JPH10173755A - Telephone set - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To eliminate the display of useless telephone number by possessing current day-of-the-week information from a calendar, reading and displaying only a telephone number, to which a flag matching with the current day-of- the-week information is applied, from a dial storage part. SOLUTION: When there is a dial input from a key operating part 5, a call is originated from a line interface 2 through a dial control part 1 and a dial transmission circuit 7. Storage processing is performed together with dial transmission processing, the control part 1 possesses the day-of-the-week information and current time, while deciding a day of the week from a timer 9 and these data are stored in a dial storage part 6 together with the dial number. Further, when a redial key is pressed from the key operating part 5, the control part 1 retrieves the dial storage part 6, based on the possessed day-of-the-week information. As a result of the retrieval, the latest dial number is displayed on a display part 7, and the user confirms whether the party to make a telephone call is desired one or not and performs call originating or stopping operation according to the result.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a telephone capable of storing a number dialed in the past, reading the number by a predetermined operation, and dialing the telephone.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A telephone has a function of storing a number dialed in the past, reading the number by a predetermined operation, and dialing the number. The redial function is one of them. The dialed number is stored in the dial storage means, and when the redial button is pressed, the number is read from the dial storage means and dialed by the dial means.
This feature can be used multiple times in the same location,
It is very effective when busy.

[0003] A plurality of numbers can be stored in the dial storage means described above. For example, it is possible to store ten numbers, confirm the numbers by displaying them by a specific operation, and dial a desired number.

[0004] It is assumed that ten numbers are stored in the dial storage means. As this number, numbers dialed in the past are stored in order. When a predetermined operation, for example, a redial key is pressed, the most recently called telephone number is L
It is displayed on a display device such as a CD. When a call instruction is given by a call key or the like, a call can be made to the telephone number currently displayed on the screen. When the redial key is further pressed, the telephone number stored next is read out and displayed.

[0005] In this case, the number stored in the dial storage means is based on the order of dialing. For example, each dialed number is stored in the dial storage means, and a counter is provided for each number, and the number of times the call was previously transmitted is stored. Is counted by the counter, and when the redial key is pressed, the telephone numbers can be displayed in descending order of the number of outgoing calls in the past.

[0006]

In the above-mentioned method, the display order is determined based on the time of past dialing and the number of times of past dialing. In general, when calling on a work-related phone number on weekdays, and when calling on a private phone number on holidays or at night, the number used for private always always comes first. Even when it is displayed, or when it is desired to display a number used for private use, the number used for work is sometimes displayed first.

Accordingly, the present invention eliminates waste of telephone number display by providing sections based on a specific date and time and storing a telephone number for each section.

[0008]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a telephone having a function of storing a telephone number dialed in the past, reading out the stored telephone number and dialing. , A telephone number input section for inputting a telephone number to be dialed, a calendar for obtaining current day information,
A dial storage unit for storing the dialed telephone number;
A redial key for instructing reading of a telephone number, and a display unit for displaying a telephone number, wherein the dial storage unit converts telephone number data input from the telephone number input unit into day information obtained from the calendar. A predetermined day of the week flag is added and stored, and when a readout instruction is issued by the redial key, the current day of the week information is obtained from the calendar, and a flag that matches the current day of the week information is added from the dial storage unit. The above problem is solved by reading out only the telephone number data that has been read out and displaying it on the display unit.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a telephone having a function of storing a telephone number dialed in the past, reading out the stored telephone number and dialing the telephone number.
A telephone number input unit for inputting a telephone number to be dialed, a calendar for acquiring current day information, holiday storage means for storing holidays, and a holiday for determining whether the current time is a holiday based on the calendar and holiday storage means. A dial storage unit for storing the dialed telephone number; a redial key for instructing the reading of the telephone number; and a display unit for displaying the telephone number. The dial storage unit includes the telephone number input unit. Based on the holiday determination means, the telephone number data input from is stored with a holiday flag added thereto, and when there is a readout instruction with the redial key,
The above object is achieved by reading out only the telephone number data to which the corresponding holiday flag is assigned based on the holiday determination means and displaying the data on the display unit.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a timer for acquiring current time information, and the holiday determination unit solves the above-mentioned problem by making a determination using a calendar, a timer, and holiday storage means.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the above object is achieved by providing a holiday setting means for setting and storing a day of the week and a time zone as a holiday in the holiday storage means.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a telephone according to an embodiment of the present invention. A control unit 1 controls each unit. 2 is a line interface. The line interface 2 controls capture / release of a telephone line (not shown), and forms a communication path with a partner telephone connected via the captured telephone line.

Reference numeral 3 denotes a handset. Handset 3
Is provided with a microphone and a speaker for making a call with the telephone of the other party which is connected by the line interface 2. 4
Is a hook detection circuit. The hook detection circuit 4 detects an on-hook / off-hook due to the placing / taking-up operation of the handset 3.

