JPH10304052A - Communication device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [PROBLEMS] To provide a communication device having a function of performing a callback using a stored caller number by a predetermined operation during message playback, It is possible to confirm whether or not the calling number is stored without displaying the numerical information. SOLUTION: Callback is possible by notifying the user that the caller number is stored during message reproduction by a visual display by blinking an LED indicator light or by an audible display such as a buzzer sound. The presence or absence of a caller can be easily recognized without looking at the digits of the caller ID and even from a remote position.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a communication apparatus such as a telephone apparatus which supports a caller telephone number notification service line.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, this type of apparatus detects and stores a caller telephone number sent from a line, as disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 4-92543, for example, during playback of a message. There is known an apparatus which displays its telephone number and calls back by key operation.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional apparatus, whether or not the caller telephone number is stored is confirmed by checking the caller telephone number itself displayed on an LCD display or the like. There must be. However, since the user usually listens to the playback message at a position far from the telephone, it is extremely inconvenient to check the telephone number by looking into the display to confirm the telephone number. .

Further, in the above-mentioned conventional apparatus, a large LCD display or the like capable of displaying numerical information is required for displaying a telephone number, and therefore, it is difficult to realize a low-cost and small-sized apparatus.

[0005] Further, the above-mentioned conventional apparatus has a drawback that only the same response message can be sent regardless of the caller at the time of callback.

Further, in the above-mentioned conventional apparatus, only the telephone number of the caller received from the line is displayed. Therefore, when the information such as the affiliation and the fax number of the caller is not included in the message, the message is not known at all. There was an inconvenience.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a communication apparatus which allows a user to confirm whether or not a caller ID is stored without displaying numeric information while a message is being received.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a communication apparatus which allows a user to confirm whether or not a caller ID is stored without a visible display means while a message is being received.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a communication device which enables a user to confirm whether or not a caller ID is stored from a remote position while receiving a message.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a communication device capable of transmitting a response message according to the type of a caller.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a communication device capable of providing a user with supplementary information of a caller during reproduction of a message.

[0012]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention comprises a caller number detecting means for detecting a caller number received from a line, a caller number storing means for storing the detected caller number, A message recording / reproducing means for recording and reproducing the message of the caller; and a display means for visually or audibly displaying that the caller number is stored during the reproduction of the message. Is performed by using the stored caller number.

[0013] Thus, the user can easily confirm whether or not the calling party number is stored without discriminating the digits during the message reproduction. It can also be confirmed from a remote location. As a result, it is possible to easily determine whether or not the caller who is playing back can be called back.

Further, it is possible to confirm whether or not the caller ID is stored without using expensive numerical information display means or visible display means.

According to the present invention, there is provided a caller number detecting means for detecting a caller number received from a line, and selecting one of a plurality of response messages stored in advance in response to an incoming call. Transmitting means for transmitting to a line, and switching a message to be transmitted depending on the presence or absence of the calling party number. This makes it possible to send a response message according to the type of the caller.

According to the present invention, there is provided a caller number detecting means for detecting a caller number received from a line, and comparing the detected caller number with a pre-registered number list to specify its type. And a transmitting means for selecting one of a plurality of pre-stored response messages in response to an incoming call and transmitting the selected response message to a line, and transmitting the message according to the type of the calling party number. Is switched. This makes it possible to send a response message according to the type of the caller.

According to the present invention, there is provided a caller number detecting means for detecting a caller number received from a line, and comparing the detected caller number with a pre-registered number list to specify its type. And a sending means for sending a response message to the line in response to the incoming call, and switching whether or not to answer the incoming call according to the type of the calling party number. This makes it possible to select whether or not to respond to the incoming call according to the type of the caller.

Further, according to the present invention, there is provided a caller number detecting means for detecting a caller number received from a line, and comparing the detected caller number with a pre-registered number list to specify its type. Comparing means for transmitting a response message to the line in response to an incoming call, and recording means for recording a message following transmission of the response message. It is characterized in that it is switched whether or not. As a result, it is possible to select whether or not to record a message according to the type of the caller.

Further, the present invention provides a caller number detecting means for detecting a caller number received from a line, a caller number storage means for storing the detected caller number, and a caller message. Message recording / reproducing means for recording and reproducing a caller, display means for visually displaying a caller number during message reproduction, and storage means for storing supplementary information corresponding to a pre-registered call number. When displaying the caller number, the caller number is checked against a pre-registered call number, and if there is a matched number, the additional information is also displayed together with the caller number. It is characterized by performing. This makes it possible to provide the user with additional information that does not exist in the message about the caller.

