JPH06133144A - Reception notice system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To surely inform a reception notice of an opposite party with respect to sent information to a sender. CONSTITUTION:A specific signal such as a FAX number is sent to a line together with a content of an original from a sender (step 103), a receiver side prints out the specific signal together with the original (step 105) and when the document number indicated by the specific signal is in existence in a preset management table by allowing the receiver side facsimile equipment to command from an original recipient (step 106). When the document number indicated by the specific signal is in existence, the reception notice is automatically sent to the sender in response to the command of the reception notice (step 107).

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile machine (FS) with a memory and a facsimile storage (exchange) machine (FM).
The present invention relates to a receipt notification method for making a reception notification and a sending notification at the time of document transmission of S).

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Ideally, a person-to-person communication is performed while confirming receipt of the other party by transmitting and receiving real-time information by a telephone or voice means alternative means. However, due to effective use of time, reduction of communication costs, etc., facsimile (F
The current situation is that intervening communications such as AX) and voice mail have been developed. In intervening communication, various kinds of confirmation of information exchange are performed to achieve the purpose.

Some FMSs are provided with a reception notification for notifying that they have been received or a sending notification function for notifying the other party of the execution of the transmission. One example of this kind of technology is disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 63- 129772, JP-A-60-0466654, and JP-A-60-046655.
No. 6, JP-A-61-080943, JP-A-62-071
There are technologies described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 372 and Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 227263/1988.

[0004]

However, the communication confirmation function conventionally used in a FAX with a memory or a FAX or FS for the purpose of relay is merely a machine-to-machine confirmation and requires human intervention. There was no. For this reason, even if communication is confirmed between machines, if, for example, the display function (CRT, recording paper, etc.) of the machine fails, it will not reach the person, or even if it is normal, others will mistakenly The current situation is that the recipient does not reach the recipient because he / she takes it away (ie, the receipt is lost).

However, even if the data is lost, the sender and the recipient may be unaware of it, and if the content of the transmission is important, a separate telephone call may be made to the other party before and after the transmission to obtain a direct confirmation. It is necessary to take the trouble of.

[0006] Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a receipt notification system that can surely notify the sender of the receipt notification of the other party for the transmitted information.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention sends a specific signal from a transmission source to a line, and a receiving side which receives the specific signal is instructed by the specific signal. When the document number exists in the preset management table, the receipt notification is automatically transmitted to the sender according to the receipt notification instruction.

The document number can be designated from the input unit of the facsimile on the receiving side.

Furthermore, in order to identify the recipient, the recipient's name can be added to the receipt notice in addition to the document number. Then, the recipient name is achieved not only by the input operation but also by being registered in advance in the facsimile and using the registration number.

Further, in order to deliver the received contents in a document format, a fixed text registered in advance can be designated and added to the received notification.

Further, specific data can be added to the receipt notification in order to enhance the additional function.

[0012]

According to the above-described means, the recipient automatically instructs the device on the transmitting side to receive the receipt notification by instructing the device which has received the specific signal such as the document number from the transmitting side. Send to. Therefore, it can be surely known that the transmission has reached the other party.

Further, by designating the document number from the input section of the facsimile on the receiving side instead of the operation from the telephone, the confirmation work using the telephone becomes unnecessary and the addition of the additional function can be easily performed. it can.

Further, by adding the name of the recipient, the fixed text registered in advance, specific data, etc. to the receipt notification, the receipt can be confirmed more reliably and the additional function can be enhanced.

[0015]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT FIG. 1 is a flow chart showing an example of processing of the receipt notification system according to the present invention. 2 is a block diagram showing a facsimile apparatus having a receipt notification function, and FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing the principle of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2, the system bus 1 includes:
Fixed phrase (For example, "Because it is light, please darken and resend."
And the like), a fixed text storage unit 2, a recipient name storage unit 3 in which a recipient name list for receiving a receipt notification is stored, a storage unit 4 in which received originals and management data are stored,
A timer 5 for managing a transmission time and the like, a communication unit 6 for interfacing with a line, and a main control unit 7 for integrally controlling each circuit unit are connected.

In the storage unit 4, "document number"
(Sign, number, etc.), “Reception time”, “Recipient name” (or number), “Reception notice request reception time”, “Number of pages received”, “Standard text number”, “Document storage address”, etc. Management data is stored. The fixed text storage unit 2 and the recipient name storage unit 3 have a fixed memory or R /
A storage unit 4 using a W (read / write) memory
Is an R / W capable memory.

With respect to the case where such a device exists on both the transmitting side and the receiving side, the communication procedure according to the present invention and the means for obtaining the document receipt notification will be described with reference to FIG.

By transmitting by the sender FAX,
The FAX is received on the receiving side, and the manuscript receiver receives the manuscript. Therefore, the manuscript recipient requests M for receipt notification.
The F-tone is used for transmission, the reception-side FAX generates a receipt notification, and the reception notification is transmitted to the transmission-source FAX. As a result, the sender can obtain the receipt notification.

Next, the processing of FIG. 1 will be described. This processing is executed by the main controller 7 shown in FIG. In addition, here, the circuit portion at the transmission source is denoted by “a” after the reference numeral, and the circuit portion at the reception side is denoted by “b” after the reference numeral to distinguish them. Further, the FAX shown here is an example of a FAX with a memory or an FMS.

