JP2002232571A - Phones and ringing systems - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [PROBLEMS] To provide an incoming call system capable of setting whether or not to accept an incoming call with a telephone number of the own station. A receiving system includes a telephone exchange.
1 and 52, and a telephone 60 connected to the telephone exchanges 51 and 52. When the IC card 69 storing the private telephone number (private telephone number) is not attached, the telephone 60 receives the incoming call using the public telephone number (public telephone number) assigned to the telephone 60 in advance. Do. on the other hand,
When the IC card 69 is mounted, the telephone 60 receives a call using a private telephone number stored in the IC card 69. This private telephone number is used as the telephone number of the own station.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a telephone set which handles public telephone numbers and private telephone numbers differently, and to a receiving system having such telephone sets and telephone exchanges.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, telephones having various functions have been developed and commercialized. 2. Description of the Related Art Among indoor stationary telephones in general households, there is a type having a display device for displaying a telephone number of a calling telephone. In this type of telephone, it is possible to know the telephone number of the side who made the prank call by displaying on the display device.

In a conventional stationary telephone set at home or the like, it is possible to make a call while at home, and it is difficult to take the telephone out of home and use it. The telephone number of the own station is used when a call is received by a telephone connected to the contracted line. Also, in general, 1
One telephone number is assigned.

[0004]

According to the display by such a display device, the called party can call the other party's telephone when the other party's telephone number is set to non-calling or when a mischievous telephone is called from a public telephone. I don't know the number. If the telephone number of the own station is not made public in the telephone directory in order to prevent mischievous telephone calls, an operator who frequently uses telephones may be disadvantaged.

When a person who does not have a mobile phone stays at a hotel or the like for a long period of time, it is not possible to accept an incoming call with his / her own telephone number without being closed. This is inconvenient. When using the answering machine function, it is not possible to make a call in real time.

It is an object of the present invention to provide, at the convenience of the called party,
Another object of the present invention is to provide an incoming call system capable of setting whether or not to accept an incoming call with the telephone number of the own station only for a call with a specific party, and a telephone that can be used for the incoming call system.

[0007]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, a telephone having a private telephone number does not perform a call processing unless there is an instruction from the calling telephone to cancel the rejection of the incoming call. A terminating system comprising a telephone exchange and a telephone connected to the telephone exchange, wherein the calling telephone identifies the public telephone number and / or the private telephone number of the called telephone or those telephone numbers. If the portable recording medium storing the telephone number identifier to be used is not attached to the calling telephone, the telephone uses a public telephone number or a public telephone number identifier for identifying the public telephone number, and the portable telephone via the exchange. Make a call to the other party's telephone, and the calling party's telephone sets the public telephone number and / or the private telephone number of the called telephone or a telephone number identifier for identifying those telephone numbers When the stored portable recording medium is attached to the calling telephone set, the public telephone number stored in the portable recording medium or the public telephone number identifier or the private telephone number or the private telephone number identifier is stored. An incoming call system is provided for making a call to the other party's telephone through the exchange.

[0008] In principle, the exchange does not perform a calling process for a telephone set with a private telephone number that does not disclose the telephone number. Therefore, there is no needless call or harassment call from an unspecified third party to such a telephone.

However, even in the case of a telephone having such a private telephone number, a portable recording medium storing such a private telephone number is mounted on the calling telephone, and the private telephone number is stored. Is read, and when the calling telephone requests the exchange to permit the calling process, the calling process is accepted only for the call and the call is enabled. Therefore, even a telephone with such a private telephone number can make a necessary call in a limited case (people), for a limited time, and the like. As described above, according to the present invention, the called telephone is not bothered by unnecessary incoming calls.

[0010] Preferably, in the case of a public telephone number, a ring tone can be made different from that of a private telephone number.

[0011] As such a portable recording medium, for example, an IC card is suitable.

