JPS58186252A - Sound storage service system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To listen to a desired part only out of the content of message connected to an exchange, by transmitting the initial part of each message at first and transmitting the final part of the message according to the desire of a subscriber. CONSTITUTION:When a subscriber 1n makes a prescribed operation to listen to the message, a control section 3a of a sound storage device 3 searches the table of a transfer address of the message stored on a magnetic disc 3b, reads out the message to be transferred to the 1n from the disc 3b, transfers it as a sound signal for, e.g., first 5 seconds, and skips to the next message automatically. When the required message is found out, the 1n makes a prescribed operation and instructs the continuity of the reproduction of the message. When the control section 3a detects the prescribed signal from the 1n, the message during transfer from the beginning to the end without skip is transferred.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Technical Field of the Invention] The present invention relates to a voice storage service of an exchange, and particularly to a service system for transferring stored messages to a subscriber again.

[Technical background of the invention]

When using the telephone, I often find that the other party is away and there is no answer, or that the other party is busy talking. In this situation, I wait for a suitable amount of time and try calling again several times, but if the person on the other end is away, it is difficult to contact them.

One way to solve this inconvenience is to connect a voice storage device to the telephone exchange, and when the subscriber is away from home, a message to the effect of being away is stored in this storage device, and this message is sent to the telephone exchange. When a call is made to a subscriber, the exchange automatically transmits the message stored in the storage device and stores the caller's message.
In addition, when the other party is talking, the exchange automatically stores the caller's message in the storage device, and the subscriber can interrupt the content of the storage device at a convenient time. is possible.

[Problems with background technology]

By the way, subscribers who receive such voice storage services,
When trying to listen to accumulated messages addressed to oneself, if multiple messages were accumulated, one had to wait through the accumulated messages one by one.

However, there are many cases where you want to select and listen to a specific message from among multiple messages. For example, you may want to listen to an urgent message or a message from a specific person first.
When multiple people use one telephone, they may only be able to select and listen to messages addressed to themselves.

[Purpose of the invention]

The present invention has been made with these circumstances in mind, and its purpose is to store only a predetermined portion of messages stored in a voice storage device connected to an exchange, for example, only the first portion of each message. It is possible to provide a voice storage service system in which the message is first transferred, and then the entire content of each message is transferred at the request of the subscriber.

[Summary of the invention]

The present invention is based on the premise of operation of the voice storage service that the user enters his/her name and the person receiving the message at the beginning of each message, or prompts the user to do so with a message from the exchange when storing messages. When transferring the same message from the voice storage device to the subscriber, first transfer only the first part of each message, including this part, and skip the following message contents, if requested by the subscriber. For messages that have been sent, we will realize a voice storage service that transfers them until the end of the message. With this service, subscribers can efficiently select the one message they need from multiple messages. You can select and listen to i'.

[Embodiments of the invention]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. Figure 1 shows the case where the voice storage service method of the present invention is applied to a private branch exchange (hereinafter abbreviated as PBX) K.
a, lb...int'i subscriber telephone, 2ViPBX
, 3 is an audio storage device. The audio storage device 3 is composed of a control section 31 and a magnetic disk 3b.

PBX2 t'iIn addition to the normal telephone exchange function, when a voice storage request or its status is detected, for example, telephone 1
When dialing from m to phone 1n and checking whether the phone is busy or absent, the PBX 2 automatically connects the phone 1a and the voice storage device 3 and stores messages from the user of the phone 11. That's what I do.

The control unit 3a of the audio storage device 3 has a control function for human output of audio signals between the PMX 2 and the magnetic disk 3b, and a message management function for separating stored messages for each subscriber (telephone). are doing. When storing messages from subscribers on a magnetic disk, this control section 3a creates and simultaneously stores a table of start/end addresses and forwarding destinations on the magnetic disk for each message as management information for each message.

The service function according to the present invention is also incorporated into this control section 3a. For example, when a subscriber of telephone 1n wants to listen to a message sent to the telephone 1n, he calls the voice storage device from the telephone 1n and instructs the subscriber to listen to the message in a predetermined manner, for example, by dialing a signal, and then the voice storage device 3 is controlled. In the section 3a, a table of forwarding destinations for messages stored in the magnetic disk is searched, and a message to be forwarded to the telephone 1n is read from the magnetic disk and transferred as a voice signal via the exchange.3. At this time, The controller 3 transfers each message, for example, for only the first 5 seconds, and then automatically skips to the next message.

The user of telephone 1n listens to the name of the person who made the message and the person to whom the message was sent, which is included in the first part of the message, and then sends the necessary message! When a necessary message is found, the voice storage device 3 is instructed to continue playing the message in a predetermined format by hooking or dialing. The control unit 31 of the voice storage device 3 transfers the message to the telephone 1n, and also detects a predetermined signal from the telephone 1n, and in this case, transfers the message being transferred from the beginning without skipping at the last stage. It is.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, in the voice storage service system according to the present invention, in various cases where a plurality of messages are stored for the same subscriber, a predetermined portion of the stored messages is transferred to the subscriber, Parts other than the predetermined parts are automatically skipped and the next message is forwarded in the same way. At this time, in order to stop skipping and transfer the message at the most convenient time while transmitting the message, a predetermined signal is detected and the message is transferred not only at a predetermined part but also at the most convenient time. Since the user can efficiently search and listen to a necessary message from messages, it brings great benefits to the user.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention. it, lb...1n...Telephone 2...Private branch exchange (PBX) 3...Voice storage device 3-Control unit 3b...Magnetic disk (7317) Agent Patent attorney Kensuke Chika (
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Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) In a voice storage service that stores messages in a voice storage device connected to a subscriber's 1tt-exchange and transfers them again to the subscriber, if multiple messages are stored for the same subscriber, each A voice storage service system that is characterized by automatically skipping parts other than the specified parts of a message and forwarding it to the subscriber. (2) Audio according to claim 1, characterized in that if a predetermined signal from the subscriber is detected during message transfer, the message being transferred is transferred to the end without being skipped. Storage service method.