JPH06284195A - Automatic mail communication equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reduce the use frequency of a communication line for confirming the use condition of a call terminating state by transferring a message received from a call originating terminal by a substitutive response to a call terminating terminal based on the output of a communication detecting means to detect the communication state or communication standby state of the call terminating terminal. CONSTITUTION:An automatic mail communication equipment 101 is composed of a terminal monitoring means M1, substitutive response storage means M2, message transfer means M3 and communication detecting means M4. The communication detecting means M4 detects the communication state or communication standby state of a call terminating telephone set 2 by detecting identification information contained in a communication signal transferred from the call terminating telephone set 2. Since the message received from a call originating terminal 1 by the substitutive response is transferred to the call terminating telephone set 2 based on the output of the communication detecting means M4, when the call terminating telephone set 2 is in an idle state, the message can be surely transferred, and the ineffective use of the communication line for confirming the idle state of the call terminating telephone set 2 can be avoided.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic mail sending device, and more particularly to a device for receiving a mail such as a voice message from a calling terminal by proxy and automatically forwarding the mail to the called terminal.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 16 is a block diagram for explaining a conventional mail proxy response device, and FIG. 17 is a flow chart for explaining its operation. In the figure, 1
1 is a sending terminal for sending a message, 12 is a sending terminal 1
Reference numeral 1 denotes an incoming call telephone which is a terminal of a partner to which a message is to be transmitted, and is connected to each of the time division speech path switches 4. Reference numeral 200 denotes a mail proxy response device connected to the time division speech path switch 4 by wire, and a voice mail module 42 that makes a proxy response with the originating terminal 11 and transfers the content of the proxy response to the receiving telephone 12. ,
A central processing unit (C) having a memory for controlling the voice mail module 42 and the time division speech path switch 4 in accordance with the use states of the calling terminal 11 and the receiving telephone 12
PU) 41.

Next, the operation will be described. First, when there is an incoming call from the calling terminal 11 to the telephone 12 in step S1, the central processing unit 41 determines in step S2 whether the incoming telephone 12 has answered another incoming call and is in a busy state. If not busy, the calling terminal 11 is connected to the receiving telephone 12 (step S14), and after the call ends, the processing of the central processing unit 41 returns to step S1 for detecting an incoming call to the telephone 12 ( Step S15).

On the other hand, if the called telephone 12 is busy in step S2, a ringing tone is sent to the calling terminal 1 (step S3), and after a certain period of time, the called telephone 12 is called (step S4). At this time, the central processing unit 41 detects the busy state of the called telephone 12 which is the called terminal (step S5). 12 are connected (step S14), and after the call is completed, the process returns to step S1 (step S15).

If the busy state continues, the time division speech path switch 4 is controlled to connect the calling terminal 11 to the voice mail module device 42 (step S6), and the voice mail module device 42 is activated. Then, the voice mail module device 42 listens to and stores the name and requirement of the customer or the like instead of the telephone 12, performs a proxy response, and has the telephone number of the calling terminal 11 dialed to store this dial signal. The proxy response is completed (step S7).

After that, when the telephone call of the telephone 12 is finished and the busy state is changed to the idle state, the central processing unit 41 detects this (step S8), and the voice mail module unit 42 instructs the telephone 12 from the voice mail module unit 42. Is displayed (step S9). When the telephone 12 responds to this (step S10), the central processing unit 41 controls the time division speech path switch 4 and the voice mail module unit 4
2 is connected to the receiving telephone 2 (step S11). Then, the voice mail module device 42 transfers the message of the content, name, and telephone number of the calling terminal 11 which made the proxy response to the receiving telephone 12 (step S12). When the message transfer is completed (step S13), the processing of the central processing unit 41 returns to the operation of detecting an incoming call to the telephone 12 (step S1).

[0007]

However, in the conventional communication system using the mail proxy response device, the called terminal is connected to the mail proxy response device 200 by wire via the time division communication path switch 4. In the case of a telephone that is in use, the mail proxy response device 200 can easily recognize the vacant state of the incoming telephone 12, but the called terminal is a wireless device, and the location of the terminal is not registered, that is, In a communication system which is not always connected to the station side, when an attempt is made to automatically transmit a message of a proxy response with the calling terminal to the receiving terminal, the mail proxy response device 2
It is necessary to repeat the communication for connecting the call from 00 to the receiving terminal and the communication for confirming whether the message can be sent until the idle state of the receiving terminal is detected.
There is a problem that the communication line is frequently used.

