JPH02305138A - Facsimile mail equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To attain the transmission of distribution destination of a text without error by adding a distribution destination indication to a destination to which the text is actually sent among plural displayed destinations. CONSTITUTION:A transmission section 21 supplies information representing it to which order number of destination a destination text to be generated is addressed to a destination display processing section 27. The destination display processing section 27 reads a 1st text with a destination described thereon from a text storage file 25, expands the text to the inside and the destination indication is processed to generate the destination text so that the destination indicated from the transmission section 21 is discriminated clearly according to the coding system of a facsimile equipment. Thus, the destination of the text sent by the multiple address service is easily discriminated.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a facsimile mail device, and more particularly to a facsimile mail device having a broadcast function.

[Conventional technology]

With the spread of facsimile machines, the number of machines that transmit documents to multiple facsimile machines is increasing.

To send a document to multiple facsimile devices, it is necessary to connect a line to each facsimile device and send the document separately. However, when sending the same document to multiple facsimile devices, it is inefficient to repeat the same operation, so there is a broadcast service that can automatically send the same document to multiple specified facsimile devices with a single operation. .

A facsimile mail device exists as a device that performs this broadcast service.

When using a broadcast service with a facsimile device, you must select the broadcast service from the originating facsimile machine, enter communication management information for communication such as the numbers of multiple destinations to be distributed, and also input the message to be distributed to each destination. Send.

The communication management information and message transmitted from the sender's facsimile machine in this way are supplied to the receiving section of the facsimile mail machine via the line exchange.

The receiving unit files the received communication management information in a communication management file and files the message in a message storage file. After the file is completed, the sending unit of the facsimile mail device sequentially calls the destination number from the communication management file and connects the line to the destination facsimile device via the line exchange.

When the line is connected, the message stored in the message storage file is transmitted from the transmitter to each facsimile machine.

Generally, when a facsimile device sends a message to a predetermined facsimile device, the destination is written at the beginning of the message in order to clarify the person to whom the message is to be sent. When using the broadcast service of the facsimile mail device, multiple destinations to which the message will be sent are listed.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] As described above, in the conventional facsimile mail device, a plurality of destinations written as a message are sent in a state where the plurality of destinations are listed. For this reason, there is a drawback in that it is difficult for the recipient of the message to determine which of the multiple destinations the message is addressed to. It is especially difficult to determine the destinations when there are many destinations or when one facsimile machine is shared by multiple departments.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide a facsimile mail device that can easily determine the destination of a message sent by a circular service.

[Means to solve the problem]

The facsimile mail device of the present invention includes (i) a receiving section that receives a first message indicating a plurality of destinations to be broadcast and a second message indicating other contents; and (ii) this receiving section. A message storage file that stores received messages, and (ii
i> A transmitting unit that sequentially transmits the messages accumulated in this message accumulation file in the order of the destinations displayed in the first message;
(iv) A destination display adding means for adding a destination display indicating that the transmitter is the destination to a corresponding part of the plurality of destinations displayed in the first message for each destination to which the transmitter sends the message. ing.

That is, in the facsimile mail device of the present invention, a delivery destination display is added to each destination to which the message is sent, of the first message in which a plurality of destinations are displayed.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to Examples.

FIG. 1 shows the configuration of a facsimile mail device and its peripheral devices in one embodiment of the present invention.

The facsimile mail device 11 includes a receiving section 17 that receives information from the sender's facsimile device 15 via the line exchange 13. The facsimile mail device 11 also includes a transmitter 21 that transmits information received via the line exchange 13 to the destination facsimile device 19. Although a plurality of facsimile machines are connected to the exchange, only the facsimile machine 19, which is the destination of the broadcast, is shown for convenience.

The receiving unit 17 receives communication management information 22 such as information specifying the service of the facsimile mail device, and files it in a communication management file 23 . The receiving unit 17 also receives a first message in which the destination is written and a second message in which image information, character information, etc. to be sent to each destination are written, and stores them in a message accumulation file 25.

The facsimile mail device 11 is equipped with a destination display processing section 27, which processes the destination display from the first message of the message storage file 25 and files it in the destination file 29.

Next, the operation of distributing the same message from the facsimile device 15 to a plurality of destinations using the broadcast service using the facsimile mail device configured as described above will be described.

When a call is made from the facsimile machine 15, the line exchange 1
3 to the receiving section 17 of the facsimile mail device 11. From the facsimile machine 15 or an input device attached thereto, such as a keyboard or numeric keypad, the user selects a broadcast service and inputs the terminal number of the facsimile machine to which the broadcast is to be delivered. The information entered is
It is transmitted from the facsimile machine 15 to the facsimile mail machine via the circuit exchange 13. Further, the facsimile device 15 transmits a first message and a second message to be broadcast simultaneously to a plurality of facsimile devices. In this specification, a telegram refers to information such as image information or character information transmitted from a facsimile machine, a first telegram refers to a part of a telegram in which multiple recipients to be broadcast simultaneously are written, and a second The term "telegram" refers to the part of the telegram excluding the first telegram.

