JPH04124934A - Data conference terminal equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily know the presence or the absence and the contents of an answer to a question and to what question the answer is by providing a display means for displaying the contents of a questionary message or an answer message, a message number and the terminal number of an opposite party. CONSTITUTION:The equipment is constituted of a message transmitting means 20 for generating a telegraphic message according to the contents inputted from an input means 10 and returning it to the opposite party terminal through a communication interface 50, a message receiving means 30 for receiving the telegraphic message from other terminal through the communication interface 50 and analyzing the contents of the telegraphic message, and the display means 40 for displaying the contents of the message analyzed by the message receiving means 30, the message number and the terminal number of the opposite party. A questionary message receiving means 31 analyzes whether the received telegraphic message is addressed to its own self or not and the terminal number, etc., of a transmitting origin, and makes the CRT display 40 display them.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a data conference terminal device, and particularly to a data conference terminal device using a data communication system.

[Conventional technology]

FIG. 15 shows a conventional example. The conventional example shown in FIG. 15 includes a first character terminal 101, a second character terminal 102, a third character terminal 103, and a fourth character terminal 104 for inputting messages. The host system 110 receives the message and transmits the message to the character terminal specified in the message.

For example, when there is a question from the second character terminal 102 to the fourth character terminal 104, the operator inputs the question message and the other party's terminal number at the second character terminal 102. Then, as shown in FIG. 16, a message containing the user's own terminal number, the other party's terminal number, and the contents of the message is transmitted to the host system 110. The host system 110 analyzes the received message and transfers the message to the fourth character terminal 104, which is the other party's terminal number. The fourth character terminal 54 analyzes the received message and displays the contents of the message on a display device (not shown). The operator of the fourth character terminal 104 inputs a reply message and the other party's terminal number in response to the displayed message. Then, as shown in FIG. 16, a message containing the user's own terminal number, the other party's terminal number, and the contents of the message is transmitted to the host system 110. host system 110
Then, the received message is analyzed and transferred to the second character terminal 102, which is the other party's terminal number. The second character terminal 102 analyzes the received message and displays the contents of the reply message on a display device (not shown).

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional example, since the character terminal only sends and receives messages, when it receives a reply message from another character terminal, it cannot immediately know to which question it is a reply. There is an inconvenience in that all the question messages have to be checked, which is extremely complicated and hinders a smooth meeting, especially when there are many terminals and a large number of question messages.

[Purpose of the invention]

The purpose of the present invention is to improve the disadvantages of the conventional example, and in particular, the receiving terminal side can easily know the contents of the questions asked to itself, and the transmitting terminal side can check the presence or absence of replies from each terminal to each question. To provide a data conference terminal device that allows you to easily know the content and which question the answer is.

[Means to solve the problem]

Therefore, the present invention provides a communication interface for transmitting and receiving messages to and from another terminal device using a communication line, an input means for inputting a question message, a reply message, and the terminal number and message number of the sender,
A question message transmitting means for creating a message when the content inputted from the input means is a question message to another terminal device and transmitting the question message to a specified destination terminal via a communication interface, and from the input means. A reply message transmitting means for creating a message when the inputted content is a reply message to a question message from another terminal device and transmitting the reply message to a specified destination terminal via a communication interface, and a communication interface. A message analysis processing unit for determining whether a message received from another terminal via the terminal is a question message or a reply message, and a message analysis processing unit for further processing the message when the message is determined to be a question message. a question message receiving means, a reply message receiving means for further processing the message when the message is determined to be a reply message by the message analysis processing section, and a reply message receiving means for further processing the message when the message is determined to be a reply message by the message analysis processing section; The system is configured to include display means for displaying the contents of the question message or reply message, the message number, and the other party's terminal number that have been analyzed. This aims to achieve the above-mentioned purpose.

[Effect]

(2) When the operator inputs an inter-quality message command from the input means of the terminal device, the command is analyzed by the question message transmitting means, and the question message input screen is displayed on the display means.

(2) The operator inputs the message number, the other party's terminal number, and the content of the question message from the input means.

(2) When the operator inputs a message sending command from the input means, the question message sending means analyzes the command and assembles the message.

