JPS624028B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a result reporting control method in a message communication service.

Message communication services include, for example, a service that sends messages to multiple destinations specified by a service requesting terminal, or a service that temporarily stores messages from a calling terminal when the receiving terminal is busy or unable to communicate, and then temporarily stores messages from the calling terminal when the receiving terminal is free. Conventionally, in such services, notification of service processing results to the service requesting terminal is done by an inquiry from the service requesting terminal to the network, or when the service is completed, the notification is sent from the network. The service request terminal was called.

In this type of system, when an inquiry is made by a service request terminal, a calling operation is required for each inquiry, which takes time for the terminal operator.Also, when a service termination notification is sent from the network, the service request terminal The terminal must be kept in an empty state so that it can be called from the network for a certain period of time after receiving a service request, and furthermore, the terminal that uses the form must not receive the service processing result from the network. The drawback was that the tickets could be disrupted because they were sent out periodically.

The present invention eliminates these drawbacks of the conventional ones.According to the present invention, in a data network having a storage function, a message is sent to a specified destination or destinations in response to a request from a service request terminal, In a message communication service that sends the message delivery status to each destination as a service processing result to the service requesting terminal, the network is equipped with a function to send the service processing result at a specified time, and the service requesting terminal receives the service processing result when it requests the service. A result reporting control method for message communication is obtained, in which when a time for sending a service is specified to the network, the network sends the processing result of the service to the service requesting terminal at the specified time.

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram of the operation of a message communication service, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention. Furthermore, FIGS. 3 and 4 are examples of communication sequences for message communication services. The communication sequence of the message communication service will be described using FIG. 1, and the operation in each communication sequence will be described using FIGS. 2, 3, and 4.

The communication sequence in the message communication service is shown in Figure 1 at an exchange that has a storage function.
Service acceptance sequence in which the SSC accepts a service request from a service requesting terminal TA, receives and stores a message from the terminal TA; sends the accumulated message to the destination (e.g. TB, TC) specified by the service requesting terminal TA It can be further divided into a message transmission sequence in which the delivery status of the message is sequentially recorded; and a result reporting sequence in which the delivery status of the message is sent to the service request terminal TA as a service processing result. The service processing results include
Information such as a service reception number given by the network at the time of service reception as service identification information, message delivery status for each destination, that is, delivery completion/incompletion, reason for non-completion when incomplete, and message delivery time are included.
The operations in each communication sequence will be specifically described below.

Switching station SSC with storage function in Figure 3
When the service request signal 301 is received from the service request terminal TA, it checks whether the service can be accepted, and if the service is accepted, it sends the originating terminal number (service request terminal number) 201 to the service processing result management section 20 in FIG. In addition to transmitting the service reception number 202 given to identify the service and the called terminal number (destination terminal number) 203 in the service request signal, the service acceptance signal 302 including the service reception number 202 in FIG. The information is sent to the service request terminal TA. Terminal TA has service ready signal 302
When it receives the message, it sends a message 303 to the switching center SSC. The exchange SSC receives and stores the message from the terminal TA, and terminates the communication with a disconnection signal 304 and a disconnection confirmation signal 305.

When the above-mentioned service acceptance sequence is successfully completed, the switching center SSC in FIG. When receiving the message, the stored message is sent as a message 313 to the receiving terminal TB.
When the transmission is completed, a disconnection signal 314 and a disconnection confirmation signal 315 are sent, and the communication is terminated. After the communication is completed, the switching center SSC sends the message delivery status (delivery completed in this case) 204 along with the terminal number (TB's terminal number in this case) 205 to the service processing result management unit 20 in FIG. . In addition, if the receiving terminal is busy at the time of the call or if an abnormality occurs during communication, this is reported to the service processing result management unit 20 as the delivery status 204 together with the terminal number 205.
Send to. The result information storage section 21 sets the delivery status in the terminal number correspondence section.

The switching center SSC then sends the service request terminal
The above-mentioned message sending sequence is performed for all destinations specified by the TA, and each time the operation is completed, the delivery status 204 and the terminal number 205 are sent to the service processing result management unit 20, and the result information storage unit 21 The delivery status is set in the terminal number corresponding section.

After the above-mentioned sending operation is completed for all destinations, the switching center SSC transmits a paging signal 321 to the service requesting terminal TA in FIG.
When a response signal 322 to the calling signal 321 is received from the TA, a sending instruction 206 is given to the result information storage section 21 in the service processing result management section 20 shown in FIG. In this case, book sending instructions 20
6 always makes the sending request determination circuit 27 (described later) satisfied, so the result report storage section 21 receives this sending instruction 2.
A result report 210 is output in response to 06. The exchange SSC sends this result report 210 as a result report message 323 in FIG. 3 to the service request terminal TA, and terminates the communication with a disconnection signal 324 and a disconnection confirmation signal 325.

