JPH0214657A - Private branch of exchange - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To attain quick reply to tone information of an electronic mail device by sending a code signal representing the tone information in place of the tone information to the electronic mail device. CONSTITUTION:In the case of sending tone information to a terminal equipment 9, when a port at the terminal equipment 9 is coincident with the port registered in the registration means 71, that is, in the case of sending the tone information to the electronic mail device, a code signal representing the tone information is sent to the electronic mail device in place of the said tone information. Thus, when the electronic mail device recognizes the code signal, the tone information represented by the code signal is identified. Thus, the reply of the electronic mail device to the tone information is quickened.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Objective of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to a private branch exchange 1 that uses an electronic mail device such as a voice mail device or a facsimile mail device as a terminal.

(Prior Art) Conventionally, when this private branch exchange is equipped with a voice mail device for transmitting messages from user to user, the voice mail device is connected to a port of a standard telephone. It transmitted tone information such as Daicel tones, ringback tones, and visit tones.

However, in order to identify various types of information,
It takes time because the pitch of the tone and the pattern period must be determined by TQ. Therefore, the voice mail device was able to respond to the transmitted tone information.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) As described above, in the conventional private branch exchange b1, in order to transmit the 1-tone information to the voice mail device, the voice mail device requires an interlayer to identify the tone information, - There was a problem that the response to the online information was not received.

Therefore, the present invention is directed to 1.-11. of an e-mail device. An object of the present invention is to provide a private branch exchange 1 that can quickly respond to messages.

[4111c of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problems) The present invention provides a private branch exchange in which an e-mail device is connected to a port as a terminal.
When transmitting 1-line information to a terminal, it is determined whether the port of the terminal is compatible with the port input to the 111 recording means. a determining means, a processing means for forming a code indicating the above-mentioned ]・-nft' when it is determined by the determining means that they match; and a processing means for forming a code signal corresponding to the code formed by the processing means; The present invention is characterized in that it includes a sending means for sending e-mail to the eight e-mail addresses via the port.

(Function) According to the present invention, when transmitting the [-]-phone information to a terminal, the terminal's [-]-- If - matches the ball 1- recorded in the 1-recording means, that is, if the tone information is to be transmitted to the e-mail device, the tone information is sent to the button code B instead of the 1-tone information. is sent to an e-mail device. Therefore, by recognizing the code signal, the e-mail device can identify the tone information indicated by the code signal.

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

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a private branch exchange L1 according to the present invention. In the figure, a switching circuit 1 is connected to office line circuits 2-1 to 2-n and extension line circuits 3-1 to 3-m. , the office line 4- is connected to the office line circuits 2-1 to 2-n.
1 to 4-rl are connected to each other. Inner circuit 3-
A telephone 5 is connected to 1, and a voice mail device 6 is connected to extension circuit 3-rn. In addition, each of the others? Each terminal is connected to the i1 circuit.

III Ill device 7 connects each station line circuit 2-1 to 2-n
Jj J: Sends and receives data between Jj and each extension circuit 3-1 to 3-m. Also, control ¥4Vft 7 is exchange time 't8
By controlling 1, a central office line circuit and an extension circuit can be connected via the exchange circuit 1, or an inner line circuit and another extension circuit can be connected via the exchange circuit 1. The storage device 'f18 stores various data. The maintenance module 9 is operated by the operator and is used to input data into the storage device 8 through the υ1uug single pipe.

Here, FIG. 2 shows the control 21I device fff 7 and the
8 shows the components of the storage device 8.
A customer data table 81 is provided for importing and exporting data desired by the user. And in this h staff data table 81; 1: Ismail V, '
A voice mail data table 82 is provided for inputting and exporting data for t26.

If the port data of the voice mail device 6 is to be sent to and from the voice mail data table 82 by operating the maintenance terminal 9, the processing according to flowchart 1 shown in FIG. 3 is performed. First, by operating the maintenance terminal 9, the customer data registration means 71 in the control device 7 is called, and the port data of the voice mail device 6 is transmitted from the maintenance terminal 9 to the customer data registration means 71. This port data indicates the port given to the voice mail device 6 via the extension circuit 3-m.

When the customer data registration means 71 inputs the port data manually (step 101), the port indicated by this port data is voicemail 'A! ',? 6 (Slap 102) and whether the port is already registered in memory V4 and 8 as being directed to another terminal (Step 103). Ru. Here, if it is determined that this port is not valid or has already been registered, the hsukuma data Ω
The recording means 71 transmits the error message to the maintenance terminal 9 (step 104). Displays an error message on the maintenance terminal, prompting the reoperator to re-enter the message.

