JP2006033769A - Facsimile proxy reception service system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve convenience of a recipient by determining a place of reception on the basis of the schedule of activities of the recipient and determining an optimal place of reception by discriminating a sender, without depending on the installation place of a facsimile machine which is made to correspond to a facsimile number dedicated to the recipient, in a facsimile reception system. <P>SOLUTION: When a facsimile addressed to a USR 401 is received, an FSP server 200 specifies a transmission source by a FAX transmission source address discrimination section 201, refers to the schedule of activities of the USR by activity schedule table reference section 202, and decides an output destination based on the transmission source and the schedule of activities by a designated output destination selection section 203, and outputs received facsimile information to the output destination. This is notified to the USR 401, and the USR 401 refers to the facsimile information from a sender 100 at an optimal place. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a communication service technology that provides facsimile reception and notification thereof in response to a service request, and further provides facsimile information to a location according to a recipient's action schedule.

  Conventionally, when receiving facsimile information, it has been possible to receive facsimile information transmitted to a facsimile number corresponding to a facsimile apparatus installed at home or work, and refer to the facsimile information at the installation location of the apparatus. .

JP 2002-111950 A

  In the above-described prior art, facsimile information transmitted to a facsimile number corresponding to the installed facsimile apparatus on a one-to-one basis can be referred only to the place where the apparatus is installed. In other words, since facsimile reception depends on the installation location of the facsimile device, it is transmitted to the facsimile device regardless of whether or not the recipient is in the vicinity of the installation location, and the recipient is absent. Has a problem that the transmitted information cannot be referred to in a timely manner.

  An object of the present invention is to determine a reception location in consideration of a recipient's action schedule without depending on the installation location of the facsimile apparatus, and to enable the receiver to receive a facsimile at that location. Furthermore, in addition to considering the action schedule of the receiver, another object is to determine the receiving location by determining the sender.

  The above-mentioned purpose is to receive facsimile information on behalf of the receiver between the facsimile sender and the receiver, and pre-registered “Who is the sender” and “Recipient action schedule”. This is achieved by providing a service provider that determines the output destination of the facsimile information based on the above and notifies the recipient of that.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to respond to the recipient's action schedule without depending on the installation location of the facsimile machine corresponding to the destination facsimile number, and without depending on whether the recipient is at the installation location of the equipment. Thus, it is possible to improve the convenience of the recipient because the reception location is selected and facsimile reception is possible at that location.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 shows the configuration of a facsimile proxy reception service (hereinafter referred to as FS) system according to the present invention. FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a system in which a facsimile reception service provider (hereinafter referred to as FSP) performs FS for a plurality of contractors (hereinafter referred to as USR). The FSP has an FSP server 200. This system includes a facsimile information sender 100, an FSP server 200, customer data 300, a USR 400, an output destination 350, a telephone line 10 connecting the sender 100 and the FSP server 200, an FSP server 200, and a USR 400. The network 20 is connected to the destination 350.

  The FSP server 200 includes a FAX transmission source address determination unit 201 that identifies a transmission source address of facsimile information transmitted to the USR 401, an action schedule table reference unit 202 that refers to an action schedule table of the USR 401 registered in advance, and , A designated output destination selection unit 203 that determines an output destination of facsimile information, a FAX incoming notification unit 204 that notifies the USR 401 of a facsimile incoming call and its output destination, and customer data 300 of the USR 401.

  The customer data 300 includes a transmission source address table 310 that describes a plurality of transmission source addresses that are registered in advance by the USR 401 and that can be considered as a facsimile sender, and an output destination that describes a plurality of output destinations for outputting facsimile information. A table 320 and an action schedule table 330 describing the action schedule of the USR 401 are included.

  The output destination 350 connected to the network 20 includes a plurality of output destinations registered in the USR 401 (in the case of FIG. 1, five from 351 to 355).

  FIG. 2 is a view showing an example of the source address table 310 for USR 401 managed by the FSP. In this table, information of a plurality of facsimile transmission sources registered in advance by the USR 401 having an FS contract is stored. The sender 311 stores names such as business partners and friendships that can be considered to send a facsimile. The transmission source FAX number 312 stores the FAX number and corresponds to the transmission source 311 on a one-to-one basis. When it is desired to fix the output destination depending on the transmission source, the output destination ID 313 is selected and stored from the output destination IDs registered in the output destination table 320 of FIG. When an output destination ID is specified in this field, it means that when a facsimile is received from the transmission source, it is output unconditionally to the specified output destination. Thereby, it is possible to specify an output destination depending on the transmission source.

  If the output destination is not fixed, '-(hyphen)' is stored in the output destination ID 313. When “-(hyphen)” is designated in this field, it means that the output destination of information is determined by the action schedule of the USR 401 regardless of who the transmission source is. In addition, a column for receiving from an unexpected FAX number is provided at the bottom row of the table, and the desired output destination ID is stored in the output destination ID 313. Note that information can be added to the table as needed.

  FIG. 3 is an exemplary diagram of an output destination table 320 for USR 401 managed by the FSP. In this table, a plurality of pieces of output destination information of facsimile information registered in advance by the USR 401 having an FS contract are stored. The output destination ID 321 stores an ID for identifying the output destination. The output destination name 322 stores the name of the output destination, and corresponds to the output destination ID 321 on a one-to-one basis. The output destination FAX number 323 stores the output destination FAX number, and corresponds to the output destination ID 321 on a one-to-one basis. Note that information can be added to the table as needed.

