JPS63303539A - Method for communicating message - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To execute the message control with high confidentiality by using the telephone number and code number of a message registerer and controlling a message. CONSTITUTION:A pass-word is set beforehand from a telephone set 1 through an exchange 3 to a picture signal accumulating node 4, the pass-word set already is added to a message to be registered after the setting and sent from facsimile equipment 2 to a picture signal accumulating node 4 by a message registerer. The picture signal accumulating node 4 controls the set pass-word and the message as a pair, and sends the message corresponding to the pass- word only to a receiving person to execute the reading request with the same pass-word. In this case, the pass-word is composed of the telephone number and code number of the message registerer and either of the telephone number or the code number can be also omitted considering the operability.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a message communication method, and in particular, the present invention stores messages input from a message terminal in a message storage node, and stores them with high confidentiality and good operability. The present invention relates to a message communication method that can read messages that have been sent.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, when a message input from a message terminal is stored in a message storage node, the recipient has been able to read the message using a personal identification number such as a password registered with the message as a key. That is, as a method for a recipient to receive a desired message from a message storage node, a method of setting a password has been used. This PIN number is set using a 4- to 8-digit number string, for example, or a string of letters and numbers that include some letters, and the set PIN number is stored together with the message, and the person who wants to read this message. was able to read out the corresponding message from the message storage mate by obtaining the password from the message registrant in advance and using this password to request the readout of the message.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, in a message communication method in which only a password is set, there is a problem in that the more digits of the password, the more complicated the setting becomes. In other words, when a message registrant sets a PIN number by telephone, he or she must dial the PIN number to the message storage node in advance, and must transmit the PIN number each time a message registration request is made. This takes time and effort, and requires a large amount of storage space.

On the other hand, if the number of digits in the PIN number is small, it takes less time and effort to set it up, and it is easier to set it up.
There is a high possibility that the password will be the same as the password set by another person. If the passwords are duplicated, it will be impossible to distinguish between the two messages, making it difficult to ensure confidentiality.

The purpose of the present invention is to improve such conventional problems and provide a message communication method that has a very low probability of being mixed with a password specified by another message registrant, is highly confidential, and is easy to operate. It is in.

[Means for solving problems]

In order to achieve the above object, the message communication method of the present invention (
b) Connect the message storage node to the exchange that accommodates the packing machine and the message terminal, send and set a password from the telephone to the message storage node via the exchange, and then send the message from the message terminal to the above. In a message communication method in which a message is stored and registered in a message storage node and the recipient receives the message, the message storage node receives a first password consisting of a telephone number and a PIN specified by the message registrant. means for managing the stored messages using the first password; and means for receiving a second password designated by the recipient in order to receive the stored messages; The password is compared with the first password, and only when they match, the corresponding message is sent to the recipient. (b) The message storage node has a means for receiving a first password consisting of a telephone number and a PIN specified by the message registrant, and a means for receiving a first password consisting of a telephone number and a PIN specified by the message registrant, and a means for omitting the PIN from the first password. means for creating the first password from the telephone number and a pre-held PIN; a means for managing the accumulated messages using the first password; and a means for managing the accumulated messages using the first password. and means for receiving a second password specified by the recipient to receive the message, and comparing the second password with the first password, and transmitting the corresponding message to the recipient only when they match. It is characterized by sending out. Furthermore, (c) the exchange is provided with means for transmitting the telephone number of the message registrant to the message storage node, and the message storage node has a first telephone number and a password specified by the message registrant. means for receiving a password for;
11 of the first passwords! When the designation of the telephone number is omitted, means for creating the contents of the first password receiving means from the above-mentioned PIN number and the telephone number of the message registrant sent from the above-mentioned exchange; and the first password. and a means for receiving a second password designated by the recipient in order to receive the stored messages, the second password being the same as the first password. The feature is that the corresponding message is sent to the recipient only when there is a match.

[For production]

In the first embodiment of the present invention, a message registrant stores messages in a message storage node, manages the messages using both the message registrant's telephone number and PIN as a password, and learns the password. Allows only specific persons to take it out. However, this method increases confidentiality but reduces operability, so as a second embodiment, it is possible to omit the password while maintaining high confidentiality. To this end, the message storage node is equipped with means for detecting that the PIN specified by the message registrant has been omitted, and when the omission is detected, the message storage node is provided with a means for detecting the omission of the PIN specified by the message registrant. Set as your password.

