JP2000151843A - Communication terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To output a communication recording for each detected telephone number in the communication terminal that connects to a telephone line to which a plurality of telephone numbers are assigned and detects a telephone number of an incoming call. SOLUTION: The communication terminal F that connects to a telephone line L to which a plurality of telephone numbers are assigned and can detect a telephone number of an incoming call is provided with a communication recording storage section 50 that stores communication recording of each telephone number and with a control means 1 that reads the communication recording from the communication recording storage section 50 to print out the recording when receiving an indication of print-out.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an improvement in a communication terminal device which can be connected to a telephone line to which a plurality of telephone numbers are allocated and which can detect an incoming telephone number.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art At present, a facsimile apparatus incorporating a dial-in processing circuit is known as one of communication terminals connected to a telephone line to which a plurality of telephone numbers are allocated and capable of detecting an incoming telephone number. Has been developed,
A plurality of terminals such as telephones are connected to the communication terminal device, and different dial-in numbers are assigned to each of the communication terminal device and the terminal.

As such a communication terminal device, a ring master in North America, a duplex ring in Hong Kong and Singapore, or a modem dial-in service implemented as one of the source information notification services in Japan is used. When a call signal is received from the exchange, a terminal or the like designated for dial-in can be called directly.

[0004]

However, in a conventional communication terminal device, when a communication record is output, the date of communication, start time, destination name, required time, number of sheets, etc. are recorded on a recording sheet as a communication journal. However, the communication record could not be output for each terminal corresponding to each dial-in number.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and has been achieved in a communication terminal device which is connected to a telephone line to which a plurality of telephone numbers are allocated and which can detect an incoming telephone number. It is an object of the present invention to be able to output a communication record for each telephone number.

[0006]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a communication terminal device, comprising: a telephone line to which a plurality of telephone numbers are assigned; Control means for storing a communication record for each telephone number in a communication record storage unit while reading out a communication record from the communication record storage unit and instructing a printout when a print output instruction is given in the communication terminal device capable of It is characterized by having.

Here, in order to detect an incoming telephone number, a dial-in service in Japan, a ring master in North America, or a duplex ring in Hong Kong or Singapore can be used. According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the communication terminal device, the communication record is an outgoing call record, and includes destination information such as a destination telephone number and a destination name of the destination.

[0008] The destination information included in the outgoing call record includes a destination telephone number input using a numeric keypad, a previously registered destination, which is read out when a one-touch dial key, a speed dial key, or the like is operated. Examples include a telephone number and a destination name. According to a third aspect of the present invention, the communication record is an incoming call record and includes destination information such as a destination telephone number and a destination name.

Here, the destination information included in the incoming call record and the telephone number of the incoming call are stored in the exchange, such as the Caller ID service implemented in North America and Hong Kong and the caller information notification service implemented in Japan. Source information decoded from an FSK signal or the like transmitted therefrom, and a destination name obtained by collating the source information with destination number data registered in the communication terminal device in advance.

[0010]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a communication terminal device according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of a communication terminal device. Here, as a communication terminal device, the configuration of a facsimile device F having a dial-in function is shown, but the present invention is not limited to this, and any device capable of registering a plurality of telephone numbers may be used. For example, a facsimile apparatus in which a plurality of telephone numbers are registered separately for each user who uses the apparatus may be used.

In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a control means comprising a CPU or the like, a main control unit for controlling the following units, and 2 an NCU to which an attached handset H is connected and which controls closing and opening of a telephone line L; Reference numeral 3 denotes a modem for modulating and demodulating signals for performing facsimile communication; 4, an image memory for storing encoded image data; 5, a RAM for storing various data necessary for controlling the apparatus F; Is a ROM in which control programs and the like are stored in advance, 7 is a display unit composed of a liquid crystal screen and LED lamps, etc., 8 is an operation unit composed of various operation switches and the like, 9 is image data from a set original. A reading unit for reading 10 is a recording unit for printing out an image received by facsimile or an image read from the reading unit 9 on a recording sheet set in advance, and 11 is a telephone set T.
A plurality of communication terminal devices such as EL are connected, and a telephone line L
Is a dial-in processing unit that controls to switch the connection of the facsimile apparatus F itself or the telephone TEL.

In the facsimile apparatus F, the RAM
Reference numeral 5 stores destination information registered in the speed dial key or one-touch key of the operation unit 8, and stores information such as the destination telephone number and the destination name as the destination information. Further, the RAM 5 is provided with a communication record storage unit 50 that stores communication records for each dial-in number registered in advance in time series. Here, a facsimile apparatus F and a telephone connected to the apparatus F are provided. To store a communication record for each of the TELs, two blocks 50A,
50B, a block 50A is provided with a call record record area and a call record record area, respectively, for storing a call record and a call record of the facsimile machine F itself, while a block 50B is provided with a telephone In order to store the TEL incoming call record, only the incoming call record recording area is provided.

The operation unit 8 further includes a communication record storage unit 80
A communication record output key 80 is provided which is operated to give an instruction to print out the communication record stored in the server. The dial-in number for giving the printout instruction is specified in advance, and the key operation is performed. The printed communication record for each dial-in number is printed out. In this facsimile apparatus F, every time a facsimile transmission is performed, the attached handset H is off-hook, and the called party is called and a call is made, the called party name read from the RAM 5, the called party's telephone number input by the ten keys, the original reading resolution The communication start date and time, the communication time, the number of originals transmitted, the original transmission results, and the like are stored in the block 50A (the facsimile
(Corresponding to) is stored in the transmission record storage area.

[0014] When a facsimile transmission is made, if a connection cannot be made after a call is made to the other party, it is stored as a transmission error. Further, the facsimile apparatus F connects to the apparatus F itself or the telephone TEL when dial-in is designated and receives a call, and stores a communication record for each terminal. I have.

That is, when a call is made from an outside line, a dial-in number and transmission source information (a destination telephone number, a destination name, etc.) are decoded from a modem signal sent from the exchange, After the device F itself or the telephone TEL is connected to the telephone line L by the dial-in processing unit 11 based on the decoded dial-in number, the decoded source information is displayed on the display unit 7. When the apparatus F is connected to the telephone line L when the call signal is transmitted, the telephone TEL responds to the call signal and performs facsimile reception or a call using the handset H, while the telephone TEL is connected to the telephone. If it is connected to the line L, a call is made by responding to this call signal by going off-hook.

After that, when the facsimile reception and the call are completed, the destination information such as the destination name and the destination telephone number decoded from the received modem signal, the original reading resolution, the communication start date and time, the communication time, the number of received originals, The document reception result and the like are stored in the communication record recording unit 50 for the facsimile machine F.
Is stored in the incoming call recording storage area of the block 50A (corresponding to the facsimile apparatus F), while the telephone TEL1 is stored in the incoming call recording storage area of the block 50B (corresponding to the telephone TEL1).

When a facsimile reception is performed, if a response is made to a call from the other party and the free space in the image memory 4 is insufficient, the image cannot be received. Store as an error. Here, the function corresponding to the modem dial-in service, which is one of the caller information notification services implemented in Japan, has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this example. As in a duplex ring implemented in Hong Kong and Singapore, a function of connecting a terminal designated for dial-in by determining a pattern of a call signal transmitted from an exchange may be provided.

In the case of facsimile reception, the destination telephone number may be decoded from a facsimile communication procedure signal transmitted from the destination. In this way, the facsimile apparatus F stores the outgoing call record and the incoming call record for the facsimile apparatus F itself and the incoming call record for the telephone TEL in the communication record storage unit 50, respectively. After operating the operation unit 8 and designating a dial-in number for giving a print output instruction in advance,
When the communication record output key 80 is operated, the data is read out from the communication record storage unit 50 and printed out for each designated dial-in number.

That is, if a dial-in number corresponding to the facsimile apparatus F itself is designated and an instruction to print out the communication record is issued, the outgoing call record and the incoming call record of the apparatus F itself are printed out, while the telephone TEL is output. Is designated, and an instruction to print out the communication record is issued, and the incoming call record of the telephone TEL is printed out. FIG. 2 shows an example of the transmission record regarding the facsimile apparatus F as a transmission management report.

The transmission management report A shows the outgoing record of the facsimile apparatus F. The dial-in number 12, outgoing record number 13, destination information 14, document reading resolution 15, communication start date and time 16, A communication time 17, the number of transmitted originals 18, an original transmission result 19, and remarks 20 are described. The destination information 14 includes
When the other party's telephone number entered using the numeric keypad or one-touch dial keys or speed dial keys are operated, the RAM 5
Is described.

Remark 20 describes whether facsimile communication or a call using the attached handset H. In this case, "fax" is described for facsimile communication, while "fax" is described for handset H. "TE
L ". FIG. 3 shows an example of the incoming call record for the facsimile apparatus F as a reception management report.

The reception management report B shows the incoming call record of the facsimile machine F, and the dial-in number 12, incoming call record number 13, destination information 14, communication start date and time 16, communication time 17, and original of the facsimile machine F The number of received sheets 18, the document reception result 19, and the remarks 20 are described. The destination information 14 includes the source information decoded from the modem signal received from the exchange, the destination telephone number decoded from the facsimile communication procedure signal received from the destination communication terminal device, the modem signal and the facsimile communication procedure. The destination name obtained by collating the destination telephone number decoded from the signal with the destination information of the one-touch dial or the abbreviated dial registered in the RAM 5 of the facsimile machine F is described.

Next, an incoming call record of only the telephone TEL will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 shows the telephone T
An example of an incoming call record for EL is shown in the reception management report B '.
And the telephone TEL dial-in number 1
2 ', incoming call record number 13, destination information 14, communication start date and time 16, communication time 17, and remarks 20 are described.

The transmission management report A and the reception management reports B and B 'have been described above. However, the format of these reports is not limited to this, and facsimile communication and telephone communication are performed in accordance with each dial-in number. May be separated and printed on another recording paper.

[0025]

As can be understood from the above description, in the communication terminal device according to the first aspect, the communication record for each telephone number is stored in the communication record storage unit, while the print output is instructed. At times, the communication record is read from the communication record storage unit and printed out, so that communication management can be performed for each telephone number.

In the communication terminal device according to the second aspect, since the communication record is a call record and includes the other party information such as the other party telephone number and the other party name, the outgoing call record is printed out to perform communication management. , It is possible to easily confirm which other party has made the call. In the communication terminal device according to the third aspect, since the communication record is an incoming call record,
Since the destination information such as the destination telephone number and the destination name is included, the destination of the incoming call can be easily confirmed when printing out the incoming call record and performing communication management.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a transmission management report of the communication terminal device itself.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a reception management report of the communication terminal device itself.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a reception management report of a telephone connected to a communication terminal device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 F: facsimile apparatus 1: main control unit 11: dial-in processing unit 14: destination information 50: communication record storage unit A: transmission management report (facsimile apparatus) B ... -Reception management report (facsimile machine) B ': Reception management report (telephone) L: Telephone line

Claims (3)

[Claims] In a communication terminal device connected to a telephone line to which a plurality of telephone numbers are allocated and capable of detecting an incoming telephone number, a communication record for each telephone number is stored in a communication record storage unit. On the other hand, a communication terminal device comprising a control unit for reading out the communication record from the communication record storage unit when a print output instruction is issued, and outputting the communication record. 2. The communication terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the communication record is a call record and includes destination information such as a destination telephone number and a destination name. 3. The communication terminal device according to claim 1, wherein said communication record is an incoming call record and includes destination information such as a destination telephone number and a destination name.