JP2917180B2 - System message language selection method - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a storage and exchange device having a facsimile apparatus as an input / output terminal, and more particularly to a storage and exchange device having an addressing function, which provides various information from the storage and exchange device to a registration terminal. The present invention relates to a system message language selection method for a storage and switching device with an address function that selects a language type of address information displayed in the system message, adds address information in the language, and transmits the selected message.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In general, there are two types of messages handled by a storage and switching apparatus: user-stored messages and system messages.

[0003] A user-stored message is a message that transmits image information to a request destination terminal without changing the image information requested to be transmitted from the originating terminal by the storage and switching device.
When the destination terminal receives the message, the destination terminal does not need to be aware of the presence of the storage and switching device, and can receive the image as image information transmitted from the transmission terminal in real time.

[0004] On the other hand, a system message is information about image information transmitted from a transmitting terminal (for example, a reception sequence number, a reception date and time, the number of documents, a list of requested destinations, etc.), a destination transmission status, a destination transmission result, and the like. This is a message provided by the device to the calling terminal or the destination terminal.

[0005] As an example of such a system message, when the storage and exchange device receives image information from the transmitting terminal,
A return completion notification that notifies the caller terminal of the message reception information, a transmission notification that notifies the transmission terminal that transmission of the message has been completed to the destination requested by the transmission terminal, and a message from the transmission terminal to the specified destination A non-delivery notification that notifies the transmission terminal that transmission was not possible, a non-delivery notification that notifies the transmission status of the relevant message in response to an inquiry from the transmission terminal for a message that the transmission terminal is currently requesting the storage and exchange device to transmit, When a message arrives at the mailbox, there is an arrival notification or the like that notifies the terminal (destination terminal) owning the mailbox of the arrival.

[0006] In addition, the user-stored message in the storage and exchange device with the addressing function is transmitted to the destination terminal by attaching a header indicating the address to the image information received from the transmission terminal, and the header displaying the address in this case is also used. It can be regarded as a kind of system message.

[0007] In recent years, the spread of facsimile machines has been spreading in the United States and Europe, and demand for international communications using storage and exchange devices is expected to increase due to the lifting of the ban on international facsimile VANs.

For example, when a company having overseas branches, bureaus, etc. performs international communication with these branches, bureaus, etc., it is possible to use nighttime international communication, etc. by time-specified transmission by using a storage and switching device. Thus, a significant reduction in communication charges can be expected. In order to perform such overseas communication, it is necessary to register terminals installed abroad in the storage and exchange device.

However, the format of the system message is formalized, and the variable portion is only the numeric portion such as the terminal number, time and sequence number, and the character portion such as the message title is independent of the terminal receiving the system message. It is fixed. For this reason, when a terminal installed abroad receives a message from Japan, the system message is displayed in Japanese, and the local user cannot understand the contents.

As a conventional technique for solving such a problem, for example, a technique described in JP-A-63-103548 is known. In this conventional technique, in a facsimile apparatus, according to a style corresponding to the installation area of the destination apparatus set in the destination parameter memory,
The message is composed of source information and the like and a message.

[0011]

As described above, in recent years, a storage and switching device with an address function has been developed, and address information has been displayed as variable information of a system message. This method is effective for making the user more clearly recognize the calling terminal, the destination terminal, and the like, which are conventionally displayed only by the terminal number.

However, in the above-mentioned prior art, no consideration is given to the language selection of address information, which is variable data. For example, when a system message with address information is transmitted from Japan to overseas, fixed characters are transmitted. Even if it can be displayed in the local language, there is a problem that the important sender address is displayed in Japanese. In order to solve such a problem, there is a method in which the addresses of registered terminals in Japan are all written in Roman characters. However, in this case, it is difficult to recognize the sender's address in domestic communication.

Further, the above-mentioned prior art is effective only when a message is transmitted from the own terminal to the destination terminal. Conversely, when a message is transmitted from abroad to the corresponding own terminal, the originating terminal is described above. In the case where the same function as that of the related art is not provided, there is a problem that information is added in the language of the transmitting terminal area.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and to adapt both the fixed character information and the variable character information of the system message in the storage and exchange device to the language of the end user who receives the system message. It is an object of the present invention to provide a system message language selection method for a storage and exchange device with an address function which enables information to be provided in characters and forms.