In the same way, it is also possible to omit the telephone number, and in the third embodiment, a means is provided for transmitting the telephone number of the message registrant to the exchange, and the exchange receives the abbreviation of the telephone number from the message registrant. When the message is received, it is converted into a complete telephone number and sent to the message storage node, so the message storage node sets the received telephone number as a password.

In this way, in the present invention, messages are managed using the message registrant's telephone number and password, and even if the message registrant does not specify the message registrant's telephone number or PIN among the passwords, the message can be managed by the message registrant's telephone number and password. The message registrant telephone number and password are respectively set as passwords in the storage node. Note that the message according to the present invention is
Although the present invention is applicable to all types of information such as facsimile image signals and teletex messages, an embodiment will be described below using a facsimile image signal as an example.

〔Example〕

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

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a message communication system to which the present invention is applied.

In FIG. 3, 1 and 6 are subscriber telephones, 2 and 7 are facsimile terminals, 3 and 5 are exchanges, and 4 is an image signal storage node provided with an image signal file 8.

The exchanges 3 and 5 accommodate subscriber telephones 1 and 6 and facsimile machines 2 and 7, respectively, and an image signal storage node 4 is connected to both exchanges 3 and 5.

A message registrant sets a password in advance from the telephone 1 to the image signal storage node 4 via the exchange 3, and after setting the password, the message to be registered is appended with the already set password and sent from the facsimile machine 2. The 0-image signal storage node 4 that sends the image signal storage node 4 manages the set password and message as a pair, and only responds to the password for recipients who have made a read request using the same password. send/send messages to

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the structure of a password applied to the present invention.

In the present invention, the password consists of the message registrant's telephone number and PIN number. That is, as shown in FIG. 2, the password is "message registrant telephone number + (*) + password (#)". Here, X.

The symbol # is the delimiter for the message registrant number and password, and the final symbol for the password, respectively.

In the first embodiment of the present invention, the message registrant dials the message registrant's telephone number and password to set a password in the image signal storage node 4.

In the second embodiment of the present invention, the message registrant specifies only the telephone number and omits the password.

In the third embodiment of the present invention, the message registrant specifies only the password and omits the telephone number.

FIG. 4 is a sequence chart of message registration showing the first embodiment of the present invention.

After going off-hook, message registrant A first calls subscriber phone number 1.
Next, the message registrant A sends the telephone number (the telephone number of subscriber telephone number 1) and the password to the exchange 3 as dialing information. do. The exchange 3 sends the special number received first and the dial information received later to the image signal storage node 4.0 When the image signal storage node 4 sends out a FAX switching instruction signal, this signal is transmitted via the exchange 3. Sent to message registrant A. As a result, the message registrant A switches from the subscriber telephone 1 to the facsimile device 2, and transmits the image signal to be registered from the facsimile device 2 to the image signal storage node 4. In addition, before the image signal,
A signal for a pre-FAX procedure, that is, a transmission control procedure when transmitting a facsimile image signal, is transmitted, and after the image signal is finished, a signal for a post-FAX procedure, that is, a transmission control procedure for termination and disconnection, is transmitted. In this way, the facsimile image signal sent from the message registrant A is registered in the image signal storage node 4 together with the password.

FIG. 5 is a sequence chart of message registration showing a second embodiment of the present invention. The second example is a sequence in which the specification of the password is omitted.

Message registrant A goes off-hook from subscriber phone number 1, makes a call using the special number that is the phone number for facsimile message registration, and then sends the phone number (the phone number of subscriber phone number 1) to exchange 3 as dialing information. Send. The exchange 3 sends the special number received earlier and the dial information received later to the image signal storage node 4. The image signal storage node 4 uses the special number to identify that this is an abbreviated procedure, and sets the password of the message registrant A in the password setting register in the node 4. Then, by transmitting a FAX switching instruction signal to message registrant A, message registrant A switches from subscriber telephone 1 to facsimile device 2 and transmits an image signal from facsimile device 2. After this, the process is the same as in the case of FIG. In this way, the image signal storage node 4 can receive the personal identification number as a password.

FIG. 6 is a sequence chart of message registration showing a third embodiment of the present invention. The third embodiment is a case where the message registrant telephone number is omitted.

After the message registrant A goes off-hook from the subscriber telephone 1, he makes a call using the special number that is the telephone number for facsimile message registration, and then sends the password to the exchange 3 as dial information. The exchange 3 sends the special number received earlier and the dial information received later to the image signal storage node 4.

