JPH0750667A - Multi-address communication system with responding function - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a multi-address communication system with a responding function in which response information can be easily, exactly, and directly transmitted. CONSTITUTION:The response information and address information is integrated with transmission information by an editing part 15 of a multi-address transmitting terminal 1, and the integrated transmission information is transmitted to a multi-address receiving terminal 2 through a general communication network 3. The transmission information and the response information is displayed on a displaying/outputting part 23, and the response information and the address information is detected by an identifying part 24, and stored in a storage part 25. When the response content is instructed according to the instruction of an operator or it is automatically instructed, the instruction information is transmitted to a response transmitting part 26, and the address information is read from the storage part 25, and transmitted to the response transmitting part 26. The response transmitting part 26 transmits the instruction information, that is, the response content through the general communication network 3 to the response receiving terminal 4 according to the address information.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a broadcast communication system with a response function capable of responding to inquiries, questionnaires, ordering of articles, etc. by broadcast communication directly and with easy operation.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art The conventional broadcast communication system is a one-way system in which information is transmitted only from the transmitting side. FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of a conventional broadcast communication system. The conventional broadcast communication system is generally composed of a broadcast transmitting terminal 1, a broadcast receiving terminal 2, and a general communication network 3 connected to these terminals. In the actual broadcast communication system, a plurality of broadcast receiving terminals 2 are provided, but only one is shown in FIG. 1 to simplify the drawing. The broadcast transmitting terminal 1 includes an input unit 11 for inputting information, a broadcast transmitting unit 12 for modulating the input information, and a broadcast transmitting unit 13 for transmitting the modulated information. Reference numeral 2 includes a broadcast receiving unit 21 for receiving the transmitted information, a broadcast receiving unit 22 for demodulating the received information, and a display / output unit 23 for outputting and displaying the demodulated information. There is. In this configuration, the information input to the input unit 11 is stored in the broadcast transmission unit 12
Is transmitted to the general communication network 3 and modulated into information suitable for passing through the general communication network 3 (generally voice band information), and then sent to the broadcast transmission unit 13 to sequentially transmit and connect to a plurality of lines or to connect, for example, an F-net. It is simultaneously transmitted to a plurality of broadcast receiving terminals 2 via the general communication network 3 by simultaneously connecting to a plurality of lines by a method such as using. The information sent to the broadcast receiving terminal 2 is sent to the broadcast receiving unit 22 via the broadcast receiving unit 21 to be demodulated to the original information, and is sent to the display / output unit 23 to output the information and display it. Etc.

[0003]

However, the conventional broadcast communication system is basically one-way communication because of its constitutional principle, and does not have means for directly responding to the transmitted information. Therefore, for responses such as questionnaires, orders for product guides, votes, attendance notices, and hope declarations that require a response, the user who is the recipient of the broadcast communication and the responder must make a separate call, facsimile, mail, etc. There was no other way than using communication means. In this way, another means must be used for the response, which is cumbersome and the response may be inaccurate. For these reasons, the use of broadcast communication is restricted, and the spread of broadcast communication services has been hindered.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a broadcast communication system with a response function that can directly and accurately transmit response information.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems] In a broadcast communication system for transmitting the same information to a plurality of receiving terminals, the transmitting side transmits response information necessary for response to an inquiry by broadcast communication and destination information of this response. Provided is an embedding means for embedding in the information and a transmission information transmitting means for transmitting the transmission information, and the receiving side has a transmission information receiving means for receiving the transmission information and the transmission information received by the receiving means. Detection and storage means for detecting and storing the response information and the destination information, and receiving the response information of the destination designated by the destination information by the operator or automatically when instructed in advance. It is characterized in that a response information transmitting means for transmitting to the means is provided.

