JPH044648A - Fax communication control system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To attain FAX transmission to called party facsimile equipment with one dialing and FAX call arrival notice to the called party by converting a telephone number of the called party into a FAX number and connecting talkie to a telephone set corresponding to the telephone number of the called party. CONSTITUTION:When a caller number notice service call is reached, a talking service controller 6 in response to the caller number obtains an incoming FAX number from a number conversion table 10. A channel setting device 4 receiving the said caller FAX number sends a facsimile data received via a network 2 for a caller subscriber of a caller number notice service call to a facsimile equipment corresponding to the called FAX number. The channel setting device 4 in response to the end of reception (interruption) transfers a FAX arrival notice message connected with a talkie device 8 to a telephone set corresponding to the end of reception to inform the arrival of FAX to the FAX called subscriber.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Summary] FAX used for receiving an incoming caller ID notification service call to a facsimile machine and calling a corresponding extension telephone
Regarding the communication control method, the purpose is to send a fax and notify the sending simply by dialing the recipient's phone number, and the network and
a call path setting device that sets a call path to the network in response to an incoming calling number notification service call; and a call path setting device that sends call path setting control information corresponding to the connection control information received from the call path setting device. In a digital switching system having a call service control device that passes an F.
A talkie device that sends out an AX incoming notification message, and an F that is provided in the call service control device and corresponds to the incoming number.
and a number conversion table for outputting an AX number, and in response to the calling number of the incoming calling party ID notification service call, the calling party ID notification service call is received by the facsimile machine having the receiving fax number obtained from the number conversion table. In response to the completion of reception, the talkie device is connected to a telephone set compatible with the completion of reception.

[Industrial application field]

The present invention relates to a FAX communication control system used for receiving an incoming caller ID notification service call to a facsimile device and for calling a corresponding extension telephone.

Conventional FAX communications are conducted via a telephone switching network. The FAX communication is also integrated into the telephone switching system so that it can be exchanged within the framework of the telephone switching system already established within the telephone switching network.

Therefore, even if a call is received to the facsimile machine, the call may not be known or the call may end up being received at a facsimile machine located far away from the person who should actually receive the call. If this happens, you will win. It is not possible to improve the convenience of FAX communication.

[Prior Art] In other words, in a telephone switching network, if you want to send a facsimile from a facsimile machine on the calling side, you dial the FAX number assigned to the facsimile machine on the called side, just like making a call by telephone. After setting up a FAX communication path in the telephone switching network to the facsimile machine on the receiving side, the original data is read by the reading device of the facsimile machine on the calling side and subjected to a predetermined compression method. The information is transmitted to the destination facsimile machine via a communication path and received by the destination facsimile machine.

To set up a FAX communication path to the receiving facsimile machine, one line is required only for FAX communication, similar to the case of telephone exchange. This is a fax as mentioned above.
This is because communications can only be built within the framework of the existing telephone switching network.

(Problem to be Solved by the Invention) When constructing a FAX communication subsystem in an existing telephone exchange network as described above, it is necessary to allocate a dedicated telephone number and install a dedicated FAX communication line within the telephone exchange network. Therefore, when sending a fax, it is essential to dial the fax phone number.Therefore, in order to notify the recipient that you have sent a fax, you must dial the recipient's phone number. Further dialing also becomes essential.

The present invention was created in view of such problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a fax communication control method that can perform fax communication and notification of its transmission simply by dialing the telephone number of the destination party. .

(Means for Solving the Problems) Fig. 1 shows a block diagram of the principle of the present invention.As shown in this figure, the present invention has a network 2 and a 2, and a call service control device 6 that passes the call path setting control information corresponding to the connection control information received from the call path setting device 4 to the call path setting device 4. This digital switching system is provided with a talkie device 8 that sends an incoming fax notification message, and a number conversion table 10 that is provided in the call service control device 6 and that outputs a fax number corresponding to the incoming call number. In response to the originating number of the originating number notification service call, the originating number notification service call is received by the facsimile machine of the incoming fax number obtained from the number conversion table 10, and in response to the completion of the reception, The present invention is constructed by connecting the talkie device 8 to a telephone set.

