JPH05327947A - System for selecting picture information kind - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To efficiently exchange a system telegraphic message with picture information in accordance with the needs of a user. CONSTITUTION:When service is received from a call originating terminal 1 or a take- out terminal 12, a receiving part 2 decodes the kind of picture information such as no picture information, a head n-page, a designation page, designation length, designation picture information quantity, whole documents, etc., being picture information appended to a designated service kind, a system telegraphic message kind and the system telegraphic message, collates it with a picture information permission condition table and checks the permission or prohibition of the combination of the designation kinds. Unless the picture information kind is designated, the default value of the picture information kind is cited from a picture information kind data table provided in a storage part 9 so as to be adopted. A control part 8 instructs on editing part 11 to generate the respective system telegraphic messages in accordance with the system telegraphic message kinds decoded in the receiving part 2. An output part 4 takes-out picture information corresponding to the picture information kind selected in the receiving part 2 from a picture information storing part 3, appends it to the system telegraphic message generated in the editing part 11 and delivers to a destination terminal 5.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a storage / exchange device using a facsimile as an input / output terminal, and more particularly to a system electronic message for providing various information from the storage / exchange device to a registration terminal. And an image information type selection method for selecting image information attached to each system message.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, the types of electronic messages handled in a storage exchange apparatus are roughly classified into user deposit electronic messages and system electronic messages.

The user-accepted electronic message is an electronic message for delivering the image information of the electronic message delivered from the transmitting terminal to the requested destination terminal without the storage and exchange device modifying the image information. The service provided by the storage exchange for the user-accepted electronic message is a service in which the electronic message is received from the calling terminal, temporarily stored, and then the storage / exchange apparatus delivers the electronic message to the destination terminal immediately or after a certain period of time. There is a service in which the storage and exchange device does not perform immediate delivery, but delivers it only when there is a message retrieval request from the destination terminal or the retrieval request source terminal.

The former is called proxy communication or broadcast communication service. When the destination terminal receives the corresponding telegram, the destination terminal does not recognize the existence of the storage and switching device and the destination terminal warms up the telegram. The image information can be received as image information transmitted in real time from the transmitting terminal. The latter is called a mailbox or an information bulletin board service, and allows a user to retrieve a message from a facsimile terminal at any time.

When requesting a service from the transmitting terminal to the storage / exchange apparatus, it is possible to cause the storage / exchange apparatus to perform multi-service by simultaneously designating the above-mentioned two types of services for the same telegram. ..

On the other hand, the system message includes information relating to image information transmitted from the transmitting terminal, such as a reception sequence number, reception date and time, the number of documents, a list of requested destinations, a delivery status of destinations, a delivery result of destinations, and the like. It is a message provided by the storage and exchange device to the originating terminal or the destination terminal.

As an example of such a system message, when the storage exchange device receives the image information from the transmitting terminal, a reception completion notification for notifying the message transmitting information to the return transmitting terminal and a request from the transmitting terminal are given. Delivery notification that notifies the sending terminal that delivery of the message to the destination has ended, non-delivery notification that the sending terminal notifies the sending terminal that the message could not be delivered to the specified destination, and the sending terminal currently stores and exchanges Regarding a message that is being requested to be delivered to the device, a non-delivery notification that notifies the delivery status of the message in response to an inquiry from the sending terminal, and if a message arrives in the mailbox, the terminal that owns the mailbox There is an arrival notice or the like for notifying the destination terminal.

[0008] Further, the user deposit message in the storage exchange apparatus with the addressing function is delivered to the destination terminal by adding a header displaying the address to the image information stored from the transmitting terminal, but the address in this case is displayed. The header can also be regarded as a kind of system message.

By the way, the system message is often delivered with the image information of the message to be displayed in the system message attached to the system message. For example, the reception completion notification, the delivery notification, and the non-delivery notification are generally accompanied by the image information of the first page of the electronic message to be notified. This is to enable the user of the storage exchange apparatus to smoothly perform correspondence between the information in the system electronic message and the target requested document.

As a conventional technique for attaching image information to such a system electronic message, for example, a technique described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 64-67071 is known.

According to this prior art, regarding the reception table (reception completion notification) in the storage exchange apparatus, the reception data (system telegram) and the first page portion of the image information corresponding to the reception data are transmitted in a line. It is designed to be delivered to the terminal. Although the publication does not describe the delivery notification and the non-delivery notification, the same technique can be applied to these system electronic messages.

Further, the user-contained electronic message in the storage and exchange apparatus with the addressing function is a kind of system electronic message as described above, but it also has the character of a user-contained electronic message that the image information is delivered to the destination without any modification. Since they are matched, all the manuscript parts of the image information corresponding to the address header of the system electronic message part are attached.

As a conventional technique for attaching image information of all originals to such a system electronic message, the above-mentioned JP-A-64-6
It is described in this publication that it is possible to apply the same technique as that of the 7071 publication.

On the other hand, the image information may not be attached to the system electronic message. For example, in the undelivered notification, a large number of electronic message information is described in one system electronic message. Therefore, in order to prevent the number of attached image information from becoming unnecessarily long, the message corresponding to the electronic message information is not displayed. It is common not to attach information. Further, in consideration of the arrival of the target electronic message in the mail box, the arrival notification has a high possibility that the electronic message is a confidential message, and therefore the image information is not attached. Similarly, image information is generally not attached to a reception completion notification, a delivery notification, or a non-delivery notification regarding a message sent to a mailbox.

