 via the reading circuit 1-3, and in this circuit, the message data storage areas M ₁ , M ₂ , M ₃ are accessed according to the address included in the editing information. . Although the destination terminal is usually selected as the reading terminal, it is also possible to output the message to one's own terminal and monitor the contents of the message.

Note that in the editing information stored in the editing information storage area 2, additional information such as a communication partner address, a communication start time, a communication password, etc. can be simultaneously stored for each call, and communication can be controlled.

Now, using broadcast communication as an example, how the present invention saves memory will be explained with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the data storage state of the data storage area according to the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the data storage state of the data storage area according to the prior art.

FIG. 2a shows the state of the message data storage area, and FIG. 2b shows the state of the communication message editing information storage area. FIG. 3 shows the state of the message storage area. In the conventional technology, as shown in the figure, message data and communication message editing information were both stored in the same storage area.

In FIGS. 2 and 3, A, B, C, and D respectively indicate call-related message editing instruction information (a part of the information stored in the communication message editing information storage area 2 shown in FIG. 1). , M indicate message data (stored in message data storage areas M ₁ , M ₂ , M ₃ shown in FIG. 1).

Broadcast communication is sending the same message to multiple recipients. Conventionally, as shown in FIG. 3, message data M is sent as a communication message for each destination to edit instruction information A, corresponding to a call, respectively.
It was stored together with B, C, D... In the present invention, as shown in FIG. 2, message data M and editing instruction information A, B, C, D, etc. are separated and stored in a message storage area and a communication message editing information storage area, and the message is sent. At times, message data and editing instruction information are assembled into a communication message and this is sent in the form of a signal, so there is no need to hold multiple pieces of the same message data as in the past, and the memory area can be reduced accordingly. becomes.

Therefore, the more parties the same message is sent to, the more effective it is. Furthermore, even when the same information is sent multiple times to multiple parties at different times, the effect of memory deletion is even greater.

In other words, the message data storage area (in Figure 1)
M ₁ , M ₂ , M ₃ ) stores only one message and reads and edits it according to editing instruction information, and when multiple communication messages each have duplicate message data, the duplicate message Rather than storing data for each destination, it is sufficient to store only one data in memory.

Conventionally, communication messages have been edited by selecting appropriate ones from a large amount of original information, and managed by transmitting, storing, etc. in that form. Particularly when a communication message contains information on different media, such as image information and character (text) information, the amount of information to be transmitted increases, and a large storage area is required for storage. but,
In the present invention, for storing communication messages, an address indicating the message data in the message data storage area and editing instruction information indicating the position, size, etc. on the communication message for the message data are used. When transmitting a message, the message data read from the above address and the above editing instruction information added to the message data are used.
It becomes possible to improve the efficiency of using transmission paths, and also reduces the amount of information required to store communication messages, reducing the amount of storage area required for this purpose.
This has the effect of efficiently using the storage area.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG.
3 is a diagram showing the storage state of the data storage area according to the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the storage state of the data storage area according to the prior art. 1...Editing circuit, 1-1...Memory area access circuit, 1-2...Writing circuit, 1-3...Reading circuit, 2
...Editing information storage area for communication messages, M ₁ ,
_M2 , M3 _~ ...Message data storage area.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. In a message communication system having a message storage means and a message editing means, a message data storage area storing message data, and communication for storing editing information for the message data in the message data storage area. The editing circuit includes a message editing information storage area and an editing circuit, and the editing circuit stores the editing information instructed from the terminal in the editing information storage area, and when transmitting the communication message, the editing circuit stores the editing information instructed from the terminal in the editing information storage area. The information is read, and predetermined message data in the message data storage area is retrieved based on the address information included in the editing information, and the position and size of the message data, which is also included in the editing information, on the message screen is determined. , a message communication method characterized by controlling the message to be sent together with editing instruction information instructing an interval, etc.