[0006]

In the broadcast communication system with response function of the present invention, the incorporating means provided on the transmitting side incorporates the response information necessary for response to the inquiry by the broadcast communication and the destination information of this response information into the transmission information. The transmission information is transmitted to the transmission information receiving means provided on the receiving side via the transmission information transmitting means, and the response information and the destination information in the transmission information are identified and detected by the detecting and storing means and stored. The response information is automatically sent to the response information transmitting means by the operator's instruction or when instructed in advance, and is sent to the response information receiving means of the destination specified by the destination information. In this way, the response information and the destination information are transmitted from the transmitting side to the receiving side, and the receiving side directly transmits the instructed response information to the destination specified by the destination information, so that the response function can be easily and accurately performed. The added broadcast communication system can be realized.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a broadcast communication system with a response function of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the broadcast communication system with response function of the present invention. In this example, the broadcast transmitting terminal 1, the broadcast receiving terminal 2,
It is composed of a general communication network 3 connected to these, and a response receiving terminal 4 connected to the broadcast receiving terminal 2 via the general communication network 3. Although a plurality of broadcast receiving terminals 2 and response receiving terminals 4 are provided, only one of each is shown in FIG. The broadcast transmitting terminal 1 includes an input unit 11 for inputting transmission information to the broadcast receiving terminal 2 and response information for inputting response information necessary for response to an inquiry by broadcast communication and destination information of the response receiving terminal 4. The input unit 14, the editing unit 15 that incorporates the response information and the destination information into the transmission information, the broadcast transmission unit 12 that modulates and transmits the transmission information that includes the response information and the destination information, and the modulated transmission information. And a broadcast transmission unit 13 for controlling transmission. Broadcast receiving terminal 2
Is a broadcast reception unit 2 that controls the reception of the transmitted transmission information.
1, a broadcast receiving unit 22 that demodulates incoming transmission information and converts it to original information, a display / output unit 23 that outputs and displays the demodulated information, response information and destination information in the transmission information. An identifying unit 24 for identifying and detecting the destination information, a storage unit 25 for storing the detected response information and destination information, and destination information after the response information is automatically modulated by an operator's instruction or when instructed in advance. In response to the response, the response transmitting unit 26 for transmitting to the response receiving terminal 4, the operation unit 2 for operating the display / output unit 23, the storage unit 25, and the response transmitting unit 26 according to an operator's instruction
7, a control unit 28 for controlling the entire broadcast receiving terminal 2,
An ID information storage unit 29 for attaching ID information to the response information is provided. The response receiving terminal 4 demodulates the response receiving unit 41 that controls the incoming of the response information transmitted from the response transmitting unit 26 and the response information received via this response receiving unit 41, and converts it into the original response information. The response receiving unit 42 and the processing unit 43 that performs necessary processing on the demodulated response information are provided.

The operation of this embodiment will be described. Transmission information (for example, guidance texts for events such as lectures) is input to the input unit 11, response information (characters that are missing / missing if the transmission information is guidance texts for the event) and destination information (for example, text information). The number of the response receiving terminal 4) is input and sent to the editing unit 15. The editing unit 15 incorporates the destination information and the response information into the transmission information (hereinafter, the incorporated information is referred to as embedded information).
The built-in information is sent to the broadcast transmission unit 12, where it is modulated into a signal suitable for passing through the general communication network 3. When the broadcast transmitting unit 13 transmits to the line of the general communication network 3 and connects to the broadcast receiving terminal 2, the built-in information is sequentially transmitted from the broadcast communication unit 12 to a plurality of lines or connected, or for example, using F-net. With the above method, it is simultaneously connected to a plurality of lines and simultaneously transmitted to a plurality of broadcast receiving terminals 2 via the general communication network 3.
In the broadcast receiving terminal 2, an incoming call is received by the broadcast receiving unit 21, the embedded information sent is restored to the original embedded information by the broadcast receiving unit 22, and the transmission information and the response information are displayed / outputted by the display / output unit 2.
3, the response information and the destination information are sent to the identifying unit 24. The transmission information and the response information sent to the display / output unit 23 are output to the display / output unit 23 and displayed. On the other hand, the response information and the destination information are recognized and detected by the identifying unit 24 and sent to the storage unit 25 for storage. The operator on the receiving side instructs the response content from the operation unit 27 based on the response information displayed on the display / output unit 23 (the information obtained when instructing is referred to as instruction information). This operation is performed by, for example, instructing either of attendance / absence by the cursor or key input when the transmission information is attendance notification, and instructing the item name and quantity by the cursor or key input when ordering an article. When the content of the response is predetermined or when redialing is performed, the response operation instructed in advance may be automatically performed under the control of the control unit 28.

