JP2000209323A - Method for controlling communication equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a control method of communication equipment by which the other terminal is informed of the change of a telephone number by updating the telephone number before the change which is registered in a telephone book function to the telephone number after the change when the telephone number before the change and the telephone number after the change are received from an opposite terminal when an incoming call is detected. SOLUTION: CPU 1 controls the operation of every part. A network controller 8 is provided with an automatic calling/receiving function for connecting the telephone terminal to a public network PSTN and is provided with the generation function and the detection function of a push key signal. When its own telephone number is changed, the telephone terminal sequentially gives the notice of the old telephone number and the new telephone number to the destinations of telephone numbers registered in a telephone book table. Further when old telephone number and a new telephone number are notified from any telephone terminal, an inquiry is made as to whether the number should be updated to a user. The old telephone number is rewritten into the new telephone number and the content of the telephone book table is updated.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a control method for a communication apparatus having a telephone directory function in which a plurality of destination telephone numbers are registered.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a communication device having a telephone directory function in which a plurality of destination telephone numbers are registered has been put to practical use. Such a communication device is very convenient because it is possible to specify a destination using a telephone directory function without directly inputting a destination telephone number.

[0003]

However, such a conventional apparatus has the following inconveniences.

[0004] That is, when the telephone number of the own terminal is changed, it is not possible to notify the other communication terminals that have registered the telephone number of the own terminal of the change of the telephone number. It was necessary to register the phone number of the terminal again, which was troublesome.

[0005] The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and has as its object to provide a control method of a communication device capable of notifying another terminal of a change in telephone number.

[0006]

According to the present invention, there is provided a control method of a communication apparatus having a telephone directory function in which a plurality of destination telephone numbers are registered. Calls to each destination phone number that has been set and notifies the phone number before change and the phone number after change, while receiving an incoming call, receives the phone number before change and the phone number after change from the partner terminal Then, the telephone number before the change registered in the telephone directory function is updated to the telephone number after the change.

In a control method of a communication apparatus having a telephone directory function in which a plurality of destination telephone numbers are registered, when the telephone number of the terminal itself is changed, the telephone numbers are registered in the telephone directory function in the order designated by the user. Call to each destination phone number, and notify the phone number before the change and the phone number after the change, and when the incoming call is detected, when the phone number before the change and the phone number after the change are received from the other terminal The telephone number before the change registered in the telephone directory function is updated to the telephone number after the change.

In the method of controlling a communication device having a telephone directory function in which a plurality of destination telephone numbers are registered, when the telephone number of the own terminal is changed, each destination telephone number registered in the telephone directory function is changed. Call to notify the phone number before change and the phone number after the change, and for the destination that did not answer the call, re-call to notify the phone number before the change and the phone number after the change When receiving an incoming call, the phone number before the change and the phone number after the change are received from the partner terminal, and the phone number before the change registered in the telephone directory function is updated to the phone number after the change. It is.

In a control method for a communication apparatus having a telephone directory function in which a plurality of destination telephone numbers are registered, when the telephone number of the terminal itself is changed, the telephone numbers are registered in the telephone directory function in the order specified by the user. Call to each destination phone number, and notify the phone number before and after the change, and for the destinations that did not answer the call,
While re-calling and notifying the phone number before change and the phone number after change, when the incoming call is detected and the phone number before change and the phone number after change are received from the partner terminal, it is registered in the above phone book function. The telephone number before the change is updated to the telephone number after the change.

When updating the telephone number before the change registered in the telephone directory function to the telephone number after the change, the user is inquired about whether or not the update is possible, and the update is performed only when the update is permitted. It was made.

[0011]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG.
An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail.

FIG. 1 shows an example of the configuration of a telephone terminal according to one embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, a CPU (central processing unit) 1
Is for controlling the operation of each part of the telephone terminal, and a ROM (read only memory) 2
1 stores a program to be executed, etc., and a RAM (random access memory) 3
It is for configuring the work area of U1 and the like,
The non-volatile memory 4 has a battery-backed SR
It is composed of an AM (Static Random Access Memory) or the like, and stores various information (for example, a telephone directory table) unique to the telephone terminal. The clock circuit 5 stores the current time information. It is for output.

The operation unit 6 includes various keys such as a numeric keypad for inputting a telephone number or the like and a telephone directory key for selecting a destination using a telephone directory function.
Is for displaying the input telephone number and various pieces of guidance information.

The network control device 8 transmits the telephone terminal to the public network P
It is for connecting to the STN, and has an automatic transmission / reception function as well as a push button signal generation function and a detection function.