Further, there is a problem that it is not possible to confirm whether or not the message of the proxy response is transmitted to the receiving terminal at the transmitting terminal which is the message transmitting side.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and reduces the frequency of use of a communication line for confirming the usage status of a receiving terminal even when the receiving terminal is a wireless device. It is an object of the present invention to obtain an automatic mail communication device which can confirm whether or not this message has been transferred at the transmitting terminal.

[0010]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An automatic mail communication apparatus according to the present invention detects communication by detecting identification information included in a communication signal transmitted by a receiving terminal and detecting a communication state or a communication standby state of the receiving terminal. Means for transferring the message received from the calling terminal as a proxy response to the receiving terminal based on the output of the communication detecting means.

Further, the automatic mail communication device according to the present invention is provided with an automatic calling means for calling the above-mentioned receiving terminal at a constant time after the completion of the proxy response with the calling terminal. When a reception-ready response is received, the message received from the calling terminal is transferred to the receiving terminal by the proxy response.

According to the present invention, in the above automatic mail communication device, there is provided a timer which is activated after the completion of the proxy response and operates for a certain period of time, and is provided with automatic calling means for repeatedly calling the receiving terminal during the operation period of the timer. When the response from the receiving terminal that the message can be received is not obtained within the operating time of the timer, the information indicating that the message cannot be transferred is transmitted to the transmitting terminal.

According to the present invention, in the above automatic mail communication device, a message transfer status detecting means for detecting whether or not the message transfer is completed is provided, and the transfer of the message is completed by a message transfer confirmation request signal from the calling terminal. Alternatively, it is made to respond to the calling terminal that it is incomplete.

According to the present invention, in the above-mentioned automatic mail communication device, there is provided a completion information transmitting means for transmitting the information of the message transfer completion to the transmitting terminal after the message transfer is completed.

[0015]

According to the present invention, there is provided the communication detecting means for detecting the identification information contained in the communication signal transmitted by the receiving terminal to detect the communication state or the communication standby state of the receiving terminal. Based on the proxy response, the message received from the calling terminal is transferred to the receiving terminal, so that the message can be transferred reliably when the receiving terminal is in the idle state, and it is possible to check the availability of the receiving terminal. Useless use of the communication line can be avoided.

In the present invention, after the completion of the proxy response with the calling terminal, there is provided an automatic calling means for calling the called terminal at regular intervals, and there is a response from the called terminal that the message can be received. At this time, since the message received from the calling terminal is transferred to the called terminal by the proxy response, the called terminal is called at a certain time interval to check the availability of the called terminal. Therefore, it is possible to suppress the wasteful use of the communication line.

According to the present invention, there is provided a timer which is activated after the completion of the proxy response and operates for a certain period of time, and is provided with an automatic calling means for repeatedly calling the receiving terminal for the operation period of the timer. When the response that the message can be received is not received within the operating time of the above timer, the message that the message cannot be transferred is sent to the calling terminal. It can be known on the terminal side.

In the present invention, the message transfer status detecting means for detecting whether or not the message transfer is completed is provided, and the transfer of the message is completed or not completed by the message transfer confirmation request signal from the transmitting terminal. Since it is configured to respond to the calling terminal, whether or not the proxy response message has been transferred to the called terminal can be known from the request of the calling terminal customer.

According to the present invention, since the completion information transmitting means for transmitting the message transfer completion information to the calling terminal after the completion of the message transfer is provided, it is possible to confirm that the proxy response message has been transferred to the receiving terminal. It can be known on the sending terminal side.

[0020]

EXAMPLES Example 1. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a communication system in which an automatic mail communication device according to a first embodiment of the present invention is used. FIG. 1 (a) is a relation between a calling terminal and a called terminal and this device, and FIG. b) shows the schematic configuration of this device. Further, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the present apparatus by dividing it into predetermined functional blocks, and FIGS. 3 to 5 are flowchart diagrams for explaining the operation of the present apparatus.

In the figure, reference numeral 1 is a transmitting terminal capable of wireless or wired communication for transmitting a message, 2 is a receiving telephone which is a terminal capable of wireless or wired communication of a communication partner of the transmitting terminal 1, and 101 Is an automatic mail transmitting device (post) that monitors the outgoing call terminal 1 and the incoming call telephone 2 and sends a proxy response to the outgoing call terminal when the incoming call telephone 2 is in a state in which a message cannot be received. It comprises a voice mail module 32 for storing a message sent from the calling terminal 1 and a central processing unit (CPU) 31 for controlling the voice mail module 32.

