JPH11298706A - Facsimile equipment, facsimile communication method and medium with facsimile communication program recorded therein - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make response with a termination terminal identifier suited to an opposite party at the time of call termination by one facsimile equipment. SOLUTION: This facsimile equipment is provided with a transmission/ reception means 3, provided with a G4 facsimile mode for performing communication with an opposite side equipment, a storage means 6 for storing plural termination terminal identifiers to be returned to the opposite equipment at the time of the call termination, an extraction means for extracting one termination terminal identifier from among the storage means 6, based on information received from the opposite side equipment and a control means for controlling, so as to transmit the termination terminal identifier extracted in the extraction means from the transmission/reception means 3 to the opposite side equipment.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an incoming call response system for a facsimile machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a G4 facsimile apparatus utilizing a data network or a digital network, signals are exchanged between a transmitting side and a receiving side in facsimile communication as shown in FIG. In this G4 facsimile apparatus, an RSSP signal or an RSSP signal transmitted from the called side to the calling side.
It is recommended to include the destination terminal identifier in the SN signal. The destination terminal identifier is used to identify the facsimile terminal on the receiving side, and is composed of a network / country code, a subscriber number, a subaddress, and a subscriber abbreviation as shown in FIG.

In a conventional facsimile machine, only one kind of subscriber code can be registered. Therefore, even if a plurality of persons use one facsimile machine, they do not need to use a unified subscriber code having the same contents. Did not become.

[0004]

As described above, in the conventional facsimile apparatus, only one subscriber code can be used.
There is a restriction on the operation when a plurality of persons use one facsimile machine. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a facsimile apparatus which can eliminate this problem and can respond with a single facsimile apparatus with a destination terminal identifier suitable for a partner at the time of an incoming call.

[0005]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a facsimile apparatus having a G4 facsimile mode, a transmitting / receiving means for communicating with a destination apparatus, and a destination terminal identifier returned to the destination apparatus when an incoming call is received. Storage means for storing a plurality of destination terminal identifiers, an extraction means for extracting one destination terminal identifier from the storage means based on information received from the partner apparatus, and a destination terminal identifier extracted by the extraction means for the destination apparatus. Control means for controlling transmission from the transmission / reception means.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, in the facsimile communication method using the G4 facsimile mode, a step of receiving a signal from a partner device and a step of receiving a signal from the partner device are performed based on the signal received from the partner device. The method includes a step of extracting one destination terminal identifier from a storage unit that stores a plurality of destination terminal identifiers to be returned, and a step of transmitting the extracted destination terminal identifier to a partner device.

According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, in a facsimile communication method using a G4 facsimile mode, a medium for recording a facsimile communication program according to the present invention includes a step of receiving a signal from a partner apparatus and a step of receiving a signal from the partner apparatus. And causing the computer to execute a step of extracting one destination terminal identifier from storage means for storing a plurality of destination terminal identifiers to be returned to the partner apparatus, and a step of transmitting the extracted destination terminal identifier to the partner apparatus.

According to the present invention, a plurality of destination terminal identifiers are stored, and one destination terminal identifier is extracted and transmitted based on the information notified from the partner device at the time of an incoming call. The call can be answered with a subscriber code suitable for the calling party.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a facsimile apparatus according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the facsimile apparatus of the present invention.

Reference numeral 1 denotes a G4 facsimile machine, which is connected to a communication network via a communication line 2. The network control section 3 is a section for transmitting and receiving data for performing facsimile communication via the communication line 2, the facsimile communication control section 4 is a section for controlling the facsimile communication, and the key input section 5 is provided when the operator uses the G4 facsimile apparatus 1 This is a part for inputting instructions and the like for The subscriber abbreviation storage means 6 is a section for storing a plurality of subscriber abbreviations to be transmitted to the other party's G4 facsimile machine, and the subscriber abbreviation extraction means 7 is connected to the network controller 3 via the communication line 2. This is a part for extracting the subscriber abbreviation to be transmitted from the subscriber abbreviation storage unit based on the received information notified from the other party's G4 facsimile machine. FIG. 4 shows a subscriber code storage means 6 comprising four tables 1 to 4, and stores the subscriber code to be transmitted to the other party in association with the received subscriber code of the other party. Let me. These components described above are connected by a bus 8 and controlled by a main controller 9.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First, from the communication line 2 to the network control unit 3
Is received, the received information is transmitted to the facsimile communication control unit 4 under the control of the main control unit 9 (step 20).
1). When the facsimile communication control unit 4 detects the calling terminal identifier (step 202), the subscriber abbreviation extracting unit 7 extracts the subscriber abbreviation from the subscriber abbreviation storage unit 6 based on the identifier (step 203). The extracted subscriber abbreviation is RS
The network control unit 3 sends out the signal from the communication line 2 by including it in the SP signal or the RSSN signal (step 204).

