JP2002176491A - Electronic mail distribution system, electronic mail distribution method and computer program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electronic mail distribution system that can inform a connection desired destination about mail converted into characters in the case of using an automatic telephone message recording service and identify a caller even when no message is registered. SOLUTION: The electronic mail distribution system that distributes information from a 1st terminal to a 2nd terminal through a communication channel, is provided with a detection means 31 that detects a caller ID of the 1st terminal, a registration means 32 that registers voice information sent from the 1st terminal, a conversion means 33 that converts the voice information into character information, and a distribution means 34 that distributes the caller ID and the character information to the 2nd terminal when the voice information is registered or distributes only the caller ID to the 2nd terminal when no voice information is registered.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electronic mail distribution system, an electronic mail distribution method, and a computer program for transmitting voice information registered in an answering machine by electronic mail.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a portable telephone terminal, when there is a destination in an area where radio waves do not reach, or when the portable telephone terminal is turned off, an answering machine function by voice input is utilized. I was Furthermore, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open
Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 000-196751 describes that a called party knows the name of the sender by a short message.

[0003]

However, in the above prior art, when utilizing the answering machine function, it is difficult to confirm the contents due to the poor sound quality recorded on the answering machine, and the caller can save time and effort. Therefore, it was difficult to confirm the message, such as not registering the message. Further, according to the answering machine function of the mobile phone terminal, the called party receiving the message has to connect to the answering machine receiving server and confirm the registered message. The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and is intended to be used when a destination (connection) desired from a telephone terminal is in an area where radio waves cannot reach, or because the power of the telephone terminal is turned off. If you use the voice mail service, you can send the mail converted to a document (text) to the desired party to connect (call), and even if no message is registered, the connection (call) was made by anyone. It is an object of the present invention to provide an e-mail transmission system which can clarify whether the e-mail is transmitted.

[0004]

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electronic mail distribution system for distributing information from a first terminal to a second terminal through a communication line. Detecting means for detecting a caller ID of the first terminal device; registering means for registering voice information transmitted from the first terminal device; converting means for converting the voice information into character information; When the information is registered, the caller ID and the character information are distributed to the second terminal device. When the voice information is not registered, only the caller ID is transmitted to the second terminal device. An electronic mail distribution system comprising: a distribution unit that distributes data to an apparatus. Therefore, according to the present invention, when the other party who wants to connect (call) from the telephone terminal is in an area where radio waves do not reach or when the telephone terminal is turned off, the answering machine service is used. In order to avoid the situation where it is difficult to confirm the content due to poor sound quality, the converted mail (text) can be notified to the person who wants to connect (call), and even if the message is not registered, It is possible to clarify the connection (call) from whom.

[0005] Further, the callee does not need to connect to the answering machine and check the voice message. (2) In order to solve the above problem, the present invention is an electronic mail distribution method for distributing information from a first terminal device to a second terminal device via a communication line, wherein: Detecting a caller ID, registering voice information transmitted from the first terminal device when the second terminal device is in a call disabled state, and converting the voice information into character information Delivering the caller ID and the character information to the second terminal device when the voice information is registered, and when the voice information is not registered, only the caller ID is transmitted. The second
And a step of delivering to the terminal device. Thus, according to the present invention,
If the other party you want to connect (call) from the telephone terminal is in an area where radio waves do not reach, or if the telephone terminal is turned off
When using the answering machine service for reasons such as F, in order to eliminate the situation where it is difficult to confirm the content due to poor sound quality, the mail converted to a document (character) is sent to the desired party to connect (call) Not only can it be notified, but even if the message has not been registered, it is possible to clarify from whom the connection (call) was made.

