JPH01192243A - Facsimile message reception method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To execute the reception of plural messages and the service corresponding to the messages by one telephone call by accepting in advance the service information corresponding to the number of picture information constituting the message and the message. CONSTITUTION:Plural facsimile terminal equipments 4, a line exchange device 6 connected via a public line and a store and forward communication controller 5 connected to the exchange 6 and applying various services to plural facsimile terminal equipments 41 are provided. The controller 5 consists of plural procedure control circuits 3 controlling the procedure of the transmission/reception of the facsimile equipment, a message transmission/reception circuit 2 and a service control circuit 1. Before the facsimile terminal equipment 4 transfers picture information, the unit of message (number of sets of picture information constituting one message) and the service content such as destination for each message are sent and the execution of the service is urged to the control circuit 1 by giving the service content for each reception of message to apply the processing of service for plural messages by one telephone call.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a facsimile message receiving method, and more particularly to a facsimile message receiving method for executing a service corresponding to a plurality of messages.

[Conventional technology]

Recent facsimile systems have a broadcast function that automatically sends the same image information to multiple recipients, a mailbox function that stores received image information in memory, and a function that sends received image information to a specified destination. A communication control device is provided to perform services such as delivery functions, and provides various services.

These services are performed by the communication control device on the receiving side in response to instructions from the facsimile machine on the sending side for each telephone call.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

However, when sending multiple pieces of image information to respective designated destinations, for example, only one service can be specified per telephone call, so a telephone call must be made for each service. If you say,
Multiple locations within the hospital are equipped with multiple facsimile terminals.
When sending different slips, the conventional device requires specifying the destination for each slip and making multiple phone calls. Further, in this case, since a telephone call is made for each destination, a particular facsimile machine is likely to conflict with other transmission/reception devices, resulting in the problem that overall load distribution cannot be achieved.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a facsimile message receiving method that can send a plurality of messages and execute a service corresponding to the messages with a single telephone call.

[Means to solve the problem]

In order to achieve the above object, a message receiving method according to the present invention receives a message consisting of at least one piece of image information received from a facsimile terminal of the other party and service information corresponding to the message, and receives the content of the service information specified for responding to the message. In a message reception method of a facsimile system that executes a message reception method, after receiving the number of image information composing a message and service information corresponding to the message, if the number of image information composing the message is received, this image information is It is identified as a message, and the content of the previously accepted service information is executed in response to the message.

[Effect]

By accepting the number of image information composing the message and the service information corresponding to the message in advance, when the number of image information accepted afterward reaches a predetermined number, one message will be sent. In addition to identifying as
A service corresponding to the message is executed.

Therefore, the present invention can accept multiple messages and perform multiple message-compatible services with a single telephone call.

〔Example〕

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a method for accepting a scalloped message according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a facsimile system to which the message reception method according to the present embodiment is applied, and FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining the state of signal transmission and reception in the facsimile system shown in FIG. 1. .

As shown in FIG. 1, the facsimile system according to the present embodiment includes a line switching bag W6 connected to a plurality of facsimile terminals 4 via a public line, and a line switching device W6 connected to the line switching device 6 to provide a plurality of the various services described above. facsimile terminal 41
A storage and communication control device 5 is provided. This storage and communication control device 5 is provided corresponding to a plurality of procedure control circuits 3 that are provided to correspond to lines and control procedures for sending and receiving facsimile, and is provided corresponding to the plurality of procedure control circuits 3 and is provided corresponding to the plurality of procedure control circuits 3 to control the sending and receiving of messages (image information). It consists of a message transmitting/receiving circuit 2 for performing the above-mentioned broadcast service and mailbox service, and a service control circuit 1 for performing the broadcast service, mailbox service, etc.

The facsimile system configured as described above sends and receives messages and performs various services according to the procedure shown in FIG. 2, which will be explained below with reference to FIG. Note that the message described in this specification refers to one unit of transfer information consisting of at least one piece of image information.

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining various signal transmission states among the facsimile terminal 4, the procedure control circuit 3, the message transmitting/receiving circuit 2, and the service control circuit 1 shown in FIG. 1, 2 and 3.4 indicate the circuits and terminals, respectively.

First, when transmitting a message from a certain facsimile terminal 4, the facsimile terminal 4 transmits an incoming call signal 101 to the message transmitting/receiving circuit 2 via the procedure control circuit 3, and this transmitting/receiving circuit 2 sends an incoming call response signal 102 to the facsimile terminal 4. Send it back. By receiving this incoming call response signal 102, the terminal 4 generates a service designation signal 103, for example, converts each piece of image information to be sent into one message, and also sends a service designation signal that designates the destination of the facsimile terminal 41 for each message. A signal 103 is sent back to the message transmitting/receiving circuit 2. The circuit 2 sends a service designation response signal 104 to the terminal 4 if the designated service can be accepted.
Send to 1.