The call unit 9 is composed of a microphone, a speaker, and their peripheral circuits, and is used for a user to make a call. The call control unit 10 is for controlling a user's call. .

These CPU1, ROM2, RAM3,
A nonvolatile memory 4, a clock circuit 5, an operation unit 6, a display unit 7,
Network control device 8, call unit 9, and call control unit 1
0 is connected to the internal bus 11, and data exchange between these elements is mainly performed through the internal bus 11.

The telephone terminal stores information for the telephone directory function as a telephone directory table as shown in FIG. This telephone directory table stores a plurality of registered telephone numbers in the order of registration, and is formed in the nonvolatile memory 4.

In the above configuration, when the telephone number of the terminal is changed, the telephone terminal changes its telephone number (hereinafter referred to as "old telephone number") and the changed telephone number (hereinafter referred to as "old telephone number"). ) Is sequentially notified to the destination of the registered telephone number registered in the telephone directory table.

When an incoming call is detected, when it is detected that an old telephone number and a new telephone number are notified from one of the telephone terminals, the old telephone number and the new telephone number are stored, and the stored old telephone number and the stored old telephone number are stored. Search and check whether the same registered telephone number is stored in the phonebook table of the terminal itself, and if it is registered, ask the user whether to update it and update it Is instructed, the contents of the old telephone number are rewritten to the contents of the new telephone number, and the contents of the telephone directory table are updated.

Here, the notification of the old telephone number and the new telephone number is performed using a push button signal.
# (Old telephone number) # (new telephone number) ".

When an incoming call is detected, when a push button signal “####” is received from the partner terminal, it can be determined that the partner terminal is performing an operation of notifying the old telephone number and the new telephone number. The subsequent old telephone number and new telephone number are received and stored, and the above operation is performed.

FIG. 3 shows an example of processing for notifying the old telephone number and the new telephone number.

First, one registered telephone number is selected from the telephone directory table (process 101), and a call is made to the registered telephone number (process 102). It is checked whether or not the partner terminal responds (decision 103). When the result of the decision 103 is YES, the format of the push button signal is as follows.
The old telephone number and the new telephone number are transmitted (process 104), and the line is restored (process 105).

If the other party's terminal does not respond and the result of the judgment 103 is NO, the registered telephone number at that time is registered as a re-call number (process 106), and the process proceeds to process 105 to restore the line. I do.

When transmission of the old telephone number and the new telephone number for one registered telephone number is completed in this way, it is checked whether or not the next registered telephone number is in the telephone directory table (decision 107). When the result of the determination 107 is YES, the process returns to the step 101, and the old telephone number and the new telephone number are transmitted for the next registered telephone number.

If the transmission of the old telephone number and the new telephone number has been completed for all the registered telephone numbers stored in the telephone directory table, and the result of determination 107 is NO, one or more re-call numbers are found. It is checked whether it has been registered (decision 108). When the result of the determination 108 is NO, the old telephone number and the new telephone number have been appropriately transmitted for all the registered telephone numbers stored in the telephone directory table, and this operation is ended.

On the other hand, when one or more re-call numbers are registered, one re-call number is selected (step 109), and a call is made to the re-call number (step 110). It is checked whether or not the partner terminal answers (decision 111). If the result of decision 111 is YES, the old telephone number and the new telephone number are transmitted in the format of the push button signal described above (process 112). Is deleted from the re-call number (process 113), and the line is restored (process 114).
Return to decision 108.

If the other party's terminal does not respond and the result of determination 111 is NO, the telephone number at that time is not deleted from the re-call number, and the process proceeds to step 114 to restore the line. Return to

FIG. 4 shows an example of the operation when the telephone terminal detects an incoming call.

First, an incoming call is answered (process 201), and it is checked whether or not the above-mentioned specific push button signal sequence has been received (decision 202). When the result of the determination 202 is NO, the calling of the user is started, and a normal incoming call process is executed (process 203).

If the result of determination 202 is YES, the old telephone number and the new telephone number are received and stored (process 204), and the line is restored (process 205). Then
It is searched whether or not the stored old telephone number is registered in the telephone directory table (step 206). If the target number is registered (the result of the determination 207 is YES), for example,
An update inquiry guidance message, "A notification of a change in the registered telephone number has been notified. Would you like to change it? (YES / NO)" is displayed to prompt the user to select whether or not to update (process 208).

