KR100265119B1 - Message auto transmitting method of automatic answering telephone set - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a telephone having an automatic answering function. In particular, a telephone having an automatic answering function is used to solve a problem in which a remaining amount of memory for recording an incoming message is not enough to record another incoming message. To this end, in the present invention, a specific pager is registered, a recording designation range that occupies a predetermined capacity in the total recordable memory capacity is set, a memory for storing an incoming message, and a memory capacity for recording the incoming message is checked. In the message automatic transmission method of the answering machine having a control unit, the method comprising: checking the remaining amount of the remaining memory after recording the incoming message, and the entire recorded message plus the incoming message is within the set memory recording designation range. If exceeded, sending the incoming message recorded in excess of the set recording specified range to the selected voicemail box according to the registered pager call, and deleting the sent incoming message from the storage area of the memory. Is done.

Description

Method of automatic message transmission of telephone with automatic answering function {MESSAGE AUTO TRANSMITTING METHOD OF AUTOMATIC ANSWERING TELEPHONE SET}

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a telephone having an automatic answering function, and more particularly, to a method for automatically transmitting a message for effectively controlling the remaining amount of memory for recording an incoming message.

In general, a medium for recording a voice signal in a telephone having an auto answering function is mainly composed of a tape and a voice memory, and a telephone having an auto answering function responds to an outgoing message in a recording mode. Message (hereinafter referred to as OGM) and a message generated from the calling party (In-Coming Message: referred to as ICM hereinafter) can be recorded, ICM can be played back in the OGM or auto-response mode in the playback mode. In the phone having such an auto answering function, a plurality of incoming messages have been recorded and not deleted in the related art, and thus there is a case in which no other incoming messages can be recorded because the memory is full. In this case, the conventional technique for solving this problem was to send a notification to the calling party that the message recording was impossible due to insufficient memory capacity, and further recording of the message was impossible. Therefore, when the memory is conventionally filled, in order to record another incoming message, the user has to check the memory and delete the message.

As described above, when a phone having a conventional automatic answering function is full of memory and there is not enough memory to store a message, there is a problem in that no more messages can be recorded.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an automatic message transmission method for notifying a user when a message recorded in a telephone having an automatic response function capable of recording a message occupies a predetermined memory capacity.

In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, a specific pager is registered, a recording designation range that occupies a predetermined capacity in the total recordable memory capacity is set, a memory storing an incoming message, and a memory in which the incoming message is recorded. In the message automatic transmission method of the answering machine having a control unit for checking the capacity, the process of checking the remaining memory after recording the incoming message, and the entire recorded message plus the incoming message is the set memory If the recording specified range is exceeded, transmitting the incoming message recorded above the set recording range to the voicemail box selected according to the preset pager call; and sending the received incoming message to a storage area of a memory. Deletion takes place.

1 is a block diagram of a telephone having an automatic answering function according to the present invention;

2 is a structural diagram of a table for storing incoming messages recorded in a voice memory according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3A and 3B are control flow diagrams for automatically transmitting an incoming message recorded over a set recording range according to an embodiment of the present invention to a voicemail box of a registered pager;

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a more thorough understanding of the present invention, such as specific processing flows. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the present invention may be practiced without these specific details. Detailed descriptions of well-known functions and configurations that are determined to unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention will be omitted.

1 is a block diagram of a telephone having an automatic answering function according to the present invention;

The control unit 111 controls the overall operation of the telephone having the auto answering function. The control unit 111 is a one chip microprocessor, and includes a ROM for storing program data therein and a RAM for temporarily storing data generated during program execution. The internal RAM of the control unit 111 is allocated a message table area for storing recorded numbers according to an embodiment of the present invention. The memory 112 stores data to be maintained even in a power failure, and stores pager numbers and specific codes for pager calls according to an embodiment of the present invention. The memory 112 may use an EEPROM.

The key input unit 113 includes keys for setting various functions and modes and numeric keys for performing a dialing function, and outputs key data corresponding to a key pressed by a user to the controller 111.

