JPH10262123A - Communication terminal equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To acquire desired information without mistake with a simple entry operation by utilizing a caller telephone number notice with respect to the communication terminal equipment that sends stored information when a user having made its registration requests service of the stored information. SOLUTION: A facsimile equipment 10 is provided with a memory 17 that stores a plurality of service information sets, a telephone number detection section 18 that detects a telephone number of a user sent via a telephone line at the arrival of an incoming call, a DTMF section 19 that receives a DTMF signal, a telephone number registration table 21 that registers the telephone number of the user, a registration information table 22 that stores a DTMF signal string and an address of the service information in the memory 17 in cross reference, and an access right registration table 23 that stores the telephone number and the DTMF signal string in cross reference and registers an access right of the service information. When the CPU 11 receives the detected telephone number and the DTMF signal to specify the service information having an access right, the CPU 11 sends the service information to the user.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a communication terminal device, and more particularly to a communication terminal device for transmitting information to be stored when a registered destination (user) requests provision of the stored information.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a communication terminal device for transmitting and receiving information via a telephone line is known. For example, a facsimile device can transmit facsimile data via a telephone line. As this type of communication terminal device, there is a device in which a password for each user is registered in advance and information requested by a service provider is transmitted when a DTMF signal of the password is transmitted.

A facsimile apparatus which performs a polling operation by a DTMF signal is disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 7-307849.
No., published in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No.

[0004]

However, in such a conventional communication terminal device, it is necessary to input a password certifying that the user is a registered user when requesting the provision of information. No. The operation of inputting the password is complicated. If there is an input error, the service cannot be received, and there is a problem that the user must start over from the beginning.

[0005] In the near future, a service for notifying the telephone number of the caller will be started from Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, and it will be possible to know the telephone number of the caller (caller). . Therefore, when an incoming call is received, the caller's telephone number is notified, so that a service provider such as an information provider via a telephone line can use the notified telephone number without relying on a password. The telephone number can be used as proof of the user's identity, and the input of the password by the user can be omitted.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a communication terminal device which makes it possible to obtain desired information by a simple input operation without error by using a source telephone number notification.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the invention according to claim 1 is provided with a communication means connected to a public telephone line for transmitting and receiving information, and a communication means for receiving an incoming call via a public telephone line. A number detecting means for detecting a telephone number of a callee, an information storage means for storing information to be provided to the callee, a telephone number registering means for registering a telephone number of the callee to provide the information, Transmission control means for transmitting provided information to a destination of the telephone number via a public telephone line when the registered telephone number is registered.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the telephone number of the other party sent via the public telephone line is detected, and if the telephone number has been registered, provision is made in advance for storage. The information is transmitted to the other party via a public telephone line. Therefore, the registered user can obtain the requested information only by inputting the telephone number of the service provider.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the first aspect of the present invention, the information storage means for storing a plurality of types of information to be provided, and information transmitted from a partner through a public telephone line. Designation detection means for detecting designation information for designating the provision information in the information storage means from the incoming information, and the provision information in the information storage means and the telephone number in the destination registration means in association with each other. And destination control means for specifying provided information that can be received by the destination, wherein the transmission control means uses the telephone number to provide the provided information specified by the specified information from the registered destination. When the specified information is specified, the provided information is transmitted.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, when the designation information designating the provision information is detected together with the telephone number, the designation is made from the provision information prepared (specified) to be provided by the telephone number. The provided information is transmitted to the other party via the public telephone line. Therefore, the registered user specifies the provided information (type) to be requested in advance, and can obtain the requested information only by inputting the designated information together with the telephone number of the service provider.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the first aspect of the present invention, the information storage means for storing a plurality of types of provided information, and information transmitted from a partner through a public telephone line. Designation detection means for detecting designation information for designating provided information in the information storage means from incoming information, and network communication means for transmitting and receiving information connected to another communication terminal device via a communication line for constructing a network And a network registration unit for registering the type of provided information stored in the information storage unit of another communication terminal device and communication destination information of the communication terminal device, wherein the transmission control unit registers a telephone number. If the provided information specified by the specified information from the other party is not stored in the communication terminal itself but is stored in another communication terminal device, the request information for requesting the transmission of the provided information is transmitted. It is characterized in that transmitted to the other communication terminal device.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, when the designation information for designating the provision information together with the telephone number is detected, when the provision information that can be designated by the telephone number is not stored. Is provided to another communication terminal device on the network where the provided information is stored and prepared, and the provided information is transmitted from the other communication terminal device to the other party via the public telephone line. Therefore, it is possible to eliminate the need to prepare the provided information redundantly for each device.

