JPH05236107A - Notice system for arrival of message to individual person - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To allow an individual person to recognize the arrival of a message without returning to its own seat by notifying information of the arrival of a message to the individual person through the transmission to a transponder card. CONSTITUTION:A voice mail equipment 7 is connected to a telephone exchange 1 and a storage device 8 is connected to the voice mail equipment 7. Furthermore, a FAX mail equipment 9 is connected to the telephone exchange 1, and a storage device 10 is connected to the FAX mail equipment 9. Then, the voice mail equipment 7 and the FAX mail equipment 9 are connected to a center equipment 21 having a CPU of a person position recognition system 20. An infrared ray transmitter 23 and a radio receiver 24 are connected to the center equipment 21 to make radio communication with a transponder card TRC 30. The person position recognition system 20 uses the infrared ray transmitter 23 to send information of 'A message addressed to a person is received'. infrared ray receiver of the TRC 30 carried by the person receives the information. Then, a personally addressed message arrival display device 37 is lighted and a buzzer sounds.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention connects a transponder card (hereinafter referred to as "TRC"), a wireless device, and a personal position recognizing system composed of a center device for controlling these and a telephone exchange system, and has both of them. The present invention relates to an individual message incoming notification system that informs a person when an individual message arrives by controlling functions.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when a message addressed to an individual such as voice mail, fax mail, handwritten message, etc. has arrived, when the person in question is to be informed of it, a display lamp especially added to an extension telephone is turned on, I was supposed to notify the person.

[0003]

However, in the above-described notification system for personal messages, whether or not personal messages have arrived until the person returns to his / her desk and looks at the display lamp of his / her extension telephone set. There was a drawback that I didn't understand. The present invention eliminates the above-mentioned problems, and the person himself / herself carries the TRC, and the TRC informs the arrival of the message addressed to the individual, so that the arrival of the message addressed to the individual can be known even if the person does not return to his / her own desk. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a personalized message incoming notification method.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is an individual message incoming notification system, which is a PBX, an individual message storage device connected to the PBX, and the individual message. Connected to the storage device of
Provided is a transponder card, a wireless device, an individual position recognition system having a center device that controls these devices, and means for sending information about the message addressed to the individual to the transponder card via the center device to notify the transponder card. It is the one.

[0005]

According to the present invention, as described above, the information with the message addressed to an individual is transmitted from the infrared transmitter to the transponder card via the center device of the personal position recognition system. In the transponder card, information indicating that a personal message is present can be notified by turning on the LED lamp 37 and ringing the buzzer 34, as shown in FIG.

With such a configuration, the TRC wearer can know that the message addressed to the individual has arrived by turning on the indicator light of the TRC and ringing the buzzer even if the person himself / herself does not return to his / her own seat. It is possible to take prompt action.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an individual message incoming notification system showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an application example of an individual position recognition system of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a configuration of a TRC showing an embodiment of the present invention. 4 is a diagram showing data transmission / reception in a wireless section showing an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a TRC showing an embodiment of the present invention.

In these figures, 1 is a telephone exchange (P
BX), 2 are telephones (here, call origination) connected to the telephone exchange 1, and 3 are telephones (here, call reception) connected to the telephone exchange 1. Reference numeral 4 is a FAX connected to the telephone exchange 1 (here, transmission), and 5 is a FAX connected to the telephone exchange 1 (here, reception). A voice mail device 7 is connected to the telephone exchange 1, and a storage device 8 is connected to the voice mail device 7. Further, a fax mail device 9 is connected to the telephone exchange 1,
A storage device 10 is connected to the mail device 9. The voice mail device 7 and the fax mail device 9 are connected to the center device 21 having the CPU of the personal position recognition system 20. The center device 21 includes an infrared transmitter 2
As shown in FIG. 2, the wireless receiver 3 and the wireless receiver 24 are installed on the ceiling of a building or the like, and can perform wireless communication with the TRC 30. Data transmission / reception in the wireless section is performed as shown in FIG. A keyboard 22 for inputting data is connected to the center device 21.

On the other hand, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 5, the TRC 30 has a wireless transmitter 31, an infrared receiver 32, a microcomputer 33, a buzzer 34, a battery 35, a response switch 36, and an individual message incoming display device ( For example, L
An ED lamp) 37, a call breakdown display device (for example, a liquid crystal display device) 38, a mounting clip 39, a light receiving portion 40, and the like are provided.

