JP2001292225A - Telephone set - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To operate a remote control function or the like by controlling a telephone set from a place of visit without connecting (closing) a telephone network. SOLUTION: Concerning the telephone set having a caller telephone number report service or other functions except for speech, this telephone set is provided with a storage 14 for previously storing a specified caller telephone number, call incoming time measuring means 20 for updating and storing the number of times of incoming call after successively adding incoming call from the specified caller telephone number as one call when the network is disconnected without responding to the call, timer means 19 for measuring set fixed time, and CPU 22 for operating and controlling the other function when the number of times of incoming call, which is measured by the call incoming time measuring means 20, from the stored specified caller telephone number becomes the preset prescribed number of times within the fixed time measured by the timer means 19.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a telephone having a caller's telephone number notification service function, a function other than a telephone call, and a remote control function for operating other devices with a remote control.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When a remote control function is operated using a telephone, for example, an automatic answering function, which is a function equivalent to an answering machine function of the telephone, is generally built in, and an incoming signal of an incoming telephone call is determined in advance. When the number of times is reached, the telephone line is connected by an automatic response, and after confirming that a predetermined password is transmitted, the remote controller is operated upon receiving a command signal for operating a predetermined function. That is, in order to operate the remote control function with a conventional telephone, it is necessary to prepare a specific password, and it is necessary to once connect a telephone line in order to operate the remote control.

[0003]

For this reason, there is a problem that the remote control function cannot be operated from outside when the password is forgotten. Also,
In order to turn on and off the remote control function, it is necessary to connect a telephone line without fail, so that there was a problem that the user was charged before the remote control function was activated.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to control a telephone from outside and to operate a remote control function without connecting (closing) a telephone line. It is to provide a telephone which can be used.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a telephone according to the present invention is a telephone having a caller telephone number notification service function and a function other than a telephone call, wherein a specific caller telephone number is stored. A registration means for pre-registering, and when a line is disconnected without responding to an incoming call from a specific caller's telephone number, this is sequentially added as one incoming call count, and the incoming call count after the addition is added. Means for counting the number of incoming calls, and a measuring means for measuring a set fixed time,
When the number of incoming calls from a specific caller telephone number measured and stored by the number-of-incoming-calls measuring means within a predetermined time measured by the measuring means reaches a predetermined number of times set in advance, the other function is performed. And control means for performing control by operating the control unit.

According to the present invention having such features,
The system is designed to activate other functions of the telephone when a certain number of calls are received from a specific caller's telephone number within a certain period of time without closing the telephone line. In addition, it is possible to control other functions of the telephone from outside.

The telephone according to the present invention is a telephone having a caller telephone number notification service function and a remote control function capable of operating other devices with a remote controller, and a registration means for registering a specific caller telephone number in advance; If the line is disconnected without responding to an incoming call from a specific caller's telephone number, this is sequentially added as one incoming call count, and the incoming call count measuring means for storing the added incoming call count is stored. When,
A measuring means for measuring a set fixed time, and the number of incoming calls from a specific caller telephone number measured and stored by the incoming call number measuring means within a certain time measured by the measuring means are set in advance. Control means for controlling another device by operating the remote control function when the predetermined number of times has been reached.

According to the present invention having such features,
Without closing the telephone line, the remote control function of the telephone is activated when there is a predetermined number of calls from a specific caller's telephone number within a certain period of time. Thus, it is possible to control the remote control function of the telephone from outside.

[0009]

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

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a system configuration of a telephone according to the present invention.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a communication line such as a public telephone network or a LAN for connecting the telephone set.
, A hook switch means 2, a pulse dial sending means 3, a speech network means 4, and a receiver 5 are sequentially connected.

The hook switch means 2 is a block for forming a DC loop between the telephone and the exchange to put the telephone into an operation state such as a telephone call. Pulse dial sending means 3
Is a block for transmitting a rotary dial signal of the telephone set, and may be shared with the hook switch means 2 in some cases. The speech network means 4 is a block for performing 2-wire to 4-wire conversion for making a telephone call with the present telephone, and often has a route for transmitting a tone selection signal. The receiver 5 includes a microphone for talking and an earpiece.

