JP2000134314A - Communications terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To store all dialed telephone numbers even over a long prescribed time by storing caller telephone numbers detected over the prescribed period and the number of received incoming calls within the prescribed time relating to the telephone numbers in cross reference with each other based on a signal sent from an exchange so as to prevent a buffer from being overflowed. SOLUTION: A main control section 1 controls each section to receive a signal from an exchange and stores caller telephone numbers detected within a prescribed period and its incoming call number of times to a caller telephone number log memory 8a and displays them that are stored in a display area 4a. Furthermore, the caller telephone numbers stored in the log memory 8a can automatically be registered to an abbreviation dial table 8b together with abbreviation numbers and names, and they are displayed on the display area 4a as an incoming call history in the order of number of times of received calls. As a result, all callers can be recognized without missing even over a long period of non-reply without deleting the history of older caller telephone numbers. Thus, this device is convenient to a recipient and labor of registration of abbreviation numbers is saved.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a communication terminal device in which a telephone number of a caller is notified from an exchange at the time of calling.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art At present, a service for notifying and displaying a telephone number of a telephone line used by a caller (hereinafter referred to as a caller telephone number) to a receiving communication terminal device at the time of calling before answering is implemented. . This service is convenient because the receiving side can recognize where the call originated from before the response, and the use of this service is spreading.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In a communication terminal device using such a service of notifying of a calling telephone number, an incoming call is made when the receiver is absent or when there is a call but the receiving side cannot cope. In this case, the history of the calling telephone number is sequentially stored in a buffer. However, it is common that the buffer capacity is not very large, and if the absence period is long or if there are frequent calls, the buffer overflows and the history of the old calling telephone number is erased. The problem is that the receiver cannot recognize where the call came from when he returned. In particular, when there are many calls from the same source, the same calling telephone number is repeatedly stored in the buffer each time, and the buffer overflows easily.

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and it is possible to prevent the overflow of the buffer as described above, and to store the history of all outgoing telephone numbers together with information on the number of incoming calls. It is an object of the present invention to provide a communication terminal device capable of performing the following.

[0005]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a communication terminal apparatus for receiving a signal indicating a telephone number of a caller transmitted from an exchange at the time of calling, based on a signal transmitted from the exchange. Means for detecting the telephone number of the caller by using the telephone number of the caller detected over a predetermined period and the number of calls received by the telephone number within the predetermined period. It is characterized by the following.

In the communication terminal device of the present invention, the notified calling telephone number is associated with the number of incoming calls within a predetermined period (when the receiver is absent or the receiving side cannot handle the call). It is stored in the number / incoming number storage means. Therefore, even if there is a call repeatedly from the same source, only one phone number is stored, and the overflow of the buffer as in the past can be prevented. It is possible to store the history of the calling telephone number.

[0007] According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a communication terminal apparatus.
, Characterized by further comprising a display means for displaying the caller's telephone number and the number of incoming calls stored in the number / number of incoming calls storage means in descending order of the number of incoming calls.

[0008] By displaying the calling telephone numbers in descending order of the number of incoming calls, urgency can be easily determined, which is convenient for the recipient.

[0009] According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a communication terminal apparatus.
A short number storage means for storing a correspondence between a telephone number and a short number for calling, wherein a telephone number of a caller stored in said number / number of times received number storage means corresponds to a short number for calling. And storing it in the abbreviated number storage means.

As described above, by registering the stored calling telephone number in the abbreviated calling number storage means, the calling telephone number does not disappear and labor saving of the abbreviated number registration can be achieved. .

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be specifically described below with reference to the drawings showing the embodiments. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a facsimile apparatus with a telephone function, which is an example of a communication terminal apparatus according to the present invention. The communication terminal device according to the present invention, in response to a service for notifying the calling telephone number at the time of calling, receives a signal indicating the information by the modem 9 when there is an incoming call from another communication terminal device, Numbers can be detected before answering.

In FIG. 1, the main control unit 1 is specifically C
It is composed of a PU and is connected to hardware units described below via a bus 20 to control them and execute various software functions. The reading unit 2 reads a document using a scanner using, for example, a CCD, and outputs dot image data converted into binary black and white. The recording unit 3 is a printer device of an electrophotographic system or the like, and prints out and records, as a hard copy, image data received from another facsimile device by facsimile communication, or an image of a document read by the reading unit 2. Print out and copy data as a hard copy.

The display unit 4 is a display device such as a liquid crystal display (LCD) or a CRT display, and displays the operation status of the communication terminal device of the present invention, image data of a document to be transmitted, and received image data. Is displayed. The display unit 4 also has an outgoing telephone number display area 4a for displaying an outgoing telephone number stored in an outgoing telephone number log memory 8a to be described later and the number of incoming calls.

