JPS60229460A - Mail box communication system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the service of mail box service by offering a service storing a message of an opposite party after transmitting a specific message from the said subscriber to an incoming call from the specific party even if the communication of the contracted subscriber is disable due to absence. CONSTITUTION:If an incoming call comes while a mail box contracted subscriber 4 is disabled for communication because of absence, a sender subscriber 5 makes a call by using a conventional incoming subscriber identification number (telephone number) so as to make communication with the mail box contracted subscriber 4. On the other hand, an MBOX1 uses a received incoming subscriber number 4 as a clue to find out the registration and message group of the mail box contracted subscriber thereby retrieving the presence of a message registered in the opposite identification number coincident with the said sender subscriber identification number. If the corresponding message exists, after it is transmitted to a calling subscriber 5 for the voice message and the message is transmitted to the registered calling subscriber 5.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Utilization of the invention] The present invention applies to mailbox communication methods.

Especially regarding the message storage method.

[Background of the invention]

In recent years, with the digitalization of communication networks, research and development of storage and communication services that perform communication via storage devices provided within the network have been actively conducted.

This storage communication service aims to improve the convenience of communication for calling and receiving subscribers by using a function that temporarily stores information within the network. There are services such as email communication service and mail hox service. Among these services, the MailHox service is primarily a service aimed at improving the convenience of receiving subscribers. A specific example of a conventional mailbox service is, for example, Technical Report 8E82-54.5E82-56 published by the Institute of Electronics and Communication Engineers.
Since the name of the automatic response service is indicated in , a detailed explanation will be omitted here, but the services are generally the same as shown below.

When a call is made to a subscriber under a mailbox service contract, and the subscriber is busy, absent, or unable to communicate, the network connects the call to the mailbox.

The mailbox sends system-fixed messages to the other subscriber (e.g., ``The phone number you dialed is currently busy. If you have any messages, please leave them.'')
Or, a single message registered in advance by the incoming subscriber (for example, ``I am traveling on XX month 00th, please leave any messages in the box.'') etc.) will receive messages from the other subscriber. Later, when the called subscriber becomes able to communicate, he receives the message from his mailbox.

The above-mentioned conventional mailbox communication service replaces the constraint that existed in conventional telephone communications, such as not being able to communicate unless the calling and receiving subscribers are in a state where they can communicate at the same time. This is intended to improve the convenience of the receiving subscriber and expand the communication range by relaxing the system to the point where the user can still receive messages from the other party.

On the other hand, the request of the receiving subscriber is ``I want to receive a message about the call I received even if I am unavailable (absentee, etc.)'' which is the same as the above request. ), there is also a request to convey a message to an incoming call. For example, when I go out, I want someone in particular to let me know where I'm going. 11L Or, when you are going out and you are out of town, it may not be as important as talking to someone, but if you receive a phone call from a certain person, you would like to tell them at that time.It is a request that occurs in a situation such as Io, and if this request is fulfilled, For the first time, mailbox subscribers will be able to receive all necessary messages and send all necessary messages even when they are absent.

In other words, even in such a case, effective two-way communication with the other party is possible, so the service quality is significantly improved. However, with conventional mailbox communication, it is not possible to receive messages from a contract subscriber to a specific party. However, the above requirements cannot be met without the function of transmitting the message and then storing the message from the other party, even though the message is accumulated and multiplied by the other party, and the serviceability is insufficient.

[Purpose of the invention]

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a mailbox contract subscriber with the above-mentioned conventional mailbox service, and also to send a message from a specific subscriber in response to an incoming call from a specific party even when communication is unavailable due to absence etc. , to provide a service for accumulating messages from the other party, and to improve the serviceability of the mailbox service.

[Summary of the invention]

The outline of the present invention includes means for receiving and storing a specific message from a mailbox subscriber to a specific party and a party's identification number, a means for making an incoming call to the subscriber, and receiving the called party's identification number; and select the specific message using these identification numbers.