The configuration of the automatic mail communication device 101 will be described below by dividing it into functional blocks. The automatic mail communication device 101 comprises a terminal monitor means M1, a proxy response storage means M2, a message transfer means M3, a communication detection means M4 and a control means Mc1, and the terminal monitor means M1 is from an outgoing terminal 1 to an incoming telephone. 2 includes a transmission request detecting means for detecting a message transmission request signal transmitted to the receiving terminal 2 and a receivability detecting means for detecting a receivable response signal transmitted from the receiving telephone set 2 to the calling terminal 1 in response to the message transmission request. It is configured to monitor the originating terminal 11 and the receiving telephone set 2 that issue the message transmission request signal.

Further, the proxy response storage means M2 is used for the calling terminal 1 when the called terminal 2 is in a message unreceivable state.
To store a message from the calling terminal 11 and store identification information such as an ID number or a telephone number of the calling terminal 1 and the called telephone 2 included in the message transmission request signal. It includes a voicemail module 32. The message transfer means M3 transfers the stored message to the receiving telephone 2 when the receiving telephone 2 is ready to receive the message. The communication detecting means M4 converts the communication signal transmitted by the receiving telephone 2. The identification information included therein is detected to detect the communication state or the communication standby state of the receiving telephone set 2. Further, the control means Mc1 is provided with each means M.
1 to M4 are controlled.

Next, the operation will be described. First, the calling terminal 1 calls the telephone 2 and sends a message transmission request signal to the called telephone 2. When the called telephone 2 receives this message transmission request signal,
If the message can be received, a response of reception OK is given,
If the message cannot be received, no response or response of reception NG is performed. Here, the message transmission request signal and the response signal include, for example, the ID number (or telephone number) of the signal transmitting terminal and the ID number of the signal receiving destination receiving terminal.

The operation of the central processing unit 31 will be described below with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The central processing unit 31 of the post 101, which is an automatic mail sending device, is the sending terminal 1
The communication of the called telephone 2 which is called is monitored. First, it is judged whether or not the transmission signal to the called telephone 2 is a message transmission request signal. When this is not a request signal, the above judgment is repeated (step ST01). When it is determined that the transmission signal to the receiving telephone set 2 is the request signal, the response signal of the telephone set 2 is detected (step ST02), and when the response signal is the reception OK, the central processing unit 31 causes the central processing unit 31 to execute the above step ST01. Return to processing.

On the other hand, when the response signal of the receiving telephone set 2 is not OK, the central processing unit 31 of the post 101 makes a proxy response (step ST03). Here, when the reception is not OK, specifically, when the response signal is the reception NG,
Or, the telephone 2 is out of the communication system range, or the telephone 2
This is a case where the response signal cannot be received within a certain time due to an abnormality in the device.

Then, the central processing unit 31 transmits a proxy response signal to the calling terminal 1 and stores the message as the message in the voice mail module 32 (step ST0).
4). At this time, the central processing unit 31 determines that the sending terminal 1 which is the sending terminal of the message which has received the message sending request signal.
And the ID number of the telephone set 2 which is the message receiving terminal. Then, when the reception of the message is completed, the central processing unit 31 returns to the process of step ST01 and monitors whether or not the message is transmitted from another terminal, while detecting the communication state of the called telephone 2. .

Next, the operation of detecting the communication state of the telephone 2 will be described with reference to FIG. The central processing unit 31 monitors the communication signal from the incoming telephone 2 to detect whether the telephone 2 is communicating (step ST11). The determination of the presence or absence of the communication is performed by the telephone 2 included in the communication signal.
When the ID number is detected, it is determined that the telephone 2 is in the communication area and is communicating.

Then, it is detected whether or not the communication of the telephone 2 is completed (step ST12), and when the communication is completed, the voice mail including the ID number (or telephone number) of the message sending terminal is included. The message such as the content of the message of the calling terminal and the name stored in the module 32 is transferred to the telephone 2 (step ST13).

As described above, in this embodiment, the communication detecting means M4 for detecting the ID number included in the communication signal transmitted by the receiving telephone 2 to detect the communication state or the communication standby state of the receiving telephone 2 is provided. Based on the output of the communication detection means, the message received from the calling terminal 1 is transferred to the called telephone 2 by the proxy response.
It is possible to reliably transfer the message when the call is idle, and avoid wasteful use of the communication line for checking the idle state of the receiving telephone 2.

