JPH0622070A - Facsimile mail condition informing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To precisely confirm the condition of data requested to a facsimile mail system any time by any user from any OA mail system. CONSTITUTION:This device is provided with a condition fetching means 21 to fetch a facsimile mail condition change from the side of a facsimile mail system 11 on a work station 2 connecting the facsimile mail system 11 and the OA mail system, mail assembling means 22 to prepare mail with correspondent electronic mail media concerning this facsimile mail condition change, condition informing means 23 to issue the electronic mail to the user of the facsimile mail system concerning the mail fetching the condition change, and mail information managing data base 24.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile mail status notification device, and more particularly to a facsimile mail status notification device for performing a facsimile mail status notification device between a facsimile mail system and various OA mail systems.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a facsimile mail system capable of broadcast transmission by LAN or WAN (wide area network), time designation transmission, and further image conversion transmission by a word processor or the like, it is necessary to check the status of the data transmitted by the user. Only the transmission notification / non-delivery notification of (1) was output only to the corresponding facsimile device after all the operations were completed.

[0003]

Conventionally, it is difficult to grasp the current situation of the data requested by the facsimile mail system, such as waiting time, waiting for busy resending of the other party's facsimile, transmitting, various errors, etc. However, even if it was possible to understand them, only a specific operator could know, and general users were extremely inconvenient.

[0004]

A facsimile mail status notification device of the present invention is a facsimile mail system and an O
On a workstation to which the A-mail system is connected, status fetching means for fetching the status change of the facsimile mail from the side of the facsimile mail system, and mail assembling means for composing a mail with a corresponding e-mail medium regarding the status change of the facsimile mail. , A status notification means for issuing an electronic mail to a user of the facsimile mail system, and a mail notification management database.

[0005]

The present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

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

The base of the apparatus is a workstation 2, in which a status acquisition means 21, a mail assembly means 22,
Status notification means 23 and email notification management database 2
Accommodates 4. Facsimile mail system overall environment 1
When a facsimile mail request is made within the facsimile, the facsimile 11 performs functions such as broadcast delivery and time transmission to the request. Therefore, in response to this request, status changes such as request acceptance, accumulation, transmission, transmission completion, and error occur.
Depending on the contents of the mail notification management data 24, the mail assembling unit 22 edits the format such as the OA system 31 and the mail system 32 desired by the requester, and the status notifying unit 23 outputs the edited data to the corresponding system. According to the present embodiment, the facsimile mail user can confirm the present situation by using the OA mail system which has been used.

The details will be described for each means.

First, in the mail notification management database 24, the target user ID, current status notification mail number, mail system type, and options (notification level, notification interval, etc.)
That is registered. The status fetching means 21 works on the status of the current status of the target facsimile mail from the facsimile mail system 11 using the target user ID registered in the mail notification management database 24 as a key. This operation is performed at regular intervals, and the previous acquisition status stored in the work file 25 is checked,
Only the changed portion is delivered to the next mail assembling means 22. Based on the mail notification management database 24, the mail assembling means 22 assembles the facsimile mail status as a mail in the message format of the OA mail system corresponding to the mail system type for each target user ID. Target user is O
If the A system 31 is requested, it is converted to the mail format, and if it is the mail system 32, it is converted to that format.

Finally, the status notification means 23 refers to the mail notification management database 24 as before, and sends the status mail assembled into the status notification mail number according to the mail system type.

Up to now, a general user has no choice when he / she sends a facsimile mail using the facsimile mail system and does not arrive at the other party or wants to confirm the situation on the way. According to the present invention, the user can grasp the status of the facsimile mail related to him / her by the familiar OA mail system from the familiar personal computer or workstation, which is a great service improvement.

[0012]

As described above, according to the present invention, the status of data requested to the facsimile mail system can be referred to in detail at any time, by any user, and by any OA mail system, and the usability is dramatically improved. Has the effect of increasing.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

[Explanation of Codes] 1 Overall Environment of Facsimile Mail System 2 Workstation 11 Facsimile 21 Status Acquisition Means 22 Mail Assembly Means 23 Status Notification Means 24 Mail Notification Management Database 31 OA System 32 Mail System

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. On a workstation to which a facsimile mail system and an OA mail system are connected, status fetching means for fetching a facsimile mail status change from the facsimile mail system side, and an electronic mail medium corresponding to the facsimile mail status change. 1. A facsimile mail status notification device comprising: a mail assembling means for creating a mail in 1 .; a status notification means for issuing an electronic mail to a user of the facsimile mail system; and a mail notification management database.