JP2983342B2 - Communication terminal device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a communication terminal such as a facsimile machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, the spread of communication networks and the reduction in price of devices have progressed, and the spread of various communication terminal devices such as facsimile devices as image transmission devices has been remarkable.

In the conventional technique of this facsimile apparatus, the transmitted document image data is received by the facsimile apparatus and then held in a state of being output from a printer as an output unit. Therefore, the only way to know that the facsimile machine has received a message is to go to a place where the facsimile machine is located and check whether there is any output from the printer. As described above, it has been difficult for a conventional facsimile apparatus to simultaneously receive and confirm document image data.

Hereinafter, a conventional communication terminal device will be described. FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a conventional communication terminal device. In FIG. 5, a network control device 1 connects a telephone line network to each communication terminal. A data transmission / reception unit 2 connected to the network control device 1 transmits and receives text image data (image data). Communication control unit 3 connected to data transmission / reception unit 2
Is connected to the output unit 4 and controls the entire apparatus such as outputting the document image data received by the data transmission / reception unit 2 from the output unit 4. The above network control device 1, data transmission / reception unit 2,
The communication control unit 3 and the output unit 4 constitute a facsimile device 5 as a communication terminal device.

According to the above configuration, after being connected to the telephone network by the network control device 1, the document image data received by the data transmission / reception unit 2 is controlled by the communication control unit 3 and output from the output unit 4 such as a printer. I was

[0006]

In the above-mentioned conventional configuration,
When the document image data is received from the transmission source device, the received data is only output from the printer, which is the output unit 4 of the facsimile device 5, and in this case, the received document output from the output unit 4 is The receiving person cannot confirm the data reception at the same time as the data reception, and has a problem that he must go to the facsimile machine 5 to receive the received fax document for the confirmation.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a communication terminal device which can easily confirm data reception.

[0008]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a communication terminal apparatus according to the present invention transmits and receives data after connection by a network control unit for connecting to a telephone line network. A data transmission / reception unit, and a destination name received from the transmission source device at the time of data reception by the data transmission / reception unit, connected to the destination device by the network control unit, and sends an incoming message to the destination device. And a control unit for controlling so as to notify the reception of the data.

[0009]

With the above arrangement, the control unit causes the network control unit to connect to the destination device using the destination name received from the source device when the data transmission / reception unit receives data,
Since control is performed so that an incoming message is sent to the contact device that is the transmission destination to notify data reception, data that is near the transmission destination device is received by an incoming message to the destination device such as an extension telephone. It is easy for the person to confirm the data reception and at the same time as the data reception.Therefore, it is not necessary for the person to go to the location of the communication terminal such as a facsimile apparatus and check whether or not the data has been received as in the past. Disappears.

[0010]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. It is to be noted that components having the same functions and effects as those of the conventional example are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof will be omitted.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a communication terminal device according to one embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, a communication control unit 11 provided between a data transmission / reception unit 2 for transmitting / receiving image document data and an output unit 4 such as a printer transmits a LAN (extension number) to an extension number management terminal device 12 for managing extension numbers. (A local area network), and sends the destination name received from the source terminal device to the extension number management terminal device 12 at the time of receiving the image document data by the data transmitting / receiving unit 2 to match the destination name. Get the extension number. The communication control unit 11 is connected to the network control device 1 via the voice message transmitting unit 13, and is connected to an extension telephone as a terminal device of the extension number of the transmission destination by the network control device 1 and is controlled by the voice message transmitting unit 13. Send a voice message on the line,
Thus, the configuration is such that the fact that the image document data has been received by facsimile via the destination extension telephone is notified. The communication control unit 11 and the voice message sending unit 13 constitute a control unit. Therefore, the control unit, the network control device 1, the data transmission / reception unit 2, and the output unit 4 constitute a facsimile device 14 as a communication terminal device. You.

As described above, in the facsimile apparatus 14, the operation of receiving the image document data and outputting it from the printer which is the output unit 4 is the same as the operation of the conventional facsimile apparatus 5, but the terminal apparatus of the transmission source at the time of reception. Is different from the first embodiment in that after receiving the transmission destination name, the reception destination name is used to notify the terminal device such as the extension telephone of the reception of the image document data using the transmission destination name.
The details will be described below.

That is, after the line is connected, the communication control unit 11 uses the non-standard command in the phase B of the facsimile procedure via the data transmission / reception unit 2 to send the extension name of the transmission destination (the extension of the transmission destination). Name). FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the situation. FIG. 2 shows a case where the calling side becomes the transmitting terminal and the called side becomes the receiving terminal. In FIG. 2, first, when the called side enters phase B, it transmits a CED signal, and subsequently sends out a non-standard function identification signal (NSF signal) and a digital identification signal (DIS signal). A request is made to transmit the destination extension name to the source terminal device in the frame of the NSF signal. After receiving these signals, the calling side sends out a non-standard function setting signal (NSS) signal and a digital command signal (DCS signal). The calling side transmits the destination extension name to the called side in the frame of the NSS signal. This allows
The called side receives the destination extension name from the transmitting terminal device when receiving the image document data. If the calling side does not know the destination extension name in the above procedure, the destination extension name is not transmitted and the apparatus operates as a normal facsimile machine.

