JP2000236381A - Communication equipment and medium recording its control method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To specify a caller even in the case of an incoming call from an opposite party not registered in a telephone directory in a communication equipment that can utilize the caller telephone number notice service. SOLUTION: When a caller telephone number reception section 5 receives a caller telephone number coming from a communication line 1, a main control section 13 compares several high-order digit numbers of the received caller telephone number with a number stored in a ROM of the main control section 13, reads area data corresponding to the coincident number, compares a newest caller telephone number stored in a storage section 9 an incoming call history data with a telephone number having been stored in the storage section 9 as telephone directory data, reads a name corresponding to the telephone number when there are the coincident telephone number, and makes the read area data correspond to the name and display them on a display section 11.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a communication device capable of receiving a caller telephone number arriving at the time of an incoming call.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a communication device capable of receiving a caller's telephone number arriving at the time of an incoming call, the received caller's telephone number is displayed on a display at the time of an incoming call or is sounded by a speaker to notify the user. And a phonebook function that stores phone numbers and names in association with each other. Using this phonebook function, the caller phone number received at the time of an incoming call and the phonebook function registered There is a device that compares a phone number with a phone number and, when a matching phone number is registered, displays a corresponding name on a display or emits sound using a speaker to notify the user.
In a communication device having an answering machine function for automatically answering an incoming call and recording a message from a caller, the caller's telephone number is stored in association with the message, and the caller's telephone number is stored when the message is reproduced. To notify the user by displaying it on the display or sounding it out with a speaker, or displaying the name on the display when playing a message using the phonebook function, or making the speaker emit sound. There was something to do.

[0003]

However, in the case of notifying the received caller's telephone number at the time of receiving a call or reproducing a message as in the above-mentioned conventional apparatus, the caller must be identified by the notified telephone number. In addition, there is a problem that the caller cannot be identified immediately.In addition, when the name corresponding to the telephone number of the caller received using the telephone directory function is notified when receiving a call or playing a message, the telephone Although the caller registered in the book function can be specified immediately, the caller telephone number received for the caller not registered in the phone book function is notified, so the caller is specified immediately. There was a problem that it was not possible.

[0004] It is an object of the present invention to provide a communication device capable of promptly specifying a caller even for an incoming call from a caller not registered in the telephone directory function.

[0005]

To achieve the above object, the present invention is directed to a communication apparatus capable of receiving a caller telephone number arriving at the time of an incoming call. Area information storage means for storing the predetermined number of digits when the telephone number of the predetermined number stored in the area information storage means matches the predetermined number of digits of the telephone number received at the time of the incoming call. And control means for notifying local information corresponding to the number of telephone numbers.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the first aspect, a caller information storage means for storing a telephone number having a predetermined number of digits and caller information in association with each other is provided.
The control means determines that the telephone number of the predetermined number of digits stored in the caller information storage means matches the predetermined number of digits of the telephone number received at the time of the incoming call, and the predetermined number of digits stored in the local information storage means. When the telephone number of the telephone number matches the predetermined number of digits of the telephone number received at the time of the incoming call, the caller information and the area information corresponding to the telephone number having the predetermined predetermined number of coincidences are notified together.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the first or second aspect, when the area information to be notified coincides with the specific area information, The notification is prohibited.

The invention according to claim 4 has an answering machine function for automatically answering a call and recording a message from the caller when the call is received, while the control means controls the predetermined number of digits of the caller telephone number received when the call is received. When the telephone number of the predetermined number of digits stored in the local information storage means matches, the local information corresponding to the telephone number of the predetermined predetermined number of digits is read, converted to voice information, and the message from the caller is read. Is included.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, a communication device capable of receiving a caller's telephone number arriving at an incoming call stores a telephone number of a predetermined number of digits and area information in a recording medium in association with each other. When the telephone number of the specified number of digits matches the predetermined number of digits of the telephone number received at the time of the incoming call, a program for notifying the area information corresponding to the telephone number of the matching predetermined number of digits is recorded.

