JPH0659072B2 - Incoming mail notification method - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION [Outline] In a compound mail service device, a telephone number that a subscriber puts in as a mail destination when accumulating mail and a terminal number of a subscriber terminal to which the compound mail service device actually delivers the mail. The subscriber specifies a telephone number as a destination and transmits it, and after the accumulated mail is delivered to the subscriber terminal corresponding to the telephone number by the compound mail service device, the telephone is called. The phone notifies you by voice that the mail was delivered to the number.

[Industrial application field]

The present invention relates to an incoming mail notification system, and more specifically, an ordinary telephone set to which a telephone number is given and an exchange that accommodates a subscriber terminal to which a terminal number is given, and a telephone and a subscriber terminal connected to the exchange. On the other hand, the present invention relates to a method of notifying a subscriber of an incoming mail in a communication system including a compound mail service apparatus that provides a voice mail service, a facsimile mail service, a text mail service, etc. in the same system.

[Prior art]

Conventionally, when a copy document such as an email or a document is delivered to a subscriber terminal, a separate telephone notification is made to provide the service. For example, when an e-mail is sent from a facsimile terminal (hereinafter referred to as a fax terminal), the sender separately notifies the person who should obtain the e-mail by sending a phone call.

Also, the fax terminal on the receiving side receives the mail,
In such a case, when the person who receives the received mail legitimately is in a remote place, the person who handles the terminal informs the legitimate recipient that the mail has been received by telephone or the like.

By the way, subscriber terminals such as fax terminals are not placed in individual recipients, but rather in a location separate from the office where the recipients are and in the form of shared use of multiple terminals. There are many.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

Therefore, the sender or the direct recipient such as e-mail,
The workability of checking the telephone number of the legitimate recipient and making a telephone contact was poor.

In view of the drawbacks of the prior art, the present invention allows the mail to be stored once in the compound mail service device without the sender of the mail notifying that the mail has been sent separately or that the mail has arrived. It is an object of the present invention to provide a mail arrival notification method in which the storage service device automatically notifies the user by voice mail.

[Means for solving problems]

 FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of the principle of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, 1 is a subscriber terminal, 2 is a telephone, 3 is an exchange, 4 is a compound mail service device, 5 is an interface unit, 6 is a main memory, 7 is a control unit, and 8 is an external storage device (for example, a disk). Are shown respectively.

When a mail (document, etc.) from a sender is stored in the compound mail service device, the sender dials the telephone number of the person who should receive the mail instead of the receiving terminal number, and stores the information in the disk. Accumulate to 8. The control unit 7 of the composite mail service device 4 sends the mail in the disk 8 to the designated terminal. Prior to the sending, it is determined whether the mail is a voice mail. The terminal number corresponding to the designated telephone number in the disk, for example, the number of the subscriber terminal (FAX terminal) 1 is converted to control the incoming call. In the present invention, after the completion of sending the mail, the telephone 2 corresponding to the designated telephone number is called, and the voice guidance that the composite mail service device 4 has sent the mail via the exchange 3 (the voice guidance code is, for example, (Previously stored in the memory 6) is automatically flown.

FIG. 2 shows the contents of the subscriber data management table contained in the disk shown in FIG. 1, in which telephone numbers and terminal numbers are associated as shown. The subscriber terminal and the telephone number may correspond one-to-one, but in general, the subscriber terminal and the telephone number are distant from each other, and the number of subscribers is one.
Considering the common use of one subscriber terminal, the subscriber terminal number can be assigned to a plurality of telephone numbers. The correspondence is shown in the subscriber data management table of FIG.

[Action]

According to the present invention, by providing the subscriber data management table as shown in FIG. 2, the composite mail service device delivers the mail to the mailbox provided in the disk corresponding to the subscriber terminal, or to the subscriber terminal. After sending the mail, the telephone number corresponding to the subscriber terminal is automatically called, and the telephone notifies the delivery of the mail by voice.