Please provide MailHox with a means to send messages to the sender and a means to receive and store messages from the sender.
nF8 is the way to achieve one's goals.

[Embodiments of the invention]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5. The same numbers are given to the same devices in each figure.

Figure 1 shows a mailbox to which the present invention is applied! #l in one embodiment of 1g! The mailbox contract subscriber 4 who indicates I# is the subscriber's father, Kyoshin (hereinafter referred to as 1, abbreviated as S) 6
．． 2, and mailbox processing kaimon chikyu+jIi (hereinafter abbreviated as iS) 2, and MailHox device access times @22
It is connected to the mailbox device (hereinafter abbreviated as M+30X) 1 via the common line signal line 21, and access for message registration and message retrieval is performed. Furthermore, if there is an incoming call from another subscriber 5 to the mailbox subscriber 4, and if the mailbox subscriber 4 is unable to communicate due to being absent, etc., the MBOX1 connects via the same route as above. A message is received from another subscriber 5.

Receive access to message storage.

FIG. 2 shows a signal sequence when a mailbox subscriber 4 registers a specific message to the other party.The mailbox subscriber 4 sends out a call signal using a special number. This is sent to MBOX 1 as a mailbox activation signal 2α through the common supply signal circuit 21 along with the subscriber identification number due to L85 (382).

When the mailbox subscriber 4 receives the response signal 2b, he sends a message registration request @2d using the FB double signal, and in response, sends a voice message saying ``Please send me your message.'' When receiving 2d, it sends the message party identification number 2e and the message content 2f.

If there are multiple types of broad messages, the sending of 2e and 2f is repeated.Finally, when the confirmation voice message 22 for stiffness is received, the registration of the message to the specific party is completed and the disconnection signal 2h is sent to restore the message.

FIG. 3 shows the signal sequence when an incoming call occurs when mailbox subscriber 4 is absent or unable to communicate. In order to do so, a call is made to the regular called subscriber identification number ('telephone number) (3α). In response to this, LS3 in the Burning Network uses a known method to detect the communication failure state of the Yoshika University, and notifies GS2.
1, a mailbox activation signal 5h containing an increment and a number for the originating subscriber identification 4 is sent out through the common line signal line 21. When the response signal 3C is prepared for this at 082, the connection is changed in a known manner and the response signal 5C to the originating subscriber 5 is interrupted.

On the other hand, in MBOX 1, using the 7# subscriber number received as a clue, the mailbox contract subscriber 4's registration and hearing group are displayed in a heading, and the originating subscriber identification number is Search for the presence or absence of a message registered with a party identification number that matches.

If there is a corresponding message, “×××−〇(',) 0
There is a message from those who subscribed with 0 to those who subscribed with △△△-rorororo. ” is sent to the calling subscriber 5, and a message H3e is sent to the registered calling subscriber 5.

(If there is no corresponding message, sequences 5d and 3e will be omitted.) After that, please write [×X×-〇〇〇C. No, I will accept your message if necessary. ” is sent out as a voice message 5f. If there is a message to be conveyed, the originating subscriber 5 transmits the message 39), confirms the accumulation of messages by the a-authenticated voice message 3, and then sends a disconnection signal 3t to recover. (If the calling subscriber does not have the message to convey, the 32°6h sequence is omitted,
Immediately send the cut vJT signal 5L and restore. ) FIG. 4 shows a signal sequence 4a in FIG. 4 when a mailbox subscriber 4 sends out a message stored in his mailbox.

The signal sequence of 4b and 4c is 2a in FIG.

The signal sequences are similar to those of 2b and 2C.

Following those signals, MBOX 1 sent out a message saying ``×××−〇〇〇〇 to you, Δ△Δ−rorororo.
I've received messages from people like me△'Δ'-dddα, and I'm going to let you know that I'll be cutting them off. ”, and then each message 4e is received. After receiving these messages, the mailbox subscriber 4° sends a disconnection signal 4f to recover.

