JPH11164118A - Facsimile guidance information delivery method and device therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide facsimile guidance information delivery method and device for facilitating latest facsimile guidance information fetching and periodical facsimile information fetching. SOLUTION: When facsimile guidance information fetching is requested from a facsimile terminal equipment 1, this facsimile guidance information delivery device 2 transmits an informing sentence prepared by an informing sentence preparation part 23, in addition to guidance information fetching by a guidance information fetching part 22. Thus, the information fetching desired date and time of an information provider, the specified date and time of a user and a dial procedure for automatically delivering the facsimile guidance information at the updating date and time of desired information, etc., are notified. The user easily fetches latest information by the information of information fetch desired date and time and does not fetch the same information for twice or more any longer. Also, when automatic delivery setting is requested by a dial procedure from the terminal equipment 1, it is registered to an automatic delivery registration part 26, and the latest information is automatically delivered periodically at the specified date and time of at updating the information.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a technique for extracting facsimile guide information in a guide information providing service using facsimile communication.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Facsimile guidance information of this type contains a lot of information such as snow information on ski resorts, used car information, horse racing information, sightseeing information, weather forecasts, etc., and users seek the latest information. Facsimile guidance information is taken out.

[0003]

However, in the conventional extracting method, it is unknown until each information is the latest information until the information is extracted. If the information provider does not update the information, the information is extracted a plurality of times. In this case, only the same information is delivered, and the user sometimes retrieves the latest information many times, so that there is a problem that the efficiency is low and there is much waste. In addition, a user who regularly retrieves facsimile guidance information must dial the facsimile guidance information service system on the information provider side every time the user retrieves the facsimile guidance information, which is troublesome.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a facsimile guide information delivery method and apparatus which facilitates taking out the latest facsimile guide information and facilitates taking out regular facsimile information.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a facsimile guide information delivery method according to the present invention provides a facsimile guide information delivery request, the facsimile guide information being delivered to the extraction request source, and then a facsimile guide information delivery method. The present invention is characterized in that a notice text for notifying a desired date and time (hereinafter, including only the day) of the guide information is delivered.

[0006] Alternatively, in response to a request for extracting facsimile guidance information, after delivering the guidance information to the source of the extraction request, a notification message regarding the automatic delivery procedure of the facsimile guidance information is delivered, and the automatic delivery from the source of the extraction request is performed. The automatic delivery request is registered based on the procedure described in the above, and the registered automatic delivery request source is registered with the date and time of the request (hereinafter, referred to as
Facsimile information or updated facsimile guide information is automatically delivered to the user (including only days).

Further, the facsimile guide information delivery device according to the present invention, in response to a request for extracting facsimile guide information, means for extracting facsimile guide information and delivering the information to the requesting source, facsimile guide after delivery of the facsimile guide information. Means for delivering a notification message for notifying a desired date and time of information retrieval to the retrieval request source.

[0008] Alternatively, in response to a request to retrieve the facsimile guide information, means for extracting the facsimile guide information and delivering it to the requesting source, and setting or canceling the automatic delivery of the facsimile guide information after delivery of the facsimile guide information Means for delivering a notification message concerning the delivery request source to the retrieval request source, means for performing setting registration or setting release registration in response to an automatic delivery setting or release request based on the automatic delivery procedure from the retrieval request source, and Means for automatically delivering the facsimile guidance information to the requested automatic delivery setting request source at the date and time of the request or at the date and time when the facsimile guidance information is updated (hereinafter, including only the date). And

In the present invention, when facsimile guide information is taken out from a facsimile guide information service system or the like, a notice is delivered in addition to the facsimile guide information. With this notification, the information provider notifies the date and time at which the information retrieval is updated, or the date and time specified by the user (for example,
(Every Friday 17:00, every 30th of the month, etc.), or the date and time when the desired information is updated is notified of a dialing procedure for automatically delivering facsimile guidance information. The user can easily retrieve the latest information by notifying the desired date and time of information retrieval using the notification message, and can avoid retrieving the same information more than once. Even without dialing, it is possible to automatically obtain the latest facsimile guide information at desired intervals or whenever information is updated. Also, when canceling the automatic delivery, the user can easily cancel it by the dialing procedure described in the notification message, thereby enabling use for a limited time.