[0013] The invention according to claim 4 is the invention according to claims 1 to 3.
In addition to the configuration of the invention described in any one of the above, the present invention is characterized by having a status management means for managing a request status of the provided information. According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the request frequency of the provision information transmission and the type of the provision information transmitted are managed. Therefore, management information can be referred to regularly or irregularly.

[0014] The invention according to claim 5 provides the invention according to claims 1 to 4.
A communication terminal device connected to the communication terminal device according to any one of the above, via a public telephone line, a communication means connected to the public telephone line for transmitting and receiving information, and a communication for constructing a network Network communication means connected to the line for transmitting and receiving information, message storage means for storing a received message notifying that the provided information has been received, delivery destination registration means for registering a delivery destination of the received message, Transmission control means for transmitting a received message to a registered delivery destination when the provided information is received.

According to the invention described in claim 5, when the requested provision information is received, the provision information is received at one or more delivery destinations registered in advance on the network. The received message is delivered. Therefore, it is not necessary to wait until the provided information is sent, and when a plurality of persons use the provided information, it can be notified that the provided information has been obtained at the same time.

Here, the provided information does not ask about the transmission format, but may be transmitted to the destination as facsimile data or voice data, for example.

[0017]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIGS. 1 and 2 are diagrams showing an embodiment of the communication terminal device according to the first to third aspects of the invention, and FIGS. 3 and 4 are diagrams showing an embodiment of the communication terminal device according to the fifth aspect of the invention. 1 shows an example applied to a facsimile machine.

First, the configuration of a facsimile machine installed in a service providing company that transmits information in response to a request will be described. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 10 denotes a facsimile machine, which is a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 11 that controls various parts of the machine according to a control program prepared in advance and executes various processes of the present invention.
And an NCU which is connected to a public telephone line and executes a predetermined line control at the time of outgoing / incoming to connect or disconnect the line.
(Network control device) 12, a communication control unit 13 for modulating / demodulating image data and various procedure signals and transmitting / receiving them via the NCU 12, a reading unit 14 for reading image data from a document image, and correcting read / received image data. , An image output unit 16 for recording and outputting an image on a recording paper by a recording medium based on the read / received image data, read / received image data, a control program used by the CPU 11, And a memory 17 that stores various data and various messages necessary for the communication, and executes facsimile communication via a telephone line, which is a basic function of a facsimile apparatus, to exchange image data with a destination. Send and receive between That is, the NCU 12 and the communication control unit 13 constitute communication means.

The facsimile apparatus 10 is provided with information provided from a manuscript in a memory 17 such as newspaper articles, various news (overseas, current events, sports, performing arts, etc.), weather forecasts, cooking methods, and technical information (such as semiconductors). Specifications, etc.) and image data of these lists are stored in advance, and the information provided in the memory 17 is read out when a transmission request is made from a destination (user) of a telephone number registered in advance. To be sent.

More specifically, the facsimile apparatus 10 is transmitted from the data signal received via the NCU 12 and the communication control unit 13 by the telephone number notification service of the transmission source in addition to the units 11 to 17 described above. A telephone number detecting unit 18 for detecting a telephone number, a DTMF unit 19 for receiving (detecting) a DTMF signal via the NCU 12 when a DTMF signal is continuously transmitted, and a request for requesting transmission of provided information. Telephone number registration table 21 in which telephone numbers of users are registered in advance, and a registration information table in which DTMF signal string information (designated information) is registered in correspondence with addresses of provided information (for each type, etc.) in memory 17. 22 and an access for storing, for each type of provided information, the presence or absence of an access right as to whether a transmission request (acquisition) is permitted for a telephone number registered in the telephone number registration table 21. The registration table 23,
The CPU 11 confirms whether or not the detected telephone number is registered and whether or not there is an access right to the provided information specified (specified) by the DTMF signal, and determines by using the address associated with the DTMF signal. The provision information is read from the memory 17 and transmitted to the destination of the telephone number. That is, the memory 17 serves as an information storage unit,
The telephone number detection unit 18 is a number detection unit, the DTMF unit 19 is a designation detection unit, the telephone number registration table 21 is a destination registration unit, the access right registration table 23 is a destination identification unit,
The CPU 11 constitutes transmission control means.