The information on the telephone stored in the portable recording medium may be the telephone number itself or a telephone number identifier for identifying the telephone number.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in a telephone connected to a telephone exchange, if a portable recording medium storing a telephone number or its telephone number identifier is not mounted, a public telephone number or the telephone Making a call using the number identifier and, if a portable recording medium storing the telephone number or the telephone number identifier is mounted, calling using the stored telephone number or the telephone number identifier; A telephone is provided.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a telephone exchange which does not perform call processing unless a caller's telephone instructs a telephone having a private telephone number to cancel the rejection of a call. A telephone system connected to an exchange, wherein the called telephone has stored its public and / or private telephone numbers or telephone number identifiers identifying those telephone numbers. An incoming call system is provided for sending an instruction to cancel the incoming call rejection to the exchange when a portable recording medium is attached to the calling telephone.

As described above, the called telephone can be set to the exchange as a telephone having a public telephone number or a telephone having a private telephone number according to its own situation.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, a telephone exchange which does not perform a call process on a telephone with a private telephone number unless there is an instruction from the calling telephone to cancel the rejection of the incoming call. When the portable recording medium storing the public telephone number and / or the private telephone number of the own telephone or the telephone number identifier for identifying the telephone number is attached to the calling telephone, the incoming call rejection is released. A telephone is provided for sending instructions to the exchange.

[0017]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

First Embodiment FIGS. 1 and 2 are schematic structural views showing a first embodiment of a receiving system according to the present invention. This incoming call system 100 has telephones 10 and 60 and a public line 50. Telephone exchanges 51 and 52 are installed on the public line 50, and the public line 50 and the telephone 60 are connected to each other via a telephone communication cable.

The telephone 60 is, for example, an indoor telephone used in a general home. It is assumed that a telephone number is naturally assigned to the telephone 60 in advance, and the telephone number is listed in a telephone directory so that a third party can use the telephone number. This is referred to as a public telephone number (public telephone number) in this specification. Conversely, a phone number that is not posted to a phonebook etc. and kept private to a third party,
In this specification, it is called a private telephone number.

The telephone 10 has a liquid crystal display device 11, a handset (handset) 12, and a dial button 13. The telephone 60 has a liquid crystal display 61, a handset 62, and a dial button 63. The telephone 60 has a reader / writer device (not shown) that communicates with the IC card 69.

The IC card 69 is an example of the portable recording medium of the present invention, and stores a public telephone number published in a telephone directory and a private telephone number (private telephone number) not published in the telephone directory. it can. In the present embodiment, the private telephone number is not notified to a third party, but the IC card 6
Only specific persons, such as 9 users' friends, are notified in advance.

In the exchanges 51 and 52, the telephone having the public telephone number is registered as a telephone that can freely talk. On the other hand, telephones with private telephone numbers are exchanges 51, 5
2, the telephone is registered as a telephone that can only communicate under special conditions, and ordinary telephone calls cannot be made. In other words, the owner of the telephone having the private telephone number is a specific party, and in this embodiment, only when the telephone number is stored in the IC card 69 after telling the telephone number to the caller in advance. I can do it. It is possible to make a call from a telephone with such a private telephone number, but in such a case, the telephone number is not displayed on the called telephone. As described above, when a call is made to the telephone with the private telephone number, the private telephone number is stored in the IC card 69, and the IC card 69 is loaded on the reader / writer device and the IC card 69 is loaded.
The telephone number stored in the C card 69 is read, and the read secret telephone number is transmitted to the exchanges 51 and 52, and the call is permitted only at that time. As described above, the IC card 69 is used as a type of key for temporarily notifying the telephone of the public telephone number as well as the telephone of the private telephone number of the telephone permission. The exchanges 51 and 52 perform call control under such conditions.

When the IC card 69 is attached to the reader / writer device in the telephone 60, the telephone 60 reads the public telephone number and the private telephone number in the IC card 69 by the reader / writer device, and reads the public telephone number and the private telephone number. The public telephone number is supplied to the telephone exchange 52. Telephone exchange 52
When the IC card 69 is mounted on the telephone 60, the public telephone number stored in the IC card 69 and / or
Alternatively, line control is performed based on a secret telephone number.