[0010]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described below.
This will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an apparatus configuration of an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a facsimile terminal device from which a facsimile guide information is requested to be taken out,
Reference numeral 2 denotes a facsimile guide information delivery device. The facsimile terminal device 1 and the facsimile guide information delivery device 2
They are connected via a communication network.

In the configuration of the facsimile guide information delivery device 2, reference numeral 21 denotes a receiving unit for receiving a take-out request or an automatic delivery request from the facsimile terminal device 1, and 22 takes out guide information based on the take-out request and performs facsimile terminal device 1 operation. Information retrieval unit for instructing transmission to
Numeral 3 is a notification message generator for generating a notification message describing the date and time at which the information provider desires to take out the facsimile information and a dialing procedure for automatic delivery, 24 is a guidance information storage unit for storing guidance information, and 25 is information provision The user inputs new guidance information to the guidance information storage unit 23 through facsimile communication or the like, updates the guidance information, or inputs the date and time when the information provider desires to take out (scheduled information update). The information input unit 26 is an automatic delivery registration unit that registers the setting or cancellation based on the request for automatic delivery setting or cancellation received from the facsimile terminal device 1, and the automatic delivery registration unit 27 is set and registered in the automatic delivery registration unit 26. Automatic delivery management for instructing the information retrieving unit 22 and the notification text creating unit 23 to automatically deliver facsimile guidance information to the requesting facsimile terminal device 28 is a transmission unit for transmitting after transmitting the guidance information in the instruction from the guidance information extraction unit 22 to the facsimile terminal 1 as a facsimile guidance information, followed by a notification statement notice sentence creation unit 23 as the facsimile information.

An embodiment of the method for delivering facsimile guidance information according to the present invention having the above configuration will be described. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the embodiment, and shows a procedure for extracting facsimile guide information (the facsimile apparatus 1 side) and a delivery procedure (the facsimile guide information delivery apparatus 2 side).

In FIG. 2, first, the facsimile terminal device 1 calls a center that provides a service for providing facsimile guidance information, and issues a request for extracting the facsimile guidance information.

Center facsimile guide information delivery device 2
Receives the retrieval request and receives the guidance information retrieval unit 2
2 instructs the guidance information to be extracted and delivered, and instructs the notice creation unit 23 to create and deliver the notice.

The guide information extracting unit 22 extracts the guide information desired by the user from the guide information storage unit 24 based on the extraction request, and instructs the transmitting unit 28 to deliver the guide information. On the other hand, the notification sentence creating unit 23 notifies the desired date and time of extracting the guide information input by the information provider from the information input unit 25, or the date and time specified by the user (for example, every Friday 1st).
7:00, 30th of every month, etc.) and a notification message for notifying a dialing procedure for automatically delivering facsimile guidance information at the date and time when the desired information is updated (in advance, the guidance information is prepared in advance). It may be created each time a new input, an update, or an update schedule input is made).

The transmitting section 28 facsimile-transmits the guide information as facsimile guide information (converts it into image information if it is text or the like (may be performed by the guide information creating section 22)) to the facsimile terminal device 1, and thereafter Subsequently, the notification message is similarly transmitted as facsimile information (if text or the like is converted into image information (may be performed by the notification message creation unit 23)).

The user of the facsimile terminal device 1 looks at the desired date and time of extracting the guide information of the notification text received by facsimile together with the facsimile guide information, and knows when the next extraction will obtain the latest information. The same guidance information is not taken out more than once.

If the user wishes to have the latest guidance information updated from the next time automatically delivered without dialing the facsimile guidance information service center, the notification text is described. According to the dialing procedure, a request for setting automatic delivery is made to the center. In this request, the date and time specified by the user (for example, every Friday 17:
00, 30th of every month, etc.), or to automatically deliver facsimile guidance information at the date and time when the desired information is updated.

