JPH09233226A - Communication equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To revise a registered telephone number automatically into proper data by providing a recognition means recognizing a new telephone number sent by a felephone number guidance service. SOLUTION: When dialing is made based on data (telephone number) stored in a RAM 6 and a CED signal, an NSF signal and a DIS signal of an opposite party cannot be received, whether or not connection to a telephone number guide service is made is discriminated via a voice recognition section 10. A system control section 1 allows the voice recognition section 10 to recognize a telephone number and to extract it among voice messages to be sent such as 'The telephone number you dialed is changed due to change of address. The new telephone number is XXXX' and stores the extracted telephone number to a prescribed area of the RAM 6. Then the system control section 1 revises the telephone number having been registered in the RAM 6 into the extracted telephone number and interrupts the line via a network control section 9.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

The present invention is applicable to telephones, facsimile machines, P
The present invention relates to a communication device such as a C modem, and more particularly to a communication device connected to an exchange network that provides a telephone number guidance service.

[0003]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a telephone number guidance service, when a subscriber moves and the telephone number is changed, a caller who calls the telephone number before the change is notified by a voice message. As the voice message, only the fact that the telephone number has been changed, such as "The telephone number you have called is not currently used. Please check the number and call again." Notification (use cancellation guide) or notification of new phone number such as "The number of xxx (old phone number) that you called was changed due to relocation. The new phone number is xxx." However, these can be arbitrarily selected by the subscriber at the time of relocation. However, for example,
Even if a new phone number is notified, the caller must write down the notified phone number on a piece of paper, etc., and then enter the phone number again to perform the call processing. It was very annoying. In view of such a problem, for example, a telephone has been proposed in which a new telephone number notified by a voice message is voice-recognized and a call is automatically recalled based on the recognized telephone number (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 59-59). -140762). Certainly, if this method is adopted, the user does not have to make a re-call based on the telephone number notified one by one.

[0004]

However, since the service is stopped after a predetermined period (about 3 months) from the change of the telephone number, the user has to save the data (reduction, one-touch dialing) registered in the telephone during this period. Etc.) must be changed, and the user still needs to perform some operation. Further, since the above-mentioned proposal is based on the telephone, there is no particular problem because the user can recognize the change of the telephone number by the voice message from the telephone number guidance service. For example, a facsimile without the user intervening in the communication When applied to a data communication device such as a device, the user cannot recognize that the calling user has moved and the telephone number has changed, so the changed telephone number remains unknown to the user. There is a risk that the telephone number guidance service may be canceled and the user who has moved may not be contacted at all.

Therefore, the invention according to claim 1 or 2 is
In order to solve the above problems, it is an object to automatically change the registered telephone number to appropriate data based on the information sent from the telephone number guide service.

Further, an object of the present invention is to make it possible for a user to easily recognize a change in registered telephone number.
The invention according to claim 4 is intended to automatically store the registered telephone number in a form corresponding to the calling format (extension / extension) when changing the registered telephone number.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 1 stores the telephone number of the other party in a communication device connected to a switching network which provides a telephone number guidance service. When a call is made, it is provided with a storage means, a network control means for making a call based on the telephone number read from the storage means, and a recognition means for recognizing a new telephone number sent by the telephone number guidance service. When connected to the directory guidance service, the new telephone number sent by the telephone directory service is recognized through the recognition means, and the telephone number stored in the storage means is changed to the recognized new telephone number. It is characterized by doing.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in a communication device connected to an exchange network that provides a telephone number guidance service, a storage means for storing the telephone number of the other party and a telephone read from the storage means. It is equipped with a network control means for making a call based on a number and a judging means for connecting to a telephone number guide service and judging whether or not a use suspension guide has been notified. When a call is made, the use suspension guide notifies the use suspension guide. When it is determined that the telephone number is stored, the telephone number stored in the storage means is deleted.

Further, in the invention according to claim 3, in a communication device connected to an exchange network which provides a telephone number guidance service, a storage means for storing the telephone number of the other party and a telephone read from the storage means. A network control means for making a call based on the number and a judging means for judging whether or not the telephone number guidance service is connected are provided, and when the telephone number guidance service is connected when the call is made, the telephone is called. The telephone number stored in the storage means is changed based on the information transmitted by the number guidance service, and the change information such as the date of change and the telephone number before the change is stored in the storage means, and the change information is stored at a predetermined timing. Is read out and output visually.