In FIG. 1, although the telephone number of the telephone set 60 is disclosed, the telephone set 60 does not have the IC card 69 mounted thereon. First, a case where a public telephone number is input to the telephone 10 will be described. The caller is the handset 1 of the telephone 10
2 and the dial button 13 is operated, and the telephone 60
Enter your public phone number. The public telephone number is displayed on the liquid crystal display device 11 of the telephone 10 and sent to the telephone exchanges 51 and 52 in the public line 50. The telephone exchanges 51 and 52 establish a line connection between the telephone 10 and the telephone 60 based on the public telephone number input to the telephone 10. That is, the telephones 51 and 52 call the telephone of the called side (the other party) in response to a call request of the telephone of the calling side, and perform a process of establishing a telephone call. In this way, the exchange sends a ring tone signal to the telephone set 60 on the called side, and the telephone set 60 rings the ringer according to the ring tone signal. The called party can talk with the calling party by picking up the handset 62 of the telephone 60 in response to the ringer.

Next, a case where a secret telephone number is input to the telephone 10 will be described. The caller holds the handset 12 and operates the dial button 13 to input a private telephone number of the telephone 60 which is not listed in the telephone directory but is secretly notified in advance. This private telephone number is displayed on the liquid crystal display device 11 of the telephone 10 and sent to the telephone exchanges 51 and 52 in the public line 50. The telephone exchanges 51 and 52 do not establish a line connection between the telephone 10 and the telephone 60 when the private telephone number is input to the telephone 10. In this way, the telephone 60 to which the IC card 69 is not attached does not receive a call using the private telephone number.

In FIG. 2, the telephone 60 has an IC card 69
Is installed. First, a case where a public telephone number is input to the telephone 10 will be described. The caller holds the handset 12, operates the dial button 13, and inputs the public telephone number of the telephone 60. This public phone number is
0 is displayed on the liquid crystal display device 11 and the public line 5
It is sent to the telephone exchanges 51 and 52 within 0. Telephone exchange 5
1 and 52 perform line connection between the telephone 10 and the telephone 60 based on the public telephone number of the telephone 60 input to the telephone 10. In this manner, telephone 60 receives a call at the public telephone number assigned to telephone 60 in advance, and generates a ringtone. The called party can talk with the calling party by picking up the handset 62 of the telephone 60.

Next, a case where a secret telephone number is input to the telephone 10 will be described. The caller holds the handset 12 and operates the dial button 13 to input a private telephone number of the telephone 60. This private phone number is
0 is displayed on the liquid crystal display device 11 and the public line 5
It is sent to the telephone exchanges 51 and 52 within 0. Telephone exchange 5
1 and 52 perform line connection between the telephone 10 and the telephone 60 based on the private telephone number input to the telephone 10. In this way, telephone 60 receives a call with a private telephone number and generates a ringtone. The called party is telephone 6
By picking up the handset 62 of 0, it is possible to talk with the caller. Depending on the presence or absence of the IC card 69 on the telephone 60, the telephone number of the own station (in this case, a private telephone number) is used. It is possible to set whether or not to accept an incoming call.

Note that the telephone 60 may have a configuration in which the ring tone at the private telephone number and the ring tone at the public telephone number are different from each other. When picked up, it is possible to predict whether the caller is a friend based on the ringtone. In that case, exchange 5
1 and 52 transmit the ringtone signal to the called telephone with different ringtone signals depending on whether the telephone number is a public telephone number or a private telephone number.
The called telephone operates the ringer according to the ring tone signal.

In the call receiving system 100 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the user of the IC card 69 puts the IC card 69 on the telephone 6 during a time period during which the user does not want to receive a call (for example, at night).
By extracting from 0, it is possible to prevent incoming calls with a private telephone number.

The IC card 69 is an IC card 69
The telephone number of the friend of the user is stored, and the telephone 60
When the C card 69 is attached, a configuration may be adopted in which a friend's telephone in the IC card 69 is notified at the same time that a call using a private telephone number is possible. Thus, it is possible to notify a friend that the user of the IC card 69 is at home.

What is recorded on the IC card 69 is
The present invention is not limited to the public telephone number and / or the private telephone number itself, but may be replaced with a telephone number identifier for identifying those telephone numbers. Such a telephone number identifier is recorded on the IC card 69, and when used, the telephone number identifier is converted into a telephone number.

Second Embodiment FIGS. 3 and 4 are schematic structural diagrams showing a second embodiment of the terminating system according to the present invention. This incoming call system 200 includes telephones 10, 60, 70 and a public line 5
0 and a private branch exchange 53. Public line 5
At 0, telephone exchanges 51 and 52 are installed, and the public line 50 and the telephone 60 are connected to each other via a telephone communication cable.

