JPH0479654A - Voice storage mail device utilizing radio pager - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To transmit a sufficient content by providing a radio pager call processing section which sends the number of messages to a radio pager and a voice mail reproduction processing section transmits which a voice mail after fetching the mail from a voice accumulating section in response to a request from a paged person. CONSTITUTION:Voice mails addressed to a paged person are stored in a voice accumulating section 5 through a voice accumulating device access processing section 4 after the mails are correlated with the inputted radio pager number of the paged person. When the paged person confirms the number of the voice mails arriving at his radio pager 8 and starts to make access to a voice accumulating device by means of a telephone set., etc., through an access processing section 9, a confirmation and guide processing section 10 inputs the radio pager number and ID of the paged person and, when the paged person is identified, the voice mails addressed to the paged person and stored in the section 5 are successively reproduced by means of a voice mail reproduction processing 11 through the section and transmitted to the paged person from the processing section 9.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to a voice mail system, and in particular, when using a pager with a message display function, a sender who is about to send a message can When you want to send an amorphous email that does not require waiting for a contact, you can store the email by voice and automatically display it on the recipient's pager as a message to inform the recipient of the email. The present invention relates to a voice storage mail system using a pager, which makes it possible to confirm the contents of mail by voice at a convenient time.

(Conventional technology) When using a conventional pager with a message function, 1
Because there is a limit to the amount of messages that can be sent at a time, they are often short, standard messages such as contact phone numbers, etc.
The drawback was that it was difficult to adequately express the contents of the business.

Therefore, there was a drawback in that the called recipient needed to contact the sender as soon as possible in order to confirm the sender's business, regardless of the content of the message.

Furthermore, although it may be difficult for the receiver to contact the sender immediately, the sender cannot know the receiver's current situation, so the receiver is called unilaterally and is required to contact the sender. There was a drawback.

Additionally, there is a limit to the number of messages that can be displayed on the pager, making it difficult to send many different messages.

Another drawback was that the sender could not leave the contact information sent as a message because the sender did not know when the recipient was contacting them.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) The present invention solves the above-mentioned disadvantages in using a pager with a message function, and the present invention allows a sender of a message to record the contents of the message as an e-mail to the receiver, and By displaying a message on the recipient's pager to notify the recipient that an unconfirmed email has been received, the recipient can access the stored email at a time convenient for the recipient of the sender's message. By using a pager with a message display function, the message can be confirmed in detail by voice, and the sender does not need to identify the contact information or wait for the recipient to contact them. The purpose is to provide a voice storage mail device.

(Means for Solving the Problems) The present invention is characterized by a sender access processing section (1) and a receiver access processing section (9) connected to an external exchange;
A registration guidance processing unit (2) that obtains the recipient's pager number and email content, which is an email from the sender; and a voice storage processor (3) and voice storage unit that stores the email content in response to the recipient's pager. (5), a number notification message creation processing unit (6) that creates a message with the number of emails for each recipient's pager number, and a pager call processing unit (6) that sends the number of messages to the pager.
7), and a voice mail reproduction processing section which extracts the voice mail from the voice storage section (5) according to a request from the recipient and transmits it to the recipient.

(Function) When using a pager with a message display function, this invention uses a voice storage device used in message dialing, etc., to limit messages on the pager and limit the time and place of the sender and receiver. allow it to be removed.

It differs from the use of conventional pagers with message functions in the following points.

- A sender who wishes to send a message first calls the voice storage device of the system to which the present invention is applied, and registers the message as a mail by voice.

■The system to which the present invention is applied automatically creates a message indicating the number of voice mails currently stored in the pager number string according to the recipient's pager number specified by the sender, and Sends a message indicating the number of cases to the recipient.

■When the recipient confirms the display of the message indicating the number of currently accumulated emails addressed to him/her, he/she calls the voice storage device of the system to which the present invention is applied and listens to the email addressed to him/her to confirm the content. do.

