JPH04263560A - Facsimile repeater - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To facilitate management by taking out a number to designate the transmitting source or receiving destination of a facsimile message from a received signal, setting the number to a terminal number, and preparing a serial number showing a transmission order and a telegraphic message number. CONSTITUTION:A terminal number setting part 11 takes out character information, which is received from the transmission side, from the received signal and sets the terminal number contained in this character information or the terminal number, which is converted from this character information, registered in advance. Each time a transmission end signal is received from a control part, a serial number preparation part 2 steps the value of the number by one and prepares the transmission order number of the facsimile message. A telegraphic message formation part 3 prepares a telegraphic message number to be transmitted according to the terminal number set to the setting part 1 and the order number prepared by the preparation part 2. A telegraphic message number transmission part 4 transmits the telegraphic message number prepared by the formation part 3 in an order decided in advance while containing it in a transmitting signal. Thus, the management is facilitated by the transmitting source or receiving destination of the facsimile message.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile relay apparatus that transmits and receives a message number including a transmission order number of a facsimile message together with the message.

0002

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION First, transmission of message numbers will be explained with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a relay system diagram showing an example of facsimile communication.

[0003] In FIG. 3, a facsimile device 5 is a sending side of a document message, and receives the message via a facsimile relay device 6 to a facsimile device 7 . In this case, the image information of the document is transmitted from the facsimile device 5 to the facsimile relay device 6, and from the facsimile relay device 6 to the facsimile device 7, and the transmitting device also transmits a message number including a serial number indicating the transmission order. and use it for management.

[0004] In addition to converting this telegram number into an image signal, combining it with the document surface, and transmitting it, in recent years, it is also transmitted and received as text information in a non-standard function frame in the transmission/reception signal, and it is added within the device. Used for functional processing.

[0005]

[Prior Art] Conventionally, this type of facsimile relay device has assigned a facsimile transmission sequence number in the lower digits and a device number pre-assigned to its own device in the upper digits as a message number, and The sending device can be limited by

[0006] The creation of this message number will be explained with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a conventional example.

In FIG. 4, a serial number creation section 2 receives a transmission end signal from a control section (not shown) and increments the sequence number by one, and a device number creation section 2 that increments the sequence number by one, and a device number that registers and sets the device number assigned to its own device in advance. The setting unit 5, the message number forming unit 3 which extracts the sequence number of the serial number creation unit 2 and the device number of the device number setting unit 5 to form one message number, and the message number formation unit 3 which extracts the message number from the message number formation unit 3. A telegram number transmitter 4 is shown that transmits a predetermined signal.

[0008] Therefore, the message number to be transmitted is composed of the device number stored in advance in the device number setting section 5 and the sequence number created by the serial number creation section 2.

[0009]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] As mentioned above, in conventional facsimile relay devices, the message number includes the own device number and the transmission order number, so it is difficult to distinguish between the sender or receiver of the transmitted message. The problem was that it was impossible to manage the

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a facsimile relay device that solves the above problems by including the terminal number of the sending or receiving device in the message number instead of the device.

[0011]

[Means for Solving the Problems] The basic configuration of a facsimile relay device according to the present invention is a facsimile relay device that transmits and receives a message number including a transmission order number of a facsimile message together with the message, and a terminal that sets a terminal number from a received signal. a number setting section, a serial number creation section that increments the sequence number by one each time the message is sent, and a number set in the terminal number setting section in the upper digits;
It also includes a message number forming section that creates the message number by assigning the sequence number of the serial number generating section to the lower digits.

[0012] The terminal number setting section described in the above basic configuration is as follows:
A terminal number is registered in advance for the telephone number of the calling party or the called party, and when a received signal is input, the terminal number being set is retrieved and set for the telephone number extracted from a predetermined position of the received signal. Good too.

[0013] Furthermore, the terminal number setting section described in the above basic configuration may set, as the terminal number, a number related to the facsimile terminal extracted from a predetermined position of the received signal.

[0014]

[Operation] The facsimile relay device according to the above means can manage facsimile messages to be transmitted for each terminal by setting a number that can specify the sender or receiver in the terminal number setting section as the terminal number.