[0015]

According to the above-mentioned prior art, there is no image information in the system message depending on its function or use,
Image information for the first page and all manuscripts is attached. Further, in this conventional technique, the type of image information attached to each system message is the first page for reception completion notification, delivery notification, and non-delivery notification, and image information for non-arrival notification and arrival notification. None, for user-accepted electronic messages with address headers, all manuscripts are fixed. And
It is considered that the conventional system according to the related art described above is optimally operated by the combination described above.

However, for example, the method of attaching the first page of image information to the system electronic message may sometimes be troublesome.

That is, the first case is that when the sender sends the original to the storage / exchange apparatus, an address header such as a facsimile transmission slip is attached to the beginning of the original. Attached to acceptance notification, delivery notification, non-delivery notification, etc. at this time 1
The page image information is only the address header, and the content of the manuscript is not attached.Therefore, the user should specify the correspondence between the information in the system message and the requested manuscript in the address and communication fields in the address header. You must rely on the comments you have written.

Therefore, in the above-mentioned conventional technique, in such a case, it is difficult for the receiver to smoothly respond when the corresponding sender requests a large number of electronic messages to be delivered to the storage / exchange apparatus. Have a point.

The second case is the case of a plain paper facsimile, in which the transmission terminal has rapidly spread in recent years. Generally, in a plain paper facsimile, since the recording paper is not continuous paper, the original is cut in the middle of a page having a length exceeding the size of the recording paper, and the original extends over two sheets.

Normally, the standard size of a document in facsimile communication is A4 (or B4) in Japan, so that in the above-described conventional technique, the length of the first page is A4.
(B4) Unless the value is equal to or smaller than the value obtained by subtracting the length of the system telegram from the size, there is a problem in that when the system telegram is received, the telegram is output over two sheets, which makes the handling troublesome.

Third, the communication time and the received recording paper are redundant. If the purpose of attaching the image information to the system message is to correspond to the message information in the system message and the requested manuscript, the image information to be attached is about 10 cm from the beginning even if it is not 1 page, At worst, half the size of an A4 size is sufficient.

Since the above-mentioned conventional technique does not consider such a point, it has a problem that the communication time and the recording sheet are wasted due to the redundancy of the document, and the cost is increased accordingly. ..

Considering in this way, when it is desired to attach a part of the image information to the system electronic message, not only the image information type of the first page of the manuscript but also n pages from the beginning, a specified length from the beginning, or An image information type such as an arbitrary page is required. Also, considering the image information of the specified length,
If the top margin of the document is large, the valid information of the document may not fit within the specified length. In such a case, it is necessary to use an image information type such that an image having a certain amount of image information is attached by utilizing the fact that the amount of image information in the blank portion is small in the facsimile encoding method.

On the other hand, the above-mentioned conventional technique has some problems in the case of attaching all originals.

That is, the system electronic message to which all originals are attached is mainly an electronic message with an address header, but depending on the contents of the electronic message, it is not necessary to attach all originals.
For example, in the multi-service of the above-mentioned user custody message, there is a case where the information bulletin board registration and the broadcast communication service are simultaneously requested.

The service is used, for example, to publicize information registered on the information bulletin board to users.
The contents of the message are often advertisements, advertisements, solicitations, etc. This kind of message has a strong element of direct mail, but you have to pay for the recording paper yourself, and the line is blocked during reception, so you cannot use the terminal.
It may be annoying to the other party.

In such a case, it is desirable that not all the originals are attached, but comments and information are put in the address header, and a part of the image information is attached for delivery.
In this way, the other party can judge the content of the information, and if the information is the one he / she wants, all the manuscripts of the corresponding electronic message can be taken out from the corresponding part of the information bulletin board of the storage exchange apparatus.

Further, when the user of the storage exchange apparatus tries to take out a message from the information bulletin board without the above-mentioned guidance, normally, all the messages are delivered to the terminal from which the message is taken out. The detailed contents of the corresponding message cannot be known until it is retrieved, so even if it is found that it is unnecessary information during the retrieval, the communication cannot be terminated until the delivery of all the messages is completed (the power of the facsimile terminal cannot be turned on. There is also a way to force communication failure, such as disconnecting, but that is not smart).

In such a case, it is desirable that the user who takes out the electronic message can select whether to take out the image information for the entire original document or only a part of the image information. However, when the image information is taken out from one's own mailbox, the image information for which delivery has been completed is sequentially deleted from the mailbox, so it is necessary to prohibit the selection of image information depending on the service.

Further, it may be preferable to attach a part of the image information to the electronic message to which the image information is not attached. For example, in the arrival notification, as the display contents, only the objective facts regarding the electronic message such as the destination terminal (mailbox owner), the sending terminal, the reception time, the number of manuscripts, etc. are displayed, so the mailbox owner has arrived. Regarding the image information of a telegram, the content cannot be known unless the corresponding telegram is retrieved.

Therefore, if a part of the image information is attached to the arrival notice, the recipient of the arrival notice can know the contents to some extent, and should the target telegram be taken out immediately, or later. You can take a look at your time and decide whether to take it out within the holding deadline. In this case, in consideration of the fact that a part of the transmitted manuscript, for example, the first page, is attached to the arrival notice, the sender of the mailbox electronic message may be seen by a third party in the relevant part. You can leave it as it is. In particular, in the case of communication using a mailbox, the timing of delivery is when a request is made to take it out from the recipient. Therefore, if you put a comment at the beginning of the manuscript together with the arrival notification, you can send an urgent and confidential message. However, it can be sent to the other party quickly.