[0020]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a telephone device according to one embodiment of the present invention.

This telephone device has a C for controlling the entire device.
PU1 and memory for storing caller telephone number, calling telephone number, registered telephone number, incidental information, answering machine response message, message from caller, and various other information necessary for controlling the system 3, an operation unit 5 for the user to perform various operations, a display unit 7 such as an LCD or an LED,
It has a clock section 8 for generating time information and a telephone number detecting section 9 for detecting a caller telephone number transmitted from the line.

Also, a dial signal transmitting unit 11 for generating a dial signal to be transmitted to a line, a voice recording / reproducing unit 13 for recording / reproducing a message from a caller or an answering machine response message, A BGM generating unit 15 for generating an audible sound or the like for indicating that the caller number is stored in the memory, a speaker 17 for generating an audible sound, and a CI signal transmitted from the line are detected. C
And an I signal detection unit 19.

Further, a call control unit 21 for controlling between a transmission / reception unit 23 and a line interface unit 25 to be described later and detecting on-hook / off-hook, a transmission / reception unit 23 for making a call, a line and each unit And a line interface unit 25 for performing an interface between the two.

In FIG. 1, when there is an incoming call by the CI signal from the telephone line 27 and the line provides the caller's telephone number notification service, the caller uses the non-signal period of the CI signal. Phone number information is sent. Thus, the telephone number information of the caller is detected by the telephone number detecting section 9 and stored in the memory 3.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a part of the operation unit 5.

The operation unit 5 of this embodiment has an LCD display 71 constituting the display unit 7 described above, and an LED display lamp 7 for displaying that callback and redialing are possible.
3, 75, a redial / callback key 77 for instructing redial / callback, a playback key 79 for instructing playback of an answering machine message, and a registration key 81 used for registration of one-touch and speed dial. Have.

FIGS. 3 and 4 are flow charts showing the operation in the answering machine mode in this embodiment.

First, when CI is detected in S101, S1 is detected.
03, the caller telephone number is detected, and if detected, the telephone number is displayed on the display 71 (S10).
5). At this time, as shown in FIG. 4, it is further checked whether or not the detected number matches a previously registered number (S201). Display (S20
3). As information considered here, as shown in FIG. 2, there are a location, a company name, an affiliation, a name, a short one-touch registration number, a FAX telephone number, and the like.

If the caller's telephone number is not detected, it is checked in step S111 if the caller's telephone number is absent and whether or not the mode is set to a mode for rejecting the response. If yes, the process ends without responding, and if not, a response message is sent out to the line through the voice recording / reproducing unit 13 and the line interface unit 25 (S113). Here, it is assumed that the response message is A. Also, when the caller telephone number described above is detected, a response message is transmitted. Here, the type of the caller telephone number is determined, and a message corresponding to the type is transmitted ( S109, S110).

Next, the message will be described together with the response message A.

First, if there is no caller's telephone number, there is a high possibility that the other party cannot be identified, and there is a risk of mischief. For example, "I'm using automatic answering now. Please speak your business after the dial tone." In addition, the type of voice is not determined by voice if the voice synthesized data is used, and the voice synthesized data of a male is more useful for a female user.

Next, when there is a calling party telephone number, it is conceivable to switch messages depending on whether the number matches a number registered in advance. Furthermore, even if the message matches, if a message limited to a specific caller is prepared each time, a message function can be provided. "I'm X now
I am going to Mr. X. Phone number is XXXX
There are many uses.

After the message is sent out as described above, if it is registered as an answering party according to the type of the caller telephone number, an answering operation (S115) is performed, and as a result, the recorded message is recorded. It is determined whether there is a message (S117). If so, the caller's telephone number is stored in the memory 3 in association with the message. The above is the operation in the answering machine mode.

Next, FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a recorded message playback and callback operation.

By pressing the play key 79, the recorded message and the sound reproduction (time stamp reproduction) of the time when the message was recorded are started (S30).
1). Then, it is checked in step S303 whether the caller telephone number associated with the message has been stored.
If there is a memory, the stored telephone number and the information associated with the stored telephone number are displayed (S305), and the presence of the stored calling telephone number is separately visible / audible (S305).
307). As the visible display, the lighting of the LED indicator lamp 73 /
As the audible display using blinking, there are BGM generated by the BGM generating unit 15, voice guidance, electronic sound, and the like. Note that only one of the visible display and the audible display may be performed.

