JP2003258981A - Method and equipment for transferring data - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To permit mutual transmission and reception of data, do not rewrite data base on receiving side without careful consideration, and manage transferred data in easy to understand manner. <P>SOLUTION: In transferring registering data, registration is done by waiting the registering operation by an user through a temporary buffer 22 including an incoming history buffer without transferring the data to a database 21 involving the data as a direct object. In saving the transferred data on the temporary buffer 22 including the incoming history buffer, attributes are shown clearly by means of icon display or the like. In addition, in saving an incoming history, the incoming history is saved by adding a history information type transmitted from main equipment 1. The saved history information type is also displayed when the incoming history is displayed. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a data transfer method and apparatus suitable for use in a telephone terminal that transfers registration data between a plurality of independent databases, for example, holds telephone directory data as a database.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art The performance of telephones has been remarkably improved. In the field of business phones, it is possible to connect a plurality of multifunction telephone terminals to one line. In addition to the conventional PBX function, VoIP /
FoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol / Fax ov
It is now possible to build a network environment such as er Internet Protocol) function. Of course, the existing phone book function and incoming call history function are built in and are more complete.

[0003]

By the way, in the above-mentioned telephone directory function, when the personal telephone directory data registered in one telephone terminal is transferred to another telephone terminal, it is directly registered in the target telephone directory. The transferred telephone terminal has a drawback that it is difficult to know which data has been transferred. In addition, since data that is only temporarily used is also registered in the telephone directory, inconvenience occurs between users who have different management policies for data registered in the personal telephone directory. On the other hand, even with the above-mentioned incoming call history function, although there is one that displays whether or not an incoming call from outside can be answered, the user distinguishes between the case where the call is answered by another telephone terminal and the case where the user answers itself. It had the drawback of not being able to.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances. When transferring registration data, the data is not directly transferred to a target database, but the user waits for a registration operation via a temporary buffer. By registering, for example, it is possible to send and receive telephone directory data between telephone terminals, and to easily manage the transferred data without easily rewriting the database on the receiving terminal side, and The purpose is to provide a device. Also, in the incoming call history, when the incoming call history is saved, the history information type transmitted from the main device is added and saved, and when the incoming call history is displayed, the saved history information type is also displayed. Accordingly, it is also an object to provide a data transfer method capable of identifying, for example, “own terminal response”, “other terminal response”, “non-response” and the like.

[0005]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention is a data transfer method for transferring registration data between a plurality of independent databases, which is a temporary buffer of one or more registration data. It is characterized in that it is stored in and is registered in the database by a registration operation.

Further, in the present invention, when the database is telephone directory data, a buffer for holding an incoming call history is substituted for the temporary buffer.

Further, the present invention is characterized in that, when the one or more registration data are stored in the temporary buffer, an attribute which is the transferred data is specified.

According to the present invention, when the registration data is transferred, the data is not directly transferred to the target database, but is registered by waiting for the user's registration operation via the temporary buffer. The telephone book data can be mutually transmitted and received, and the transferred data can be managed in an easy-to-understand manner without easily rewriting the database on the receiving terminal side. Further, the data that only the user wants to use temporarily can be used without requiring the registration operation, and the transferred data can be easily modified at the time of registration based on the management policy of the user. Further, when the transferred data is saved in a temporary buffer including a buffer for incoming call history, the attribute can be clearly displayed by an icon display so that the user can distinguish it from the history information, providing convenience to the user. can do.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides
A data transfer device for transferring registration data between a plurality of independent databases, comprising: a buffer for temporarily storing the transferred one or more registration data; and one or more registration data temporarily stored in the buffer, And a database registered by a registration operation. According to the present invention, when the registration data is transferred, the data is not directly transferred to the target database, but is registered by waiting for the user's registration operation via the temporary buffer. It is possible to provide a data transfer device capable of mutually transmitting and receiving book data, easily managing the transferred data without easily rewriting the database on the receiving terminal side.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides
A data transfer method in a telephone system in which a plurality of terminal devices are connected via a main device, wherein when storing an incoming call history for each terminal, a history information type transmitted from the main device is added and saved. What to do is characterized.

Also, in the present invention, when the incoming call history is displayed, the stored history information type is also displayed.

According to the present invention, when the incoming call history is saved, the history information type transmitted from the main unit is added and saved, and the history information type saved when displaying the incoming call history is also combined. By displaying it, for example, it is possible to identify “own terminal response”, “other terminal response”, “not responded”, “absent answer”, etc., and it is possible to provide convenience to the user.