However, with respect to such highly confidential image information, from the viewpoint of information leakage prevention, it is necessary to give sufficient consideration to the image information attachment method. In particular, all originals are attached to the arrival notice. Such a combination that is apparently incorrect should be prohibited, and it may be necessary to prohibit the attachment of image information itself depending on the system situation.

As in the prior art described above, the method of fixedly attaching image information according to the type of system message has become unable to meet the diversifying needs of users.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art and to meet the above-mentioned requirements, that is, in addition to the conventional image information attachment method, new image information, For example, it is to provide an image information type selection method capable of attaching image information such as a specified page number, a specified length, and a specified image information amount to a system electronic message.

The object of the present invention is to make it possible to select the type of image information for each system message, and to prevent information leakage due to a user's error in specification, specify a specific service and a specific system message. An object of the present invention is to provide an image information type selection method capable of prohibiting a combination of a specific image information with a.

[0036]

According to the present invention, the above object is achieved by the following constitutions.

That is, when the service is requested from the transmitting terminal, the purpose is to display the number of pages of image information corresponding to the corresponding system electronic message, the page number of the image information, the length of the image information, the amount of the image information, and the like. A means for designating the type of information, an area for storing the type of the image information of the corresponding system message defined by the system, a means for registering the type of the image information in the area, and the designation from the sending terminal In this case, the means to apply the image information specified by the type of image information specified by the system, and the means to terminate the message delivery when the specified image information is output when the relevant system message is delivered. It is achieved by preparing.

Further, the purpose is to make it possible to select the type of image information attached to each system telegram, and as the first type of image information, no image information, first n pages, designated page, designated length, designated image A means for designating the amount of information and the image information type of all manuscripts from the transmitting terminal, and the first of the image information specified by the system.
A storage area for the type, a means for registering the corresponding image information type in the area, a means for applying the first type of the image information designated by the system when there is no designation from the transmitting terminal, and image information And a means for selecting and applying more detailed information regarding the first image information type as the second type.

[0039] Further, the above-mentioned purpose makes it possible to prohibit the combination with the type of the specific image information attached to the requested service and the type of the system electronic message, and the service and the system electronic message supported by the system. For all combinations with image information types, whether the combination of the data table that specifies permission and prohibition, the service requested by the user, the selected system message, and the image information type is appropriate This is achieved by providing a means for checking whether or not the data table is used, and a means for notifying the user when a prohibited combination is selected.

[0040]

With the above-mentioned means, the image information attached to the system electronic message can be converted into image information for the number of pages designated from the beginning of the manuscript, image information of the designated page number of the manuscript, and length specified from the beginning of the manuscript. It is possible to specify as a type of image information such as image information for a portion, image information of an amount of information designated from the beginning of a document, and the like.

The type of image information attached to the system message can be selected from no image information, first n pages, designated page, designated length, designated image information amount, and all manuscripts.
Further, it is possible to select and specify detailed information regarding the relevant image information type.

Regarding the combination of the request service, the system message and the image information type, it is possible to permit or prohibit the selected image information type, and it is possible to reject the acceptance for the designation of the specific combination.

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to efficiently exchange the system message with the image information according to the needs of the user.

[0044]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of an image information type selection system in a storage exchange apparatus according to the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a system configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining registration formats of an image information type data table and an image information permission condition table, FIG.
FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a flow of processing when selecting image information type, and FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a flow of processing when attaching image information to a system message. In FIG. 1, 1 is a transmitting terminal, 2 is a receiving unit, 3 is an image information storage unit, 4
Is an output unit, 5 is a destination terminal, 6 is a console, 7 is a command receiving unit, 8 is a control unit, 9 is an information storage unit, 10 is a storage unit, 11 is an editing unit, and 12 is an extraction terminal.

An embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 1 is an embodiment in which the present invention is applied at the time of proxy communication of a storage exchange device. Each functional unit constituting one embodiment of the present invention is as follows. It is configured with such a function.

The calling terminal 1 is a facsimile terminal that requests the store-and-forward apparatus to perform proxy communication. The accepting unit 2 checks the requested communication method (service) and the destination accepted from the calling terminal 1, and the calling terminal 1 A process of encoding the transmitted image information is performed. The image information storage unit 3 temporarily stores the image information to be transmitted / received, and the output unit 4 calls the destination terminal 5 to convert the image information of the system electronic message and convert the system electronic message and the image information of the received manuscript into a line, It has the function of decoding and delivering information.

The console 6 is used to register terminal information, change station-specific variable data (station data), etc.
The command receiving unit 7 checks the command and parameters input from the console 6. The control unit 8 manages information and controls the entire system. Information storage unit 9
Stores the system program, station data, etc., and the storage unit 10 stores the latest information of the contents of the information storage unit 9 and the information necessary for control, and assists the control of the system.

The editing unit 11 edits the system message. The take-out terminal 12 is a terminal for taking out a message from an information bulletin board or a mail box, and a facsimile terminal is used like the sending terminal 1.

Although not shown in the above description,
The reception unit 2 and the output unit 4 are provided for each connection line.
Further, in the embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 1, the user of the storage / exchange device uses the console 6 to sort the image information type of the corresponding system telegram from the console 6 when the storage / exchange device is opened or when the system condition is changed. It is necessary to register (default value).

