JPS59218069A - Relay multiple address control system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the processing efficiency of relay multiple address by eliminating automatically a toll station number being an address to which an original is transmitted when the toll station number of a relay station and the toll station number of a terinal device having an address to which the original is transmitted. CONSTITUTION:A terminal device 2 of a relay station executes relay multiple address to addresses 3, 4 having the said toll station number [06] and addresses 5, 6, 7 or the like having different toll station number addresses [078] and [0792] and requires no dial operation of the toll station number [06] to the addresses 3, 4 having the toll station number [06]. In order to solve this, when relay multiple address is requested from the transmission station terminal device 1 to the relay station terminal device 2, the processing to eliminate the toll station number of the addresses 3, 4 is conducted from the address list. This eliminating processing can be conducted from any of the transmission station and the relay station.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Technical Field of the Invention] The present invention relates to a relay/broadcast system in facsimile transmissions, etc., and in particular, the present invention relates to a relay/broadcast system in facsimile transmissions, etc., and in particular, a broadcast destination station telephone call sent from a transmitting station to a relay station to request relaying. This invention relates to a control method for automatically deleting unnecessary area codes from numbers to enable efficient automatic dialing.

[Technology background]

Generally speaking, when using a facsimile machine to make a telephone call to the destination to which a document is being sent, if the area code of the telephone number of the destination terminal is the same as the area code of the sending terminal.

Naturally, the area code is omitted when dialing. Also, when sending simultaneous or sequential notifications using a double notification device, the operator should pay attention to the area code of the telephone number of the recipient in advance.

If it is the same area code as the sending side, the area code is omitted and set to 7.

By the way, if most of the multiple destination terminals are located in a remote location, if the sender sends a direct broadcast to each destination, the total transmission path length will be long, which will increase call charges and reduce communication efficiency. The problem arises of a decline. In such cases, the above problem can be solved by selecting an appropriate relay station that is close to multiple destination terminals in remote locations, and using this relay station to perform relay broadcast transmission to each destination. can be solved. Here, the relay station can be a terminal or an exchange having a relay/return function.

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram of facsimile communication using a relay and mail system. In the figure, A is a transmitting station terminal, and B and C are relay station terminals requested by terminal A to relay and broadcast. Further, d to dn and el to er are the relay destination terminals of the transmitting station terminal A, and among them, dl to dn are the relay station terminal B.
The destination terminal groups near the relay station terminal C, el through er, are the destination terminal groups near the relay station terminal C. In this way.

By arranging the relay station terminals B and C as close as possible to the destination terminal group and using the button to relay the image information to be transmitted, it is possible to improve the communication efficiency and cost of transmitting twice.

In this case, the area code of transmitting station terminal A, relay station terminal B,
C and the area codes of the destination terminals dl to dn and e1 to nail are naturally different. Furthermore, the more common the area code of the relay station terminal and the area code of the destination terminal, the higher the efficiency of single-broadcast communication.

However, in the conventional relay notification system, the terminal requesting the relay notification has a list of destinations created in advance by group registration or speed dialing, and from that list, the destination can be specified using a group number or other appropriate means. It is common practice to automatically extract the telephone numbers of multiple recipients of a broadcast and notify them to the requesting relay station. Therefore, even if the recipient of the relay has the same area code as the relay station for the 9th relay, the relay station Well then.

Since automatic dialing is performed mechanically according to the requested phone number, unnecessary dialing of area codes is performed, and this dialing can cause calls to be made by mistake (wrong call). sexuality becomes greater. As a result, there are disadvantages in that communication is wasted and processing capacity is reduced due to incorrect connection of the exchange.

[Object and structure of the invention]

An object of the present invention is to provide a means for automatically deleting the area code of the destination terminal to which the manuscript is sent, when the area code of the relay station and the area code of the destination terminal to which the manuscript is sent match in the relay routing process. By providing.

The objective is to improve the processing efficiency of relay communications.

The configuration of the present invention is such that, in a relay broadcast communication system, a flat sheet for storing a list of telephone numbers of broadcast destinations transferred from a transmitting station, an area code of each broadcast destination in the list, and an area code of the own station. The relay station is equipped with a hand board that performs processing to delete the area code from the telephone number of the broadcast destination when the telephone number matches the telephone number of the broadcast destination. The system is characterized in that it performs relay and notification processing based on the telephone number list.

[Embodiments of the invention]

The details of the present invention will be explained below based on examples.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating the principle of the present invention, and shows a specific example of relay broadcast communication in which a relay station terminal and a destination terminal have the same area code. In the figure.

1 represents a transmitting station terminal, 2 represents a relay station terminal, 3 to 7 represent destination terminals, and the numbers within each block represent its telephone number. The area code [03] is Tokyo, (06) is Osaka, (078) is Kobe, and (0792:) is Himeji.

Relay station terminal 2 receives destination 3, which has the same area code [06].
4, and destinations 5, 6.7, etc. with different area codes [078] and [0792], but
For destinations 3 and 4 with area code [06], please use area code [06].
06] dial operation is not required. Therefore, based on the present invention, when transmitting station terminal 1 requests relay station terminal 2 to relay a relay message.