[0013]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention. Here, a button telephone is illustrated as a telephone terminal, and there is a main device 1 connected to a telephone line (not shown), and the main device 1 has a button telephone 2 in which each has a personal telephone directory database (DB). 3 is connected. Therefore, here, a plurality of telephone terminals 2, 3
Shows an example of application to data transfer between personal telephone directory databases that are independently owned by each.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the internal structure of the key telephone, and FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the overall operation. FIG. 2 is a diagram in which only blocks relevant to the present invention are extracted and shown from the internal configuration of the key telephone 2 (3).
In FIG. 2 described below, the reference numerals in parentheses indicate the components of the internal configuration of the button telephone 3. Outside (),
The code | symbol of the component of button telephone 2 is shown. The button telephone 2 (3) includes a personal telephone directory DB 21 (31), an incoming call history buffer 22 (32), and a communication interface unit 23.
(33) and the input / output interface unit 24 (34). The communication interface unit 23 (33) administers a connection interface with the main device 1 at the time of making and receiving a call,
The input / output interface unit 24 (34) controls the interface between the key switch of the button telephone 2 (3) that performs registration operation or call operation and the display device that displays history information.

The incoming call history buffer 22 (32) has a function of temporarily storing one or more transferred registration data, and the personal telephone directory DB 21 (31) has an incoming call history buffer 22.
It has a function of registering one or more personal telephone directory data temporarily stored in (32) by a user's registration operation performed via the input / output interface unit 24 (34).

The operation of the embodiment of the present invention shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 will be described below with reference to the flow chart shown in FIG. First, for example, a built-in personal telephone directory D for the key telephone 2
One phonebook data is selected from B21, and a phonebook transfer operation is performed by operating an appropriate key switch via the input / output interface unit 24 (S31, S32). This telephone book transfer operation is transmitted to the main unit 1, and the telephone book data is stored as the incoming call history in the incoming call history buffer 32 built in the key telephone 3 or a dedicated temporary buffer via the main apparatus 1 (S33). . The data transferred here is assumed to consist of a name, a phonetic alphabet, a telephone number, a group number, a type, a mail address, a memo, and the like. Multiple telephone numbers and email addresses can be transferred.

The key telephone 3 uses the telephone book data transferred as an incoming call history to make a call and to make its own personal telephone book D.
Registration to B31 is possible. At this time, button telephone 3
Then, if you just want to use the transferred data temporarily, you can make a call by directly making a call from the incoming call history (incoming call history buffer 32) without registering it in your personal telephone directory DB 31. Can be done (S
34, S35). Further, when registering in the personal telephone directory DB 31, after the user's registration operation is obtained through the input / output interface unit 34 (S36), the attributes such as his own telephone directory group should be corrected according to the telephone directory to be registered. Is possible. As a result, registration in the telephone directory DB 31 is performed (S37).

Next, the operation when there is an incoming call from an outside line, the key telephones 2 and 3 ring, and the key telephone 2 responds will be described with reference to the flow chart shown in FIG. When the key telephone 2 answers the above incoming call,
The main device 1 sends the history information to the button telephone 2 in the history information type indicating “own terminal response” and to the button telephone 3 in the history information type indicating “other terminal response”. The button telephones 2 and 3 that have respectively received the history information (S43, S44) store the history information in the history of incoming call history as "history terminal response" and "other terminal response" (S47). When displaying information, the history information type is presented to the user by an icon (S48, S4).
9).

When the incoming call is terminated by abandoning the other party's call before the key telephones 2 and 3 respond, the main unit 1 transmits history information to the button telephones 2 and 3 in the history information type indicating "unanswered incoming call". . The button telephones 2 and 3 that have received this information (S45) respectively store the unanswered incoming call history relating to the incoming call in the incoming call history buffer (S47), and present the history information type to the user as an icon when displaying the history information. (S48, S49).

When receiving the telephone book data transfer from another terminal, the key telephones 2 and 3 store the history information in the respective incoming call history buffers in the history information type representing "phone book data transfer". (S46) At the time of displaying the history information, an icon is used to notify the user that the phonebook data has been transferred (S48, S49). A specific example of the icon display is shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 5, icons of “phonebook transfer”, “own terminal response”, “other terminal response”, and “call abandonment” are displayed corresponding to each incoming call history. Although not shown here, when the answering machine answers, the history type information of “answering answer” is considered, and an icon display for this is also prepared.