The telephone 60 is, for example, an indoor telephone used in a general home, and is assigned a telephone number in advance. The telephone number is a public telephone number (public) in a telephone directory. Phone number). Telephone 70
Is an indoor extension telephone used in a hotel or the like as an example. The telephone 70 and the telephone exchange 53 are connected to each other via a telephone communication cable.

The telephone 10 has a liquid crystal display device 11, a handset 12, and a dial button 13. Telephone 6
0 has a liquid crystal display device 61, a handset 62, and a dial button 63. The telephone 70 has a liquid crystal display 7
1, a handset 72, and a dial button 73. Each of the telephones 60 and 70 has a reader / writer device (not shown) for communicating with the IC card 69. The IC card 69 stores a public telephone number and a private telephone number (private telephone number). The private phone number is I
The friend of the user of the C card 69 has been notified in advance.

When the IC card 69 is mounted on the reader / writer device in the telephone 60, the telephone 60 reads the public telephone number and the private telephone number in the IC card 69 by the reader / writer device, and reads the public telephone number and the non-public telephone number. The public telephone number is supplied to the telephone exchange 52. The telephone 70
When the IC card 69 is attached to the reader / writer device in the telephone set 70, the public telephone number and the private telephone number in the IC card 69 are read by the reader / writer device, and the public telephone number and the private telephone number are transferred to the telephone exchange 53. ,
52. The telephone exchanges 52 and 53 are
If an IC card is attached to the
The line is controlled based on the private telephone number stored in.

In FIG. 3, the telephone 60 has an IC card 69
Is installed. First, a case where a public telephone number or a private telephone number is input to the telephone 10 will be described. The caller holds the handset 12, operates the dial button 13, and inputs a public telephone number or a private telephone number.
The entered telephone number is stored in the liquid crystal display 11 of the telephone 10.
And the telephone exchange 5 in the public line 50.
1, 52. The telephone exchanges 51 and 52 establish a line connection between the telephone 10 and the telephone 60 based on the telephone number input to the telephone 10. In this way, telephone 60 receives a call with the public telephone number and the private telephone number, and generates a ring tone. The called party can talk with the calling party by picking up the handset 62 of the telephone 60. Note that the telephone 60 may have a configuration in which the ring tone at the private telephone number is different from the ring tone at the public telephone number. In this way, the called party can use the handset 62.
, It is possible to predict whether the caller is a friend based on the ringtone.

In FIG. 4, the telephone 70 is an IC card 69
Is installed. First, a case where a public telephone number is input to the telephone 10 will be described. The caller operates the dial button 13 while holding the handset 12, and inputs a public telephone number. The public telephone number is displayed on the liquid crystal display device 11 of the telephone 10 and sent to the telephone exchanges 51 and 52 in the public line 50. The telephone exchanges 51 and 52
The line connection between the telephone 10 and the telephone 60 is performed based on the public telephone number input to the telephone 10. In this manner, the telephone 60 performs the calling process with the public telephone number and generates a ring tone signal to the called telephone. The called telephone 60 operates the ringer according to the ring tone signal. The called party sets the handset 6 of the telephone 60 according to the ringer.
Picking up 2 enables a call with the caller.

Next, a case where a secret telephone number is input to the telephone 10 will be described. The caller operates the dial button 13 while holding the handset 12, and inputs a secret telephone number. This private telephone number is displayed on the liquid crystal display device 11 of the telephone 10 and sent to the telephone exchanges 51 to 53. The telephone exchanges 51 to 53 communicate with the telephone 10 and the telephone 7 based on the private telephone number input to the telephone 10.
A line connection between 0 is made. Thus, the telephone 7
0 performs a calling process with a private telephone number and generates a ring tone signal to the called telephone. The called telephone rings the ringer according to the ring tone signal. The called party picks up the handset of telephone 70 in response to the ringer's sound,
It is possible to talk with the caller, and it is possible to set whether or not to accept an incoming call with the telephone number of the own station (in this case, a private telephone number) depending on whether or not the IC card 69 is mounted on the telephone 70 It is. Note that the exchange may have a configuration in which the ring tone at the private telephone number and the ring tone at the public telephone number are different from each other.
, It is possible to predict whether the caller is a friend based on the ringtone.

