JP4645418B2 - Image message transmission system and program - Google Patents

Description

  In the present invention, a plurality of terminal devices are connected via a network, and the same voice and image message transmitted from any one of the terminal devices is transmitted to a plurality of terminal devices as transmission destinations. The present invention relates to a system and a program.

 In general, when the same voice and image messages are transmitted to multiple destinations simultaneously, for example, a multipoint control unit is introduced in order to make a call between multiple terminal devices such as a video conference system. System environment, such as the installation of broadband lines, etc., and the use of electronic bulletin board systems as a means of transmitting voice and image messages, when the other party acquires voice and image messages I didn't understand it, and it was not suitable for transmitting urgent messages.

Conventionally, as a traffic countermeasure on the network when the same message is transmitted to multiple destinations simultaneously, for example, the branch offices nationwide are connected with a wide area network, and the transmission information is transferred to the company. After transmitting from the sender to the first receiver (branch manager) by transmitting in order of department manager, branch manager, section manager, assistant manager, it is limited to transmission within the branch without going through the wide area network. Therefore, a network system that is effective for traffic countermeasures is known (see Patent Document 1).
JP-A-11-275135

However, the technique of Patent Document 1 is effective as a traffic countermeasure, but in the process of creating a hierarchical table indicating lower members on the receiver side and transmitting it to the next destination, due to a line malfunction or the like. There was a risk that transmission would stop in the middle.
In this way, in the past, when a message was transmitted simultaneously to multiple destinations, it was necessary to improve the system environment such as laying a broadband line, and the time lag until transmission was long, There was a problem that there was a risk of stopping in the middle of transmission.

An object of the present invention is to reliably and rationally send an image message to a plurality of destinations when the same image message transmitted from any one of the terminal devices is transmitted to a plurality of terminal destinations. To be able to communicate to.

In the first aspect of the present invention, the terminal device registers an image message in a server device via a network and designates a terminal device of a transmission destination, and the server device transmits the image message based on the registered image message. Generates a Web page for reproduction, transmits a SIP short message according to the SIP protocol for accessing the Web page to the terminal device of the transmission destination, and transmits the terminal of the transmission destination to the Web page An image message transmission system for transmitting the same image message transmitted from any terminal device to a plurality of terminal devices as transmission destinations by the device automatically accessing the terminal device, a receiving unit that receives the SIP short message, contained in the SIP short message That by analyzing the command identifier, the Determines the message to access the Web page, the extracts link information included in the SIP short message, the server apparatus based on the extracted link information access to view the Web page for reproducing the image messages and Web page display means, when the link information for reproducing the image message included in the Web page is specified by a user operation, the And an image message reproduction means for performing an image message call request to the server device in accordance with link information and reproducing an image message received from the server device .
In the invention according to claim 2, a plurality of terminal devices are connected via a network, and the same image message transmitted from any one of the terminal devices is transmitted to one or a plurality of terminal devices as transmission destinations. In the image message transmission system, the terminal device which is the transmission destination receives the SIP short message according to the SIP protocol transmitted when the image message is transmitted from any one of the terminal devices. Based on the command identifier included in the message, it is determined that link information for accessing the Web page is included, and the Web page for reproducing the image message is accessed based on the link information extracted from the SIP short message. An image to receive and play the image message Characterized by comprising a message receiving and reproducing means.
Further, a program for realizing the main functions shown in the above-described inventions according to claims 1 and 2 is provided to the computer, respectively (inventions according to claims 4 and 5 ).
Here, the image message is not limited to a moving image message, and may be a still image message or a message in which a moving image and a still image are mixed.

The invention described in claim 2 may be as follows.
The image message receiving / reproducing means receives and reproduces the image message when the user performs an operation for requesting the reproduction of the image message (the invention according to claim 3 ).

According to the first and second aspects of the present invention, the terminal device determines, based on the command identifier included in the SIP short message, that link information for accessing the Web page is included, and the link information is determined from the SIP short message. extracted since so as to access the Web page for reproducing the image message, the user of the transmission destination terminal device, as possible out that also in visually reception of reliably picture message do nothing .

