JPH0494242A - Designation time zone communication system for facsimile store and forward exchange - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To attain the communication with a cheapest charge without intention of a sender when a discount charge time zone differs from each destination facsimile terminal equipment by setting a transmission designation time zone to each destination facsimile terminal equipment. CONSTITUTION:A designation time zone information table 6 consists of a designation time zone number 6a, a designation time zone start time 6b and a designation time zone end time 6c. When a current time is within a range between a content 'T1' of the designation time zone start time 6b and a content 'T1' of the designation time zone end time 6c, a content 'b' of the terminal number 4b is sought from the content of the terminal number 5a of a terminal information table 5, and a content 'd' of a relating terminal address 5b and the content of the text are informed to a transmission section 7. The transmission section 7 makes dialing to the noticed terminal address 'd' through a communication control section 1 and sends the text thereto. Thus, the communication offering a cheapest charge is attained to a facsimile terminal equipment of countries whose discount rate time zone differ from each other without intention of a sender.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a facsimile storage and forwarding device, and particularly to a designated time transmission function of a center acting function.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, this type of facsimile storage and forwarding apparatus has a time designation function for designating the transmission time from the sending facsimile terminal, but the sending side needs to designate the time at the time of transmission. Additionally, there is a nighttime specification function in which the sender does not specify the time and sends a message during the night time set on the facsimile storage and forwarding device, but different time zones can be set for facsimile terminals under one facsimile storage and forwarding device. It had become impossible to do so.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

As mentioned above, since it is not possible to set a transmission time zone for each facsimile terminal, a single facsimile storage and forwarding device can provide the lowest rate to facsimile terminals in countries with different discount rate time zones. In order to communicate in such a way, it is not enough to perform one operation from the sending facsimile terminal, but it is necessary to perform several time-specified communications taking into account each discount rate time period, and one time. If you do this, the fee will be higher.

Also, depending on the location where the facsimile terminal is installed, the facsimile terminal may become unavailable depending on the time of day.
During that time period, it is necessary to shift the transmission time by specifying the time on the sending facsimile terminal side, otherwise there is a drawback that there is a high possibility that the transmission will not be delivered due to the number of calls being exceeded.

[Means to solve the problem]

The specified time period communication method of the facsimile storage and forwarding device according to the present invention includes a means for controlling the communication of message transmission from the originating facsimile terminal and notifying the communication contents, and a means for notifying the facsimile terminal of the specified terminal address. a communication control unit having means for controlling the transmission of messages; a service analysis unit that analyzes the content of communication from the communication control unit and notifies the destination notification unit of the destination subscriber number; A destination management section that has time zone information and extracts the terminal address to be sent when the current time is within a specified time zone from the subscriber number notified by the service analysis section and notifies it to the transmission number; It has a transmitter that transmits a message to the notified terminal address through the communication controller.

[Effect]

According to the present invention, a designated transmission time period can be set for each destination facsimile terminal.

[Examples]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a designated time zone communication system of a 7-axis IJ storage and forwarding device according to the present invention. In the fourth article, 1 refers to a communication having a means for controlling transmission of a message from a sender's facsimile terminal and notifying the contents of the communication, and a means for controlling transmission of a message to a facsimile terminal at a specified terminal address. A control unit 2 is a service analysis unit having means for analyzing the communication content from the communication control unit 1 and notifying the destination management unit of the destination subscriber number, and 3 is a service analysis unit whose details are shown in FIG. , subscriber information table 4. It has a terminal information table 5 and a designated time zone information table 6, extracts the terminal address to be transmitted when the current time is within the designated time zone from the subscriber number notified from the service analysis section 2, and notifies it to the following transmitting section. T is a transmission section having means for transmitting a message through the communication control section 1 to the terminal address notified from the destination management section 3; 8 is the communication control section 1.service analysis section 2. A facsimile storage and forwarding device is composed of a destination management section 3 and a transmission section 7, 9 is a network to which this facsimile storage and forwarding device 8 is connected, 10 is a facsimile terminal of a sender, and 11 is a facsimile terminal of a sender.

Note that FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the relationship between subscriber information, terminal information, and designated time period information in the destination management section 3 of FIG. The terminal information table 5 consists of the terminal number 5 & and the terminal address 5b, and the specified time period information table 6 consists of the specified time period number 6.
1. It consists of a designated time slot start time 6b and a designated time slot end time 6C.

Next, the operation of the designated time slot communication system of the facsimile storage and forwarding device having the above configuration will be explained.

First, when a message is transmitted from the originating facsimile terminal 10 to the facsimile storage and forwarding device 8 along with the destination subscriber number
receives the communication at the communication control unit 1 and notifies the service analysis unit 2 of the content. The service analysis section 2 analyzes the communication content and notifies the destination management section 3 of the destination subscriber numbers. This destination management unit 3 finds the destination subscriber number [shrine] from among the subscriber numbers 41 of the subscriber information table 4, and the contents rbJ of the terminal number 4b related thereto and the specified time period number 6a.
Write out the content "C". The specified time period number 6a in the specified time period information table 6 is searched for the content "c" of the designated time period number 6a, the matching content "c" is found, and the related specified time period start number is searched. The content "T1" of 6b and the content "T8" of the specified time slot end number 6c are extracted. The current time is the content of the specified time zone start time 6b “T
□" and the specified time slot end time 6c is not within the range of the specified time slot end time "T2
” to see if it is within the range. If the current time is within the range of the specified time zone start time 1'TtJ and the specified time zone end time "T," then the contents of the terminal number 4b rb
It searches for the terminal number 5a in the terminal information table 5 of J, and notifies the transmitter T of the content rdJ and message content of the related terminal address 5b. This transmitter T makes a call to the notified terminal address rdJ through the communication controller 1, and transmits a message.

In this way, specified time period communication can be performed.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained in detail above, according to the designated time slot communication method of the facsimile storage and forwarding device according to the present invention, by being able to set the designated transmission time slot for each destination facsimile terminal, discounts are available for each destination facsimile terminal. If the rate and time period are different, the sender may unintentionally use the lowest rate to communicate, and if the facsimile terminal is not available during a certain time period, the call may be repeated unnecessarily, resulting in non-delivery. It has the effect of preventing this from happening.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a designated time period communication method of a facsimile storage and forwarding device according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 shows subscriber information, terminal information and designated time period information held in the destination management section of FIG. 1. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing relationships between information. 1... Communication control section, 2... Service analysis section, 3
... Destination management section, 4 ... Subscriber information table,
5...Terminal information table, 6...Specified time slot information, table, T...Fist transmitter, 8...Facsimile storage and exchange device, S, participation network, 10...
...Facsimile terminal of sender, 11.e@.Facsimile terminal of destination. Special pestle applicant NEC Corporation

Claims (1)

[Claims] A facsimile storage and forwarding device for facsimile terminals stores messages from sending facsimile terminals and automatically sends the messages to a specified destination. A communication control unit having means for controlling communication of message transmission and notifying the contents of the communication, and means for controlling transmission of the message to a facsimile terminal at a specified terminal address, It has a service analysis unit that analyzes and notifies the destination notification unit of the destination subscriber number, subscriber information, terminal information, and specified time zone information, and determines whether the current time is the specified time based on the subscriber number notified from the service analysis unit. The present invention is characterized by comprising a destination management unit that extracts the terminal address to be sent when the address is within the range and notifies the transmission unit, and a transmission unit that transmits a message through the communication control unit to the terminal address notified from the destination management unit. Specified time period communication method for facsimile storage and forwarding equipment.