In the call receiving system 200 shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the user of the IC card 69 puts the IC card 69 in the telephone 7 during a time period during which the user does not want to receive a call (for example, a time period at midnight).
By extracting from 0, it is possible to prevent incoming calls with a private telephone number.

The above embodiment is an exemplification of the present invention, and the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment.

[0041]

As described above, according to the present invention, there is provided an incoming call system capable of setting whether or not to accept an incoming call with the telephone number of the own station, and a telephone usable for this incoming call system. can do.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a first schematic configuration diagram showing a first embodiment of an incoming call system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a second schematic configuration diagram showing a first embodiment of the incoming call system according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a first schematic configuration diagram showing a second embodiment of the incoming call system according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a second schematic configuration diagram showing a second embodiment of the incoming call system according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

10, 60, 70 telephone, 11, 61, 71 liquid crystal display, 12, 61, 72 telephone handset, 13, 63, 7
3 dial button, 50 public line, 51 to 53 telephone exchange, 69 IC card (portable recording medium), 10
0,200 ... incoming call system.

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Tomio Handa 1-1-1 Ichigaya Kagacho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo Inside Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. No. 1-1, Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. F term (reference) 5K024 AA02 AA65 5K027 BB09 FF03 FF29 HH14 HH26 MM03 5K036 BB18 DD11 DD26 DD48

Claims (10)

[Claims] A telephone having a private telephone number includes a telephone exchange that does not perform call processing unless there is an instruction from a calling telephone to cancel the rejection of a call, and a telephone connected to the telephone exchange. An incoming call system, wherein the calling telephone is a portable recording medium storing a public telephone number and / or a private telephone number of a called telephone or a telephone number identifier for identifying those telephone numbers. If the telephone is not attached to the other telephone, a call is made to the other telephone through the exchange using a public telephone number or a public telephone number identifier for identifying the public telephone number, and the calling telephone is A portable recording medium storing a public telephone number and / or a private telephone number of the called telephone or a telephone number identifier for identifying the telephone number is mounted on the calling telephone. If so, a call is made to the other party's telephone via the exchange using the public telephone number or its public telephone number identifier or its private telephone number or its private telephone number identifier stored in the portable recording medium. The incoming system to do. 2. The switching system according to claim 1, wherein the exchange transmits a different ring tone signal to the called telephone depending on whether the telephone number of the called telephone is a public telephone number or a private telephone number. Item 1. The receiving system according to Item 1. 3. The receiving system according to claim 1, wherein the portable recording medium is an IC card. 4. A telephone set connected to a telephone exchange, if a portable recording medium storing a telephone number or its telephone number identifier is not mounted, a call is made using a public telephone number or its telephone number identifier. And a telephone set for making a call using the stored telephone number or the telephone number identifier when a portable recording medium storing the telephone number or the telephone number identifier is mounted. 5. The telephone according to claim 4, wherein said portable recording medium is an IC card. 6. A telephone having a private telephone number includes a telephone exchange that does not perform call processing unless there is an instruction from the calling telephone to cancel the rejection of a call, and a telephone connected to the telephone exchange. In a terminating system, the called telephone sets the public telephone number of its own telephone and / or
Alternatively, when a portable recording medium storing a private telephone number or a telephone number identifier for identifying the telephone number is attached to the calling telephone, an incoming call system for sending an instruction to cancel the incoming call rejection to the exchange. . 7. The exchange according to claim 1, wherein a different ring tone signal is transmitted to the called telephone according to whether the telephone number of the called telephone is a public telephone number or a private telephone number. Item 6. The receiving system according to Item 6. 8. The incoming call system according to claim 6, wherein said portable recording medium is an IC card. 9. A telephone having a private telephone number, a telephone exchange which does not perform call processing unless an instruction for canceling call rejection is issued from a telephone on the calling side. Or a telephone which sends an instruction to release the call rejection to the exchange when a portable recording medium storing a private telephone number or a telephone number identifier for identifying the telephone number is attached to the calling telephone. 10. The telephone according to claim 9, wherein said portable recording medium is an IC card.