JPS6230463A - Facsimile transmission information service system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To inform automatically by voice from an exchange side to improve serviceability by adding the number of place to be connected as information for informing transmission from an originating side, and transmitting it to facsimile information. CONSTITUTION:Information from a facsimile terminal 1 is transmitted to a facsimile accumulation converting equipment 9 through a telephone exchange 4, a facsimile communication exchange 6. Further, facsimile information is transmitted to a facsimile terminal 2 through the device 9, a facsimile accumulation converting equipment 10, a facsimile communication exchange 7 and a telephone exchange 5. Successively after termination of transmission, information to the effect that facsimile information is sent from the terminal 1 to terminal 2 is supplied by voice to a terminal 3 by connection of a voice answering device 8, the exchange 7, the exchange 5 and a subscriber terminal (telephone) for a contact person. Thus, even when contact is not made by a transmitting person at the time of transmitting facsimile, information is supplied automatically from the exchange side to the receiving side.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Field of Application of the Invention] The present invention relates to a facsimile communication service using a subscriber facsimile network, and in particular, a facsimile communication exchange that notifies the called party by voice that facsimile information has been transmitted. This paper relates to a facsimile transmission notification method.

[Background of the invention]

Conventional methods for notifying facsimile transmissions include, for example, a notification means provided in a facsimile machine, as described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 57-46569. However, if this notification method is used, the notification service cannot be received by facsimile terminals that do not have notification means, which are currently in widespread use, and the versatility of the service and ease of dissemination are not considered. There is no such thing.

[Purpose of the invention]

It is an object of the present invention to automatically send a notification via voice that the facsimile information has been transmitted to a contact subscriber terminal designated by the caller, which is different from the receiving facsimile terminal, from the exchange side when the transmission of the facsimile information is completed. The present invention provides a facsimile transmission notification service method.

[Summary of the invention]

To overcome this objective, the present invention is such that the sending side adds a contact number to facsimile information as transmission notification information and sends the facsimile information. After the facsimile information has been transmitted, the communication exchange calls the contact using the contact number, and automatically sends a notification from the voice response device that the facsimile information has been sent from the facsimile terminal of the originating F'AX number to the incoming FAX number. It is designed to notify you of the

[Embodiments of the invention]

The present invention will be explained below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3.

First, the subscriber facsimile network according to the present invention will be explained. FIG. 2 shows its configuration.

As shown in the figure, FAX terminals 1 and 2, a contact subscriber terminal 3,
Telephone exchanges 4 and 5, facsimile communication exchanges (abbreviated as TS)
-FX) 6, 7, an audio response device (abbreviated as ARE) 8, and a facsimile storage and conversion device (abbreviated as 5TOC) 9.10.

As a result, to explain the present invention in detail, information from FAX terminal 1 is sent to 4 → 6 → 9, and then 9 → 10 → 7 →
The facsimile information is sent to the FAX terminal of 2 via 5, but following the end of the transmission, 3 receives a notification via voice that the facsimile information has been sent from 1 to 2 through the connection of 8-7-5-3. This is done for subscriber terminals. Identification of FAX terminal 1.2 is the originating F
'This is done using the AX number and incoming fax number. In addition to image signal storage, 5TOC has functions such as screen size conversion and relay transfer control, and TS-FX has functions such as distribution exchange, subscriber file, service order processing, billing control, and subscriber verification. ing.

FIG. 1 shows a conceptual sequence of information when the present invention is applied. According to this, the telephone exchange 4 receives the FAX call number (special number indicating that it is a FAX call) A1 from the FAX terminal 1, the incoming FAX number B, and the contact number C, but the FAX call number A indicates that it is a FAX call. If the FAX terminal is identified as
Create an AX number and send these numbers A, B, C, D to the TS
-It is to be sent to FX6. TS-FX6
Then, they will be relayed to 5TOC9, but 5TOC9
After receiving and storing these numbers A%B1C5D, facsimile information E from the FAX terminal 1 is further received and stored. When the reception and storage of this facsimile information E is completed, the connection of 1-4-6-9 is released, and the numbers A, B, CSD, and facsimile information E are transmitted from 5TOC9 to STOC10. It is.

Now, in ST OC10, those numbers are A, B, and C.

