JPH0330542A - Message communication processing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To display a notice board in a notice period, which is designated at the time of registration, by providing a registering means to register the contents of a notice inputted from a communication terminal, designating means to designate the notice period at the time of the registration and noticing means to display the registered contents of the notice in the period designated by the designating means. CONSTITUTION:When a message is received from a terminal 1 through a public network 6 to a line control part 9 of a mail processor 7, the class of service in the message is investigated and when the service is registration request and period and time designation is included, the message is written to the period designation control table of a notice control table storing part 11. Then, the contents of the notice are accumulated in a notice contents storing part 12. When the period and time designation is not included, the contents of the notice are displayed in an electronic notice board storing part 13 for displaying the notice in the electronic notice board storing part 13 since the display of the notice is immediately started. On the other hand, when the message is the output request of the notice board, the contents of the notice are outputted to the requesting terminal. In the case of notice time check timing, term, day of the week, notice start time, notice end time and others are checked in the column of a table number N and in the case of notice start, the contents of the notice are transferred from the notice contents storing part 12 to the electronic notice board storing part 13.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a message communication processing system, and particularly to a message communication processing system having an electronic bulletin board function that handles information such as characters and images as a message and displays a bulletin board in response to the message. It concerns a processing system.

[Prior Art] As one of the basic functions of a message communication processing system,
Electronic bulletin board services are known.

In this system, a shared bulletin board is provided within the system that can be viewed by all users, and the contents of the bulletin board can be retrieved from a terminal or registered on the bulletin board. In conventional systems, content is posted on the bulletin board immediately after a poster registrant registers, and is then posted until a predetermined deadline or indefinitely.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, the conventional system has the following drawbacks.

(1) Since the bulletin board starts when the registrant registers, the registration operation must be performed at the time when the bulletin board is desired, so it is necessary to always be mindful of the time.

(2) Postings are often posted on the bulletin board outside of the required posting period, wasting the memory for the bulletin board.

This is especially a big problem when dealing with messages with a large amount of information such as image information.

(3) If you want to post a message at the same time every day, you will have to repeat the same operation every day, which is extremely inconvenient for registrants.

The present invention eliminates the above-mentioned drawbacks of the conventional system and provides a message communication processing system in which the period for displaying posted contents on a bulletin board can be specified at the time of registration.

[Means for Solving the Problem] In order to solve this problem, the message communication processing system of the present invention includes a communication terminal that processes information including character zero images, and a bulletin board based on messages from the communication terminal. A message communication/communication processing system comprising a center device having an electronic bulletin board function for displaying, a registration means for registering the bulletin board contents input from the communication terminal, a designation means for specifying a bulletin board period at the time of registration, and the instruction means. and a bulletin board for displaying the registered bulletin content during a specified period.

Here, the posting means includes a means for checking whether the current time is within a specified posting time, a means for accumulating posting contents other than the posting time, and a means for transferring the posting contents from the storage section to the bulletin board when the posting time comes. and a means for deleting the information from the bulletin board when the posting time ends.

[Function] With this configuration, the bulletin board can be displayed during the bulletin board period specified at the time of registration.

[Example] Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the message communication processing system of this embodiment. In the figure, 1 to 5 are a group of mail terminals, which are telematic terminals such as telex and facsimile. 7 is a mail processing device that stores and exchanges messages and controls the system as the center of the message communication processing system;
A public line network 6 connects the mail processing device 7 and the mail terminals 1 to 5, and includes a digital data line network, a dedicated line, a telephone line network, and the like.

The mail processing device 7 includes a main control section 8 that controls the entire system, a communication control section 9 that controls the connection between the public line network 6 and the mail processing device 7, a mail processing program (including an electronic bulletin board processing program), and a main control section 8 that controls the entire system. A main storage section 10 that stores communication data, etc., a bulletin board management table storage section 11 for bulletin board management including period designation, a bulletin board content storage section 12 that holds bulletin contents, and an electronic bulletin board storage section 1 that stores bulletin boards in output form.
It is composed of 3.

The main control section 8 includes a timer 8b for controlling display time check timing, which will be described later, and a counter 8a used when searching the table.

FIG. 2A is an example of the format of an electronic bulletin board registration request message in the message communication processing system of this embodiment, and FIG. 2B is a diagram showing an example of the format of a withdrawal request message. Registered messages start from header 21
25, bulletin board content 26, and message drawer are in frame 3
It consists of 1 to 34.