The operation unit 5 includes character keys, numeric keys (numerical keys), abbreviated dial keys, a registration key for registering abbreviated dials, various function keys, etc., necessary for operating the communication terminal device of the present invention. Have. In addition,
By making the display unit 4 described above a touch panel type,
Some or all of the various keys of the operation unit 5 can be substituted.

The image memory 6 is composed of a DRAM or the like, and stores image data to be transmitted or received image data. The ROM 7 stores in advance various software programs necessary for the operation of the communication terminal device of the present invention.

The RAM 8 is composed of an SRAM, a flash memory, or the like, and stores temporary data generated when executing software. Further, the RAM 8 has an outgoing telephone number log memory 8a that stores the outgoing telephone number notified from the exchange within a predetermined period together with the number of incoming calls. Further, the RAM 8 stores a speed dial table 8b as shown in FIG. 2 in which correspondence between telephone numbers and speed dial numbers for calling is registered.

The modem 9 converts a digital signal into an analog signal and outputs it to an NCU (Network Control Unit) 10, and converts an analog signal given from the NCU 10 into a digital signal and outputs it to the main control unit 1. NCU1
0 is controlled by the main control unit 1 to perform the closing and opening operations of the line L, transmit the analog signal output from the modem 9 to the line L, and transmit the analog signal received from the line L to the modem 9 give. Note that a handset 11 as a telephone is connected to the NCU 10.

Next, the operation will be described. In the communication terminal device of the present invention, when an incoming call is received from another communication terminal device, the outgoing telephone number can be detected in advance, and the detected outgoing telephone number is stored in the outgoing telephone number log memory 8a. Then, the stored outgoing telephone number is displayed in the outgoing telephone number display area 4a of the display unit 4 together with the number of incoming calls as necessary. Further, the outgoing telephone number stored in the outgoing telephone number log memory 8a can be registered in the abbreviated dial table 8b as needed.

FIGS. 3 and 4 are flowcharts showing the operation procedure in the communication terminal device of the present invention. First, the operation at the time of an incoming call will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

The modem 9 receives a signal indicating the calling telephone number sent from the exchange, and detects the calling telephone number (step S1). It is determined whether or not the detected calling telephone number exists in the calling telephone number log memory 8a (step S2). If it exists (S2: YE
S), the number of incoming calls of the telephone number in the outgoing telephone number log memory 8a is incremented by one (step S3). On the other hand, if it does not exist (S2: NO), the telephone number and the number of incoming calls "1" are stored in the outgoing telephone number log memory 8a (step S4).

Then, it is determined whether a response (communication or call) is possible (step S5). If it is possible (S5: YES), a response (communication or call) is made (step S6). , And the process ends. If a response (communication or telephone call) is not possible (S5: NO), the process ends.

By repeating the above processing for a predetermined period, the history information of the originating telephone number and the number of incoming calls is stored in the originating telephone number log memory 8a.
FIG. 5 shows an example of the contents stored in the outgoing telephone number log memory 8a. When a call is received from the same source, the number of incoming calls is only updated and no new storage capacity is consumed. The history of telephone numbers can be stored.

Next, the operation of displaying the outgoing telephone number and registering the outgoing telephone number in the speed dial table 8b will be described.
This will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

The telephone number with the largest number of incoming calls is read out from the outgoing telephone numbers stored in the outgoing telephone number log memory 8a and sent to the display unit 4 (step S11). The read outgoing telephone number is displayed together with the number of incoming calls in the outgoing telephone number display area 4a of the display unit 4 (step S12). Then, it is determined whether a registration key has been pressed to register the outgoing telephone number in the speed dial table 8b (step S13).

When the registration key is pressed (S13: Y
ES), the outgoing telephone number stored in the outgoing telephone number log memory 8a is registered in correspondence with the available abbreviated number (eg, abbreviated numbers 5, 6 in FIG. 2) in the abbreviated dial table 8b (step S14). . At this time, the outgoing telephone number stored in the outgoing telephone number log memory 8a is automatically read out and registered in the speed dial table 8b, so that the receiver inputs the outgoing telephone number using the numeric keypad. There is no need to save labor at the time of registration. At this time, the name may be registered together by the input operation of the receiver.

When the registration key is not pressed (S13: N
O) Or, after the registration is completed, it is determined whether or not a selection key for selecting the next calling telephone number has been pressed (step S15). If the selection key is pressed (S
15: YES), the process returns to S11, and the same process is performed for the outgoing telephone number having the next largest number of incoming calls. on the other hand,
If the selection key has not been pressed (S15: NO), the process ends.

By repeating the above processing after the elapse of a predetermined period, the outgoing telephone number and the number of incoming calls are displayed in the outgoing telephone number display area 4a. At this time, the outgoing telephone numbers are displayed in descending order of the number of display times. In FIG.
A display example in the calling telephone number display area 4a is shown. Since the outgoing telephone numbers are displayed in order of the incoming call frequency in this manner, the display is convenient for the recipient such that the urgency can be easily confirmed.

The contents stored in the outgoing telephone number log memory 8a are deleted after the receiver calls the outgoing telephone number or after the outgoing telephone number is registered in the speed dial table 8b. In this manner, the outgoing telephone number log memory 8a is prevented from overflowing.

In the above example, all outgoing telephone numbers and the number of incoming calls are displayed in the outgoing telephone number display area 4a. However, if the outgoing telephone number display area 4a is narrow, one or a part thereof is displayed. , And the number of incoming calls may be displayed. In such a case, the outgoing telephone number with the largest number of incoming calls is displayed preferentially.

In the above example, whether or not to register the outgoing telephone number stored in the outgoing telephone number log memory 8a in the abbreviated dial table 8b is selected depending on whether or not the receiver presses the registration key. Although the configuration is adopted, a list of stored outgoing telephone numbers may be displayed and the outgoing telephone numbers to be registered may be selected by specifying a cursor. A configuration is also possible in which the outgoing telephone number stored in the outgoing telephone number log memory 8a is automatically registered in the speed dial table 8b. In such a case, all the outgoing telephone numbers stored in the outgoing telephone number log memory 8a may be automatically registered, or the incoming telephone number stored in the outgoing telephone number log memory 8a may be received. A plurality of items having the highest number of times may be automatically registered selectively, or a number of outgoing telephone numbers stored in the outgoing telephone number log memory 8a whose number of incoming calls exceeds a predetermined number may be selectively registered. May be automatically registered.

In the above example, the outgoing telephone number is registered in the speed dial table 8b. However, in the case where a one-touch calling mode is provided, the outgoing telephone number is registered in the one-touch table. Is also good.

By the way, not only the calling telephone number but also the name (the name of the calling party, the name of the company of the calling party, etc.) registered in advance with the telephone number in correspondence with the telephone number, and the receiving side at the time of calling before answering. Implementation of the service of notifying and displaying the communication terminal device is expected to be realized in the near future. When such a service is supported by the communication terminal device of the present invention, not only the outgoing telephone number but also the name is stored in the outgoing telephone number log memory 8a together with the number of incoming calls. The number is displayed in the calling telephone number display area 4a together with the number of incoming calls. Further, not only the calling telephone number but also the name can be registered in the abbreviated dial table 8b without inputting by the recipient.

[0033]

As described above, in the communication terminal device of the present invention, the outgoing telephone number is stored in association with the number of incoming calls, so the history of all outgoing telephone numbers in a predetermined period is stored. It is possible. As a result,
Since the history of the old calling telephone number is not erased unlike the conventional case, even if the period during which the receiving side cannot respond is long, all the calling sources can be recognized without omission.

In addition, since the calling telephone numbers with the highest number of incoming calls are displayed in order, this is convenient for the receiver.

Further, since the stored outgoing telephone number is registered in the abbreviated number memory for outgoing calls, the outgoing telephone number does not disappear and labor saving of the abbreviated number registration can be achieved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of a communication terminal device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a speed dial table.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a processing operation of the communication terminal device of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a processing operation of the communication terminal device of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of contents stored in a calling telephone number log memory.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a display example in a calling telephone number display area.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Main control part 4 Display part 4a Transmission telephone number display area 5 Operation part 7 ROM 8 RAM 8a Transmission telephone number log memory 8b Abbreviated dial table 9 Modem 10 NCU

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A communication terminal device for receiving a signal indicating a telephone number of a caller transmitted from an exchange at the time of calling, means for detecting a telephone number of the caller based on a signal transmitted from the exchange, and a predetermined period. A communication terminal device, comprising: a number / number-of-calls storage means for storing the caller's telephone number detected over a period of time and the number of calls by the telephone number within the predetermined period in association with each other. 2. The communication terminal apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising display means for displaying the telephone number of the caller and the number of calls stored in said number / number of calls storage means in descending order of the number of calls. 3. An abbreviated number storage means for storing a correspondence between a telephone number and an abbreviated number for calling, and a caller's telephone number stored in said number / number of times received number storage means is shortened for calling. 2. The communication terminal device according to claim 1, wherein said communication terminal device is stored in said abbreviated number storage means in association with a number.