This message includes your terminal number, the other party's terminal number, message number, question flag, and message content. This message is then output onto the communication line via the communication interface.

(2) The message is taken into the message analysis processing unit at the other party's terminal device via the communication interface. The message analysis processing section checks the question/answer flag in the message. If it is determined that the message is a question message, it is sent to the question message receiving means. The inquiry message receiving means reads whether the message is addressed to the user, the sender's terminal number, message number, and message content. Then, the sender's terminal number, message number, and message content are displayed on the display means.

(2) When the operator of the other party's terminal inputs a reply message creation command from the input means, the reply message transmission means analyzes the command, and a reply message creation screen is displayed in a window on the display means. Further, in a terminal device for which a reply is not requested, the reply message creation command is invalidated, and the reply message creation screen is not displayed on the display means.

(2) When the operator of the other party's terminal device completes the input of the reply message and inputs a reply message sending command from the input means, the reply message sending means analyzes the command and creates a message.

This message includes your own terminal number, the other party's terminal number, message number, reply flag, and message content. This message is then output onto the communication line via the communication interface.

(2) The message sent from the other party's terminal device is taken into the τ sentence analysis processing unit via the communication interface of the terminal device that is the question source. The message analysis processing section checks the question/answer flag in the message. If it is determined that the message is a reply message, it is sent to the reply message receiving means. The reply message receiving means analyzes which question the message is a reply to, the terminal number of the reply light, etc.

■When a response message presence/absence command is input from the input means by the operator of the terminal device that is the source of the question, the command is analyzed by the response message receiving means, and the message number and the status of the presence or absence of a response message from the other party's terminal device are displayed. Means it will be displayed in a window.

■If there is a reply message and the operator of the terminal device that sent the question inputs a reply message display command from the input means, the command is analyzed by the reply message receiving means, and the message number and the terminal number of the other party's terminal device are analyzed. The contents of the reply message are displayed in a window on the display means.

[Embodiments of the invention]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 14. The embodiment shown in FIG. 1 is a communication interface 5 for exchanging messages with other terminal devices.
0, an input means 10 for inputting a message to be sent, a destination terminal number, and a message number, and a message transmission for creating a message based on the contents input from the input means 10 and transmitting it to the destination terminal via the communication interface 50. means 20, a message receiving means 30 for receiving a message from another terminal via the communication interface 50 and analyzing the contents of the message, the contents of the message analyzed by the message receiving means 30, the message number, and the other party's terminal number. and display means 40 for displaying.

Here, as the input means 10, a keyboard is used as shown in FIG. 2, but the invention is not limited to this, and a digitizer, tablet, etc. may also be used.

As the display means 40, a CRT display is used as shown in FIG. 2, but the present invention is not limited to this, and an LED display, a plasma display, etc. may also be used.

As shown in FIG. 1, the message transmitting means 20 includes a question message transmitting means 21 for transmitting question messages to other terminal devices, and a message transmitting means 21 for transmitting question messages to other terminal devices. and a reply message transmitting means 22 for transmitting to the terminal device.

Further, the question message transmitting means 21 includes a question message command processing section 211 for analyzing the question message command input from the keyboard 10 and displaying a question message input screen on the CRT display 40, as shown in FIG. A communication interface 50 analyzes the message transmission command input from the keyboard 10 and sends the message.
Message transmission command processing section 212 for outputting the message to the message transmission command processing section 212; and message creation processing for creating a message by reading out the inquiry message, message number, and destination terminal number from the data storage section 214 according to a command from the message transmission command processing section 212. 213. The reply message transmitting means 22 also includes a reply message creation command processing section 2 for analyzing the reply message creation command input from the keyboard 10 and displaying a reply message input screen on the CRT display 40, as shown in FIG.
21, a message sending command processing unit 222 that analyzes the message sending command input from the keyboard 10 and outputs the message to the communication interface 50, and a data storage unit 224 according to instructions from the message sending command processing unit 222.
a message creation processing unit 22 for reading out the reply message, message number, and partner terminal number from and creating a message;
It is composed of 3.