The above are the operations in each sequence of service request, message transmission, and result report in the message communication service. However, in the above example, the result report message is sent irregularly to the service requesting terminal in accordance with the sending operation of the message, so the terminal must be kept idle for a certain period of time after the completion of service acceptance, and the Terminals using this system had the disadvantage that the results report message could disrupt the form.

The present invention further enhances the above-described service processing result sending function and eliminates the above-mentioned drawbacks. Specifically, in FIG. 2
3, 22, and 23, a comparison circuit 24, a time designation determination section 26, and a transmission request determination circuit 27 are added, so that when the time is designated, the output values of the time counting circuit 22 and the designated time value storage section 23 are the same. When the time is reached, a call request 207 is made to the switching center SSC to send a result report, and a function has been added so that when the time is not specified, the operations described above are performed. The specific operation will be described below using FIGS. 2 and 4.

The communication sequence in FIG. 4 is a service acceptance sequence, a message sending sequence, and a result reporting sequence in the message communication service.The signal flow is the same as each communication sequence described above, but the service request signal 401 in the service acceptance sequence is This includes an indication of the presence or absence of a request to specify the time for result reporting instructed by the service request terminal TA, and if there is a request, the sending time of the result report message, and the start of the result reporting sequence is as described above. This differs from the above-mentioned sequence in that it is performed based on a designated time.

That is, when there is a time request in the service request signal 401, the time designation determination unit 26 in FIG. is set by the specified time setting instruction 208 to a value calculated from the sending time of the result report message specified by the service request terminal TA at the time of requesting the service. In addition, the time designation request display 2
11, the time designation determining unit 26 sends a prohibition signal 213 to the sending request determining circuit 27. Therefore, even if the exchange SSC issues a sending instruction 206 at the time the message sending sequence ends, the instruction will not be fulfilled. Further, the time designation determination unit 26 sends a valid signal to the AND circuit 28, thereby validating the output of the comparison circuit 24, which will be described below. The time counting circuit 22 is a timer whose value is updated at fixed time intervals after being initialized by the time counting circuit initial setting instruction 209, and the comparison circuit 24 compares the output of the specified time value storage section 23 and the time counting circuit 22. When the values match, a prohibition signal release instruction 212 is issued to the time designation determination unit 26, and a call request 2 is issued to the service request terminal TA.
Perform 07. Accordingly, the exchange SSC sends a paging signal 4 to the service requesting terminal TA as shown in Figure 4.
21 and receiving a response signal 422 from the terminal TA, a sending instruction 206 is given to the service processing result management section 20 in FIG. Since the prohibition signal 213 sent from the time designation determination section 26 to the transmission request determination circuit 27 has been canceled by the prohibition signal release instruction 212, the main transmission instruction 206 is established, and the result information storage section 21 A result report 210 is sent out. In FIG. 4, the exchange SSC sends the result report 210 as a result report message 423 to the service request terminal TA, and terminates the communication with a disconnection signal 424 and a disconnection confirmation signal 425.

If there is no time designation request in the service request signal 401, the time designation determination unit 26 in FIG.
A valid signal is sent to 7, and a prohibition signal is sent to AND circuit 28. This prevents the comparator circuit 24 from operating in an invalid manner, and the sending instruction 206 reaches the result information storage unit 21 without being hindered.

As described above, according to the present invention, by providing the network with a function of transmitting service processing results at a designated time, a service requesting terminal can receive service processing results at a convenient time designated by itself.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram of the operation of a message communication service, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS. 3 and 4 are examples of communication sequences in the message communication service. SSC...Switching center with storage function, TA...Service request terminal, TB, TC...Receiving terminal (=destination terminal), 10...Switching center with storage function, 20
. . . Service processing result management section, 21 . Request determination circuit, 28...
AND circuit.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1 Send a message to at least one destination specified by a request from a service request terminal accommodated in a data network having a storage function, and send the delivery status of the message to the destination to the service request terminal as a service processing result. In the message communication service, when the network is provided with a function of transmitting the service processing result at a specified time, and the service requesting terminal specifies the time at which the service processing result is to be transmitted at the time of requesting the service, the network A result reporting control method in message communication, characterized in that the service processing result is sent to the service requesting terminal at a specified time.