JP3080900B2 - Email transmission system - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to an electronic mail transmission service, and more particularly to an electronic mail transmission system using an ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network) terminal.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, transmission of electronic mail from a terminal other than a general-purpose computer such as a personal computer or a work station has been disclosed in, for example, JP-A-08-1879.
As described in Japanese Patent Publication No. 38, there has been a system for transmitting voice data as an e-mail message from a telephone to a mail terminal device.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a conventional electronic mail transmitting apparatus as described above. This e-mail transmission device 401 includes a voice guidance circuit 402, a voice reception circuit 403, a destination management circuit 404, a voice processing circuit 405, a mail synthesis circuit 408, and a mail transmission circuit 407. The destination management circuit 404 includes a destination management information storage unit 404.
a. The destination management storage unit 404a stores a destination management table 404b including a combination of a designated address number and a mail address. In such a system, when transmitting a voice message, in accordance with the instruction of the voice guidance message of the voice guidance circuit 402, based on the designated address number input via the telephone line and the voice reception circuit 403 by the push button signal from the telephone. Then, the mail address data of the transmission source and the transmission destination created by the destination management circuit 404 and the voice data obtained by converting the voice input from the telephone via the telephone line and the voice receiving circuit 403 into a binary file by the voice processing circuit 405 are stored. The combined e-mail message is created by the e-mail combining circuit 406, and transmitted to the destination of the e-mail network by the e-mail transmission circuit 407. Thus, an e-mail message was sent from the telephone.

[0004]

In the conventional system described above, a set of a designated address number (combination of symbols that can be expressed by a push button) and a mail address is stored in a destination management table in advance, and the user can use the system. Since the designated address number is selected from the stored e-mail addresses by operating the push button, the destination management table must be registered each time an e-mail is transmitted to a new destination. Therefore, there is a problem that the user cannot freely send an e-mail to a desired address.

Further, in the conventional system, since a source mail address and a destination mail address are designated by push button operation, a general mail address composed of alphabets or the like cannot be directly input. Therefore, the mail address must be specified by the specified address number uniquely associated with the mail address. Therefore, there is also a problem that the user must remember the set of the designated address number and the mail address.

An object of the present invention is to provide an electronic mail transmission system capable of performing an electronic mail transmission by directly inputting an electronic mail address from an ISDN terminal.

[0007]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, an electronic mail transmitting system for transmitting electronic mail from a terminal other than a general-purpose computer, such as a personal computer or a workstation, includes: A terminal, and an e-mail transmitting device mutually connected to the ISDN terminal via an ISDN line, wherein the ISDN terminal sets a telephone number or an e-mail address inputted as destination information and a call setting signal and subsequent user communication information To the e-mail transmission device, the e-mail transmission device receives the call setting signal,
A signal receiving means for analyzing whether the called number form in the call setting signal is a destination designation by a telephone number or an e-mail address, and when the destination designation by the telephone number is determined, a signal receiving means for relaying a signal to an ISDN exchange; Format conversion means for converting the received data input by the signal receiving means into a format which can be analyzed by the receiving terminal when the signal receiving means determines the destination designation by the e-mail address; and an e-mail address from the signal receiving means. E-mail creating means for creating an e-mail message by combining the e-mail message with the data received from the format converting means, and e-mail transmission for sending the e-mail message output from the e-mail creating means to a destination on the e-mail network Means for inputting the destination e-mail address directly from the ISDN terminal. Accordingly, characterized in that the freely transmit the desired address.

[0008] Preferably, the ISDN terminal is one of a telephone, a facsimile, and a videophone.

Further, it is preferable that the received data is at least one of audio data, still image data, and moving image data.

It is preferable that the format conversion means converts the format of the received data into a wave file for audio data, a GIF or JPEG file for still image data, or an MPEG file for moving image data.

Also, if the ISDN terminal has a destination management table in which the frequently used e-mail addresses among the e-mail addresses and the numbers are stored in correspondence, the destination e-mail addresses can be input in a short time by inputting the numbers. Can be specified.

The present invention particularly provides an IS that enables character information input by a user to be set in a call setting signal.
A DN terminal and an e-mail transmitting device. The e-mail transmitting device determines the ISDN from the called number form in the call setting signal.
It analyzes whether the call is a relay call to the exchange or an e-mail transmission call. If the call is an e-mail transmission call, a signal reception function for converting character information in a call setting signal into an e-mail address and a reception input by the signal reception function A format conversion function that converts data (voice, image) into a format that can be analyzed by the receiving terminal, and an electronic mail that creates an email message by combining an email address from the signal reception function and data received from the format conversion function. It has an e-mail creation function and an e-mail transmission function of sending an e-mail message output from the e-mail creation function to a destination on the e-mail network.

As described above, the electronic mail transmission system of the present invention is capable of transmitting voice and image data as an electronic mail message by directly inputting the electronic mail address of the destination from the ISDN terminal. It is.

