JPH0575646A - Facsimile store and forward exchange - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To allow the user to grasp it that a new bulletin board text is registered to the facsimile store and forward exchange. CONSTITUTION:A bulletin board registration request is informed to a bulletin board information management equipment 7 through a communication controller 6. The bulletin board information management equipment 7 receives a bulletin board registration request signal to extract a registered subscriber name and a registered bulletin board number and registers the text to the bulletin board text management equipment 3. The bulletin board information management equipment 7 receives the registration end date and time from the bulletin board text management equipment 3, edits a registered subscriber name, a registered bulletin board number and a registered date and time, uses a facsimile image converter 4 to convert them into a facsimile text, and delivers the information to a subscriber utilizing the bulletin board through a delivery controller 5 as a bulletin board registration revision notice.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile storage / exchange apparatus, and more particularly to a facsimile storage / exchange apparatus having an electronic bulletin board function by a facsimile apparatus.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional facsimile storage and exchange device, as shown in FIG. 2, the function of an electronic bulletin board is that the communication control device 6 receives an electronic bulletin board registration request signal from an electronic bulletin board registration subscriber to manage the electronic bulletin board message. The message is sent to the message control device 2 via the device 3, and the registered message is notified from the delivery control device 5 to the subscriber using the request.

[0003]

In this conventional facsimile storage / exchange device, since the subscribers are not notified that the message of the electronic bulletin board has been registered / updated, the electronic bulletin board user can retrieve a new electronic bulletin board message. There is a problem in that the operation of pulling out the electronic bulletin board message and confirming its contents must be repeated until the message is updated.

[0004]

A facsimile storage / exchange apparatus according to the present invention provides a registered electronic bulletin board number and a registered subscriber name by an electronic bulletin board registration request signal for registering an electronic bulletin board message sent from a subscriber using an electronic bulletin board. The electronic bulletin board message management device for extracting the information, the registered electronic bulletin board number, the registered subscriber name, and the registration date and time are edited and converted into a facsimile image by a facsimile image conversion device, and each facsimile user uses the electronic bulletin board as a facsimile message. And an electronic bulletin board information management device for making a distribution request.

[0005]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a flow chart for explaining the operation of this embodiment.

Facsimile storage / exchange device 1 of the present embodiment
Is an electronic bulletin board message management device 7 for extracting the registered electronic bulletin board number and the registered subscriber name by an electronic bulletin board registration request signal for registering the electronic bulletin board message sent from the subscriber using the electronic bulletin board to the line via the communication control device 6. And the registered electronic bulletin board number, registered subscriber name, and registered date and time, which are extracted under the control of the delivery control device 5, are converted into a facsimile image by the facsimile image conversion device 4, and are sent to the electronic bulletin board user as a fax message. It has an electronic bulletin board information management device 3 for making a distribution request.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. The electronic bulletin board registration request signal received by the communication control device 6 is
It is processed via the electronic bulletin board information management device 7. The flow of this process is shown in FIG. 3 in which the communication control device 6 receives the electronic bulletin board registration request signal and sends it to the electronic bulletin board information management device 7 in step 8. In step 9, the electronic bulletin board information management device 7 extracts the registered electronic bulletin board number and the registered subscriber name from the electronic bulletin board registration request signal, and step 10
The electronic bulletin board registration message is sent to the electronic bulletin board message management device 3.

In step 11, the electronic bulletin board message management device and the message control device 2 register the electronic message on the electronic bulletin board. In step 12, the electronic bulletin board information management device 7
Receives the message registration date and time in the message control device 2 via the electronic bulletin board message management device 3, and step 13,
The registered electronic bulletin board number extracted in step 9 and the registered subscriber name are edited together. In step 14, a data conversion request is issued to the facsimile image data conversion device 4.

In step 15, the facsimile image data conversion device 4 converts the data edited in step 13 into facsimile image data based on the data conversion request from the electronic bulletin board information management device 7. Step 16
Then, the electronic bulletin board information management device 7 receives the data converted by the facsimile image data conversion device 4, and issues a distribution request to the distribution control device 5 in step 17 as an electronic bulletin board registration / update notice. In step 18, the distribution control device 5 distributes the bulletin board registration / update notice to the subscribers using the bulletin board.

[0011]

As described above, according to the present invention, when an electronic bulletin board message is registered and updated, an electronic bulletin board registration and update notification is distributed, so that an electronic bulletin board message required by a subscriber using the electronic bulletin board is provided. This has the effect of reducing the number of pull-out operations until the drawer is pulled out.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an example of a conventional fax storage and exchange device.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart for explaining the operation of this embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Facsimile store and exchange device 2 Message control device 3 Electronic bulletin board message management device 4 Facsimile image conversion device 5 Distribution control device 6 Communication control device

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An electronic bulletin board message management device for extracting a registered electronic bulletin board number and a registered subscriber name by an electronic bulletin board registration request signal for registering an electronic bulletin board message sent from a subscriber using the electronic bulletin board, and the registered electronic bulletin board. An electronic bulletin board information management device that edits the bulletin board number, registered subscriber name, and registration date and time, converts it into a facsimile image by a facsimile image conversion device, and sends a distribution request to each subscriber who uses the electronic bulletin board as a facsimile message. A facsimile store-and-forward device characterized by having.