In the case of transmitting an image message broadcast to the multiple recipients, it is possible to separate the reproduction of the registered and picture messages picture messages, such as broadband line for traffic growth measures on the network in addition to maintenance becomes cost advantages become unnecessary, to minimize the time lag until the reproduction from the registration image message bets etc. can Mel, further situation in transmission is stopped during transmission Image messages can be reliably and rationally transmitted to a plurality of destinations, and the practical effect is high.

According to the invention described in claim 3, in addition to having the same effect as that of the invention described in claim 2 , the image message is received and reproduced when the user performs an operation for requesting reproduction of the image message. As a result, the message can be transmitted reliably when the user is using the terminal, the concentration of the increase in traffic can be more distributed, and the IP network can be used efficiently.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an outline of the overall configuration of a voice / image message transmission system (voice / video message transmission system).
In this voice / video message transmission system, a server device 1 for registering and managing voice messages and video messages and a plurality of terminal devices 2 compatible with VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) softphones are connected via a network (IP network) 3. A plurality of other terminal devices 2 that are the transmission destinations of the same voice and video messages transmitted from any one of the terminal devices 2 under the management of the server device 1. To communicate with. In this case, the network 3 may be a local area network (LAN: Intranet) constructed in a company premises, or may be a wide area network connecting a plurality of LANs. The LAN in the company premises may be a wired LAN as well as a wireless LAN having a plurality of access points 4 installed in the premises. Further, the server device 1 and the terminal device 2 transmit and receive data digitized (packetized) by HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol) using TCP / IP.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of software installed in the server device 1.
In addition to the operating system 11, the server device 1 includes an SIP call control module 12 that establishes a voice / video transfer session on an IP network using SIP (Session Initiation Protocol), and voice / video messages via the voice / video transfer session. Is provided with an audio / video data transmission / reception module 13. In this embodiment, when an audio / video message transmitted from any one of the terminal devices 2 is received by the audio / video data transmission / reception module 13, the audio / video message is recorded / recorded and the audio / video message is recorded. An audio / video data recording / recording / registration module 14 to be registered as a message file is provided.

  Furthermore, the server apparatus 1 in this embodiment is provided with a SIP / URI management module 15, a Web page creation module 16, a short message notification module 17, and a Web server module 18. The SIP / URI management module 15 manages a SIP / URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) assigned to a plurality of terminal devices 2 on a group basis for each group, thereby serving as a destination to which voice and video messages are transmitted. The web page creation module 16 registers the audio and video message transmitted from any of the terminal devices 2 as a file, and then registers the audio and video messages. This is a module for creating a Web page for publishing audio and moving image messages linked with moving image message files.

  The short message notification module 17 generates a SIP short message including a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) of a message publishing web page as link information that can be accessed arbitrarily after the creation of the web page for publishing audio and video messages. It is a module for creating and delivering the SIP short message to a plurality of terminal devices 2 specified as transmission destinations. A short message is a text-based short message (hereinafter the same). When the Web server module 18 receives a call request for a message publishing Web page from the terminal device 2 side that has delivered the SIP short message, the Web server module 18 publishes the message publishing Web page associated with the link information in the SIP short message. Is a module for reading out and returning it to the requesting terminal device 2. In addition, the server device 1 is provided with a SIP / URI management data table D1, an audio / video message file D2, and a public Web page storage folder D3.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the configuration of a VoIP softphone module installed in each terminal device 2.
Each terminal device 2 is provided with a VoIP softphone 22 in addition to the operating system 21. The VoIP softphone 22 includes a SIP call control module 23 that establishes a voice / video transfer session on an IP network using SIP, and a voice / video data transmission / reception module that transmits and receives voice and video messages through the voice / video transfer session. 24, a short message analysis module 25 for automatically extracting URL of a message publishing Web page to which a voice and video message file is linked by analyzing the content of the SIP short message transmitted from the server device 1; A web page access module 26 for accessing the server apparatus 1 to make a call request for a web page for publishing audio and video messages based on the URL extracted by the short message analysis module 25; . In this embodiment, the case where the web page access module 26 is incorporated in the VoIP softphone 22 is shown. However, by launching a browser built in the terminal device 2, a web for publishing voice and video messages is displayed. A page call request may be made.

