JPH0795339A - Method and device for notifying facsimile call reception - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To surely deliver the content of facsimile communication to an addressed person even when plural users use one facsimile equipment with respect to the method and device for notifying facsimile call reception. CONSTITUTION:The method is configured such that a caller facsimile equipment 5 receives communication data comprising an ISDN number designating a facsimile equipment being a called terminal equipment, a sub address designating a LAN address of a terminal equipment used by a recipient of the sent picture data, and picture data (S1), a line is connected and the communication data are sent (S2), the called facsimile equipment 2 generates reception notice information to be transferred to a terminal equipment 4 from the received communication data (S3), and the reception notice information and the picture data are sent to the terminal equipment 4 having the LAN address (S4). The terminal equipment 4 displays the reception notice information and the picture data (S5).

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile system, and more particularly to a method and apparatus for notifying an incoming call of a facsimile signal.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, ISDN (Integrated Services)
Digital Network) With the widespread use of comprehensive digital networks, a large amount of digital data can be transmitted at high speed, and facsimile machines can also transmit high-quality image data as digital data by using ISDN. 4) A facsimile can be used.

In addition, a LAN in which a terminal device such as a computer device and its related device are connected by a transmission line within a limited area.
(Local Area Network) is also commonly used.

Conventionally, when an image signal or the like is received by a facsimile apparatus, the received image signal is output as a hard copy or is stored in a memory in the facsimile apparatus and is output as a hard copy as needed. I'm just there.

[0005]

In the above-mentioned facsimile machine, the contents of the image are determined by a hard copy output from the received facsimile machine to determine whether the image data has arrived and to which the image is addressed. Or the contents of the received image data are confirmed by the display device provided in the device, and the operator recognizes the destination by reading it.

Therefore, when a single facsimile machine is used by a plurality of users, the user who is far from the facsimile machine may not notice the incoming facsimile communication. is there.

In view of the above, the present invention provides a facsimile incoming notification device capable of reliably transmitting the contents of facsimile communication to an addressee even when a plurality of users use a single facsimile device. The purpose is to provide a method.

[0008]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In the present invention, the above-mentioned problems are solved by ISDN (Integrated) for identifying a receiving terminal device.
A G4 (group 4) facsimile machine connected to an ISDN1 that connects a line based on an ISDN address consisting of a Services Digital Network number and a subaddress and identified by a predetermined ISDN number is a LAN. (Local Area Network
: Local information communication network) A terminal device having a data display means is connected via a LAN whose terminal device is specified by an address, and an ISDN number for designating a called terminal device and a transmitted image data of a called facsimile device are connected. Communication data consisting of image data and subaddress designating the LAN address of the terminal device used by the recipient is input and transmitted via ISDN, and the called facsimile device transfers the received communication data to the terminal transmission device. Create incoming notification information to
The incoming call notification information is transmitted to the terminal device having the AN address via the LAN, and the terminal device is solved by the incoming call notification method of the facsimile displaying the incoming call notification information.

Further, according to the present invention, an ISD consisting of an ISDN number for identifying a called terminal device and a subaddress.
G4 which is connected to ISDN1 which connects the line based on the N address and which is specified by a predetermined ISDN number
The facsimile device is connected to a terminal device having a data display means via a LAN whose terminal device is specified by a LAN address, and an ISDN number for designating a receiving terminal and a recipient of the transmitted image data are connected from the transmitting facsimile device. Input the subaddress specifying the LAN address of the terminal device to be used and the image data as communication data,
The incoming facsimile device originates via the ISDN, and the incoming facsimile device creates incoming notification information to be transferred to the terminal sending device from the received communication data, and the incoming notification information is sent via the LAN to the terminal device having the LAN address described in the above subaddress. Then, the received image data is transmitted, and the terminal device can solve this by the incoming call notification method of the facsimile displaying the incoming call notification information and the image data.

Further, according to the present invention, an IS consisting of an ISDN number for identifying a receiving terminal device and a sub address.
G4 which is connected to ISDN which connects the line based on the DN address and which is specified by a predetermined ISDN number
In a system in which a facsimile device is connected to a terminal device having a data display means via a LAN whose terminal device is specified by a LAN address, incoming call notification information for displaying the calling facsimile device is received from the received data in the facsimile device. From the incoming notification information creating means to create and the subaddress of the ISDN address that arrived, LA
LAN address detecting means for detecting N address, and LA
This is solved by a facsimile incoming call notification device provided with incoming call notification information sending means for sending incoming call notification information to a terminal device designated by an N address.