The facsimile apparatus 10 is connected to a network constructed by another facsimile apparatus F or the like (not shown) by a LAN interface 25 via a predetermined communication line. Information can be exchanged through 25. In the facsimile apparatus F, the facsimile apparatus 10 accumulates information that is not stored and managed in the memory 17.
Reference numeral 10 stores, in the registration information table 22, communication destination information of the facsimile apparatus F on the network instead of the address of the memory 17. Then, the facsimile machine 10 and the facsimile machine F communicate with each other the telephone number of the destination to which the CPU transmits the provided information and the type (D
A network is constructed in which transmission request information including a TMF signal sequence is transmitted to have the transmission of the provided information represented by a proxy. In this case, a notification message (image data) to that effect is read from the memory 17 and notified to the destination. (Send). That is, the LAN interface 25 constitutes network communication means, and the registration information table 22 also constitutes network registration means.

Next, a process of transmitting the provided information by the facsimile machine 10 will be described with reference to FIG. First,
When the telephone number detecting unit 18 detects the telephone number of the called party, the telephone number is temporarily stored, and it is confirmed whether or not the telephone number is registered (existing) in the telephone number registration table 21 (step S1). P1) If it is not registered, it is determined that normal facsimile reception is performed, and after ending this processing, image data continuously transmitted according to a predetermined facsimile communication procedure is received and recorded and output. Perform processing. Therefore, normal facsimile communication can be executed, and there is no need to use a dedicated machine.

On the other hand, if the telephone number is registered in the telephone number registration table 21, the subsequently transmitted D
After receiving the TMF signal, the DTMF signal is used to confirm whether the user has the access right of the provision information specified by the DTMF signal with reference to the access right registration table 23 and request the provision information without the access right. (Steps P2 and P3), a rejection message indicating that the transmission is not possible because there is no access right is read from the memory 17, and the process is terminated. When it is determined that there is no access right because the DTMF signal is not transmitted, it is determined that the reception is a normal facsimile reception instead of a call for requesting transmission of provided information, and after this processing is terminated. It receives image data transmitted continuously according to a predetermined facsimile communication procedure and performs processing such as recording and output. Therefore, image data from the other party registered in the telephone number registration table 21 can be received by facsimile, and it is not possible to use the image data as a facsimile apparatus.

If the telephone number registered in the telephone number registration table 21 has the right to access the provided information specified by the DTMF signal (steps P2 and P2).
3) Check whether the address of the memory 17 is stored in the registration information table 22 (step P4). If the provided information is stored in the memory 17, read out from the memory 17 and request the provided information. (Step P5), and the process ends. If the communication destination information on the network is stored in the registration information table 22 and is not stored in the memory 17 but is provided information stored in the facsimile apparatus F, the transmission request information is transmitted to the facsimile apparatus F. To request the transmission of the requested provision information, read the notification message from the other facsimile apparatus F to transmit the provision information from the memory 17, and notify the other party (step P6), and terminate this processing. I do.

Therefore, when requesting the transmission of the provision information, the user can enter the desired provision simply by inputting a dial key (DTMF signal) for specifying the provision information together with the telephone number of the service provider without inputting a password or the like. Information can be obtained. On the other hand, the service provider automatically confirms (certifies) the user with the telephone number because the telephone number of the other party is automatically transmitted by the telephone number notification service of the caller. further,
Even provided information that is not stored in its own memory 17 can be transmitted to the facsimile machine F on the network by requesting it, and there is no need to prepare for storing all information provided by the facsimile machine 10, and the service provider can It only has to be stored in any of the facsimile machines to be installed.