In the above embodiment, the case where the central processing unit 31 monitoring the communication between the calling terminal 1 and the telephone 2 determines the response status of the receiving telephone 2 to the message transmission request and makes a proxy response will be described. However, the start judgment of this proxy response is made by the central processing unit 31 in the post 101.
Alternatively, the customer of the transmitting terminal 1 may make a determination and request the proxy response to the post 101.

The automatic mail communication device having such a configuration will be briefly described below as first and second modifications of the first embodiment. This automatic mail communication device is configured to make a proxy response by a request signal for proxy reception of a message from the calling terminal 1 when a customer of the calling terminal 1 calls the telephone 2 and a message cannot be sent.

In such an automatic mail communication device, as shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 5, the central processing unit 31 of the post 101 detects the presence or absence of the proxy response request signal from the transmitting terminal 1 (step ST21), and makes a proxy response when the proxy response request signal is received (step ST22). , Receives a message from the calling terminal 1 (step ST23).

FIG. 6 is a block diagram for explaining an automatic mail communication device according to a second modification of the first embodiment. In FIG. 6, 101a is an automatic mail communication device according to the present modification, which is the above-mentioned first embodiment. Automatic mail communication device 10 according to one embodiment
After the message transfer is completed, the calling terminal 1
In this automatic mail communication apparatus 101a, the customer of the calling terminal indicates that the proxy response message has been transferred to the receiving telephone set 2. The effect is that you can know.

Example 2. FIG. 7 is a block diagram for explaining an automatic mail transmitting apparatus according to the second embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 8 is a flow chart for explaining the operation thereof. In the figure, 102 is an automatic mail communication device of the present embodiment, and this device 102 is replaced with the communication detection means M4 in the automatic mail communication device 101 of the first embodiment,
After the completion of the proxy response, the automatic call means M5 for calling the receiving telephone at a constant time interval is provided, and when there is a response from the receiving terminal that the message can be received, the message transfer means M3 transfers the message. The control means Mc2 having a function to perform is provided.

Here, the automatic calling means M5 is activated by the output from the control means Mc2 after the completion of the proxy response, and is then reset at every predetermined time, and at each reset, the automatic call means M5 of the receiving telephone 2 is reset. It is composed of calling means for making a call. The other structure is the same as that of the automatic mail communication device 101 of the first embodiment except that the communication detecting means M4 is not provided.

Next, the operation will be described. Since the proxy response for message reception is the same as that in the first embodiment, the operation for detecting the communication state of the telephone set 2 after the proxy response will be described here.

After the completion of the proxy response, the central processing unit 31 activates an intermittent timer for calling the telephone 2 at regular intervals (step ST31), and then determines whether or not the timer has been reset. (Step ST3
2) If it is not reset, wait and if it is reset, call the telephone 2 (step ST3
3) It is detected whether or not the message can be transferred to the telephone 2 (step ST34). If there is no response from the telephone 2 to the message reception OK, the central processing unit 31 performs the processing in step ST31, and if the reception is OK, the central processing unit 31 transfers the message to the telephone 2 (step ST
35).

As described above, the present embodiment is provided with the automatic calling means M5 for calling the receiving terminal 2 at regular intervals after the completion of the proxy response with the calling terminal 1, and receiving the message from the receiving terminal in response to this automatic calling. When a possible response is received, the message received from the calling terminal 1 is transferred to the called terminal 2 by the proxy response, so that the calling of the called terminal 2 is kept constant for checking the availability of the called terminal 2. Since it is performed at a time interval, there is an effect that wasteful use of the communication line can be suppressed.

In the above embodiment, the reset cycle of the timer for calling the telephone 2 is constant, but the reset cycle of the timer may be set by a signal from the calling terminal. Further, in this setting, the intermittent timer reset period may be changed for each message.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram for explaining an automatic mail communication device according to a modified example of the second embodiment. In the figure, 102a is an automatic mail communication device according to the modified example, which is the second embodiment. In the function of the automatic mail communication device 102, completion information transmitting means M for transmitting the message transfer completion information to the calling terminal after the message transfer is completed.
9 is added to the automatic mail communication device 10
In 2a, in addition to the effect of the second embodiment, there is an effect that the customer of the calling terminal 1 can know that the message of the proxy response has been transferred to the receiving telephone set 2.

