JP2002300265A - Telephone system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To avoid useless calling not by continuously calling an opposite party unable to connect again but by continuously calling a group in one round to finish calling processing. SOLUTION: The telephone numbers of opposite parties unable to connect, i.e., uncommunicated telephone numbers among called telephone numbers are stored during continuous calling, when continuous calling to the group is performed in one round, the calling processing is finished, and when a user performs prescribed operation, the uncommunicated telephone numbers are read and the numbers can be continuously recalled. This telephone system has a calling history memory that can store a called telephone number history for finite numbers when dial calling is performed and does not store the telephone number of a calling destination in the calling history memory in the case of continuous calling. The telephone system is also provided with a voice outputting means for outputting the next calling destination by voice performing continuous calling.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a telephone device for continuously making a call when making a call to a plurality of destinations.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As an example of continuous transmission, see, for example,
There is one described in US Pat. In this conventional apparatus, one group is registered in advance (a plurality of parties).
This document describes that a call is made continuously by a single operation, and a dial call is automatically made to another callee in sequence when the callee is busy or does not answer. In this device, it is described that, when a group round call is completed, a call is automatically re-transmitted to the other party who was busy or did not answer in the previous call.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional device, after the group round call, the next call processing is immediately started to the other party who is talking or not responding in the previous call immediately. If the other party who made the call earlier did not answer, it is often the case that the user is away from the telephone and is absent. Therefore, the above-described conventional publication apparatus has a problem of repeating useless calls.

[0004] Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a telephone device that can reduce useless calls.

[0005]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, during a continuous call, an uncalled telephone number of the other party who was not connected among the transmitted telephone numbers is stored, and a continuous round call is made to the group. When this is done, the calling process is terminated, and the user performs a predetermined operation to read out the uncalled telephone number and make it possible to continuously redial this number.

[0006] With this, the transmission process is terminated when the call is continuously transmitted once to the group, instead of the continuous transmission to the other party who was not connected as in the related art, so that useless transmission can be avoided. Then, in the present invention, the uncalled telephone number, which is the telephone number of the other party who was not connected, is stored, and after the end of continuous calling, the user operates
This uncalled telephone number can be read out and continuously re-transmitted to the remaining destinations that have not been connected, so that it is possible to easily transmit a call to all members of the group easily and to improve convenience.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, during a continuous transmission, an out-of-call telephone number of the other party who was not connected among the transmitted telephone numbers is stored, and when a continuous round transmission is performed to the group, the transmission processing is performed. Is terminated, and after a predetermined time elapses, an uncalled telephone number is automatically read out, and it is possible to continuously redial this number.

[0008] In this way, the transmission process is terminated when the call is continuously transmitted once to the group, instead of the continuous transmission again to the other party who was not connected as in the related art, so that useless transmission can be avoided. In the present invention, the uncalled telephone number, which is the telephone number of the other party who was not connected, is stored, and when a predetermined time has elapsed after the end of continuous calling, this uncalled telephone number is automatically read out, and the unconnected telephone number is not connected. Since the call can be continuously re-transmitted to the remaining destinations, the call can be easily transmitted to all the members in the group, and the convenience can be improved.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the telephone device according to the first or second aspect, when a dial call is made, the telephone device has a call history memory capable of storing a finite number of call history records. In the case of continuous transmission, the telephone number of the transmission destination is not stored in the transmission history memory.

[0010] By the way, when a dial call is made, a telephone device having a transmission history memory capable of storing a finite number of the telephone number histories transmitted is well known, and such a telephone device is equipped with the above-mentioned continuous calling function. In this case, it is conceivable to store the telephone number history of the continuous call destination in the call history memory.

However, the outgoing call history memory can store only a finite number, and if the telephone number history of consecutive destinations is also stored, there is a high possibility that the necessary telephone number history will be deleted later. is there.

For example, when the finite number of memories is 20, and there are already 20 stored in the transmission history memory, there is a problem that if 10 continuous transmissions are performed, 10 transmissions are collectively deleted.

Therefore, in the present invention, in order to deal with this problem, the telephone number of the destination is not stored in the transmission history memory in the case of continuous transmission. As a result, it is not necessary to inadvertently delete the necessary telephone number history, and the convenience can be improved.

Further, according to the invention described in claim 4, according to claim 1,
The telephone device according to any one of the first to third aspects, further comprising a voice output means for outputting a voice of a destination of a next transmission destination when performing continuous transmission.

Here, when the user makes a continuous call, it is naturally necessary to know who is the next call destination. Therefore, for example, it is conceivable to display who is calling to the display unit of the telephone device.