The facsimile terminal 4 that receives the service designation response signal 104 indicating that the service can be accepted sends a digital identification signal (DIS) 10 which is a facsimile procedure between the terminal 4 and the facsimile procedure control circuit 3.
5. After exchanging the digital command signal (DO5) 106, training check signal (TCP) 107, and reception readiness confirmation signal (CFR) 108, transmission of image information 109 is started, and the procedure control circuit 3 and message transmission/reception circuit 2 are The data is transmitted to the service control circuit 1 via the service control circuit 1.

Next, the facsimile terminal 4 sends a multi-page signal (MPS)
110, the procedure circuit 3 notifies the message transmitting/receiving circuit 2 by a page reception (continuation) signal 111 that the next image information will be transmitted. In the conventional technology, the page reception (continuation) signal 1 is assumed to be not completed at this point.
11 is received, no notification is sent to the service control circuit 1; however, in this embodiment, when the page is received (
The message transmitting/receiving circuit 2 which received the continuation) signal 111 transmits a message receiving signal 113 to which the service content specified by the service designation signal 103 has been added to the service control circuit 1. That is, in this embodiment, one piece of image information is designated as one message by the previously transmitted service designation signal 103, and the destination of the previously transmitted image information is designated. The message transmitting/receiving circuit 2 receives a page reception (continuation) signal 11
1 is received, a message reception signal 11 indicating that one unit of message has been completed and the destination of this message is sent.
3 to the service control circuit 1.

The service control circuit 1 transfers the previously received image information 109 to the designated destination facsimile terminal 41 in accordance with this signal 113. Here, if the specified terminal 41
When the service control circuit 1 is in a busy state, the service control circuit 1 temporarily stores the image information, and performs load distribution such as transferring the image information later when the busy state is released.

Following the transmission of this signal 111, the procedure control circuit 3 which has transmitted the page reception (continuation) signal 111 transmits a message confirmation signal 112 to the facsimile terminal 4. As a result, the other party's terminal 4 transmits the next image information 109, and if this image information is the last image, it sends a procedure end signal (HPO) 114 indicating the end of transmission. Upon receiving this signal 114, the procedure control circuit 3 returns a message confirmation signal 112 to the facsimile terminal 4, and also sends a page reception (final) signal 115 to the message transmission/reception circuit 2. As in the case described above, the message transmitting/receiving circuit 2 uses this page reception (final) signal 115 to send a message signal 1 indicating that the previously received image information is one unit of message and adding the destination of this message.
13 to the service control circuit 1 to prompt service (delivery of messages).

On the other hand, the facsimile terminal 4 that has received the message confirmation signal 112 transmits a line disconnection command signal (DCN) 116, disconnects the line, and stops transmitting the image information.

As described above, according to this embodiment, before the facsimile terminal transfers image information, it transmits the message unit (the number of images of image information that makes up one message) and the service contents such as the destination for each message. , the message transmitting/receiving circuit attaches the service content each time it receives a message and prompts the service control circuit to execute the service.
A single telephone call can handle multiple message-by-message services. Further, in this embodiment, since the service control circuit once receives a plurality of messages, the service control circuit 1 receives a plurality of facsimile terminals 41,
The load can be distributed according to the busy state of the server. In particular, when this embodiment is applied to a system that distributes and delivers prescriptions to reception, accounting, and pharmacies within one hospital, for example,
Although this system is effective, it is not limited to hospitals; for example, it may be applied to a general system that distributes and delivers a plurality of slips to different destinations.

In this embodiment, one image information is treated as one message, and the service content is delivery for each message, but the present invention is not limited to this.
For example, a plurality of pieces of image information may constitute one message, or the service content may be another service such as a broadcast service.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above (according to the present invention), by accepting the number of image information constituting a message and message-compatible service information in advance, multiple messages can be received and message-compatible services can be received with one telephone call. can be executed.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a facsimile system for explaining an embodiment of the facsimile message reception method according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining the transmission and reception status of various signals in the facsimile system shown in FIG. It is a diagram. 1: Service control circuit, 2: Message transmission/reception circuit, 3
: procedure control circuit, 5: storage and communication control device, 6-line switching device, 4 and 41: facsimile terminal. Agent Patent Attorney Masami Akimoto

Claims (1)

[Claims] In a message reception method of a facsimile system that receives a message consisting of at least one image information received from a facsimile terminal of the other party and service information corresponding to the message, and executes the content of the service information specified for the message response, A message reception method, characterized in that the number of image information forming one message and service information corresponding to the message are received, and when the number of image information forming one message is received, the content of the service information corresponding to the message is executed. .