Next, FIG. 5 shows a block diagram of the mailbox device 1 in the embodiment of the present invention described above. The mailbox device i11 is a disk device (hereinafter referred to as DI) that has a block storage area group for storing digital voice information.
(abbreviated as SK) 16D ISK 16 information accumulation,
Storage control device that performs playback control (hereinafter abbreviated as 5OTL)
15. A PB signal receiver (hereinafter referred to as P) (abbreviated as H) 12 that receives PB double signals such as service orders from subscribers, and a voice response device (hereinafter referred to as A) that sends voice messages to subscribers.
(abbreviated as R, U) 13, interface with the digital line 21 from O82 in Figure 1, and the line and 5OTL
15. PBH12, Al (bus settings between O13,
A switch interface device (hereinafter referred to as SI) that performs release
(abbreviated as NF) 11. Receives signals such as activation and disconnection from GS2 via common signal circuit N22! 41
J! Signal equipment (hereinafter abbreviated as CBE) 14. DI8 to 16
A main memory device (hereinafter abbreviated as MM) 19 which stores various information, including a disk management table that stores management information of the disk, a directory management table that stores directory information of information in the DISK 16 corresponding to contract subscribers, and the like. Central control unit (hereinafter abbreviated as CPU) 1 that controls each device
It is constructed by 8.

The detailed operation of each device above is explained to mailbox subscriber A.
is in the state of registering a message to the subscriber B, and the mailbox device @1 is activated by a call to the subscriber A originated by the subscriber B (i.e., as shown in FIG. The case where the signal sequence shown below is obtained will be explained below as an example.

The state of each device in MBOx 1 in the state before the activation occurs is that the message from A to 8 of the tip address 1αI and information it%ha' block is stored in the DISK 16, and the message from A to 8 of the information block 1αI and the information it%ha' block is stored in the DISK 16. In the address field ααI corresponding to subscriber A in the management table, the information of B's electric protection number -bhh I and the address 1αF1 100 block length *h (1N) are stored as the other subscriber identification number. ing.

In this state, when the activation signal is received from the common leg signal circuit N22 through OS E 14, CE iJ Ll 18
Analyzes the 1g issue, learns the eyebrow signal to A from the 1g number contained therein, sends a response signal via C8E, and sends 80TL1s and AH, O13 to the sleeve. At the same time, 5INF'11 was controlled and mailbox access times 1M21, 5CTL15 and A)
([Complete the bus during J15.

Thereafter, the directory management table of the MM 19 is accessed based on the called subscriber identification number, and the called subscriber identification @g*bbhz is extracted from the address 1ααl. Then this %
bbb t and the originating subscriber identification number, which is also included in the activation signal (in this case, B's "telephone number %hhh t")
When comparing the two and confirming that they match, AHU1
2 and sends a voice message to B indicating that the message 1 mentioned above exists.

After that, start 5CTL15 and transfer the information of the directory management table in M\・119 to the address qα (message start address \αl in 1N, 114% 7. b# to 5OTL15.801"Ll5, these Using this information, it reproduces the message to B in IJ ISK 16, turns on S engineering NF 11 and mailbox device access line 21, and sends a nuclear message to B.C.
After sending out the broad message, PU18 sends the ARU15 to 1.
tl11#Sends the voice message of BI that supports the above-mentioned message to B, and also detects an empty area from the disk management table on MM19 and sends the start address of the area, for example 'b', to 5OTL15. Forward. Thereafter, the message from subscriber I3 is sent to 5OTL1 via mailbox device access rejuvenation 21 and SIN F 11.
When the message is received by the DISK 16, the message is stored from the first address %hl of the DISK 16. SO'l'L after accumulation
1s sets the message information element (for example, *Ahl block) to 0.
PL118 is notified, and 0PU18 again sends AH, O1
Press 3 and go to B. Select the confirmation voice message mentioned above and enter the address of the MM19 directory management table.
α〆 above, the first address of 臥1 from B to A ``''b1
and praise the information cover %hb#. After that, Wan Yi 8 Power I entered B.
The sequence is restored and each device is released by a disconnection signal from the device. Through the above operations, after sending a message from person to B, it is possible to accumulate messages from B to A. This allows for identification even when communication is unavailable due to the absence of a mailbox subscriber, etc. as mentioned above. After transmitting a specific message registered in advance to the other party, it becomes possible to store messages from B.

