JPS60254946A - Incoming information system to work station - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To guide an operator to reference to electronic mail by deciding whether a transmission destination work station is in operation or not by an information processor, and informing the operator that the electronic mail arrives at the time of the arrival regardless of whether the work station is in operation or not. CONSTITUTION:A central processor 1 calls a transmission destination work station 4i firstly. When there is an answer indicating that the work station 4i is in operation from the work station 4i within a predetermined time, the central processor 1 generates a command which gives the transmission destination work station 4i a sign indicating there is electronic mail addressed to the work station. This command sender code is included as data. The speech generation control circuit 27 of the transmission destination work station 4i which receives the command reads speech data out of a speech data memory 28. The speech data is outputted as a speech message from a speaker 32 through a speech data expanding circuit 29, digital-analog converting circuit 30, and amplifying circuit 31 to let the operator know the arrival of the electronic mail.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention provides an incoming call notification method for a workstation that can notify the operator of an incoming e-mail or the like at the time of incoming e-mail to the operator of the destination workstation. Regarding.

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, e-mail communication between arbitrary workstations among a plurality of workstations, which are terminal devices connected to an information processing apparatus, has come to be performed via the information processing apparatus.

Depending on the operating mode of the system, it may not be possible to receive e-mails exchanged in this way immediately.

This situation does not cause much harm if the e-mail is not urgent, but it causes inconvenience if the e-mail is urgent.

[Conventional technology]

Conventional e-mail communication is carried out as follows. In other words, the e-mail sent from the source workstation is once recorded in a file on the information processing device, and then read from that file and received by the destination workstation. .

E-mails may be read and received from such files when the workstation is not active or when the workstation is processing another job.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

Therefore, with the system configuration described above, there is no plain text to notify the operator of the arrival of an email, and operator intervention is required to know whether or not an email has been received. . The present invention was developed in response to such circumstances.

[Means for Solving the Problems] The present invention provides a method for notifying a workstation of incoming e-mails, etc., by which notification can be made when an incoming e-mail message is received.
The means ↓ In a system for exchanging e-mails, etc. between arbitrary workstations among a plurality of workstations via an information processing device, each of the workstations is provided with a notification means that is operable at all times, and the sending When the information processing device sends an e-mail from the source workstation to the destination workstation, the information processing device determines whether the destination workstation is operating or not, and responds to the determination that it is operating. Then, the information processing device causes the notification means of the destination workstation to notify the destination workstation of an incoming e-mail, and in response to the determination that the destination workstation is inactive, the information processing device The notification means of the destination workstation is configured to notify the destination workstation of the arrival of an e-mail and a power-on request.

[Effect]

According to this method of the present invention, regardless of whether the workstation is in operation or not, when an e-mail arrives, the operator is notified of the arrival of the e-mail, and the operator can be invited to view the e-mail. Therefore, the advantage can be fully demonstrated when the urgency of the e-mail is high.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a system configuration for implementing the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a detailed diagram of the workstation shown in FIG.

In FIG. 1, 1 is a central processing unit, 2 is a main memory,
3 is a secondary storage device (file) such as a disk, 41 ・
...4N is a workstation with an audio generator, 5
is a data transfer path connecting the central processing unit l and each workstation.

In FIG. 2, 21 is a control unit of the workstation 4, 22 is a display device, 23 is a keyboard, 24 is a control circuit for the serial interface, and 25 is a cable (data transfer path 5) constituting the serial interface.
), 26 is a sound generator. The sound generation section 2G includes a sound generation control circuit 27, a sound data memory (ROM) 2B,
It consists of an audio data expansion circuit 29, a digital-to-analog conversion circuit 30, an amplifier circuit 31, and a speaker 32.

The sound generating section 26 and the control circuit 24 are powered on and can operate even when the workstation 4 is powered off.

Next, the manner of e-mail communication under the above configuration will be explained.

Send the required e-mail to the destination workstation 4I (
+ is 1...any one of H) The sender who wants to send the e-mail (the document, etc. he wants to send) to the sender's workstation 4. (,teeth.

. . . any one of N other than l) and store it in the sender file of the secondary storage device 30. If the e-mail is to be sent to a desired destination workstation 41, the destination, sender's name, title, etc. are entered from the source workstation 4 to request transfer to the central processing unit 1.

Then, the e-mail is transferred to the destination file in the secondary storage device 3. If the urgency of the e-mail is low, there is no need to specifically notify the destination, but if the urgency is high, the destination is notified as follows.

For this purpose, the central processing unit 1 first calls the destination workstation 41. work station 4
If the central processing unit 1 receives a response indicating that it is in operation within a predetermined time, the central processing unit 1 issues a command to the destination workstation 41 to signal that an e-mail addressed to it has arrived. . This command includes the caller code as data. Destination workstation that received the command4. The audio generation control circuit 27 reads audio data from the audio data memory 28.

The audio data passes through an audio data decompression circuit 29, a digital-to-analog conversion circuit 30, an amplifier circuit 31, and then a speaker 32.
is output as a voice message (for example, an e-mail has arrived from the sender ○OO○ (identified by the sender code in the command)) to notify the operator of the incoming e-mail.

If there is no response from the destination workstation 41 even after the predetermined time has elapsed, the central processing unit 1 determines that the workstation 41 is not in an operating state.
The power is off), and take the following actions.

The central processing unit 1 issues a command indicating an operation request to the destination workstation 4°. This command includes the caller code as data. The voice generation control circuit 27 of the destination workstation 4I that received the command does not read the voice data from the voice data memory 28. Then, the audio data is transferred to the audio data decompression circuit 2.
9, digital-analog conversion circuit 3o, amplifier circuit 31
An e-mail is received from the speaker 32 via a voice message (for example, the sender oooo <identified by the caller code in the command). Power on the workstation. ) is output as When the power of the destination workstation 4I is turned on and the intention to read the e-mail is inputted from the keyboard 23, etc., the central processing unit 1 responds to the input of the e-mail that has arrived at the destination workstation 41. The mail is forwarded and its contents are displayed on the screen of the display device 22.

In this way, the operator can refer to incoming e-mails as quickly as possible.

In the above embodiment, an example of a coffin is described in which the notification means is configured as a sound generating section, but a ringing sound generating means such as a bell or a buzzer may also be used.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, according to the present invention, (1) When an e-mail or the like is received, a notification to that effect can be sent to the operator.

(2) Therefore, when the urgency of the e-mail is high, the advantages can be fully utilized.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the system configuration for implementing the present invention, and FIG.
The figure is a detailed view of the workstation of FIG. 1. In the figure, 1 is the central processing unit, 3 is the secondary storage device, 4,...
・4N is a workstation, 5 is a ≠-data transfer path, 24
2 is a control circuit, and 26 is an audio generator.

Claims (1)

[Claims] In a system in which e-mail, etc. is exchanged between arbitrary workstations among a plurality of workstations via an information processing device, each of the workstations is provided with a notification means that is operable at all times, and When the information processing device sends the e-mail to the destination workstation, the information processing device determines whether the destination workstation is in operation, and in response to the determination that the destination workstation is in operation, transmits the information. The processing device causes the notification means of the destination workstation to notify the incoming e-mail, and in response to the determination that the destination workstation is inactive, the information processing device causes the notification device of the destination workstation to notify the incoming e-mail. 1. An incoming call notification method for a workstation, characterized in that the destination workstation is notified of the incoming e-mail and its power-on request.