FIG. 2 shows the format of the paper on which the first message is written.

A sheet 31 for writing the first message has a predetermined frame 33 for writing a plurality of destinations. The frame 33 has columns 1 to N, the first column contains the first destination 33-1, the second column contains the second destination 33-2, etc. In the N column, each Nth destination is written. A recipient of the broadcast service writes the destination in each column of the form 31 in the same order as the order in which the terminal number of the destination facsimile device is entered from the source facsimile device 15 manually.

The first telegram in which the destination is described and the second telegram in which image information, character information, etc. to be broadcast to each destination are described are received by the receiving section 17 and stored in the telegram accumulation file 25.

The receiving unit 17 of the facsimile mail device 11 receives the first and second messages supplied from the sender's facsimile device 15 via the exchange 13 and information such as the terminal number of the facsimile device to be distributed.

The receiving unit 17 determines from the received information that it is a broadcast message;
Create communication management information 22 such as the presence or absence of broadcast destinations and the terminal number of the facsimile device to be distributed, and create a communication management file 23
write to. Further, the receiving unit 17 stores the first and second messages in a message storage file 25.

The above is the procedure for storing data in the facsimile mail device 11. Next, the procedure for transmitting data from the facsimile mail device 11 to the destination facsimile device will be explained.

When the message to be transmitted is accumulated in the message accumulation file 25, the transmitter 21 receives communication management information 2 from the communication management file 23.
Read out 2. If the read communication management information 22 includes a designation that there is a circular address, the sending unit 21 sends messages in the numerical order of the destination facsimile machines input in the communication management file 23, but prior to this, the destination display processing unit 27 to create a destination message.

The transmitting unit 21 supplies the destination display processing unit 27 with information as to which destination the destination message to be created is addressed to. The destination display processing unit 27 converts the message storage file 25
The first telegram in which the destination is written is read out, expanded internally, and processed to create a destination telegram by processing the destination display so that the destination specified by the transmitter 21 can be clearly identified according to the encoding method of the facsimile machine. .

FIG. 3 shows the destination message after the destination display of the first message has been processed.

In the destination telegram 41, the same destinations as those written on the paper shown in FIG. 2 are written in the same order in a frame 43. Further, in the destination message 41, a distribution destination display 45 is written in which a column in which the destinations to which the first message and the second message will be distributed is surrounded by a thick line. FIG. 3 shows a distribution destination display 45 written to the second destination before the first message and the second message are distributed to the second destination. That is, the delivery destination display 45 is written in the second column, and it is clearly confirmed that it is the second destination. This distribution destination display 45 indicates that the second distribution is completed and the third distribution destination is displayed.
When sending a message to the 3rd address, address 4 in the 3rd column.
Written in 3-3.

When the destination display processing unit 27 finishes processing the destination display, it notifies the transmitting unit 21 that the destination message 41 has been created, and writes the destination message 41 in the destination file 29. When receiving a notification from the destination display processing section 27 that the creation of the destination message has been completed, the transmission section 21 makes a call to the destination facsimile device 19 and requests the line exchange 13 to connect the call. When the line connection with the facsimile machine 19 is completed,
The transmitter 21 reads the destination message 41 from the destination file 29 and transmits it, and further reads the second message from the message accumulation file 25 and transmits it.

When the delivery to the facsimile machine 19 is completed, the transmitter 2
1 instructs the destination display processing unit 27 to create a destination message 41 for the destination to which the message is to be distributed, and the same process is performed thereafter until the message has been sent to all destinations.

In the embodiment described above, the delivery destination is displayed by surrounding the destination with a thick line, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the destination may be made clear by adding a mark such as a star or an arrow to the side of the destination field. good.

Alternatively, the destination display processing section may read the first message from the destination file, extract only the destination of the facsimile device to be distributed from the destination display, and use it as the delivery message. In this case, it becomes possible to shorten the message transmission time.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, according to the present invention, since the distribution destination display is added to the destination to which the message is actually sent among the multiple displayed destinations, it is possible to convey the destination of the message without error.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawings are for explaining one embodiment of the present invention. Among them, Fig. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing the structure of a facsimile mail device and its peripheral devices, and Fig. 2 is a system configuration diagram showing the structure of a facsimile mail device and its peripheral devices. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the format structure of the destination message after processing the destination display of the first message. 11... Facsimile mail device, 17...
... Receiving section, 21... Transmitting section, 25...
...Telegram accumulation file, 27...Destination display processing section, 29...Destination file.

Claims (1)

[Claims] A receiving unit that receives a first message indicating a plurality of destinations to be broadcast and a second message indicating other contents; and a message storage that accumulates the messages received by the receiving unit. a transmission unit that sequentially transmits the messages accumulated in the message storage file in the order of the destinations displayed in the first message; 1. A facsimile mail device comprising: destination display adding means for adding a destination display to a corresponding location of a plurality of displayed destinations to indicate that the destination is a destination.