FIG. 4 is an organizational chart that hierarchically represents the company organization. In this example, “Sales 1 Section”, “Sales 2 Section”, and “Sales 3 Section” exist as subordinate layers of “Sales Department”. Each “Sales Section” indicates that there are employees such as section managers.
FIG. 5 shows a user data table D11 for storing and managing the SIP / URI assigned to each user (company employee) as a part of the SIP / URI management data table D1 corresponding to this organization chart.
The user data table D11 is configured to store and manage the “name”, “title”, “SIP / URI”, and “terminal ID” for each user. In the illustrated example, an employee whose “name” is “Aa” indicates that “title” is “department manager” and “SIP / URI” is “sip: 192.168.1.11”. The “terminal ID” is used for user authentication or the like.

FIG. 6 shows a group data table D12 for storing and managing the SIP / URI assigned to each group (department, manager) as a part of the SIP / URI management data table D1.
The group data table D12 is configured to store and manage the “group name” and “group SIP • URI” for each group. In the illustrated example, “Group SIP / URI” having “Group Name” as “Sales Department” is “sip: 192.168.1.100”.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a user / group correspondence table D13 for managing the correspondence between each user and a group as a part of the SIP / URI management data table D1.
This user / group correspondence table D13 has a configuration in which the “name” of each user and the “group name” of each group are arranged in a matrix-like table. The correspondence relationship is shown. That is, for example, users “Aa”, “Bb”, “Dd”, and “Gg” are associated with the managerial group, and users “Bb”, “Cc” is associated.

FIG. 8 shows the data structure of a SIP short message.
The SIP short message is configured to have items of “command identifier”, “communication address”, “text data”, and “additional information”. Here, “0” is set in the “command identifier” in the case of normal text, and “1” is set in the case of text including the URL of the web page for voice and video message release. As described above, the SIP short message can be used as the URL notification means of the Web page for voice and video message release according to the content of the “command identifier”.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing basic components of the server device 1.
The CPU 101 is a central processing unit that controls the overall operation of the server device 1 according to the operating system and various application software in the storage unit 102. The storage unit 102 includes a program area and a data area, and includes a drive system in addition to a magnetic memory, an optical memory, a semiconductor memory, and the like. The program area in the storage unit 102 includes the operating system 11, the SIP call control module 12, the voice / video data transmission / reception module 13, the voice / video data recording / recording / registration module 14, the SIP / URI management shown in FIG. A module 15, a Web page creation module 16, a short message notification module 17, a Web server module 18, and the like are stored. Note that the storage unit 102 may be a detachable storage medium such as a CD-ROM or DVD in addition to a fixed memory such as a hard disk.

  The program and data in the storage unit 102 are loaded into a RAM (for example, static RAM) 103 as needed, or the data in the RAM 103 is saved in the storage unit 102. The RAM 103 has a program execution area and a work area. A communication I / F (IP network communication interface) 104, a key input unit 105, a display unit 106, and an external storage unit 107, which are input / output peripheral devices, are connected to the CPU 101 via a bus line. The CPU 101 controls the operation of these input / output devices according to the output program. The key input unit 105 includes a pointing device such as a keyboard and a mouse, and inputs character string data and various commands. The display unit 106 is a liquid crystal display unit with a touch panel.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram illustrating basic components of the terminal device 2.
This terminal device 2 is a VoIP softphone compatible PDA (Personal Digital Assistance), and basically the same as the components of the server device 1 described above, the CPU 201, storage unit 202, RAM 203, communication I / F 204, key In addition to having an input unit 205, a display unit 206, and an external storage unit 207, the terminal device 2 is provided with an audio microphone 208 and an audio speaker 209 that constitute a telephone function, and a camera 201 that constitutes a moving image shooting function. The storage unit 202 stores the operating system 21, the VoIP softphone 22, the SIP call control module 23, the voice / video data transmission / reception module 24, the short message analysis module 25, the web page access module 26, and the like. Yes. The display unit 206 is a liquid crystal display unit with a touch panel.