The communication line 1 is connected to an incoming signal detecting means 6 for detecting a call signal sent from an exchange (not shown) when a call is received.
The output of the incoming signal detection means 6 is guided to an incoming signal reading means 12 of a telephone control unit 8 for controlling the entire telephone. The speech network means 4 includes a CID signal detecting means 7 for detecting a signal corresponding to a caller telephone number (hereinafter referred to as a CID number) sent from the exchange.
Are connected, and the output of the CID signal detecting means 7 is guided to the CID signal reading means 10 of the telephone control unit 8.

The telephone control unit 8 includes a hook switch control unit 9, the CID signal reading unit 10, the CID number demodulating unit 11, the incoming signal reading unit 12, a display control unit 13, a storage unit 14, a speech network control unit. 1
5, selection signal transmission control means 16, key matrix reading means 17, remote control means 18, timer means 19, number of incoming calls measurement means 20, circuit control means for external equipment 21, C
It is constituted by a PU 22. The output of the operation button 23 is connected to the key matrix reading means 17, the display means 24 is connected to the display control means 13, and the external equipment switch control means 21 is connected to the external equipment switch. Means 25 is connected. The output of hook switch control means 9 is connected to hook switch means 2, the output of speech network control means 15 is connected to speech network means 4, and the output of selection signal transmission control means 16 is pulse dial transmission. It is connected to the means 3 and the speech network means 4.

The hook switch control means 9 is a block for controlling the hook switch means 2 when the telephone is connected to the telephone line 1. CID number demodulation means 1
Reference numeral 1 denotes a block for demodulating information to be read from the CID signal read by the CID signal reading means. The display control means 13 is a block for controlling a display means 24 for displaying a dial number, a CID number and other information.

The storage means 14 is a block for storing a telephone number, a CID number, various registration information, and the like. The speech network control means 15 is a block for controlling the speech network means 4. The selection signal transmission control means 16 is a block for controlling the pulse dial transmission means 3 and the speech network means 4.
The key matrix reading means 17 detects that the dial button, the registration button, the hold button, the redial button, etc. of the operation button 23 have been operated or set in order to activate the telephone functions and various functions provided in the telephone. The block to read.

The remote control means 18 is a block for controlling various functions such as a telephone function, a power supply of another device and a recording function by a remote controller. The timer means 19 is a block for measuring a fixed time. The number-of-incoming-calls counting means 20 is a block that counts the number of incoming calls of a specific caller telephone number that has been received within a certain period of time measured by the timer means 19, and stores the measurement result. Note that the measurement result may be stored in the storage unit 14, but in the present embodiment, the configuration is such that the reception count measurement unit 20 stores the measurement result.

The external device circuit control means 21 is a block for driving a device for controlling the external device when the telephone controls an external device. The display means 24 is a block for displaying the telephone number of the caller, the telephone number of the caller obtained by the CID service, and the like, and is composed of a liquid crystal, an LED, or the like. The external device switch means 25 is a block for directly controlling an external device (not shown).

An example of the operation of the telephone having the above configuration is shown in FIG.
This will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.
However, here, as an example of a function to be controlled, a case will be described in which the answering machine response function of the answering machine is turned on and off.

First, a procedure for setting conditions for operating the remote control function will be described with reference to a flowchart shown in FIG.

In order to make various settings, it is necessary to use various buttons provided on the telephone. Various buttons,
It is provided on the operation button 23 shown in FIG.

In order to operate the remote controller, it is necessary to register the telephone number of the telephone to be called from outside. This registration is performed as follows.

First, the telephone is in a standby state without any operation (step S
2), the registration button included in the operation button 23 is pressed to set the telephone in the remote control setting mode (determined as Yes in step S1), and then the answering button also included in the operation button 23 Is pressed (Yes is determined in step S3). Here, it is set so that the answering button is used to activate the function of turning on and off the answering machine response function. In this state, the telephone number of the remote controller
Is input using the dial number button included in the step (4) (step S4).