Reference numeral 5 denotes a key operation unit. The key operation unit 5 includes a numeric keypad for dialing, a redial key for instructing redialing, a call key for dialing a displayed telephone number, and the like. Reference numeral 6 denotes a dial storage unit. The dial storage unit 6 stores a telephone number dialed before. A flag is assigned to each of the stored telephone numbers. The structure of the dial storage unit 6 will be described later in detail. 7
Is a display unit. The display unit 7 displays a telephone number to be dialed, a stored telephone number, and the like. For example, it is a display device such as an LCD.

Reference numeral 8 denotes a dial transmission circuit. The dial transmission circuit 8 converts the signal into a dial pulse or a DTMF signal in accordance with a signal from the control unit 1 and outputs the dial pulse or DTMF signal to the telephone line from the line interface 2 for dialing.
9 is a timer. The timer 9 measures the current time and the date and time, and transfers the data to the control unit 1. 10
Is a holiday setting unit. The holiday setting unit 10 allows the user to set a holiday when distinguishing between weekdays and holidays. For example, it is possible to set only Sundays as holidays,
Including time information, settings such as Monday to Friday after 19:00, and Saturday and Sunday as holidays are also possible.

Reference numeral 11 denotes a holiday judgment unit. Holiday setting unit 10
It is determined whether or not the present day is on a holiday by using the holiday set by the timer 9 and the timer 9.

Next, an example of the configuration of the dial storage unit 6 is shown in FIG.

The dial storage unit 6 is divided into a part for storing a dial number and a part for a flag. FIG. 2A shows an example in which a flag for each day of the week is added and stored. The number in the flag indicates the day of the week. 1 is Monday, 2 is Tuesday, and 7 represents Sunday. FIG. 2B shows an example in which a weekday and a holiday are separately stored. In the flag portion, 0 represents a holiday and 1 represents a weekday. Since the data in the dial storage unit 6 is basically a first-in first-out data, the data is arranged in chronological order. In addition to the flag, the date and time of dialing are also stored. When the dial is stored together with the destination name, the destination name and link information to other dial data are stored.

The dial storage processing to the dial storage means 6 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First, in step a1, dial input is performed from the key operation unit 5. The input dial is transmitted from the line interface 2 through the control unit 1 and the dial transmission circuit 8 (step a2).

A dial storage process is performed together with the dial transmission process. In step a3, the controller 1 determines the day of the week by the timer 9, and acquires the day of the week information and the current time. In step a4, the acquired day of the week information and the current time are stored in the dial storage unit 6 together with the dial number. By such processing, the dial is stored as shown in FIG.

Next, the redial processing will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First, in step b1, a redial key is pressed from the key operation unit 5. Then, in step b2, the control unit 1 determines the day of the week by acquiring the day of the week information from the timer 9.

At step b3, the control section 1 searches the dial storage section 6 based on the acquired day information. For example, if the current time is Thursday, the data in which the flag indicating the day information is Thursday is sequentially obtained from the data in the dial storage unit 6. The acquired data is temporarily stored in a buffer (not shown) of the control unit 1. Since the dial storage unit 6 is stored in chronological order, the obtained data is obtained in chronological order of the number dialed on Thursday.

In step b4, the latest dialed number of the acquired data is displayed on the display unit 7. When the dialing unit 6 stores, for example, a calling time, a destination name, and the like, together with a telephone number, they may be displayed simultaneously.

The user checks the telephone number displayed on the display unit 7 (further, information such as the calling time and the name of the other party) to determine whether or not the number is the one to be dialed (step b5). If so, the key operation unit 5
Press the call key. If the transmission key has been pressed, the process proceeds to step b6. To display the next number, the redial key of the key operation unit 5 is operated.

If the redial key is pressed in step b5, in step b7, the control unit 1 reads out the next data from the data obtained in the buffer in the processing in step b3, and returns to step b4 to display the telephone number. I do.

At step b 6, the control section 1 sends the obtained telephone number to the line interface 2 through the dial transmission circuit 8. The connection with the telephone line is made by the line interface 2.

In the above processing, dial history information can be confirmed based on dial information distinguished for each day of the week, and dial transmission can be performed.

Next, instead of discriminating dial information for each day of the week as described above, a specific date and time is set as a holiday, and dial information for holidays and other (weekday) dial information is stored separately. Will be described.

The user can set a holiday by the holiday setting unit 10 in advance. The holiday may be set to, for example, all day on Saturday and all day on Sunday.
As shown in the table, 0 to 8 and 19 to 24 from Monday to Friday
, All days on Saturday, all days on Sunday, and so on. This setting can be made from the key input unit 5.

FIG. 6 shows the flow of dial storage processing when this holiday is set. First, in step c1,
Dial input is performed from the key operation unit 5. The input dial is transmitted from the line interface 2 through the control unit 1 and the dial transmission circuit 8 (step c2).