  FIG. 4 is an exemplary diagram of an action schedule table 330 for USR 401 managed by the FSP. In this table, action schedule information registered in advance by the USR 401 having an FS contract is stored. When the USR 401 is absent due to a business trip or the like, the date and time scheduled in the date and time 331 are stored. The destination 332 stores the destination of the day. The output destination ID 333 stores the ID of the output destination to which the information is to be output when a facsimile is received on that day. In addition, a column for when there is no particular plan is provided at the bottom row of the table, and the ID of the desired output destination is stored in the output destination ID 333. Note that information can be added to the table as needed.

FIG. 5 shows an example of a processing flow at the time of facsimile reception according to the present invention.
When the SP server 200 receives a facsimile addressed to the USR 401 (step 501), it first identifies the reception date of the facsimile (step 502). Next, the FAX source address determination unit 201 refers to the source address table 310 and searches for a sender using the source FAX number 312 as a key (step 503). When the sender is specified, the output destination ID 313 of the source address table 310 is referred to search for the information output destination.

  If the facsimile transmission source is company A (step 504), "1" designated in the output destination ID 313 is set as the facsimile information output destination (step 505). When the transmission source is B company, C company, or D company (step 506), the action schedule table reference unit 202 refers to the action schedule table 330, and the designated output destination selection unit 203 determines the output destination of the information. Determination is made (step 507). Detailed processing in step 507 will be described with reference to FIG. Further, when the transmission source is Mr. E (step 508), “5” is set as the output destination of the information (step 509). In addition, when the transmission source address cannot be identified from the transmission source address in the processing of step 503 (when a FAX from an unexpected transmission source is received), if the reception date is a weekday (step 510), the output destination of the information Is set to "4" (step 511), otherwise "5" is set (step 512). The numerical value set as the output destination by the above processing is collated with the output destination ID 321 of the output destination table 320, the information is output to the corresponding output destination FAX number 323, and the facsimile arrival and the output destination are notified to the USR 401 ( Step 513).

  With the above processing, it becomes possible to set the output destination of facsimile information according to the transmission source based on the transmission source address table 310 of USR 401 registered in advance.

  FIG. 6 shows an example of the processing flow in step 507 described in FIG.

  First, as the process of the action schedule table reference unit 202, the action schedule table 330 of the USR 401 is referred to and the schedule of the USR 401 on the reception date is confirmed. If the reception date schedule is described in the action schedule table 330 (step 601) and the reception date is 5/6 to 7 (step 602), the destination of USR 401 is specified as the output destination ID 333 from the destination 332 because it is Osaka. The set “2” is set as an output destination (step 603). Similarly, if the reception date is 5/10 to 14 (step 604), “1” is set as the output destination (step 605). If it is 5/19 to 21 (step 606), “2” is set as the output destination. (Step 607), 5/24 to 25 (step 608), "3" is set to the output destination (step 609), and 5/27 to 31 (step 610), the output destination is " 1 ″ is set (step 611). If the reception date schedule is not described (step 601) and the reception date is a weekday (612), “1” is set as the output destination (step 613), and if it is not a weekday (step 612). ) “4” is set as the output destination (step 614).

  By the above processing, it is possible to set the output destination of facsimile information according to the action schedule based on the action schedule table 330 of the USR 401 registered in advance.

  By performing the processing of FIG. 5 and FIG. 6 described above, it is possible to set the output destination of facsimile information in consideration of the recipient's action schedule in addition to the determination of who the transmission source is. As a result, the processing performed when the FSP receives a facsimile addressed to the USR 401 is completed, and the USR 401 can recognize that the facsimile addressed to itself has arrived and can refer to the information.

1 is a configuration diagram of a facsimile proxy reception service system according to an embodiment. FIG. It is an illustration figure of the transmission source address table 310 which a facsimile agency reception service provider manages. It is an illustration figure of the output destination table 320 which a facsimile agency reception service provider manages. It is an illustration figure of the action schedule table 330 which an proxy reception service provider manages. It is an illustration figure of the processing flow at the time of facsimile substitution reception. It is an illustration figure of the processing flow of step 507 described in FIG.

Explanation of symbols

10: telephone line 20: network 100: sender 200: FSP server 201: FAX transmission source address determination unit 202: action schedule table reference unit 203: designated output destination selection unit 204: FAX incoming notification unit 300: customer data 310: transmission Original address table 320: output destination table 330: action schedule table 350: output destination 35x: output destination x (x is an arbitrary numerical value)
400: USR
4xx: USRx (x is an arbitrary numerical value)

Claims (3)

A transmission means for performing facsimile transmission by designating a transmission destination;
Receiving means for receiving facsimile information on behalf of a receiving party designated as a transmission destination, determining an output destination of information according to the action plan of the receiving party at the same time as the specified transmission source, and designating as a transmission destination A facsimile reception service provider that notifies the arrival of facsimile information to
A facsimile substitution reception service comprising: a reception partner designated as a transmission destination, and reception means for referring to facsimile information by contracting with the service provider. In the service system,
The service provider includes means for determining a transmission source address of a facsimile transmitted to the reception means, means for referring to an action schedule registered in advance by the reception means, a transmission source address, and an action of the reception means. Means for selecting an output destination of the facsimile information received based on the schedule, and means for notifying the reception means of facsimile arrival;
2. The facsimile proxy reception service according to claim 1, wherein said receiving means comprises means for detecting an incoming facsimile addressed to itself and means for referring to facsimile information. In a facsimile reception service provider connected to a transmission means for performing facsimile transmission and a reception means for receiving a facsimile,
Determining the source address of the facsimile sent to the receiving means;
Refer to the action schedule registered in advance by the receiving means,
Select the output destination of the received facsimile information based on the sender address and the action schedule of the receiving means,
2. A facsimile proxy reception service method, wherein a facsimile incoming call is notified to the receiving means.

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