[0015]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, the present invention will be explained with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 1 shows a terminal number setting section 1, a serial number creation section 2, a message number formation section 3, and a message number transmission section 4.

The terminal number setting section 1 extracts character information received from the transmitting side from the received signal, and sets the terminal number included in this character information or a pre-registered terminal number converted from this character information.

Each time the serial number creation section 2 receives a transmission end signal from a control section (not shown), it increments the number value by one and creates a transmission order number for the facsimile message.

[0019] The message number forming unit 3 converts the message number to be transmitted into
It is created using the terminal number set in the terminal number setting section 1 and the sequence number created in the serial number creation section 2.

[0020] The message number transmitting section 4 includes the message number created by the message number forming section 3 in a transmission signal according to a predetermined procedure and transmits the message.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of the terminal number setting section of FIG. 1. In FIG. 2, the terminal number setting section 1 includes a called party number extraction section 11, a terminal number forming section 12, and a called party data section 13.

The called party number extraction unit 11 extracts the called party number of the connection destination received from the calling party. Terminal number forming section 1
Step 2 inputs the called party number from the called party number extraction section 11 into the called party data section 13, and extracts and sets a terminal number registered in advance corresponding to this called party number. Called party data section 13
The terminal number corresponding to the telephone number of the called party is registered in advance.

Although FIG. 2 shows the called party data section and registers the terminal number of the called device, it is also possible to extract the calling party number from the received signal and use the corresponding registration number as the terminal number as the calling party data section. .

Broadly speaking, a terminal number is registered for each of the telephone numbers of related target devices, and if the sender of the facsimile message is the caller, the caller's telephone number is registered.
If the transmitter is the called party, the telephone number of the called party is extracted from the signal received from the calling party to form the terminal number of the transmitter.

On the other hand, when setting the terminal number of the receiving device, it is the terminal number of the receiving device of the facsimile message, so if the receiving device is the calling party, the calling party's telephone number is set, and the receiving party is the receiving party. In the case of a calling party, the telephone number of the called party is extracted from the received signal received from the calling party.

When setting the terminal number of the transmitting device, if the device number of the transmitting device is used, there is no need for a data section to be registered in advance and a conversion means.

In this embodiment, the generation of the serial number has been explained by illustrating it as a transmission end signal, but it may also be a transmission start signal, and there is also a relationship between completed calls and incomplete calls, and the present invention is not limited to the above explanation.

[0028]

As explained above, the facsimile relay device according to the present invention extracts a number that can specify the sender or receiver of a facsimile message from a received signal and sets it as a terminal number, and also controls the sending order of facsimile messages. By creating a telegram number using the indicated serial number, facsimile messages can be easily managed by sender or receiver.

[0029]

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of related main parts of a facsimile relay device of the present invention.

[0030]

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of partial details of FIG. 1;

[0031]

FIG. 3 is a relay system diagram showing an example of facsimile communication.

[0032]

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

[0033]

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Terminal number setting section 2 Serial number creation section 3 Message number formation part 5,7 Facsimile machine 6 Facsimile relay device 11 Number extraction part 12 Number forming part 13　　　Data section

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A facsimile relay device that transmits and receives a message number including a transmission sequence number of a facsimile message together with the message, comprising: a terminal number setting unit that sets a terminal number from a received signal; and a terminal number setting unit that sets a terminal number from a received signal; A message number formation unit that creates the message number by assigning a serial number generation unit that increments the number by one, and assigning the number set in the terminal number setting unit to the upper digits and the sequence number of the serial number generation unit to the lower digits. A facsimile relay device comprising: 2. The terminal number setting section registers a terminal number in advance for the telephone number of the calling party or the called party, and when a received signal is input, the terminal number setting section registers the terminal number for the telephone number extracted from a predetermined position of the received signal. 2. The facsimile relay device according to claim 1, wherein the terminal number being set is retrieved and set. 3. The facsimile relay device according to claim 1, wherein the terminal number setting section sets a number related to the facsimile terminal extracted from a predetermined position of a received signal to be received as the terminal number.