JPS6333821B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a broadcast communication system for transmitting the same message to multiple destinations.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, many types of devices having a broadcast communication function have been considered, such as facsimile terminal devices or facsimile storage and forwarding devices.
However, these methods only send the same text to different facsimile terminals, so if a single facsimile terminal is shared by multiple people, the only way to determine who the message is addressed to is based on the text. on the other hand,
When communicating one-on-one, by writing the recipient's name at the top of the message, it is easy to know that the message is for a specific person. For this reason, in the case of broadcast communication, it is possible to write down all the addresses, but this would make the message unnecessarily long, and if you do not want each other to know who the recipients are, this is recommended. method cannot be implemented.

The present invention is characterized in that in broadcast communication, a different addressee name is added for each communication destination, and the purpose is to identify who is the recipient from among the plurality of people who share one terminal during broadcast communication. The purpose is to clarify whether it is a correspondence. The illustrated embodiment will be described in detail below.

FIG. 1 shows an example of the configuration of a facsimile terminal with a addressed broadcast communication function to which the present invention is applied. In Figure 1, 1 is a facsimile terminal,
It is composed of a dial device 2, an image signal reading device 3, a control device 4, changeover switches 5 and 8, a memory for address text 6, a memory for communication text 7, a transmitter 9, and the like. 1
0 is an exchange, and 11, 12, and 13 are facsimile terminals of the other party. 101 is an address text in which the name of the addressee, etc. is entered, 102 is an input message, 103, 104,
105 is a reception screen.

To operate this, the caller first uses the dialing device 2 included in the facsimile terminal 1 to instruct the control device 4 that it is a addressed broadcast communication, and then enters the telephone number of each destination as destination information. input. The telephone number of each destination is registered in the control device 4. Next, based on the instructions from the facsimile terminal 1, the caller first sends the address text 1 to the image signal reading device 3.
01 is inserted to read the address text, and when this is completed, the input message 102 is subsequently inserted into the image signal reading device 3, and the message is read. on the other hand,
When the control device 4 is instructed by the dial device 2 that it is broadcast communication with an address, it first sets the changeover switch 5 to the address text memory 6 side, and reads the address text 101 read by the image signal reading device 3 as the address. The messages are stored sequentially from the head area of the message memory 6, and when the storage is completed, the changeover switch 5 is switched to the message memory 7, and the message 102 read by the image signal reading device 3 is stored in the message memory 7. Note that the address text memory 6 and the correspondence memory 7 may be constructed of the same memory, and the address text and the correspondence may be stored in a predetermined area under the control of the control device 4. good.

When the reading process of the address text and the message is completed, the control device 4 generates a signal (dial pulse) corresponding to the telephone number of the first destination from among the previously stored telephone numbers of each destination, and transmits the signal. A first receiving facsimile terminal 11 is connected via the device 9 and the exchange 10. After confirming that the connection has been completed, the control device 4 causes the transmitting device 9 to generate a predetermined facsimile signal transfer procedure, and when the image signal sending procedure is reached, the switch 8 is first set to the address text memory 6 side. memory for address text 6.
The address text corresponding to the first destination is read out from the head area of , and then the changeover switch 8 is switched to the message memory 7 side, and the messages in the message memory 7 are read out continuously, and the sending device 9 , is sent to the facsimile terminal 11 via the exchange 10. When all the predetermined transfer procedures are completed in this way, the control device 4
Generate a signal corresponding to the telephone number of the th destination, connect the next receiving facsimile terminal 12, repeat the same operation as above, read the next address text from the address text memory 6, and then Correspondence memory 7
The message is read out from the fax machine and sent to the facsimile terminal 12. Thereafter, the same operation is repeated, and the corresponding address and message are sent to the receiving facsimile terminal 13 of the last destination, and all operations are completed.

Through the above operations, screens 103 to 105 of the same message but different only in the destination address are output to each of the receiving facsimile terminals 11 to 13.

FIG. 2 shows an example of the configuration of a facsimile storage and forwarding device with a addressed broadcast communication function to which the present invention is applied.
In FIG. 2, 20 is a telephone, 21 is a facsimile terminal, 22, 30 and 35 are exchanges, and 23
3 is a facsimile storage and forwarding device with addressed broadcast communication function; 34 is another facsimile storage and forwarding device;
1, 32 and 36 are destination facsimile terminals. The facsimile storage and exchange device 23 includes a common line signaling device 24, a central control device 25, a receiving device 26, a storage device 27, a screen combining device 28, a transmitting device 29, an interoffice transfer device 33, and the like. Similarly to FIG. 1, 101 is an address text in which the addressee's name etc. is written, 102 is an input message, 103, 104, 10
5 is a reception screen.