Next, the configuration of a facsimile machine installed on the side of a user who requests a service provider to transmit provided information will be described. The same components as those of the facsimile machine 10 installed in the service providing company are denoted by the same reference numerals, and will be briefly described. In FIG. 3, reference numeral 30 denotes a facsimile machine. The facsimile machine 30 includes a CPU 31 and an NCU 12.
, A communication control unit 13, a reading unit 14, an image processing unit 15, an image output unit 16, a memory 32, a telephone number detecting unit 18, a DT
MF unit 19, telephone number registration table 33, message information table 34, received message destination table 35,
A LAN interface 25, and a memory 32
Stores a received message notifying that the requested provided information has been received by e-mail, stores the telephone number of the registered service provider in the telephone number registration table 33, and stores in the message information table 34 The address of the received message in the memory 32 is stored. And CP
If the detected telephone number is registered in the telephone number registration table 33, U31 determines that facsimile transmission of information provided by the service provider has been performed, and
17 is read out based on the address in the message information table 34, and the LAN interface 25 is connected to a personal computer (PC) on the network which is preset in the received message destination table 35.
To be sent via That is, the memory
32 is a message storage means, a telephone number registration table 33 is a delivery destination registration means, and the CPU 31 is a transmission control means.

Next, a process of notifying the reception of the provided information by the facsimile machine 30 will be described with reference to FIG.
First, the telephone number of the called party is identified by the telephone number detector.
When 18 is detected (step P11), the telephone number is temporarily stored, and it is checked whether or not the telephone number is registered in the telephone number registration table 33 (step P12). After determining that the reception is facsimile reception and ending this processing, the control unit receives image data continuously transmitted according to a predetermined facsimile communication procedure and performs processing such as recording output. Therefore, normal facsimile communication can be executed, and there is no need to use a dedicated machine.

On the other hand, if the telephone number is registered in the telephone number registration table 33, the received message indicating that the subsequently provided information (or notification / rejection message) has been received is stored in the memory 32. And sends it to the PC on the network set in the received message sending destination table 35 (step P13), and ends this processing.

Therefore, by setting the delivery destination of one or more received messages in the received message sending destination table 35 in advance, the facsimile can be used until the provided information or the message is received from the service provider. It is possible to quickly receive the provided information and the message without waiting at the place where the device 30 is installed. When a plurality of people use the provided information, it is possible to know that the provided information has been obtained at the same time.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the user who makes a request for transmission of the provided information automatically notifies his / her telephone number by the notification service of the telephone number of the caller, so the transmission of the provided information is requested. In this case, desired information can be obtained by a simple input operation of simply inputting a dial key of a number specifying the type of the provided information together with the telephone number of the service providing company. Then, when the provided information is received, an e-mail (message) notifying the fact is sent to a PC on the network, so that the provided information can be promptly received even when working on the PC. By distributing the information to a plurality of PCs at this time, when the provided information is used by a plurality of persons, it is possible to disseminate that the provided information has been obtained at the same time and to eliminate duplicate requests.

On the other hand, when the facsimile machine 10 requested to transmit the provided information is not prepared to store the provided information in the memory 17, the service providing company provides the provided facsimile to another facsimile apparatus F on the network. You can request that the information be sent to the other party,
There is no need to accumulate provided information redundantly.
Storage capacity can be effectively used, and management of provided information can be facilitated.

Although not specifically described in the present embodiment, the telephone number registration table 21 of the facsimile machine 10 of the service provider stores the type of provided information requested for each telephone number, the requested date and time, and the like. Is stored in association with
The registration information table 22 is configured to store request date and time for each type of provided information in association with each other, and the CPU 11
(Situation management means) may be configured to periodically or irregularly create management information in which the request frequency for each user or each type of provided information is tabulated and record and output the information by the image output unit 16 ( The invention according to claim 4). With such a configuration, the management information can be referred to and used for studying the renewal or abolition of the provided information.

Although the present embodiment describes a case where a plurality of types of provided information are stored in the memory 17, only one type of provided information is stored, and without specifying the type of provided information, It may be configured to transmit the provided information only by confirming whether or not the number is registered (the invention according to claim 1). Further, it goes without saying that a request to transmit the provided information not stored in the memory 17 of the facsimile apparatus 10 to the facsimile apparatus F may be made via a telephone line. The method of providing information is not limited to transmission using facsimile data (image data). For example, audio data may be transmitted to a user.