Next, the operation of registering the image information type will be described with reference to the reference numerals indicating the signal flow shown in the system block of FIG.

(1) First, the user inputs a command to register the image information type of the system message from the console 6, the type of the system message to be registered as a parameter, and the first image information attached to the relevant system message. The type and, if necessary, the second type of the corresponding image information are input, and these are transmitted to the command receiving unit 7 (101).

(2) The command accepting unit 7 checks the normality of the input command and parameters, and if they are normal, passes the input command and parameters to the control unit 8 (102).

(3) The control unit 8 searches the image information type storage area of the relevant system message in the storage unit 10 according to the type of the system message indicated by the parameter, and the image of the relevant system message also indicated by the parameter is searched. Information types (first type, second type) are registered in the image information type storage area (103).

(4) After the above-mentioned registration is normally completed, the control unit 8 notifies the command reception unit 7 to that effect, and the command reception unit 7 sends a normal end message to the console 6 (104, 105).

The above-mentioned operation is carried out for all the system messages supported by the system, whereby the image information type data table is completed and the default value of the image information type in the system can be defined.

The image information type data table is shown in FIG.
In the table, the service type is assigned to the first index and the system message type is assigned to the second index. Then, for example, the registered content of the image information type at the time of proxy communication can be referred to by the service type = 0, and the registered content of the image information type of the non-delivery notification can be referred to by the system electronic message type = 2. be able to.

The first type and the second type are registered in the image information type of each system message. The first type is a type relating to a method of adding image information, and, for example, no image information, first n pages, designated page, designated length, designated image information amount, and all manuscript types are assigned to 0 to 5, respectively. .. The second type is detailed information about the image information type. When the first type is the first n pages, the designated page number. When the first type is a designated page, the designated page number and the first type are designated lengths. If the manuscript length and the first type are designated image information amounts, the image information amount (for example, 5 kilobyte unit as 1 block, 1 to n
(Specified by block), its meaning changes depending on the first type. When the first type is no image information or all originals, the second type is not used.

FIG. 2B shows the structure of the image information permission condition table that defines the permission and prohibition of the combination of the system message and the image information type (first type), which will be described below.

This image information permission condition table has a structure format of a service type, a system message type, and an image information type (first type). For each combination, "1" and "prohibit" are permitted and prohibited, respectively. It is defined by the data of "0". This data is set at the time of opening the station depending on the purpose of use of the system and is not changed thereafter. However, like the above-mentioned image information type data table, the data can be changed from the console during operation.

In this case, by inputting the service type, the system message type, the image information type, and the designation of permission or prohibition as parameters from the console together with the command for changing the image information permission condition, the above-mentioned ( The definition contents of the image information permission condition table can be changed by the same procedure as 1) to (4).

Next, the process of actually performing the proxy communication to select and attach the image information of the system message will be described by taking the reception completion notice, the address header, the delivery notice, and the non-delivery notice as examples.

(5) First, when the storage / exchange apparatus is called from the calling terminal 1, the call is received by the reception unit 2 and reception is started. The calling terminal 1 sets the service and the destination to P
Designated by B signal, OCR / OMR sheet, etc. (2
01).

The service designation here designates the above-mentioned substitute communication service and designation of reception of each system message as an additional service. In the embodiment of the present invention, a system message is additionally provided. The image information type of can be specified.

In the case of designating the service by the PB signal, the user first inputs the service code of the proxy communication, then the service code of the acceptance completion notice as an additional service, and when designating the image information type, continues. First picture information
Type the code, and if necessary, the second type of image information. Similarly, the user inputs the service code as an additional service for the address header and the delivery notification, and then the code for the first type and the second type of the image information (the delivery notification can be delivered by the storage exchange device). The designation from the sending terminal 1 is unnecessary because it is a system message that is unconditionally delivered to the sending terminal only when an undesired destination occurs.)

When using the OCR / OMR sheet, the user first marks the mark position of the alternate communication in the service column, and then the reception completion notice, address header, and delivery notice in the additional service column, respectively. Mark the mark position, and enter the image information type using segments 0 to 9 in the image information type (first type, second type) position for each of the reception completion notification, the address header, and the delivery notification. .. After that, the user can specify the service related to the image information type by attaching the OCR / OMR sheet filled in by such a procedure to the beginning of the requested document and transmitting it to the storage exchange device.

In both PB and OCR / OMR, the designation of image information type may be omitted. In this case, according to the embodiment of the present invention, the storage exchange apparatus refers to the above-mentioned image information type data table and applies the image information type defined by the system to each system electronic message.

(6) The reception unit 2 decrypts the service, the additional service, and the destination specified in (5) above. In particular, the embodiment of the present invention has a decoding means for the image information type of the system message, and whether or not the combination of the specified service, the system message, and the image information type is permitted by the system. Have the means to check.

The acceptance unit 2 deciphers the service, the additional service, and the destination input by PB, OCR / OMR, etc., and then checks the authenticity of these information, and then the system message and the corresponding message are added to the additional service. When the image information type of the system message is specified, the decrypted service type, system message type, and image information type (first type) are used to refer to the image information permission condition table, and the combination is permitted by the system. Check if it has been done.

When all of the above-mentioned checks are normal, the reception unit 2 notifies the transmission terminal 1 of the fact by guidance (in the case of OCR / OMR input, the normal reception is notified at the start of reading the requested manuscript, or , That is described in the reception completion notice delivered immediately after the reception of the message), and the reception of the message is started (202).