As shown in FIG. 5, a clip 39 is formed in the upper half of the front surface of the TRC 30, a response switch 36 and a light receiving section 40 are provided above the TRC 30, and a personal message reception display device 37 is provided at the top. Also, a call breakdown display device 38 is provided. A buzzer 34 is arranged below the TRC 30. Generally, in the personal position recognition system 20, an infrared transmitter 23 is provided for each place, and the position address information indicating the position is periodically transmitted by light from the transmitter. When the moving person arrives at the place and the TRC 30 carried by the person receives the position address code, the individual I is added to the received position address code.
D code is added and returned to the system by radio waves.

In this embodiment, the personal position recognition system 2
As shown in FIG. 4, "0" is sent from the infrared transmitter 23 by adding "information indicating that a personal message has arrived" to the position address code sent at each place. The TRC 30 carried by the individual receives this with the infrared receiver 32. Then, the personal message receiving display device (for example, LED lamp) 37 is turned on, and the buzzer 34 is emitted.
Sounds. In addition, call detail information, for example, voice mail arrival and FAX mail arrival can be displayed on the call detail display device (for example, liquid crystal display device) 38.

Therefore, for example, when a voice message is transmitted from the telephone set 2 and a FAX message is transmitted from the FAX 4, the arrival of the voice message is sent to the voice mail device 7 and the arrival of the FAX message is sent to the FAX mail device 9. Can be detected by. Therefore, by transmitting the personal ID code from the voice mail device 7 or the FAX mail device 9 to the personal position recognition system 20, the center device 21 automatically adds the information "incoming message to individual". Infrared transmitter 23
Then, the TRC 30 is sent to the corresponding individual carrying the TRC 30. Then, the LED lamp 37 of the individual TRC 30
Lights up and the buzzer 34 sounds. Further, the call breakdown display device 38 displays the breakdown of the message arrival to the individual, for example, the voice mail arrival and the FAX mail arrival.

With this configuration, the TRC wearer can know that the message addressed to the individual has arrived without returning to his / her own seat by turning on the indicator light of the TRC and ringing the buzzer. As a result, a quick response can be taken. In addition, in the FAX communication, depending on the contents of the communication or the receiving place, the FAX
There are cases where you do not want others to see the communication contents, but in such a case, you can print the FAX communication contents and store it in the memory without outputting it, and then enter the password later by yourself. , Can be read. In such a case, it is difficult to know whether or not there is an incoming call, but even in such a case, it is possible to know that an incoming call has been made with certainty, and it is possible to achieve even greater effects.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the present invention, which are not excluded from the scope of the present invention.

[0015]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, a TRC wearer can receive a message addressed to an individual without returning to his / her own seat by turning on the indicator light of the TRC and ringing the buzzer. You can know what is happening and you can take prompt action. Therefore, the efficiency of office work can be improved.

In the FAX communication, depending on the contents of the communication or the place where the call is received, it may not be desired that others see the contents of the FAX communication. In such a case, the contents of the FAX communication are printed. Without outputting
It can be read out by storing it in the memory and later inserting the password by the person himself. In such a case, it is difficult to know whether or not there is an incoming call, but according to the present invention, even in such a case, it is possible to reliably know the incoming of the FAX,
By entering the password, the FAX communication contents can be read. Therefore, the confidentiality of communication can be maintained.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an individual-addressed message incoming notification system showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an application example of a personal position recognition system of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of a TRC showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing transmission / reception of data in a wireless section according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a TRC showing an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Telephone exchange (PBX) 2, 3 Telephone 4,5 FAX 7 Voice mail device 8, 10 Storage device 9 FAX mail device 20 Personal position recognition system 21 Center device 22 Keyboard 23 Infrared transmitter 24 Wireless receiver 30 TRC (Transponder card) ) 31 Wireless transmitter 32 Infrared receiver 33 Microcomputer 34 Buzzer 35 Battery 36 Response switch 37 Personal message incoming display device 38 Call breakdown display device 39 Clip 40 Light receiving part

─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁵ Identification number Internal reference number for FI Technical indication H04Q 7/04 G 8523-5K (72) Inventor Tadahiro Kanamaru 1-7-12 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Shigeru Morifuku 1-7-12 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A PBX, (b) a personal message storage device connected to it, and (c) a personal message storage device connected to a transponder card and a wireless device. An individual position recognition system having a centralized center device, and (d) a personal addressing means for transmitting the information with the message addressed to the individual to the transponder card via the center device to notify the transponder card. Message arrival notification method.