   Next, the operation concept of the audio / video message transmission system in this embodiment will be described with reference to the time chart shown in FIG. 11 and the flowchart shown in FIG. Here, each function described in the time chart or flowchart is stored in the form of a readable program code, and operations according to the program code are sequentially executed. In addition, the operation according to the above-described program code transmitted via the transmission medium can be sequentially executed. In other words, in addition to the recording medium, the program / data supplied externally via the transmission medium can be used to execute the operation specific to this embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a time chart conceptually showing an operation procedure in an audio / video message transmission system that transmits audio and video messages transmitted from any one of the terminal devices 2 to a plurality of terminal devices 2.
In the figure, (TA1) to (TA22) denote a terminal device (source terminal) 2 that is a source of voice and video messages, a terminal device (receiver terminal) 2 that is a server device 1, and a message destination. Shows the operation order when the same voice and video message transmitted from the source terminal 2 is transmitted to the plurality of destination terminals 2 that are the transmission destinations under the control of the server device 1 ing.

 First, the terminal device (sender terminal) 2 of the source of the voice and video message (for example, sales manager “Aa”) designates the group SIP / URI (for example, sales department 1) as the destination of transmission and issues the message. When the call is made (TA1), the server apparatus 1 side detects the incoming call by the SIP call control module 12 (TA2) and searches the group data table D12 based on the group SIP / URI designated as the transmission destination. Then, it is determined whether or not a regular group is designated as a transmission destination (TA3). In this case, since the group SIP / URI (Sales Section 1) is defined in the group data table D12, the voice / video transfer section (automatic response) is performed by recognizing it as a regular group (TA4).

 On the source terminal 2 side, the audio / video data transmission / reception module 24 is activated in the state where the audio / video transfer session is established, and is input to record / record the audio / video message input as the transmission content. When the audio data and moving image data are transmitted to the server device 1 (TA5), the server device 1 starts recording / recording of the audio data and moving image data input by the activation of the recording / recording / registration module 14 (TA6). . Here, when the on-hook operation (disconnection operation) is performed at the stage where all transmission contents are input on the source terminal 2 side, the audio / video transfer session is completed (recording / recording completion) on the server device 1 side. (TA7).

 Then, the server apparatus 1 responds to the disconnection detection by the SIP call control module 12 (TA8), reads out the recorded and recorded voice and video messages, and registers them as voice files in the voice and video message file D2 (TA9). After the audio and video message files are registered in this way, the web page creation module 16 is activated on the server device 1 side, and creates a web page for publishing audio and video messages with the audio and video message files as links. Then, it is registered and published in the public web page storage folder D3 on the web server module 18 side (TA10).

 FIG. 12 shows an example of a web page for voice and video message publishing. This web page for message publishing includes link information indicating the location of a voice and video message file in an HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) sentence. (A) shows an HTML execution example, and (B) shows an HTML source example. This message publishing Web page is created in accordance with the flowchart shown in FIG. 13 to be described later. The title part is “voice and video message to sales department 1”, and the body part is voice. And the link information of the video message file “2005/01/22 15:20 Aa and voice message from Aa general manager”. Here, “Sales Section 1” in the title is data obtained by searching the group data table D12 based on the received data (group SIP / URI) from the source terminal 2, and the link information “ 2005/01/22 15:20 Aa General Manager "is data obtained based on the received data from the source terminal 2.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing the creation process of the web page for voice and video message release executed by the web page creation module 16.
First, an HTML start declaration is generated (step S1), a header portion is generated (step S2), title data is extracted from received data from the source terminal 2 (step S3), and an HTML title portion is set. While generating (step S4), the line title data is extracted from the received data (step S5), and an HTML line title portion is generated (step S6). Then, it is checked whether or not the HTML line is completed (step S7). The line data is extracted from the received data until the final line is reached (step S8), and the line data is acquired from the index table as necessary (step S9). ), The process of generating HTML line data (step S10) is repeated. When the creation of the HTML file is completed, an end declaration is generated (step S11), and the generated HTML file is stored in a public location (step S12).

 After registering / publishing the voice and video message publishing Web page in this way, the server apparatus 1 activates the SIP / URI management module 15 to receive data (group SIP / URI) from the source terminal 2. Based on the above, the user / group correspondence table D13 is searched to acquire the user SIP / URI belonging to the group (TA11). If the group SIP / URI designated by the sales manager “Aa” who is the sender is “Sales 1 Section”, the user SIP / URI associated with the users “Bb” and “Cc” is acquired. Then, it is specified as a transmission destination of voice and video messages.

