JPH03162034A - Facsimile communication system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To identify a caller terminal equipment and a facsimile server at a reception side and to facilitate the information retrieval of a reception data sender by a management report by adding identification information identifying a caller terminal equipment or a facsimile server to a data for management report or a display data and sending the resulting information to a destination terminal equipment. CONSTITUTION:A facsimile server 2 adds its own identification data to a CSI data or an RT 1 data sent from a facsimile terminal FAX1 and sends the resulting data to a destination facsimile terminal FAX2. Thus, the display to the facsimile terminal FAX2 and the output to the management report are attained and the facsimile terminal FAX2 easily identifies the sender and the facsimile server 2 passes through. Thus, the user utilizing a facsimile communication system 1 recognizes whether or not the received data is sent via the facsimile server 2 at a glance and the information of the reception data by the management report is easily found out.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to a facsimile communication system, and in particular, by transmitting identification information for identifying a sender and a facsimile server via which the receiving side identifies the sender and This invention relates to a facsimile communication system that allows facsimile servers to be identified.

(Prior Art) Recently, facsimile servers that manage multiple facsimile devices and provide various services have appeared, and facsimile communication systems that use these facsimile servers to diversify facsimile communications have also appeared. are doing.

The facsimile server in such a conventional facsimile communication system receives display (management report) data (CSI and RT) sent from the sender.
I, etc.) and transmits the image data to the destination terminal using the following method.

■Add the data received from the source (CSI and RTI data, etc.) to the image data as is and send it.

■Facsimile server specific data (CSI, RTI
etc.) is being sent.

(Problem to be Solved by the Invention) However, in such conventional facsimile communication systems, the facsimile server sends the sender's display data to the destination as is, or only the facsimile server-specific data. As a result, the following problems occurred.

(1) In cases like ■ above, the sender's data that is sent to the destination terminal and displayed and output in the management report does not go through the facsimile server (the data is sent directly from the source facsimile to the destination facsimile). The display is exactly the same as in case 1), and it is not possible to determine whether the fax was sent via a facsimile server or not.

(2) In a case like ■ above, no matter which terminal the sender is, the display output to the destination terminal and the data output in the management report are only data specific to the facsimile server, and the sender's I can't determine the device at all.

As a result of the above, for example, when an attempt is made to find source information of received data by relying on a management report, a problem arises in that the source of the received data cannot be determined.

(Object of the Invention) Therefore, the present invention adds identification information for identifying the sender terminal and facsimile server to display data and management report data, and sends the data to the destination terminal.
The objective is to improve the usability and convenience of facsimile communication systems by enabling the receiving side to identify the sending terminal and facsimile server.

(Structure of the Invention) In order to achieve the above object, the present invention connects a plurality of facsimile terminals to a facsimile server, and the facsimile server manages the plurality of facsimile terminals and receives service requests from each facsimile terminal. In a facsimile device that provides various communication services according to the facsimile server, each facsimile terminal includes identification information for identifying the sender in a predetermined facsimile control signal that indicates its own function when transmitting to a predetermined destination via the facsimile server. When the facsimile server receives the identification information, the facsimile server adds identification information for identifying the facsimile server through which the facsimile server passed the identification information and sends the facsimile to the predetermined destination. be.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be specifically explained based on examples.

1 to 5 are views showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of a facsimile communication system 1. The facsimile communication system 1 includes a facsimile server 2, a plurality of facsimile terminals FAXI, FAX2
is connected.

The facsimile server 2 includes an SCU (system control unit) 3, an FCU (facsimile control unit) 4, a storage device 5, and the like.

The SCU 3 controls each part to execute the sequence as the facsimile server 2, and also executes data addition processing to be described later, controls the storage device 5, retrieves additional data (identification information) from the storage device 5, and sends it to the facsimile terminal FAX. CSI (Called Station Identification Signal) data (or RT
I data) and send it to the destination.

The FCU4 sets the communication mode (data density, data communication speed, communication protocol, etc.) according to the communication function and line status of the facsimile terminals FAXI and FAX2, and
Also, according to the instructions of SCU3, the facsimile terminal FAX
1. CSI data received by communicating with FAX2 (
RTI data) and image data are transferred to the storage device 5, and CSI data and image data transferred from the storage device 5 are transmitted.

The storage device 5 is a large-capacity nonvolatile memory such as a magneto-optical disk, and stores CSI data (RTI data) and image data sent from the facsimile terminals FAX1 and FAX2. Next, the effect will be explained.