As shown in FIG. 1, the message receiving means 30 analyzes a message to determine whether a message from another terminal device is a question message or a response message to a question message sent from this device. A processing unit 33, a question message receiving means 31 for analyzing the message when the received message is a question message and displaying it on the CRT display 40, and a question message receiving means 31 for analyzing the message when the received message is a reply message and displaying the message on the CRT display 40
and a reply message receiving means 32 for displaying the message on the screen.

Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 4, the question message receiving means 31 analyzes the question message message to determine whether the received message is addressed to itself, the terminal number of the sender, etc., and stores the information in the data storage unit 313. It consists of a processing section 311 and a question message display processing section 312 for displaying the contents of the analyzed message on the CRT display 40.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 5, the response message receiving means 32 performs a response message message analysis process for analyzing which question the received message is a response to, the terminal number of the response source, etc., and storing the information in the data storage unit 325. 321, a reply message presence/absence command processing section 322 for analyzing the reply message presence/absence command input from the keyboard 10, and a reply message display command processing section 323 for analyzing the reply message display command input from the keyboard 10. and a reply message display processing section 324 for reading out the reply message from the data storage section 325 and displaying it on the CRT display 40 in response to a command from the reply message display command processing section 323.

Further, since the communication form in this system is a multi-drop type as shown in FIG. 6, R3485 is used as the communication interface, but it is not limited to this.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained.

As shown in FIG. 6, it is assumed that seven terminal devices from terminal number 1 to terminal number 7 are connected using a communication line.

From terminal device 1g with terminal number 7 to terminal device 1 with terminal number 2
The case of sending a question message to b will be explained.

(A) When the operator inputs a question message command from the keyboard 10 of the terminal device 1g with terminal number 7, the question message command processing unit 211 analyzes the command, and if it is correct, the message as shown in FIG. A question message input screen is displayed on the CRT display 40.

(B) The message number, the other party's terminal number, and the content of the inquiry message as shown in FIG. 8 are entered by the operator from the keyboard 10. These input data are stored in the data storage section 214.

(C) When the operator inputs a message sending command from the keyboard 10, the message sending command processing unit 21
In step 2, the command is analyzed, and if it is correct, the data is read from the data storage unit 214 and sent to the message creation processing unit 213.
The message is assembled. As shown in FIG.
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The message is in the form of a message (Character). It is also possible to specify multiple partner terminal devices. This message is then output onto the communication line via the R3485 interface 50.

(D) The message transmitted from the terminal device 1g with terminal number 7 is taken into the message analysis processing section 33 at the terminal device 1b with terminal number 2 via the R3485 interface 50. The message analysis processing unit 33 checks the question/response flag of the message. If it is determined that the message is a question,
The message is sent to the question message message analysis processing unit 311. The inquiry message message analysis processing section 311 reads whether the message is addressed to the user, the sender's terminal number, the message number, and the message contents, and stores them in the data storage section 313.

Then, as shown in FIG. 11, the sender's terminal number, message number, and message content are displayed on the CRT display 40 in @ style. The source terminal number, destination terminal number, message number, and message content may also be displayed on the CRT display 40 of a terminal device other than terminal numbers 2 and 7.

(E) When the operator of the terminal bag Wlb with terminal number 2 inputs a reply message creation command from the keyboard 10, the reply message creation command processing section 221 analyzes the command, and if it is correct, the command is processed as shown in FIG. A reply message creation screen is displayed in a window on the CRT display 40.

Further, in a terminal device for which a reply is not requested, the reply message creation command is invalidated, and the reply message creation screen is not displayed on the CRT display 40.

(F), as shown in FIG. 13, the operator of the terminal device 1b with terminal number 2 completes inputting the reply message;
When a response message sending command is input from the keyboard 10, the message sending command processing unit 222 analyzes the command, and if it is correct, issues a message creation command to the message creation processing unit 223.

The message creation processing section 223 reads out the reply message, message number, and destination terminal number from the data storage section 224, and creates a message. As shown in FIG.
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The message format is ``Character''. The message number here is terminal device 1g with terminal number 7.
It is the same as the message number in the message sent from
Indicates the question message number. This message is then output onto the communication line via the R3485 interface 50.