When the above-mentioned instruction operation is performed, the instruction information is sent to the response transmission section 26 via the control section 28, and the destination information according to the instruction information is sent from the storage section 25 under the control of the control section 28. It is read and sent to the response transmission unit 26 via the control unit 28. The response transmission unit 26 transmits to the response reception terminal 4 based on the sent destination information, and the general communication network 3
When the line of (1) connects the response transmitting unit 26 and the response receiving unit 41 of the response receiving terminal 4, the response information is transmitted to the response receiving terminal 4 via the general communication network 3. The response information transmitted to the response receiving terminal 4 is demodulated into the original response information by the response receiving unit 42 and sent to the processing unit 43. The processing unit 43 performs necessary processing on the received response information. In the line of the response receiving terminal, it is generally expected that the response will be congested.
If it is a telephone network, a plurality of lines that form a representative are used.
Further, in order to save the number of lines, it is a generally used means that the control unit 28 of the broadcast receiving terminal 2 randomizes the transmission time and the retransmission time.

As described above, in this embodiment, the response to the transmission information transmitted to the broadcast receiving terminal 2 can be easily and accurately transmitted to the direct response receiving terminal 4 without using another means. In the present embodiment, the functions of the present invention are described as hardware images for easy understanding, but these functions can be easily realized by software program control.

Further, in this embodiment, the editing unit 15 incorporates the destination information into the transmission information only when the transmission information is first transmitted or when the destination information is changed, and the instruction information is transmitted by the response transmission unit 26. Each time it is sent to
The destination information stored in No. 5 is transmitted to the response transmission unit 26. Except when the transmission information is transmitted first or when the destination information is changed, that is, when the destination of the response to a specific source is fixed,
Only the information for identifying the transmission source is sent to the input unit 11 and the response information input unit 14. When the transmission information in which the destination information is not incorporated is transmitted to the broadcast receiving terminal 2 and the above-described instruction operation is performed, the destination information previously stored in the storage unit 25 is transmitted to the response transmission unit 26. The determination as to whether the first transmission information or the destination information is changed transmission information is performed by determining the transmission source under the control of the control unit 28. Therefore, when the destination information for the response information is specified, the destination information can be automatically incorporated on the side of the broadcast receiving terminal 2, so that the destination information is added to all the transmission information on the side of the broadcast transmitting terminal 1. It is not necessary to add and incorporate it, and the transmission information can be easily edited.

Further, in this embodiment, in the editing unit 15,
When there are a plurality of pieces of response information and the respective response destinations are different, the destination information is attached to each corresponding response information and incorporated into the transmission information. In this case, a plurality of pieces of response information are input to the response information input unit 14, destination information for these response information is input to the input unit 11, and the editing unit 15 incorporates the destination information corresponding to each response information. When the destination information is transmitted to the broadcast receiving terminal 2, it is stored in the storage unit 25, and when the above-described instruction operation is performed, the destination information is transmitted to the response transmission unit 26 according to the response information. The operation of reading the destination information from the storage unit 25 and transmitting it to the response transmission unit 26 is performed by the control unit 28.
Controlled by. Therefore, it is possible to incorporate a plurality of response information and destination information for these in the same transmission information, and thus it is possible to make a response to a plurality of response receiving terminals 4 by transmitting the transmission information once.
In other words, it is possible to easily realize the ordering of products for which orderees are different, and the service in the case where options including different respondents are included.