First, after a manuscript is prepared by the manuscript sender (step 101), a FAX transmission instruction is given (step 102). In the sender FAX, the document number and the other party's identification information (FAX number, telephone number, member number, name, abbreviation, etc. of the own machine) are added to the contents of the manuscript, and the main controller 7a connects the line via the communication unit 6a. (In this case, it is better if the outgoing document number can be added) (step 103).

In response to this transmission, the receiving FAX stores the received original image and management data in the storage section 4b (step 104). Then, the data is read from the storage unit 4b, the received document number is added to the data, and the data is printed on the recording paper (step 105). This recording paper will eventually be distributed to the recipient (manuscript recipient).

The manuscript receiver gives an instruction for receipt notification to the receiving FAX (step 106). The format is as shown in FIG. 4, and "receipt notification request", "document number", "recipient", "receipt page", "cover / non-cover",
The "fixed sentence" and the like are sequentially input by key operation or the like (here, "reception notice request" and "document number" are indispensable, and other items may be added as necessary).

The receiving FAX extracts management data from the storage unit 4b based on the document number of the receipt notification instruction,
Acknowledgment is sent to the sender FAX (step 10)
7). At this time, the fixed text corresponding to the instruction is read from the fixed text storage unit 2 and sent to the line together with necessary information.

The sender FAX receives the receipt notification from the receiver FAX, and the recipient name therein is stored in the recipient name storage unit 3. When the code is received, the main controller 7a develops an image, and this is expanded, for example, as shown in FIG.
It is recorded and output in the format shown in (step 108). The recorded document is distributed to the manuscript sender, and the receiver (manuscript sender) can confirm the receipt.

FIG. 6 shows steps 104 to 10 in FIG.
6 is a flowchart showing details of the process of No. 5.

First, management data is accumulated (step 601). Then, it is determined whether or not the document information is stored in the memory (step 602), and if it is stored, the document information is stored in the memory (step 603). further,
After recording and outputting with the received document number added (step 604), a standby state is entered.

FIG. 7 is a flow chart showing details of the processing in step 107 shown in FIG.

First, when an incoming call is detected (step 70)
1), the reception identification signal is transmitted (step 702). Then, it is determined whether or not it is a PB signal (step 703),
If it is not a PB signal, it is determined whether or not it is a FAX transmission identification signal (step 704), and if it is a FAX transmission identification signal, normal FAX reception is performed (step 705). on the other hand,
When the PB signal is confirmed in step 703, it is determined whether or not the manuscript receipt notification instruction has been issued (step 706), and when it is determined that the manuscript receipt notification instruction has not been issued, another service process is performed (step 707). ).

If it is determined in step 706 that there is an instruction to notify the manuscript receipt, the document number is received (step 708). Then, when there is a document number in the management data, the manuscript recipient is notified. (For example,
If there is no beep, a notification that the reception is not possible (for example, beep, beep, beep) is issued (step 709), and the reception operation ends.

Next, the data having the same received document number as the document number designated by the original receipt notification instruction is retrieved from the management data (step 710), and the sender is called based on the data (step 711). Further, a "document receipt notification" is generated and transmitted to the sender (step 712).

Although the receipt notification instruction is given through the telephone in FIG. 3, any device may be used as long as the instruction can be given. For example, a data terminal, a PC communication terminal, an OCR FAX, etc. can be used.

[0033]

Since the present invention is configured as described above, it has the following effects.

In the receipt notification system according to the first aspect of the present invention, a specific table is sent from the transmission source to the line, and the receiving side receiving the specific signal sets the management table in which the document number designated by the specific signal is preset. When it exists in the network, the receipt notification is automatically sent to the sender according to the receipt notification instruction, so you can be sure that the transmission has reached the other party, and you can confirm using the telephone. Becomes unnecessary. In the receipt notification method of claim 2, since the document number is specified from the input unit of the receiving side device, the confirmation work using the telephone becomes unnecessary and the additional function can be easily added. it can.

In the receipt notification system according to the third aspect of the present invention, since the receipt notification includes the recipient name in addition to the document number, the receipt can be confirmed more reliably.

According to the receipt notification method of claim 4, the recipient name is registered in advance in the facsimile in addition to the input operation, and the registration number is used. Can be returned.

In the receipt notification method of claim 5, since the fixed text registered in advance is designated and added to the receipt notification, it is possible to specifically notify the contents regarding transmission / reception. .

In the receipt notification method of the sixth aspect, since specific data is added to the receipt notification, the additional function can be enhanced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing a processing example of a receipt notification method according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a facsimile apparatus having a receipt notification function.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing the principle of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing contents of management data according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a print diagram showing an example of recording output of a receipt notification on the original document sender side.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing details of processing in steps 104 to 105 in FIG.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing detailed processing of step 107 in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 system bus 2 fixed text storage unit 3 recipient name storage unit 4 storage unit 5 timer 6 communication unit 7 main control unit

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A specific signal is transmitted from a transmission source to a line,
Upon receiving the specific signal, the receiving side, when the document number designated by the specific signal exists in the preset management table, automatically sends the receipt notification to the sender in response to the receipt notification instruction. Acknowledgment method characterized by. 2. The receipt notification method according to claim 1, wherein the document number is designated from an input unit of a receiving side device. 3. The receipt notification system according to claim 1, wherein the receipt notification includes a recipient name in addition to the document number. 4. The recipient name is input by an input operation,
4. The receipt notification system according to claim 3, wherein the registration number is used in advance by registering it in the facsimile. 5. The receipt notification system according to claim 1, wherein a fixed text registered in advance is designated and added to the receipt notification. 6. The receipt notification system according to claim 1, wherein specific data is added to the receipt notification.