Then, when the user listens to the recorded message and needs to be called back, the user recognizes that the automatic call back is possible by the above visible / audible display.
Pressing the callback key 77 or the transmission / reception unit 23
When the off-hook operation is performed, the CPU 1 sets the operation unit 5 or the transmission / reception unit 23 and the call control unit 21
(S309), and if so, based on the caller telephone number stored in the memory 3, the dial signal transmitting unit 11, A calling operation is performed using the line interface unit 25 (S311).

If the callback key has not been pressed and the off-hook operation has not been performed, the unplayed recorded message is checked, and if so, the message is reproduced (S313).

In the above example, a wait time by a timer is added to the recorded message and the audio playback (S301) portion of the time at which the message was recorded, so that the user has a margin for accepting the callback operation. Can also be provided.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the operation of registering one-touch and speed dial.

As described above, the user who has confirmed that there is a caller telephone number corresponding to the message can check whether the caller has already been registered for one-touch or speed dial by looking at the display. It can be confirmed (S501 to S507). Here, it is not registered,
If it is necessary to newly register, the registration key is pressed in S509 to shift to a registration operation (S511). It goes without saying that in this registration operation, a new input operation becomes unnecessary by using the stored caller telephone number.

After the registration operation is completed, it is checked whether or not there is a message that has not been reproduced yet (S513). If there is an unreproduced message, the process proceeds to the reproduction operation, and the caller of the recorded message is transmitted. Can be registered one after another.

Next, FIGS. 7 and 8 are flow charts showing the incoming call operation in the non-answering mode.

In this mode, basically, there is no automatic response to an incoming call. First, detection of a CI signal (S401) is followed by detection of a caller telephone number (S403). Monitor off-hook (S41)
7) If the user is not off-hook, the process ends. If there is an off-hook, the callback display by the LED indicator 73 and the redial display by the LED indicator 75 are turned off (S419, S421).

If there is a caller telephone number, S
After displaying the caller telephone number or the like in 405, off-hook is monitored. If the call goes off-hook, the caller telephone number is stored in the redial area of the memory 3 (S409).
Turning on the callback display by LED indicator 73 and LE
The redial display by the D display lamp 75 is turned off (S4).
13, S415). Although not specifically shown here, when a normal calling operation is performed, storing of the calling telephone number in the redial area and turning on the redial display are performed.

By performing the above operation, when the user presses the redial / callback key 77, the user dials using the telephone number stored in the redial area, as shown in FIG. Redial (S601, S603) if the call is a call, and callback (S601, S601) if the call is a call with a caller telephone number.
S605) and automatically switch and dial.

In the example of FIG. 7, whether or not the caller telephone number is stored is switched off-hook. However, as shown in FIG. 9, the caller telephone number is always stored (S805). The same function can be realized by storing information on whether or not an off-hook operation has been performed (S808). The other steps in FIG. 9 are the same as the steps in FIG.

Although it is assumed here that the dial memories for redial and callback are shared by the redial area, it is also possible to prepare a dedicated memory area for each. At this time, information as to whether or not the last call was made by calling is stored, and the redial operation and the callback operation are automatically switched according to the information.

It is also conceivable to stop sharing keys and prepare a dedicated key and a memory area for each key. In this case, the user determines whether the call with the dialing party has been called or called. It is necessary to use them properly while being conscious of.

In the above description, the telephone device has been described as an example.
It is also possible to apply to other communication devices.

[0050]

As described above, according to the present invention,
It is possible for the user to confirm whether or not the caller's number is stored by the audible display means or the visual display means without displaying the numerical information while receiving the message. Operation becomes possible.

Further, according to the present invention, it is possible for the user to confirm whether or not the caller ID is stored without a visible display means while receiving a message. Back operation becomes possible.

Further, according to the present invention, it is possible to make the user confirm whether or not the caller ID is stored from a remote position while receiving a message. Operation becomes possible.

Further, according to the present invention, it is possible to make a callback after the reproduction of the recorded message is completed. Further, according to the present invention, it is possible to allow a margin for the callback instruction acceptance period.

According to the present invention, it is possible to send a response message according to the type of the caller. Further, according to the present invention, it is possible to select whether or not to respond to the incoming call according to the type of the caller.

