JP2000059498A - Telephone set - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To dispense with man-hours for registering to a memory of a called party and moreover to attack a phone call from an opposite party, that is an unspecified party by reading a zone indicated by a detected telephone number from a memory and outputting it. SOLUTION: A memory 6 stores character data of the names of people and companies and voice data and also stores part of telephone numbers, that is, zones represented by, e.g. country codes, toll numbers and local station numbers in cross reference with the celler telephone numbers. When a signal is given to a caller telephone number decoding circuit 1 of the telephone set from a public telephone line 14, the caller telephone number is decoded in response to a call signal. Then a memory 8 counts and stores number of times of the arrival of incoming calls in cross reference to the caller telephone number. Furthermore, a zone is detected from the memory 6 based on the caller telephone number, a display circuit 5 displays it visually and a voice synthesis circuit provided to a voice output circuit 3 operates a loudspeaker 4, which sounds an acoustic output.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a telephone apparatus using a public telephone line service in which a telephone number of a caller is transmitted to a receiver.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In the prior art, a name of a caller expected in advance, voice data of the name and a caller telephone number which is a caller's telephone number are associated with each other and stored in a memory in advance. Upon receiving an outgoing telephone number obtained from a public telephone line by telephone communication at the time of an incoming call, the name corresponding to the outgoing telephone number in the memory corresponding to the received outgoing number is visually displayed by the visual display means, and voice data is read out. Then, the voice is output and displayed by the speaker using the voice synthesis circuit.

[0003]

In such prior art, the name of the expected caller and the calling telephone number must be registered and stored in a memory in advance.
Therefore, it is very troublesome and troublesome work, and it is difficult to estimate the frequency of use and store it efficiently in the memory.

Further, when a telephone call is made from a destination that the recipient does not know, there is no contrivance for repelling such a call from the destination.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a telephone apparatus which can save the trouble of registering a called party in a memory and can repel a call from an unknown party, for example. It is to provide.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention comprises a detecting means for detecting an originating telephone number obtained by telephone communication, an area memory for storing at least a part of the telephone number and an area corresponding to the at least part, Means for reading, from a memory, an area represented by the portion of the detected telephone number in response to an output of the detecting means, and outputting the area.

According to the present invention, in accordance with a service obtained by performing telephone communication via a public telephone line at the time of an incoming call, an outgoing telephone number which is a telephone number of a caller is detected by a detecting means, and the detected outgoing telephone call is detected. At least a part of the number, for example the area code and the local area code, can be read out from a pre-stored area in the area memory, and this read-out area can be notified to the called recipient by means of the output means. The output means may be, for example, a visual display means such as a cathode ray tube or a liquid crystal which visually displays the area with characters or the like, or an audio output means having a voice synthesis circuit which outputs the read area as voice data. You may.

[0008] By knowing the caller's area in advance before answering the incoming call, the receiver has a superior position to the callee, and receiving a call from a caller in an area unknown to the callee. However, it is easy to respond appropriately.
The telephone number includes an area code, a local area code, and a subscriber number, and is further preceded by a country code. The part of the above-mentioned telephone number includes an area code and a local number, as well as a country code.

The present invention also provides a calling / non-notifying signal indicating whether a calling telephone number obtained by telephone communication is displayed and notified to a receiver or whether or not the receiving telephone number is hidden and not displayed. Detecting means for detecting the number of incoming calls of a non-notified outgoing telephone number in response to the output of the detecting means; a question memory for storing a multiple-use question to be sent to the caller; And response control means for detecting that the response to the multiple-use question has been answered, and control means for responding to the output of the counting means. When the response to the multiple-question is detected by the response determining means, a call operation is performed.When the response to the multiple-question is not detected by the response determining means, the telephone line is disconnected. A telephone apparatus characterized by comprising a disconnection controlling means.

According to the present invention, not only the calling telephone number but also the calling telephone number is visually or acoustically displayed to the receiver by telephone communication received by the service of the public telephone line, and the notification is made or not. A notification / non-notification signal indicating whether to do so is included. Such an outgoing telephone number and a notification / non-notification signal are detected by the detection means,
Further, the number of incoming calls of the calling telephone number including the signal indicating the non-notification is counted by the counting means. The question memory stores multiple-use questions, such as "Who are you?", "Where are you calling from?" Alternatively, such multiple questions may be of a single type, but may be of a plurality of types.