[0014]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the electronic mail transmission system of the present invention. This system comprises an ISDN terminal 101, a signal receiving means 103, a format converting means 104, an electronic mail creating means 105,
The e-mail transmitting apparatus 102 includes the e-mail transmitting means 106. Also, the ISDN terminal 101
And the e-mail transmitting apparatus 102 are connected to each other via an ISDN line. ISDN terminals include telephones, facsimile machines, videophones, and the like. When these terminals originate, a call setting signal in which a telephone number or an e-mail address input as destination information is set and user communication information thereafter are transmitted to an e-mail transmitting device. Send to 102. The signal receiving means 103 monitors the call setting signal, analyzes whether the called number form in the received call setting signal is a destination designation by a telephone number or an e-mail address. The signal is relayed to the exchange, and if the destination is specified by the e-mail address, the e-mail address data as the destination information in the call setting signal is transmitted to the e-mail creating means 105. At the same time, the subsequent user communication information is transmitted to the format conversion means 104.
The format converter 104 converts the data received from the signal receiver 103 into a format that can be analyzed by the receiving terminal. Here, the format conversion means 104
If the received data is audio data, it will be a wave file, etc. If it is still image data, Graphicslinterch
arge Format (GIF), Joint Ph
autographic Experts Group
(JPEG) file, etc., if the video data is Motion
n Picture Experts Group (M
PEG) files, etc.
The output data is transmitted to the mail creation means 105. The e-mail creating means 105 includes
4 is used as the body of the e-mail message or as an attached file of the e-mail message, and the e-mail message data to which the e-mail address data received from the signal receiving means 103 is added is created. Send. The e-mail transmission means 106 is connected to the e-mail network, and transmits the e-mail message received from the e-mail creation means 106 to a destination on the e-mail network.

Next, the operation of the embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the embodiment of the electronic mail transmission system of the present invention. First, the user sends a mail using the telephone, facsimile, or videophone that is the ISDN terminal 101 (step 20).
Perform 1). The ISDN terminal 101 sets and generates an e-mail address set by the user through a mail transmission operation (step 201) in the call setting signal (step 20).
3) A call setting signal is transmitted to the electronic mail transmitting device 102 (step 204). E-mail transmission device 10
2 receives the call setting signal from the signal receiving means 103 (step 207), determines whether the called number form included in the call setting signal is a destination designated by an e-mail address (step 208), and If specified, call connection processing (step 209) is performed. If destination is specified by telephone number, signal relay to the ISDN exchange is performed (step 214). Upon receiving the call connection signal from the electronic mail transmitting apparatus 102 (step 205), the ISDN terminal 101 sends user communication information data from the user to the electronic mail transmitting apparatus 102 (step 206).
Upon receiving the user communication information data from the ISDN terminal 101 (step 21).
0), the received data is converted by the format conversion means 104 into a wave file or the like if it is audio data, a GIF or JPEG file if it is still image data, or M if it is video data.
The format is converted into a PEG file or the like (step 211). The format-converted received data becomes a mail body or an attached file to the e-mail address set in the call setting signal by the mail creating means 105 (step 212). The created e-mail message is transmitted to the e-mail network by the e-mail transmission means 106 (step 213).

Next, another embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of another embodiment of the electronic mail transmission system of the present invention. It is not efficient to input a destination e-mail address that is frequently transmitted in a mail transmission operation by a user each time.
Therefore, by providing a destination management table 101a for storing a frequently used e-mail address 101b and a several-digit number 101c inside the ISDN terminal 101, the user can enter the several-digit number 101c instead of inputting the e-mail address. By inputting the number, it is possible to specify the destination e-mail address in a short time. Subsequent operations are the same as in FIG.

[0020]

The electronic mail transmission system of the present invention has
The e-mail address input by the user at the SDN terminal is set in the call setting signal as character information in the call setting signal, and the destination e-mail address is extracted from the call setting signal by the e-mail transmitting device, thereby obtaining the destination e-mail address. Need not be registered in advance. As a result, it is possible to directly input the destination e-mail address from the ISDN terminal, and it is possible to freely send an e-mail to an address desired by the user.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment according to the present invention.

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

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 101 ISDN terminal 102 E-mail transmission device 103 Signal receiving means 104 Format conversion means 105 E-mail creation means 106 E-mail transmission means 101a Destination management table 101b Arbitrary mail address 101c Numerals 401 E-mail transmission device 402 Voice guidance circuit 403 Voice reception circuit 404 destination management circuit 405 voice processing circuit 406 mail synthesis circuit 407 mail transmission circuit 404a destination management information storage unit 404b destination management table

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Claims (5)

(57) [Claims] An e-mail transmission system for transmitting e-mail from a terminal other than a general-purpose computer such as a personal computer or a workstation, comprising: an ISDN terminal; and an e-mail transmission device mutually connected to the ISDN terminal via an ISDN line. The ISDN terminal transmits a call setting signal in which a telephone number or an e-mail address input as destination information is set and subsequent user communication information to the e-mail transmission device, wherein the e-mail transmission device comprises: Receiving a call setting signal, analyzing whether the called number form in the call setting signal is the destination designation by the telephone number or the destination designation by the e-mail address, and determines the destination designation by the telephone number; Signal receiving means for relaying a signal to an ISDN exchange; and the signal receiving means When the destination designation by the e-mail address is determined, format conversion means for converting received data input by the signal receiving means into a format that can be analyzed by a receiving terminal; and the e-mail address from the signal receiving means. By synthesizing the received data from the format conversion means,
E-mail creating means for creating an e-mail message, and e-mail sending means for sending the e-mail message output from the e-mail creating means to a destination of an e-mail network, An e-mail transmission system wherein an e-mail can be freely transmitted to a desired address by inputting a destination e-mail address. 2. The electronic mail transmission system according to claim 1, wherein the ISDN terminal is one of a telephone, a facsimile, and a videophone. 3. The electronic mail transmission system according to claim 1, wherein the received data is at least one of audio data, still image data, and moving image data. 4. The format conversion means for converting the format of the received data into a wave file for audio data, a GIF or JPEG file for still image data, or an MPEG file for moving image data. Item 3. An electronic mail transmission system according to item 3. 5. The ISDN terminal has a destination management table in which a frequently used e-mail address among the e-mail addresses and a number are stored in correspondence with each other. 2. An electronic mail address can be specified.
4. The e-mail transmission system according to any one of 4.