The invention according to claim 4 is the same as claim 1.
Alternatively, in the invention described in item 3, there is provided a call judging means for judging whether or not the call is made from the extension, and when the call judging means judges that the call is made from the extension, the telephone number of the storage means is set. A feature is that a predetermined identification number is added to a new telephone number and stored when changing.

By having such means, in the invention according to claim 1, when the caller is connected to the telephone number guide service when making a call, a new telephone number transmitted by the telephone number guide service is set. Since the telephone number stored in the storage means is changed to the new telephone number recognized by the recognition means, the user does not have to manually change the registration, and the operability is improved. Further, in the invention according to claim 2, when it is determined that the user is connected to the telephone number guidance service and the use suspension guidance is notified, the telephone number stored in the storage means is erased, so that unnecessary calls are made. It can be prevented from being repeated.

Further, in the invention according to claim 3, when the telephone number guidance service is connected when the call is made, the telephone stored in the storage means based on the information transmitted by the telephone number guidance service. As the number is changed, the change information such as the change date and the telephone number before the change is stored in the storage means, and the change information is read out and visually output at a predetermined timing, so that the user can easily make the change. Can be recognized. Further, in the invention according to claim 4, when the call judging means judges that the call is made from the extension, a predetermined identification number is added to the new phone number when changing the phone number of the storing means. Since the information is stored in memory, the registration can be changed in an appropriate format without any trouble even when connected as an extension.

[0013]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION The present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram when a communication device common to the inventions described in claims 1 to 4 is applied to a facsimile device. In FIG. 1, the facsimile device 20
Is a system control unit 1, an image reading unit 2, an image recording unit 3,
Operation display unit 4, ROM (Read Only Memory) 5, RAM
A (Random Access Memory) 6, an encoding / decoding unit 7, a communication control unit 8, a network control unit 9, a voice recognition unit 10, and a tone detection unit 11 are provided, and the above units are connected by a bus 12.

The system control unit 1 includes a CPU (Central Pr
a facsimile device 2 according to a control program written in the ROM 5
It controls each unit of 0 to execute a predetermined operation.
The image reading unit 2 is, for example, a CCD (Charge Cuoupled Decoder).
vice) and the like, and is configured to scan a transmission document or a copy document and read an image of the document at a predetermined resolution.

The image recording section 3 employs a thermal recording system using a thermal head or an electrophotographic recording system to record a received image or a copied image on recording paper at a predetermined resolution. In addition, the operation display unit 4 includes a ten-key pad, a start key, various operation keys such as a shortcut key or a one-touch dial, and a display (for example, a liquid crystal display). Display and output various messages to notify the operator.

As the ROM 5, a PROM (Programmable Rom) capable of writing and erasing data is used, and this ROM 5 is required to control a control program as the facsimile apparatus 20 and each unit in the apparatus. Data is written. The RAM 6 stores the image data from the image reading unit 2, the image data received via the line L, the telephone number data extracted via the voice message, the data related to the telephone number registered in the speed key or the one-touch dial key, The change information and the like when the telephone number is changed are stored.

The encoding / decoding unit 7 encodes and compresses the image read by the image reading unit 2, and decodes and expands the received image to restore the original image. The communication control unit 8 modulates and demodulates image data and transmits the image data.
It sends and receives various control signals in the transmission procedure to and from the facsimile machine of the other party. Further, in this embodiment, the voice recognition unit 10
Also, the data received from the line L is output to the tone detector 11, and the operation start / stop of each of these units is controlled. Further, the network control unit 9 receives an incoming call from the line L and executes an automatic outgoing call process to the line L.

The voice recognition unit 10 monitors the signal output from the communication control unit 8, and if the signal is a signal relating to a voice message, performs voice recognition, and the voice message is sent from the telephone number guidance service. Whether or not it is a telephone number guide service is identified, and if the telephone number guide service is used, the telephone number is extracted from the voice message. Then, the system controller 1 is notified of the extracted telephone number.