(G) The message transmitted from the terminal device 1b with terminal number 2 is taken into the message analysis processing section 33 via the R3485 interface 50 at the terminal device 1g with terminal number 7. The message analysis processing unit 33 checks the question/response flag of the message. If the message is determined to be a reply,
The response message is sent to the message analysis processing section 321. The response message message analysis processing section 321 analyzes which question the message is a response to, the terminal number of the response light, etc., and stores them in the data storage section 325.

(H) When the operator of the terminal device 1g with terminal number 7 inputs a reply message presence/absence command from the keyboard 10, the reply message presence/absence command processing unit 322 analyzes the command, and if it is correct, the command is as shown in FIG. The message number and the presence or absence of a reply message from the other party's terminal device are displayed in a window on the CRT display 40.

(I) If there is a reply message and the operator of the terminal device 1g with terminal number 7 inputs a reply message display command from the keyboard 10, the reply message display command processing unit 323 analyzes the command, and if it is correct, returns the message. A display command is issued to the message display processing section 324. The response message display processing section 324 reads the response message from the data storage section 325 and displays the message number, the terminal number of the other party's terminal device, and the contents of the response message on the CRT display 40 as shown in FIG.
will be displayed in multiple windows.

Note that it is also possible to display the contents of the question message on the CRT display 40 in multiple windows.

In this embodiment, the number of terminal devices connected is 7, but
It is not limited to this. Furthermore, the communication protocol is not limited to this embodiment. Furthermore, C.R.T.
The display format on the display 40 is also not limited to this embodiment.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, according to the present invention, since it has an input means, a question message sending means, and a reply message sending means, the sender's terminal number, the other party's terminal number, the message number, the message contents, and the question/reply flag. can be included in the message.

Also, since it has a message analysis processing section, it can be easily determined whether the received message is a question message or a reply message. Furthermore, since it has a question message receiving means, a reply message receiving means, and a display means, it is possible to easily know the content of the question to oneself, and also to know whether there is a reply to the question from the designated terminal device and its contents. You can know instantly and easily, and you can also know which question the answer is. For this reason, it is possible to provide an unprecedented and excellent data conference terminal device that allows a meeting to proceed smoothly at any time, no matter how many terminal devices increase, or how many questions and reply messages increase. can.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a detailed configuration diagram of the question message transmitting means in FIG. 1,
3 is a detailed block diagram of the reply message transmitting means in FIG. 1, FIG. 4 is a detailed block diagram of the question message receiving means in FIG. 1, and FIG. 5 is a detailed block diagram of the reply message receiving means in FIG. , Fig. 6 is a system configuration diagram of this embodiment, Fig. 7 is a question message input screen before input, Fig. 8 is a question message input screen after input, Fig. 9 is a response message presence/absence screen, and Fig. 10. is the response message screen, Figure 11 is the question message screen, Figure 12 is the response message creation screen, Figure 13 is the response message screen, and Figure 1 is the response message screen.
4 shows the message format in this embodiment, FIG. 15 is a schematic configuration diagram of the conventional example, and FIG. 16 shows the message format in the conventional example. lO... Input means, 21... Question message transmitting means, 22... Reply message transmitting means, 31... Question message receiving means, 32
...Reply message receiving means, 33...
・Message analysis processing unit, 40...Display means, 50.
...Communication interface. Applicant Japan Electric Co., Ltd. Agent Patent Attorney Isamu Takahashi Figure 10 Figure 11 Figure 12 Figure 13 Figure 14 Figure 16

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) A communication interface that sends and receives messages to and from other terminal devices using a communication line, an input means for inputting question messages, reply messages, and the terminal number and message number of the recipient, and contents input from the input means. a question message sending means for creating a message when the message is a question message to another terminal device and sending the question message to a designated destination terminal via a communication interface; A response message sending means for creating a message when the message is a response to a question message from another terminal and transmitting the response message to a specified destination terminal via a communication interface; A message analysis processing unit that determines whether the message is a question message or a response message; a question message receiving means that further processes the message when the message analysis processing unit determines that the message is a question message; A reply message receiving means that further processes the message when the determination is made, and the contents inputted from the input means, the contents of the question message or reply message analyzed by the question message receiving means or the reply message receiving means, the message number, and the other party's terminal. 1. A data conference terminal device comprising display means for displaying a number.