[0011] Each time a non-notified outgoing telephone number arrives, the response determining means determines whether or not the caller has sequentially responded to each of the multiple-use questions stored in the question memory. Such a multiple-question question is sent to the caller when the number of times the non-notified calling telephone number has arrived is a predetermined value N11, for example, 5 or more. Only when the caller responds to each multiple-question sequentially and the caller responds to all multiple-questions does the call become operational and the recipient can go off-hook on the handset over the public telephone line. Telephone communication.

When the response determining means detects that the caller does not respond to one of the multiple questions, the telephone line is disconnected by the switch, and the caller cannot talk to the receiver. In this way, it is possible to automatically repel a call from a destination unknown to the recipient. Such unnecessary or annoying telephones include, for example, telephones such as sales sales and solicitations that are made many times and silent telephones.

According to the present invention, there is further provided a calling / non-notifying signal indicating whether or not a calling telephone number obtained by telephone communication is displayed and notified to a recipient or whether or not the receiving telephone number is not displayed and not notified. Detecting means for detecting, at least a portion of the telephone number, a regional memory storing an area corresponding to at least a part thereof, and an area represented by the part of the detected telephone number in response to the output of the detecting means, Means for reading out and outputting from the memory; counting means for responding to the output of the detecting means for counting the number of incoming calls of the non-notified calling telephone number; and a question memory for storing a multiple-use question to be sent to the caller; Response determination means for detecting that the caller has responded to the multiple-use question; and control means, wherein the response to the output of the counting means is such that the counted number of incoming calls is equal to or less than a predetermined value N11. When it sends a multi-number for questions question memory callers, when the response of the question for a multi-number detected by the response determining means performs a call operation,
Control means for disconnecting the telephone line when a response to the multiple-use question is not detected by the response determination means.

According to the present invention, the receiver can know the area of the caller in advance based on the calling telephone number. Therefore, when performing a call operation, superiority can be obtained, and a call can be made with confidence. When the caller does not respond to the multiple-use question, the public telephone line is automatically disconnected as described above, and there is no need to answer an unnecessary or annoying telephone call.

Further, according to the present invention, a question memory stores a first small number question and a second small number question to be sent to the caller, and the response judging means determines whether the caller has said first and second questions. 2
When it is determined that the answer to the small number of questions has been answered, the control means sends the first small number of questions in the question memory to the sender when the counted number of incoming calls is less than the predetermined value N11, and When a response to the first minor question is detected by the response determining means, a call operation is performed, and when a response to the first minor question is not detected by the response determining means, a second minor question is transmitted; The telephone line is disconnected.

According to the present invention, if the number of incoming calls of the non-notified outgoing telephone number is less than the predetermined value at which the multiple-question is sent, the first small-question is sent to the sender.
The response determining means detects that the caller has sequentially responded to one or a plurality of first small number questions, and when the caller responds to all the first few number questions, the call operation becomes possible for the first time. In other words, if at least one caller does not respond to the first minor question, a second minor question is sent to the caller and the telephone line is automatically disconnected. The first few questions may be, for example, "Set your phone number to be notified, then call again", "I'm away", "If you don't say your name, you can answer the phone No ". The second small number question may be, for example, "Please say your name and call back again" or such a message.

Further, the present invention further includes a name / calling telephone number memory for storing a plurality of names and calling telephone numbers in correspondence with each other, and an output means for outputting the name, and the control means includes an output of the counting means. And when the counted number of incoming calls becomes equal to or greater than a predetermined value N14,
Corresponding to one name stored in the name memory, storing the name in the name / calling telephone number memory, and outputting the name stored in the name / calling telephone number memory by the output means when receiving the calling telephone number. It is characterized by.

According to the present invention, a plurality of types of pseudo names are stored in a memory such as a nonvolatile read-only memory (abbreviated ROM) in advance, and the non-notifying outgoing telephone number is set to a predetermined value N14 or more. When counted, the stored one name is stored in the name / calling telephone number memory in correspondence with the calling telephone number. Therefore, when a call of the non-notifying outgoing telephone number is received, a name corresponding to the outgoing telephone number is read out from the name / outgoing telephone number memory, and is visually or acoustically displayed. The name is output from the output means. By listening to the name in this way, the recipient can specify the calling telephone number even if the telephone number is not notified to the recipient. This name may be, for example, a name such as Tanaka or Sato, or a name of a character such as a manga. In this way, a plurality of types of calling telephone numbers that are frequently received can be individually specified to easily identify the recipient, and a superior position can be taken when making a call. The predetermined value N11 of the number of incoming calls for the multiple-question may be the same as the predetermined value N14 of the number of incoming calls for storing the name correspondingly, or may be different.