Example 3. FIG. 10 is a block diagram for explaining an automatic mail transmitting apparatus according to the third embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 11 is a flow chart for explaining the operation thereof. In the figure, 103 is an automatic mail communication apparatus according to the present embodiment. This apparatus 103 is activated after the completion of the proxy response for a certain period of time, instead of the automatic calling means M5 in the automatic mail communication apparatus 102 according to the second embodiment. It has a detection time limit timer to operate, and is provided with automatic calling means M5a for repeatedly calling the receiving telephone 2 during the operating period of the timer, and further, no response from the receiving telephone can be received from the receiving telephone within the fixed period. At this time, an improper information transmitting means M6 for transmitting the message incapable transfer information to the transmitting terminal is added. Further, Mc3 is each of the above means M1.
Is a control means for controlling M4, M5a, and M6.

Next, the operation will be described. Since the proxy response of the message reception is the same as that of the first embodiment, the processing after the message reception by the proxy response will be described here. After the completion of the proxy response, the central processing unit 31 activates the detection time limit timer (step ST41), and subsequently determines whether or not a message can be transmitted to the telephone set 2 (step ST42). This decision is
Steps ST11 and ST1 of the first embodiment shown in FIG.
2 or step ST3 of the second embodiment shown in FIG.
It is performed by the processing of 1 to ST35.

If the message can be transferred here, the message is transferred to the receiving telephone 2 (step ST4).
5) If the message cannot be transmitted, it is determined whether or not the detection time limit timer has passed a certain time (step ST43). If a certain time has not passed, step ST
When the process of 42 is performed and a certain period of time has passed, it is determined that the message could not be transferred, and transfer impossible information is transmitted to the calling terminal 1 (step ST44).

As described above, in the third embodiment, the calling terminal 1
The automatic calling means M5a has a detection time limit timer which is activated after the completion of the proxy response with and operates for a certain period of time, and repeatedly calls the receiving telephone 2 during the operation period of the timer.
When the response from the receiving telephone that the message can be received is not obtained within the operating time of the timer, the message indicating that the message cannot be transferred is transmitted to the transmitting terminal. The customer of the transmitting terminal 1 can know that the transfer is not completed.

In the above embodiment, the operation time of the detection time limit timer was explained as a fixed time, but this time may be set by a signal from the calling terminal, and in this setting, it is detected for each message. The operation time of the time limit timer may be changeable.

FIG. 12 is a block diagram for explaining an automatic mail communication device according to a modification of the third embodiment. In the figure, 103a is an automatic mail communication device according to the present modification, which is the third embodiment. Example automatic mail communication device 103
In addition to the above function, a completion information transmitting means M9 for transmitting the message transfer completion information to the calling terminal after the message transfer is completed is added to the function of the third embodiment. In addition to the effect, the customer of the originating terminal 1 can know that the message of the proxy response has been transferred to the receiving telephone set 2.

Example 4. FIG. 13 is a block diagram for explaining an automatic mail transmitting apparatus according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 14 is a flow chart for explaining the operation thereof. In the figure, reference numeral 104 denotes an automatic mail communication apparatus according to the present embodiment. This apparatus 104 detects whether or not the message transfer by the message transfer means M3 has been completed in the automatic mail communication apparatus 101 according to the first embodiment. By the message transfer status confirmation means M7 and the message transfer confirmation request signal from the calling terminal, the detection result of the transfer status by the message status detection means M7 is sent by the sending terminal 1
Message transfer status response means M8 for responding to
Instead of the control means Mc1, the above means M1 to M4, M
7 and M8 for controlling M8.

Next, the operation will be described. Here, the processes for the proxy response of the message and the transfer of the message are the same as those in the first embodiment, so the description thereof will be omitted. After performing the proxy response of the message, the automatic mail communication device 104 monitors the communication status of the telephone 2,
At this time, the automatic mail transmitting device 104 also monitors the communication of the transmitting terminal 1 and detects the confirmation request signal from the transmitting terminal 1 (step ST51). When this signal is received, it is judged whether or not the message already received from the calling terminal 1 has been transferred to the telephone set 2, and if it has been transferred, the calling terminal 1
Information of message transfer completion to (step S
T53). On the other hand, if the message has not been transferred yet, the transfer completion information indicating that the transfer of the message is not completed is returned to the calling terminal 1 (step ST
54).

