KR950001547B1 - Message receiving method by skip signal - Google Patents

Abstract

The device provides an efficient method of handling the receiving speech message by skipping the transmitted signal at automatic answering phone. The method comprises (A) a control code search procedure which detects the message skip code and transmits the absence message to the caller by setting the channel; (B) a transmit message skip and recording procedure which suspends the transmission of the message when the skip code is detected and records the received message; (C) transmit the stored message and record the received message when the message skip code is not detected.

Description

How to store received messages by skipping outgoing messages of answering machine

1 is a configuration diagram of an answering machine.

2 is a conventional control flowchart.

3 is a control flowchart of an answering machine according to the present invention.

* Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings

10: key input unit 20: central processing unit

30: line interface unit 40: ringer unit

50: ring detection unit 60: loop relay

70: call part 80: audio part

90: speaker drive unit 100: speaker

110: tone decoder 120: dialing unit

130: deck drive unit 140: deck unit

150: microphone 160: display unit

The present invention relates to a transmission message and a reception message processing method of an answering machine, and more particularly, to a method of automatically storing a received message by skipping a transmission message by a remote control code.

In general, the answering machine is a telephone having a function of recording a message received by the subscriber, and the subscriber is a phone having a function of playing the recorded message, the configuration is shown in FIG.

The key input unit 10 generates key commands and key data for controlling the operation of the phone by the user. The central processing unit 20 receives the output of the key input unit 10 to control the overall operation of the phone. The line interface unit 30 is connected to the public telephone network through a telephone line, and interfaces ring signals, tone signals, and call voice signals between the telephone and the public telephone network. The ringer unit 40 has an input terminal connected to the line interface unit 40, and detects a ring signal outputting the line interface unit 40. The ring sensing unit 50 is connected to the ringer 40 to output a ring sensing signal to the CPU 20 when receiving a ring signal. The loop relay 60 is connected to the line interface unit 30 to form a voice call path between the telephone and the public telephone network. The call path unit 70 is connected to the loop relay 60 to process a voice signal and a tone signal when hooking off. The audio unit 80 is connected to the call path unit 70 to receive a voice signal from a public telephone network or to process and receive a voice message. The speaker driver 90 receives the output of the ringer 40 and the audio 80 to generate an audible sound to the speaker 100. The deck unit 140 records a guide message and a condition message. The deck driver 130 reproduces the guide message and the recorded voice signal stored in the tape of the deck unit 140 under the control of the central processing unit 20 and outputs the audio message to the audio unit 80. The message received from 80 is recorded on the tape in the deck unit 140. The microphone 150 outputs a voice signal generated from the subscriber to the audio unit 80. The tone decoder 110 decodes the DTMF signal received in connection with the call path unit 70 and digitally outputs the decoded DTMF signal to the CPU 20. The dialing unit 120 converts the telephone number data output from the central processing unit 20 into a DTMF signal and outputs the DTMF signal to the call path unit 150. The display unit 160 displays each state under the control of the CPU 20.

2 is a flow chart of a conventional autoresponder and received message recording control.

It looks at the process of performing the conventional auto-response function in the state configured as described above.

First, when a ring signal is received from the outside while the user is absent, the ring signal is detected by the ringer unit 40, and the ring detecting unit 50 is outputted from the ringer unit 40 by the central processing unit 20. Output a ring detection signal. At this time, the CPU 20 searches whether the current mode is the missed mode when a predetermined number of ring detection signals are received. If the search result is absent, the CPU 20 controls the deck driving unit 130 to output an out going message recorded on the tape in the deck unit 140. The deck driver 130 reproduces the guide message picked up from the deck unit 140 as a voice signal and outputs the audio message to the audio unit 80. Then, the guide voice message is output to the public telephone network through the audio unit 80, the call path unit 70, the loop relay 60, and the line interface unit 130. After controlling the above operation, it is searched whether the message transmission is finished and the OGM transmission is controlled until the message is terminated.

When the subscriber of the calling party generates the message after transmitting the above guide voice message, the message is returned to the line interface unit 30 → loop relay 60 → call path unit 70 in the reverse order of the above procedure. → it is received through the audio unit 80 and output to the speaker 100 through the speaker driver 90. In addition, the reception condition message output from the audio unit 80 is recorded on the tape in the deck unit 140 by the deck driver 140 operated by the control of the central processing unit 20.

However, in the conventional automatic answering system, the message is recorded after the message sent from the answering machine is terminated even when the caller recognizes the absence of the receiver, that is, the message is to be recorded.

In other words, when the caller recognizes the rich person of the receiver, even though the recording function should be started immediately, the user's inconvenience and telephone charges are increased as the message is continuously transmitted.

It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a method for recording (storing) a received message by skipping a transmission message as a control code generated from a remote telephone in an answering machine.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

2 is a flow diagram of a control message search control message for sending a message according to the present invention, which forms a call path in response to a call, sends a absent message, and searches whether a message skip code is input; When it is determined that the message skip code is input, the transmitter stops the transmission of the message and simultaneously transmits a mode change signal and records the outgoing message skip recording process for recording the received message, and the message skip code is not detected in the control code search process. At the time of determination, the recording process consists of recording all of the recorded messages.

Hereinafter, the operation of FIG. 3 according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the operation of FIG. 1.

When the ring signal arrives from the public telephone network to the answering machine of FIG. 1, the ring signal is generated by the speaker 100 through the line interface unit 30, the ringer unit 40, and the speaker drive unit 90. At the same time, a ring detection signal is applied to the central processing unit 20 through the ring detecting unit 50. Then, the central processing unit 20 recognizes this in step 201, counts the number of ring detections, and detects the ring more than a predetermined number of times. When the signal is received, the loop relay 60 is turned on to form a communication path between the public telephone network and the answering phone, and the central processing unit 20 that forms the communication path as described above is the current mode in absent mode. Search in step 203.

If the current mode is the absent mode as a result of the search, the CPU 20 controls the deck driver 130 to output a message previously recorded on the tape of the deck unit 140 in step 205. In this case, the deck driver 130 reproduces the message picked up and output to the deck unit 140 and outputs the message through the audio unit 80 and the call path unit 70.

In operation 207, the CPU 20 searches whether the remote control code is input. That is, it is searched whether a transmission message skip code (eg, # or * key) is input.

At this time, if the originating subscriber connected through the heavy telephone network generates a message after listening to the mode change signal, the message is the line interface unit 30 → loop relay 60 → call path unit 70 → audio unit ( The deck driver 130 is applied to the deck driver 130 through 80, and the deck driver 130 controls the deck unit 140 to record the received message on the tape.

In order to skip a message according to the present invention, a designated code promised between the answering phone and an external user is set. As described above, when the external user who is the calling party receives the response message transmitted from the telephone and presses the skip code using the DTMF key, the DTMF signal according to the code is transmitted from the line interface unit 30 to the loop relay 60 to the call. The tone decoder 110 is applied to the tone decoder 110 through the furnace unit 70, and the tone decoder 110 converts the digital data into digital data and outputs the digital data to the central processing unit 20. The CPU 20 then determines that a skip key has been input in step 207. In step 207, the skip key is detected.

The central processing unit 20 controls the audio unit 80 in step 209 to output a mode change signal.

In addition, the CPU 20 controls the deck driver 130 to switch the mode of the deck unit 140 to the recording mode.

At this time, if the originating subscriber connected through the heavy telephone network generates a message after listening to the mode change signal, the message is the line interface unit 30 → loop relay 60 → call path unit 70 → audio unit ( The deck driver 130 is applied to the deck driver 130 through 80, and the deck driver 130 controls the deck unit 140 to record the received message on the tape.

Therefore, the answering machine skips the sending of the message according to the input control code, terminates the sending of the message, and immediately records the received message.

As described above, the present invention can stop the transmission of the recorded message by the remote control code, and record the received message immediately, thereby leaving the message at least in talk time.

Claims (1)

A method for storing a received message by skipping an outgoing message of an answering machine, comprising: a control code retrieval process for retrieving an outgoing message by forming a call path in response to a call and retrieving whether a message skip code is input; In determining that the message skip code is input, the transmitter transmits a mode switching signal at the same time as sending a message and records a received message, and determines that the message skip code is not detected in the control code search process. The recording method is characterized in that the recording process of recording all of the messages sent during the transmission of the received message.