Further, in this embodiment, when transmitting the above-mentioned built-in response information from the response transmitting section 26, the self-ID number can be added automatically or by the operator's instruction. In this case, the self-ID number is preset and stored in the ID information storage unit 29, and the self-ID number is transmitted to the response information from the response transmitting unit 26 automatically or by adding the self-instruction. As the self-ID number, a phone number, an address name, or other response source can be specified in addition to a specific code unique to the system, and can be arbitrarily used depending on the purpose. Therefore, when the operator of the broadcast receiving terminal 2 transmits the built-in response information, there is no need to re-enter his or her own identification information using a keyboard or the like and then the information is sent, and services such as product ordering and attendance notification are provided. It is possible to easily and accurately identify the broadcast receiving terminal 2 that has received the response.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of another embodiment of the broadcast communication system with response function of the present invention. In this embodiment, the off-talk communication system 5 connects the broadcast transmitting terminal 1 and the broadcast receiving terminal 2 with the broadcast receiving terminal 2 and the response receiving terminal 4.
The general telephone network 3a is used to connect the and. Also in this example, a plurality of broadcast receiving terminals 2 and response receiving terminals 4
Is generally provided, but only one of each is shown in FIG. The broadcast transmitting terminal 1, the broadcast receiving terminal 2, and the response receiving terminal 4 have the same configuration and the same function as those in FIG. Off-talk communication system 5,
An off-talk center device 51 that relays the modulated transmission information, and an off-talk station device 5 that switches the connection between the off-talk center device 51 and the general telephone network 3a.
2, an off-talk home device 53 for switching the connection between the broadcast reception unit 21 and the response transmission unit 26 or the telephone 6.
It comprises a telephone subscriber line 54 connecting the off-talk in-house device 52 and the off-talk home device 53. The off-talk device 52 is shown as a switch for the sake of convenience, but this has a function of detecting an incoming signal for switching between telephone call and off-talk communication, a function of detecting the voltage level of the telephone subscriber line 54,
It has a function of distributing the information from the off-talk center device 51 to the broadcast receiving terminals 2 and an amplifying function. The off-talk home device 53 is also shown as a switch for the sake of convenience, but it has a function of detecting the voltage level of the telephone subscriber line 54 for switching between the telephone call and the off-talk communication and the voice band from the off-talk center device 51. It has the function of amplifying the signal.

The operation of this embodiment will be described. When transmitting the modulated transmission information to the broadcast receiving terminal 2, the off-talk communication system 5 operates the off-talk center apparatus 51 and the off-talk station apparatus 5 in a time zone when the telephone subscriber line 54 is idle.
2. Transmit to the broadcast receiving terminal 2 via the telephone subscriber line 54 and the off-talk home device 53. When the telephone 6 is used or when the response information described later is transmitted, the off-talk station device 52 and the off-talk home device 53 detect the incoming or outgoing call of the telephone or the outgoing of the response information and the telephone subscriber line 54.
Switch the connection. When transmitting the modulated response information, the broadcast receiving terminal 2 uses the off-talk home device 53, the telephone subscriber line 54, the off-talk office device 52, and the general telephone network 3.
It is connected to the response receiving terminal 4 via a. Other actions are
This is similar to the embodiment shown in FIG. Further, in the off-talk communication, it is possible to identify the receiver by assigning an ID to the broadcast receiving terminal 2 and transmitting this ID from the broadcast transmitting terminal 1. This allows not only selective incoming call, but also changing the destination of the response for each ID.
As described above, in this embodiment, the off-talk communication system 5 is used for transmitting the transmission information from the broadcast transmitting terminal 1 to the broadcast receiving terminal 2.
Since the general telephone network 3a is used for transmitting the response information from the broadcast receiving terminal 2 to the response receiving terminal 4, the broadcast communication and the response thereto are easily and accurately performed using the off-talk communication system. Therefore, it is possible to improve the convenience of off-talk communication, expand its application range, and open the way for more effective use of general telephone network equipment.