 If the group SIP / URI is “manager”, the user SIP / URI associated with the users “Aa”, “Bb”, “Dd”, and “Gg” are respectively acquired and voice and video messages are obtained. Specified as the destination of Then, the short message notification module 17 is activated to create a SIP short message having the message body as the URL of the voice and video message publishing Web page (TA12), and then the user SIP specifying the SIP short message as the transmission destination.・ Broadcast to the URI (TA13).

 Here, on the receiving terminal 2 side, when the SIP call control module 23 detects the incoming call of the SIP short message from the server apparatus 1 (TA14), the short message analysis module 25 is activated, and the SIP short message By analyzing the “command identifier”, it is determined whether the URL of the Web page for publishing normal text or audio and video messages is included. If the message includes the URL of the Web page, it is included in this SIP short message. The URL of the Web page is automatically extracted (TA15). Next, the web page access module 26 is activated, and a web page call request is made to the server apparatus 1 based on the extracted URL (TA16). Then, the server device 1 searches for the corresponding audio and video message disclosure Web page and sends it back to the request receiving terminal 2 (TA17).

 In this case, the receiving terminal 2 side receives and acquires the voice and video message publishing Web page transmitted from the server device 1 and displays and outputs it on the browser (TA18). When the pasted audio and video message link information is designated (clicked) by the user operation, the link information is extracted from this web page, and the audio and video message file is linked according to this link information. A call request is made to the server device 1 (TA19).

 Here, when the server device 1 receives a call request for a voice and video message file from the receiving terminal 2, it searches for the corresponding voice and video message file and transmits it to the requesting terminal (TA20). In this case, downloading of the audio and video message files is non-streaming transfer by HTTP. Then, the receiving terminal 2 side receives and acquires the voice and video message file transmitted from the server device 1 (TA21), and starts the playback operation of the voice and video message (TA22). On the server device 1 side, every time a request for calling a voice or video message file is received from another destination terminal 2 after broadcast to a plurality of destinations by means of SIP short messages, it responds accordingly. Then, the operation of transmitting the audio and video message file to the requesting terminal is repeated.

  As described above, in the voice and video message voice / video message transmission system according to the present embodiment, the server device 1 automatically responds to a call call from any source terminal 2 and records and records the voice and video messages. Then, a web page for publishing the voice and video message is created and registered / published, and a SIP short message including the URL of the web page is created and specified based on information from the source terminal 2 After delivering a SIP short message to a plurality of recipient terminals 2, when receiving a web page call request from the recipient terminal 2, the web page is transmitted to the request source. Broadcast to multiple destinations via SIP short message that voice and video messages have been sent After transmission, it is possible to send the actual audio and video message in response to a request from the other party.

  Therefore, when voice and video messages are transmitted simultaneously to a plurality of destinations, registration of voice and video messages and playback of voice and video messages can be separated, for traffic countermeasures on the IP network. In addition to eliminating the need for a broadband line, it is advantageous in terms of cost, and the time lag from registration and playback of voice and video messages can be kept to a minimum, and transmission stops during transmission. Such a situation can be avoided, and it is possible to reliably and rationally transmit voice and moving image messages to a plurality of destinations, which is highly practical. In this case, voice and video messages can be transmitted and received with a minimum time lag at the transmission timing intended by the caller within the range in which the VoIP softphone is normally used. In this case, simultaneous calls by a plurality of terminal devices can be avoided, high traffic due to calls can be prevented, and audio and video message files can be arbitrarily added to the web page for voice and video message disclosure. Since the link information that can be accessed is included, the voice and video message can be called freely as many times as necessary, and the source and destination of the voice and video message are clearly indicated. Since the information is included, it is possible to confirm who the message is transmitted to and from whom.