When the notification of the new telephone number is sent as a DTMF signal instead of as a voice message, the tone detecting section 11 extracts the telephone number instead of the voice recognizing section 10, and the extracted telephone number. The system controller 1 is notified of the number.

Next, the operation of the first embodiment of the thus constructed facsimile machine will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First, when a call is made based on the data (telephone number) stored in the RAM 6 such as shortening, one-touch dialing or broadcast transmission mode (Yes in step 1), the system control unit 1 sets a predetermined value. A timer (not shown) for measuring the time (10 to 20 seconds) is turned on (step 2). Then, the communication control unit 8 indicates CNG (Calling To) indicating that the device itself is a non-voice terminal.
ne) signal is sent to the line L (step 3).

In response to the CNG signal, the facsimile machine of the other party sends a CED (Called Station Identity)
n), a DIS (Digital Identification Signal) signal, and an NSF (Non Standard Facilities) signal are transmitted (Yes in step 4), a predetermined protocol is exchanged to start facsimile communication (step 10). After that, when the facsimile communication ends (Yes in step 11), the process proceeds to step 7, the line is disconnected, and this operation ends.

On the other hand, when the CED signal, the NSF signal, and the DIS signal are not received (No in step 4), it is judged whether or not the telephone number guidance service is connected via the voice recognition unit 10 (step 5). . In other words, via line L, "The number of xxx (old phone number) you called changed due to relocation. The new phone number is xxx."
It is determined whether or not the voice message is received. Here, the signal monitored by the voice recognition unit 10 forms a voice message saying "The number of xxx (old phone number) that you called is changed due to relocation. The new phone number is xxx." Identified as
If the system control unit 1 is notified of the identification result, the system control unit 1 determines that the system is connected to the directory guidance (Yes in step 5), and the voice recognition unit is selected from the sent voice messages. The telephone number is recognized and extracted via 10, and then the extracted telephone number is temporarily stored in a predetermined area of the RAM 6 (step 8). At this time, when the telephone number is notified as a DTMF signal instead of as a voice, the tone detecting section 11 operates in place of the voice recognizing section 10 to extract the telephone number from the transmitted signal, After that, the extracted telephone number is temporarily stored in a predetermined area of the RAM 6.

Then, the system control unit 1 changes the telephone number registered in the RAM 6 to the extracted telephone number (step 9), and then disconnects the line via the network control unit 9 (step 7). This operation ends. If neither the CED signal, the NSF signal, the DIS signal, nor the predetermined voice message is received before the timer expires (Yes in step 6), step 7
Then, the line is disconnected via the network control unit 7, and this operation is finished.

As described above, when the call is made based on the telephone number stored in the memory such as the shortening, one-touch dialing or the broadcast transmission mode and the telephone number guide service is connected, the call is transmitted. Recognizing and extracting the telephone number from the incoming voice message and changing the registered telephone number to the telephone number extracted here eliminates the burden of the user having to re-register manually and improves operability. improves.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The first embodiment described above is based on the premise that a telephone number is added to the voice message that is sent out.
There is also a so-called use-cancellation guide that notifies only the change of the telephone number, and in this embodiment, the case where the use-cancellation guide is sent out is dealt with.

First, when a call is made based on the data (telephone number) stored in the RAM 6 such as the shortening, the one-touch dialing or the broadcast transmission mode (Yes in step 21), the system controller. 1 is the predetermined time (1
A timer (not shown) for counting 0 to 20 seconds is turned on (step 22). Then, the communication control unit 8 sends a CNG (Calling Tone) signal indicating that the device is a non-voice terminal to the line L (step 23).

In response to the CNG signal, the facsimile machine of the other party sends a CED (Called Station Identity)
n) signal, DIS (Digital Identification Signal) signal, and NSF (Non Standard Facilities) signal are transmitted (Yes in step 24), a predetermined protocol is exchanged to start facsimile communication (step 29). After that, when the facsimile communication is completed (Yes in step 30), the process proceeds to step 27, the line is disconnected, and the operation is completed.

On the other hand, when the CED signal, the NSF signal, and the DIS signal are not received (No in step 24), it is determined whether or not the telephone number guidance service is connected via the voice recognition unit 10 (step 25). .

Here, the signal monitored by the voice recognition unit 10 says, "The telephone number you have called is not currently in use. Please check the number and call again." When the identification result is notified to the system control unit 1, the system control unit 1 determines that the telephone number guidance is connected (Yes in step 25), Go to the next step. Further, at this time, when the usage suspension notification is notified by a DTMF signal instead of as voice, the tone detection unit 11 operates instead of the voice recognition unit 10.
In this case, it is determined whether or not a signal for identifying the previously set usage notification guidance is received.

Thereafter, the system control unit 1 erases the data registered in the RAM 6 (step 28),
The line is disconnected via the network control unit 9 (step 27), and this operation ends. In addition, before the timer expires, CE
Even when neither the D signal, the NSF signal, the DIS signal, nor the predetermined voice message is received (Yes in step 26), the process proceeds to step 7 to disconnect the line via the network control unit 9 The operation ends.

As described above, a call is made based on the telephone number stored in the memory, such as the shortened one-touch dialing mode or the broadcast transmission mode, the telephone number guidance service is connected, and the use suspension guidance is notified. At this time, by deleting the registered telephone number, it is possible to prevent unnecessary calls from being repeated.

Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First, when a call is made based on the data (telephone number) stored in the RAM 6 such as the shortening, one-touch dialing or broadcast transmission mode (Yes in step 41),
The system controller 1 turns on a timer (not shown) that measures a predetermined time (10 to 20 seconds) (step 42). Then, the communication control unit 8 sends a CNG (Calling Tone) signal indicating that the device is a non-voice terminal to the line L (step 43).

In response to the CNG signal, the facsimile machine of the other party sends a CED (Called Station Identity)
n) signal, DIS (Digital Identification Signal) signal, and NSF (Non Standard Facilities) signal are transmitted (Yes in step 44), a predetermined protocol is exchanged to start facsimile communication (step 54). After that, when the facsimile communication is completed (Yes in step 55), the process proceeds to step 47, and the line is disconnected via the network control unit 9. Step 48 is a step of judging whether or not the change information is stored in the RAM 6. When the change information is stored in the RAM 6 (Yes in step 48), the system control unit 1 reads the change information from the RAM 6 and converts it into image data.
This operation is ended by visually outputting it through the display of the operation display unit 5 or the image recording unit 3 (step 4).
9). On the other hand, when it is determined that the change information is not stored in the RAM 6, step 49 is skipped and this operation is finished.

When the CED signal, the NSF signal and the DIS signal are not received in step 44, the voice recognition unit 1
It is determined whether the telephone number guide service is connected via 0 (step 45). In other words, it is determined whether or not a voice message stating, "The xxx (old phone number) you called has changed due to relocation. The new phone number is xxx." Is received via line L. That is why.

Here, the signal monitored by the voice recognition unit 10 is a voice message saying that "the number of xxx (old telephone number) that you called has changed due to relocation. The new telephone number is xxx." Identified as forming,
When the identification result is notified to the system control unit 1, the system control unit 1 determines that the system is connected to the number guidance (Yes in step 45), and the voice recognition unit is selected from the sent voice messages. The telephone number is recognized and extracted via 10, and then the extracted telephone number is stored in the RAM 6
Is temporarily stored in a predetermined area (step 50). Further, at this time, when the telephone number is notified as a DTMF signal instead of as a voice, the tone detecting section 11 operates in place of the voice recognizing section 10 to extract the telephone number from the transmitted signal, After that, the extracted telephone number is temporarily stored in a predetermined area of the RAM 6.

Next, it is judged whether or not the call is made from the extension, for example, when the identification number is "0", the call is "0" (step 51). If it is determined that the call is "0" (Yes in step 51), "0" is added to the beginning of the telephone number stored in the RAM 6 (step 5).
2) The data is stored in the RAM 6 instead of the registered data. At the same time, the system control unit 1 also stores the change information (change date, old telephone number, new telephone number) at that time in the RAM 6. It should be noted that this change information is erased after a predetermined time has passed since it was stored.

In addition, the signal monitored by the voice recognition unit 10 says, "The telephone number you have called is not currently in use. Please check the number and call again." When it is identified that a voice message is formed and the identification result is notified to the system control unit 1, steps 51 to 52 are skipped and RA
The data registered in M6 is deleted, and the change information (erasing date, old telephone number) at that time is stored in RAM6.