[0006] Further, the callee does not need to connect to the answering machine and check the voice message. (3) In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the present invention is an electronic mail distribution computer program for distributing information from a first terminal device to a second terminal device via a communication line, A function of detecting a caller ID of the terminal device, a function of registering voice information transmitted from the first terminal device when the second terminal device is in a call disabled state, and Function to convert to information,
If the voice information is registered, the caller ID
And distributing the character information to the second terminal device, and when the voice information is not registered, the caller ID
And a function of distributing only the second terminal device to the second terminal device. Therefore, according to the present invention, when the other party who wants to connect (call) from the telephone terminal is in an area where radio waves do not reach or when the telephone terminal is turned off, the answering machine service is used. In order to avoid the situation where it is difficult to confirm the content due to poor sound quality, the converted mail (text) can be notified to the person who wants to connect (call), and even if the message is not registered, It is possible to clarify the connection (call) from whom.

[0007] Further, the callee does not need to connect to the answering machine and check the voice message.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of an electronic mail distribution system according to the present invention. In the figure, a telephone terminal 1 is a connectable (call) device such as a general telephone or a mobile telephone used by a user. The answering machine 3 accepts the telephone terminal 1
Is connected to the telephone terminal 4 via the network 2, when the telephone terminal 4 is in an area where radio waves do not reach, or when the power is turned off, a server via which the answering machine function is provided. It is. The answering machine 3 includes a caller identification unit 31, a voice reception unit 32, a character conversion unit 33, and a mail transmission / reception processing unit 34. The caller identification unit 31 is the telephone terminal 1
If the telephone number is notified of the caller ID, it identifies who accessed the telephone terminal 4 and stores and manages the information (telephone number and the like). In the voice receiving unit 32, the telephone terminal 1 registers a message to the telephone terminal 4 by voice, and temporarily stores the registered contents. The character conversion unit 33 performs a process of converting into a document (character) based on the voice message registered by the voice reception unit 32, and converts the document into an electronic mail format.

The header information of the mail is obtained from the sender identification unit 31. The mail transmission processing unit 34 converts the voice message registered by the telephone terminal 1 into a document (character) by the character conversion unit 33, and transmits information (such as a message from whom) from the sender identification unit 31 in the form of an e-mail. A mail header is added, and the message is transmitted to the telephone terminal 4 as an e-mail. As for the mail transmitted by the mail transmission processing unit 34, a function of transmitting the mail to the telephone terminal 4 at a designated time and a delivery confirmation regarding whether or not the mail is received are also possible. In addition, each part of the answering machine reception server 3 can be made to function by installing the program 5. Next, the flow of the mail transmission process will be described with reference to FIG.
The sender accesses the other party to be connected (communicated) via a general telephone (mobile phone) network (S1). Next, it is confirmed that the other party desiring to connect (communicate) is in a callable state. In other words, if the other party you want to connect (call) is in an area where radio waves do not reach, or if the power of the telephone terminal is OFF
A check is made to determine whether or not connection (call) is possible (S2).

Here, when the communication is possible, the process is terminated.
If the call is not possible, it is determined whether or not the caller is in a state where the telephone number of the local station can be notified (S3).
If the caller ID has not been notified, the process ends. Next, when the caller ID is notified, a voice message is received from the caller's device as an answering machine service. At this time, it is determined whether the message has been registered (S4). Here, if the message is not registered, only the caller number from the caller number is used as the mail transmission information (header), and the mail is transmitted to the call destination (S6). Then, it is confirmed that the mail has arrived at the call destination (S7), and the process ends.
If it cannot be confirmed, send it again (S
6). The confirmation of the mail may be anything such as receiving a mail incoming signal from the telephone terminal 4 or judging from an error message indicating that the mail could not be transmitted. If the message is registered, the received voice message is converted into a document (character), and a mail body is created. The information obtained from the sender number is added to the information (mail header) for sending the mail, and the mail is transmitted to the call destination (S5).

