JP2759392B2 - Telephone equipment - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a telephone device which accommodates a plurality of external lines and a plurality of extension telephones, and accommodates and uses a local pager.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional telephone device containing a private pager, when an incoming call is received from an outside line, an operation of transferring the incoming call to an extension telephone designated by a person carrying the private pager is as follows. is there.

First, when there is an incoming call from an outside line, the extension telephone rings, and the first responder picks up the handset of one of the extension telephones, answers the telephone, and determines which extension telephone needs to be transferred. Listen or judge, call once,
Hold. Then, dial the number of the extension telephone to be transferred, if there is no response, supplement the line containing the local pager from the extension telephone, dial the calling number of the local pager corresponding to the extension telephone to be transferred, Call the premises pager mobile phone. The paging pager called in this way contacts the first responder by dialing a predetermined contact number using the nearest extension telephone, and the extension to which the user wishes to transfer is transferred. Give your phone number. The first responder dials the extension telephone number desired to be transferred, and transfers the incoming call to the extension telephone designated by the local pager.

[0004]

In the above-described conventional apparatus, when an incoming call is received from an outside line, the incoming call is transferred to an extension telephone designated by the local pager, and a third party other than the local pager is used. Need to perform various operations. In other words, the operation to hear from the caller which extension telephone needs to be transferred, the operation to temporarily hold the call, the operation to dial the number of the extension telephone to be transferred, and the line containing the local pager From the extension telephone, dialing the call number of the local pager corresponding to the extension telephone to be transferred, and the number of the extension telephone to transfer the external call to the extension telephone designated by the local pager carrier Dialing is required.

[0005] Therefore, in the above-mentioned conventional apparatus, when the on-premises pager is away from the desk, the incoming call cannot be transferred to the extension telephone designated by the on-premises pager unless a third party exists. There is a problem,
Further, there is a problem that the operation of the third party is complicated, and further, there is a problem that it takes a long time until the incoming call is transferred to the extension telephone designated by the local pager.

The present invention relates to a telephone device that accommodates a plurality of external lines and a plurality of extension telephones and accommodates and uses a local pager. When an incoming call is forwarded to an extension telephone designated by a local pager, the incoming call can be forwarded even if no third party exists, and the incoming call can be forwarded to an extension telephone designated by the local pager. It is an object of the present invention to provide a telephone device capable of quickly transferring telephone numbers.

[0007]

According to the present invention, a number of an extension telephone corresponding to an accommodation number of an incoming external line is retrieved from a first storage means, and a number of a local pager corresponding to the number of the extension telephone is retrieved. And retrieves the searched local pager, and when the called local pager dials the local pager number from the nearest extension telephone, an extension telephone corresponding to the local pager number Is searched for an external line accommodation number corresponding to the searched extension telephone number, and the searched external line is automatically connected to the nearest extension telephone.

[0008]

According to the present invention, an extension telephone number and a local pager number are searched based on the accommodation number of an incoming external line,
Call the searched local pager, and when the called local pager dials the local pager number from the nearest extension telephone, based on the local pager number, the extension telephone number and external line accommodation number are entered. Since the control circuit automatically performs a control for connecting the searched external line and the nearest extension telephone,
When an incoming call is received from an outside line and the on-premises pager carrying the call is away from the desk, if the incoming call is forwarded to the extension telephone designated by the on-premises pager, the incoming call will be received even if no third party exists. And the incoming call can be quickly transferred to the extension telephone designated by the on-premises pager.

[0009]

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

The main unit 10 includes a plurality of external lines L1, L2,.
, Ln and a plurality of extension telephones 31, 32, 33, ...
, 3n, and is an example of a telephone device that accommodates and uses a local pager, and includes a first storage unit 11, a second storage unit 12, a third storage unit 13, and a control circuit 14.
, An incoming call detection circuit 15, a switching circuit 16, and an extension telephone interface circuit 17. The outside line L
An external line is actually connected to 1, L2,.
A calling device 20, which will be described later, is connected to the outside line Ln.