[0034]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the telephone number of the other party sent via the public telephone line is used, the input operation such as a password for certifying the user is omitted. Information can be obtained without errors by a simple input operation of simply inputting the telephone number of the service provider.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, transmission can be requested by designating from among a plurality of types of provision information prepared so as to be able to provide, so that it can be designated together with the telephone number of the service provider. The desired information can be obtained by a simple input operation only by inputting the information. According to the third aspect of the present invention, when the provided information specified by the specified information is not prepared in the own device, it requests another communication terminal device on the network to transmit the provided information to the other party. Therefore, it is not necessary to prepare the provided information redundantly for each device, the devices can be used effectively, and the management of the provided information can be facilitated.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the request frequency of the provided information and its type are managed, so that the management information can be used to provide the service by referring to the management information. According to the invention described in claim 5, when the requested provided information is received, a message to that effect can be received at the delivery destination registered in advance.
It is possible to receive the provided information promptly without waiting at the installation location, and in the case of using the information by a plurality of persons, it is possible to disseminate the fact that the provided information has been obtained and to eliminate duplicate requests.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a facsimile apparatus to which an embodiment of a communication terminal device according to the first to fourth aspects of the present invention is applied, and is a block diagram showing a schematic overall configuration thereof.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating the processing.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a facsimile apparatus to which an embodiment of the communication terminal device according to the invention of claim 5 is applied, and is a block diagram showing a schematic overall configuration thereof.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating the processing.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 facsimile device (communication terminal device) 11, 31 CPU (transmission control means) 12 NCU (communication means) 13 communication control unit (communication means) 14 reading unit 16 image output unit 17 memory (information storage unit) 18 telephone number detection unit (Number detection means) 19 DTMF part (designation detection means) 21 Phone number registration table (destination registration means) 22 Registration information table (network registration means) 23 Access right registration table (destination identification means) 25 LAN interface (network communication) Means) 32 Memory (Message storage means) 33 Phone number registration table (Delivery destination registration means) 34 Message information table

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. Communication means connected to a public telephone line for transmitting and receiving information, number detecting means for detecting a telephone number of a destination sent via the public telephone line when an incoming call is received,
Information storage means for storing information to be provided to the other party;
A destination registration means for registering a telephone number of a destination to provide provided information, and a transmission for transmitting the provided information to a destination of the detected telephone number via a public telephone line when the detected telephone number is registered. A communication terminal device comprising: a control unit. 2. The information storage means for storing a plurality of types of provided information, and designation information for designating the provided information in the information storage means is detected from information sent from a partner via a public telephone line. Designation detection means, and destination identification means for associating the provision information in the information storage means with the telephone number in the destination registration means and specifying the provision information receivable by the destination of the telephone number, , The transmission control means,
2. The provided information is transmitted when the provided information specified by the specified information from the other party whose telephone number is registered is specified by the telephone number.
A communication terminal device according to claim 1. 3. The information storage means for storing a plurality of types of provided information, and specification information for specifying the provided information in the information storage means is detected from information sent from a partner via a public telephone line. Designation detection means, network communication means connected to another communication terminal device via a communication line for constructing a network to transmit and receive information, and type of provided information stored in information storage means of the other communication terminal device And network registration means for registering the communication destination information of the communication terminal device, wherein the transmission control means is configured to provide the provided information specified by the specified information from the other party whose telephone number is registered. The request information for requesting transmission of the provided information is transmitted to the other communication terminal device when the information is not stored but stored in another communication terminal device. Communication terminal equipment. 4. The communication terminal device according to claim 1, further comprising status management means for managing a request status of the provided information. 5. A destination communication terminal device connected to the communication terminal device according to claim 1 through a public telephone line, wherein the communication terminal device is connected to the public telephone line to transmit and receive information. Communication means for performing communication, network communication means for transmitting and receiving information connected to a communication line forming a network, message storage means for storing a received message notifying that the provided information has been received, and delivery of the received message A communication terminal device comprising: a delivery destination registration unit for registering a destination; and a transmission control unit for transmitting a reception message to a delivery destination registered when provided information is received.