Therefore, according to the first aspect of the present invention, when the predetermined number of digits of the telephone number received at the time of the incoming call coincides with the predetermined number of telephone numbers stored in the area information storage means, the control means sets the relevant number. By reading out the area information corresponding to the telephone number having the same predetermined number of digits from the area information storage means and notifying it, the area where the caller is located can be recognized.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the telephone number having the predetermined number of digits stored in the caller information storage means coincides with the predetermined number of digits of the telephone number received at the time of the incoming call. When the stored telephone number having the predetermined number of digits matches the predetermined number of digits of the telephone number received at the time of the incoming call, the control unit matches the caller information corresponding to the telephone number having the predetermined predetermined number of digits and the area information. By making the notification, the area where the caller is located and the name of the caller can be simultaneously recognized.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, when the area information corresponding to the telephone number having the predetermined number of digits that matches the predetermined number of digits of the telephone number received at the time of the incoming call matches the specific area information, the control means is activated. By prohibiting the notification of the local information, the notification of the meaningless local information can be omitted.

According to the present invention, when the predetermined number of digits of the caller's telephone number received at the time of the incoming call matches the telephone number of the predetermined number stored in the area information storage means, the control means is activated. The local information corresponding to the telephone number having the predetermined number of matching digits is read out, converted into voice information, and included in a message recorded when the incoming call is automatically answered, so that the caller can determine the position when playing the message. You can recognize the area where you do.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, according to the program recorded on the recording medium, the communication device matches the predetermined number of digits of the telephone number received at the time of the incoming call with the predetermined number of stored telephone numbers. At this time, the area in which the caller is located can be recognized by reading and informing the area information corresponding to the telephone number having the predetermined number of matching digits.

[0015]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing an electrical configuration of an answering machine as an embodiment of a communication device according to the present invention;
2A and 2B are explanatory diagrams showing a memory configuration of the answering machine. FIG. 2A shows telephone directory data, and FIG. 2B shows regional data. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an example of operation control at the time of an incoming call and answering at the answering machine, FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing notification operation control at the answering machine, and FIG. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing another example of the operation control at the time of an incoming call and at the time of an answering answer in the answering machine.

Hereinafter, an answering machine which is an embodiment of the communication apparatus of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a communication line connected to the other party's telephone via an exchange (not shown), reference numeral 2 denotes a line interface for connecting and disconnecting the communication line 1 and transmission and reception of voice signals, and reference numeral 3 denotes a line interface. Handset for talking to the other party's telephone, 4 for communication line 1
An incoming call detection unit for detecting an incoming signal coming from the telephone, a caller telephone number receiving unit 5 for receiving a caller telephone number arriving from the communication line 1, and a conversion unit 6 for converting a voice signal into digital data or for converting a digital data to a voice signal. Voice conversion unit to convert to
Reference numeral 7 denotes a voice storage unit for storing digital data converted by the voice conversion unit 6. The voice conversion unit 6 and the voice storage unit 7 reproduce a message to be sent to the other party's telephone and send it out of the other party's telephone. You are recording a message.

Reference numeral 8 denotes an operation input unit for inputting a telephone number, registering a telephone directory, and setting ON / OFF of address notification. Reference numeral 9 denotes a storage unit for storing telephone directory data and the like. A dial transmission unit for generating a dial signal based on the telephone number read out from the storage unit 9 or the telephone number read from the storage unit 9 and transmitting the dial signal to the communication line 1 via the line interface 2; A display section for displaying data such as a region, 12 a speaker for emitting data such as a caller telephone number, a caller name, a region, and a ring tone; 13 a CPU, ROM, RAM, I / O, crosspoint switch, etc. The main control unit includes a connection / release control in the line interface 2, a conversion control in the voice conversion unit 6, a write / read control in the voice storage unit 7, and a control in the storage unit 9. Write / read control and dialing unit 1
0, display control on the display unit 12, and the like.

The line interface 2, the handset 3, the incoming call detecting section 4, the caller telephone number receiving section 5, the voice converting section 6, the voice storing section 7, the operation input section 8, the storing section 9, the dial transmitting section 10, and the display. An answering machine is constituted by the unit 11, the speaker 12, and the main control unit 13, and a predetermined digit is stored in the storage unit 9 by an input operation of the operation input unit 8 by the user as shown in FIG. The number of telephone numbers and names can be stored in association with each other. Further, as shown in FIG. Are stored in advance so as to correspond to each other.

Next, with respect to the answering machine configured as described above, first, an example of operations at the time of an incoming call and at the time of answering will be described with reference to flowcharts shown in FIGS.

In the standby state, a caller telephone number reception start signal arrives from the communication line 1, and the caller telephone number reception start signal received is received by the caller telephone number receiving section 5 (step S1). The main control unit 13 controls the line interface 2 to connect the communication line 1 so that the caller telephone number receiving unit 5 receives the caller telephone number, and then releases the communication line 1 (step S2).
At the same time, the caller telephone number received by the caller telephone number receiving section 5 is stored in the storage section 9 as incoming call history data (step S3).

Then, by recognizing the setting status stored in the RAM constituting the main control unit 13, it is determined whether or not the area notification of all areas is prohibited, whether or not the area notification of a specific area is prohibited, and a telephone directory. It is determined whether or not the regional notification of registration is prohibited (steps S21, S22, S23). If it is determined that the regional notification is not prohibited for all settings, or only the local notification of a specific region is prohibited. And comparing the upper digits of the latest caller telephone number stored as incoming call history data in the storage unit 9 with the upper digits of the user telephone number stored as own station data in the storage unit 9 (step). S2
8) If they do not match, the upper digits of the latest caller telephone number stored as incoming call history data in the storage unit 9 are compared with the numbers stored in the ROM constituting the main control unit 13 to match. The local data corresponding to the received number is read out (step S24), and the latest caller telephone number stored as incoming call history data in the storage unit 9 is compared with the telephone number stored as telephone directory data in the storage unit 9 (step S24). S2
5) If there is no matching phone number, the phone number is read (step S26). If there is a matching phone number, the name corresponding to the phone number is read (step S30). The data and the name or the telephone number are made to correspond to each other and displayed on the display unit 11, or converted into an audio signal by the audio
The notification is made by emitting more sound (step S27).

When the main control unit 13 recognizes the setting status and determines that the region notification of all regions is prohibited, or determines that the region notification of a specific region is prohibited, and The upper digits of the latest caller telephone number stored as incoming call history data are compared with the upper digits of the user telephone number stored as own station data in the storage unit 9 (step S28). The latest caller telephone number stored as incoming call history data in the storage unit 9 is compared with the telephone number stored as telephone directory data in the storage unit 9 (step S25). Is read (step S26), and if there is a matching telephone number, the name corresponding to the telephone number is read (step S30), and the read regional data and the name or telephone number are read. Or to display the number on the display unit 11 in correspondence to notify it or by sound from the speaker 12 is converted into a voice signal by the voice conversion unit 6 (step S27).

If the main control unit 13 recognizes that the notification of the setting is not prohibited in all areas and the specific area based on the recognition of the setting status, and the notification of the area registered in the telephone directory is prohibited, The upper digits of the latest caller telephone number stored as incoming call history data in the storage unit 9 and the upper number of user telephone numbers stored as own station data in the storage unit 9 when the local notification is determined to be prohibited The digit is compared with the digit (step S28).
Then, the latest caller telephone number stored as incoming call history data is compared with the telephone number stored as telephone directory data in the storage unit 9 (step S29), and if there is a matched telephone number, it corresponds to the telephone number. The name is read out (step S30), and if there is no matching telephone number, the most significant digits of the latest caller telephone number stored as incoming call history data in the storage unit 9 and the ROM stored in the main control unit 13 are stored. Then, the area data corresponding to the matched number is read out by comparing the read out number (step S31), and the read out name or the area data is displayed on the display unit 11 or is converted into an audio signal by the audio conversion unit 6 to make the speaker. The notification is made by emitting a sound from step 12 (step S27).

On the other hand, in a state where any one of the regional data and the name, the regional data and the telephone number, only the name, only the telephone number, or only the regional data is broadcast, a call signal arrives from the communication line 1 and the arrival thereof. The incoming call signal is detected a predetermined number of times or more by the incoming call detection unit 4 (steps S4 to S4).
S6), the main control unit 13 controls the line interface 2 to connect the communication line 1 (step S7), and controls the voice storage unit 7 and the voice conversion unit 6 to send a response message to the communication line 1. (Step S8) Thereafter, the message message coming from the communication line 1 is converted into digital data by the voice conversion unit 6 until the predetermined time elapses or until the end signal arrives from the communication line 1, and the voice is transmitted. It is stored in the storage unit 7 (steps S9, S1
0).

When a predetermined time has elapsed or a call termination signal has arrived from the communication line 1, the line interface 2 is controlled to release the communication line 1 (step S11). The correspondence between the message and the telephone number stored as the incoming call history data in the storage unit 9 is established (step S12), and thereafter, the process shifts to the standby state.