When the above-mentioned combination is prohibited by the system, the reception unit 2 notifies the calling terminal 1 of the guidance of refusal of reception due to the combination prohibition, and prompts the user to re-input the service designation (OCR / OMR input confirmation). If OCR / OM
After the R reading is completed, the line is forcibly disconnected and the disconnection factor is returned to the originating terminal 1).

The flow shown in FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation at the time of selecting the image information type in the receiving section described above in (5) and (6). Therefore,
Further description of FIG. 3 is omitted.

(7) After receiving the notification of the normal acceptance, the transmission terminal 1 starts transmitting the image information of the document (203).

(8) The image information received by the reception unit 2 is encoded in the image information storage format of the storage exchange device and stored in the image information storage unit 3 (204).

(9) In addition, the reception unit 2 stores the received image information normally and then decodes the service, the additional service (system message type, the first type of image information of the relevant system message, the second type).
(Type, etc.), sending terminal number, destination terminal number, acceptance sequence number, acceptance date and time, acceptance document number, etc. are transferred to the control unit 8 (205).

(10) The control section 8 first checks whether or not a reception completion notification is designated from the reception data. If there is designation, the telephone number of the transmission terminal 1 is determined from the transmission terminal number in the reception data. The output unit 4 is instructed to take out from the storage unit 9 and call the calling terminal 1 (206).

(11) The output unit 4 calls the calling terminal 1 and, after the calling terminal 1 responds, reports the fact to the control unit 8 (207, 208).

(12) The control unit 8 transfers the creation data of the acceptance completion notice to the editing unit 11 and requests the creation of the acceptance completion notice (209).

At this time, the control unit 8 also transfers the image information type (first type, second type) designated by the transmitting terminal 1 together with the creation data of the acceptance completion notice. If there is no designation regarding the type, the image information type of the acceptance completion notification defined by the system is extracted from the image information type data table in the storage unit 9, and the editing unit 11
Transfer to.

(13) The editing unit 11 edits the creation data of the acceptance completion notification and the data extracted from the storage unit 9 based on the creation data (for example, the address information of the sending terminal and the destination terminal) according to a certain format. Then, the edited acceptance completion notification data and the image information type (first type, second type) of the corresponding system message are transferred to the output unit 4 (210, 2).
11).

(14) The output unit 4 converts the acceptance completion notification data transferred from the editing unit 11 into image information. further,
According to the image information type transferred from the editing unit 11, the output unit 4 extracts as much image information of the electronic message as the target of the reception completion notification from the image information storage unit, attaches it to the reception completion notification, and attaches the facsimile signal to the reception completion notification. It is decrypted and delivered to the transmitting terminal 1 (212, 213).

In the above description, when "no image information" is specified as the first type of image information, the output unit 4 decodes the reception completion notification data as it is (without attaching the image information) to a facsimile signal and transmits it. Deliver to terminal 1.

Further, when the first n pages are designated as the first type of image information, the output unit 4 reads the designated number of pages from the second type, and the reception completion notification data includes the first page of the target message. The minute image information is taken out from the image information storage unit 3, attached, decoded into a facsimile signal, and delivered to the transmitting terminal 1. In this case, if the number of designated pages is two or more, the output unit 4 further extracts the image information of the next page and subsequent pages, decodes it, and delivers it.

As described above, the output section 4 delivers the image information for the designated number of pages, or finishes the delivery of the electronic message when the delivery of all the originals is finished before delivering the designated number of pages. Then disconnect the line.

When a page is designated as the first type of image information, the output unit 4 reads the designated page number from the second type and checks whether the target telegram has the designated page. When there is a designated page, the image information of the designated page of the target telegram is taken out from the image information storage unit 3 and attached to the reception completion notification data, and is decoded into a facsimile signal and delivered to the transmitting terminal 1.

Then, when the delivery of the image information of the designated page is finished, the output unit 4 finishes the delivery of the electronic message and disconnects the line. If there is no designated page, the system message is delivered without attaching the image information.

When the designated length is designated as the first type of image information, the output unit 4 reads the document length from the second type, and the image information for the first page of the target telegram is included in the reception completion notification data. It is taken out from the image information storage unit 3, attached, decrypted, and sequentially output to the transmitting terminal 1. At this time, the output unit 4
Sub-scanning line density of relevant image information (communication mode when received)
Of the document length and the type of the sub-scanning line density (3.85).
Book, 7.7, or 15.4 / mm)
Calculate the number of sub-scanning lines that reach the specified document length and output the corresponding number of sub-scanning lines for the attached image information, or before outputting the number of sub-scanning lines When the minute or all manuscript is output, the delivery of the electronic message is terminated and the line is disconnected.

When the designated image information amount is designated as the first type of image information, the output unit 4 reads the designated image block number from the second type, and the image information amount (number of image blocks) of the first page of the target message. When the number of designated image blocks is larger, the image information for one page from the beginning of the target message is included in the reception completion notification data, and when the number of designated image blocks is smaller than the specified image block from the beginning of the subject message. A few minutes of image information is taken out from the image information storage unit 3, attached, decoded, and sequentially output to the transmitting terminal 1. The output unit 4 terminates the delivery of the message and disconnects the line when the image information of the designated image block or the first page of the relevant message has been output.