〔Example〕

FIG. 3 shows an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 3, the same parts as those in FIG. 1 are designated by the same symbols. In FIG. 3, 3
Reference numeral 0 is a bus multiplexer, 33a and 33b are modems, 34a to 34d are line interface trunks, 32a and 32b are fax line control units, and 31a and 31b are voice line control units.

In FIG. 3, when transmitting data to a fax terminal, the data is transmitted to the terminal number β in the subscriber data management table 20 via the fax line controller 32a, the modem 33a, and the line interface 34c. Further, when notifying the telephone of the arrival of the mail, the voice line control unit 31 for the corresponding telephone number α in the subscriber data management table 20
The subscriber's telephone is notified of the incoming call via the b-line interface trunk 34b. (In this example, an example of performing voice guidance from a disc is shown).

Next, the operation of the embodiment shown in FIG. 3 will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

In block (hereinafter abbreviated as B) 401, when a mail arrives in the mailbox provided in the disk corresponding to the subscriber terminal, B402 determines whether or not it is voice mail, and it is voice mail. If it is, the process shifts to normal processing.

If B402 determines that the email is not voice, then B403
At, it is determined whether the mail is confidential. If it is confidential, in order to maintain confidentiality, automatic delivery of mail to the subscriber terminal corresponding to the destination telephone number is not performed, and in B404 the destination telephone number is sent via the voice line control unit 31b to the destination telephone number. Call to confirm the response (B
405), by notifying the arrival of mail (B406),
The subscriber is urged to retrieve the mail from the storage service device and the processing is completed (B407).

If it is determined in B403 that it is not confidential, the process proceeds to B410, the terminal number is retrieved from the telephone number in the subscriber data management table 20, and the retrieved terminal number is called (B4
11). In the case of FAX, a call is made via the FAX line controller 32a shown in FIG. Confirming the response at B412, B4
The mail is delivered to the subscriber terminal by 13.

When the delivery of the mail is completed, the voice line control unit 31b is sent to the destination telephone number in the subscriber data management table in B414.
After making a call via and confirming the response at B415,
Notification of incoming mail is sent in B416 and processing is completed (B4
17).

In the above example, the FAX terminal is used as the subscriber terminal, but the present invention is not limited to this, and it is conceivable that a mail terminal may be notified in correspondence with a text terminal such as a personal computer or a word processor.

〔The invention's effect〕

As described above, according to the present invention, the compound mail service device can be subscribed to correspond to the destination only by storing the mail in the compound mail service device by designating the telephone number of the recipient as the destination. After the mail is delivered to the person's terminal, the telephone number as the destination is automatically called and the delivery of the mail can be notified by voice from the telephone, so that the work efficiency can be improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the principle of the mail arrival notification system of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the contents of a subscriber data management table contained in the disk in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a diagram of the system of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a block diagram of one embodiment, and FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the system of the present invention. In FIG. 1, 1 is a subscriber terminal, 2 is a telephone, 3 is an exchange, 4 is a compound mail service device, 5 is an interface unit, 6 is a main memory, 7 is a main processor, and 8
Indicate disks respectively.

Front page continuation (72) Kenji Inoue Kenji Inoue 1015 Kamiodanaka, Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa Fujitsu Limited (56) Reference JP-A-59-144257 (JP, A)

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A telephone to which a telephone number is given to each, and a switchboard for connecting a subscriber terminal such as a facsimile and a data terminal to which a terminal number is given, a voice mail service to the telephone and the subscriber terminal, In a communication system including a compound mail service device that provides a facsimile mail service, a text mail service, etc. in the same system, the compound mail service device is provided with a correspondence table of telephone numbers of telephones and terminal numbers of subscriber terminals. After the mail stored in the disk of the device and designated by the telephone number as the destination is delivered to the mailbox provided by the compound mail service device corresponding to the subscriber terminal corresponding to the telephone number, or the subscriber After sending the message to the terminal, confirm that the mail was delivered by the compound mail server. It originated to the telephone number from the bis unit, mail arrival notification system and notifying by voice mail.