JP2000059497A - Telephone set - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To deliver a proper message to a caller by selecting an automatic reply message in advance through the use of caller telephone number information and replying the opposite party with the selected message, after receiving the call automatically to use a specific reply message. SOLUTION: When an incoming call monitor section 102 of a telephone set 101 detects the arrival of an incoming call, an incoming call discrimination section 103 acquires the information on a caller telephone number and discriminates whether or not the caller telephone number is a specific caller telephone number. When the result of discrimination indicates that the incoming call is from a specific caller telephone number, an automatic replay processing section 104 corresponding to the specific caller telephone number conducts processing after the arrival of an incoming call automatically. The automatic replay processing section 104 uses an automatic replay message for the specific caller telephone number set in advance by the user, to replay an opposite party that makes the incoming call. Meanwhile, when the incoming call reaches from other telephone number than the specific caller telephone number, an automatic replay processing section 105 conducts processing with respect to a non-specific caller telephone number after the automatic arrival of the incoming call.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a technology for automatically answering incoming calls of a telephone connected to a wired or wireless telephone line.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional telephone, after an automatic incoming call, first, all callers are answered with a common message. Next, after performing authentication by making the caller additionally dial,
A message for a specific caller was transmitted to the caller.

[0003]

According to the above-mentioned prior art, a telephone call from a specific telephone, even if the telephone user knows that the telephone is from a specific person, In order for a caller to listen to a particular message, the caller had to authenticate, for example, by making an additional dial after an automatic call.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An automatic response message is selected in advance by using a telephone number having a function of recognizing a caller's telephone number by using the caller's telephone number information. This is achieved by providing the side with the ability to respond.

[0005] The incoming call monitoring unit monitors whether there is an incoming call. When there is an incoming call, the incoming call determination unit recognizes the source telephone number. Then, it is determined whether or not the caller telephone number is a specific telephone number registered in advance by the user.

In the automatic response processing unit, based on the information from the incoming call determination unit, separate automatic response is performed depending on whether the source telephone number is a specific telephone number registered in advance by the user and another telephone number. Respond to the other party using a message.

[0007] Thus, the user can communicate the reason why the call cannot be answered by using different messages for each caller's telephone number without forcing the caller to perform a procedure such as authentication.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to embodiments.

FIG. 1 shows the configuration of the means for realizing the present invention in a telephone.

Reference numeral 101 denotes a telephone connected to a wired telephone line. Reference numeral 102 denotes an incoming call monitoring unit for monitoring incoming calls. Reference numeral 103 denotes an incoming call judging unit for judging whether there is an incoming call from a specific source telephone number or from other sources.

Reference numeral 104 denotes an automatic response processing unit for a specific source telephone number, which responds to a caller using a preset automatic response message for an incoming call from a specific source telephone number.

Reference numeral 105 denotes an automatic response processing unit for a non-specific source telephone number, which responds to a caller using a preset automatic response message for an incoming call from a source other than a specific source telephone number. is there.

[0013] When there is an incoming call from a specific source telephone number to the telephone, if the user cannot answer the telephone for some reason, the processing is performed in the following procedure. First phone
When a call is made to the telephone 101 from outside, the telephone 101 detects that there is an incoming call in the incoming call monitoring unit 102 by a known method. When an incoming call is detected, the incoming call determination unit 103
Obtains source phone number information in a known manner and determines whether it is from a particular source phone number or not.

If the result of the determination is that the incoming call is from a specific source telephone number, the automatic response processing unit 104 for the specific source telephone number performs processing after the automatic incoming call. The automatic response processing unit 104 for the specific source telephone number responds to the called party using an automatic response message for the specific source telephone number preset by the user. Here, the automatic response processing depends on a known method.

On the other hand, if the incoming call is from a source other than the specific source telephone number, the automatic response processing unit 105 for the non-specific source telephone number performs processing after the automatic incoming call. The automatic response processing unit 105 for the non-specific source telephone number responds to the caller using an automatic response message for the non-specific source telephone number preset by the user.
Here, the automatic response processing depends on a known method.

FIG. 2 shows a procedure from when a call is received to when the user automatically answers the called party using an automatic response message set in advance by the user.

FIG. 3 shows an example of an automatic answering process when a call is received from a telephone having a non-specific source telephone number.
In this example, 777-2222 is registered as the specific source telephone number in the receiving telephone number. The calling party's phone number is 888-1111. In this case, the receiving telephone automatically responds with the message set in the automatic response processing unit 105 for the non-specific source telephone number. In this example, the caller responds with the message "I can't answer the phone right now. Please try again later."

FIG. 4 shows an example of an automatic answering process when a call is received from a telephone having a specific source telephone number. In this example, 777-2222 is registered as the specific source telephone number in the receiving telephone number. The calling phone number is
777-2222. In this case, the receiving telephone automatically responds with a message set in the automatic response processing unit 104 for the specific source telephone number. In this example, respond to the caller with the message, "I'm always with my buddy.

[0019]

According to the present invention, when a user receives a call from a specific telephone, if the user knows that the call is from a specific person, the user can give a specific response message to the person. By using this function, it is possible to convey an appropriate message to each person making a call, thereby improving usability.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of realizing means of the present invention in a telephone.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a flow from determination of a source telephone number to automatic response processing.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of an automatic response performed by a receiving telephone when a call is received from a telephone having a non-specific caller telephone number.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of an automatic response performed by a receiving telephone when a call is received from a telephone having a specific caller telephone number.

[Explanation of symbols]

101: telephone, 102: incoming call monitoring section, 103: incoming call determining section, 104: automatic response processing section.

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Kenro Todoro 292 Yoshida-cho, Totsuka-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa Prefecture Inside Hitachi Micro Software Systems, Ltd. (72) Asuka Watanabe 292 Yoshida-cho, Totsuka-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa Address F-term in Hitachi Multimedia System Center (reference) 5K036 DD35 EE01 JJ01 JJ16 5K039 CC03 HH17 5K101 KK06 PP03

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A telephone having a function of recognizing a source telephone number, wherein the telephone has a function of responding to an opponent using an automatic response message for each source telephone number after an automatic incoming call.