The first storage means 11 stores an external line L1,
L2,... (Hereinafter, referred to as “external line accommodation number”) and the corresponding data of the extension telephones 31 to 3n (hereinafter, “extension telephone number”). The second storage means 12 is a memory for storing a local pager call transfer request for each extension telephone. In addition,
The local pager call transfer request is a request for calling a local pager corresponding to the extension telephone corresponding to the external line at which an incoming call is received when any of the external lines L1, L2,. This is a request to transfer an external incoming call to the extension telephone designated by the carrier. The third storage unit 13 is a memory for storing correspondence data between the extension telephone number and each of the local pagers 31 to 3n to be called (hereinafter, referred to as “local pager number”).

The control circuit 14 determines the accommodation number of the received external line, retrieves the extension telephone number corresponding to the received external line accommodation number from the first storage means, and determines the extension telephone number. When it is determined from the second storage means that a local pager call transfer request has been issued,
The number of the local pager corresponding to this extension telephone number is the third
And sends the retrieved local pager number to the pager calling circuit 18, wherein the extension telephone number corresponding to the local pager number dialed from a predetermined extension telephone is stored in the third storage means. An example of a circuit that searches the first storage means for an external line accommodation number corresponding to the searched extension telephone number and controls the connection between the searched external line and the predetermined extension telephone. is there.

The incoming call detection circuit 15 includes external lines L1, L2,.
Are circuits that detect an incoming call and output an incoming call detection signal. The exchange circuit 16 is a circuit for exchange-connecting any one of the external lines L1, L2,... And any of the extension telephones 31 to 3n via the extension telephone interface circuit 17, and the private pager calling circuit 18 is a private pager. A circuit for transmitting to the calling device 20 a signal for ringing a local pager corresponding to the extension telephone corresponding to the incoming external line among the external lines L1, L2,..., And the receiver 20a is provided for each local pager. These are representative examples of those provided in.

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

First, from a predetermined one of the plurality of extension telephones 31 to 3n, for example, the extension telephone 31, a dial operation is performed to set the external line accommodation number and the number of the extension telephone (extension telephone number) performing the outgoing / incoming call. The corresponding data is input, and the input corresponding data is registered in the first storage means 11 under the control of the control circuit 14 via the extension telephone interface circuit 17. In addition, from a predetermined extension telephone set among the plurality of extension telephone sets 31 to 3n, for example, the extension telephone set 31, an extension telephone number and a local pager number to be called by a dial operation (premise pager number).
Is registered in the third storage unit 13 under the control of the control circuit 14.

When a person who leaves a pager on the premises leaves his / her seat for patrol, etc., the extension telephone 32, for example, the extension telephone 32 is dialed from the extension telephone set at his / her own seat, and the pager inside the premises is paged. The fact that the call transfer request has been made is stored in the second storage means 12. That is, when there is an incoming call to the outside line corresponding to the extension telephone 32, for example, the outside line L2 among the outside lines L1, L2,..., The local pager corresponding to the extension telephone 32 corresponding to the outside line L2 that received the incoming call Is stored in the second storage means 12 to request that the incoming call be forwarded to the extension telephone designated by the local pager.

If an incoming call arrives from the outside line L2, the incoming call detection circuit 15 sends an incoming call detection signal indicating that the incoming call has been detected to the control circuit 14. The control circuit 14 determines the accommodation number of the received external line L2 based on the incoming call detection signal, and, based on the determined external line accommodation number, from the data in the first storage unit 11 to the corresponding extension telephone 32.
Search for a number (extension telephone number). At this time, it is determined from the data in the second storage means 12 whether or not the searched extension telephone 32 has made a call transfer request. Ring 32. On the other hand, if the searched extension telephone 32 requests the call transfer, the extension telephone 32
Since the user who is using the telephone has left, the number of the local pager corresponding to the extension telephone 32 (the local pager number) is set to the third number.
Is sent from the corresponding data in the storage means 13 and a command to send a signal for calling the found local pager is sent to the local pager calling circuit 18. The local pager calling circuit 20 that has received this command sends a signal to the calling device 20. Receiving this signal, the calling device 20 calls the receiver 20a incorporated in the local pager corresponding to the extension telephone 32.