1. When a calling number notification service call arrives at the digital switching system, the call service control device 6 that responded to the calling number obtains the called FAX number from the number conversion table 10. The call path setting device 4, which has received the incoming FAX number, causes the originating subscriber (facsimile device) of the calling number notification service call to arrive at the facsimile device corresponding to the incoming FAX number via the network 2, and receives facsimile data. do.

The communication path setting device 4 responded to the completion of reception (disconnection).
connects the talkie device 8 to the reception completion compatible telephone via the network 2, transfers the FAX incoming notification message, and notifies the FAX incoming subscriber of the FAX incoming.

Therefore, with one dial, it is possible to send a FAX to the facsimile machine of the called party and to notify the called party of the incoming FAX call. In addition, if the personal number of the called party is used as the calling number for the calling party's caller ID notification service call instead of the called party's telephone number, the FA to the called party's destination can be used.
It is also possible to report an incoming call.

[Example] FIG. 2 shows an example of the present invention. The configuration of a digital private branch exchange (hereinafter referred to as PBX) is shown. PBX is
In relation to the present invention, the system mainly includes a network 20, a main control device 22, a talkie device 24, a subscriber circuit 26, an information processing device 30, and a PBX-computer cooperation interface 28. The information processing device 30 is
This is a known computer configured with a PU and memory (not shown). The memory of the information processing device 30 includes F.
An AX number table 32, an extension number table 34, and a personal number table 36 are provided. FAX number table 32
registers the FAX number, and the extension number table 34 registers the extension number and the entry number for searching the FAX number paired with this extension number. The personal number table 36 registers entry numbers for personal numbers and extension numbers that are paired with the personal numbers. The memory also stores a program that executes the FAX communication control process flow shown in FIG.
Discrimination information as to whether the call is an incoming call or an incoming call, and the schedule of the incoming telephone are also registered in advance. Talkie device 2
4, an incoming FAX message is registered in advance.

The PBX-computer cooperation interface 28 is a known interface.

The facsimile device 38 and the telephone 40 are terminal devices exchanged and connected by a PBX.

In FIG. 2, a network 20 corresponds to the network 2 in FIG. 1, and a main controller 22 corresponds to the communication path setting device 4 in FIG. The information processing device 30 corresponds to the telephone call service control device 6 in FIG. Talkie device 24
corresponds to the talkie device 8 of FIG. 1, and the FAX number table 32. Extension number table 341 Personal number table 3
6 corresponds to the number conversion table 10 in FIG.

The exchange control of FAX communication according to the present invention having the above-mentioned system configuration will be explained.

When the main controller 22 of the digital private branch exchange receives the telephone number of the called party's fax destination dialed by the calling party's facsimile machine via the subscriber circuit 26 (see 100 in FIG. 4), the main controller 22 , P.B.
A control processing start notification accompanied by the calling party's FAX number and the receiving party's extension number is transferred to the information processing device 30 via the X-computer cooperation interface 28 (10 in FIG. 4).
(see 2).

The information processing device 30 that has received this control process start notification starts the process of the FAX communication control process flow shown in FIG. 3 (see 81 in FIG. 3).

First, it is determined from the FAX number of the calling party whether the incoming call corresponds to a call originating from a facsimile machine (see 32 in FIG. 3). If the facsimile machine is not compatible (see 32N in FIG. 3), the call is made to the telephone corresponding to the receiving number (see 83 in FIG. 3).

If it is compatible with facsimile machines (8 in Figure 3)
2), and determines whether the receiving extension number is applicable (see 84 in FIG. 3). If applicable (see 84 Y in FIG. 3), after searching the extension number table 34 and obtaining the entry number for fax number search corresponding to the receiving extension number (
(See S5 in FIG. 3). The FAX obtained by searching the FAX number table 32 using the FAX number search entry number
A facsimile device call request corresponding to the number is transferred to the main controller 22 via the PBX-computer cooperation interface 28 (36 in FIG. 3, 104.10 in FIG. 4).
(see 6). The information processing device 30 waits for a disconnection notification (
(See 37 in Figure 3).