[0015]

According to the present invention, an object of the present invention is to allocate address information to one registered terminal so as to correspond to a language type of a language supported by the system and store address information. It is achieved by doing so.

Further, the above object is achieved by providing, in the storage area for the address information, means for registering the address information described corresponding to the language type assigned to each area.

[0017] Further, the object is to provide a system in which, when a system message is transmitted to a device having registered address information, an editing unit for editing the system message has a language owned by a registration terminal receiving the system message. This is achieved by selecting the address information corresponding to the type and providing a means for displaying the address information such as the sender name and the destination name list.

[0018]

According to the present invention, it is possible to register addresses in a plurality of languages for each registered terminal, and to set a language type of a language supported by the system and a plurality of addresses stored for each registered terminal. It is possible to associate with address information.
Also, using a language adapted to the end user of the registration terminal receiving the system message, automatically selecting and editing the fixed character information and address information to be displayed in the system message, and transmitting the system message to the corresponding terminal. Possible.

[0019]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a system message language selecting system of a storage and switching device with an address function according to the present invention.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a system configuration of an embodiment in which the present invention is applied at the time of proxy communication of a store-and-forward device, and FIG. 2 explains registration formats of a terminal information table and an address information table used in the present invention. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a display example of a system message transmitted according to the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining the flow of processing when editing the system message according to the present invention. In FIG. 1, 1 is a transmitting terminal, 2 is a receiving unit,
3 is an image information storage unit, 4 is an output unit, 5 is a destination terminal, 6 is a console, 7 is a command receiving unit, 8 is a control unit, 9 is a storage unit, 10 is an information storage unit, and 11 is an editing unit.

In FIG. 1, an originating terminal 1 is a terminal, for example, a facsimile terminal for requesting a store-and-forward device to perform proxy communication, and a receiving unit 2 checks a requested communication system (service) received from the originating terminal 1 and a destination. Then, a process of encoding the image information transmitted from the transmitting terminal 1 is performed. The image information storage unit 3 temporarily stores image information to be transmitted and received, and outputs the image information.
Calls the destination terminal 5, converts the image information of the system message, converts the system message and the image information of the received document into a string, and decrypts and transmits the image information.

The console 6 is used for registering terminal information and the like, and the command receiving unit 7 checks commands and parameters input from the console 6. The control unit 8 manages information and controls the entire system. The storage unit 9 and the information storage unit 10 respectively store data necessary for control and system information such as a system program and station data, and the editing unit 11 edits a system message. In the above, although not shown, the receiving unit 2 and the output unit 4 are provided for each connection line.

In the embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 1, the user of the storage and exchange apparatus, upon opening the station of the storage and exchange apparatus or at the time of additional registration of the terminal, receives the language type and the language upon receiving the system message from the console 6 for each registered terminal. It is necessary to register address information for each language type supported by the system.

Next, the operation of registering the address information will be described with reference to the reference numerals indicating the signal flow shown in the system block of FIG.

(1) First, a command for registering a language type is input from the console 6 together with a terminal number and a language type to be registered as parameters, and the command receiving unit 7
These are transmitted to (101).

(2) The command receiving unit 7 checks the presence of the input terminal number and the language type code, and if these are normal, passes the input command and parameters to the control unit 8 (102).

(3) The control unit 8 converts the terminal number indicated by the parameter into an internal identification number in the storage and exchange device, and in the terminal information table in the storage unit 9 and the system information storage unit 10, The language type specified by the parameter is registered in the language type field of the area corresponding to the identification number (103).

(4) After the above-mentioned registration is normally completed, the control unit 8 notifies the command receiving unit 7 of the completion, and the command receiving unit 7 transmits a normal completion message to the console 6 (104, 105). ).

