JPH05244373A - Facsimile terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To confirm a calling opposite party at the time of call connection by requesting the transmission of identification information from a call originating terminal to a call incoming terminal and displaying received identification information. CONSTITUTION:A first circuit 002 contains the telephone number of a facsimile(FAX) and information which identifies the subscriber of the telephone number. A second circuit 003 transmits a signal for requesting the transmission of an identifying signal to the opposite party. An opposite party FAX terminal returns identification information stored in the first circuit 002 in response to the signal. Identification information received in the call originating FAX terminal is displayed to the call originator by a third circuit 006. The call originator activates a telegraphic message transmitting part after confirming the opposite party by the display contents. There is a method for expressing 'a name + an optional symbol' by about twenty alphanumerics. Or there is another method for using voice such as 'This is the FAX of Mr. So and so'.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile terminal connected to a public telephone network, and more particularly to a facsimile terminal for confirming a calling party at the time of call connection.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional facsimile terminal, a method of confirming a communication partner connected by a call is a facsimile (hereinafter referred to as FAX) after confirming the partner in a telephone mode conversation.
There have been methods such as switching to the mode and displaying the telephone number of the called FAX on the calling terminal by communication between FAX terminals in the FAX call setting phase.

[0003]

In the above-mentioned conventional facsimile terminal, the former method cannot be applied to an automatic incoming FAX terminal. Regarding the latter method, the telephone number of the connected FAX can be confirmed, but the sender is
If you mistakenly recognize the phone number of X, the connected party happens to be a fax instead of a telephone, and the fax is sent to a fax other than the one you want to send, and the purpose of the transmission is not fulfilled and the confidentiality of the message cannot be maintained. There is a serious drawback. Therefore FA
Telephone transmission confirmation is performed after X transmission.

[0004]

A facsimile terminal of the present invention includes a first circuit for storing a telephone number of a terminal connected to a public telephone network and identification information for identifying a subscriber of this telephone number. It has a second circuit from which a signal requesting transmission of the identification information is transmitted from the side terminal to the destination terminal, and a third circuit which displays the received identification information.

[0005]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, 001 is a normal FAX transmission unit, 002 is a first circuit for storing a FAX telephone number and information for identifying a subscriber of this telephone number, and 003 requests the other party to transmit identification information. Is a second circuit for sending out a signal to send, a reference numeral 005 is a normal FAX receiver, and a reference numeral 006 is a third circuit for displaying the received identification information of the other party.

As shown in the operation flow of FIG. 2, during the negotiation phase between FAX terminals, the second circuit 00
3 sends a signal requesting transmission of the identification information to the other party, and in response to this signal, the other party's FAX terminal causes the first circuit 00
The identification information stored in 2 is returned. The identification information received by the calling FAX terminal is displayed to the caller by the third circuit 006. The caller activates the message sending unit after confirming the other party with this display content.

As the identification information, a method of expressing {name + arbitrary symbol} with about 20 alphanumeric characters or a method of using a voice such as "This is XX FAX" can be considered. In addition, a message such as "This is a fax of XX" is stored and sent from the destination FAX to the sender FAX at the beginning of the message sending phase, and then the caller confirms the other party in a pause for a few seconds. After that, a method of activating the message sending unit may be considered. ISDN compatible F
In the case of the AX terminal, the embodiment using the D channel for these series of procedures is also effective.

[0009]

As described above, according to the present invention, the first circuit for storing the information for identifying the subscriber other than the FAX telephone number and the sending of the identification information from the calling FAX terminal to the receiving FAX terminal. By having a second circuit for sending out a signal requesting a request and a third circuit for displaying the received identification information, it can be applied to an automatic incoming FAX terminal, and the sender misidentifies the FAX telephone number of the other party. Even if it is done, it is possible to prevent it from being sent to another person different from the person who wants to send, and there is an effect that a confirmation call after the FAX transmission becomes unnecessary.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a communication sequence diagram for explaining the operation of the present embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 001 FAX transmission section 002 First circuit 003 Second circuit 005 FAX reception section 006 Third circuit

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A first circuit for storing a telephone number of a terminal connected to a public telephone network and identification information for identifying a subscriber of this telephone number, and the identification information from the calling side terminal to the called side terminal. A facsimile terminal comprising a second circuit for transmitting a signal for requesting transmission, and a third circuit for displaying the received identification information.