[0016]

According to the broadcast communication system with response function of the present invention, the incorporating means incorporates the response information necessary for response to the inquiry by the broadcast communication and the destination information of this response information in the transmission information, This transmission information is transmitted to the reception side, and the reception side identifies and detects the response information and the destination information in the transmission information by the detection and storage means and stores them. The response information is automatically sent to the response information transmitting means according to the operator's instruction or when instructed in advance, and is sent to the response information receiving means according to the destination information. In this way, the user can easily and accurately send the response information directly to the response information receiving means, and therefore, the service with responses such as questionnaire, voting, product ordering, attendance inquiry by broadcast communication is easy and accurate. Can be carried out.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a conventional broadcast communication system.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an embodiment of a broadcast communication system with response function of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of another embodiment of the broadcast communication system with response function of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Broadcast transmission terminal 2 Broadcast reception terminal 3 General communication network 3a General telephone network 4 Response reception terminal 5 Off-talk communication system 6 Telephone 11 Input section 12 Broadcast transmission section 13 Broadcast transmission section 14 Response information input section 15 Editing section 21 broadcast receiving section 22 broadcast receiving section 23 display / output section 24 identification section 25 storage section 26 response sending section 27 operation section 28 control section 29 ID information storage section 41 response receiving section 42 response receiving section 43 processing section 51 off-talk center Equipment 52 Off-talk in-house equipment 53 Off-talk home equipment 54 Telephone subscriber line

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Yasushi Matsuzaka 2-23-2 Nishigotanda, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo Kanda Communication Industry Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Yoshihiro Yamamoto 7 Shinjuku Nishi Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo Chome 5-25 NTT Off-Talk Communications Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Makoto Noda 7-5-25 Nishi Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo NTT Off-Talk Communication Ltd.

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. In a broadcast communication method for transmitting the same information to a plurality of receiving terminals, the transmitting side includes response information necessary for response to an inquiry by broadcast communication and destination information of this response in the transmission information. An embedding means for incorporating and a transmission information transmitting means for transmitting the transmission information are provided, and on the receiving side, a transmission information receiving means for receiving the transmission information, response information of the transmission information received by the receiving means, and Detecting and storing means for detecting and storing the destination information, and automatically transmitting the response information to the response information receiving means of the destination specified by the destination information by the operator's instruction or automatically when instructed in advance. A broadcast communication system with a response function, characterized in that a response information transmission means is provided. 2. The embedding means incorporates the destination information into the transmission information only when the transmission information is first transmitted or when the destination information is changed, and the detection and storage means comprises: The transmission information is stored when first transmitted, and the response information is stored in the response information receiving means of the destination specified by the destination information already stored for the response, except when the destination information is changed. The broadcast communication system with a response function according to claim 1, wherein the broadcast communication system is configured to transmit. 3. When the response information is plural and the destination is different for each response information, the embedding means attaches the destination information to each corresponding response information and adds it to the transmission information. The broadcast communication system with a response function according to claim 1, characterized in that the broadcast communication system is incorporated. 4. An off-talk communication system is used for transmitting the transmission information from the transmission information transmitting unit to the transmission information receiving unit, and for transmitting the response information from the response information transmitting unit to the response information receiving unit. 4. The broadcast communication system with a response function according to claim 1, wherein the general telephone network is used. 5. In a broadcast communication method for transmitting the same information to a plurality of receiving terminals, the transmitting side incorporates the response information necessary for the response of the inquiry and the destination information of this response in the transmitting information, and the receiving side receives the response information. In which a response function for transmitting to the response information receiving means of the destination specified by the destination information is added, the response information necessary for the response of the inquiry by the broadcast communication and the destination information of this response are incorporated in the transmission information. A transmission terminal device for broadcast communication, comprising: assembling means and transmission information transmitting means for transmitting the transmission information. 6. In a broadcast communication method for transmitting the same information to a plurality of receiving terminals, the transmitting side incorporates the response information necessary for the response of the inquiry and the destination information of this response in the transmitting information, and the receiving side receives the response information. In which a response function for transmitting to the response information receiving means of the destination specified by the destination information is added, the transmission information receiving means for receiving the transmission information, the response information of the transmission information received by the receiving means, and Detection and storage means for detecting and storing the destination information, and receiving the response information of the destination specified by the destination information by automatically receiving the response information by an operator's instruction or when instructed in advance. A receiving terminal device for broadcast communication, comprising: a response information transmitting means for transmitting to the means.