(Embodiment) FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining the present invention in detail, and is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of a system to which the present method is applied. 1 is a sender access processing unit for the email sender to access the voice storage device; 2 is a registration guide that guides the procedure for voice storage and obtains the email recipient's pager number and email content. a processing unit; 3 is a voice storage processing unit that stores the contents of the mail obtained in step 2 in accordance with the recipient's pager number; 4 is a voice storage device access processing unit; 5 is a voice storage unit in the voice storage device; is the number notification message creation processing unit that creates a message for the pager number obtained in step 2 with the number of e-mails currently stored in 5 in that number string, and 7 is the number of messages accumulated in the pager number string obtained in step 2. 8 is a pager call processing unit that automatically sends out the number notification message created in 6, 8 is a pager with a message display function that the recipient of the email has, and 9 is a pager that the receiver of the email called by 8 is connected to the voice storage device. A recipient access processing unit 10 guides the recipient through a procedure for obtaining voice-stored mail, and obtains a confirmation ID and pager number of the recipient to confirm the identity of the recipient; 11 is a lO This is a voice mail reproduction processing unit that retrieves the voice mail corresponding to the pager number obtained from the voice storage device and sequentially transmits it to the recipient.

Note that the access processing units 1 and 9 are connected to an external exchange, and the pager call processing unit 7 is connected to an external pager exchange.

FIG. 2 shows the operational flow of the present invention, and FIG. 3 shows an actual usage example.

Next, the operation of the present invention will be explained. First, when the sender access processing unit 1 starts accessing the voice storage device through a telephone or the like, the registration guide processing unit 2 inputs the pager number of the recipient to whom the mail is delivered using the button, and then Enter the contents of the email by voice.

The voice mail addressed to the recipient in association with the manually entered pager number of the recipient is stored in the voice storage section 5 by the voice storage processing section 3 via the voice storage device access processing section 4.

Next, the number notification message creation processing unit 6 notifies the recipient's pager of the number of emails that are currently accumulated in the recipient's pager number string but whose contents have not yet been confirmed by the recipient. A message is created, and the pager call processing unit 7 displays a number notification message on the recipient's pager 8 to notify the recipient.

Next, when the recipient side confirms the number of voice mails currently addressed to them displayed on their pager 8, they can send messages to the voice storage device by telephone etc. through the recipient access processing unit 9 at any time. When access is started, the confirmation guide processing unit 10 inputs the recipient's pager number and ID indicating the recipient's identity. Once the identity of the recipient is confirmed, the voice mail is stored in the voice storage unit 5. The voice mail reproduction processing section 11 sequentially reproduces the mail addressed to the recipient through the device access section 4, and the recipient access processing section 9 transmits the mail to the recipient.

(Effects of the Invention) As explained above, when using a pager with a message function, the recipient can freely register a detailed message as a voice mail regardless of the number of characters or documents that can be displayed on the pager. It has the advantage of being able to convey sufficient content.

Another advantage is that the recipient of the mail can read out multiple voice mails stored at any time according to his/her convenience.

Furthermore, there is also the advantage that the sender of the e-mail does not have to wait in a fixed location for the recipient, who does not know when he will contact him.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of a system to which this method is applied as an embodiment of the invention, Fig. 2 is a diagram showing a processing flow of the invention, and Fig. 3 is a diagram showing a system to which the present invention is applied. It is a figure showing an example of actual use. Explanation of symbols (Fig. 1) 1... Sender access processing unit, 2... Registration guidance processing unit, 3... Voice storage processing unit,
4...Access processing section, 5...Audio storage section, 6.
...Number of notification message creation processing section, 7. Pager call processing section, 8. Pager, 9. Recipient access processing section, lO.. Confirmation guidance processing section, 11.. Voice mail. Regeneration processing section.

Claims (1)

[Claims] Sender access processing unit (1) connected to an external exchange
and a recipient access processing unit (9), a registration guidance processing unit (2) that obtains the recipient's pager number and email content, which are emails from the sender, and a voice that stores the email content in response to the recipient's pager. A storage processing unit (3) and a voice storage unit (5), a number notification message creation processing unit (6) that creates a message with the number of emails for each recipient's pager number, and sends the number of messages to the pager. A voice using a pager characterized by having a pager calling processing section (7) and a voice mail reproduction processing section which retrieves the voice mail from the voice storage section (5) according to a request from the recipient and transmits it to the recipient. Storage mail device.