JPH0568056A - Facsimile store and forward exchange - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To designate a mail box service even from a called party. CONSTITUTION:When a called facsimile terminal equipment 2 makes a prescribed operation and designates a mail box service, the terminal equipment 2 sends a prescribed signal, a service check section 5 receives the signal and stores prescribed information corresponding to a subscriber 3. When a text addressed to the subscriber 3 is sent from a facsimile terminal equipment 1 in this state, a destination analysis section 4 receives the text to analyze the destination thereby identifying the subscriber 3 to receive the text. Then a service check section 5 based on the result of identification stores the text to a mail box section T corresponding to the subscriber 3. When the subscriber 3 uses the terminal equipment 2 to make a prescribed operation and to command the delivery, the facsimile terminal equipment 2 outputs a prescribed signal to a facsimile store and forward exchange 8. Upon the receipt of the signal, the service check section 5 allows the mail box section 7 corresponding to the subscriber 3 to deliver the text to the terminal equipment 2.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile storage and exchange apparatus.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional facsimile storage / exchange device,
When the mailbox service is specified from the sender's facsimile terminal, the sent message is stored in the mailbox, and when the called subscriber requests to retrieve the message, the message stored in the mailbox is saved. It was designed to be delivered to the called facsimile terminal.

[0003]

Therefore, in the conventional facsimile storage / exchange apparatus, the mailbox service is not provided unless specified by the transmitting side, and the message from the transmitting side is immediately delivered to the facsimile terminal on the receiving side.
Therefore, if the sender does not specify the mailbox service, the message will be delivered even if the called subscriber who should receive the message is absent. In addition, when multiple subscribers use one facsimile terminal on the receiving side, the sent message is delivered one after another regardless of which subscriber it is addressed to. The subscribers' telegrams are mixed and it takes time to classify.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above problem and to provide a facsimile storage / exchange apparatus in which the called party can specify a mailbox service.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, in a facsimile storage / exchange apparatus for receiving a message from a facsimile terminal on the transmitting side and delivering it to a facsimile terminal on the receiving side, the destination of the message from the facsimile terminal on the transmitting side is set. From the destination analysis unit for analyzing the telegram to which the telegram is to be delivered, a plurality of mailbox units provided for each of the subscribers on the callee side and storing the telegram, and the facsimile terminal on the callee side When a mailbox service is designated by a predetermined signal, a service reception unit that holds predetermined information in association with the called subscriber, and the service reception unit corresponds to the subscriber identified by the destination analysis unit. When the predetermined information is held, the message sent from the facsimile terminal on the transmission side is identified by the destination analysis unit. When the delivery is instructed by a predetermined signal from the electronic mail storing means for storing in the mailbox unit corresponding to the above, the electronic mail stored in the mailbox unit is delivered to the incoming facsimile terminal. And a telegram delivery means for performing the same.

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows an example of a facsimile storage / exchange apparatus according to the present invention. The device 8 includes a destination analysis unit 4, a service check unit 5, and a subscriber box unit 6. When a message is transmitted from the facsimile terminal 1 on the transmitting side, the destination analysis unit 4 analyzes the destination of the message and identifies the subscriber on the receiving side who should receive the message. The subscriber box unit 6 is provided for each subscriber on the receiving side,
(In the figure, only one is shown for simplification), and the telegram of each corresponding subscriber is stored. Each of the subscriber box units 6 is provided with a mailbox unit 7 for accumulating electronic messages when the mailbox service is designated. When the mailbox service is designated by the predetermined signal from the facsimile terminal 2 on the receiving side, the service checking unit 5 operates as a service receiving means and holds predetermined information in association with the subscriber on the receiving side.