In Okamoto's example, access from subscriber B to MBOxl is performed in the form of call transfer, but there may also be a service form in which subscriber B directly accesses a box related to subscriber A in MBOx1. , it is clear that it can be realized with a similar configuration.

Further, in this embodiment, a telephone number is used as the counterpart subscriber identification number and the calling subscriber identification number, but in the case where a password predetermined between subscriber A and subscriber B is used. Furthermore, in this embodiment, the password is used as the other party's 8m separate number in the directory management table. However, when the message from the subscriber B is stored, the bit indicating whether it is necessary to continue to store the message from the 71111 person: ti-A in the e-directory management table is set. If there is no reference, the first message storage address from subscriber B is %.
By using 饲α' in place of / and z, it is possible to overlay the message and erase the previously stored message from subscriber A.

〔Effect of the invention〕

According to the present invention, a mailbox subscriber can not only listen to a message from the other party of an incoming call later, even when communication is unavailable due to being absent, but also can send a specific message to a specific party in advance. Since you can record the message and relay the message when you receive a call from the other party, you can effectively have a conversation with the other party even when the other party is unavailable or unable to send, which significantly improves the serviceability of mailbox communication. There is an effect.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a network configuration of an embodiment of a mailbox communication service to which the present invention is applied, and FIG. 3 and 4 are diagrams showing the signal sequence between each node in FIG. 1 in the order of valley, message registration, incoming call, and message output, and FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the signal sequence between each node in FIG. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing one embodiment of a mailbox device in a mailbox communication method. 1...Mailbox device 2...Communication processing barrier switch 3...Subscriber line switch 4...Mailbox contract subscriber 5...
・Subscriber 21...Common line signal line 22...Mailbox device access line 11
...Interface switch 12...
FB signal receiver 13...Voice response device 1A...Bokuine Hosho 41I Yakuhei 1d15...
・Storage control device 16...Disk device 18...Central control #device 19...Main storage device Patent attorney il! + Akio Hashi 1st Figure 22 %2 hardness Figure 3 4th hardness 5 Figure/

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A mailbox having a storage area related to a first subscriber receives a message from the first subscriber to one or more other subscribers and an identification number of the other subscriber. means for storing in said storage area; means for receiving a common subscriber classification number and originating subscriber identification number of a layered call from a second subscriber to said first subscriber; and said terminating subscriber; the first subscriber identification number, the originating subscriber identification number, and the partner subscriber identification number.
means for selecting and transmitting a message from a subscriber to a second subscriber to the second subscriber; means for receiving and storing messages from said second subscriber to said first subscriber in response to a reading request signal from said first subscriber; and means for transmitting information to the second subscriber from the first subscriber to the second subscriber when access is received from the first subscriber. , a mailbox communication system characterized by storing messages from the second subscriber to the first subscriber. 2. Claim 1, characterized in that the other party's subscriber identification number and the calling party's 1g subscriber's telephone number are used as a telephone number.
160,000 types of mailboxes for mailboxes 6 The other party's subscriber identification number and the originating subscriber's identification number must be a password agreed upon in advance by the first subscriber and the second subscriber. A mailbox communication system according to claim 1, characterized in that: 4 After accumulating the message from the second subscriber to the first subscriber,
6. The mailbox communication system according to claim 1, 2 or 5, wherein messages sent from the first subscriber to the second subscriber are deleted.