By repeatedly performing the above operation for all the registered terminals, the language type of the system message for each registered terminal can be registered. When registering the source address information for each language type, the registration can be performed by the command from the console and the parameter designation in the same manner as described above. The parameters in this case are the terminal number for registering the sender address information, the language type of the sender address information to be registered, and the character string of the registered sender address information. It is processed by the same route as in the case.

This process is repeated for the same terminal for the number of language types supported by the system, and the same operation is repeated for all the registered terminals, thereby completing the address information storage area. .

The registration of various types of information in the terminal information table 303 and the address information table 307 is performed in a format as shown in FIG. In FIG. 2, the internal identification number is an identification number assigned by the storage and exchange device to the registered terminal at the time of new registration of the terminal.
The terminal information of the registered terminal corresponding to the internal identification number and the address information of each terminal can be referred to from the terminal information table 303 and the address information table 307.

The terminal information of the registered terminal corresponding to the internal identification number includes information such as the terminal number, calling telephone number, language type, and the like, and the address information for each terminal supports the terminal name in the system. Language.

Next, the process of creating a system message by actually performing proxy communication will be described again with reference to FIG. 1 using a reception completion notification and an address header as examples.

(5) First, when the store-and-forward device is called from the originating terminal 1, this call is received by the reception unit 2 and reception is started. The transmitting terminal 1 inputs a communication method and a destination by a PB signal, an OCR sheet, or the like (20).
1).

(6) The receiving unit 2 decodes and checks this, and if it is normal, notifies the transmitting terminal 1 to that effect (20)
2).

(7) After receiving the notification of the normal reception, the transmitting terminal 1 starts transmitting the image information of the original (20).
3).

(8) The image information received by the receiving unit 2 is encoded and stored in the image information storage unit 3 (204).

(9) The receiving unit 2 receives the received data such as the decrypted communication method, the destination terminal number, and the calling terminal number.
After the received image information is normally accumulated, it is transmitted to the control unit 8 (20
5).

(11) The control unit 8 converts the calling terminal number in the reception data into an internal identification number and, based on this internal identification number, stores the telephone number of the calling terminal in the terminal information table 303 of the storage unit 9. And instructs the output unit 4 to call the calling terminal 1 (206).

(12) The output unit 4 calls the calling terminal 1 and, after the calling terminal 1 responds, reports the fact to the control unit 8 (207, 208).

(13) The control unit 8 requests the editing unit 11 to create a reception completion notification together with the reception completion notification creation data (209).

(14) From the terminal information table 303 stored in the storage unit 9, the editing unit 11 notifies the reception completion notification format of the language corresponding to the language type of the transmission terminal 1, the transmission terminal corresponding to the language type, and the destination The destination information of the terminal is extracted, the reception completion notification is edited based on the information (the details will be described later), and transmitted to the output unit 4 (210, 21).
1).

(15) The output unit 4 converts the reception completion notification data sent from the editing unit 11 into image information, and converts the converted reception completion notification image information and the reception image information extracted from the image information storage unit 3. Transmitting terminal 1
(212, 213).

(16) After receiving from the output unit 4 the report that the above-mentioned reception completion notice has been transmitted normally, the control unit 8 starts transmitting a message to the destination terminal 5 (214).

(17) First, the control unit 8 transmits the
The destination terminal number in the reception data received from the calling terminal received in step 05 is converted into an internal identification number, and the telephone number of the destination terminal is extracted from the terminal information table 303 of the storage unit 9 based on the internal identification number. The output unit 4 is instructed to call the terminal (215).

(18) The output unit 4 calls the destination terminal 5, and after the destination terminal 5 responds, reports the fact to the control unit 8 (216, 217).

(19) The control unit 8 transmits the creation data of the address header to the editing unit 11 and requests creation of the address header (218).

(20) From the terminal information table 303 stored in the storage unit 9, the editing unit 11 includes an address header format of a language corresponding to the language type of the destination terminal 5, a destination terminal corresponding to the language type, and a calling terminal. Take out the address information of
Based on them, the address header is edited (the details will be described later) and sent to the output unit 4 (219, 220).