Further, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide the user with additional information of the caller not included in the message during reproduction of the message.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing an operation unit of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an operation in an answering machine mode of the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an operation in an answering machine mode of the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an operation of the above embodiment at the time of playing a message recording message.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a one-touch, speed dial registration operation of the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an operation of the above embodiment when a non-answering message is reproduced.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an operation of the above embodiment when a non-answering message is reproduced.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing an operation when a non-answering message is reproduced according to another embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... CPU, 3 ... Memory, 5 ... Operation part, 7 ... Display part, 8 ... Clock part, 9 ... Telephone number detection part, 11 ... Dial signal transmission part, 13 ... Voice recording and reproduction part, 15 ... BGM generation part, 17: Speaker, 19: CI signal detection unit, 21: Call control unit, 23: Transmission / reception unit, 25: Line interface unit

Claims (17)

[Claims] A caller number detecting means for detecting a caller number received from a line; a caller number storage means for storing the detected caller number; recording a message of the caller;
A message recording / reproducing means for reproducing; and a display means for visually displaying that the caller number is stored during the message reproduction, and the stored call is made by a predetermined operation during the message reproduction. A communication device for making a callback using a user number. 2. A caller number detecting means for detecting a caller number received from a line; a caller number storing means for storing the detected caller number; and recording a message of the caller;
A message recording / reproducing means for reproducing; and a display means for audibly displaying that the caller number is stored during the message reproduction, and the stored call is generated by a predetermined operation during the message reproduction. A communication device for making a callback using a user number. 3. The communication device according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined operation is a key press or an on-hook operation. 4. The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a callback operation is performed at the end of reproduction of each message. 5. The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the message reproduction is reproduction of a recorded message of a caller and reproduction of a time stamp subsequent thereto. 6. The communication device according to claim 1, wherein the message playback includes playback of a recorded caller's message, playback of a subsequent time stamp, and subsequent wait time by a timer. . 7. A caller number detecting means for detecting a caller number received from a line, and selecting one of a plurality of response messages stored in advance in response to an incoming call and sending it to the line. A communication unit that switches messages to be transmitted according to the presence or absence of the caller number. 8. The communication device according to claim 7, wherein at least one of the plurality of response messages can be recorded by a user. 9. The message according to claim 8, wherein when the caller number is not detected, the message selected and transmitted is not a recording by a user but a voice message prepared in advance in the apparatus. A communication device characterized by the above-mentioned. 10. The male voice message according to claim 8, wherein when the caller number is not detected, the selected and transmitted message is not based on a user's recording but is a male voice message prepared in advance in the device. A communication device, characterized in that: 11. Caller number detecting means for detecting a caller number received from a line; and comparing means for comparing the detected caller number with a pre-registered number list and specifying its type. And sending means for selecting one of a plurality of response messages stored in advance in response to an incoming call and sending the selected message to a line, and switching the message to be sent according to the type of the calling party number. A communication device characterized by the above-mentioned. 12. The communication device according to claim 11, wherein at least one of the plurality of response messages can be recorded by a user. 13. Caller number detecting means for detecting a caller number received from a line; comparing means for comparing the detected caller number with a pre-registered number list and specifying its type Transmitting means for transmitting a response message to a line in response to an incoming call; and switching whether or not to respond to the incoming call according to the type of the calling party number. 14. The communication device according to claim 13, wherein one of the types of the caller number that does not respond to the incoming call is a case where the caller number is not detected. 15. Caller number detecting means for detecting a caller number received from a line; comparing means for comparing the detected caller number with a pre-registered number list and specifying its type Transmission means for transmitting a response message to the line in response to an incoming call; and recording means for recording a message following transmission of the response message; and whether or not to record a message according to the type of the calling party number. A communication device characterized in that the communication device is switched. 16. A caller number detecting means for detecting a caller number received from a line; a caller number storage means for storing the detected caller number; recording a message of the caller; Message recording / reproducing means for reproducing; display means for visually displaying a caller number during message reproduction; storage means for storing incidental information corresponding to a pre-registered calling number. When displaying the caller number, a collation with a pre-registered call number is performed, and if there is a matched number, additional information is also displayed together with the caller number. A communication device characterized by the above-mentioned. 17. The communication device according to claim 16, wherein the supplementary information includes any of a location, a company name, an affiliation, a name, a speed dial / one-touch dial registration number, and a facsimile number.