Therefore, according to the above operation control, for example,
As shown in FIG. 2, as the telephone directory data, “099-123- △△△△” is stored in the own station data, and “Sato”, “099-234- △△△△” and “090-” are stored in the first data. 12
34- △△△△ ”is stored, and as the regional data,“ 090 ”and“ mobile phone ”are included in the first data,
The second data includes “070” and “PHS”, the third data includes “097” and “Kagoshima”, and the fourth data includes “09”.
In the state where “7” and “Oita” are stored, when the telephone number “099-134- △△△△” is received at the time of the incoming call, if the local notification is not prohibited for all the settings, “Kagoshima "And" Sato ".
If either is prohibited, only "Sato" can be notified, and "097-234- @"
When the telephone number “Δ” is received and the regional notification of all regions is not prohibited, “Oita” and “097-234-
Δ △△△ ”, and when the area notification of all areas is prohibited,“ 097-234- △△△ ”
Only “Δ” can be notified.

In the operation control described above, the higher-order digits of the telephone number received at the time of the incoming call are compared with the regional data, and the corresponding regional data is reported. However, the present invention is not limited to this. The phone number received at the time of the incoming call is "0
"Mobile phone" or "PH" such as "90" or "070"
S ", the telephone number is registered as telephone directory data, and if a telephone number other than the telephone number is registered correspondingly, the upper digits of the corresponding telephone number and the area data May be compared, and the corresponding regional data may also be displayed. That is, for example, when the telephone number “090-1234- △△△△” is received in a state where the telephone directory data and the regional data as shown in FIG. 2 are stored, the regional notification is prohibited for all the settings. If not, "mobile phone", "Kagoshima", and "Sato" may be notified.

Next, an operation for reproducing a message recorded by the above operation control will be described with reference to flowcharts shown in FIGS.

In the standby state, when the reproduction of the message is instructed by the operation of the operation input unit 8 by the user (step S41), the main control unit 13 sets the voice storage unit 7 in the standby state.
And controlling the storage unit 9 to read out the caller telephone number corresponding to the business message (step S42), based on the read caller telephone number and the setting status stored in the RAM constituting the main control unit 13. A notification operation is performed to notify the user of either the regional data and name, the regional data and telephone number, only the name, only the telephone number, or only the regional data, and thereafter, the message is reproduced (step S4).
3).

When the reproduction of the business message has been completed, the main control unit 13 determines whether or not there is a next business message (step S44), and determines that there is a next business message. In this case, the message is reproduced based on the caller telephone number corresponding to the message and the setting status, and the message is reproduced (steps S42 and S4).
3) When it is determined that there is no next message,
Move to the standby state.

Therefore, according to the above operation control, at the time of reproducing the business message, it is possible to notify the regional data corresponding to the reproduced business message.

Next, another example of the operation at the time of an incoming call and at the time of an answering operation in the answering machine configured as described above is shown in FIG.
And a flowchart shown in FIG.

In the standby state, a caller telephone number reception start signal arrives from the communication line 1 and the caller telephone number reception start signal received is received by the caller telephone number receiver 5 (step S51). The main control unit 13 controls the line interface 2 to connect the communication line 1 so that the caller telephone number receiving unit 5 receives the caller telephone number, and thereafter releases the communication line 1 (step S5).
Along with 2), the caller telephone number received by the caller telephone number receiving unit 5 is stored in the storage unit 9 as incoming call history data (step S53).

The main control unit 13 performs a notification operation based on the read out caller telephone number and the setting status stored in the RAM constituting the main control unit 13, and performs the area data and name, the area data and the telephone Number, name only, phone number only, or regional data only, and then
When a call signal arrives from the communication line 1 and the incoming call signal is detected a predetermined number of times by the incoming call detection unit 4 (steps S54 to S56), the main control unit 13 controls the line interface 2 to control the communication line 1 (Step S57), the voice storage unit 7 and the voice conversion unit 6
To send a response message to the communication line 1 (step S58), and thereafter, a message sent from the communication line 1 until a predetermined time elapses or until a call end signal arrives from the communication line 1. Is converted into digital data by the voice conversion unit 6 and stored in the voice storage unit 7 (steps S59 and S60).

When the predetermined time elapses or when the end signal arrives from the communication line 1, the line interface 2 is controlled to release the communication line 1 (step S61), and the data being broadcast is converted to the voice conversion unit 6. Then, the data is converted into digital data, and stored in the first or second stage of the message stored in the voice storage unit 7 (step S62).