As described above, in this embodiment, the means M7 for detecting whether or not the message transfer is completed is provided, and the transfer of the message is completed or not completed by the message transfer confirmation request signal from the transmitting terminal. Since it is configured to respond to the calling terminal 1, it is possible to know whether or not the proxy response message has been transferred to the receiving telephone set 2 by the customer request of the calling terminal 1.

FIG. 15 is a block diagram for explaining an automatic mail communication device according to a modified example of the fourth embodiment. In FIG. 15, reference numeral 104a denotes an automatic mail communication device according to this modified example, which is the third above-mentioned device. Example automatic mail communication device 10
3, the message transfer status confirmation means M7 for detecting whether or not the message transfer by the message transfer means M3 is completed, and the message transfer status confirmation means M7 for confirming the transfer status by the message status detection means M7 from the calling terminal. Message transfer status response means M8 for responding the detection result to the transmitting terminal 1 is provided, and control means Mc4 for controlling the above-mentioned means M1 to M4, M5a, M6 to M8 is provided instead of the control means Mc3. .

In this modification having such a configuration, the third
In addition to the effect of the embodiment, there is an effect that it is possible to know whether or not the message of the proxy response is transferred to the receiving telephone set 2 by the request of the customer of the calling terminal 1.

[0053]

As described above, according to the automatic mail communication device of the present invention, the identification information included in the communication signal transmitted by the receiving terminal is detected to detect the communication state or the communication standby state of the receiving terminal. Since the communication detecting means is provided and the message received from the calling terminal by the proxy response is transferred to the receiving terminal based on the output of the communication detecting means,
There is an effect that the message can be surely transferred when the called terminal is in the idle state, and the useless use of the communication line for checking the idle state of the called terminal can be avoided.

Further, according to the automatic mail communication apparatus of the present invention, after the completion of the proxy response with the calling terminal, there is provided automatic calling means for calling the above-mentioned called terminal at regular time intervals. When there is a response that the message can be received, the message received from the calling terminal is transferred to the called terminal by the above proxy response.Therefore, the calling of the called terminal to check the availability of the called terminal takes a certain time interval. This is performed by leaving it, which has the effect of suppressing wasteful use of the communication line.

According to the present invention, in the above automatic mail communication device, there is provided a timer which is activated after the completion of the proxy response and operates for a certain period of time, and is provided with automatic calling means for repeatedly calling the receiving terminal during the operation period of the timer. , When the response that the message can be received from the receiving terminal to the call is not obtained within the operating time of the timer, the message indicating that the message cannot be transferred is transmitted to the transmitting terminal. There is an effect that the calling terminal side can know that the above has not been completed.

Further, according to the present invention, the automatic mail communication device is provided with a message transfer status detecting means for detecting whether or not the transfer of the message is completed, and the message transfer confirmation request signal from the calling terminal is used to send the message. Since the fact that the transfer is completed or not completed is responded to the calling terminal, there is an effect that the customer of the calling terminal can know whether or not the proxy response message has been transferred to the called terminal.

According to the present invention, the above automatic mail communication device is provided with the completion information transmitting means for transmitting the information indicating the completion of the message transfer to the calling terminal after the completion of the message transfer. There is an effect that the calling terminal side can know that the call has been transferred to the terminal.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a communication system in which an automatic mail communication device according to a first embodiment of the present invention is used.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an automatic mail transmission device according to the above-described embodiment divided into predetermined functional blocks.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart for explaining a proxy response operation of the automatic mail communication device of the above embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a flow chart diagram for explaining an operation of detecting a communication state of a receiving terminal of the automatic mail communication device of the above embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a flow chart diagram for explaining a proxy response operation of the automatic mail communication device according to the first modification of the first embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a flow chart diagram for explaining a message transfer operation of the automatic mail communication device according to the second modified example of the first embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an automatic mail communication device according to a second embodiment of the present invention by dividing it into predetermined functional blocks.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the automatic mail communication device according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a flow chart diagram for explaining the operation of the automatic mail communication device according to the modification of the second embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an automatic mail communication device according to a third embodiment of the present invention, which is divided into predetermined functional blocks.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the automatic mail communication device according to the third embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a block diagram for explaining an automatic mail communication device according to a modification of the third embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an automatic mail transmission device according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention, which is divided into predetermined functional blocks.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the automatic mail communication device according to the fourth embodiment.

FIG. 15 is a block diagram for explaining an automatic mail communication device according to a modification of the fourth embodiment.