At the service center of the facsimile guide information which has received the automatic delivery setting request, the automatic delivery registration unit 2
In step 6, the automatic delivery setting for the facsimile terminal device for which the automatic delivery setting request has been made is registered together with the above designation. The setting can be changed by a new setting request from the same facsimile terminal device, or the setting can be canceled by a setting cancellation request. When the above-described setting registration or cancellation thereof is completed based on a request from the user, a completion talkie is returned to the requesting facsimile terminal device.

The automatic delivery management unit 27 includes an automatic delivery registration unit 2
6 is registered, and the guidance information extracting unit 22 and the notification text creating unit 23 transmit the information at the date and time specified by the user or at the date and time when the information update notification is received from the guidance information input unit 25 in accordance with the above specification. Instructions for extracting / transmitting the guide information and creating / transmitting the notification text are given to the user. In the case of automatic delivery at the date and time specified by the user, if the guidance information has not been updated at that time, only the notification that the guidance information has not been updated is notified to avoid sending the same guidance information You may make it.

Thereafter, the guide information extracting unit 22 extracts the guide information from the guide information storage unit 24 in the same manner as described above.
The notification message creation unit 23 creates notification messages and instructs the transmission unit 28 to transmit them, and the transmission unit 28 facsimile-transmits the guide information to the facsimile terminal device 1 designated as facsimile information, and then continuously transmits the notification messages. As facsimile information. When the guide information is automatically delivered, the creation of the notification text and the facsimile transmission thereof may be omitted.

As a result, the facsimile terminal device 1 that has received the facsimile guidance information by facsimile can periodically retrieve the latest guidance information without dialing.

The facsimile guide information delivery apparatus of the present invention is different from the conventional apparatus in that the above-mentioned notification message creation, delivery function, automatic delivery registration, management function, automatic retrieval of guide information, Functional means such as an automatic delivery function can be added. At that time, those functional units can be appropriately realized by software.

[0025]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the present invention, when the facsimile guide information is taken out, the information provider wants to take out the facsimile guide information together with the facsimile guide information and the procedure for taking out by automatic delivery. Is delivered, the information provider does not retrieve the information that has not been updated more than once, and the user can set and delete the automatic delivery by dialing procedure, and set the automatic delivery. If you register, the pick-up is automatic delivery, so you can get the latest guide information from the next time without dialing.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of an apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an example of an embodiment of the method of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Facsimile terminal device 2 ... Facsimile guidance information delivery apparatus 21 ... Receiving part 22 ... Guidance information extraction part 23 ... Notification sentence creation part 24 ... Guidance information storage part 25 ... Information input part 26 ... Automatic delivery registration part 27 ... Automatic delivery management Part 28 ... Transmission part

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. In response to a request to retrieve facsimile guidance information, facsimile guidance information is delivered to the source of the retrieval request, and then a notification message notifying the desired date and time of facsimile guidance information retrieval is delivered. Information delivery method. 2. In response to a request to retrieve facsimile guidance information, after delivering the guidance information to the source of the retrieval request, a notification message relating to the automatic delivery procedure of the facsimile guidance information is distributed, and the automatic delivery from the retrieval request source is performed. Registering an automatic delivery request based on the above procedure, and automatically delivering facsimile information or updated facsimile guide information to the registered automatic delivery request source at the date and time of the request. Guide information delivery method. 3. A means for extracting facsimile guide information in response to a request for extracting facsimile guide information and delivering the facsimile guide information to a source of the extract request; Means for delivering to the retrieval request source a facsimile guide information delivery device. 4. A means for extracting facsimile guidance information in response to a request to extract facsimile guidance information and delivering the information to the requesting source, and a procedure for setting or canceling automatic delivery of facsimile guidance information after delivery of the facsimile guidance information Means for delivering a notification message regarding the delivery request source to the extraction request source; means for performing setting registration or setting release registration in response to an automatic delivery setting or cancellation request based on the automatic delivery procedure from the extraction request source; Means for automatically distributing facsimile guidance information to the requested automatic delivery setting request source at the date and time of the request or at the date and time when the facsimile guidance information is updated.