The main controller 22 sends the FAX via the network 20.
Call a facsimile machine that supports the number (1 in Figure 4)
08) The originating facsimile device is connected to the receiving facsimile device via the network 20, and facsimile data is received (see 110 in FIG. 4).

When the transmission of the facsimile data is completed by the originating facsimile machine, a disconnection signal is sent from the originating facsimile machine to the main controller 22 via the subscriber circuit 26 (see 112 in FIG. 4). A disconnection notification is sent from the main control device 22 to the information processing device 30 (see 114 in FIGS. 3 and 4).

The information processing device 30 that was waiting for the disconnection notification is
When receiving a disconnection notification from 22 (see 116 in Figure 4),
A connection request to the telephone corresponding to the incoming extension number transferred in the control processing start notification is sent to the main controller 22 (see 118 in FIG. 4), and the telephone is called (see 120 in FIG. 4). ) When a response is returned (see 122 in FIG. 4), the main controller 22 calls the talkie device 24 (see 124 in FIG. 4). When a response is returned (see S8 in FIG. 3 and 126 in FIG. 4), the called telephone is connected to the talkie device 24 via the network 20, and an FA is sent to the telephone.
An incoming call notification message is sent to notify the called party of the incoming FAX call (see 128 in FIG. 4).

It is also possible to receive a FAX call and notify the recipient of the call using the personal number.

In this case, after it is determined that the received dial number does not correspond to an extension number (see 34-N in Figure 3),
Conversion of personal number to extension number, and F of that extension number
It is the same as above except that conversion to an AX number (see SIO in FIG. 3) is performed.

If the recipient of the personal number has an incoming telephone schedule (see 320 Y in FIG. 3), the extension number of the telephone that will be present at the time of the FAX call is determined by referring to the incoming call schedule. Processing after converting the extension number to a FAX number (if there is no schedule (N of 320 in Figure 3)
(see) is also the same. ) is no different from the above.

As a result, even if the called party moves, it is possible to notify the called party of the incoming FAX call.

In the above embodiment, the embodiment was applied to a PBX, but the present invention can equally be implemented in a digital exchange having a terminating subscriber.

[Effects of the Invention] As is clear from the above description, according to the present invention, a call from a calling party's facsimile device is treated as a calling number notification service call, and an incoming call is Converting the telephone number of the called party to a fax number, and converting the telephone number of the called party to a telephone corresponding to the telephone number of the called party.
By using this connection, it is possible to send a FAX to the called party's facsimile machine and notify the called party of the incoming FAX call with a single dial. Furthermore, by changing the dialing of the called party's telephone number to the dialing of the called party's personal number, it is possible to notify the destination of the called party's fax incoming call.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the principle of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a FAX communication control processing flow of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a control sequence. It is a diagram. 1 and 2, 2 is a network (network 20), 4 is a call path setting device (main controller 22), 6 is a call service control device (information processing device 30), and 8 is a talkie device (talkie device). 10 is a number conversion table (FAX number table 32, extension number table 342, personal number table 36)
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Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) A network (2), a call path setting device (4) that sets a call path to the network (2) in response to an incoming caller ID notification service call, and a call path setting device (4) that sets a call path to the network (2). A talkie device (8) that transmits a FAX incoming notification message in a digital switching system comprising a call service control device (6) that passes call path setting control information corresponding to the received connection control information to the call path setting device (4). and a number conversion table (10) provided in the call service control device (6) and outputting a FAX number corresponding to the incoming call number.
and an incoming FAX obtained from the number conversion table (10) in response to the calling number of the incoming calling party ID notification service call.
An FA characterized in that the calling number notification service call is received by a facsimile device of the number, and in response to the completion of reception, the talkie device (8) is connected to a telephone set compatible with the completion of reception.
X communication control method.