JPS60189346A - Composite mail system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To register a sound and a data message as one composite mail, and to make them have relation to each other by sending out a sound data switching signal to a composite mail registering part from a composite terminal equipment. CONSTITUTION:A composite mail system is constituted by connecting a composite terminal equipment 16 and a composite mail registering part 17 to a composite switchboard 3. The switchboard 3 is connected to a sound input/output control part 6 and a data input/output control part 11 of this registering part 17, and a voice/data composite guidance control device 18 and a composite mail box control device 21 are connected to each control part 6, 11. Also, a sound/ data switching signal identifying device 19, a composite mail control device 20 and a composite mail box 22 are connected to the devices 6, 11, 18 and 21. In such a state, a sound/data switching signal is sent out to the registering part 17 from the terminal equipment 16, and sound and a data are edited to one signal by a control signal from the device 19 under control of the control device 20, registered in the box 22, and they are made to have relation to each other.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Technical Field of the Invention] This invention relates to a composite mail system, and relates to a system for registering a message consisting of a combination of voice and data as one composite mail. ! A conventional example of a joint mail system will be explained using drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an overview of a conventional system. In the figure, l is a telephone terminal, ko is a data terminal, 3 is a multifunction switch, da is a voice mail registration unit, and ! is the data mail registration department,
6 is a voice input/output control device, 7 is a voice mailbox control device, g is a voice mailbox, 9 is a voice guidance output device, IO is a voice mail control device, // is a data input/output control device, 1 is a data mail Box control device, 1
3 is a data mail box, /4I is a data guidance output device, and /j is a data mail control device.

The voice mail registration section is connected to the multifunction switch 3 by a voice input/output control device 6, and is controlled by a voice mail control device 10. The voice message input from the telephone terminal l is now registered in the voice mailbox by the voice mailbox control device 7, and the voice guidance output device 9
Guidance such as parameter input and message input is output to the telephone terminal l.

The data mail registration section j also performs the same processing on data messages as the voice mail registration section g.

The detailed operation of the above system will be explained with reference to the signal sequence shown in FIG. 2 when a message consisting of voice and data is registered in the mailbox 13.

When the complex exchange (shown as PBX in FIG. 2) 3 receives the mailbox registration request signal a from the telephone terminal (TT), it sends an incoming call signal to the voice mail registration section (VMS) 4, and then , upon receiving the response signal C from the voice mail registration unit (vMs) p, it sets up a link between the telephone terminal (TT)/ and the voice mail system (VMS) 4t, and sends a communication enable signal d to both. .

After setting the link, the telephone terminal (TT) input according to the voice guidance e from the voice mail registration section (VMS) 41
The voice message f from / is registered in the voice mailbox S. After the registration is completed, the telephone terminal (TT) l and the voice mail registration unit (
vMs) II.

When registering a data (text) message, the data mail registration unit (0M8) 5 executes the same sequence as in the case of registering a voice message from the data terminal (DT) using signals a% d and hg. Do it for.

In the figure, data guidance is shown, and 1 is a data message to be registered.

In the conventional method described above, it is necessary to change the terminal used depending on the medium of the message to be registered, and since the voice mail registration section and the data mail registration section S are independent, the registered voice message The disadvantage is that it is not possible to establish a relationship between the information and the data message.

(3) [Summary of the Invention] The present invention was made with the aim of solving these drawbacks, and in order to achieve the purpose, the composite mail system of the present invention has a data terminal function and a telephone terminal function. When a voice message and a data message are registered in the compound mail registration section from the compound terminal device, in addition to both messages, a voice/day i switching signal is sent from the compound terminal device to the compound mail registration section via the voice/data compound switch. By sending out a message, identifying it in the compound mail registration section, and switching between voice and data, it is possible to register it in the mailbox as a compound message consisting of a combination of voice and data. It has the following configuration.

[Embodiments of the invention]

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a preferred embodiment of the compound mail system according to the present invention. In the present invention, a compound terminal device 16 and a compound mail registration section 17 are used. As shown, in addition to the voice input/output control device 6 and data input/output control device//, the composite mail registration section t7 further includes a voice/data composite guidance output device, a voice/data switching signal identification device// 9. Built-in composite mail control device θ, composite mailbox control device 2/, and composite mailbox.