D is sent to TS-FX7, but TS-FX7 is designed to send number B to telephone exchange 5. This results in 10-
When connected to 7-5-2, facsimile information E is sent to FA.
This is what is to be transmitted to the X terminal 2. Now, T
In S-FX7, when the transmission of the factor □mm information E is completed, the connection of 10-7,7゜=5-2 is released and the contact subscriber terminal is sent to the telephone exchange 5 by number C'. 3 is called □. If the contact subscriber terminal 3 responds to this, the ARE
8 is numbered as the guidance activation of the facsimile transmission notification, B
is transmitted, and the ARE 8 notifies the communication subscriber terminal 3 by voice that a facsimile transmission has been carried out from the dial number to the number B. The connection of 3-5-7-8 will be released by later disconnection by the communication subscriber terminal 3. The content of the notification is, for example, ``This is the facsimile center. A facsimile has been sent from XXXXX (B) of ΔΔΔ Rororo to x x x x (B) of ΔΔΔ Rororo.

” Something like this.

FIG. 3 shows the state transition of call processing by the destination TS-FX 7 when the present invention is applied. 11 in the vacant state, the control information from STOC10, that is, the number A
, B, C, and D, the memos IJA, B, C, and
At the same time as storing the number B in the telephone exchange 5, the number B is sent to the telephone exchange 5 and the state changes to the picture relay state 12. 12, facsimile information is relayed between the STOC 10 and the FAX terminal 2. When a disconnection signal is eventually received from the telephone exchange 5, the FAX call number in Memo IJA is automatically identified as a call to be notified, and if it is a non-implemented call, the call is released, but if it is an actual call, the contact information in memory C is sent. The number C is sent to the telephone exchange 5 and a transition is made to the response waiting state 13. The telephone exchange 5 calls the contact subscriber terminal 2, and when a response from the telephone exchange 5 is detected at 13, a voice activation of facsimile notification is requested to the ARE 8, and the state transitions to the voice relay state at 14. . At this time, the calling F'AX number in the memo IJ l) is used as the calling party's number information, and the calling party's F'AX number is stored in memory B as the called party's number information.
The incoming F'AX number B is sent to ARE8. As a result, a voice facsimile notification guide is sent from the ARE 8 to the communication subscriber terminal 3 via the telephone exchange 5.

As described above, according to the present invention, when sending a facsimile, even if the sender does not have to notify the recipient of the facsimile transmission, the exchange automatically sends a voice notification to the called party by simply dialing the number. .

Note that when the FAX terminal 2 is housed in the telephone exchange 4, facsimile information is transmitted through the connection of 9-6-4-1, and notification is sent from the ARE (not shown) housed in 6. will be carried out.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the invention, when sending a facsimile, the facsimile sender does not have to contact the sender to send the facsimile, but can do so by simply dialing a contact number, thereby improving serviceability. Furthermore, since the exchange has voice notification means, it can be used even with general facsimile terminals that are currently in widespread use.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram conceptually showing the information sequence of a subscribed facsimile network when the present invention is applied, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the configuration of a subscribed 7-axis IJ network, and FIG. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the state transition of call processing by a facsimile communication exchange when the present invention is applied. 1.2...Fax') terminal, 3...Contact subscriber terminal (speaking), 4,5...Telephone exchange, 6,7...
・Facsimile communication exchange, 8...Voice response device, 9
゜10...Facsimile storage and conversion device. Agent Patent Attorney Tadashi Akimoto Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3

Claims (1)

[Claims] A telephone exchange transmits the facsimile call number and contact number from the facsimile terminal equipped with the subscriber terminal together with the incoming facsimile terminal number and facsimile information;
After the facsimile is stored in the facsimile storage and conversion device via the facsimile communication exchange in a form including the outgoing facsimile terminal number generated by the telephone exchange, the facsimile communication exchange is stored based on the incoming facsimile terminal number from the facsimile storage and forwarding device. The facsimile information is later transmitted to the receiving facsimile terminal via the communication exchange and telephone exchange, and after the facsimile information has been transmitted, the contact subscriber terminal is called based on the contact number, and
A facsimile transmission notification service system characterized by automatically notifying by voice from a voice response device that facsimile information has been transmitted in a form including an originating facsimile terminal number and an incoming facsimile terminal number.