When the change of the telephone number is completed, the system control unit 1 disconnects the line via the network control unit 9. Step 48 is a step of judging whether or not the change information is stored in the RAM 6. When the change information is stored in the RAM 6 (Yes in step 48), the system control unit 1 reads out the change information from the RAM 6 and converts it into image data, and displays the display of the operation display unit 4 or the image recording unit 3. Visual output is performed via this to terminate this operation (step 49). On the other hand, if it is determined that the change information is not stored in the RAM 6, step 49
And ends this operation.

In step 46, the CED signal, NS
If neither the F signal, the DIS signal, nor the predetermined voice message is received and the timer expires (Yes in step 46), the process proceeds to step 47, and the line is disconnected via the network control unit 7.

In each of the above-mentioned embodiments, when the telephone number guidance service is connected, the description is made only until the telephone number is changed, but of course, after the change, a predetermined interval is provided. The re-call will be made based on the changed telephone number.

[0041]

As described above, according to the invention of claim 1 of the present application, when a call is connected to the telephone number guidance service, a new telephone is transmitted by the telephone number guidance service. Since the number is recognized through the recognition means and the telephone number stored in the storage means is changed to the recognized new telephone number, the user does not have to manually change the registration and the operability is improved.

According to the invention of claim 2, the telephone number stored in the storage means is deleted when it is determined by the determination means that the usage suspension guide is notified when the call is made. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the line from being locked due to repeated unnecessary calls.

According to the third aspect of the invention, when the telephone number guidance service is connected when the call is made, the information is stored in the storage means based on the information transmitted by the telephone number guidance service. Since the changed telephone number is changed and the changed information such as the changed date and the telephone number before the change is stored in the storage means and the changed information is read out at a predetermined timing and visually output, the user can easily change. You can recognize that.

Further, according to the invention of claim 4, when the call judging means judges that the call originates from the extension, a predetermined identification number is given when changing the telephone number of the storing means. Since the new phone number is added and stored, the registration can be changed in an appropriate format without any trouble even when connected as an extension.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram when a communication device common to each embodiment of the present invention is applied to a facsimile device.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a registration number changing process in the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a registration number changing process in the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a registration number changing process in the third embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 system control unit 2 image reading unit 3 image recording unit 4 operation display unit 5 ROM 6 RAM 7 encoding / decoding unit 8 communication control unit 9 network control unit 10 voice recognition unit 11 tone detection unit 12 bus

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A communication device connected to an exchange network that provides a telephone number guidance service, wherein storage means for storing the telephone number of the other party, and making a call based on the telephone number read from the storage means. Equipped with network control means and recognition means for recognizing a new telephone number sent by the telephone number guidance service, and when the caller is connected to the telephone number guidance service, the telephone number guidance service sends it. A communication device characterized by recognizing an incoming new telephone number through the recognizing means and changing the telephone number stored in the storage means to the recognized new telephone number. 2. A communication device connected to an exchange network that provides a telephone number guidance service, wherein storage means for storing the telephone number of the other party, and making a call based on the telephone number read from the storage means. In the case where the network control means for performing and the judgment means for connecting to the telephone number guidance service and for judging whether or not the use suspension notice has been notified are provided, and when the judgment means judges that the use suspension guidance has been notified when a call is made. In the communication device, the telephone number stored in the storage means is erased. 3. A communication device connected to an exchange network for providing a telephone number guidance service, wherein storage means for storing the telephone number of the other party, and making a call based on the telephone number read from the storage means. It is provided with a network control means for carrying out and a judging means for judging whether or not it is connected to the telephone number guidance service. If the telephone number guidance service is connected when a call is made, it is transmitted by the telephone number guidance service. The telephone number stored in the storage means is changed based on the incoming information, and the change information such as the date of change and the telephone number before the change is stored in the storage means, and the change information is read and visually output at a predetermined timing. A communication device characterized by the above. 4. A call judging means for judging whether or not a call is made from an extension, and when the call judging means judges that the call is made from an extension, the telephone number of the storage means is set. The communication device according to claim 1 or 3, wherein a predetermined identification number is added to a new telephone number and stored when the telephone number is changed.