A process is performed to delete the destination area codes 3 and 40 from the destination list. This deletion process may be performed at either the transmitting station or the relay station. FIG. 3 (a) shows an example of the destination list before deletion, and FIG. 3 (b+) shows an example of destination restructuring after deletion.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of an embodiment of a facsimile apparatus in which the transmitting station terminal is provided with a function of automatically deleting the above-mentioned unnecessary area codes from the circular destination list. This diagram is for convenience only.
Only the functional blocks related to the present invention are shown; 1 is a solitary station terminal, 2 is a relay station terminal, 8 is an input section, 9 is a storage device, and 9σ to 9e are information stored in the storage device 9. 9a represents a relay station number, 9b represents broadcast destination designation information, gc represents image information, 9d represents a telephone number table, and 9g represents a broadcast destination list. Also 1
0 is a relay report request processing unit, 10a is an unnecessary area code deletion process, 11 and 12 are communication control units, 13 is a storage device, 1
3a is a list of circular destinations stored in the storage device 13), 1
3b represents image information, and 14 represents a relay report processing section.

Next, the operational functions of each component will be explained.

In the transmitting station terminal 1, the input unit 8 is composed of a key switch, a scanner, etc., and inputs the relay station number, routing destination designation information, etc., scans the document to be transmitted by facsimile, and inputs the information in electrical signal format. It has the function of converting into image information. These pieces of information are stored in the storage device 9 as 9a, 9b +9C, respectively.

The relay station number 9a is the telephone number of the relay station terminal to which the relay processing of the 9th report is requested, and is a nationwide telephone number including the area code. This relay station number may be stored in a table in the storage device 9 in advance and designated by a code.

The circular destination designation information 9b is information for specifying a circular destination target in the telephone number table 9d or the telephone number of a circular destination that is not in the telephone number table. Image information 9
Data C has been compressed by means not shown. Further, the telephone number table 9d is a table in which telephone numbers of a plurality of destinations to which facsimile transmissions are frequently sent from the transmitting station terminal 1 in general daily operations are registered. In order to facilitate the notification process, each of the nine notification targets may be made into a blue file so that they can be collectively designated by group number (or code), and may further include an abbreviated telephone number format.

9e is a list sent to the relay station terminal 2 to request relaying of a single notification, and unnecessary area codes have been deleted.

The relay broadcast request processing unit 10 is activated when the transmitting station terminal 1 is set to the relay broadcast mode by a known means, and processes the input of the relay station number 9a and the broadcast destination designation information 9b, etc., and inputs the broadcast destination designation information 9b. Phone number table 9d based on
, and the process of creating a list of recipients (9e) based on the recipient phone number taken out from the phone number table 9d or the recipient phone number specified directly, and the area code of the recipient of the 9th reply at that time. This includes processing such as comparing the area code of the relay station number and deleting the area code of the destination telephone number only when they match. This last process is shown in FIG. 1 as an unnecessary area code deletion process 10a.

The communication control unit 11 sends the created circular destination list 9e and image information 9C to the relay station terminal 2.

In the relay station terminal 2, the first communication control unit 12 receives these and stores them in the storage device 13 as the second notification destination list) 13a and image information 13b.

The relay notification processing unit 14 is a known one, and the relay notification processing unit 14 is a known one, and the relay notification processing unit 14 is a known one.

It automatically dials each destination, establishes nine lines, and sends the image information 13b to the destination terminal. In this case, for a destination terminal within the same area code as the relay station terminal, the area code is deleted from the one-time destination list 13a, so automatic dialing without an area code is performed.

As another example, the transmitting station terminal side sends the single-broadcast destination list to the relay station terminal without performing unnecessary area code deletion processing, and the relay station terminal sends the destination list once to the relay station terminal.

The area code of the own station may be compared with the area code of each telephone number in the received circular destination list to delete unnecessary area codes. However, in this case, the relay destination list to be transferred becomes redundant, resulting in a decrease in transmission efficiency.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, by automatically deleting unnecessary area codes based on the present invention, automatic dialing of area codes in relay broadcast communications can be limited to only valid area codes, reducing the burden on the operator. At the same time, processing efficiency can be improved.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram of relay facsimile communication. Figure 2 is a diagram explaining the principle of the present invention, and Figure 3 is (al, (
Explanatory diagram showing a specific example of bl unnecessary area code deletion processing, Part 4
The figure is a configuration diagram of an apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, 1 is a transmitting station terminal, 2 is a relay station terminal, 8 is an input section,
9 is a storage device, 9a is a relay station number, 9b is circular destination designation information 9C is image information, 9d is a telephone number table, 9g is a circular destination list, 10 is a relay circular request processing unit, 10a is an unnecessary area code deletion process represents. Patent applicant: Fujitsu Limited

Claims (1)

[Claims] In a relay circular communication system, means for storing a list of telephone numbers of circular destinations transferred from a transmitting station, and comparing the area code of each circular destination in the list with the area code of the own station, and when they match. The relay station is equipped with a means for deleting the area code from the telephone number of the recipient of the relay, and the relay station sends the relay reply based on the list of telephone numbers of the recipient of the reply from which the area code has been deleted. A relay communication control method characterized by processing.