The compound mail registration section 17 is connected to the compound exchange 3 through a voice input/output control device 6 and a data input/output device /'/, and is controlled by the compound terminal device 16 under the control of the compound mail control device θ. Send/receive compound emails with. The composite mailbox controller edits the input voice message and data message into a composite mail based on the control signal from the voice/data switching signal identification device/9, and sends the input voice message and data message to the composite mailbox. register.

Figure D is a diagram showing an example of the format for registering a compound mail in the compound mailbox here.
The data message management header section and the second line are the composite mail body section. Voice message management' information VMC, ~V
Indicates the size and storage location of voice messages vM7~■0 of MCn, and data message management information DMC,~D
MCn indicates the size and storage location of data messages DM, -DMn. In this example, registration is performed in the order of input: audio/data/audio, etc. However, the audio part and the data part may be registered separately, or both can be registered. They can also be registered in association with each other.

FIG. S is a signal sequence diagram for explaining the operation of the composite mail system of FIG. 3, in which signals given the same reference numerals as in FIG. 1 indicate the same signals as explained in connection with FIG. In FIG. S, the link setting (
The signal a=b) and the signal sequence of disconnection (signal g) are the same as in the conventional example of FIG.

Composite terminal device (CT)/A and composite mail registration section (CMS)
) / ? After setting the link between
M,)t7 sends a composite guidance j consisting of voice and data to the composite terminal (C'I')/4 from the voice/data composite guidance output device it, and the user follows the guidance j to the composite terminal (C'I')/4. Voice message f and data message 1 to be registered from device (CT)/A are input alternately. Switching between voice input and data input is possible using the composite terminal device (CT)/complex mail registration unit (CM).
The voice/data switching signal k (Fig. S) is transmitted to /7, the voice/data switching signal identifying device t9 identifies it, and the composite mailbox control device 9.2/ transmits the voice/data switching signal k (Fig. S) to the voice input/output control device 6.
and the data input/output control device/l, and the composite mail registration unit (CM, )tq registers these messages as one composite mail in one composite mailbox.

Although the above has described a system for registering compound mail from a compound terminal device, this invention is not limited to this, but considers conventional voice mail and data mail as a special case, and uses this system to You may register.

〔Effect of the invention〕

(7) As described above, according to the present invention, when registering a voice message and a data message from a compound terminal device, by sending a voice/data switching signal from the compound terminal device to the compound mail registration section, There is an advantage that a voice message and a data message can be registered as one composite mail and that they can be related to each other.

Brief explanation of the drawings ゛Figure 1 is a block diagram showing an overview of a conventional complex mail system, Figure 2 is a signal sequence diagram to explain the operation of the system in Figure 1, and Figure 3! 1. A block diagram of the composite mail system of the present invention, Figure 1 is a diagram showing an example of the mail registration format of the composite mail system according to the present invention, and Figure S is a signal diagram for explaining the operation of the system of Figure 3. This is a sequence diagram.

In the figure, 3 is a composite switch, 6 is an audio input/output control device, //
16 is a data input/output control device, 16 is a composite terminal device, 17 is a composite mail registration unit, is is a voice/text composite guidance output device, 19 is a voice/(') data switching signal identification device, 20 is a composite mail control device 1
．． 2/ is a composite mailbox control device, and λ is a composite mailbox.

In addition, in the drawings, the same reference numerals indicate the same or similar parts.

Figure 1 Figure χ2 Procedural amendment (spontaneous) Showa 6ars, 5th year of the first year, Mr. Commissioner of the Japan Patent Office 1, Indication of the case Showa JF Patent Application No. 300 No. 2, Name of invention compound mail system 3, Case of the person making the amendment Relationship with Patent Applicant Address 2-2-3 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Name
(601) Mitsubishi Electric Corporation Representative Hitoshi Katayama Department 4, Agent (1) Commentary explanation column 6 of %η of male compensation blue, content of amendment

Claims (1)

[Claims] V> A composite mail registration unit equipped with a storage function is connected to a composite terminal device equipped with a telephone terminal function and a data terminal function via a combined voice/data switch, and the storage function is used as a mailbox to be sent to subscribers. A composite mail system in which subscribers communicate with each other using said mailboxes: When registering a voice message and a data message, in addition to both said messages, a voice message is sent from said composite terminal device to said composite mail registration unit. /Sending a data switching signal, identifying this in the compound mail registration section, switching between voice and data, and thereby registering a message consisting of a combination of voice and data in the mailbox as one compound mail. A composite mail system featuring: