JP2000078184A - Lan telephone system with voice mail function - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve convenience for users by providing a voice mail function by transmitting a voice taken from a LAN dedicated telephone set to a mail server under the control of a server in an existent LAN telephone system. SOLUTION: When voice mail transmission information and transmission destination number information designating a LAN dedicated telephone set 5-2 (extension number 102), for example, are received from a LAN dedicated telephone set 5-1 connected through a LAN cable 3 and hub 4 to a server 1 to be functioned as a gate keeper in the LAN telephone system, this server 1 takes the voice succeedingly transmitted from the LAN dedicated telephone set 5-1, converts that voice to a voice file and transmits electronic mail, to which the voice file is added, to a mail address corresponding to the transmission destination number of a mail server 2 later.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a server functioning as a gatekeeper, a mail server provided independently of the server, and a plurality of LAN-dedicated telephones respectively connected to the server and the mail server. The present invention relates to a LAN telephone system with a voice mail function.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional LAN telephone system includes a server, a mail server provided independently of the server,
Connected to the server and the mail server, respectively.
It is constructed with a plurality of LAN-dedicated telephones and personal computers (PCs).

[0003]

However, a LAN-only telephone of such a conventional LAN telephone system has the following problems.
When it is necessary to send a voice mail because it does not have a voice mail function, for example, a personal computer installed in connection with the LAN dedicated telephone is activated,
It is necessary to transmit voice mail using a voice mail dedicated application or a voice mail compatible e-mail application installed in the personal computer, and voice mail cannot be transmitted only with a LAN dedicated telephone.

The present invention realizes a voice mail function by transmitting voice fetched by a LAN dedicated telephone to a mail server under the control of a server in a LAN telephone system utilizing an existing mail server system, thereby realizing user convenience. The purpose is to improve the performance.

[0005]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, a server functioning as a gatekeeper, a mail server provided independently of the server, the server and the mail server are provided. 10BA each
In a LAN telephone system including a plurality of LAN-dedicated telephones connected by the SE-T or 100BASE-TX system, when the server receives voice mail transmission information and transmission destination number information from the LAN-dedicated telephone, After the voice transmitted subsequently from the dedicated telephone is captured and converted into a voice file, an e-mail attached with the voice file is transmitted to a mail address corresponding to the transmission destination number of the mail server. .

To achieve the above object, a second aspect of the present invention provides a server functioning as a gatekeeper, a mail server provided independently of the server, and a 10BASE-T or 10BASE-T 1
Multiple LANs connected by 00BASE-TX method
In a LAN telephone system including a dedicated telephone, when the server receives voice mail transmission information and transmission destination number information from one of the LAN dedicated telephones during a call between the LAN dedicated telephones, the server establishes a call between the LAN dedicated telephones. After the voice is captured and converted into a voice file, an e-mail attached with the voice file is transmitted to a mail address of the mail server corresponding to the transmission destination number.

[0007] To achieve the above object, a third aspect of the present invention provides a server functioning as a gatekeeper, a mail server provided independently of the server, and 10BASE-T or 10BASE-T for the server and the mail server, respectively. 1
Multiple LANs connected by 00BASE-TX method
In a LAN telephone system including a dedicated telephone, the server returns a mail address corresponding to the destination number when receiving the voice mail transmission information and the destination number information from the LAN dedicated telephone. Is characterized in that after capturing the voice after receiving the mail address and converting it into a voice file, an e-mail attached with the voice file is transmitted to a mail address corresponding to the destination number of the mail server. I do.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a system diagram showing a configuration of a LAN telephone system with a voice mail function according to first to third embodiments of the present invention.

The LA with voice mail function of each of the above embodiments
The N telephone system includes a server 1 functioning as a gatekeeper, a mail server 2 for e-mail provided independently of the server 1, and LAN cables (10BASE-T cable or 100BASE-TX) for the server 1 and the mail server 2, respectively. LAN dedicated telephone 5-1 (extension number 10) connected via a cable 3 and a hub 4.
0), 5-2 (extension number 101), 5-3 (extension number 1)
02), personal computers (personal computers) 6-1, 6-2, and 6-3 installed in association with the LAN-dedicated telephones 5-1, 5-2, and 5-3, and the server 1 for control. And an analog line box 8 for controlling opening and closing between the LAN cable network and the office line 7 on the basis of this. In addition,
The voice mail function-equipped LAN telephone system can be constructed by diverting an existing mail server system.
In that case, a control program corresponding to the following voice mail function may be added to the control program of the server 1.

[0010] The above-mentioned LAN-only telephone is 10BA.
RL- corresponding to SE-T and 100BASE-TX
It is assumed that a connector having a LAN connector of 45 standard is used. This LAN dedicated telephone has an extension call function,
It has an external call function and an e-mail transmission function.

The LA with the voice mail function of each of the above embodiments
Voice mail function realized by N telephone system
(1) a function of transmitting an e-mail with a voice file addressed to a telephone designated by a destination number to the mail server 2 in response to a voice mail transmission operation of a caller; (2) one of two parties during a call In accordance with the voice mail transmission operation, the function can be broadly divided into a function of transmitting an electronic mail with a voice file addressed to the telephone (third party) specified by the destination number to the mail server 2. Hereinafter, each case will be described in detail.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an operation sequence of the LAN telephone system with a voice mail function according to the first embodiment. In this embodiment, a voice mail is transmitted to a specific destination. First, as shown in FIG. 2, in the LAN telephone 5-1 (extension number 100), for example, after a caller presses a “voice mail special number” set in advance for voice mail transmission, a desired destination When a number (for example, extension number 101) is pressed, "voice mail transmission information" and "destination number information" are input to the server 1, and the server 1 returns "recording start notification information" to the LAN telephone 5-1. , Thereby enabling recording.

In this state, when the caller sends a message from the LAN-dedicated telephone 5-1, the message is transmitted to the server 1 as voice packet data of the LAN, and is taken into the server 1. This message capture is continued until immediately before a termination operation (for example, an on-hook operation of the handset) is performed on the LAN dedicated telephone 5-1. When a termination signal is input in accordance with the termination operation, the server 1 voices the captured message. Convert to a file. Thereafter, the server 1 extracts the mail address corresponding to the destination number information (extension number 101), and transmits an electronic mail (voice mail) with the voice file attached to the mail address of the file server 2.
Thereby, the voice mail is accommodated in the mail address of the file server 2.

In this state, the LA of extension 101
When the user of the N dedicated telephone 5-2 accesses the mail server 2, the access information is input to the mail server 2, and the voice mail is returned from the mail server 2 receiving the access information to the LAN dedicated telephone 5-2. , L
The user of the AN only telephone 5-2 can receive a voice mail addressed to the user.

According to this embodiment, the voice mail function can be used to transmit a voice mail to any telephone desired by the caller or a telephone that is busy or absent.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an operation sequence of the LAN telephone system with a voice mail function according to the second embodiment. In the present embodiment, the voice mail of the voice of the two parties is transmitted to the third party. First, as shown in FIG. 3, one of the two parties during a call (for example, a LAN
After the user 1 (extension number 100) presses a preset “voice mail special number” for voice mail transmission and presses a desired destination number (for example, extension number 102), “voice mail transmission information” is displayed. Then, the "destination number information" is input to the server 1, and the server 1 returns the "recording start notification information" to the LAN telephones 5-1 and 5-2, whereby the recording is enabled.

In this state, when the two parties make a call, the call voice is transmitted to the server 1 as voice packet data of the LAN, and is taken into the server 1. This call voice capture is continued until immediately before the end operation (for example, the on-hook operation of the handset) is performed on one of the LAN-dedicated telephones (for example, the LAN-dedicated telephone 5-1). LAN
After being input to the dedicated telephone, the server 1 converts the fetched message into an audio file. Then, server 1
Extracts an e-mail address corresponding to the transmission destination number information (extension number 102) and transmits an e-mail (voice mail) with the audio file attached to the e-mail address of the file server 2. Thereby, the voice mail is accommodated in the mail address of the file server 2.

In this state, the LA of extension 102
When the user of the N dedicated telephone 5-3 accesses the mail server 2, the access information is input to the mail server 2 and the voice mail is returned from the mail server 2 receiving the access information to the LAN dedicated telephone 5-3. , L
The user of the AN-only telephone 5-3 can receive a voice mail addressed to the user and recording the two parties' calls.

According to this embodiment, the voice mail function enables the voice mail of the voice of the call to be transmitted to the telephone of a third party desired by one of the two parties during the call.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an operation sequence of the LAN telephone system with a voice mail function according to the third embodiment. In this embodiment, a voice mail is transmitted to a specific destination. First, as shown in FIG. 4, in the LAN-dedicated telephone 5-1 (extension number 100), for example, after a caller presses a "voice mail special number" set in advance for voice mail transmission, a desired destination When a number (for example, extension number 101) is pressed, “voice mail transmission information” and “destination number information” are input to server 1. Along with this, the server 1 retrieves the “mail address corresponding to the extension number 101” based on the destination information and returns it to the LAN telephone 5-1.