When the destination analysis unit 4 holds the above-mentioned predetermined information corresponding to the identified subscriber, the destination analysis unit 4 operates as a telegram storage means and sends the telegram delivered from the facsimile terminal 1 on the transmitting side, The data is stored in the mailbox unit 7 of the subscriber box unit 6 corresponding to the subscriber identified by the destination analysis unit 4. The service check section 5 further operates as a message delivery means when the delivery is instructed from the facsimile terminal 2 on the receiving side by a predetermined signal, and the mailbox section 7 is operated.
The electronic message stored in is delivered to the called facsimile terminal 2.

Next, the operation will be described. Since the subscriber 3 of the called facsimile terminal 2 is absent, for example, when the facsimile terminal 2 performs a predetermined operation to specify the mailbox service, the facsimile terminal 2 sends the predetermined signal to the facsimile storage / exchange device 8. Then, the service check unit 5 receives the signal and sends predetermined information to the subscriber 3
Hold in correspondence with.

When a message addressed to the subscriber 3 is transmitted from the facsimile terminal 1 in this state, the destination analysis section 4 receives the message and analyzes the address, and the subscriber 3 who should receive the message.
Identify. Then, the service check unit 5 stores the electronic message in the mailbox unit 7 corresponding to the subscriber 3 based on the identification result. After that, when the subscriber 3 performs a predetermined operation on the facsimile terminal 2 to instruct distribution, the facsimile terminal 2 outputs a predetermined signal to the facsimile storage / exchange apparatus 8. Then, when the service check unit 5 receives the signal, it causes the mail box unit 7 corresponding to the subscriber 3 to deliver the electronic message to the facsimile terminal 2.

If the subscriber on the receiving side does not specify the mailbox service, the service check section 5 temporarily stores the message from the transmitting side in the subscriber box section 6 and then immediately stores it in the facsimile terminal 2. Deliver.

[0011]

As described above, in the facsimile storage and exchange apparatus of the present invention, when the mailbox service is designated by the predetermined signal from the facsimile terminal on the receiving side, the service receiving means transmits predetermined information to the receiving side. It is held corresponding to the subscriber. And the service reception means
When the predetermined information is stored in association with the subscriber identified by the destination analysis unit, the electronic message storage unit associates the electronic message delivered from the sending facsimile terminal with the subscriber identified by the destination analysis unit. The electronic mail delivery means delivers the electronic text stored in the mailbox to the facsimile terminal on the receiving side when the delivery is instructed by a predetermined signal from the facsimile terminal on the receiving side. That is, in the facsimile storage / exchange apparatus of the present invention, it is possible to specify the mailbox service from the receiving side. Therefore, the called party subscribers can use the mailbox service to retrieve the messages collectively at a convenient time. Also, even if a single facsimile terminal is used by multiple subscribers, multiple subscribers can use multiple mailboxes. The telegrams of subscribers can be extracted separately for each subscriber without being mixed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of a facsimile storage / exchange apparatus of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1, 2 Facsimile terminals 4 Destination analysis unit 5 Service check unit 6 Subscriber box unit 7 Mailbox unit 8 Facsimile storage / exchange device

Continuation of the front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁵ Identification code Office reference number FI Technical display area H04N 1/32 E 2109-5C

Claims (1)

[Claims] Claim: What is claimed is: 1. A facsimile storage and exchange apparatus for receiving a message from a facsimile terminal on the transmitting side and delivering the message to a facsimile terminal on the receiving side, analyzing the destination of the message from the transmitting facsimile terminal,
A destination analysis unit that identifies the subscriber of the called party to which the message is to be delivered, a plurality of mailbox units that are provided for each called party subscriber and that store the message, and a predetermined signal from the called facsimile terminal. When the mailbox service is designated by, the service receiving means for holding predetermined information in correspondence with the subscriber on the receiving side; and the service receiving means, corresponding to the subscriber identified by the destination analysis unit, When holding certain information,
The message sent from the sending facsimile terminal
A message storage means for storing in the mailbox unit corresponding to the subscriber identified by the destination analysis unit, and a message stored in the mailbox unit when delivery is instructed by a predetermined signal from the facsimile terminal on the receiving side. And a telegram delivering means for delivering the message to the facsimile terminal on the receiving side.