JPH01264033A - Facsimile mail system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To surely send information by informing an unarrived notice not only to a sender terminal equipment but also to a sender in voice and informing the name of the sender in case of unarrival notice. CONSTITUTION:In case of unabled delivery regardless of repetitive recalling, a CPU 101 regards it as unarrived delivery, a retrieved name 202 and a time stored in a text storage file memory 105 are converted into a voice signal by a voice synthesizer 104 and the signal is synthesized together with a message representing an unarrived notice in the inside of the voice synthesizer 104. The CPU 104 uses a caller telephone number to dials it through a voice line control section 106 to send the message synthesized by the voice synthesizer 104. The message is sent from a telephone set 112 through a voice line 111. Then the number of a calling terminal equipment and a 1st page of the unarrived text are sent from the text storage file memory 105 to a facsimile terminal equipment 103 as to which text is unarrived among texts through a facsimile line controller 102. Thus, the notice is surely sent.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Industrial application field] The present invention relates to a facsimile mail system.

In particular, it relates to a notification system using voice guidance in the event of non-delivery.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, the non-delivery notification in this type of facsimile mail system has been such that a non-delivery notification is displayed and the first page of the undelivered message is sent to one sending terminal.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

The non-delivery notification method of the conventional facsimile mail system described above has the drawback that the sender only finds out that the call has not been delivered when he calls the calling terminal again, and the notification is not transmitted reliably.

An object of the present invention is to provide a facsimile mail system that solves the above problems.

[Means to solve the problem]

In order to achieve the above objects, (1) the facsimile mail system of the present invention includes a facsimile terminal equipped with an additional device for reading an ID card to which a number unique to each individual using the facsimile mail system is assigned, and a facsimile storage/switching machine with the ID number. It has a table in memory of the name and telephone number of the person corresponding to that person, and has a built-in speech synthesizer that converts the characters of that name and the stored time into a speech signal by speech synthesis, and outputs it along with the undelivered message. In addition to the facsimile communication line, it has an audio line that outputs synthesized voice, and manages the number read from the ID card, the calling terminal number, the stored messages and their times, and when delivery is not possible, the ID number The caller searches for the name and phone number from the table, uses speech synthesis to communicate the caller's name, time, and non-delivery through the voice line.
It also has a function of sending the first message of the undelivered message to the sending terminal.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

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

In the figure, the present invention shows a facsimile terminal 10 equipped with an ID card reader 110 that reads an ID card assigned a unique number to each person using the facsimile system.
9, the facsimile storage/switching machine 100 stores in its memory a table of the name and telephone number of the individual corresponding to the ID number, converts the characters of the name and the stored time into an audio signal through speech synthesis, and converts the characters of the name and the stored time into an audio signal, It has a built-in voice synthesizer 104 that outputs the message along with the message, and has a voice line 111 that outputs the synthesized voice in addition to the facsimile communication line 108. 101 is a CPU, 102 is a facsimile line control unit, 103 is a memory, 105 is a file memory for storing messages, 106 is a voice line control unit, 10
7 is an internal bus.

108 is a facsimile communication line, and 112 is a telephone.

A person using the facsimile mail system inserts his or her ID card into the ID card reader 1 at the facsimile terminal 109.
10, specify the email service, and send. ID number 1 transmission terminal number, destination terminal number, service specification type and message are facsimile communication line 10g
into the facsimile storage and exchange 100 through. In the exchange 100, communication control and messages are managed by CPUl0I. The above-mentioned number and message are stored in the message storage file memory 105 by the CPU 101 through the facsimile line control section 102. The CPU 10I distributes information via the facsimile line control unit 102 using a destination number according to the type of service specified. However, if the message cannot be delivered even after repeated re-calls, CPUl0I considers the message to be undelivered and stores the ID number of the message in the message storage file memory 10.
5 and searches the table on the memory 103 for the caller's name and telephone number. FIG. 2 shows a table 200 on the memory 103, where 201 is an ID number, 2
02 is the name, and 203 is the caller's phone number. Here, the searched name 202 and the time stored in the message storage file memory 105 are converted into a voice signal by the voice synthesis device 104, and a message indicating that it is a non-delivery notification is generated inside the voice synthesis device 104. Synthesized with .

Then, the CPU 10I makes a call using the caller's telephone number through the voice line control unit 106, and sends a message synthesized by the voice synthesizer [104]. The message passes through the voice line 111 and is notified by the telephone 112 that it has not been delivered.

Next, from the message storage file memory 105, the number of the originating terminal and the first page of the undelivered message are transmitted to the facsimile terminal 109 through the facsimile line control unit 102, indicating which message the undelivered message is. .

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, the present invention not only sends a non-delivery notification to the originating terminal to notify it, but also notifies the originator by voice, thereby making it more reliable. Additionally, when a non-delivery notification is sent, the caller's name is announced, so even if someone other than the caller picks up the call, it is easy to tell who the message is for.

Moreover, by utilizing this, it is possible to expand the scope of application, such as being able to notify delivery notifications and abnormalities in the other party's terminal by voice.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a table on a memory. 100...Facsimile storage and exchange machine 101...C
PU102...Facsimile line control unit 103...
・Memory 104...Speech synthesis device FIL 105・
...File memory for message storage 106...Voice line control unit 107...Internal bus 108...Facsimile communication line 109...Facsimile terminal 110
...ID card reader 111...Voice line 112...Telephone 200...Table in memory 201...ID number
202...Name 203...Telephone number

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) A facsimile terminal with an additional device that reads an ID card assigned a unique number to each person using the facsimile mail system, and a facsimile storage/switching machine that stores a table of the name and telephone number of that individual corresponding to that ID number. It has a built-in voice synthesizer that converts the character of the name and the stored time into a voice signal by voice synthesis and outputs it along with the non-delivery message, and outputs the synthesized voice in addition to the facsimile communication line. It manages the number read from the ID card, the calling terminal number, the stored messages and their times, and when delivery is not possible, searches for the name and phone number from the table based on the ID number, and uses voice synthesis to A facsimile mail system characterized by having a function of notifying the sender's name, time and non-delivery through a voice line, and sending the first page of the undelivered message to a sending terminal.