When all originals are designated as the first type of image information, the output unit 4 first extracts the image information for the first page of the target message from the image information storage unit 3 in the reception completion notification data. It is attached, decoded into a facsimile signal, and delivered to the transmitting terminal 1. Then, when the total number of manuscripts is 2 pages or more, the output unit 4 further extracts image information of the next page and thereafter,
Decrypt and deliver, and when the delivery of the image information for all the manuscripts is finished, the delivery of the electronic message is finished and the line is disconnected.

Output unit 4 described in the above item (14)
The operation shown in FIG. 4 is shown in a flowchart in the flow shown in FIG. Therefore, further description of FIG. 4 will be omitted.

(15) After that, the control unit 8 receives from the output unit 4 a report indicating that the acceptance completion notification has been normally delivered, and starts delivery of a message to the destination terminal (214).

(16) The control unit 8 first receives from the reception units 2 to 2
The telephone number of the destination terminal 5 is retrieved from the storage unit 9 based on the destination terminal number in the reception data received from the transmission terminal 1 in 05 and the output unit 4 is instructed to call the destination terminal 5 (215).

(17) The output unit 4 calls the destination terminal 5 based on this instruction and, after the destination terminal responds, reports the fact to the control unit 8 (216, 217).

(18) The control unit 8 determines whether or not there is a system message (here, the address header) based on the reception data transferred from the reception unit 2, and if there is the address header, the editing unit 11 detects the address header. Send the creation data and request creation of the address header (218).

At this time, the control unit 8 transfers the image data type (first type, second type) specified by the transmitting terminal 1 to the editing unit 11 together with the address header creation data. If the image information type is not specified, the image information type of the address header specified by the system is extracted from the image information type data table in the storage unit 9 and transferred. Normally, as for the image information type of the address header during proxy communication, only all originals are permitted, so in this example, all originals are unconditionally set as the image information type.

(19) The editing unit 11 creates the address header data and the data extracted from the storage unit 9 based on the created data (for example, the address information of the originating terminal and the destination terminal).
Is edited according to a certain format, and the edited address header data and the image information type (first type, second type) of the corresponding system message are transferred to the output unit 4 (219, 22).
0).

(20) The output unit 4 converts the data of the address header transferred from the editing unit 11 into image information, and further determines the target of the address header according to the image information type transferred from the editing unit 11. The image information of the electronic message is extracted from the image information storage unit as needed, attached to the address header, decoded into a facsimile signal, and delivered to the transmitting terminal 1 (221 and 222).

In this case, the method of attaching the image information to each image information type can be performed by the same method as described in the item (14). In this example, since all the manuscripts are set as the image information type, the electronic message is delivered to the destination terminal using the method of attaching all the manuscripts described in (14).

(21) After receiving the report that the address header and the image information have been normally delivered from the output unit 4, the control unit 8 checks whether or not the delivery notification is designated. The delivery notification is delivered to the calling terminal 1 by substantially the same procedure (206 to 214) as the completion notification. Further, if the message is not delivered even after the delivery is attempted a certain number of times due to the failure of the destination terminal 5 or the like, the control unit 8 delivers the non-delivery notification to the calling terminal 1. Can be delivered to the transmitting terminal 1 by the same procedure (206 to 214) as described above. Then, after the normal delivery of the delivery notification or the non-delivery notification, the control unit 8 erases the image information of the corresponding electronic message in the image information storage unit 3 (224).

When the service designated by the transmitting terminal 1 is a broadcast communication, the above-mentioned (16) to (2
Communication can be performed in the same manner as in the case of the proxy communication service described above, except that the procedure of 0) is repeated.

Next, an example in which the transmitting terminal 1 simultaneously designates the information bulletin board registration service and the broadcast communication service (multi service) will be described again with reference to FIG.

(22) When the storage / exchange device is called from the calling terminal 1, the call is received by the reception unit 2 and reception is started. The calling terminal 1 specifies the service and the destination by a PB signal, an OCR / OMR sheet, etc. (20
1).

In the case of this multi-service, the originating terminal 1
First, the service of the information bulletin board registration service is designated, additional services such as system message and image information type are designated, and further, the box number of the information bulletin board to be the destination is designated. In this case, since the destination of the information bulletin board registration service is within the storage exchange apparatus, the system message and image information type are specified only by the acceptance completion notification. Next, the transmitting terminal 1 specifies a service for broadcast communication, and specifies an additional service and a destination. The designation of such a service can be performed by the same method as the above-mentioned item (5).

(23) The accepting unit 2 decodes and checks the service specified in (24), the additional service, and the destination, and notifies the originating terminal 1 of the result. The details of the procedure are the same as in (6) above (2
02).

(24) After receiving the notification of the normal reception, the transmission terminal 1 starts transmitting the image information of the document (203).

(25) The image information received by the reception unit 2 is encoded in the image information storage format of the storage exchange device and registered in the information bulletin board of the corresponding box number provided in the image information storage unit 3. (204).

(26) Further, the reception unit 2 receives the first image information of the decoded service, additional service (system message type, image information of the relevant system message) after the received image information is normally accumulated.
(Type, second type, etc.), sending terminal number, destination terminal number, acceptance sequence number, acceptance date and time, acceptance document number and the like are transferred to the control unit 8 (205).

(27) The control unit 8 opens the relevant box on the information bulletin board, and enables taking out from any terminal.
In addition, the presence / absence of the designation of the reception completion notification is checked from the reception data, and if there is the designation, the above (10) to
An acceptance completion notice is created by the same procedure as in item (15) and delivered to the calling terminal 1 (206 to 214).