(21) The output unit 4 converts the address header data sent from the editing unit 11 into image information, and converts the converted address header image information and the received image information extracted from the image information storage unit 3 into a stream. It is further decrypted and transmitted to the destination terminal 5 (221, 222).

(22) After receiving the report that the address header and the received image information have been transmitted normally from the output unit 4, the control unit 8 performs the delivery notification by the same procedure (206 to 214) as the above-described reception completion notification. Is transmitted to the transmitting terminal 1, and after the transmission of the delivery notification is normally performed, the received image information in the image information storage unit 3 is deleted (2).
24).

In the communication operation described above, if the originating terminal is a terminal installed in Japan and the destination terminal is a terminal installed in the United States,
FIG. 3 shows a display example of a system message when the originating terminal is a terminal installed in the United States and the destination terminal is a terminal installed in Japan.

As can be seen from the figure, according to the above-described embodiment of the present invention, the fixed character information and the address information of the system message can be created in a language completely adapted to the end user. In both cases of receiving, the same considerations as described above can be made.

Next, the processing operation at the time of editing the system message will be described in further detail with reference to FIG.

(1) First, the control unit 8 passes the calling terminal number and the destination terminal number, the system message type and the reception data to the editing unit (301, 308, 310). And the destination terminal number is converted into an internal identification number in the storage and exchange device, and by using the internal identification number of the transmission terminal and referring to the terminal information table 303 in the storage unit 9, the language type owned by the transmission terminal is determined. Take out (302, 304).

(3) Next, the editing unit 11 uses the system message from the system message format table group 305 provided for each language in the storage unit 9 to use the system message corresponding to the language type of the transmitting terminal. Format table 306
Out of the format table corresponding to the system message to be edited according to the system message type 308 given by the control unit 8 (30).
9).

(4) Further, the editing unit 11 sequentially pastes the format table and the reception data 310 given by the control unit 8 into the editing work area 311 for the fixed pattern data of the system message and the reception data of the numerical notation. By attaching, the system message according to the language type of the transmitting terminal is edited.

(5) On the other hand, the address information table 307 is referred to by the internal identification numbers of the calling terminal and the destination terminal converted in 302, and further, the destination information for each language owned by the calling terminal and the destination terminal is obtained. Of which, 304
Then, the address information of the corresponding language is extracted based on the language type of the source address extracted. This address information is pasted in the editing work area 311 as address information to be displayed in the corresponding system message, thereby completing the system message.

In the above-mentioned operation, in the case where the system message is an address header, almost the same processing is performed except that the language of the system message depends on the language type of the destination terminal. Can edit.

[0059]

As described above, according to the present invention, for each terminal registered in the storage and exchange device, the fixed character information and the address information of the system message are transmitted using a language adapted to each end user. Since the information can be displayed and transmitted, the information to be provided to the user can be clarified even when overseas registered terminals are mixed in the system, and the usability can be improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a system configuration of an embodiment when the present invention is applied at the time of proxy communication of a store-and-forward device.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a registration format of a terminal information table and an address information table used in the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a display example of a system message transmitted according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating the flow of processing when editing a system message according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Sending terminal 2 Reception part 3 Image information storage part 4 Output part 5 Destination terminal 6 Console 7 Command reception part 8 Control part 9 Storage part 10 Information storage part 11 Editing part 303 Terminal information table 307 Address information table

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. After receiving and temporarily storing image information transmitted from a registered terminal, the destination information specified by the transmission terminal is stored in the image information by the address information of the transmission terminal and the destination information of the destination terminal. In a storage and switching apparatus that sends a header (system message) indicating address information and transmits the address information, an address information area corresponding to the language type of the language supported by the system for each registered terminal, and a language type for each registered terminal Means for registering address information, which is variable information for each registered terminal corresponding to the registered terminal, and registration to be described from the address information area corresponding to the language type based on the language type owned by the registered terminal receiving the system message. Means for selecting and editing the address information of the terminal.
Add address information using characters in the language corresponding to the destination terminal
System message language selection scheme, characterized in that that.