  In addition, the server device 1 has a plurality of groups belonging to the group associated with the source based on information from the source of the voice and video message in a state where the correspondence relationship between each user and the group is managed. Since the user is specified as the transmission destination of the SIP short message, the transmission destination of the voice and video message can be specified for each group. Here, flexible correspondence is possible depending on how the correspondence relationship between the user and the group is defined, and the transmission destination can be specified across a plurality of groups. Further, the server device 1 determines whether or not the group designated as the transmission destination of the voice and video message at the time of registration of the voice and video message is a regular group, and the voice is provided on the condition that the group is a regular group In addition, since the moving picture message is registered, it is possible to prevent the voice and moving picture message from being erroneously transmitted to those other than the related parties.

 In the embodiment described above, the server device 1 automatically responds to a call from the caller terminal 2 to establish a voice / video transfer session, and receives and acquires voice and video messages input from the caller terminal 2. After starting recording / recording, the recording / video message is registered in response to the detection of the disconnection, but the voice / video message file recorded and recorded in advance on the source terminal 2 side is received and acquired. You may make it register.

  FIG. 14 is a time chart conceptually showing an operation procedure when receiving and registering a voice and moving image message file recorded and recorded in advance on the source terminal 2 side. In the figure, (TB1) to (TB5) are the same transmitted from the source terminal 2 between the terminal device (source terminal) 2 that is the source of the voice and video message and the server device 1. The operation procedure from acquisition and registration of audio and video messages is shown.

  First, on the source terminal 2 side of the voice and video message, after the transmission content is inputted by voice and recorded and recorded as a voice and video message file (TB1), the group SIP / URI (for example, sales) When a call is made by designating (Section 1) (TB2), the server device 1 detects the incoming call by the SIP call control module 12 and performs a voice / recording transfer section (automatic response) (TB3). Here, when the transmission source terminal 2 reads the recorded voice / video message file and transmits it to the server device 1 by HTTP (TB4), the server device 1 registers the received voice / video message file. (TB5). Thereafter, as in the above-described embodiment, a voice and video message publishing Web page using the voice and video message file as a link is created, and registered and published in the public web page storage folder D3 on the web server module 18 side. At the same time, a SIP short message is created and broadcasted simultaneously to a plurality of receiving terminals 2 as transmission destinations.

In this way, the server device 1 can record and record a number of times on the source terminal 2 side by receiving and registering the voice and video message files recorded and recorded in advance on the source terminal 2 side. Even if you try again, you can register only correctly recorded and recorded audio and video messages, which will be effective for shortening the call time and effectively eliminate the inconvenience caused by the busy state. It becomes a thing with a high practical effect.
Note that, on the transmitting terminal 2 side, voice / video message file recording / recording and HTTP (File Transfer Protocol) transfer may be performed instead of voice / video message file recording / recording and HTTP transfer.

  In the embodiment described above, the Web page for publishing audio and video messages includes link information that allows arbitrary access to the audio and video message files. In addition to this link, the source terminal of the audio and video messages A communication address (SIP / URI) for calling and calling 2 may be included. In this case, when the server apparatus 1 creates a Web page for publishing voice and video messages, the SIP / URI of the transmission source received and acquired at the time of registration of the voice and video messages may be incorporated into the Web page. .

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing an execution example of a Web page for publishing voice and video messages including the SIP / URI of the sender, in addition to link information for accessing voice and video message files.
This Web page contains link information followed by “Contact here”. Clicking “here” in this item calls the call to the caller terminal 2 based on the SIP / URI of the caller. A call is made.

  Thus, by including the SIP / URI of the sender in the Web page for voice and video message release, the receiving terminal 2 that receives this Web page reproduces the voice and video message and transmits the transmission contents. After listening, you can call back to the sender if necessary, and you can check the message contents directly with the sender to find out the details. It becomes.

In the embodiment described above, the audio and video message publishing Web page includes only the link information for accessing the audio and video message file recorded and recorded this time. As the link information that can be accessed, the plurality of link information may be represented in a list format.
FIG. 16 is a diagram showing an execution example of a Web page for publishing audio and video messages including a plurality of link information that can arbitrarily access audio and video message files.