The user who is called by the local pager operates the dial of the nearest extension telephone, for example, the extension telephone 33 (extension telephone at the transfer destination), and sends his / her own local pager number. Is notified to the control circuit 14 via the extension telephone interface circuit 17. The control circuit 14 retrieves the extension telephone number (the number of the extension telephone 32) corresponding to the notified local pager number from the data in the third storage means 13, and stores the external line number corresponding to the retrieved extension telephone number. The number (the number of the outside line L2) is retrieved from the first storage means 11, and the switching circuit 16 is instructed to connect the extension telephone 33 operated by the local pager carrier to the transfer outside line L2. Performs that connection.

According to the above embodiment, the extension telephone number and the local pager number are searched based on the accommodation number of the received external line, and the searched local pager is called. When a local pager number is dialed from the nearest extension telephone, an extension telephone number and an external line accommodation number are searched based on the local pager number, and control for connecting the searched external line to the nearest extension telephone is performed. When the incoming call is received from an outside line and the on-premises pager carrying the call is away from the desk, the control circuit automatically performs the transfer. The call can be forwarded even when no person is present, and the call can be quickly forwarded to the extension telephone designated by the local pager.

In the above embodiment, the external lines L1, L2,.
, And each of the extension telephones 31 to 3n, and the correspondence between each of the extension telephones 31 to 3n and each of the local pagers can be arbitrarily set, and the setting is also made for extension telephones other than the extension telephone 31. Can be performed.

[0021]

According to the present invention, in a telephone device that accommodates a plurality of external lines and a plurality of extension telephones and accommodates and uses a local pager, a local pager who receives an incoming call from an external line and should respond to the call can be provided. If you are away from your desk and want to transfer the call to the extension phone specified by the local pager, you can forward the call even if no third party is present, and you can also specify the extension specified by the local pager This has the effect that the incoming call can be quickly and reliably transferred to the telephone.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Main apparatus, 11 ... 1st storage means, 12 ... 2nd storage means, 13 ... 3rd storage means, 14 ... Control circuit, 15 ... Incoming detection circuit, 16 ... Switching circuit, 17 ... Extension telephone interface Circuit 18: Local pager calling circuit 20: Calling device 31-3n: Extension telephone, L1, L2: Outside line.

────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Hiroyuki Nishi 1-6, Uchisaiwaicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (56) References JP-A-3-151752 (JP, A) JP-A Heisei 3-58657 (JP, A) Fully open sho 59-143142 (JP, U) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁶ , DB name) H04Q 3/58 H04Q 7/04

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A telephone device that accommodates a plurality of external lines and a plurality of extension telephones and accommodates and uses a local pager, wherein an incoming call is detected on the outside line and an incoming call detection signal is output. A circuit; first storage means for storing correspondence data between the accommodation number of the outside line and the number of the extension telephone; and, when there is an incoming call to the outside line, the above-mentioned extension line corresponding to the outside line at which the call was received A second storage means for calling a local pager corresponding to a telephone, and storing a local pager call transfer request for requesting transfer to a predetermined internal telephone, for each of the internal telephones; Third storage means for storing data corresponding to the number of the local pager to be called; and to the extension telephone accommodating the local pager and corresponding to the external line that received the call. A local pager calling circuit for sounding the local pager; fetching the incoming call detection signal from the incoming call detection circuit, determining the accommodation number of the received external line, and determining whether or not the extension telephone number corresponds to the received external line accommodation number. A number is retrieved from the first storage means, and when it is determined from the second storage means that the private pager page call transfer request has been issued for the retrieved extension telephone number, A control circuit that retrieves the number of the local pager according to the above by the third storage means and sends out the retrieved pager number to the pager calling circuit. A number of the extension telephone corresponding to the local pager number is retrieved from the third storage means, and the number corresponding to the retrieved extension telephone number is retrieved. A control circuit for retrieving the accommodation number of the external line from the first storage means, and connecting the retrieved external line to the predetermined extension telephone;
A telephone device comprising: