JPH04367134A - Message transfer system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make the requirement satisfied only by performing retransmission against a receiver with reason incapable of performing a message distribution according to the report of the result by messaging the distribution to a receiver capable of performing the message distribution. CONSTITUTION:A message transfer window 20 receiving a message distribution request 101 from a caller 10 transfers the distribution message to a receiver 30 designated by a request, capable of performing message distribution to report the result information of the distribution end, and the result information including the name of the person and the reason of incapable of performing the message distribution is transferred and reported to the caller for a receiver 20 incapable of the message distribution.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

[Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a message communication system (MHS) in which a message transfer window (MTA) (device) that receives a message delivery service request transfers a message to a user (sender) who has used the service. This invention relates to a message transfer method for notifying result information.

0002

[Prior Art] Generally, this type of message transfer method is
The sender creates message sending information (sender name, original encoding information, content type, priority, recipient name(s), report request, etc.), and the sender sends this message information to the MTA to which the sender belongs. When a request is made to forward a message, the MTA receives the request and then delivers the message information to the recipient specified by the sender. MTS added to message information when transferring a message as service result information
The unique message identifier and message sending time were notified. Additionally, if the message delivery service could not be executed due to reasons such as the specified recipient not being registered as a user in MHS, a message delivery service error will be displayed along with the recipient name information and the reason why the message delivery service could not be executed. was notified to the caller.

[0003] In the conventional message transfer method of this type, if the message delivery service cannot be executed to the recipient specified by the sender using the message information that the user has requested to transfer, an error operation of the message delivery service is issued as a message delivery error. Even if the message delivery service can be executed for some recipients specified by the sender, it will not be executed and the sender will be notified of the names of the recipients for which the message delivery service could not be executed as a message sending service operation error. The cause of the error was included in the result information and notified as error information.

0004

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] In the conventional message transfer method described above, if the message delivery service cannot be performed to the recipient specified by the sender using the message information requested by the user to transfer, the message is sent as a message delivery error. If the delivery service error operation is executed and the message delivery service can be executed for some recipients specified by the sender, it will not be executed, and the message delivery service will not be executed for the sender as a message sending service operation error. Since the recipient name and error cause are notified as error information, if the message delivery service cannot be performed for even one recipient in the message information requested by the sender, the sender will be able to successfully specify and deliver the message. There was a problem in that the user had to request message information transfer again even to possible recipients.

[0005] An object of the present invention is for a message transfer point (MTA) that receives a message delivery request to deliver the message to the recipients who are able to deliver the message, to confirm the reason for the recipients who are unable to deliver the message, and to correct the situation. The object of the present invention is to provide a message transfer method that solves the above problems by including the result information in the result information and notifying the sender of the transmission.

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problems] The message transfer method according to the present invention is a message transfer method in which when a message transfer window receives a plurality of delivery destinations (numbers) together with a message, the received message is transferred to the delivery destination. The counter creates result information by adding the reason for delivery failure to delivery destinations (numbers) to which the received message cannot be sent, and delivery completion information to delivery destinations (numbers) to which it can be sent, and forwards the message. In the final step, the sender (subscriber) of this transfer message is notified of transmission.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, the present invention will be explained with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a message transfer window (MT) of the present invention.
It is a flowchart which shows one example of the main operation procedure of A). FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an example of the flow of information in a message communication system (MHS).

First, an overview of message transfer will be explained with reference to FIG.

As shown in FIG. 2, when the sender 10 requests the message transfer window 20 to deliver a message (101), the message transfer window 20 establishes a communication path to the receiver 30 using the delivery destination number received in the message delivery request. and delivers the message (110).

[0011] Through message delivery (110), the receiver 30 sends a reception report that has been received normally, so the message transfer window 20 receives it as a delivery confirmation (111).
Result information (112) is formed and notified to the sender 10.

Next, the operating procedure of the message transfer window will be explained with reference to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2.

When the message transfer window (hereinafter referred to as MTA) 20 receives a message delivery request from the sender 10 (101), it investigates whether the received information is correct (102), and if the received information is correct (103), the received message delivery request is The destination of the recipient designated by is investigated (104).

The message information specified by the sender 10 includes the sender's name, original encoding information, content type, priority, report request, and the like.

[0015] Investigation results in step 104 can be distributed (10
5), the message transfer window 20 records the name of the person who can deliver (106) and investigates the delivery destination for the next recipient 30 (107).

[0016] There is no specified next recipient (108)
In this case, when there are recipients who can deliver the message (109), the message transfer window 20 creates a delivery message for each recipient and delivers it (110), and receives a delivery confirmation from the recipient 30 due to normal reception (111). As a result, result information including recipient information of the distribution destination and distribution completion information is created and transmitted to the sender 10 (112).

When an error is found in the received information in step 103, the message transfer window 20 creates error information and sends it to the sender 10 (120).

If delivery is not possible in step 105, the message transfer window 20 records the name of the person who cannot deliver and the reason for the undeliverability (130), continues to step 107, and then proceeds to step 112.
Include the recorded contents in the result information sent.

If there are any designated recipients left in step 108, the message transfer window 20 returns to step 104 and executes it.

If there are no recipients to whom the message can be delivered in step 109, the message transfer window 20 immediately creates a result report in step 112 and sends it to the sender 10.

[0021] In this embodiment, the message is recorded as delivery possible to the recipients who can deliver the message, and the result information is sent all at once to the sender after the delivery is confirmed. In consideration of cases where there is a delay in receiving confirmation from the recipient of the message sent, the result information for those who cannot be delivered and the result information for each recipient regarding those who can be delivered are separated and sent to the sender. It may also be a means of transmitting.

[0022]

Effects of the Invention As explained above, the present invention provides that when a message transfer window implements a message delivery service in a message communication system, a recipient specified in the execution result information of the message delivery service is sent to the message communication system by a user. When the message delivery service cannot be executed due to reasons such as not being registered, the sender is notified by setting the recipient name and the reason why the message cannot be forwarded, while the message is sent to the recipient who can execute the message delivery service Executing forwarding has the effect that the sender does not have to repeat the procedure of sending the same message information to the same recipient.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing one embodiment of the main operating procedures at a message transfer window of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an example of a delivery procedure in a message communication system.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 Caller 20 Message Transfer Desk (MTA) 30
Recipients 101-130 Procedure

Claims (1)

[Claims] Claim 1. In a message transfer method in which a message transfer window transfers a received message to a delivery destination when the message transfer window receives a plurality of delivery destinations (numbers) together with the message,
The message window forms result information by attaching a reason for non-delivery to delivery destinations (numbers) to which the received message cannot be sent, and delivery completion information to delivery destinations (numbers) to which the received message can be sent, respectively; A message transfer method characterized by sending a transmission notification to the sender (subscriber) of the transferred message in the final step of message transfer.