KR19980021388A - How to identify the other party in an answering machine - Google Patents

Abstract

end. The technical field to which the invention described in the claims belongs:

The present invention relates to a method for identifying a counterpart in an answering machine.

I. The technical problem the invention is trying to solve:

If the other party did not leave a message in the auto answer mode, there was no way to identify the other party.

All. The gist of the solution of the invention:

The present invention has been implemented to identify the other party by recording the ICM received for a predetermined time before sending the OGM when the automatic response mode is set.

la. Important uses of the invention:

Telephone with answering machine.

Description

How to identify the other party in an answering machine

The present invention relates to an automatic answering function performed in an automatic answering machine, and in particular, to record the other party's voice before sending the announcement message when the automatic answering function is performed so that the other party can identify the other party even if they do not record the message in response to the prompting message. It is about a method.

The message transmitted and received when the auto answer function is performed is an outgoing message (OGM: out going message) sent from the answering machine to the other party and a response message (IGM: in comming message) received and recorded from the other party in response to the OGM. It is composed.

Hereinafter, a configuration of a typical answering machine will be described with reference to FIG.

The controller 110 controls the overall operation of the telephone with the answering machine 116. The call circuit unit 114 controls the tone signal and the call voice signal between the phone and the phone line under the control of the controller 110. In addition, the control unit 110 under the control of the switching unit. The hook relay 112 forms or blocks a call path between the call circuit unit 114 and the public telephone network. The answering machine 116 is composed of a DSP, a codec, and a voice memory unit, and is controlled by the controller 110 to record or play an OGM or to record or play an ICM. The DSP performs digital signal processing on the digital signal input and output to the codec. The voice memory unit records an OGM or an ICM provided through the DSP. The key input unit 118 generates key commands and key data for controlling the operation of the answering machine by the user. The key input unit 118 includes a play key for requesting ICM playback, an end key for terminating a function, a fast forward (FF) key and a rewind (REW) key for searching a recorded ICM, a function key for setting a function, and a numeric key. And the like. The ring detection unit 120 detects a ring incoming through the telephone line.

Hereinafter, a conventional auto answering function performed in an answering machine having the above-described configuration will be described with reference to FIG. 2.

The control unit 110 determines in step 212 whether the incoming ring is detected in the standby state (step 210). The ring incoming is detected by the ring detector 120, and the controller 110 determines ring incoming by the ring detector 120. When the ring incoming call is detected, the controller 110 performs steps 214, 216, and 218. In step 214, a ringing tone is generated in response to the incoming ring. In step 216 and 218, it is determined whether the user is hooked off during a predetermined number of ringings. In steps 216 and 218, if a hook-off is detected while a predetermined number of ring sounds are generated, the process proceeds to step 228 to perform a corresponding function. However, in step 216 and step 218, if the hook-off is not detected while a predetermined number of ring sounds are generated, the flow proceeds to step 220 to switch to the auto answer mode. Switching to the auto answer mode means the formation of a call loop for sending and receiving messages in response to the ring incoming. The controller 110 controls the answering machine 116 to transmit the OGM in step 222, and records the received ICM in step 224. When the recording of the ICM is completed, the flow proceeds to step 226 where the call loop is blocked and then the standby mode is switched.

In addition, conventionally, only the busy tone was recorded in the answering machine 116 when the other party terminated the call after the OGM was sent.

As described above, the message received while the OGM is conventionally not recorded, and when the other party hangs up while the OGM is being sent, only the busy tone is recorded in the answering machine, so the user may not know who the caller is. It was.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a method for recording an ICM received for a predetermined time before an OGM is sent.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a method of recording a message capable of identifying a counterpart by transmitting an OGM message before the counterpart responds to a natural response when the automatic response mode is switched.

1 is a block diagram of a typical answering machine.

2 is a control flowchart of a conventional automatic answering function.

3 is a control flowchart of an automatic response function according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The process of performing the auto answer function according to an embodiment of the present invention is shown in FIG. 3.

Hereinafter, an automatic answering process of an answering machine according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 3. First, since the configuration of the answering machine for performing the answering machine according to the present invention is the same as that of the conventional answering machine, the description of the configuration is omitted.

The controller 110 determines whether an incoming ring is detected in the standby state (step 310) in step 312. The ring incoming is detected by the ring detector 120, and the controller 110 determines ring incoming by the detection signal of the ring detector 120. The controller 110 performs steps 314, 316, and 318 when ring reception is detected. In step 314, a ring tone is generated in response to the incoming ring, and in steps 316 and 318, it is determined whether the user is hooked off during a predetermined number of ring tones. In steps 316 and 318, if a hook-off is detected while a predetermined number of ring sounds are generated, the process proceeds to step 334 to perform a corresponding function. However, in step 316 and step 318, if the hook-off is not detected until a predetermined number of ring sounds are generated, the process proceeds to step 320 to switch to the auto answer mode. Switching to the auto answer mode means the formation of a call loop for sending and receiving messages in response to the ring incoming. If the automatic response mode is set, the controller 110 proceeds to step 322 to determine whether there is a recorded OGM transmission message. Typically, a user checks whether a call is normally formed by using a term such as hello when a call loop is formed during a phone call. The OGM message before transmission refers to a confirmation message such as Hello, and is used as a guide message for the other party to speak. The recording of the message before sending the OGM is performed by sequentially inputting a recording key, a function key, and a specific numeric key for selecting a function provided in the key input unit 118 to set a recording mode, recording a message, and then inputting a function key. . In addition, in order to set the transmission of the recorded OGM message before the transmission in the auto answer mode, the function is set by sequentially inputting the function key, * key, # key and function key provided in the key input unit 118.

If it is determined in step 322 that the message before sending the OGM is set, the controller 110 proceeds to step 324 to control the answering machine 116 to play and send the recorded OGM message before sending. If the transmission of the message before sending the OGM is completed or the message before sending the OGM is not set, the process proceeds to step 326 to record the ICM received for a predetermined time in the answering machine 116. The predetermined time is set to about 1 to 2 seconds for recording the confirmation message of the other party.

After the predetermined time has elapsed, the controller 110 proceeds to step 328 to perform a normal automatic response function. Since the process of performing the conventional auto-response function is the same as that of the above-described bell, detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The present invention has the effect of allowing the user to easily identify the other party by recording the confirmation voice of the other party when performing the automatic response function.

Claims (3)

In the method of identifying the other party in the telephone equipped with an answering machine, When the answering machine mode is set, the counterpart identification method of the answering machine, characterized in that for recording a message received for a predetermined time in the answering machine and sends a guide message. The method of claim 1, The method of identifying a counterpart in the answering machine, characterized in that for transmitting a guide message corresponding to the guide message before recording the received message. In the method of identifying the other party in the telephone equipped with an answering machine, When the automatic response mode is set, the transmission process for transmitting the guidance message corresponding to the guidance guidance message, The other party identification method in the answering machine, characterized in that for transmitting a guide message after recording the message received for a predetermined time after the announcement message sent to the answering machine.