When the user instructs an update (decision 209)
Is YES), the telephone directory table is updated by rewriting the contents of the registered telephone number identical to the old telephone number with the contents of the stored new telephone number (processing 210), and this processing ends.

If the result of the judgment 209 is NO when the user instructs not to update, or the result of the judgment 207 is NO when the received old telephone number is not registered in the telephone directory table. If this is the case, the process is terminated without changing the contents of the telephone directory table.

As described above, in this embodiment, when the telephone number of the own terminal is changed, the telephone numbers of the own terminal registered in a plurality of partner terminals can be automatically updated. Can be performed very smoothly. Also, when the old telephone number and the new telephone number are notified, if the other party's terminal does not answer in one call, the call is re-informed and notified,
Can be notified reliably.

Also, when the old telephone number and the new telephone number are notified, the user is inquired about whether to update the telephone number. Therefore, when an incorrect number is accidentally received, the telephone directory table is erroneously updated. Can be eliminated.

In the above-described embodiment, the notification of the old telephone number and the new telephone number is automatically performed for all the registered telephone numbers in the telephone directory table, but the user is allowed to select a notification destination. You can also.

In the above embodiment, the case where the present invention is applied to a telephone terminal has been described. However, the present invention is similarly applied to other communication terminals, such as a facsimile apparatus and a personal computer. can do.

[0039]

As described above, according to the present invention,
When the telephone number of the own terminal is changed, the telephone number of the own terminal registered in a plurality of partner terminals can be automatically updated, so that an effect that the telephone number can be changed very smoothly is obtained. . Also, when notifying the old telephone number and the new telephone number, if the other party's terminal does not answer in one call,
Since the notification is made by re-calling, the notification can be surely notified.

Further, when the old telephone number and the new telephone number are notified, the user is inquired about whether to update the telephone number. Therefore, when an incorrect number is received by mistake, the telephone directory table is erroneously updated. It is also possible to eliminate such a situation.

Further, since the user is allowed to select the notification destination of the old telephone number and the new telephone number,
There is also obtained an effect that only the partner terminal desired by the user can be notified of the change in the telephone number.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of a telephone terminal according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a telephone directory table.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an example of processing when notifying an old telephone number and a new telephone number.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an example of an operation when the telephone terminal detects an incoming call.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 CPU (Central Processing Unit) 2 ROM (Read Only Memory) 3 RAM (Random Access Memory) 4 Nonvolatile Memory

Claims (5)

[Claims] In a method of controlling a communication device having a telephone directory function in which a plurality of destination telephone numbers are registered, when a telephone number of a terminal itself is changed, each destination telephone number registered in the telephone directory function is changed. Calls to notify the phone number before change and the phone number after change, and when the incoming call is detected, when the phone number before change and the phone number after change are received from the partner terminal, it is registered in the above phone book function A method for controlling a communication device, characterized in that a pre-change telephone number is updated to a post-change telephone number. 2. A method for controlling a communication device having a telephone directory function in which a plurality of destination telephone numbers are registered, wherein when a telephone number of a terminal is changed, the telephone numbers are registered in the telephone directory function in an order designated by a user. Calls to each destination phone number and notifies the phone number before change and the phone number after change, while receiving the phone number before change and the phone number after change from the other terminal when an incoming call is detected. And updating the telephone number before the change registered in the telephone directory function to the telephone number after the change. 3. A method for controlling a communication device having a telephone directory function in which a plurality of destination telephone numbers are registered, wherein when the telephone number of the terminal is changed, each destination telephone number registered in the telephone directory function is changed. Call to notify the phone number before and after the change,
For the destinations that did not answer the call, re-call and notify the phone number before change and the phone number after change, and when the incoming call is detected, receive the phone number before change and the phone number after change from the partner terminal. And updating the telephone number before the change registered in the telephone directory function to the telephone number after the change. 4. A method for controlling a communication device having a telephone directory function in which a plurality of destination telephone numbers are registered, wherein when a telephone number of a terminal is changed, the telephone number is registered in the telephone directory function in an order designated by a user. Call to each destination phone number, and notify the phone number before the change and the phone number after the change. For the destinations that did not answer the call, re-call the phone number before the change and the phone number after the change While receiving the incoming phone number, when receiving the incoming phone number and the phone number after the change from the other terminal when detecting an incoming call, the phone number before the phone number registered in the above phonebook function is changed A method for controlling a communication device, comprising: 5. When updating a telephone number before change registered in the telephone directory function to a telephone number after change, a user is inquired about whether or not the update is possible, and the update is performed only when the update is permitted. The control method of a communication device according to claim 1, wherein