JPH0514570A - Facsimile mail service system - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] The service is provided by converting the take-out service provided by the facsimile mail device into a delivery service. [Configuration] The private branch exchange 2 has a line holding function and a line transfer function by a hooking signal. The device 3 having the telephone function calls the information guide box 6 (extraction service dedicated box) in the facsimile mail device 1,
After temporarily holding the line by a hooking signal, the general document transmission / reception box 7 (box for delivery service) is called to instruct transfer of image information. The private branch exchange 2 thereby connects the information guidance box 6 and the general document transmission / reception box 7 to transfer and store the image information in the designated information guidance box to the general document transmission information box, and further,
The image information is transmitted to the facsimile 4.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile mail service system, and more particularly, to a take-out service such as an information guide service and a confidential service of a facsimile mail device, a broadcast service, a proxy communication service, a time designation service, a priority service. The present invention relates to a facsimile mail service system capable of converting into a delivery service such as a service and transmitting it to a designated facsimile.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, various services provided by a facsimile mail apparatus are provided as independent services, and conversion between service types cannot be performed. For example, the information guide service cannot deliver the image information received from the facsimile and accumulated, and can send the image information to the facsimile only when the image information is taken out from the facsimile.

Broadcast services, proxy communication services,
In the time designation service, the priority service, etc., it is necessary to input the image information from the facsimile to the facsimile mail device each time the image information is sent to the designated facsimile.

As a conventional technique relating to this type of facsimile mail device, for example, a technique described in a magazine "Communication Technology No. 1990.3" or the like is known, and a similar technique is also found in catalogs of facsimile mail device manufacturing companies. Is listed.

[0005]

The above-mentioned prior art provides various services independently, and has a problem that the services cannot be provided by performing conversion between the services. ing.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and to use a take-out service such as an information guide service and a confidential service to a delivery service such as a broadcast service, a proxy communication service, a time designation service, and a priority service. It is to provide a facsimile mail service system that enables conversion and service.

Another object of the present invention is not an apparatus having a function of transmitting image information such as a facsimile,
An object of the present invention is to provide a facsimile mail service system capable of delivering image information stored in a facsimile mail device to an arbitrary facsimile by instructing a service conversion from a device having a telephone function.

[0008]

According to the present invention, the above object is to take out an information guide box, a confidential box, etc. in a facsimile mail apparatus by using a line holding function and a line transfer function by a hooking signal of a private branch exchange. This is achieved by connecting a service-dedicated box and a delivery service-dedicated box such as a general document transmission / reception box via a private branch exchange.

[0009]

[Function] By using the line holding function and the line transfer function by the hooking signal of the private branch exchange, the take-out service dedicated box and the delivery service dedicated box are connected, and the image information in the take-out service dedicated box is dedicated to the delivery service. Can be transferred to a box for storage. As a result, the image information in the take-out service dedicated box can be delivered to the designated facsimile via the delivery service dedicated box.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a facsimile mail service system according to the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining an example of operating procedures. In FIG. 1, 1 is a facsimile mail device, 2 is a private branch exchange, 3 is a device having a telephone function, 4 is a facsimile,
Reference numeral 6 is an information guide box, and 7 is a general document sending / receiving box.

One embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG.
The private branch exchange 2 is configured to accommodate a device 3 having a telephone function, a facsimile 4, and a facsimile mail device 1. In the case of the illustrated example, the facsimile mail device 1
An information guide box, which is one of the boxes dedicated to the take-out service, and a general document send / receive box, which is one of the boxes dedicated to the delivery service, are provided. The private branch exchange 2 has a line holding function and a line transfer function based on a hooking signal from a device 3 having a known telephone function.

In the embodiment of the present invention configured as described above, when the device 3 having the telephone function is required to perform service conversion in the facsimile mail device 1, first, via the private branch exchange 2, The information guide box 7 in the facsimile mail device 1 is called to specify the taking out of the image information, and then the line is held by the hooking signal.

Next, the device 3 having a telephone function calls the information guide box 6 in the facsimile mail device 1 via the private branch exchange 2 and, after designating the image information transmission destination in the information guide box 6, , Go on hook.

As a result, the private branch exchange 2 operates its transfer function to connect the information guide box 6 and the general document transmission / reception box via the connection path of the private branch exchange 2.
As a result, the image information in the information guide box 6 is transferred and accumulated in the general document transmission / reception box 7, and further delivered to the designated facsimile.

Next, the details of the above-mentioned operation will be described with reference to FIG. 2 which shows the operating procedure of the device 3 having the telephone function.

(1) First, the device 3 having a telephone function is taken off-hook, and the dial tone sent from the private branch exchange 2 is confirmed.