To make this work, the recipient must first use the phone 20
calls the facsimile storage and forwarding device 23, specifies addressed broadcast communication, and then dials the telephone number of each destination. In response, the exchange 22 connects the line with the facsimile storage and forwarding device 23, and also sends the service type corresponding to addressed broadcast communication, the telephone number of each destination, etc. to the facsimile storage and forwarding device 23 via the common line. It is transmitted to the included common line signaling device 24. The common line signaling device 24 sends the received service type, etc. to the central control device 25. If the storage device 27 has free space and is capable of receiving facsimile signals, the central control device 25 stores the telephone number of each destination and inputs the image signal via the common line signal device 24 and the exchange 22. The request signal is sent to the sender side, and then the receiving device 26
Start.

Facsimile terminal 21 attached to telephone 20
When receiving the above-mentioned image signal input request signal from the network side, it first sends the address text 101 according to a predetermined procedure, and when that is completed, it subsequently sends the message 102.
Send out.

On the other hand, the central control unit 25 of the facsimile storage and exchange device 23 manages the free space of the storage device 27, and from the facsimile terminal 21 to the exchange 22,
The address text and the message sent via the receiving device 26 are stored in desired areas of the storage device 27, respectively.
When the storage of the address text and the correspondence is completed, the central controller 25 reads out the telephone number of the first destination from among the previously stored telephone numbers of each destination.
When it is determined that the destination is within the own station, the screen combining device 28 is first activated, a predetermined portion of the address and the message stored in the storage device are read out, and the address is combined at the top of the message. Next, the central control device 25 requests the exchange 30 to set up a line to establish a line with the facsimile terminal 31, and then starts the transmitting device 29 to display a screen on which the predetermined address text and the message are combined. It is sent to the facsimile terminal 31 via the exchange 30. Similarly, a screen in which a predetermined address text and a message are combined is subsequently sent to the facsimile terminal 32 via the exchange 30. In addition, if the specified destination is within the station of another facsimile storage and exchange device 34, the central control unit 25 uses the inter-office transfer device 33 to transfer the specified address text and the message, or a screen that combines the two, to the facsimile storage and exchange device. The desired screen is sent to the facsimile terminal 36 under the control of the storage/exchange device 34.

As a result of the above operations, as in the case of FIG.
4,105 is output.

Although the present invention has been described using facsimile terminal devices and facsimile storage and forwarding devices as examples, it goes without saying that the present invention is applicable to other broadcast communication devices as well.

As is clear from the above description, according to the present invention, messages with different addresses are sent to each broadcast destination while taking advantage of the advantage of broadcast communication that requires fewer call operations by the sender. This has the advantage that even when a single terminal is shared by multiple people, it is possible to see at a glance who the message is addressed to.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of a facsimile terminal to which the present invention is applied, and FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of a facsimile storage and exchange device to which the present invention is also applied. 1... Facsimile terminal with destination broadcast communication function,
2... Dial device, 3... Image signal reading device, 4...
Control device, 5, 8...Switch switch, 6...Memory for address text, 7...Memory for message, 9...Transmission device, 1
0... Switchboard, 11, 12, 13... Facsimile terminal, 23... Facsimile storage and exchange device with addressed broadcast communication function, 20... Telephone, 21, 31, 32,
36... Facsimile terminal, 22, 30, 35... Exchange, 24... Common line signaling device, 25... Central control device, 26... Receiving device, 27... Storage device, 28... Screen combining device, 29... Transmitting device, 33... Station Inter-transfer device, 34...Other facsimile storage and forwarding device, 10
1... Address text, 102... Input message, 103, 10
4,105...Reception screen.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In broadcast communication in which the same message is sequentially transmitted to a plurality of destinations, in addition to a message memory that stores a message common to the plurality of destinations, the sending device includes: An individual message memory is provided to store a different individual message for each destination, such as an address message, and the messages stored in the message memory are repeatedly read out, and each address is sent to each destination based on a plurality of pre-registered destination information. 1. A broadcast communication system characterized in that when the same message is sequentially transmitted to a destination, individual messages corresponding to each destination are sequentially read from the individual message memory and combined into the message.