The present embodiment is characterized in that the facsimile server 2 adds identification information for identifying the facsimile server 2 to the CS data (or RTI data) received from the facsimile terminals FAX 1 and FAX 2, and transmits the data to the destination. This data addition processing program will be explained below according to the flowchart shown in FIG. In this embodiment, the facsimile terminal FAX 1 is used as the source terminal, and the facsimile terminal FAX 2 is used as the destination terminal.

Now, when CSI data (or RTI data) as shown in FIG. 3(a) is transmitted from the facsimile terminal FAX 1 to the facsimile server 2, the facsimile server 2 can add its own identification data to this CSI data. It is determined whether or not (step P,). In the process of step P, when the facsimile communication system 1 connects to a facsimile network, a facsimile service of a financial institution, etc., the CSI data determines whether or not it can connect to that communication network. If you add data, there is a possibility that you will not be able to connect to the communication network, and it is necessary to decide whether or not to add data depending on the other party. Furthermore, the CSI data shown in FIG. 3(a) shows a general format when the telephone number in Japan is 03 (123) 4567.

When it is determined in step P1 that identification data can be added to the CSI data, the SCU 3 reads out the identification data to be added from the storage device 5 and adds the identification data to the CSI data as shown in FIG. 3(b).
A four-digit number "oooo" is added in front of the I data (step P2).

Figure 4 shows an example of assigning additional identification data to facsimile servers and their channels. In this example, the second digit from the top is the facsimile server number, and the third and fourth digits are each server Assign the output channel number. On the other hand, Stepp
, when determining that identification data is not to be added to the CSI data, the SCU 3 leaves the received CSI data as is (step P,). Then, SCU3 performs step P
The FCU 4 transmits the CSI data with identification data added as shown in FIG. 3(b) through the process of step P, or the CSI data as is through the process of step P to the facsimile terminal FAX2 (step P4). The image data received from the facsimile terminal FAXI is sent to the FCU.
4 to the facsimile terminal FAX2.

In addition, FIGS. 5(a) and 5(b) show the facsimile server 2.
This shows a case in which self-identification data is added to RTI data. In this case, unlike CSI data, characters other than numbers (alphabetic characters, katakana, etc.) can be used, making the data easier to understand.

As described above, the facsimile server 2 adds its own identification data to the CSI data or RTI data transmitted from the facsimile terminal FAXI and sends it to the destination facsimile terminal FAX2, thereby displaying and displaying it on the facsimile terminal FAX2. It becomes possible to output to a management report, and the facsimile terminal FAX2 can easily identify the sender and the facsimile server 2 through which it has passed. Therefore, a user using the facsimile communication system 1 can clearly see at a glance whether the received data has been transmitted via the facsimile server 2, and it becomes easier to search for information on the received data based on the management report.

In the above embodiment, the facsimile terminal FAX1 is the source and the facsimile terminal FAX2 is the destination, but the facsimile ξ reserver 2 also applies when the facsimile terminal FAX2 is the source and the facsimile terminal FAX1 is the destination.
Of course, data is added in the same way, and it goes without saying that the facsimile server 2 also adds data to destinations other than the facsimile terminals FAX 1 and FAX 2.

(Effects) According to the present invention, identification information for identifying the originating terminal and facsimile server is added to display data and management report data before being sent to the destination terminal. In addition to being able to identify the server, it becomes easy to search for information on the source of received data using a management report. As a result, the usability and convenience of the facsimile communication system can be further improved.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

1 to 5 are diagrams showing an embodiment of a facsimile communication system according to the present invention, in which FIG. 1 is a general structure diagram thereof, and FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a program for data addition processing, Figures 3 (a) and (b) are data structure diagrams when identification data is added to CSI data, and Figure 4 is a data structure diagram when identification data is added to CSI data.
FIG. 5(b) is a diagram showing an example of identification data assignment data, and FIGS. 5(a) and 5(b) are data configuration diagrams when identification data is added to RTI data. 1...Facsimile communication system, 2...
...Facsimile server 3...SCU, 4...FCU, 5...Storage device, FAX 1, FAX2...Terminal from fax. agent

Claims (1)

[Claims] In a facsimile communication system in which a plurality of facsimile terminals are connected to a facsimile server, the facsimile server manages the plurality of facsimile terminals, and provides various communication services in response to service requests from the respective facsimile terminals. When a terminal sends a predetermined facsimile control signal indicating its own function when transmitting to a predetermined destination via the facsimile server, it adds identification information for identifying the sender and transmits it, and when the facsimile server receives the identification information, ,
A facsimile communication system characterized by adding identification information for identifying a facsimile server via which the identification information is transmitted to the predetermined destination.