It should be noted that any type of image information for the notice completion in the information bulletin board registration and the broadcast communication service is normally permitted.

(28) After receiving the delivery completion report of the acceptance completion notice from the output unit 4, the control unit 8 starts delivery of the electronic message registered in the information bulletin board to the destination designated by the broadcast communication service. .. In this case, if the address header is specified,
The control unit 8 can also specify an image information type other than all originals (the information bulletin board will not erase the image information no matter how many times the image information is taken out. But you can specify). The delivery procedure of the corresponding electronic message is almost the same as the above-described steps (16) to (20) except that the electronic message is delivered to the sub-number destination (215 to 222).

(29) After the message delivery to all the destinations, the control unit 8
Delivers a delivery notification to the originating terminal 1 if a delivery notification is designated, and a delivery notification if there is an undelivered destination. After the delivery is completed, the image information of the corresponding message will not be deleted.

[0112] Further, if the sending terminal requests the electronic mail delivery to the mailbox, the reception completion notification at the time of service reception,
Along with the delivery notification, the image information type can be specified for the arrival notification for notifying that the mailbox message has arrived at the destination terminal. The procedure for registering a message in the mailbox and delivering the arrival notification to the destination terminal is described in (2) above.
This is the same as the case where the box of the information bulletin board is replaced with the mailbox and the address header is replaced with the arrival notice by the procedure described in 2) to (28).

However, since the mailbox message often requests the delivery of confidential contents, it is necessary to pay attention to the selection of the image information type of the arrival notice, and the image information type which may cause information leakage is as follows. It is necessary to prohibit specification in advance in the setting of the image information permission condition table. Further, regarding the combination with the mailbox service, it is better to prohibit the selection of a specific image information type in the reception completion notification, the delivery notification, and the like, as in the above.

Next, the operation when the takeout source terminal 12 designates to receive the message takeout service from the information bulletin board will be described again with reference to FIG.

(30) First, when the storage / exchange apparatus is called from the takeout source terminal 12, the reception section 2 receives the call and reception is started. The extraction source terminal 12 specifies the service and the destination by the PB signal, the OCR / OMR sheet, etc. (301).

The service designation here is designation of the information bulletin board take-out service and designation of reception of each system message as an additional service (here, only the address header).
However, in the embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to further specify the image information type of the system message as an additional service. The method of specifying the service and the additional service (system message, image information type) can be performed by the same method as the above-described item (5).

(31) The accepting unit 2 decodes the service, the additional service and the destination specified by the processing of the above item (30), and verifies the normality of the specified content, the specified service, the specified system message, and the specified image. Check the combination with the information type (The information registered on the information bulletin board is not deleted even if it is taken out, and since it can be taken out as many times as possible,
Normally, you can select any image information type). Reception section 2
If this check is normal, the transfer data is transferred to the control unit 8 (302).

(32) In addition, the reception unit 2 uses the takeout source terminal 1
Guidance notification of normal acceptance is given to 2. Source terminal 12
After receiving this notification of normal reception, press the receive button on the terminal. As a result, the takeout source terminal 12 and the reception unit 2 start the facsimile procedure (303).

(33) On the other hand, the control unit 8 judges the presence or absence of the system message (here, the address header) based on the reception data transferred from the reception unit 2, and if there is the address header,
The creation data of the address header is transferred to the editing unit 11 and the creation of the address header is requested (218).

(34) The editing unit 11 stores the created data of the address header and the data extracted from the storage unit 9 based on the created data (for example, the address information of the extraction source terminal, the information of the information registration source, etc.) to a predetermined value. It is edited according to the format, and the edited address header data and the image information type (first type, second type) of the corresponding system message are output.
(219, 306).

(35) The output unit 4 converts the address header data transferred from the editing unit 11 into image information. Further, the output unit 4 extracts from the image information storage unit 3 as much image information of the electronic message as the target of the address header according to the image information type transferred from the editing unit 11, and stores this image information in the address header. Attached and decrypted into a facsimile signal, and the source terminal 1
2 (307, 308). The method of attaching image information to each image information type is performed in the same manner as in the above-mentioned item (14).

(36) The control unit 8 terminates the service after receiving a report from the output unit 4 that the address header and the image information have been normally delivered. Note that when the message is taken out from the information bulletin board, it is not necessary to notify the requester of the delivery result again, so delivery such as delivery notification and non-delivery notification is not performed. In addition, it is not necessary to delete the message because any user can retrieve it.

When the takeout source terminal 12 takes out a message from its own mailbox, the procedure is the same as in the case of the information bulletin board service described above, but the mailbox message is not taken out. Since the image information portion is deleted, normally, the image information type is set in the image information permission condition table so that only all the originals can be specified. In addition, the takeout source terminal 1
Due to the completion of the extraction of the message in the mailbox of 2, the delivery notification is delivered to the sender of the relevant message when the delivery notification is designated when receiving the message, but the image information in this case is sent at the time of receiving the message. Image information corresponding to the image information type designated by the terminal 1 is attached.

According to the above-described embodiment of the present invention, as the image information attachment method of the system message, various types such as no image information, designated page number, designated length, designated image information amount, all manuscripts, etc. are provided. It is possible to select the image information type for each system message supported by, and it is possible to prohibit reception of a specific service designation and a combination of a specific system message and the image information type.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, this allows the user to enjoy the following merits.