The button operation signal is read by the key matrix reading means 17 and converted into an electric signal by the CPU.
22. The CPU 22 stores (registers) the input telephone number of the remote control operation telephone (hereinafter also referred to as a specific caller telephone number) in the storage unit 14.
Thereafter, in the same manner, a certain period of time for receiving an incoming call from the specific caller telephone number is input from the operation button 23, and is stored (registered) in the storage unit 14 via the CPU 22.
(Step S5). Then, the number of incoming calls from the specific caller's telephone number (a numerical value for determining the number of incoming calls to activate the remote control function, which is a predetermined number in the claims) is input from the operation button 23, and the CPU 22 Is stored (registered) in the storage means 14 via the server (step S
6).

After the necessary items have been registered in this manner, finally, which remote control function is to be activated is registered (step S7), and the registration operation is completed.

Since the remote control function is turned on by this registration operation (steps S8 and S9), the CPU 22
Then, the procedure shifts to preparations for remote control operation from a destination shown in FIG.

That is, after the timer means 19 and the number-of-incoming-calls measuring means 20 are initialized (that is, the measuring time is set to 0 and the number of incoming calls is set to 0) (step S10), the telephone sets in a non-operation standby state. The system enters a standby state for waiting for an incoming call (step S11).

In this state, if there is an incoming call (determined to be Yes in step S11), the incoming signal is detected by the incoming signal detecting means 6 and read by the incoming signal reading means 12 in the case of the CID accepting contract line. Signal CP
Send to U22. The CPU 22 recognizes that the read signal is a CID incoming signal, and drives the hook switch control means 9 to close the hook switch means 2, thereby forming a DC loop between the telephone and the telephone line 1. Then, the telephone is connected to the telephone line 1.

When the hook switch means 2 is closed and a telephone is connected, a CID signal is transmitted from the exchange (not shown) via the telephone line 1 (Yes in step S12).
s). The CID signal is detected by the CID signal detecting means 7 via the hook switch means 2, the pulse dial transmitting means 3, and the speech network means 4, and is read by the CID signal reading means 10. After reading the CID signal, the CPU 22 stops driving the hook switch control means 9, opens the hook switch means 2, and releases the telephone line 1. On the other hand, CID
The CID signal read by the signal reading means 10 is
The CID number is demodulated by the CID number demodulation unit 11, decoded by the CPU 22, stored in the storage unit 14, and the display control unit 13 displays the telephone number of the caller corresponding to the CID signal on the display unit 24 (step S).
13).

Thereafter, the CPU 22 starts specific processing for the remote control operation. That is, the CPU 22
Compares the decrypted CID number with the telephone number (specific caller telephone number) of the remote control telephone registered in the storage means 14 to check whether or not the two telephone numbers match (step). S14). As a result, if they do not match (No in step S14), the operation returns to the normal telephone operation.

On the other hand, if they match (step S14)
If it is determined to be Yes), it is checked whether or not the number of incoming calls N of the matching CID telephone number received up to that time is 0 by looking at the number of incoming calls measured and stored by the incoming call number measuring means 20 ( Step S15). As a result, if the number of incoming calls N = 0, the timer unit 19 is driven to start measurement for a fixed time (step S16).

On the other hand, as a result of checking the number N of incoming calls, if N = 0, the process proceeds to the next step S17, where the time measured by the timer means 19 is reduced to the predetermined time stored in the storage means 14. Check if it is exceeded.

As a result, if it exceeds (step S1)
If No in step 7), since the predetermined remote control setting condition has already been deviated, the operation proceeds to step S18, the timer unit 19 is reset, and the number of incoming calls is stored in the number-of-incoming times measuring unit 20. Initialize the number of incoming calls and return to normal telephone operation.

On the other hand, if the result of determination in step S17 is that the predetermined time has not been exceeded (if determined to be Yes in step S17), the measuring operation of the timer means 19 is continued as it is, and The number of incoming calls stored in the number counting means 20 is checked (step S19).

