JP3211275B2 - Answering machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a message reproducing system for an answering machine having a function of recognizing a telephone number of a caller.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Heretofore, when a message stored during an answering machine is played back from an answering machine, a message is played back from the oldest one by a play button.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned reproducing system, it is necessary to listen to all the messages to determine from whom the message is contained or the number of the message from a specific person. Because I do not know
There is a problem that even if only a message of a specific person is desired to be heard, the message must be reproduced sequentially from the first message.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned prior art, and it is possible to easily reproduce only a message of a specific person using data of a caller telephone number sent from an exchange. It is an object of the present invention to provide an answering machine capable of displaying a message that the message has been reproduced when the number of the caller is displayed.

[0005]

To achieve the above object, an answering machine according to the present invention comprises a telephone number detecting means for detecting telephone number data coming from a telephone line, and a telephone number detecting means for detecting the telephone number data. Memory for storing the stored caller telephone number, display means for displaying the stored caller telephone number, storage device for storing the message, and audio reproduction means for reproducing the message stored in the storage device And a memory for storing a message corresponding to each of the caller telephone numbers, and a reproduction operation for reproducing only the message of the caller while the caller telephone number is displayed on the display means. It consists of a button and a memory for storing whether or not a message has been reproduced for each caller.

[0006]

With this configuration, when playing back a message recorded by a telephone call while the user is away, the caller and whether or not the message has been played back can be easily grasped.
A specific caller can be selected from among them, and only the message of that caller can be reproduced.

[0007]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a configuration of a main part of a telephone device according to an embodiment of the present invention. 2 and 3 are flowcharts according to one embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, 1 is a telephone line, 2 is a hook switch, 3 is a telephone number detecting means for detecting an analog signal indicating the telephone number of the calling side coming from the telephone line 1, 4 is a central processing unit, 5 is a play button, 6 is a caller telephone number storage device, 7 is a memory for storing whether a message has been reproduced, 8 is a memory for storing correspondence between a caller telephone number and a message, and 9 is a message. A storage device 10 is a display device, and 11 is a message reproducing means.

The operation of the telephone device configured as described above will be described below. As shown in FIG. 2, when caller telephone number data arrives from the telephone line 1, it is detected by the telephone number detecting means 3, and the caller telephone number is stored in the telephone number storage device 5 (STEP 1). The telephone numbers thus input are stored in the telephone number storage device 5 one after another. The message at that time is stored in the storage device (STEP 2), and the correspondence between the caller's telephone number and the message is stored in the memory 8 (STEP 3).
Next, a case where the stored caller telephone number data and its message are confirmed will be described.

As shown in FIG. 3, when the called party inputs a caller display request from the input device 8 (STEP 4), the telephone number stored at the head of the telephone number storage device 6 and its message are reproduced. Information indicating whether or not the operation has been performed is displayed on the display device 11 (STEP 5). If the user wants to hear the caller's message, he presses the play button 5 there. Then, only the message from the currently displayed caller is reproduced (STE).
P6) The fact that the message from the caller has been reproduced is stored in the memory 7.

According to the above-described embodiment, when playing back a message recorded by a telephone call during an absence message, it is possible to easily grasp the caller and whether or not the message has been played back. The caller can be selected and only the message of the caller can be reproduced.

[0013]

As described above, the present invention provides a telephone number detecting means for detecting telephone number data arriving from a telephone line, and a memory for storing a caller telephone number detected by the telephone number detecting means. Display means for displaying the stored caller telephone number; storage device for storing the message; voice reproduction means for reproducing the message stored in the storage device; A memory for storing a message, a play button operated when playing only the caller's message while the caller's telephone number is displayed on the display means, and a message for each caller The caller and the message played when playing a message recorded by a call while you were away UGA can easily understand, singled out a specific caller from among them, it is possible to play only the message of the caller.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a main part of a telephone device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the telephone device according to the present invention when receiving a call;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an operation of the telephone device at the time of a display request according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Telephone line 2 Hook switch 3 Telephone number detecting means 4 Central processing unit 5 Play button 6 Caller telephone number storage device 7 Message reproduction information storage memory 8 Caller telephone number / message correspondence memory 9 Message storage device 10 Display device 11 Message playback means

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A telephone number detecting means for detecting telephone number data arriving from a communication line, a memory for storing a caller telephone number detected by the telephone number detecting means, and a stored caller. The phone number will be
Display means for displaying in order, a storage device for storing the message, a voice reproduction means for reproducing the message stored in the storage device, and storing which message corresponds to each of the caller telephone numbers. comprising a memory, a reproduction button operated when only reproducing the caller's message in the display caller phone number on the display means, a memory for storing whether to play the message for each caller When displaying the telephone number on the display means,
Identifies whether the message corresponding to the talk number has been played
Answering machine characterized by the fact that it is displayed on the screen .