  On this Web page, the link information of the audio and video message files recorded and recorded in the past is arranged and displayed in the registration order following the link information of the audio and video message files recorded and recorded this time. That is, following the current voice and video message “sender: Aa manager”, the past voice and video message “sending date: 2005/1/21, sender: Dd section manager”, “sending date: 2005/1/20” "Sender: Dd Manager" and "Sender: Kk" are listed. When any link information is click-designated from the list display on the receiving terminal 2 side that has received this Web page, it will be received if the voice and video message file corresponding to this link is read and transmitted. On the destination terminal 2 side, past voice and video messages sent to you can be freely played, and if there is a series of transmission contents, compare the message contents before and after it. It can be a practical effect.

In the embodiment described above, the link information for accessing the voice message file is pasted on the message disclosure Web page. However, a voice message may be added as the background sound of the message disclosure Web page. .
FIG. 17 is a diagram showing an execution example of a Web page when a voice message is added as a background sound of a message publishing Web page. On this Web page screen, a comment indicating that a voice message is being reproduced is shown. Is displayed.

  In this way, by adding a voice message as the background sound of the message publishing Web page, the receiving terminal 2 can automatically reproduce the voice message when the Web page arrives without performing any special operation on the Web page. As a result, the time lag from the registration to the reproduction of the voice message can be further reduced.

 In addition, on the receiving terminal 2 side, a new message confirmation request may be sent to the server device 1 at an arbitrary timing. That is, if a new arrival message is checked at a timing such as a user operation or when the power is turned on, it is effective in the case of failure to receive a SIP short message, when the power is turned off, or the like.

In the above-described embodiment, the moving image message is exemplified as the image message. However, a still image message or a moving image / still image message may be used.
Each terminal device 2 is a PDA compatible with VoIP softphones, but may be a notebook personal computer compatible with IP softphones.
Further, the server device 1 is not limited to a stand-alone type, and each component is physically separated into two or more cases, and a wired transmission path such as a communication line or a cable or a wireless transmission such as a radio wave, a microwave, or an infrared ray. It may be a distributed system that transmits and receives data via a path.

 On the other hand, a recording medium (for example, a CD-ROM, a flexible disk, a RAM card, etc.) on which program codes for executing the above-described units are recorded may be provided to the computer. That is, a recording medium having a program code readable by a computer, a function of registering and managing the voice and image message in response to a call call from any terminal device, and accessing the voice and image message A function for creating a short message including possible link information, a function for identifying a plurality of terminal devices as transmission destinations of the short message based on information from a source of the voice and image message, A function for distributing the short message to a plurality of terminal devices, and when a call request for a voice and image message is received from the terminal device side that has distributed the short message, it is associated with link information in the short message. The request source It may be a computer which records a program for realizing a function of transmitting to the terminal device to provide a recording medium readable.

The block diagram which showed the outline | summary of the whole structure of an audio | voice and moving image message transmission system. The figure which showed the structure of the software mounted in the server apparatus. The figure which showed the structure of the module of the VoIP softphone mounted in each terminal device 2. FIG. Organization chart that represents the company organization hierarchically. The figure which showed the user data table D11 which memorize | stores and manages user SIP * URI as a part of SIP * URI management data table D1 corresponding to an organization chart. The figure which showed group data table D12 which memorize | stores and manages group SIP * URI as a part of SIP * URI management data table D1 The figure which showed the user group correspondence table D13 which manages the correspondence between each user and a group as a part of SIP / URI management data table D1. The figure which showed the data structure of the SIP short message. FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating basic components of the server device 1. The block diagram which showed the basic component of the terminal device 2. FIG. 4 is a time chart conceptually showing an operation procedure in an audio / video message transmission system that transmits the same voice and video message transmitted from any one of the terminal devices 2 to a plurality of terminal devices 2. The web page for audio | voice and moving image message disclosure is illustrated, (A) is the example of HTML execution, (B) is the figure which showed the example of the HTML source. 7 is a flowchart showing processing for creating a web page for voice and video message release executed by the web page creation module 16. The time chart which showed notionally the operation | movement procedure in the case of receiving and acquiring and registering the audio | voice and moving image message file recorded and recorded beforehand by the transmission origination terminal 2 side as a modification application example of an Example. The figure which showed the example of execution of the web page for audio | voice and moving image message disclosure containing the origin SIP / URI other than the link information which accesses an audio | voice and moving image message file as a modification application example of an Example. The figure which showed the example of execution of the audio | voice and moving image message public web page containing the some link information which can access the audio | voice and moving image message file arbitrarily as a modification application example of an Example. The figure which showed the example of execution of the web page at the time of adding a voice message as a background sound of the web page for message | publishing as a modification application example of an Example.

Explanation of symbols

1 Server device 2 Terminal device 3 Network (IP network)
12, 23 SIP call control module 13, 24 Voice / video data transmission / reception module 14 Voice / video data recording / recording / registration module 15 SIP / URI management module 16 Web page creation module 17 Short message notification module 18 Web server module 22 VoIP software Phone 25 short message analysis module 25,
26 Web page access module 26
101, 201 CPU
102, 202 Storage unit 104, 204 Communication I / F
205 Key Input Unit 206 Display Unit 208 Audio Microphone 209 Audio Speaker D1 SIP / URI Management Data Table

Claims (5)

A terminal device registers an image message in a server device via a network, designates a terminal device as a transmission destination, and generates a Web page for the server device to reproduce the image message based on the registered image message And a SIP short message according to the SIP protocol for accessing the Web page is transmitted to the transmission destination terminal device, and the transmission destination terminal device automatically accesses the Web page. Thus, an image message transmission system that transmits the same image message transmitted from any terminal device to a plurality of terminal devices that are transmission destinations thereof,
The terminal device
Receiving means for receiving the SIP short message;
By analyzing the command identifier included in the SIP short message, it is determined that the message is for accessing the Web page, link information included in the SIP short message is extracted, and the extracted link information Web page display means for displaying the Web page for accessing the server device and reproducing the image message based on
When link information for reproducing the image message included in the Web page is designated by a user operation, an image message call request is made to the server device in accordance with the link information and received from the server device. Image message playback means for playing back an image message;
An image message transmission system comprising: In an image message transmission system in which a plurality of terminal devices are connected via a network, and the same image message transmitted from any one of the terminal devices is transmitted to one or a plurality of terminal devices as transmission destinations thereof,
The terminal device that is the transmission destination that has received the SIP short message in accordance with the SIP protocol transmitted when the image message is transmitted from any of the terminal devices,
A Web page for determining that link information for accessing a Web page is included based on a command identifier included in the SIP short message, and for reproducing the image message based on the link information extracted from the SIP short message An image message transmission system comprising image message receiving / reproducing means for accessing the image message and receiving and reproducing the image message. The image message receiving / reproducing means comprises:
3. The image message transmission system according to claim 2, wherein when the user performs an operation for requesting reproduction of the image message, the image message is received and reproduced. A terminal device registers an image message in a server device via a network, designates a terminal device as a transmission destination, and generates a Web page for the server device to reproduce the image message based on the registered image message And a SIP short message according to the SIP protocol for accessing the Web page is transmitted to the transmission destination terminal device, and the transmission destination terminal device automatically accesses the Web page. In the image message transmission system that transmits the same image message transmitted from any of the terminal devices to a plurality of terminal devices that are transmission destinations thereof,
A computer of the terminal device;
Receiving means for receiving the SIP short message;
By analyzing the command identifier included in the SIP short message, it is determined that the message is for accessing the Web page, link information included in the SIP short message is extracted, and the extracted link information Web page display means for displaying the Web page for accessing the server device and reproducing the image message based on
When link information for reproducing the image message included in the Web page is designated by a user operation, an image message call request is made to the server device in accordance with the link information and received from the server device. Image message playback means for playing back an image message;
Program to function as. In an image message transmission system in which a plurality of terminal devices are connected via a network, and the same image message transmitted from any one of the terminal devices is transmitted to one or a plurality of terminal devices as transmission destinations thereof,
A computer of the terminal device that is the transmission destination that has received the SIP short message in accordance with the SIP protocol transmitted when the image message is transmitted from any of the terminal devices,
A Web page for determining that link information for accessing a Web page is included based on a command identifier included in the SIP short message, and for reproducing the image message based on the link information extracted from the SIP short message A program for functioning as an image message receiving / reproducing means for accessing and reproducing the image message.

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