As a result, the number of incoming calls obtained by adding one incoming call to the number of incoming calls measured and stored by the incoming call number measuring means 20 is smaller than the number of incoming calls (registered number) stored in the storage means 14. In this case (when it is determined as No in step S19), the number-of-incoming-calls counting means 20 updates and stores the previous number of incoming calls plus one as a new number of incoming calls (step S20), and then performs a normal telephone operation. Return to

On the other hand, as a result of the determination in step S19, the number of incoming calls obtained by adding one incoming call to the number of incoming calls measured and stored by the incoming call number measuring means 20 is stored in the storage means 14.
If the number of incoming calls (the number of registrations) matches or exceeds the number of incoming calls (the number of registrations) stored in (step S19: Yes), the CPU 22 matches the setting condition of the remote controller registered first, and the CPU 22 The control unit 18 is activated to enable the absence response function (step S2).
1). If the answering machine function is already operating, the operation of the remote controller can be disabled. After operating the remote control function, various settings of the remote control are left as they are or changed (step S2).
2) Return to step S10.

When the receiver 5 is picked up during a series of operations, the operation is shifted to a telephone call with priority. Similarly, if the receiver is picked up during the period from the reception of the remote control setting telephone number to the start of the remote control operation, the call priority is given, and the number of incoming calls at this time is not counted as one. In addition, the operation on the side where the remote control operation telephone is placed from outside is performed when it is found that the other party (this telephone) has been called.
You only have to answer the call before the other party answers. Whether or not the call has been reached can be confirmed by an audible sound called a ringback tone that can be heard from the handset.

In the above description of the operation, the operation for turning on and off the answering machine function is described. Instead of controlling such a function built in the telephone, an external device is similarly controlled. It is also possible. In this case, if the external device circuit control means 21 and the external device switch means 25 are incorporated in the telephone, the CPU 22 controls the external device circuit control means 21 and the external device switch means 25 instead of controlling the answering machine response function. Can control.

As explained above, the telephone of the present invention
By using the caller telephone number notification service, it is possible to control the remote control function so that it can be used without closing the telephone line, and then to perform the remote control function that the user originally wants to use. If you do not close the telephone line, you will not be able to enter the billing state, and you can specify the telephone number to be called, the operation time, and the number of incoming calls, so the security is the same as the security code of the conventional remote control telephone Sex can be preserved.

[0040]

According to the telephone of the present invention, an incoming call from a specific caller telephone number can be received without closing the telephone line.
Since the remote control function of the telephone can be activated when a predetermined number of times occur within a certain period of time, there is an effect that the remote control function of the telephone can be controlled from outside while avoiding an unnecessary charging state.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a system configuration of a telephone according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a setting operation of a function procedure of the telephone according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a remote control operation which is a basic operation of the telephone according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Telephone line 2 Hook switch means 3 Pulse dial sending means 4 Speech network means 5 Handset 6 Incoming signal detection means 7 CID signal detection means 8 Telephone control unit 9 Hook switch control means 10 CID signal reading means 11 CID number demodulation means 12 Incoming signal Reading means 13 Display control means 14 Storage means 15 Speech network control means 16 Selection signal transmission control means 17 Key matrix reading means 18 Remote control means 19 Timer means 20 Number of incoming calls counting means 21 External device circuit control means 22 CPU 23 Operation buttons 24 Display means 25 External device switch means

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A telephone having a caller telephone number notification service function and a function other than a telephone call, comprising: a registration unit for registering a specific caller telephone number in advance; On the other hand, if the line is disconnected without responding to this, the number is sequentially added as one incoming call count, and the incoming call count measuring means for updating and storing the added incoming call count, and the set fixed time is measured. And when the number of incoming calls from a specific caller telephone number measured and stored by the number-of-incoming-calls counting means has reached a predetermined number of times within a predetermined time measured by the measuring means. And control means for controlling the other functions by operating the other functions. 2. A telephone having a caller telephone number notification service function and a remote control function capable of operating another device with a remote controller, comprising: a registering means for registering a specific caller telephone number in advance; If the line is disconnected without responding to the incoming call from, the number of incoming calls is sequentially added as one incoming call and the incoming call count after addition is updated and stored. A measuring means for measuring a fixed time; a predetermined number of times the number of incoming calls from a specific caller telephone number measured and stored by the incoming call number measuring means within a certain time measured by the measuring means; And a control means for controlling the other devices by operating the remote control function when the telephone is activated.