Therefore, according to the above operation control, the area of the caller can be recognized at the time of an incoming call, and the message can be recorded only by playing back the message stored in the voice storage unit 7. It can recognize the caller's area.

Although the above embodiment has been described using an answering machine connected to the communication line 1 by wire, the present invention is not limited to this, and a portable telephone connected wirelessly via a base station is described. It is needless to say that the same can be applied similarly.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the above-described operation control is performed based on the program and the area data previously recorded in the ROM constituting the main control unit 13 has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this. Instead, the program or the area data is read from a disk on which the program or the area data is recorded by a predetermined reader or received via the communication line 1, and the read or received program or the area data is stored in the RAM or the storage unit 9 constituting the main control unit 13. And the above-described operation control may be performed based on the stored program and regional data.

[0041]

As described above, according to the first or fifth aspect of the present invention, the caller is located by notifying the area information corresponding to the predetermined number of digits of the telephone number received at the time of the incoming call. Since the area can be recognized, the sender can be specified quickly and easily.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the area information corresponding to the predetermined number of digits of the telephone number received at the time of the incoming call and the caller information are notified together, so that the area where the caller is located and the caller's location are identified. Because we can recognize your name at the same time, even if you have multiple callers with the same name,
The sender can be specified more reliably.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, when the area information corresponding to the telephone number having the predetermined number of digits that matches the predetermined number of digits of the telephone number received at the time of the incoming call matches the specific area information, The notification of meaningless local information can be omitted by prohibiting the notification of, and it is possible to prevent the user from being confused by providing unnecessary information.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, when a predetermined number of digits of a caller's telephone number received at the time of an incoming call coincides with the telephone number of the predetermined number of digits, the telephone number corresponding to the predetermined number of digits is matched. By reading the area information to be converted to voice information and including it in the message recorded when the incoming call is automatically answered, it is possible to recognize the area where the caller is located when playing the message, Can be quickly and easily specified.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing an electrical configuration of an answering machine which is an embodiment of a communication device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory view showing a memory configuration of the answering machine, wherein (a) shows telephone directory data and (b) shows regional data.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an example of operation control at the time of an incoming call and at the time of an answering operation in the answering machine.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a notification operation control in the answering machine.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an operation control at the time of playing back a message in the answering machine.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing another example of the operation control of the answering machine at the time of an incoming call and at the time of answering;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Communication line 2 Line interface 3 Handset 4 Incoming call detection part 5 Caller telephone number reception part 6 Voice conversion part 7 Voice storage part 8 Operation input part 9 Storage part 10 Dial transmission part 11 Display part 12 Speaker 13 Main control part

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A communication device capable of receiving a caller's telephone number arriving at an incoming call, comprising: a region information storage means for storing a telephone number having a predetermined number of digits and area information in association with each other; And a control unit for notifying the local information corresponding to the telephone number having the predetermined number of digits when the telephone number having the predetermined number of digits coincides with the predetermined number of digits of the telephone number received at the time of the incoming call. Characteristic communication device. 2. A caller information storage means for storing a telephone number having a predetermined number of digits and caller information in association with each other, while the control means comprises a telephone number having a predetermined number of digits stored in the caller information storage means. When the telephone number matches the predetermined number of digits of the telephone number received at the time of the incoming call, and the predetermined number of digits of the telephone number received at the time of the incoming call matches the telephone number of the predetermined number of digits stored in the area information storage means. 2. The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the caller information and the area information corresponding to the telephone number having the predetermined number of matching digits are notified together. 3. The communication device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit prohibits the notification of the area information when the notified area information matches the specific area information. 4. An answering machine function for automatically responding to an incoming call and recording a message from a caller, while the control means stores a predetermined number of digits of the caller telephone number received at the time of the call and the local information storage means. When the stored telephone number of the predetermined number of digits matches, the area information corresponding to the telephone number of the predetermined predetermined number of digits is read, converted to voice information, and included in the message from the caller. The communication device according to claim 1, wherein 5. A communication device capable of receiving a caller's telephone number arriving at the time of an incoming call, stores a telephone number of a predetermined number of digits and area information in association with each other, and stores the telephone number of a predetermined number of digits stored in the communication device. A medium in which, when a predetermined number of digits of a telephone number received at the time of an incoming call match, a program for notifying regional information corresponding to the telephone number of the predetermined number of matching numbers is recorded.