The process of extracting the subscriber abbreviation in step 203 will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First, the table number of the subscriber code storage means 6 for comparison with the received subscriber code is set as a comparison pointer n, and the comparison pointer n is initialized to 1 (step 30).
1). Then, a comparison is made between the received subscriber's abbreviation in the table n and the received subscriber's abbreviation (step 30).
2). If they do not match in step 302, the comparison pointer n is incremented by one (step 303), and the subscriber symbol storage means 6
Is compared with the subscriber abbreviation number N stored in
04) If there is still an unchecked table, step 3
Return to 02. The routine of steps 302 to 304 is repeated, and when n = N, step 305 is executed.
Then, the value of the last table (n = N) of the subscriber symbol storage means 6 is used as the subscriber symbol to be transmitted. On the other hand, if the receiving subscriber's abbreviation in table n matches the subscriber's abbreviation of the other party in step 302, the transmitting subscriber's abbreviation in table n is used as the transmitting subscriber's abbreviation (step 306). Step 305 or Step 3
An RSSP signal or an RSSN signal including the subscriber code set in 06 is transmitted from the network control unit 3 (step 204 in FIG. 2).

The operation of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.
And two specific examples will be described. Hereinafter, the first specific example shown in FIG. 5 will be described.

First, in step 202 of FIG.
Assuming that the calling terminal identifier shown in (a) is detected, the process proceeds to step 203, and a process of extracting a subscriber abbreviation to be transmitted to the partner device from the subscriber abbreviation storage means 6 shown in FIG. 4 is performed.
First, at step 301 in FIG. 3, the comparison pointer is set to n = 1, and the process proceeds to step 302. The receiving subscriber code “TKOgijutsu” in the table 1 in FIG. 4 and the receiving subscriber code of the receiving / calling terminal identifier in FIG. TKOsoumu ". Since they do not match, the process proceeds to step 303, where the comparison pointer n = 2.
Since it is 4, it is determined that there is an unchecked table, and the process returns to step 302. Then, the receiving subscriber abbreviation "TKOkeiri" in Table 2 in FIG.
A comparison is made with the receiving subscriber's abbreviation "TKOsoumu" of the calling terminal identifier. Since they do not match, the flow advances to step 303 to set the comparison pointer n = 3.
Since <4, it is determined that there is an unchecked table, and the process returns to step 302. Then, the receiving subscriber code "TKOsoumu" in Table 3 of FIG. 4 is compared with the receiving subscriber code "TKOsoumu" of the receiving / calling terminal identifier in FIG. 5A. Since they match, the process proceeds to step 306, where "OSA" is read from the subscriber code storage means 6 as the subscriber code to be transmitted.
soumu ". That is, step 2 in FIG.
In the process of 03, the sending / receiving terminal identifier shown in FIG. 5B is extracted from the subscriber code storage means 6 based on the receiving / calling terminal identifier shown in FIG. Then, the destination terminal identifier extracted in step 204 of FIG.
It is included in the signal or the RSSN signal and transmitted to the partner device.

Hereinafter, a second specific example shown in FIG. 6 will be described. First, assuming that the calling terminal identifier shown in FIG. 6A is detected in step 202 of FIG. 2, the process proceeds to step 203, and the subscriber abbreviation to be transmitted from the subscriber abbreviation storage means 6 shown in FIG. Perform extraction processing. First, in step 301 in FIG. 3, the comparison pointer is set to n = 1, and the process proceeds to step 302. In step 302, the receiving subscriber code “TKOgijutsu” in the table 1 in FIG. 4 and the receiving subscriber code in the receiving / calling terminal identifier in FIG. KITASHIBA ". Since they do not match, the process proceeds to step 303, where the comparison pointer is set to n = 2.
Therefore, it is determined that there is an unchecked table, and the process returns to step 302. Then, the receiving subscriber code "TKOkeiri" in Table 2 of FIG. 4 is compared with the receiving subscriber code "KITASHIBA" of the receiving / calling terminal identifier in FIG. 6A. Since they do not match, the process proceeds to step 303, where the comparison pointer is set to n = 3. In the check at step 304, since n <4, it is determined that there is an unchecked table, and the process returns to step 302. Then, the receiving subscriber code "TKOsoumu" in Table 3 in FIG.
Subscriber's abbreviation "KITASH
IBA ". Step 30 because they do not match
Then, the process proceeds to step S3, where the comparison pointer is set to n = 4. Then, the transmission subscriber abbreviation "TOSHIBA" of the final table 4 is extracted from the subscriber abbreviation storage means 6 as the subscriber abbreviation to be transmitted. That is, FIG.
In step 203, the sending / receiving terminal identifier shown in FIG. 6B is extracted from the subscriber code storage means 6 based on the receiving / calling terminal identifier shown in FIG. 6A. Then, the destination terminal identifier extracted in step 204 of FIG. 2 is included in the RSSP signal or the RSSN signal and transmitted to the partner device.

