JPH04312062A - Facsimile mail system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To simplify a processing for a retransmitting request or a transferring request by reading PS and SS in a retransmission file by a pointer written in an output situation information table. CONSTITUTION:A message attribute part PS, and a message main body part SS are stored in a retransmission file 16 after the completion of a transmission, and the pointer to the PS is stored in an output situation information table 17. Then, when the name of a telegraphic message required for retransmission or transfer is designated, the pertinent PS, and the SS corresponding to this PS are read from the file 16 by the pointer of the table 17, and utilized. And also, the memory residual capacity of the file 16 is decreased according as the PS and SS are successively stored, and then the telegraphic message stored in the file 16 is erased in order of the old one when the residual capacity is less than the prescribed % of the entire capacity. Thus, the processing of retransmission and transfer can be easily operated.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

[Industrial Application Field] The present invention is applicable to facsimile, mail,
It's about systems.

0002

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a conventional system of this type. In the figure, 1 is a facsimile (hereinafter abbreviated as FAX) mail system, 2 is a sending FAX terminal, 3 is the receiving fax terminal,
11 is an input processing section, 12 is an exchange file, 13 is an exchange processing section, 14 is an output queue section, 15 is an output processing section, 21,
31 each indicates FAX image information.

The FAX image information 21 is processed by the input processing unit 11 into a message attribute section PS (hereinafter simply abbreviated as PS) and a message body section SS (hereinafter simply referred to as S).
(abbreviated as S), SS is the exchange file 12
The PS having a pointer to the corresponding SS is transferred to the output queue section 14 via the exchange processing section 13 in the FAX mail system 1.

[0004] The output queue section 14 is provided for each receiving side FAX terminal 3, and when the output order comes to the PS stacked in the output queue section 14, the pointer of that PS The corresponding SS is exchange file 1
2, and is transmitted by the output processing unit 15 to the destination receiving FAX terminal 3 as FAX image information 31. After the transmission is completed, these PS and SS are read out from the exchange file 12.
Others are deleted from memory.

[0005]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] The problem to be solved is that since the conventional facsimile mail system is configured and operates as described above, once the transmission to the receiving FAX terminal is completed, the FAX terminal 3 If there is a retransmission request from another FAX terminal (not shown), or if there is a transfer request for FAX image information with the same content from another FAX terminal (not shown), these processes cannot be performed as is.

[0006] The present invention has been made to solve this problem, and when there is a retransmission request or transfer request as described above, it is possible to easily process the request by facsimile, email, etc.
The purpose is to provide a system.

[0007]

[Means for Solving the Problems] The facsimile mail system according to the present invention provides a retransmission file, stores the transmitted PS and SS in the retransmission file, and stores message output status information. The output status information table provided in
Its main feature is to write pointers that are convenient for accessing.

[0008]

[Operation] In the present invention, the pointer written in the output status information table allows
S can be easily read out, making retransmission and transfer easy.

[0009]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, the same reference numerals as in FIG. 2 indicate the same or corresponding parts, 16 indicates a retransmission file, and 17 indicates an output status information table.

Next, the operation will be explained. Output processing section 1
The processing up to transmitting the FAX image information to the receiving FAX terminal 3 in step 5 is the same as the operation of the conventional system, and the explanation thereof will be omitted here. Then, in the facsimile mail system in this embodiment, after the transmission is completed, PS and SS are stored in the retransmission file 16, and P
A pointer to S is stored in the output status information table 17.

[0011] Then, when the message name of the retransmission or transfer request is specified, the corresponding PS and the SS corresponding to this PS are read out from the retransmission file 16 and used by the pointer of the output status information table 17. .

[0012] Furthermore, as PS and SS are stored gradually, the remaining memory capacity of the retransmission file 16 gradually decreases, so when the remaining memory capacity becomes less than α% of the total capacity, the next message to be input is It is determined that the remaining memory capacity is insufficient, and the oldest messages stored in the retransmission file 16 are deleted in order until the remaining capacity exceeds β% (α<β).

[0013]

As described above, the facsimile mail system of the present invention has the advantage that when a request for retransmission or transfer of FAX image information is made, the process can be easily carried out.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a conventional system.

[Explanation of symbols]

1. FAX mail system 2 Sending side FAX terminal 3 Receiving side FAX terminal 11 Input processing section 12 Exchange file 13　Replacement processing section 14 Output queue section 15 Output processing section 16 Resend file 17 Output status information table

Claims (1)

[Claims] Claim 1: Receive facsimile image information from a sending facsimile terminal, temporarily store it in an exchange file, and when a time has come when it can be transmitted to a destination receiving facsimile terminal, the facsimile image information is transferred from the exchange file. In a facsimile mail system that reads out and transmits to the receiving facsimile terminal, inputting facsimile image information input from the sending facsimile terminal by dividing it into a message body part SS and a message attribute part PS of the image information. a processing section, an exchange file that temporarily stores the message body section SS, an exchange processing section and an output queue section to which the message attribute section PS having a pointer to the message body section SS is sequentially transferred and processed; This output processing section reads facsimile image information that is ready to be transmitted from the exchange file and transmits it to the destination receiving facsimile terminal, and the facsimile image information output from this output processing section is used for subsequent use ( retransmission files that are sequentially stored in preparation for resending and forwarding), and an output status information table that stores output status information for each message for all messages of facsimile image information output by the output processing section.
A means for writing pointers to PS and SS of the facsimile image information stored in the retransmission file, and when it is foreseen that the storage capacity of the retransmission file is insufficient, the facsimile image information stored in the retransmission file is written in the oldest order A facsimile mail system comprising means for sequentially erasing facsimile image information in a resent file.