(2) Next, dial the extension number 5a,
The facsimile mail device 1 is called to connect.

(3) A device 3 having a telephone function is provided after guaranteeing the connection to the facsimile mail device 1 at a timing by pause or after confirming a response (for example, a special response tone) from the facsimile mail device 1. Then, the identification number (own ID number) of the device 3 having the telephone function registered in advance in the facsimile mail device 1 is input.

(4) The device 3 having the telephone function further inputs the take-out service code designating the take-out of the information guide and the box number of the information guide box 6 following the above-mentioned identification number.

In this state, the information guidance box 6
Since the device 3 having the telephone function is not a facsimile, the image information sending operation is stopped without entering the facsimile procedure.

(5) Next, a hooking signal is input from the device 3 having a telephone function, and the connection path 2 of the private branch exchange 2 is input.
Hold a.

(6) Connection path 2 is obtained by the operation of (5) above.
With a in the hold state, dial another extension number 5b,
The facsimile mail device 1 is called to connect.

(7) Similar to the operation of (3) above, after the facsimile mail apparatus 1 is connected, the identification number (own ID number) is input.

(8) Further, the device 3 having a telephone function
Is a transmission service code for designating the general document transmission service and a destination for designating the destination facsimile 4 (the identification number of the facsimile 4 registered in the facsimile mail device 1 in advance or the telephone number of the facsimile 4).
Enter to go on-hook.

When the operation of the device 3 having the telephone function described above is completed, the private branch exchange 2 connects the connection path 2b and the connection path 2a by its transfer function, and connects the information guide box 6 and the general document transmission / reception box 7. Connecting. The information guide box 6 and the general document transmission / reception box 7 transfer the image information in the information guide box 6 to the general document transmission / reception box 7 via the route 1a after executing a facsimile procedure between them.

After that, the facsimile mail apparatus 1 automatically calls the facsimile 4 designated by the operation of (8), and the image information in the information guide box 6 accumulated in the general document transmission / reception box 7 is routed through the route 1b. It delivers to the facsimile 4 via.

In the above, the operations (5) to (8) need to be executed while the information guide box 6 is stopping the image information sending operation in the operation (4), and the operation is performed for a predetermined time or more. When the operation after (5) is not performed even after the elapse, the connection path 2a is released.

In the above-described embodiment of the present invention, the information guide box 6 may be any service box as long as it has a take-out service, and the general document sending / receiving box 7 is a delivery service. Any service box may be used as long as it has a box.

The device 3 having a telephone function may be a facsimile, a telephone, a personal computer or the like.

According to the above-described embodiment of the present invention, the take-out services such as the information guidance service and the confidential service are converted into the delivery service such as the broadcasting service, the proxy communication service, the time designation service, the priority service, and the like. This makes it possible to eliminate the need to develop a facsimile mail device having a complicated internal structure. Further, even if a device having no function of transmitting image information has a telephone function, the image information stored in the facsimile mail device can be transmitted to any facsimile.

[0032]

As described above, according to the present invention, in a facsimile mail device, a take-out service such as an information guide service or a confidential service, a delivery service such as a broadcast service, a proxy communication service, a time designation service, a priority service, or the like is delivered. The service can be converted into a service and the service can be performed, and such a service conversion can be instructed from a device having a telephone function.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a system configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of an operation procedure from a device having a telephone function.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Facsimile mail device 2 private branch exchange 3 Devices with telephone functions 4 facsimile 6 Information box 7 General document send / receive box

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A facsimile mail service system comprising a private branch exchange, a device having a telephone function accommodated in the exchange, a facsimile, and a facsimile mail device having a retrieval service dedicated box and a delivery service dedicated box. In the above, the private branch exchange has a line hold function and a line transfer function by a hooking signal, and transfers image information in the take-out service dedicated box to the delivery service dedicated box according to an instruction from a device having the telephone function. A facsimile mail service system characterized by converting services by storing them. 2. The facsimile mail service system according to claim 1, wherein the image information transferred and accumulated in the delivery service dedicated box is delivered to a designated facsimile. 3. The retrieval service dedicated box in the facsimile mail apparatus stores image information for at least one of an information guide service and a confidential service, and the delivery dedicated box is a broadcast service.
The facsimile mail service system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein image information for at least one of the proxy communication service, the time designation service, and the priority service is stored. 4. The apparatus having the telephone function calls both boxes by calling a take-out service-dedicated box, then issuing a hooking signal to control the line in a hold state, and further calling a delivery-dedicated box in that state. 5. The facsimile mail service system according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein the facsimile mail service system is connected to perform a service conversion instruction.