According to one embodiment of the facsimile apparatus of the present invention described above, a plurality of destination terminal identifiers are stored in the subscriber abbreviation storage means 6, and based on the calling terminal identifier notified from the partner device at the time of an incoming call. , One destination terminal identifier is extracted and transmitted, so that a response can be made with a subscriber code suitable for the calling party.

In the above embodiment, the subscriber abbreviation received from the other party is used to extract the subscriber abbreviation transmitted from the subscriber abbreviation storage means 6, but the present invention is not limited to this. . In addition, for example, only a part of the receiving subscriber code may be used as a condition, a subscriber number, a calling number information element, a calling sub address information element, a called number information element, a called sub address information element, and a user user information included in the SETUP signal. All or some of the elements, the calling terminal number included in the CN signal, the private information, the NSC, and the time information included in the CSS signal may be used as conditions. Further, the storage of the subscriber abbreviation in the subscriber abbreviation storage means 6 may be configured to be performed by an operation from the key input unit 5.

[0018]

According to the present invention, a single facsimile apparatus can respond with a destination terminal identifier suitable for the other party when receiving a call.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a storage example of a subscriber code storage unit according to one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is an example 1 of an operation result of one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an example 2 of the operation result of the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a destination terminal identifier.

FIG. 8 is a G4 facsimile communication procedure.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 G4 facsimile apparatus 2 Communication line 3 Network control part 4 Facsimile communication control part 5 Key input part 6 Subscriber abbreviation storage means 7 Subscriber abbreviation extraction means 8 Bus 9 Main control part

Claims (10)

[Claims] 1. A facsimile apparatus having a G4 facsimile mode, a transmitting / receiving means for communicating with a partner apparatus, a storage means for storing a plurality of destination terminal identifiers to be returned to the partner apparatus when an incoming call is received, Extracting means for extracting one called terminal identifier from the storage means based on the information; and controlling means for controlling the transmitting / receiving means to transmit the called terminal identifier extracted by the extracting means to the partner device. A facsimile machine comprising: 2. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the destination terminal identifier is transmitted by being included in an RSSP signal or an RSSN signal of a G4 facsimile communication procedure. 3. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the destination terminal identifier is a subscriber code. 4. The extracting means receives the G4 received from the partner device.
The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein one facsimile terminal identifier is extracted from the storage unit based on information included in the CSS signal of the facsimile communication procedure. 5. The extracting means receives the G4 received from the partner device.
The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein one facsimile terminal identifier is extracted from the storage means based on information included in the SETUP signal of the facsimile communication procedure. 6. An extracting means for receiving a G4 received from a partner device.
2. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein one facsimile terminal identifier is extracted from the storage unit based on information included in the CN packet of the facsimile communication procedure. 7. The extracting means receives the G4 received from the partner device.
2. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein one facsimile terminal identifier is extracted from the storage unit based on information included in the CN packet of the facsimile communication procedure. 8. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the destination terminal identifier is stored in the storage means by key input. 9. A facsimile communication method using a G4 facsimile mode, comprising the steps of: receiving a signal from a partner device; and storing a plurality of destination terminal identifiers returned to the partner device based on the signal received from the partner device. A facsimile communication method, comprising: extracting one called terminal identifier; and transmitting the extracted called terminal identifier to a partner device. 10. A facsimile communication method using a G4 facsimile mode, comprising the steps of: receiving a signal from a partner device; and storing a plurality of destination terminal identifiers returned to the partner device based on the signal received from the partner device. A medium in which a facsimile communication program for causing a computer to execute a step of extracting one destination terminal identifier and a step of transmitting the extracted destination terminal identifier to a partner device is recorded.