When the sender inputs a message on the LAN-dedicated telephone 5-1 after returning this mail address, the LAN-dedicated telephone 5-1 sends the message until immediately before the caller's ending operation (for example, the on-hook operation of the handset). After taking in and receiving an end signal in accordance with the end operation, the received message is converted into an audio file (for example, a WAVE format audio file). Then LA
The N-only telephone 5-1 transmits an e-mail (voice mail) with the voice file attached to the mail address of the file server 2. Thereby, the voice mail is accommodated in the mail address of the file server 2.

In this state, the LA of extension number 101
When the user of the N dedicated telephone 5-2 accesses the mail server 2, the access information is input to the mail server 2, and the voice mail is returned from the mail server 2 receiving the access information to the LAN dedicated telephone 5-2. , L
The user of the AN only telephone 5-2 can receive a voice mail addressed to the user.

According to the present embodiment, the voice mail function can be used to transmit a voice mail to any telephone desired by the caller or to a busy or absent telephone. Also, at this time, instead of performing “capturing a message” and “converting a message to a voice file” in the server 1 as in the first embodiment, the LAN-dedicated telephone itself is used, the control program of the server 1 is simplified. can do.

In each of the above embodiments, the case where the extension telephone is used as the destination telephone has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a dedicated line may be used for the LAN telephone system with a voice mail function in each of the above embodiments. It is also possible to set a LAN telephone belonging to another LAN telephone system connected via a LAN as a destination telephone, in which case,
The outside line number of the LAN telephone may be used as the destination number information.

[0025]

As described above, according to the LAN telephone system with the voice mail function of the present invention, the voice mail transmission information and the transmission destination are transmitted from the telephone which desires the voice mail transmission by using the existing mail server system. By simply inputting the voice of a message or the like after inputting the number information, an e-mail (voice mail) with an audio file attached can be transmitted to a desired destination telephone, thereby improving the convenience for the user.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system diagram showing a configuration of a LAN telephone system with a voice mail function according to first to third embodiments of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an operation sequence of the LAN telephone system with a voice mail function according to the first embodiment;

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an operation sequence of the LAN telephone system with a voice mail function according to the second embodiment;

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an operation sequence of the LAN telephone system with a voice mail function according to the third embodiment;

[Explanation of symbols]

Reference Signs List 1 server (gate keeper) 2 mail server 3 LAN cable 4 hub 5-1, 5-2, 5-3 LAN-dedicated telephone 6-1, 6-2, 6-3 personal computer (PC) 7 office line 8 analog line box

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Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A server functioning as a gatekeeper,
A mail server provided independently of the server, and 10BASE-T each for the server and the mail server.
Alternatively, in a LAN telephone system including a plurality of LAN-dedicated telephones connected by the 100BASE-TX method, the server, when receiving voice mail transmission information and transmission destination number information from the LAN-dedicated telephone,
After taking in the voice transmitted subsequently from the AN dedicated telephone and converting it into a voice file, the electronic mail attached with the voice file is transmitted to a mail address corresponding to the destination number of the mail server. LAN telephone system with voice mail function. 2. A server functioning as a gatekeeper,
A mail server provided independently of the server, and 10BASE-T each for the server and the mail server.
Alternatively, in a LAN telephone system including a plurality of LAN-dedicated telephones connected by the 100BASE-TX system, the server transmits voice mail transmission information and transmission destination number information from one of the LAN-dedicated telephones during a call between the LAN-dedicated telephones. Receiving the voice call between the LAN-dedicated telephones and converting it into a voice file, and then transmitting an e-mail attached with the voice file to a mail address corresponding to the destination number of the mail server. Characteristic LAN telephone system with voice mail function. 3. A server functioning as a gatekeeper,
A mail server provided independently of the server, and 10BASE-T each for the server and the mail server.
Alternatively, in a LAN telephone system including a plurality of LAN-dedicated telephones connected by the 100BASE-TX system, the server, when receiving voice mail transmission information and transmission destination number information from the LAN-dedicated telephone, sets the destination number to the destination number. After returning the corresponding mail address, the LAN-dedicated telephone takes in the voice after the reception of the mail address and converts it into a voice file, and then sends the e-mail attached with the voice file to the destination number of the mail server. A LAN telephone system with a voice mail function, wherein the LAN telephone system transmits the mail to an e-mail address corresponding to.