FIG. 16 is a block diagram illustrating a conventional mail proxy response device.

FIG. 17 is a flow chart for explaining the operation of the conventional automatic mail communication device.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Calling Terminal 2 Incoming Telephone (Incoming Terminal) 31 Central Processing Unit (Post) 32 Voice Mail Modules 101-104, 101a-104a Automatic Mail Communication Device M1 Terminal Monitor Means M2 Proxy Response Storage Means M3 Message Transfer Means M4 Communication Detection Means M5, M5a Automatic calling means M6 Transfer impossible information transmitting means M7 Message transfer status detecting means M8 Message transfer status responding means M9 Completion information generating means

Claims (11)

[Claims] 1. A calling terminal that issues a message transmission request signal and terminal monitoring means that monitors the called terminal, and when the called terminal is in a state in which it cannot receive a message, the calling terminal sends a proxy response to the calling terminal. From the message transmission request signal, and at the same time store the message from the message sending request signal, identification response information of the calling terminal and the called terminal; and when the called terminal is ready to receive the message, the stored message In the automatic mail communication device having a message transfer means for transferring the call to the receiving terminal, the automatic mail communication device is provided with communication detecting means for determining the communication state of the receiving terminal by detecting the identification information included in the communication signal transmitted by the receiving terminal, The message transfer means is configured to transfer the message based on the output of the communication determination means. Automatic email communication apparatus according to claim. 2. The automatic mail communication device according to claim 1, wherein the terminal monitoring means corresponds to the message transmission request detecting means for detecting a message transmission request signal transmitted from the calling terminal to the receiving terminal. And a receivable detection means for detecting a receivable response signal transmitted from the receiving terminal to the transmitting terminal. 3. The automatic mail communication device according to claim 1, wherein the terminal monitoring means makes a proxy response to the calling terminal when the message proxy response signal is transmitted from the calling terminal, and sends the calling terminal. The automatic mail communication apparatus stores the message from the terminal and the identification information of the calling terminal and the called terminal included in the message transmission request signal. 4. A calling terminal for issuing a message transmission request signal and terminal monitoring means for monitoring the called terminal, and when the called terminal is in a state in which it cannot receive a message, the calling terminal makes a proxy response to the calling terminal. From the message transmission request signal, and at the same time store the message from the message sending request signal, identification response information of the calling terminal and the called terminal; and when the called terminal is ready to receive the message, the stored message In the automatic mail communication device having a message transfer means for transferring the call to the receiving terminal, an automatic calling means for calling the receiving terminal at a fixed time after the completion of the proxy response is provided. When the response that the message can be received is received, the message is transferred by the above message transfer means. Automatic email communication apparatus according to claim the door. 5. The automatic mail communication device according to claim 4, wherein the automatic calling means is activated after completion of the proxy response,
An automatic mail communication device comprising: an intermittent timer device for outputting a timer signal at a predetermined time interval thereafter; and a calling means for calling the receiving terminal when the timer signal is received. 6. The automatic mail communication device according to claim 5, wherein the intermittent timer device is configured such that a time interval for outputting a timer signal can be set by a signal from a calling terminal. Communication device. 7. The automatic mail communication device according to claim 1, further comprising a detection limit timer that is activated after completion of the proxy response and that operates for a certain period of time, and repeatedly calls the receiving terminal during the operation period of the timer. An automatic calling means and a disabling information transmitting means for transmitting the message transfer disabling information to the calling terminal when a response indicating that the message can be received from the receiving terminal is not obtained within the operating time of the timer. Characteristic automatic mail communication device. 8. The automatic mail communication device according to claim 7, wherein the detection limit timer is configured such that its operating time can be set by a signal from a transmitting terminal. 9. The automatic mail communication device according to claim 7, wherein the detection limit timer is configured such that its operating time can be set independently for each proxy response by a signal from a transmitting terminal. An automatic mail communication device characterized in that 10. The automatic mail communication device according to claim 1, wherein message transfer status detecting means for detecting whether transfer of the stored message by said message transferring means is completed or not, and message transfer from a transmitting terminal. An automatic mail communication device comprising: a message transfer status response means for responding to the originating terminal the detection result of the transfer status by the message transfer status detection means in response to a confirmation request signal. 11. The automatic mail communication device according to claim 1, 4 or 7, further comprising a completion information transmitting means for transmitting message transfer completion information to a calling terminal after the message transfer is completed. An automatic mail communication device characterized by having.