During formatting, service type 21.31 specifies bulletin board service. Caller name 22. Write the caller's name in 32. The media type is entered in the media type 2333. The deadline and time 24 specifies the deadline, day of the week, bulletin start and end time, and the like. Frames 25.35 write other information such as comments. The information written in the bulletin board content 26 is data that can be treated as digital data. The drawer number 34 is an identification number that specifies the content of the bulletin board.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a period specification management table stored in the bulletin board management table storage unit 11, in which for each table number (No.), the ID name of the bulletin board content, 1 deadline, day of the week, and bulletin start time. .

This is a table for checking the posting time that holds the posting end time and other information in one table format.

Next, referring to the flowchart of FIG. 4 showing the operation procedure of the mail processing device stored in the main storage unit 10, an example of electronic bulletin board service processing by the message communication processing system of this embodiment having the above configuration will be explained. Explain. The mail processing device 7 executes the following processing under the control of the main control section 8 according to the electronic bulletin board processing program stored in the main storage section 10. Here, consider the case where a message is sent from terminal l in FIG.

When a message from the terminal 1 is received by the line control unit 9 via the public network 6, the service type 21 (31) in the message is checked in step S1. If the service type is a registration request, the process advances to step S2, and it is checked whether there is a deadline and time specification 24. If there is a deadline and time designation 24, the process advances to step S3, where it is written in the period designation management table of the bulletin board management table storage section 11, and the bulletin content 26 is stored in the bulletin content storage section 12. If there is no deadline and time specification 24 in step S2, step S40
Proceed to the electronic bulletin board storage section 1 to start posting immediately.
Post the contents of the bulletin board in 3. This completes the bulletin board registration process and returns to the start.

On the other hand, if it is a bulletin board output request, the process advances from step S4 to step S5, and the bulletin board contents are output to the requesting terminal. This completes the bulletin board output process and returns to the start.

Also, if it is the timing to check the posting time, step S
6, the process proceeds to step S7, where the counter 8a (counter N
) is set to "1" and the process proceeds to step S8. This display time check timing is managed by the main control section 8, and the timing can be changed as necessary. In step S8, the deadline, day of the week, and
Check the bulletin start time, bulletin end time, etc., and see if any conditions are met at the current time. If it is not within the posting period in step S9, step S1
If it is within the period, the process advances to step SIO, and if the bulletin board is to be started, the process advances to step S12 to move the bulletin board content from the bulletin board content storage section 12 to the electronic bulletin board storage section 13.

If the bulletin board has not started in step SIO, the process advances to step Sll and checks whether or not the bulletin board has ended. If the bulletin board has ended, the process advances to step S13, where the electronic bulletin board storage unit 13
Delete the contents in . Then, the process advances to step S14.

In step S14, the counter N is incremented by one, and the process returns to step S8 to continue the search. If the counter N is the maximum value in step S15, the time instruction management table search process ends and the process returns to the start.

As described above, according to this embodiment, an electronic bulletin board registrant can register or delete content on a bulletin board at any time without worrying about time, and can receive a desired electronic bulletin board service.

[Effects of the Invention] According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a message communication processing system in which the period for displaying message contents on a bulletin board can be specified at the time of registration.

Furthermore, by applying the present invention, (1) There is no need to worry about the time required for registration operations.

(2) It is possible to prevent memory waste for bulletin boards.

(3) If you want to post at the same time every day, you can do so by performing the registration operation - times.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a block diagram of the message communication processing system of this embodiment, Figs. 2A and 2B are diagrams showing examples of message formats used in this embodiment, and Fig. 3 is a period indication of the notice management table storage section. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure of the electronic bulletin board service of this embodiment. In the figure, 1 to 5... communication terminal, 6... public network, 7...
- Mail processing device, 8... Main storage unit, 8a... Counter, 8b... Timer, 9... Line control unit, 10.
. . . main storage unit, 11 . . . time specification management table storage unit, 12 . . . bulletin board content storage unit, 13 .

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) In a message communication processing system comprising a communication terminal that processes information including text and images, and a center device having an electronic bulletin board function that displays a bulletin board based on messages from the communication terminal, input from the communication terminal is provided. A message comprising: a registration means for registering the registered bulletin content; a designation means for specifying a posting period at the time of registration; and a posting means for displaying the registered bulletin content during the period specified by the instruction means. Communication processing system. (2) The posting means includes a means for checking whether the current time is within a specified posting time, a means for accumulating the posted contents at times other than the posting time, and a means for transferring the posted contents from the storage section to the bulletin board at the posting time. 2. The message communication processing system according to claim 1, further comprising means for deleting the message from the bulletin board when the posting time ends.