Further, if it is determined in the step 102 that the port is disabled, and it is determined in the step 103 that the port is not registered yet, the customer data registration means 71 registers the extension circuit 3. Convert the port data indicating the port of -m into 1-byte internal data (step 105), and store the data indicating the port in the storage device! 18
The information is registered in the customer data table 82 to be created (step 106). Such processing from steps 101 to 106 is performed until the port given to voice mail gyIe is registered in the customer data table 82 (step 107). Therefore, data is registered in the h stuff data table 82 without indicating the port obtained by the voice mail device 6 via the internal ali circuit 3-m.

After completing the port registration given to the voice mail device 6 in this way, the process according to the flowchart shown in FIG. be exposed.

First, the terminal determining means 72 in the control device 7 selects 1.-
When sending the key information to the terminal, the terminal receives port data indicating -1] (step 2).
01>, this port data is compared with the port data registered in the voice mail data table 82 in the storage device 8 (steps 202 and 203). Here, if the port data of both do not match, that is!
--If the port given to the terminal inputting the 1--phone information does not match the port given to the voice mail device Execution of processing for sending information
III controller 7 (step 204). In response to this, 1lJIll outfit v! 17 is an I. to the terminal.
For example, a visit tone is transmitted as tone information.

Further, if the port data of both sides match in steps 202 and 203, that is, if the port given to the terminal inputting tone information and the port given to the voice mail device ff16 match, the terminal determining means 72 It instructs the processing determining means 73 that the tone information should be transmitted to the voice mail device 6.

In response to this, the processing determining means 73 takes in that the 1-ffi information is, for example, a visit tone (step 205).
), a code indicating this visit tone is formed and the code is instructed to the sending means 74 (step 206). This code consists of an integer of several digits, and several types of codes are set in advance to correspond to the visit tone, dial tone, J: and ringback tone, etc.

The sending means 74 sequentially sends out button signals corresponding to several-digit integers indicating the code.

(Step 207). These button signals are sequentially transmitted to the voice mail device el 6 via the extension circuit 3-m.

Therefore, it is possible for the voice mail device 6 to recognize the code from the button signal and also to know that a visit tone has been transmitted from the hood as 1-tone information.

Here, in general, if the push box message continues for one integer over 40 m5, the m number can be identified. Therefore, even if the code consists of, for example, a three-digit integer, it is possible to extremely shorten the time it takes for the code to be recognized by the voice mail S¥16. That is, it is possible to determine tone information within a short period of time from the transmitted pushbutton message and to quickly respond to this tone information.

In this way, in this example! If the port given to the terminal to which the 1-on information is to be sent does not match the port given to the voice mail device 6, the 1-on information is sent instead of the 1-on information.
-Ii'1 Since the code indicating the notification is transmitted to the voice mail phone 116 using the push button signal, the voice mail device 6 recognizes the push button signal and sends the code. It is possible to respond clearly to the tone information indicated by the code.

In addition, in the Kino Fffi example, the code indicating l-on information is transmitted to the voicemail device by pressing the button <HH, but the present invention is not limited to this, and it is possible to transmit a digital signal to the terminal. If possible, a code indicating tone information may be transmitted to the voice mail device using one digital iQ.

Furthermore, it goes without saying that the present invention can be applied not only to voice mail equipment Fj but also to facsimile mail equipment.

(Effects of the Invention) As explained above, according to the present invention, instead of the tone signal, a =1-code signal indicating the tone information is transmitted to the email device. can identify the above-mentioned 1-tone information from this code signal using the short W111.For this reason, the private branch exchange 1 which can expedite the response to the tone information of the e-mail device
can be provided.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of a private branch exchange according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the embodiment shown in FIG. This figure and FIG. 4 are flowcharts used to explain the process ψ operation in the actual travel example shown in FIG. 1... Switching circuit, 2-1 to 2- "1... Office line circuit,
3-1 to 3-'n...extension circuit, 4-1 to 4-n...
- Office line, 5...Telephone b1.6...Voice mail device, 7...Control device, 8...Note+! A device, 9...
Maintenance terminal, 71...Customer data registration means,
72...Terminal determination means, 73...Processing determination means, 7
4... Sending means, 81... Customer desk team, 82... Voice mail table. Representative Patent Attorney Noriyuki Yudo Yamashita” Figure

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] In a private branch exchange in which an e-mail device is connected to a port as a terminal, a registration means for registering a port of the e-mail device; and when transmitting tone information to the terminal, the port of the terminal is connected to the registration means. a determining means for determining whether or not the tone information matches a port registered in the tone information; and sending means for sending a code signal corresponding to the code transmitted to the e-mail device via the port.