However, this requires the user to carefully watch the display unit, which is inconvenient. In particular, in the case of a mobile phone, the display unit is integrated with the transmission / reception unit, and it is common to use the telephone while wearing it during normal calling and talking. In order to check the display, it is necessary to move the telephone away from the ear and check the display unit.

In view of the above, according to the present invention, the voice output means for outputting the next destination address by voice is provided for continuous transmission, so that the user can be notified of the next destination without looking at the display unit. And convenience can be improved.

[0018]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a portable telephone will be described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 6 illustrates a mobile phone 1 as a communication terminal device according to the present embodiment.
FIG. 7 schematically shows an electrical configuration of the mobile phone 1. Here, as shown in FIG. 6, the main body 2 of the mobile phone 1 has a vertically long shape of a portable size, and a key operation unit 3 is provided on the surface of the main body 2 at substantially the lower half. ing.

The key operation unit 3 includes an end / power key 3
a, start key 3b, redial / clear key 3c, character key 3d, menu / decision key 3e, up / down / left / right cursor keys 3f, and a plurality of keys including a plurality of dial keys 3g corresponding to numbers and characters. Have been. At this time, a flip 4 is provided at the lower end of the main body 2 so as to open and close the key operation unit 3. It is to be noted that an incoming call operation (call) can be performed with the flip 4 closed.

The main body 2 includes the key operation unit 3.
The display unit 5 is provided on the upper side of. The display unit 5 is composed of, for example, an LCD capable of displaying Chinese characters, and is provided with a backlight (not shown).
The display unit 5 displays a telephone number, various messages, a function screen for implementing various functions, and the like. As shown in FIG. 1, a pictorial display of the remaining battery level and the radio field intensity is always displayed on the upper part of the display unit 5.

Further, a microphone 6 for inputting a transmission sound is provided at a lower end of the surface of the main body 2, and is provided at an upper portion of the display unit 5 for outputting voice. A speaker 7 is provided. At the upper end of the main body 2, an incoming lamp 8 made of an LED or the like that blinks when an incoming call is received is provided, and an antenna 9 for communication (call) is provided so as to be able to be pulled out.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 6, a control circuit 10 mainly composed of a microcomputer and for controlling the whole is provided in the main body 2, and the control circuit 10
, A voice processing unit 11, a data conversion unit 12, and a transmission / reception unit 13 are provided. The voice processing unit 11 includes:
The microphone 6 and the speaker 7 are connected, the data conversion unit 12 is connected, the transmission / reception unit 13 is connected to the data conversion unit 12, and the antenna 9 is connected to the transmission / reception unit 13.

The control circuit 10 includes the key operation unit 3
Is input via the key operation detecting section 14, and the control circuit 10 controls the display on the display section 5 via the display control section 15.

The control circuit 10 includes a memory 16
Is connected. In this case, the memory 16 is composed of, for example, a non-volatile memory (EEPROM) or the like, and stores a control program for communication (communication and transmission / reception of e-mail) and a program for executing various functions. Various data including (memory dial) are stored.

With such a configuration, when a call is made with the mobile phone 1, the signal received by the antenna 9 is converted into communication data by the transmission / reception unit 13, and the communication data is converted into voice data by the data conversion unit 12. The voice data is output from the speaker 7 by the voice processing unit 11 as a transmission signal. At the same time, the reception signal input from the microphone 6 is
, The voice data is converted into communication data by the data conversion unit 12, and the communication data is converted into a transmission signal by the transmission / reception unit 13 and output from the antenna 9, thereby implementing a call function. It has become. Although detailed description is omitted, the mobile phone 1 also has a function of transmitting and receiving mail (text message data).

The portable telephone 1 has a function of registering telephone directory data called a memory dial. This telephone directory data registration function is realized by a software configuration centering on the processing operation of the control circuit 10, and is performed by a user (owner) operating the key operation unit 3 so as to make a telephone call. The other party ’s name,
The telephone directory data including a phonetic name, a telephone number, a group number and the like is registered (stored) in the memory 16 up to, for example, up to 500.

When the telephone directory data is registered, the registered telephone number is retrieved from the memory number, the destination name, the group number, a part of the telephone number, and the like by a key operation of the user, and freely called. , Can be displayed on the display unit 5, and in this state, it is possible to make a telephone call or send an e-mail with one touch (operation of the start key 3 b).

Next, the operation of the present embodiment will be described.

First, a telephone number for calling a plurality of destinations is registered as a group in a memory dial.

FIG. 5 shows the contents of the memory storing the telephone numbers to be transmitted. The dialed phone number history, that is, the redial memory, the memory dial that stores the phone numbers and names of multiple destinations, and the dialed phone number,
It is composed of a temporary memory for storing the telephone number of the other party that has not been connected, ie, an uncalled telephone number, and a retry list for storing the uncalled number for redialing from the temporary memory. Sending to a plurality of destinations may be, for example, a case of contacting a plurality of emergency contacts.

Further, it is conceivable that the telephone number history of the continuous call destinations is stored in the redial memory, that is, the call history memory. However, the call history memory can store only a finite number, and also stores the telephone number history of the continuous call destinations. If you do
It is highly possible that the necessary telephone number history will be deleted later. For example, if the finite number of memories is 20, and 20 outgoing calls are already stored in the outgoing call history memory, and 10 outgoing calls are made, 10 outgoing calls will be erased together.

In the case of continuous transmission in this embodiment, the telephone number of the destination is not stored in the transmission history memory.

As a result, it is not necessary to inadvertently delete the necessary telephone number history later, and the convenience can be improved.

According to the schematic diagram showing the manner of holding (contents) of data in the fields of the memory shown in FIG. 4, the registered contents of the memory dial are: memory number, name, reading, telephone number, secret, group registration・ Construct from the order within the group. “Group registration” indicates the name of a group for each use (for example, company relation, friend relation, relative, etc.). The “order within group” is the order in which a call is made within a group (in this case, a plurality of destinations).

A description will be given of a plurality of destination groups (shaded portions) in the figure.

When registering a plurality of destinations as a group,
"A" for group registration for people named A, B, C, F and G
The order in the group is assumed to be 1 for A, 2 for B, 3 for C, 4 for F, and 5 for G. This is the order of A → B → C → F
→ Call G.

If a call cannot be made to A (out of service area, call rejection, no response even if the call is made more than a certain number of times, etc.), the telephone number of the caller who is not connected is added to the retry list, and the next caller (in this case, Call B). Similar processing is repeated for C, F, and G. The out of service area and the rejection of the incoming call can be determined from information notified from the base station when a call is made. If the call is connected, call the next party after the call ends. End of call (end call)
There is a disconnection from oneself and a disconnection from the other party, and when disconnected from the other party, it can be determined from information notified from the base station.

When a call is actually made, the connection order and the retry list will be described with reference to a retry list creation table (lower table in FIG. 4) and a screen display example (FIG. 1).

The first time, A, B, C, F and G are called, and if B and F are not connected, B and F are entered in the retry list. The screen displays a list of the names and phone numbers of the parties to be called (continuous dialing list) (first time in the screen display example) The second time, calls B and F, and only B does not connect , Only B enters the retry list. The screen displays a list of the retry partner's name and phone number (retry list) (second time in the screen display example) The third time, if only B is connected and connected, nothing will be entered in the retry list Absent. The screen display shows a list of retry partners' names and phone numbers (retry list) (third in the screen display example). Calls to multiple destinations (continuous dialing). When the user automatically dials the destination of the call, an embodiment (FIG. 2) in which the user starts the next redial processing after a predetermined operation and an embodiment (FIG. 3) in which the next redial processing is started after a predetermined time has elapsed. explain.

First, an embodiment in which the user starts the next redial processing after a predetermined operation will be described with reference to FIG.

It is determined whether the destination to be called is the last of a plurality of destination lists (step S1). If it is not the last (No in step 1), calls are made in the order of the list (step S2). In the case of continuous calling, the called telephone number is not stored in the redial memory. I can't make calls (out of service,
If the incoming call is rejected and there is no response even if the call is made more than a predetermined number of times (step S3), the telephone number of the other party that has not been connected, that is, the uncalled telephone number, is registered in the temporary memory (step S4) (simultaneously, the other party is updated). Then, it is determined again whether the list is the last of the plurality of destination lists (step S1).
If it is the last (Yes in Step 1), the temporary memory (unused telephone number list) is copied to the retry list, and the temporary memory is emptied (Step S5). When the one-round continuous transmission is completed, the transmission processing ends, and after the user performs a predetermined operation (for example, presses the start key 3b) (Yes in step 6).
s) The next retry process is started.

It is determined whether the destination of the call is the last in the retry list (step S7). If it is not the last (No in step 7), calls are made in the order of the list (step S
8). The transmitted destination is output by voice (step 9).
If the call cannot be made (out of service area, call rejection, no response even if called more than a predetermined number of times) (No in step 10), the telephone number of the other party that was not connected, that is, the uncalled telephone number, is registered in the temporary memory (step S11) (the destination is updated at the same time) and it is determined again whether the end of the retry list is reached (step S7). If it is the last (Yes in step 7), it is determined whether the temporary memory (uncalled telephone number list) is empty (step S12), and if not (No in step 12), the temporary memory (uncalled telephone number list) ) Is copied to the retry list, and the temporary memory is emptied (step S5). If empty (Ye in step 12)
s) End.

Next, an embodiment in which the next redial process is started after a predetermined time has elapsed will be described with reference to FIG. 3 (only the differences from FIG. 2 will be described).

It is determined whether the list is the last of a plurality of destination lists (step S1). If it is the last (Ye in step 1)
s), copy the temporary memory (unused telephone number list) to the retry list and empty the temporary memory (step S)
5). When one round of continuous transmission is completed, the transmission processing is terminated, and after a predetermined time (for example, one minute) has elapsed (Yes in step 6), the next retry processing is started.

That is, the trigger for the retry process is replaced by the user after a predetermined time (step S6 in FIG. 3) instead of after the predetermined operation (step S6 in FIG. 2).

According to the present invention described above, the transmission process is terminated when the group makes continuous round transmissions to the group, instead of making continuous transmissions to the other party who was not connected as in the prior art, so that useless transmission can be avoided. .

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 2, the uncalled telephone number, which is the telephone number of the other party who did not connect, is stored.
After the continuous call is completed, the user can read the uncalled phone number by the user's operation and re-call the remaining destinations without interruption, making it possible to easily send a call to all members of the group easily. Can be improved.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 3, an uncalled telephone number, which is the telephone number of the other party who has not been connected, is stored.
After a predetermined time elapses after the end of the continuous call, the uncalled telephone number is automatically read out and can be redialed continuously to the remaining destinations that were not connected. , Convenience can be improved.

Further, since voice output means is provided for outputting the destination of the next destination by voice during continuous transmission, it is possible to inform the user to whom the next transmission is to be made without looking at the display unit. , Convenience can be improved.

In the above-described embodiment, the voice output means for outputting the destination of the next transmission destination by voice when continuous transmission is performed is provided. However, an alarm may be issued instead of the voice output. In the case of continuous transmission, the destination telephone number is not stored in the transmission history memory. However, the telephone number of the destination may be stored in the transmission history memory in order to keep all the transmission histories. In addition, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and is not limited to a mobile phone, but may be applied to various communication terminal devices such as a general line phone and a car phone, within a range not departing from the gist. The present invention can be implemented with appropriate changes.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen display on a display unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure for making a call after a predetermined operation by a user;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a procedure for transmitting a call after a predetermined time has elapsed;

FIG. 4 is a diagram schematically showing data contents of a memory dial;

FIG. 5 is a breakdown of a memory storing a telephone number to be transmitted.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing the appearance of the telephone device.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram schematically showing an electrical configuration of the telephone device.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 is a mobile phone (communication terminal device), 3 is a key operation unit, 5
Denotes a display unit, 10 denotes a control circuit, and 16 denotes a memory.

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Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A call is successively transmitted to a plurality of destinations registered in a memory in advance as one group, and if there is a destination which cannot be connected, a dial transmission is automatically performed to the next destination. In a telephone device capable of performing a continuous call to be performed, during the continuous call, an uncalled telephone number of a destination that was not connected among the telephone numbers that have been transmitted is stored, and a call process is performed when a continuous round call is made to the group. The telephone device, wherein the telephone number is read out and the user can perform a predetermined operation to read out the uncalled telephone number and make a continuous call to this number. 2. A call is sequentially transmitted to a plurality of destinations registered in a memory in advance as one group, and if there is a destination that cannot be connected to the group, a dial transmission is automatically performed to the next destination. In a telephone device capable of performing a continuous call to be performed, during the continuous call, an uncalled telephone number of a destination that was not connected among the telephone numbers that have been transmitted is stored, and a call process is performed when a continuous round call is made to the group. A telephone apparatus, wherein the telephone number is automatically read out after a lapse of a predetermined time, and the telephone number can be continuously transmitted to this number. 3. The telephone apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a transmission history memory for storing a finite number of telephone number histories of dialed outgoing calls when a dial call is made. A telephone device, wherein said telephone number is not stored in said outgoing call history memory. 4. The telephone device according to claim 1, further comprising: voice output means for outputting a next destination address by voice when said continuous transmission is performed. apparatus.