Further, according to the present invention, an IS consisting of an ISDN number for specifying a receiving terminal device and a sub address.
G4 which is connected to ISDN which connects the line based on the DN address and which is specified by a predetermined ISDN number
In a system in which a facsimile device is connected to a terminal device having a data display means via a LAN whose terminal device is specified by a LAN address, incoming call notification information for displaying the calling facsimile device is received from the received data in the facsimile device. From the incoming notification information creating means to create and the subaddress of the ISDN address that arrived, LA
LAN address detecting means for detecting N address, and LA
Facsimile incoming notification having incoming notification information sending means for sending incoming notification information to the terminal device designated by the N address and image data sending means for sending image data received at the terminal device designated by the LAN address It can be solved by the device.

[0012]

According to the present invention, the ISD for designating the facsimile machine which is the receiving terminal from the facsimile machine on the calling side.
When the N number, the subaddress that specifies the LAN address of the terminal device used by the recipient of the transmitted image data, and the image data are input as communication data, the line is connected to the facsimile device specified by ISDN by ISDN. Then, the above communication data is transmitted.

The incoming facsimile device creates incoming notification information to be transferred to the terminal device from the incoming communication data,
The terminal device having the LAN address described in the above sub address transmits the incoming call notification information via the LAN, or in addition to this, the transmitted image data.

The terminal device can display the incoming call notification information, or image data in addition to the incoming call notification information, or can print the data, and the other party to whom the sender sends the image data must surely obtain the image data. You can

[0015]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT An embodiment of a facsimile incoming call notification method and apparatus according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. Figure 2
4 to 4 show a facsimile incoming call notification device which operates according to the facsimile incoming call notification method according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 shows a basic configuration of a system to which the incoming call notification device of Fakrymiri according to the present invention is applied.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 5 denotes a G4 facsimile apparatus on the transmitting side, which transmits image data from the facsimile apparatus to the G4 facsimile apparatus 2 on the receiving side through the ISDN line network 1. This called G4 facsimile machine 2
Is connected to a LAN 3, and a plurality of computer devices 4 arranged at the hands of each user are connected to the LAN. The facsimile device 2 and the computer device 4 are given unique LAN addresses. Thus, information can be exchanged between the facsimile device 2 and the computer device 4.

As shown in FIG. 2, the facsimile device 2 includes an incoming notification information creating means 6 for creating incoming notification information for displaying the outgoing facsimile device 5 from incoming data, and an incoming ISDN address. LAN address detecting means 7 for detecting the LAN address from the sub-address, incoming call notification information sending means 8 for sending the incoming call notification information to the terminal device 4 designated by the LAN address, and LA
An image data sending means 9 for sending the image data received to the terminal device 4 designated by the N address is provided.

Next, the flow of the entire processing will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

First, in the transmitting side G4 facsimile apparatus 5,
The ISDN address for designating the facsimile machine 1 on the called side and the image data to be transmitted are designated (SA1).

In the present embodiment, the ISDN address is, as shown in FIG. 4, a maximum 15-digit ISD corresponding to a normal telephone number that designates the facsimile machine of the destination.
An N number and a subaddress in which a LAN address having a maximum of 40 digits for specifying a computer device at hand of a person who wants to make a call are described are described.

When the source facsimile machine and the destination facsimile machine are connected by the ISDN line network 1 (SA2, SB2), the incoming call standby (SB).
1) The ISDN address and the image data are transmitted from the source facsimile device to the destination facsimile device according to a predetermined transmission / reception procedure to the destination facsimile device (SA3, SB3). IS on the receiving side facsimile machine
The DN address is processed by the called facsimile machine, and the image data is stored in the called facsimile machine (SB4).

In the receiving side facsimile apparatus 2, the LAN address detecting means 7 reads the LAN address from the sub-address of the ISDN address (SB5), and the incoming call notice information creating means 6 receives the incoming ISDN number, the receiving time and the like. The notification information is created (SB6), the facsimile device 2 identifies the computer device by the LAN address, and the incoming notification information transmission means 8 and the image data transmission means 9 send the computer device to the computer device. The incoming call notification information and the image data are transmitted to the facsimile device 2 (SB7).

The computer device 4 waiting for receipt of the incoming call information (SC1) receives the incoming call notification information and the image data (SC2), and the computer device 4 receiving the incoming call notification information displays the incoming call notification information. The fact that the image data is received is displayed on the facsimile device to the user.

As a result, the user of the computer can know that the facsimile communication has arrived, and if necessary, obtain a hard copy of the image data from the facsimile or send it to the computer 4. The image can be displayed, stored in a storage medium such as a flexible disk, or a hard copy of the image data can be obtained by a printer device (not shown) connected by the LAN 3.

Therefore, according to the present embodiment, the sub-address which specifies the ISDN number for designating the facsimile device which is the receiving terminal and the LAN address of the terminal device used by the recipient of the transmitted image data from the facsimile device on the transmitting side. And image data are input as communication data, I
The line is connected to the facsimile device 2 specified by the ISDN number by SDN, the above communication data is transmitted, and the receiving facsimile device creates incoming notification information to be transferred to the terminal device 4 from the incoming communication data, In addition to the incoming notification information via the LAN to the terminal device of the LAN address described in the above sub-address, or in addition to this,
The transmitted image data is transmitted.

