JPH0364234A - Automatic answering telephone set - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable a caller to easily register the telephone number of his/her traveling destination by providing a push-button signal/voice converter and an announcing machine which records and reproduce the numeric voices to an information message set previously. CONSTITUTION:The caller dials the telephone number of his/her traveling destination or inputs the name of this destination to an automatic answering telephone set 1 via a telephone set at the destination. Then a PB signal receiver 13 converts the received PB signal into the telephone number of he traveling destination. A PB signal/voice converter 15 converts the telephone number of the traveling destination into voices and registers these voices into an announcing machine 16. Then the machine 16 sends a new registered message, e.g. 'Phone XXXX if you in a hurry.'. Thus, it is possible to inform an outsider of only the traveling destination included in the information message via a telephone circuit after the remote update.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Industrial application field] The present invention relates to an answering machine.

[Conventional technology]

Conventional answering machines have a bottom that notifies you of your absence and registers and plays back messages from the caller.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

The above-mentioned conventional answering machine is configured to notify of absence and to register and play back messages from the caller, so all messages must be re-recorded in order for the caller to notify where he or she has moved. It is very troublesome for the caller to register the phone number of the destination, and conventionally, only the destination phone number was recorded in the message, so it was not possible for the caller to use it in an emergency. There is also a drawback that only the caller's business can be registered.

[Means to solve the problem]

The answering machine of the present invention includes a push-button receiver that converts a push-button signal received from a telephone line into a numeric signal, a push-button signal/voice converter that converts the numeric signal into a numeric voice, and a push-button signal/speech converter that converts the numeric voice into a numeric voice. It has an announcement machine that records and plays back the set notification message.

〔Example〕

Next, the present invention will be explained with reference to the drawings.

Fig. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2(a) is a sequence diagram showing the registration procedure of the service of this embodiment, and Fig. 27(b) is the operating procedure of the service of this embodiment. FIG.

In FIG. 1, the answering machine of this embodiment has a telephone circuit 11 that interfaces with the telephone line and includes a PIN verification circuit and an overall control circuit of this embodiment, and a recording/playback circuit for recording and playing back input messages. The device 12 receives a push button signal (hereinafter referred to as PB double signal) from the telephone line.
A B signal receiver 13, an announcement machine 14 for reproducing a response message, and a notification message for the caller are registered.
Announcement machine 16 to be played and PB signal receiver 1
A push-button (PB) signal/voice converter 15 converts the PB signal received at step 3 into numeric voices and character voices and records them on an announcement machine 16.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained in FIGS. 1 and 2 (a>,
This will be explained using (b).

First, the operation of notification service registration will be explained.

In FIG. 1 and FIG. 2(a), when the caller's moving destination notification is received from the moving destination telephone to the answering machine 1,
After the messages from the announcement machines 14 and 16 are completed, the caller dials the personal identification number #XXXX from the telephone at the destination.

The caller hears the confirmation tone from the answering machine 1 on the destination phone, so when the caller dials the destination phone number #XXXX or enters the mobile sales name XXXX from the destination phone, the PB signal receiver 13 converts the received PB signal into a destination telephone number, and the PB signal/speech converter 15 converts the telephone number into voice and registers it in the announcement machine 16.

When the registration is completed, the announcement machine 16 will confirm the message by confirming the newly registered message, for example, "
If you are in a hurry, please call XXXX.'' will be sent to the caller.

The caller takes the destination phone off-hook.

As described above, in this embodiment, the telephone number of the caller's new destination is converted into voice and registered in the announcement machine 16.

Next, the operation of notification service operation will be explained. 1st
In the figure and FIG. 2(b), when there is an incoming call from a third party caller, the answering machine 1 sends a message from the announcement machine 14, takes over the message, and sends the message to the announcement machine 1.
Message from 6, for example, ``If you are in a hurry, please call XXXXX.

Sends 1.

As described above, in this embodiment, the announcement machine 16 notifies the third party caller of the telephone number of the called party's destination by voice.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, the present invention provides a push button receiver that converts a push button signal received from a telephone line into a numeric signal, and a push button (PB) that converts the numeric signal into a numeric voice.
) By having a signal/speech conversion device and an announcement machine that records and plays the numerical sounds in a preset notification message, only the destination in the notification message can be remotely transmitted via a telephone line. It has the effect of being able to update and notify third parties.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 (
2(a) is a sequence diagram showing the service registration procedure of this embodiment, and FIG. 2(b) is a sequence diagram showing the service operation procedure of this embodiment. 1...Answering machine, 11...Telephone circuit, 12.
...Recording/playback device, 13...Push button (PB) signal receiver, 14.16...Announcement machine, 15.
...Push button (PB) signal/sound conversion device.

Claims (1)

[Claims] a push-button receiver that converts a push-button signal received from a telephone line into a numeric signal; a push-button signal/speech converter that converts the numeric signal into a numeric voice; and a preset notification message containing the numeric voice. An answering machine characterized by having an announcement machine that records and plays back.