As described above, according to the present invention, when the registration data is transferred, the registration operation of the user can be performed via the temporary buffer (incoming call history buffers 22 and 32) without directly transferring the data to the target database. By waiting and registering, the telephone book data can be mutually transmitted and received between the telephone terminals 2 and 3, and the transferred data can be managed easily without rewriting the database on the receiving telephone terminal side. It is a thing. Also, in the incoming call history, when the incoming call history is saved, the history information type transmitted from the main device 1 is added and saved, and when the incoming call history is displayed, the saved history information type is also displayed. By doing so, for example, the history information types such as “own terminal response”, “other terminal response”, “unanswered”, and “absent answer” can be identified, and the convenience is provided to the user.

According to the above-described embodiment of the present invention,
Although only the telephone system in which a plurality of telephone terminals 2 and 3 are connected to the telephone line via the main unit 1 has been illustrated, the present invention is not limited to this telephone system form, and is a general telephone terminal having a personal telephone directory DB. It can be applied not only to data transfer between terminals, but also to telephone terminals as well as general data devices having independent databases. Further, it is not essential to use a buffer for incoming call history as a temporary buffer, and a dedicated transfer buffer may be added and used. Furthermore,
The telephone directory DB may be held and managed by a DB provided inside the main device 1, instead of having a system of holding the telephone terminal locally. Further, the transfer target of the telephone directory data does not necessarily have to be between telephone terminals accommodated in the same system, but may be between independent telephone terminals capable of communication.

[0023]

As described above, according to the present invention, when the registration data is transferred, the data is not directly transferred to the target database, but is registered by waiting for the user's registration operation via the temporary buffer. So, for example,
The telephone book data can be mutually transmitted and received between telephone terminals, and the transferred data can be managed in an easy-to-understand manner without easily rewriting the database on the receiving terminal side.
Further, the data that only the user wants to use temporarily can be used without requiring the registration operation, and the transferred data can be easily modified at the time of registration based on the management policy of the user. Further, when the transferred data is saved in a temporary buffer including a buffer for incoming call history, the attribute can be clearly displayed by an icon display so that the user can distinguish it from the history information, providing convenience to the user. can do.

Further, when the incoming call history is saved, the history information type transmitted from the main unit is added and saved, and when the incoming call history is displayed, the saved history information type is also displayed. , For example, "own terminal response",
It is possible to provide a telephone system that enables identification of "other terminal response", "unanswered", "absent answer", and the like, which gives the user convenience.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of the key telephone in FIG.

FIG. 3 is an overall operation flowchart cited to explain the operation of the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram cited to explain the operation of another embodiment of the present invention, and is an operation flowchart of a key telephone.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of an incoming call history screen.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 main device, 2, 3 button telephone, 21 (31) personal telephone directory DB, 22 (32) incoming call history buffer, 23
(33) Communication interface section, 24 (34) Input / output interface section

Continued front page    (72) Inventor Noboru Harada             3-15 Babacho, Chuo-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka             Inside Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (72) Inventor Kazuhiko Sagara             3-19-2 Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo Tohnichi             Inside Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (72) Inventor, Yuzuru Hatakeyama             24-4 Sakuragaoka-cho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo             Kayo communication inside (72) Inventor Takayoshi Kobayashi             24-4 Sakuragaoka-cho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo             Kayo communication inside (72) Inventor Kohei Milki             24-4 Sakuragaoka-cho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo             Kayo communication inside F term (reference) 5K036 AA12 BB01 DD11 DD32 DD38                       DD41                 5K049 AA15 AA18 BB05 BB17 CC11                       FF32 GG11

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A data transfer method for transferring registration data between a plurality of independent databases, wherein at least one registration data is stored in a temporary buffer and registered in the database by a registration operation. And data transfer method. 2. A data transfer method, wherein when the database is phonebook data, the temporary buffer is replaced by an incoming call history buffer holding an incoming call history. 3. The data transfer method according to claim 1, wherein when the one or more registration data is stored in the temporary buffer, an attribute that the data is transferred data is specified. . 4. A data transfer device for transferring registration data between a plurality of independent databases, comprising: a buffer for temporarily storing the transferred one or more registration data; and one or more buffers temporarily stored in the buffer. A data transfer device, comprising: a database for registering the registration data by a registration operation. 5. A data transfer method in a telephone system in which a plurality of telephone terminals are connected via a main device, wherein a history information type transmitted from the main device when storing an incoming call history for each terminal. A data transfer method characterized by adding and storing. 6. The data transfer method according to claim 5, wherein when the incoming call history is displayed, the saved history information type is also displayed.