Then, the terminal device can display or print this incoming call notification information, or image data in addition to this incoming call notification information, and the other party to whom the sender sends the image data can certainly obtain the image data. can do.

[0028]

As described above, according to the incoming call notification device and device of the facsimile machine according to the present invention, the ISDN number for designating the facsimile machine as the receiving terminal and the transmitted image data are transmitted from the transmitting side facsimile machine. When the recipient receives the subaddress specifying the LAN address of the terminal device used and the image data as the communication data, the line is connected to the facsimile device specified by the ISDN number by ISDN and the above communication data is transmitted. The incoming facsimile device creates incoming notification information to be transferred to the terminal sending device from the received communication data, and adds the incoming notification information to the terminal device of the LAN address described in the above subaddress via the LAN, or in addition to this. hand,
Since the transmitted image data is transmitted, the terminal device can display this incoming notification information or image data in addition to this, or print this data, and notify the facsimile device that the image information has arrived. It is possible to reliably notify the recipient at a place distant from the facsimile machine, and even if one facsimile machine is used by multiple users, an incoming call notification can be issued to a specific recipient. Therefore, the user can obtain communication image data quickly.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the principle of a facsimile reception notification method according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the principle of a facsimile incoming call notification device according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the facsimile incoming call notification device according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an IS of an incoming notification of a facsimile according to an embodiment.
The figure which shows the content of DN address.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a system to which a method and apparatus for notifying a facsimile incoming call according to the present invention are applied.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... ISDN, 2 ... fax machine, 3 ... LAN, 4
... terminal device, 5 ... facsimile device.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. An ISDN (Inte) for identifying a called terminal device.
grated Services Digital (Network integrated digital network) number, and connected to the ISDN that connects the line based on the ISDN address consisting of the subaddress,
A G4 (group 4) facsimile machine specified by a predetermined ISDN (Local Area Network) number is used as a data display means via a LAN in which a terminal device is specified by a LAN (Local Area Network) address. Connected to a terminal device that has the communication terminal, an originating facsimile machine sends communication data including an ISDN number that designates the receiving terminal device, a subaddress that designates the LAN address of the terminal device used by the recipient of the transmitted image data, and image data. Input, send via ISDN, the called facsimile device creates incoming notification information to be transferred to the terminal sending device from the received communication data, and sends it via the LAN to the terminal device of the LAN address described in the above sub address. The incoming call notification information is transmitted by using the terminal and the incoming call notification information is displayed on the terminal device. Facsimile of the incoming call notification method to. 2. A G4 facsimile apparatus which is connected to an ISDN which connects a line based on an ISDN number which identifies an incoming terminal device and an ISDN address which includes a subaddress and which is identified by a predetermined ISDN number
An ISD for connecting to a terminal device having a data display means via a LAN whose terminal device is specified by an AN address and designating a receiving terminal from a transmitting facsimile device
The N number, the subaddress that specifies the LAN address of the terminal device used by the recipient of the transmitted image data, and the image data are input as communication data, and transmission is performed via ISDN. Incoming call notification information to be transferred to the terminal sending device is created from the data, and the incoming call notification information and the sent image data are sent to the terminal device having the LAN address described in the above subaddress via the LAN, and the terminal device concerned Then, a method of displaying an incoming call of a facsimile characterized by displaying the incoming call notification information and image data. 3. A G4 facsimile apparatus which is connected to an ISDN that connects a line based on an ISDN address that identifies an incoming terminal device and an ISDN address that includes a subaddress and that is identified by a predetermined ISDN number is L
In a system in which a terminal device having a data display means is connected via a LAN whose terminal device is specified by an AN address, the facsimile device creates incoming call notification information for displaying a calling facsimile device from incoming data. It is provided with an information creating means, a LAN address detecting means for detecting a LAN address from a subaddress of the received ISDN address, and an incoming call notification information sending means for sending incoming call notification information to a terminal device designated by the LAN address. Incoming fax notification device. 4. A G4 facsimile apparatus which is connected to an ISDN that connects a line based on an ISDN address that identifies an incoming terminal device and an ISDN address that includes a subaddress and that is identified by a predetermined ISDN number is L
In a system in which a terminal device having a data display means is connected via a LAN whose terminal device is specified by an AN address, the facsimile device creates incoming call notification information for displaying a calling facsimile device from incoming data. Information creating means, LAN address detecting means for detecting a LAN address from the subaddress of the received ISDN address, incoming call notification information sending means for sending incoming call notification information to the terminal device designated by the LAN address, and LAN
An incoming call notification device for a facsimile, comprising: an image data sending means for sending image data received to a terminal device (4) designated by an address.