Next, after the facsimile call is completed, the destination extension number is received from the extension number management terminal device 12, which manages the correspondence between the destination extension name and the extension number, using the destination extension name. . Thereafter, a call operation is performed using the destination extension number, and after connecting to the extension telephone as the destination terminal device, a voice message notifying that the facsimile document has been received from the voice message sending unit 13 to the extension telephone is transmitted. Send out.

FIG. 3 is a frame configuration diagram of the NSF signal and the NSS signal which are non-standard commands. In FIG. 3, N
Both the SF signal and the NSS signal show only the HDLC information field. The NSF signal frame is composed of a 1-byte code of 00000100 of the NSF signal, a 1-byte code of 000000000 of the CCITT members code, and a 1-byte code of an extension name transmission request code obtained after applying to the administration. The NSS signal frame is composed of a 1-byte code of X1000100 of the NSS signal, a 1-byte code of 00000000 of the CCITT members code, and N bytes of an extension name composed of a character code.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a communication terminal system according to one embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 4, a facsimile apparatus 14 is connected to an extension telephone 15 or the like through a private branch exchange 16, and is connected to an extension number management terminal apparatus 12 via a LAN. In this case, the facsimile machine 14 of this embodiment must use the direct-in function of the private branch exchange 16 because the facsimile machine 14 must be able to communicate directly with the outside line and use an extension telephone.

According to the above configuration, first, the facsimile apparatus 14 which receives a fax document from an outside line directly in
After the facsimile call ends, the communication control unit 11 uses the extension name of the transmission destination from the transmission source to
, A destination extension number corresponding to the destination extension name, and further using the destination extension number,
Further, a call is made to the destination extension telephone 15a corresponding to the destination extension number through the private branch exchange 16, and after the line is connected, the facsimile machine 14 receives the fax document via the extension telephone 15a as the contact. Notify using voice message. For example, if a fax is received by a facsimile machine 14 located away from the person who should receive the fax document, the extension telephone 15a as a contact near the person rings and the handset is picked up. The received fax message may be sent to the person who has received the fax. As a result, simultaneous reception and confirmation of the fax document can be obtained.

Therefore, in the phase B of the facsimile procedure, by using a non-standard function command, data relating to the extension name of the transmission destination (name of the transmission destination) is received from the transmission source device. Using the destination extension name data, a destination extension number corresponding to the destination extension name is received from the extension number management terminal device 12 that manages the extension number, and then the destination is used by using the destination extension number. After the connection with the terminal device of the extension number, the terminal device of the transmission destination is notified that the data has been received by a voice message or the like, so that the facsimile device 14 transmits a voice message or the like via the terminal device of the transmission destination. Confirmation of data reception can be facilitated, and the person receiving the document data can go to the facsimile machine 14 and receive the data as usual. You need to check whether there was not.

[0019]

[0020]

As described above, according to the present invention, when data is received by the communication terminal device, after the reception is completed, the communication terminal device transmits the data to the destination where the data is to be received. by performing notification of data reception via, person consisting destination can avoid having to check performed to the point where a communication terminal device whether or not data is received, and the reception and reception of data Confirmation can be performed simultaneously. Also, extension number management terminal
Since the device is installed on the LAN, the destination
When the extension number of the person is changed, the extension on the LAN
Only by correcting the data of the number management terminal,
Can be.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a communication terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart for receiving an extension name in phase B of the facsimile procedure in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a frame configuration diagram of an NSF signal and an NSS signal of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a communication terminal system according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a conventional communication terminal device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Network control device 2 Data transmission / reception part 4 Output part 11 Communication control part 12 Extension number management terminal device 13 Voice message sending part 14 Facsimile device 15, 15a Extension telephone

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A network control device for connecting to a telephone line network.
And (1), the network controller data transceiver for transmitting and receiving data after connection by (1) and (2), receives data by connecting to the source of the apparatus by the data transceiver (2) Communication The control unit (11) stores the correspondence between the destination name and the extension number and stores the correspondence.
Communication via a local area network (LAN).
Extension number management terminal connected to a communication control unit (11)
(12), and the communication control unit (11)
The extension name management terminal device receives the destination name received from the source.
Send to (12) to get the extension number that matches the destination name
And a communication terminal device configured to send an incoming message to the obtained extension number to notify the reception of the data.