The display unit 114 displays the state of the answering machine under the control of the control unit 111, and the display unit 114 may use a liquid crystal display (LCD). The ring detector 115 is connected to a telephone line and detects a ring signal input to the telephone line in an on-hook state and notifies the controller 111 that the call is in an incoming state. The relay 116 includes a hook switch, and under the control of the controller 111, a relay switch 116 functions to form and block a call path between a telephone line and an answering phone. The call circuit 17 is a speech IC and processes various tone signals and voice signals which are connected to and connected to a telephone line. The transmitter 120 and the receiver 121 may be a microphone, a speaker, or a handset. In addition, in the case of a wireless answering machine, a radio unit for processing an RF signal to the call circuit unit 117 is connected in parallel with the talker 120 and the receiver 121. The DTMF generation unit 118 is connected between the control unit 111 and the call circuit unit 117, converts the digital data output from the control unit 111 into a DTMF signal and outputs it to the call circuit unit 117. The DTMF receiver 119 is connected between the call circuit unit 117 and the control unit 111, converts the DTMF signal output from the call circuit unit 117 into digital data and outputs the digital data to the control unit 111.

The voice processing unit 130 is connected to the call circuit unit 117 and, under the control of the control unit 111, records a voice message received from the call circuit unit 117 or reproduces the recorded message as a voice signal and outputs it to the call circuit unit 117. In the embodiment of the present invention, it is assumed that the voice processor 130 includes a codec 133, a voice controller 131, and a voice memory 132. The codec 133 is connected to the call circuit unit 117, converts the voice signal received in the recording mode into digital data, and converts the digital data output in the playback mode into an analog voice signal and outputs the analog voice signal to the call circuit unit 117. The voice controller 131 compresses and outputs the audio data output from the codec 133 in the recording mode under the control of the controller 111. The voice controller 131 accesses and decodes the audio data to be output in the playback mode. do. The voice controller 131 may use a digital signal processing processor (DSP). The voice memory 132 records a voice message in a designated area under the control of the voice controller 131 in the recording mode, and outputs a voice message recorded in a designated storage area under the control of the voice controller 131 in the reproducing mode. In addition, the control unit 111 sets a "CHK" which is a "recording designation range" according to an embodiment of the present invention in the voice memory 132, and performs a predetermined operation when a message is recorded beyond this.

FIG. 2 is a structural diagram of a table for storing incoming messages recorded in a voice memory according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which a recording number is assigned to a start address point (SP) and an end address dress (EP) table. And a start address SP and an end address EP of the voice memory 132 for storing a message recorded corresponding to the corresponding recording number. In addition, according to the embodiment of the present invention, "recording designated range" CHK is set in a predetermined range of the memory capacity.

3A and 3B are control flow diagrams illustrating an automatic transmission of an incoming message recorded over a set recording designated range according to an embodiment of the present invention to a voicemail box of a registered pager.

When the ring signal is received in the auto answer mode, the process of recording the ICM after transmitting the OGM,

Checking the capacity of the recorded memory by the ICM and checking whether the capacity occupied by the recorded message exceeds the "recording designated range" set in the memory;

If the capacity occupied by the recorded message exceeds the "recording specification range" set in the memory, dialing a previously registered pager number and transmitting a voice recording selection code for selecting a pager voicemail box;

Transmitting the corresponding ICM recorded over the "recording designated range" to the voicemailer of the pager;

Transmitting the message extension selection code if the transmitted ICM exceeds the designated recording time of the voicemail box, and continuously transmitting the ICM;

Transmitting the message recording end code when ICM transmission ends;

Dialing a specific code promised to the user of low memory,

As described above, when the corresponding ICM recorded in excess of the memory "recording designated range" is transmitted to the voicemailer of the pager, the transmitted ICM is deleted from the memory.

Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. In order to perform automatic message transmission in a telephone having an automatic answering function according to the present invention, first, a "recording designation range" is set in a predetermined range of the voice memory capacity as shown in FIG. The term " memory recording designation range " refers to an arbitrary designation within a certain range of the memory capacity for checking the insufficient memory capacity, and is an arbitrary designation range for checking whether the ICM is recorded beyond the predetermined range of the memory capacity. It means "CHK" shown in 2. In order to implement the present invention, a pager number for calling a pager voicemail box, a voicemail select code, a message extension recording code, a message end code, and a specific code indicating a memory capacity are previously registered in the memory 112. The pager registration method in such a telephone is already known and is not described here.