(1) By selecting the image information type of the specified number of pages for the reception completion notification, the delivery notification, the non-delivery notification, etc., it is possible to attach the page that best represents the characteristics of the message. It is possible to easily search and collate the following electronic message.

(2) By selecting the image information type of the designated length and the designated image information amount, it is possible to prevent the received document from being redundant and reduce the recording paper and the communication time.

(3) When the receiving terminal of the system electronic message is a plain paper (cut sheet) facsimile, by selecting the image information type of the designated length, the page is updated in the middle of the document so that the system electronic message extends over two pages. Can be prevented.

(4) For a document or the like having a small amount of image information and a large upper margin, the effective image information portion can be attached to the system electronic message by selecting the image information type having the designated image information amount.

(5) By designating the image information types of all the originals in the acceptance completion notification, all the originals can be received together with the acceptance information for the originals and the like that should be kept.

(6) By setting the image information type of all the originals in the non-delivery notification by the system, the originals attached to the non-delivery notification can be re-sent by facsimile or mail to the recipient who could not deliver the originals. You can

(7) For informational broadcast messages such as advertisements, advertisements, and solicitations, a comment, information, etc. are put in the address header, and the image information type such as the specified page number, specified length, specified image information amount, etc. is selected. By doing so, the communication time of the sender can be reduced, and the line occupation time of the receiver and the amount of recording paper used can be reduced.

(8) When the information is retrieved from the information bulletin board, the content of the information can be confirmed in advance before the retrieval of all the originals by selecting the designated page number, the designated length, the designated image information amount, etc. as the image information type. .

(9) If you want the recipient to see the message sent to the mailbox, select the image information type such as the specified page number, specified length, specified image information amount, etc. in the arrival notification of the mailbox, and It can be delivered with a comment saying that you want to see the contents of payment in the range to which the information is attached, and it can be delivered to the other party to some extent early even in the case of a mailbox electronic message.

(10) Prohibiting incorrect services such as attachment of all manuscripts for arrival notifications, designation of image information types other than all manuscripts for mailbox messages, incorrect combinations of system messages and image information types, and other mistakes By prohibiting a combination that may be caused by the system, it is possible to prevent information leakage, message loss, etc.

[0136]

As described above, according to the present invention, in addition to the conventional attachment of image information, new image information such as the designated page number, designated length, and designated image information amount is attached, and It is possible to select the type of image information for each system message, and to prohibit specific service designation and combination of specific system message and image information to prevent information leakage due to user's specification error. Therefore, it is possible to efficiently exchange the system message with the image information.

Further, according to the present invention, various image information types to be attached can be selected for each system electronic message supported by the storage and exchange apparatus and for each electronic message requested for delivery.
The usability of the user can be improved by making the attached information detailed, and the communication time can be reduced and the recording paper can be saved by preventing the redundancy of the received document.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a system configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating registration formats of an image information type data table and an image information permission condition table.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a processing flow when selecting an image information type.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a processing flow when image information is attached to a system electronic message.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Calling Terminal 2 Reception Section 3 Image Information Storage Section 4 Output Section 5 Destination Terminal 6 Console 7 Command Reception Section 8 Control Section 9 Information Storage Section 10 Storage Section 11 Editing Section 12 Extraction Source Terminal

Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. The image information transmitted from a registered source facsimile terminal is received and temporarily stored, and then delivered from the source facsimile terminal to a designated destination facsimile terminal, and the registered request source. When a facsimile terminal requests a mailbox or information bulletin board to retrieve image information, the image in the storage / exchange device that retrieves the image information stored in the mailbox or information bulletin board and delivers it to the requesting facsimile. In the information type selection method, the storage / exchange device predefines the corresponding image information as the image information attached to the system telegram that provides various information to the source facsimile terminal, the destination facsimile terminal, or the requesting facsimile terminal. Select the image information of the image and attach the selected image information to the system message to deliver. An image information type selection method characterized by the following. 2. The image information type selection method according to claim 1, wherein the image information of the predetermined image is designated by the sender facsimile terminal. 3. The image information type selection method according to claim 1, wherein the image information of the predetermined image is image information of a predetermined number of pages from the beginning of the corresponding image information. . 4. The image information type selection according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the image information of the predefined image is image information of a document page defined in advance from the beginning of the corresponding image information. method. 5. The image information according to claim 1, wherein the image information of the predetermined image is image information of an image having a predetermined length from the beginning of the corresponding image information. Type selection method. 6. The image information according to claim 1, wherein the image information of the predetermined image is image information of an image having a predetermined amount of information from the beginning of the corresponding image information. Type selection method. 7. The image information type selection method according to claim 1, wherein the image information of the predetermined image is all image information of the corresponding image information. 8. The image information to be delivered attached to the stem electronic message includes image information of a predetermined number of pages from the beginning of the corresponding image information, image information of a predetermined manuscript page, and a predetermined length. The image information corresponding to the image of the image, the image information of the image of a predetermined amount of information, the entire image information, and the image information type without the image information are selected. The image information type selection method described in 1 or 2. 9. The combination of the image information selected from the image information types and the system message is specified image information according to the communication method and the type of the system message requested by the user of the storage exchange device. 9. The image information type selection method according to claim 8, wherein said combination is prohibited, and in this case, the fact is notified to the corresponding facsimile terminal.