GB2357218A - Device for incoming phone call notification and method for the same - Google Patents

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GB2357218A
GB2357218A GB9929323A GB9929323A GB2357218A GB 2357218 A GB2357218 A GB 2357218A GB 9929323 A GB9929323 A GB 9929323A GB 9929323 A GB9929323 A GB 9929323A GB 2357218 A GB2357218 A GB 2357218A
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Wen-Yao Lin
Chung-Hua Wu
Chen-Chi Shih
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M19/00—Current supply arrangements for telephone systems
    • H04M19/02—Current supply arrangements for telephone systems providing ringing current or supervisory tones, e.g. dialling tone or busy tone
    • H04M19/04—Current supply arrangements for telephone systems providing ringing current or supervisory tones, e.g. dialling tone or busy tone the ringing-current being generated at the substations
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M1/00—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
    • H04M1/57—Arrangements for indicating or recording the number of the calling subscriber at the called subscriber's set
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M1/00—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
    • H04M1/72—Mobile telephones; Cordless telephones, i.e. devices for establishing wireless links to base stations without route selection
    • H04M1/725—Cordless telephones
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M19/00—Current supply arrangements for telephone systems
    • H04M19/02—Current supply arrangements for telephone systems providing ringing current or supervisory tones, e.g. dialling tone or busy tone
    • H04M19/04—Current supply arrangements for telephone systems providing ringing current or supervisory tones, e.g. dialling tone or busy tone the ringing-current being generated at the substations
    • H04M19/048—Arrangements providing optical indication of the incoming call, e.g. flasher circuits

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Abstract

The present invention discloses a device for incoming phone call notification and a method for the same, which automatically determines from the caller identification (caller ID) the importance of the incoming phone calls according to the user setting, and provides notification in different modes, such as the silence mode or ring on mode, pursuant to the importance of the incoming phone call for the user to avoid disturbance of phone calls when busy or sleeping. The device comprises: an incoming phone call receiving unit for receiving the caller ID of an incoming phone call; a classifying unit for classifying the incoming phone call according to the caller ID; a control unit for setting the incoming phone call notification to be the ring on mode or silence mode according to the previous classification; a ringing unit triggered by the control unit to ring the bell. The device for incoming phone call notification and method for the same can not only determine the importance of the incoming phone calls to filter out phone calls that do not require immediate reply, but also provides the storage function of relevant incoming phone call data for the user to refer to.

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2357218 DEVICE FOR INCO-IMING PHONE CALL NOTIFICATION AND METHOD FOR THE
SAME
BACKGROUND OF THE
Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a device for incoming phone call notification and a method Cor the same and. in particular, to a device and a method that automatically determine from the caller identification (caller ID) the importance of the incoming phone calls according to the user setting. and provide notification in the ri t 1 1 1 1 ing on or silence mode pursuant to the importance of the incoming phone callRelated Art In the era of information technology, computers and networks are becoming an indispensable part of the daily life. Digitizing data and voice messages does not only simplify works such as the manipulation, editing, and storage of the data, but is also convenient for combining with the network to transmit and control the data and voice messages. It has the advantages such as wide applications and lower manufacture cost.
Therefore, as the Internet is more and more popular, other network communication products such as net phone and net paging are thriving too.
Facing the telecommunication revolution brought forth by the Internet, in addition to combining with the Intemet and providing various new services such as voice over IP (hereinafter as "VoIP"), conventional telecommunication companies also developed the analog display services interface (ADSI) protocol to promote the competitive power and increase the profit of the telecommunication network and services. Users can enjoy functions such as caller identification (hereinafter as "caller ID") display. phone shopping and information inquiry via a screen phone without purchasing computers.
In particular, the caller ID display function is an extra value-added function provided by the conventional telecommunication network. The service method of the caller ID display tuncion is.ai the excharcc sen,'S nasic Gata. such as the call.ng party, phone number. name, etc. to tIhe called so the called party can dentif the calling party from he scre-en, ol- the screen phone picking up the phone j- even to deter-mine he or she should get the p..or,c. Another advanced appil.. ation of the caller ID a L;lspla ser-vice..-, hich 's similar io the call waiting function.
When a third party calls in the phone line:s in use, the called party can identify the waiting, party and hether he or She should s% itch to this waiting jall.
the conventional screen phone provides the caller ID display ti-inction without the automatic caller ID r,-co,-ni.ion function and silence nolification function. The user has to learn the incoming, p-,.one call by ringing. then ci,termine whether this phone call should be answered acec.dinsy- to the caller ID on the screen.
Though this caller ID display function allows the user to determine whether th s phone call should be answered, yet it can not avoid disturbing the user when he cr she is sleeping or busy in -working SUNIMARY OF THE ll''VENTION In observation of this, the present invention provides a device for incominj phone call notification and a method for the same which nre different from the prior xt. The device can automatically determine from the caller identification (caller [D) the impor-tance of the incoming phone calls according to the user setting, and switch to the M rine, on or silence mode via a control unit connected to the ringing unit pursuant to the importance of the incoming phone call. Thus the user will not be disturbed b.; phone calls when busy or sleeping. The device for incoming phone call notification and method for the same can not only deter-mine the importance of the incoming phcne calls to filter out phone calls that do not require immediate reply, but also prov,des the storage function of relevant incoming phone call data for the user to refer to.
Z:1 To achieve the above object, the device for incoming phone call notification disclosed in this specification comprises: an incorning phone call receiving init for receiving the caller ID of an incoming phone call, a classification unit with a classification settinc,. which can classify incoming Dhone calls according to the caller Z:111 ---. - lDs and the classification serrin2, and sending out a corresponding classification signal; a control unit for selectin2 the rin2 on mode or the silence mode accordinz to the classification siQnal. and a rinalrI2 unit for nriging the 'bell accordiniz to the ring on mode or silence mode selected by the control unit.
Further scope of applicability of the present invention will become apparent from the detailed description given hereinafter. Howe,,e-. it should be understood that the detailed description and specific examples. while indicatins, preferred embodiments or the invention, are alveri by way of Illustration only. since various chanses and modifications within the spirit and scope of the imention vill become apparent to those skilled in the art from this detailed description.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The present invention will become more fully understood from the detailed description given hereinbelow illustration only, and thus are not limitative of the present invention, and wherein:
Fig. I is a functional block diagram of the device for incoming phone call notification accordina to the invention; Fig. 2 is a schematic data structure diagram of the classification settinQ of the device for incoming phone call notification according to the invention; Fig'. 3 is a detailed circuit of a portion of the device for incoming phone call notification according to the invention; and Fig. 4 is an action flowchart of the device for incoming phone call notification according to the invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Referring to Fig. 1, the device for incoming phone call notification according to the present invention comprises: an incoming phone call receiving unit, a classification unit )ring unit 50, a display unit 60, and an input unit. The 30, a control unit 40, a ring' -, incoming phone call Feceiving unit is a tT.-ouenc,.. shift key (FSK) receiver 10 in this embodiment. connecting to a i,2!,=.communic--tlon network M l,,,ich as the payphone exchange network. local telephor- etc) via- a plion- line receiving the cal'er iderinfication (cailer ID) the incoming phone call. The Classification unit 30 Includes a memor--, unit stor-ing, the classliication sei ing T.
the data structure of hich, sho,,-n in F12. 22. consis.s of a classification Tl Ompor.ance').
a correspondinu, cailc,- [D T2 (caller number and narne). a corTesDondin,, iric)mtn,-7 phone call notli'-,,cn-llon mode T3 (ring on mode or silence mode). etc. to indlc,,te the importance of each caller and the cor-responding mode and silence mode. and a central process unit (CPU) 322 for sending out a classification signal C corresponcing, to the caller ID 1. The classification unit 30 further stores data such as the calle, ID 1, calling date. calling time, and incoming phone call serial number for the user to refer to.
The control unit 40 switches between the ring on mcdc and the silence mode in reponse to the classification signal C. The ringing unit 50 performs the ringing:iction according. to the ring on or silence mode determined by the control unit 40. The display unit 60 includes a display and an ind..,c.ator, which are, in the present embodiment, represented by a liquid crystal display (,LCD) 61 for showing the caller ID 1 and a light emitting diode (LED) 62 for indicat= that a call is waiting. respecilvely.
The input unit, which is represented by a keyboard 0 in this embodiment. is employed for the user to manipulate or input the classificatior setting T into the memory uilt 31 according to the importance of the incoming phone call.
The detailed circuit of a portion of the device f:)r incoming phone call notification according to the invention is sho-wn in Fig. 33, wherein the AC signals A, B output from the telecommunication network 20 are input to a dial,ispeech circuit 83 via a first Eridge rectifier circuit 8 1. The AC signal A and the shunt signal S output frori the telecommunication network 20 are input to a ring detection circuit 84 and a ringin unit via a second Bridge rectifier 82. The control unit 40 is coupled to the input ter-minal of the ring detection circuit 84 and the inpu:: ter-minal of the Finging unit J 0 via the second Bridge rectifier 82. It is controlled by a central process unit (CPU) 3^.. and contains resistors 41, 42- and a photo coupling device 43. If the incoming phon:,. call notification mode is in the silerice- mod-c. he CPU 32 output a high voltage classification signal C to the control unit 40. The photo coupling device 433 vill be triggered to control the current input trom the telecommunication net,- ork 20 to the 0. On the other hand. if the incoming nneing unit 50 so as to turn off the nnLIn,2 dnt - phone call notification mode is in the ring on mode. then the CPU 32,vIll not send a classification signal C (or vill send a lo,,v voltage classification signal C) to the control unit 40. Thus. the photo coupling device 43 %\.-ill not be triggered to function. and the ringing unit 50 will normally perform the ringing ac,,ion.
Please refer to Fig. 4, which is an action flowchart, of the device for incoming phone call notification according to the invention. First. build and store a classification setting T in a memory unit 31 for indicating the importance of each incoming phone call and the corresponding incoming phone call notification mode. such as the ring on mode or the silence mode (step 10 1 Second, receive the caller ID 1 by a frequency shift key (FSK) receiver 10 (step 102). Then the CPU 32 stores relevant data such as the caller ID I, calling date. calling time, and incoming phone call serial number into the memory unit 3 3 1 (step 103 3). The CPU 2 will further display the caller ID I on a liquid crystal display (LCD) 61 and light up a light emitting diode (LED) 62 to notify the user that an incoming phone call is waiting (step 104). At this moment, the CPU 32 compares the caller ID 1 with the classification setting T stored in the memory unit 3 1 and sends out a corresponding classification signal C according to the comparison result to the control unit 40 (step 105). If the comparison result in step 105 shows that the incoming phone call is not an important one according to the user setting and should be notifying in the silence mode, the control unit 40 will be driven by the classification signal C to t= off the ringincy unit 50 (step 106). If the comparison result determines the incoming phone = r, Z) call is set to be important by the user and should be notifying the ring on mode. the classification signal C will not drive the control unit 40 so that the ringing unit 50 can normally function (step 107). At the end, when the caller hangs up the call so that the communication from the telecommunication network 20 stops, the device for incoming phone call notification stops its operation and returns to the initial state (step 108).
The invention being thus described, it will be obvious that the same may be varied 6 irit and in manly waYs. Such variations ar not to be as a departure from the pi 1 scope of the inention, and all such modifications as would be obvious to one 5kMed in 1 the art are intended to be included vlthin the scope of the following, claims. - 7

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    1 A device for incoming phone call notification applied to telephones for selectiveiv notifying a user in a ring on mode or a silence mode according to the imporiance of the incoming phone call, which device compr-ises:
    an incoming phone call receiving unit for receiving the caller ID of the incoming call:
    an classification unit. which stores a classification setting for keeplnú1 record of the importance of each caller and a corresponding ring on and silence modes. and generates a classification signal about the ring on or silence mode according to the classification setting that corresponds to the caller C 1 a control unit for executing the control of the ring on mode or the silence mode according to the classification signal; and a ringing unit triggered by the control unit to perform the ringing function.
    1 Z t:CP 2. The device for incoming phone call notification of claim 1, wherein the incoming phone call receiving unit is a frequency shift key (FSK) receiver.
    3. The device for incoming phone call notification of claim 1, wherein the incoming phone call receiving unit is connected to the telecommunication network by a g 0 phone line.
    4. The device for incoming phone call notification of claim 1, wherein the 0 classification unit comprises:
    a memory unit for storing the classification setting, the caller ID and relevant caller data; and a central process unit (CPU) for sending out the classification signal corresponding to the caller ID according to the classification setting, 1 - 5. The device for incoming prione call -otification of -,!aim 4, -,-hcrl- in the relevant caller data include the callirn, ulate- caLing time. incoming phone c:tll serial number. etc.
    6. The device 'for incoming phone call -,ocli:-ication of claim 1. -herein the 4:' control unit is coupled to the input terminal ot 'he ringing unit, The jevice Cor incomine Dhone call ilotli^-icailon of claim 6..he-etn ' c 1 trl control unit comprises: a pluralit, of resistors and a photo coupling device to co trol the currenc nowinú into tihe rinLln-,, circuit and between the ring on mode and the silence mode accorciri(_y to the classification siinal.
    8. The device ---or incoming phone call notification of claim 1 further coriprising a display unit for displaying the caller ID and indicating that an incoming call is waitincr W 9. The device for incoming phone call notification of claim 8, wheicin the display unit comprises:
    a display for displaying the called ID. and an indicator for showing that an incoming call is waiting.
    1 O The device for silent notification of messages of claim 9, wherein the display is a liquid crystal display (LCD).
    1 1. The device for silent notification of..-nessages of claim 9, whercin the indicator is a light emitting diode (LED).
    12. The device for incoming phone call notification of claim 1 further comprising an input unit for the user to operate or input the.-lass 1 fication setting to the nternory unit.
    13. The device for incoming phone call notifi.,ation of claim 12, wherein th2 input unit is a keyboard.
    9 14. A method for incoming phone call notification for selectively,. notlf- ,,'1nú! a user in a ring on mode or a silence mode that a phone call is coming, which method comprises the steps of..
    receiving the caller ID of the incoming call.
    identifyimi the classification of the caller ID accorfing to the classification setting., determining to perform the incoming phone call notification in a ring on mode or a silence mode according to the classification of the call ID.. and indicating that the user has an incoming call waiting with a visualizable message and turning off the ringing function if the incoming phone call notification should be executed in the silence mode.
    15. The method for incoming phone call notification of claim 14 further comprising, the step of cinving a ringing unit to perform ringing action when the incoming phone call notification should be executed in the ring on mode.
    16. The method for incoming phone call notification of claim 14, wherein the step of building a classification setting further comprises the step of storing the classification setting, 17. The method for incoming phone call notification of claim 14, wherein the step of receiving the caller ID of the incoming call further compnses the step of stonng the tl caller ID and relevant caller data.
    18. The method for incoming phone call notification of claim 17, wherein the 7= relevant caller data include the calling date, calling time, incoming phone call serial number, etc.
    19. The method for incoming phone call notification of claim 14 further 0 1 comprising the step of displaying the caller ID after receiving the caller ID.
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