Dial storage processing is performed together with the dial transmission processing described above. In step c3, the holiday determining unit 11 determines whether the current time is a holiday by the timer 9 and the holiday setting unit 10 in the control unit 1.
In step c4, a flag indicating whether or not it is a holiday is stored in the dial storage unit 6 together with the dial number. By such processing, the dial is stored as shown in FIG. Here, the flag 1 is stored if it is a holiday, and the flag 0 is stored if it is not a holiday.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart in the case where the redial processing is performed by the configuration of the dial storage unit 6 described above. First, in step d1, a redial key is pressed from the key operation unit 5. Then, in step d2, the control unit 1 uses the timer 9 and the holiday setting unit 10 so that the holiday determination unit 11 determines whether the current time is a holiday.

In step d3, the control unit 1 searches the dial storage unit 6 based on the result of the determination as to whether it is a holiday.
For example, if the present day is a holiday, the telephone number whose flag indicating the holiday is 1 is sequentially acquired from the data of the dial storage unit 6. The acquired data is temporarily stored in a buffer (not shown) of the control unit 1. Since the dial storage unit 6 is stored in chronological order, the obtained data is obtained in chronological order for numbers dialed on holidays.

At step d 4, the latest dialed number of the acquired data is displayed on the display unit 7. When the dialing unit 6 stores, for example, a calling time, a destination name, and the like, together with a telephone number, they may be displayed simultaneously.

The user checks the telephone number displayed on the display unit 7 (further, information such as the calling time and the name of the other party) to determine whether or not the number is to be dialed (step d5). If so, the key operation unit 5
Press the call key. If the transmission key has been pressed, the process proceeds to step d6. To display the next number, the redial key of the key operation unit 5 is operated.

If the redial key is further pressed in step d5, in step d7, the control unit 1 reads out the next data from the data obtained in the buffer in the processing in step d3, and returns to step d4 to return to the telephone number. Is displayed.

At step d 6, the control section 1 sends the obtained telephone number to the line interface 2 through the dial transmission circuit 8. The connection with the telephone line is made by the line interface 2.

In the above-described processing, dial history can be confirmed and dial transmission can be performed based on the holiday set by the user and the dial information distinguished from the rest.

[0039]

According to the present invention, since a dial is discriminated for each day of the week, such as a number that is frequently dialed on a certain day of the week, but a dial that is not frequently dialed on another day of the week, a useless search is performed. And efficient telephone number search can be performed.

Further, by storing and retrieving the dial while distinguishing between holidays and other days, telephone numbers such as work and private are distinguished, and retrieval efficiency is improved. Further, since the user can set a holiday in an arbitrary section, it is possible to cope with various lifestyles.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a telephone according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a dial storage unit.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a flow of a dial storage process.

FIG. 4 is a processing flowchart illustrating a flow of a redialing process.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of holiday setting.

FIG. 6 is a processing flowchart showing a flow of a redialing process.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a flow of a dial storage process.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Control part 2 Line interface 3 Handset 4 Hook detection part 5 Key operation part 6 Dial storage part 7 Display part 8 Dial starting circuit 9 Timer 10 Holiday setting part 11 Holiday judgment part

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A telephone having a function of storing a telephone number dialed in the past, reading out the stored telephone number and dialing the telephone number, a telephone number input unit for inputting a telephone number to be dialed, A calendar for acquiring the current day of the week information, a dial storage unit for storing the dialed telephone number, a redial key for instructing the reading of the telephone number, and a display unit for displaying the telephone number. The telephone number data input from the telephone number input unit is stored with a predetermined day of the week flag added thereto based on the day of the week information obtained from the calendar. Information is obtained from the calendar, and only the telephone number data to which a flag matching the current day of the week information is added is read from the dial storage unit. Telephone characterized by, the display on the display unit. 2. A telephone having a function of storing a telephone number dialed in the past, reading out the stored telephone number and dialing the telephone number, and a telephone number input unit for inputting a telephone number to be dialed. A calendar for acquiring current day of the week information; holiday storage means for storing holidays; holiday determination means for determining whether the current day is a holiday from the calendar and holiday storage means; and a dial for storing dialed telephone numbers. A storage unit, a redial key for instructing reading of a telephone number, and a display unit for displaying a telephone number, wherein the dial storage unit converts telephone number data input from the telephone number input unit into the holiday determining means. On the basis of,
When a holiday flag is added and stored, and when there is a readout instruction with the redial key, based on the holiday determination means, only the telephone number data to which the corresponding holiday flag is attached is read and displayed on the display unit. A telephone characterized by the following. 3. The telephone according to claim 2, further comprising a timer for acquiring current time information, wherein the holiday determining unit makes a determination using a calendar, a timer, and holiday storage means. 4. The telephone according to claim 3, further comprising a holiday setting means for setting and storing a day of the week and a time zone as a holiday in the holiday storage means.