After setting the "recording designated range" as described above, and register the pager call number, the method for automatically transmitting the incoming message recorded over the set recording designated range according to the present invention to the voicemail of the registered pager It will be described in detail with reference to Figure 3a, b. First, in step 201, when the control unit 111 detects the reception of the ring signal from the ring detector 115, the control unit 111 proceeds to step 202 to check whether the auto answer mode is set. If the auto answer mode is set, the process proceeds to step 204. Otherwise, the process proceeds to step 203 to perform a corresponding function. In step 204, the control unit 111 transmits the OGM through the voice processing unit 130 and the call circuit unit 117, and in step 205, the voice signal received by the codec 133 of the voice processing unit 130 through the call circuit unit 117 through the call circuit unit 117 in the opposite process. Under the control of the controller 131, the data is converted into digital data and stored in a designated storage area of the voice memory 132. 2 illustrates an ICM stored in the voice memory 132. Then, in step 206, the control unit 111 checks the capacity of the message (ICM) recorded in the voice memory 132. In step 207, the control unit 111 checks whether the capacity of the message (ICM) recorded in the voice memory 132 checked in step 206 exceeds the CHK shown in FIG. If the capacity of the message (ICM) recorded in the checked voice memory 132 exceeds the preset "recording range", the process proceeds to step 208. . For example, when the voice memory 132 exceeds the "recording designated range" CHK, the message recorded before exceeding the CHK is EPN-1, and when the ICM is recorded thereafter. If CHK, which is the "record designation range", is exceeded (SPN-EPN), the control unit 111 checks this and recognizes that there is not enough capacity to record more messages in memory. For example, if the voice memory is a voice memory capable of storing 100 minutes of messages, set the "recording designated range" CHK to the range of 90 minutes, and the remaining memory remaining when the ICM is recorded in excess of this CHK. If the ICM is recorded in excess of the CHK, the controller proceeds to step 208 and the control unit 111 automatically dials a pager number registered online by using a public telephone network. If it is not connected to the mobile communication network, the process proceeds to step 209. If it is not connected to the mobile communication network, it automatically redials and connects to the mobile communication network. In step 209, the control unit 111 registers a pager voice recording selection code for accessing the pager voice mailbox. The control unit 111 exceeds the CHK in step 210. 2, the recorded ICM (the SPN-EPN message shown in Fig. 2) is sent to the pager voicemail box. In step 211, the control unit 111 checks the end of the message transmission and proceeds to step 214 if the message transmission is finished. If not, the process proceeds to step 212. In step 212, the control unit 111 checks whether the specified recording time of the pager voicemail box has been exceeded and returns to step 210 if the specified recording time of the pager voicemailbox has not been exceeded. If the specified recording time of the pager voicemail box is exceeded, proceed to step 213. The currently registered message recording extension selection code is sent out. The message extension code currently provided by Korean mobile communication is "**". Then, go back to step 210 and continue to send the message. In the system, the control unit 111 transmits a pre-registered message recording end code The current message recording end code provided by the Korean mobile communication is "*"-one time asterisk. Dials a specific code that tells you that you have run out of memory. Then, after turning off the connection with the public telephone network, in step 216, the control unit 111 deletes the corresponding ICM sent to the voicemail box of the pager from the voice memory 132.

Meanwhile, in the detailed description of the present invention, a telephone having an automatic answering function has been described, but various modifications (for example, a facsimile having an automatic answering function) are possible without departing from the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, but should be defined not only by the scope of the following claims, but also by the equivalents of the claims.

As described above, according to the present invention, when a message recorded in the voice memory is filled over the specified range, the message recorded over the specified range is sent to the voicemail box of the registered pager, and then the corresponding message is deleted from the memory. By allowing a message to be recorded and notifying the user that the remaining memory level is insufficient, the user can take quick measures to secure the remaining memory level.

Claims (3)

A specific pager is registered, a recording designation range that occupies a certain capacity in the total recordable memory capacity is set, and has a memory for storing incoming messages, and a control unit for checking the memory capacity for recording incoming messages. In the automatic message transmission method of answering machine, Checking the remaining amount of Xinger memory after recording the incoming message; When the entire recorded message plus the incoming message exceeds the set memory recording designated range, the incoming message recorded over the set recording designated range is transmitted to the selected voicemail box according to the preset pager call. Process, And automatically deleting the transmitted incoming message from a storage area of a memory. The method of claim 1, And transmitting the incoming message to the pager voicemail, and then dialing a predetermined specific code for notifying the memory remaining shortage. The telephone having an automatic answering function according to claim 1, further comprising transmitting a message extension code when the recording time specified in the voicemail box is exceeded while transmitting an incoming message to the voicemail box of the pager. How to send messages automatically.

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