Then, it is confirmed that the mail has arrived at the call destination (S7), and the process ends. If it cannot be confirmed that the message has arrived, it is sent again (S5). As described above, according to the present invention, the destination of a connection (call) from a telephone terminal is located in an area where radio waves do not reach, or because the telephone terminal is turned off, etc. When the service is used, in order to eliminate the situation where it is difficult to confirm the content due to poor sound quality, the mail converted to a document (character) can be notified to the connection (call) desired party and the message is not registered It is also possible to clarify from whom the connection (call) was made. In addition, the callee does not have to connect to the answering machine and check the voice message. In the present invention, an example in which each function is provided on the server side has been described. However, by providing a function of transferring an answering machine message registered in a telephone terminal at home or the like to an answering machine receiving server, a character is provided. It is also possible to perform conversion and transfer it as a mail to a mobile phone or the like. Also, as the Internet / intranet has exploded in popularity, messages registered by voice can be transferred to mobile terminals and personal computers by using an answering machine, and converted to general e-mail. Notification can also be made.

Note that the transmitted message is:
The delivery confirmation function can also be used to confirm whether the other party who wishes to connect (call) has received a message. Various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the invention.

As described above, according to the present invention, audio information input from the outside is converted into a document (character),
E-mails can be sent in a timely manner to anyone who wants to connect (call).

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of an electronic mail distribution system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an exemplary view for explaining the operation of the electronic mail distribution system shown in FIG. 1;

[Explanation of symbols]

 1, 4 ... telephone terminal 2 ... network 3 ... answering machine reception server 31 ... sender identification unit 32 ... voice reception unit 33 ... character conversion unit 34 ... mail transmission processing unit

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Claims (10)

[Claims] 1. An e-mail distribution system for distributing information from a first terminal device to a second terminal device via a communication line, comprising: a detecting means for detecting a caller ID of the first terminal device; Registering means for registering voice information transmitted from the first terminal device; converting means for converting the voice information into character information; and, if the voice information is registered, the caller ID
And distributing the character information to the second terminal device, and when the voice information is not registered, the caller ID
An e-mail distribution system, comprising: a distribution unit that distributes only the second terminal device to the second terminal device. 2. The electronic mail distribution system according to claim 1, wherein the registering means for registering the voice information operates when the second terminal device is in a call disabled state. 3. A delivery means for delivering to a second terminal device,
3. The e-mail distribution system according to claim 1, wherein the e-mail is distributed to the second terminal device at a predetermined time. 4. A delivery means for delivering to a second terminal device,
3. The electronic mail distribution system according to claim 1, wherein the second terminal device re-distributes the electronic mail until receiving the electronic mail. 5. An electronic mail distribution method for distributing information from a first terminal device to a second terminal device via a communication line, comprising: detecting a caller ID of the first terminal device; When the second terminal device is in a call disabled state, the first terminal
Registering the voice information transmitted from the terminal device, converting the voice information to character information, and, if the voice information is registered, the caller ID.
And distributing the character information to the second terminal device, and when the voice information is not registered, the caller ID
And delivering only the second terminal device to the second terminal device. 6. The step of delivering to the second terminal device,
6. An electronic mail distribution method according to claim 5, wherein the electronic mail is distributed at a predetermined time. 7. The step of delivering to a second terminal device,
6. The electronic mail distribution method according to claim 5, wherein the second terminal device re-distributes the electronic mail until the electronic mail is received. 8. An electronic mail distribution computer program for distributing information from a first terminal device to a second terminal device through a communication line, wherein a sender ID of the first terminal device is detected. A function; and the first terminal device when the second terminal device is in a call disabled state.
A function of registering voice information transmitted from the terminal device, a function of converting the voice information into character information, and the caller ID when the voice information is registered.
And distributing the character information to the second terminal device, and when the voice information is not registered, the caller ID
A computer program for realizing only the function of distributing only to the second terminal device. 9. The computer program according to claim 8, wherein the function of distributing to the second terminal device distributes at a predetermined time. 10. The computer program according to claim 8, wherein the function of delivering to the second terminal device redistributes until the second terminal device receives an e-mail.