Next, the exchange 3 identifies the special number and sends the telephone number of the subscribed FFI call 1 sent from the message registrant to the image signal storage node 4. In this case, the exchanges 3 and 5 identify the special number, send it to the picture signal storage node 4, convert it into the subscriber phone number of the message registrant, and send it to the picture signal storage node 4. The zero-picture signal storage node 4, which needs to be equipped with a device, registers the password sent earlier and the telephone number sent later as a password. Then, the FAX switching instruction signal is sent to exchanger 3.
The message is sent to message registrant A via . As a result, the message registrant A switches from the telephone subscriber 1 to the facsimile device 2, and sends the image signal from the facsimile device 2 to the image signal storage node 4. This is exactly the same as the first and second embodiments.

In this way, even when the message registrant A omits the telephone number, the image signal storage node 4 can receive the message registrant number and the password, and register this as a password.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an image signal storage node showing an embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, 61 is a password setting section for a message registrant, 62 is a password receiving section for a message retrieval person, 63 is a facsimile image signal receiving section for receiving a facsimile image signal for registration by a message registrant, and 64 is a password 65 is a facsimile image signal transmission section, 66 is a message management section, and 67 is an image signal data file section that stores image signal data.

The message registration password setting section 61 includes a registrant telephone number receiving section 611 that receives the message registrant telephone number transmitted from the exchange, a message registrant specified password receiving section 612 that receives the password specified by the message registrant, and a message registrant specified password receiving section 612 that receives the password specified by the message registrant. A telephone number designation omission detection unit 613 detects whether the telephone number specified by the registrant as a password is omitted; the telephone number designation omission detection unit 613 detects that the message registrant has omitted the designation of the telephone number. In this case, the registrant telephone number receiving section 6
a password setting section 614 for the received telephone number for setting the telephone number received in step 11 as a password; a password specification omission detection section 615 for detecting whether the password set by the message registrant is omitted; A password setting section 616 for a planned password for setting a predetermined password as a password when the password specification omission detection section 615 detects omission of the password specification, records the predetermined password. A password recording section 617 is provided.

The message management unit 66 also includes a message recording/reading unit 661 for recording and reading messages, and detects whether the password of the person who retrieves the message matches any one of the registered message passwords. A password match detection unit 662 is provided.

Next, the operation when registering a message will be described in detail.

The password designated by the message registrant is received by the message registrant specified password receiving section 612. Next, the password from the designated password receiving section 612 is sent to the telephone number designation/omission detection section 613, where it is checked whether or not the designation of the telephone number has been omitted. For this check, it is necessary to distinguish between the telephone number and the password, and the delimiter shown in FIG. 2 can be used as an example of a method for distinguishing between them. If the designation of the telephone number is omitted, the password setting section 6 for the receiving telephone number
14, the password received by the message registrant specified password receiving section 612 is sent, and the registrant telephone number receiving section 611 is started to read the registrant telephone number.

The registrant telephone number receiving unit 611 receives and records the registrant telephone number transmitted from the exchange, and when activated by the telephone number designation omission detection unit 613, the registrant telephone number is used as the receiving telephone number. It is sent to the password setting section 614. The receiving telephone number password setting section 314 receives the registrant's telephone number, sets it as a password, and sends the set password to the message creation section 64 via the PIN designation/omission detection section 615. .

Note that when the telephone number specification omission detection section 613 detects that the telephone number is not omitted, the information is directly sent to the PIN number omission detection section 615.

The PIN number omission detection unit 615 checks whether the PIN number is omitted from the received password. If the PIN number is omitted, the PIN password setting unit 616 checks whether the PIN number is omitted or not. The corresponding password is read from the password recording section 617 in which the set password is recorded and set as the password. Here, the password and number recording section 617 records the corresponding password using the message registrant's telephone number as an address.

In the manner described above, a password consisting of the message registrant telephone number and the password is created. The created password is sent to the message creation section 64.

Further, when the password omission detection section 615 detects that the password is not omitted, the message is sent directly to the message creation section 64.

The message creating section 64 receives the image signal received by the facsimile image signal receiving section 63 and creates one message from the password and the image signal. The created message is recorded in the image signal data file section 67 by the message recording/reading section 661 in the message management section 66.

In this way, whether the message registrant sets a phone number and PIN, only a phone number, or only a PIN, the phone number and PIN can be used as a password. and the image signal storage node 4
The password can be set in , and the message can be registered using the completed password.

Next, the operation when retrieving a message will be described in detail.

In the image signal storage node 4, the password specified by the message retriever is received by the password receiving section 62 of the message retriever. The password is sent to the password match detection section 662 of the message management section 66, where it is checked whether it matches the password of the registered message. If a matching password exists, the message recording/reading section 661 is activated to read out the message, and the facsimile image signal sending section 65 transmits the message to the person who retrieved the message.

In this way, messages are retrieved.

Although each embodiment has been described using a facsimile image signal as an example, the present invention is also applicable to general messages.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, both the telephone number and the PIN specified by the message registrant are used as passwords, and the message is managed using this password, so the password specified by the other message registrants is The probability of the message being mixed with other people is extremely low, and highly confidential message communication is possible. In addition, if the message registrant does not specify a PIN number, the image signal storage node completes the password by substituting the PIN code that has been pre-written as the password. This saves the trouble of the person registering a message and eliminates the trouble of always specifying both a telephone number and a password. Furthermore, if the message registrant does not specify a phone number, the message registrant's phone number is sent from the exchange to the image signal storage node, and the image signal storage node automatically sets the phone number as a password. Therefore, it is possible to eliminate the troublesomeness of the message registrant specifying a telephone number, and it is possible to improve operability while maintaining high confidentiality.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an image signal storage node showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a password configuration when the present invention is applied, and FIG. 3 is a message diagram to which the present invention is applied. 4 is a message registration sequence chart showing the first embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 5 is a message registration sequence chart showing the second embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 6 is a block diagram of the communication system. It is a message registration sequence chart showing a third example of the invention. 1.6: Subscriber telephone, 2,7: Facsimile terminal, 3.5
: switchboard, 4: image signal storage node, 8, 67: image signal data file section, 61: password setting section for message registrant, 62: password receiving section for message retriever, 63: facsimile image signal receiving section, 64: Message creation section, 65: Facsimile image signal transmission section, 66: Message management section, 611:
Registrant telephone number receiving section, 612; Message registrant specified password receiving section, 613: Telephone number specification omission detection section, 614
: Received telephone number password setting section, 615: Secret number specification omission detection section, 616: PIN password setting section, 617: PIN number recording section, 661: Message recording/reading section, 662: Password matching detection section . Patent applicant: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation No. 2 Figure r-=””--Password -111111g
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Claims (3)

[Claims] (1) Connect the message storage node to the exchange that accommodates the telephone and message terminal, send and set a password from the telephone to the message storage node via the exchange, and then send a message from the message terminal to receive the above message. In a message communication method in which a message is stored and registered in a storage node and a recipient receives a corresponding message, the message storage node is a means for receiving a first password consisting of a telephone number and a password specified by a message registrant. , means for managing accumulated messages using the first password, and means for receiving a second password designated by the recipient in order to receive the accumulated messages, A message communication method characterized in that the password is compared with the first password, and only when they match, a corresponding message is sent to the recipient. (2) Connect the message storage node to the exchange that accommodates the telephone and message terminal, send and set a password from the telephone to the message storage node via the exchange, and then send a message from the message terminal to receive the above message. In a message communication method in which a message is stored and registered in a storage node and a recipient receives a corresponding message, the message storage node is a means for receiving a first password consisting of a telephone number and a password specified by a message registrant. and means for creating the first password from the telephone number and a pre-held password when the PIN number is omitted from the first password; and means for receiving a second password specified by the recipient in order to receive the stored messages, and comparing the second password with the first password. A message communication method characterized in that a corresponding message is sent to a recipient only when the messages match. (3) Connect the message storage node to the exchange that accommodates the telephone and message terminal, send and set a password from the telephone to the message storage node via the exchange, and then send a message from the message terminal to In a message communication method in which a message is stored and registered in a message storage node and a receiver receives the message, the exchange is provided with a means for transmitting the telephone number of the message registrant to the message storage node, and The node includes a means for receiving a first password consisting of a telephone number and a PIN specified by the message registrant, and, when the telephone number is omitted from the first password, the PIN and the PIN. means for creating the contents of the first password receiving means from the telephone number of the message registrant sent from the exchange; means for managing the stored messages using the first password; and means for managing the stored messages using the first password. and means for receiving a second password specified by the recipient to receive the message, and comparing the second password with the first password and only when they match, transmitting the corresponding message to the recipient. A message communication method characterized by sending a message.