In the name / calling telephone number memory, the aforementioned nonvolatile read-only memory for storing a plurality of names;
One or more sets each of which corresponds to one of the detected calling telephone numbers may be composed of a combination with a random access memory storing one or more sets, or the memory and the calling telephone number may be stored by a writable nonvolatile memory. May be stored correspondingly, or another configuration may be used. By storing a plurality of names in the nonvolatile read-only memory in advance, the receiver does not need to set and store the names in the memory for each of the frequently-not-received outgoing telephone numbers, thereby reducing the operation. The performance is improved.

The present invention further includes a voice / call phone number memory for storing a plurality of types of voice data and call phone numbers in correspondence with each other, and voice output means for outputting a voice. In response to the output, when the counted number of incoming calls is equal to or greater than a predetermined value N15, the outgoing telephone number is associated with one type of voice data stored in the voice / outgoing telephone number memory, It is stored in the calling telephone number memory, and when the calling telephone number is received, the voice stored in the voice / calling telephone number memory is output by the voice output means.

According to the present invention, a voice / calling telephone number memory is used in place of the aforementioned name / calling telephone number memory. The audio data may be, for example, audio data representing the above-mentioned name, and is stored in the nonvolatile read-only memory. When the number of unanswered outgoing telephone numbers received from the caller exceeds a predetermined value N16, one of the voice data is read out and stored in the voice / outgoing telephone number memory corresponding to the outgoing telephone number. You. Thereby, when the calling telephone number is received thereafter, the voice data is output as voice using the voice synthesis circuit. Therefore, the receiver can identify and specify the non-notified calling telephone number.

The above-described visual display of the name and the sound output of the audio data may be simultaneously performed.

The present invention is characterized in that the control means extracts a part of voice during telephone communication and stores it as voice data in a voice / calling telephone number memory.

According to the present invention, the voice data may be voice data obtained by extracting a part of voice during telephone communication from the caller, instead of the name. When the word “amusement park” is frequently included, such a frequent word may be used as voice data. Such caller's voice data,
It may be extracted from voice data of a conversation when a caller and a receiver make a call, or the caller extracts a part of a transmitted voice in response to the question. It may be.

According to the present invention, a calling telephone number obtained by telephone communication and a notification / non-notification signal indicating whether the calling telephone number is displayed to the recipient or notified or not displayed and not displayed are displayed. Detecting means for detecting, counting means for responding to the output of the detecting means to count the number of incoming calls of the non-notified calling telephone number, question memory for storing a question to be sent to the caller, and storing a predetermined password message A password message memory, a response determination unit that determines whether a password message generated by the caller in response to the question corresponds to a predetermined password message stored in the password message memory, and a control unit. Responding to the output of the counting means, when the counted number of incoming calls is equal to or greater than a predetermined value N16, sending a question in the question memory to the sender; Control means for responding to the output of the answer judging means, performing a call operation when the password message of the response to the question corresponds to a predetermined password message, and disconnecting the telephone line when not responding. A telephone device characterized in that:

According to the present invention, when the number of incoming calls of the non-notified outgoing telephone number is equal to or larger than a predetermined value, the incoming call is read out from the question memory to ask the caller a password message, and the caller is read out. To send to. The caller responds to the question by verbalizing the password message to the recipient. The response determination means determines whether or not the password message from the caller corresponds to the password message stored in the password message memory in advance, for example, whether or not the password matches the password. Enable, if not, disconnect the phone line. The caller chosen by the called party for the non-calling outgoing phone number,
Only the person who has been notified of the password message from the called party in advance and thus knows the password message previously notified from the called party can perform telephone communication with the called party.

According to the present invention, a calling telephone number obtained by telephone communication and a notification / non-notification signal indicating whether the calling telephone number is displayed to the receiver or notified or not displayed and not displayed are displayed to the recipient. Detecting means for detecting, a memory for storing at least a part of the telephone number and an area corresponding to the at least part, and an area in response to an output of the detecting means, the area represented by the part of the detected telephone number, Means for reading out and outputting from the detecting means, counting means for responding to the output of the detecting means for counting the number of incoming calls of the non-notified calling telephone number, a question memory for storing a question to be sent to the caller, and a predetermined password message And a secret message generated by the caller in response to the question is stored in the secret message memory. Response determining means for determining whether the message corresponds to a password message; and control means, in response to an output of the counting means, and when the counted number of incoming calls is equal to or greater than a predetermined value N16, a question in the question memory is asked. Sends the call to the caller, responds to the output of the response judgment means, performs a call operation when the password message of the response to the question corresponds to a predetermined password message, and disconnects the telephone line when not responding And a control unit for performing the operation.

According to the present invention, the area represented by at least a part of the non-notified outgoing telephone number is output by visual display or acoustic display, and therefore, the receiver performs telephone communication by knowing this area. In doing so, we can take an advantage. N11, N14, N1
5, N16 may be mutually equal values as in the embodiment described later, but may be different.

The present invention further includes an audio memory for storing audio data, wherein the control means transmits the audio data to the caller before disconnecting the telephone line.

According to the present invention, prior to disconnecting the telephone line, voice data is sent to the caller so that unnecessary or annoying calls to the caller are not communicated to the called party. Can be prompted. This voice data may be, for example, "Please make a procedure so that your telephone number is notified, and then call again."

[0031]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the entire configuration of a telephone device 13 according to an embodiment of the present invention. This telephone device 13 is connected to a public telephone line 14.

FIG. 2 shows a signal 1 provided to the telephone device 13 from the public telephone line 14 by telephone communication of the telephone device 13.
FIG. 5 is a simplified view of FIG. This signal 15 is a call signal 16 indicating that the communication network has received a call to the telephone device 13.
And a caller telephone number 17 that is the telephone number of the caller, and notify the receiver of the caller of the telephone device 13 by visual display or sound, or do not notify the receiver of the caller telephone number 17 without being notified. Notification / non-notification signal 18 indicating
And a voice signal 19 of telephone communication.
Such a signal 15 is realized by a method such as an analog interface and an integrated services digital network (ISDN) interface.

The signal 15 shown in FIG. 2 from the public telephone line 14 in the telephone device 13 is sent to the telephone number decoding circuit 1 by calling, whereby the calling telephone number 17 and the notification / non-notification signal 18 in the signal 15 are provided. Is detected, and the call signal 16 and the voice signal 19 are supplied to the voice output control circuit 2, and the voice output circuit 3 drives the speaker 4 to output voice data. The outgoing telephone number 17 detected by the outgoing telephone number decoding circuit 1 is
It is provided to the visual display circuit 5, whereby the originating telephone number is visually displayed. Further, the notification / non-notification signal 18 detected by the outgoing telephone number decoding circuit 1 is given to the processing circuit 7 realized by a microcomputer or the like, and the calculation result obtained here is also visually displayed on the display circuit 5. You. The display circuit 5 is realized by, for example, a cathode ray tube or a liquid crystal. An operation circuit 10 such as a keyboard is connected to the processing circuit 7. Public telephone line 14
The communication circuit 11 is connected to the microphone 12. The speaker 4 and the microphone 20 constitute a handset 21. A voice input recording circuit 9 is provided for recording voices of a caller and a receiver during telephone communication. With this voice input recording circuit 9,
Part of the voice data of the caller can be extracted, and a secret message described later can be detected.

The name data memory 6 connected to the processing circuit 7 includes, for example, a nonvolatile read-only memory (abbreviated as RO).
M) 6 is connected. The memory 6 stores character data and voice data of a pseudo name of a person or a company, as well as voice data such as a predetermined question. The memory 6 also stores at least a part of the outgoing telephone numbers, for example the area represented by the country code, the area code and the local area code, corresponding to said at least one part of these outgoing telephone numbers.

The telephone directory memory 8 is realized by a random access memory or the like. The memory 8 stores the name of the newly registered calling telephone number and data on the received incoming call recording calling telephone number, the name and voice data recorded during the call, and the like.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a partial configuration of the memory 6. Corresponding to the calling telephone number, the area corresponding to at least a portion of the calling telephone number as described above is combined and stored.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a partial configuration of the memory 6. This memory 6 stores a pseudo-name that is assigned to a non-notified outgoing telephone number. Such names may be representative names, such as Tanaka, Sato, Yamada, Suzuki, etc., or may be the names of cartoon characters, or company names and other names. It may be.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a partial configuration of the memory 8. The memory 8 includes a caller telephone number 22, a signal 23 indicating that the caller telephone number is notified / not notified, a counted number of incoming calls 24, a memory described with reference to FIG. Name 2 stored and assigned to 6
5 and the caller's voice data 26 extracted by telephone communication are stored correspondingly.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing another configuration of the memory 8. The memory 8 also stores the voice data of the caller extracted during the call, and also stores voice data such as questions to be described later. Voice data such as a question may be stored in the memory 6.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the processing circuit 7. Step s1 to step s
When the signal 15 is given from the public telephone line 14 to the outgoing telephone number decoding circuit 1 of the telephone device 13, the outgoing telephone number 17 is decoded in step s3 in response to the calling signal 16. In step s4, the number of incoming calls corresponding to the calling telephone number is counted and stored in the memory 8, as indicated by the reference numeral 24 described above with reference to FIG. In step s5, based on the calling telephone number 17, in the memory 6, as described above with reference to FIG.
The area is detected and visually displayed on the display circuit 5, and the sound is output from the speaker 4 and displayed by the function of the voice synthesis circuit provided in the voice output circuit 3.

In step s6, it is determined whether or not the notification / non-notification signal included in the signal 15 is a signal representing notification. The determination result is stored in the memory 8 as the notification / non-notification signal 23 shown in FIG. Stored. When it is determined that the calling telephone number is a notification, the process proceeds to step s7, and the calling telephone number and the number of times of receiving are displayed by the display unit 5. In step s8, it is determined whether or not it matches the telephone number registered as the outgoing telephone number 22 in the memory 8 described above with reference to FIG. If they match, the process proceeds to step s9, and the number of incoming calls and the voice data 26 stored in the memory 8 are uttered and output by the speaker 4. In step s10, the receiver can pick up the handset 21, go off-hook, and talk. Thus, in step s11, a series of operations ends.

If it is determined in step s6 that the notification / non-notification signal 18 of the calling telephone number 17 is non-notification, the process proceeds to step s12, where the receiver receives a ringtone and data indicating that the notification is non-notification. Are alternately output as sound by the speaker 4. The ringtone is, for example, “Lilin, Lilin”. The unsolicited data is "From a payphone" which indicates that the calling phone number 17 is unannounced or "This caller is anonymous" or that the calling number 17 is a payphone which is not sent to the recipient Etc., and such a calling telephone number can select notification / non-notification. It may be voice data indicating that the mobile phone is outside the service area of the public telephone network. Such a ring tone and the notification data are alternately preset a plurality of times,
Sent out. When it is determined in step s8 that the calling telephone number is not registered in the memory 8 as shown in FIG. 5, the process also proceeds from step s8 to step s12.

In step s13, it is determined whether or not the number of times 24 of the incoming telephone number 22 stored in the memory 8 is equal to or greater than a predetermined value N11 (for example, 5).
If the number of incoming calls 24 is less than the value N11, the process proceeds to the next step s14 in FIG. 8, and if it is equal to or more than the value N11, the process proceeds to step s23 in FIG.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a part of the operation of the processing circuit 7. Step s1 in FIG.
In 3, when it is determined that the number of incoming calls 24 is less than the value N11, the process proceeds to step s14, where the public telephone line 14 is captured, and a telephone communication state is established in which a telephone call is possible.
In step s15, of the voice data described with reference to FIG.
1 to qN12 are sequentially read out every time the caller responds, and transmitted from the communication circuit 11 to the caller via the public telephone line 14. That is, in step s15, the first first small number question q1 is sent to the sender, and in step s16, whether or not there is a response from the sender to the question q1 is determined by the processing circuit 7 via the communication circuit 11. Is done. When there is a response from the caller, step s1
Then, the process proceeds to step 7, where the next first small number question q2 is sent to the sender, and in step s18, it is determined whether or not the sender has responded to the question q2. In this way, the first small number question qi is sequentially incremented by one for each question, and different questions are sequentially sent up to a predetermined value N12 when the caller responds.
In this way, the first small number questions q1 to qN1 of all N12
When it is determined that the caller has answered the second question, the process proceeds to step s20, and the voice input recording circuit 9 switches to the call recording mode. The sender is the first few questions q1 to qN1
If at least one of the two has not responded, step s1
The process proceeds from step 6, s18 to step s21, where the second small number question is sent to the sender. This second few-question question may be a "rejection message" in which the recipient declines the call with the caller, for example, as described above, "procedure so that your telephone number is notified." Please call again later. " This second small number of questions may be one or more. Steps s20, s
Then, the process proceeds from step 21 to step s11 in FIG. In step s21, after sending the second small number question to the caller, the telephone circuit is automatically cut off by the communication circuit 11.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart for explaining another part of the operation of the processing circuit 7. When the number of incoming calls 24 of the calling telephone number 22 is equal to or larger than the predetermined value N11 in step s13 in FIG. 7 described above, the process proceeds from step s13 to step s23 in FIG. In step s23, the number of incoming calls of the non-notified outgoing telephone number 22 is 2
4 is greater than or equal to the value N11 as described above, in step s23, the one name described above with reference to FIG.
Store as the name indicated by. Further, the audio data in the memory 8 described above with reference to FIG. 6 corresponding to this name is stored as the audio data indicated by reference numeral 26 in FIG. The name thus obtained is visually displayed on the display circuit 5, and the audio data 26 is output as sound from the speaker 4. In step s25, the name is visually displayed by the display circuit 5, and in step s26, the speaker 4 outputs sound data to perform sound display.

Further, after step s27, the sender is asked a plurality of N13 types of multiple questions p1 to pN13.
Are sent out in order each time the caller responds. That is, in step s27, the multiple-question p1 is transmitted, and when it is determined that the caller has answered in step s28, in step s29, the next question p2 is transmitted to the caller. When the caller answers the question p2, this is determined in step s30, and thus the question pj is sequentially incremented by one for each response.
When all the multiple-question questions pN13 have been transmitted and their sounds have been determined, the process proceeds to step s32. Here, the voice input recording circuit 9 stores the voice data of the caller,
A call is made in step s33. If the caller does not respond to even one of the multiple questions p1 to pN13, the process proceeds from steps s28 and s30 to step s34, and the telephone line is automatically disconnected. From steps s33 and s34 in FIG. 9, the process proceeds to step s11 in FIG.

In another embodiment of the present invention, step s
Only one of the visual display by the display circuit 5 in 25 and the acoustic display by the speaker 4 in step s26 may be performed. By performing the sound display by the speaker 4, the receiver does not need to go to the display circuit 5 near the display circuit 5 of the telephone apparatus 13 to see the display contents, and the receiver is easy to use. It is convenient in such cases.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of a part of the processing circuit 7 in another embodiment of the present invention. The operation in FIG. 10 corresponds to steps s27 to s27 in FIG.
This is executed instead of the operation of s33. In step r1, the caller is read out of the voice data described in connection with FIG. 6 in the memory 8 with a question prompting the caller to inform the personal identification message, and the caller is notified via the public telephone line 14. Sent to In step r2, it is determined whether or not the password message transmitted from the caller matches the predetermined password message described with reference to FIG. 6 in the memory 8, and if the password matches, the call is made in step r3. It is possible. If the password message from the caller does not match the password message stored in the memory 8, a so-called "refusal message" is sent in step r4, and the public telephone line is automatically disconnected in the call circuit 11 in step r6. You. The “refusal message” of step r4 may be, for example, a question or a message such as “Please confirm your password message and call again”. In still another embodiment of the present invention, a password message individually stored in reference numeral 26 corresponding to the non-notifying outgoing telephone number 22 in FIG. 5 may be used. A personalized message corresponding to the telephone number 22
In step r2, unnecessary or annoying telephone calls can be avoided and a rejection of such telephones can be ensured by being compared with the password message sent by the caller.

[0049]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the area of the originator can be known based on the originating telephone number. Therefore, it becomes superior to the receiver, and it becomes easier to respond appropriately to the sender. Therefore, it is easy to repel a call from a destination that the recipient does not know.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, when a non-notified outgoing telephone number is received, the number of incoming calls is counted, and when the number of incoming calls is equal to or greater than a predetermined value N11, a question for multiple use is transmitted. To the person by voice. If the caller does not answer one of the multiple questions, disconnect the telephone line. In this way, unnecessary or annoying telephone calls can be repelled by an easy operation.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the area of the caller can be known based on the non-notified caller telephone number, and when the number of incoming calls is large, a multiple-use question is sent to the caller. When not answering multiple questions, the telephone line is disconnected, eliminating the need to answer unwanted or unwanted calls.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, when the number of non-notified outgoing telephone numbers is small, the first small number question is transmitted to the caller by voice, and at least one of the first small number question is transmitted. If you do not respond to, the telephone line is automatically disconnected. Before disconnecting the line, a second small number question or message is sent. In this way, there is no need to answer unwanted or unwanted calls.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, when the number of incoming calls of the non-notified outgoing telephone number is equal to or greater than the predetermined value N14, the pseudo name is visually or acoustically displayed to specify the caller. Can be.

According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, by outputting the name by voice, it is not necessary to go to the vicinity of the display means of the telephone device to see the name, and the operability is good.
This is particularly advantageous when sleeping at night.

According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, the voice data may be the above-mentioned name, but may also be a frequent word included in the voice of the caller during the call. By doing so, an unknown caller can be easily specified.

According to the eighth aspect of the present invention, the caller is notified of the password message in advance, and when the caller originates the call, if there is a relationship such as whether or not the password message matches the password message, the call can be made. To This eliminates the need to make calls with unknown callers.

According to the ninth aspect of the present invention, the receiver knows the area based on the telephone number of the caller, and thus can take an advantageous position in the call. This facilitates repelling unwanted or unwanted calls.

According to the tenth aspect of the present invention, before disconnecting the telephone line, the voice data is transmitted to the caller, so that the caller can be prepared to request a call. It is possible to prevent the public telephone line from being suddenly disconnected and causing discomfort to the caller.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an overall configuration of a telephone device 13 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a simplified diagram showing a signal 15 provided to the telephone device 13 from a public telephone line 14 by telephone communication of the telephone device 13.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration of a part of a memory 6;

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a partial configuration of a memory 6;

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a configuration of a part of a memory 8;

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing another configuration of the memory 8;

FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the processing circuit 7;

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a part of the operation of the processing circuit 7;

FIG. 9 is a flowchart for explaining another part of the operation of the processing circuit 7;

FIG. 10 shows a processing circuit 7 according to another embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a flowchart for explaining a part of the operation of FIG.

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 Reference Signs List 1 originating telephone number decoding circuit 2 audio output control circuit 3 audio output circuit 4 speaker 5 display circuit 6,8 memory 7 processing circuit 9 audio input recording circuit 10 operation circuit 11 communication circuit 20 microphone 13 telephone device 14 public telephone line 17 outgoing telephone Number 18, 23 Notification / non-notification signal 21 Handset 22 Caller's phone number 24 Number of incoming calls 25 Name 26 Voice data

Claims (10)

[Claims] 1. A detecting means for detecting an outgoing telephone number obtained by telephone communication, a regional memory storing at least a part of a telephone number and a region corresponding to at least a part thereof, responsive to an output of the detecting means, Means for reading out an area represented by the part of the detected telephone number from a memory and outputting the area. 2. Detecting an outgoing telephone number obtained by telephone communication and a notification / non-notification signal indicating whether to display the outgoing telephone number to a receiver or to hide the display so as not to display. Detecting means; counting means for responding to the output of the detecting means for counting the number of unanswered incoming telephone number calls; a question memory for storing a multiple-question question to be sent to the caller; A response determining means for detecting that the number of calls has been answered; and a control means, in response to an output of the counting means, wherein when the counted number of incoming calls is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, a question for the multiple times in the question memory is stored. Is transmitted to the caller, and when the response to the multiple-use question is detected by the response determination means, a call operation is performed. When the response to the multiple-use question is not detected by the response determination means, the telephone line is disconnected. Telephone apparatus characterized by comprising a means. 3. Detecting an outgoing telephone number obtained by telephone communication and a notification / non-notification signal indicating whether to display or not display the outgoing telephone number to a recipient or to hide the display so as not to display. A region memory for storing at least a part of a telephone number and a region corresponding to the at least part of the telephone number; reading an area represented by the part of the detected telephone number from a memory in response to an output of the detecting unit; Means for responding to the output of the detecting means, counting means for counting the number of unanswered incoming calls of the calling telephone number, question memory for storing a multiple-use question to be sent to the caller, A response judging means for detecting the response to the multiple-use question, and a control means, wherein the counted number of incoming calls is equal to or greater than a predetermined value N11 in response to an output of the counting means. When the response to the multiple-use question is detected by the response determination means, the call operation is performed, and the response to the multiple-use question is detected by the response determination means. Control means for disconnecting the telephone line when not performed. 4. The question memory contains a first message to be sent to the caller.
The small number question and the second small number question are stored, the response determining means determines that the caller has responded to the first and second small number questions, and the control means counts the number. The number of incoming calls is the predetermined value N
When the answer is less than 11, the first small number question in the question memory is sent to the sender, and when the response of the first few number question is detected by the response determining means, a call operation is performed, and the first small number question is performed. 4. The telephone device according to claim 2, wherein when the response to the number-of-times question is not detected by the response determination means, the second number-of-times question is transmitted and the telephone line is disconnected. 5. A name / calling telephone number memory for storing a plurality of names and calling telephone numbers in correspondence with each other, and output means for outputting names, the control means responding to the output of the counting means. When the counted number of incoming calls is equal to or greater than a predetermined value N14, the outgoing telephone number is stored in the name / outgoing telephone number memory in correspondence with one name stored in the name memory, and the outgoing telephone number is stored. 4. The telephone device according to claim 2, wherein the name stored in the name / outgoing telephone number memory is output by the output means when an incoming call is received. 6. A voice / call phone number memory for storing a plurality of types of voice data and a call phone number in correspondence with each other, and voice output means for outputting a voice, wherein the control means outputs an output of the counting means. In response, when the counted number of incoming calls becomes equal to or greater than a predetermined value N15, the calling / calling telephone number is associated with one type of voice data stored in the voice / calling telephone number memory, 4. The telephone device according to claim 2, wherein the voice is stored in a number memory, and the voice stored in the voice / calling telephone number memory is output by a voice output unit when a calling telephone number is received. 7. The telephone device according to claim 6, wherein the control means extracts a part of the voice during the telephone communication and stores it as voice data in a voice / calling telephone number memory. 8. Detecting an outgoing telephone number obtained by telephone communication and a notification / non-notification signal indicating whether to display the outgoing telephone number to the receiver or notify the receiver not to display and not display. Detecting means; counting means for responding to the output of the detecting means to count the number of incoming calls of the non-notified outgoing telephone number; question memory for storing a question to be sent to the caller; and secret code for storing a predetermined password message. A message memory, response determination means for determining whether a password message generated by the caller in response to the question corresponds to a predetermined password message stored in the password message memory, and control means. In response to the output of the counting means, when the counted number of incoming calls is equal to or greater than a predetermined value N16, a question in the question memory is sent to the sender, Control means for responding to the output of the means, performing a call operation when the password message of the response to the question corresponds to a predetermined password message, and disconnecting the telephone line when not responding. Characteristic telephone equipment. 9. Detecting an outgoing telephone number obtained by telephone communication and a notification / non-notification signal indicating whether or not to display the outgoing telephone number to a receiver or to hide the display so as not to display. A region memory for storing at least a part of a telephone number and a region corresponding to the at least part of the telephone number; reading an area represented by the part of the detected telephone number from a memory in response to an output of the detecting unit; Means for responding to the output of the detecting means, counting means for counting the number of unanswered incoming telephone number calls, a question memory for storing a question to be sent to the caller, and storing a predetermined password message A secret message memory generated by the caller in response to the question, and a predetermined password stored in the password message memory. A response determining means for determining whether the message corresponds to a message; and a control means, in response to an output of the counting means, transmitting a question in the question memory when the counted number of incoming calls is equal to or greater than a predetermined value N16. To the user, responds to the output of the response determination means, performs a call operation when the password message of the response to the question corresponds to a predetermined password message, and disconnects the telephone line when the password message does not correspond to the predetermined password message. A telephone device, comprising: a control unit. 10. The apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising an audio memory for storing audio data, wherein the control means transmits the audio data to the caller before disconnecting the telephone line. The telephone device according to one of the above.