JP2001326739A - Key telephone device provided with voice storage device, key telephone set and key telephone main device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable a sender to designate a notifying method in accordance with mail urgency when a receiver notifies the reception of an e-mail by utiliz ing a key telephone device having a voice storage device capable of communicat ing with the Internet network. SOLUTION: The voice storage device 6 owns a plurality of e-mail addresses, and a method for notifying the receiver is designated to a processing by self- addresses storage device 18 in every address. The sender adds the mail address of the storage device 6 which corresponds to a desired notifying method as a multi-address destination address in addition to the direct destination address of the receiver and performs transmission. The storage device 6 that receives the e-mail performs prescribed notification of the turning-on, etc., of a lamp 3L of the key telephone set with respect to the received mail with a method designated by the device 18 when a header information analyzing device 14 analyzes the direct destination address and the multi-address destination address and the addresses are registered in the device 16.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a key telephone, a key telephone, and a key telephone main unit provided with a voice storage device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a conventional key telephone apparatus. This device comprises a main device 31,
A telephone interface 32, a telephone 33, and a voice storage device 36 are roughly constituted. Lamp 33 on telephone 33
L is provided. The office line interface 34 is connected to a public line. The central processing unit 35 controls the telephone interface 32 and the line interface 34. The voice storage device 36 includes a voice information storage device 38 for storing a conversation and a message during a call, and a call destination storage device 3 for storing a party to be notified when new voice information is registered.
9. Guidance storage device 40 in which the guidance to be sent when the callee answers is registered, lamp lighting destination storage device 41 for storing a telephone that turns on the lamp when new voice information is registered, main device 31 Has a control device 37 connected to the central processing unit 35. Control device 3
7 is a voice information storage device 38, a call destination storage device 39,
The guidance storage device 40 and the lamp lighting destination storage device 41 are controlled.

The voice information storage device 38, the call destination storage device 39, and the lamp lighting destination storage device 41 are divided into areas corresponding to the number of people who use the voice storage device 36, and the areas 38a of the divided individual area voice information storage devices 38. , 38b, ...
, Areas 39a, 39b,... Of the call destination storage device 39.
And areas 41a and 41b of the lamp lighting destination storage device 41
... are assigned IDs. FIG. 11, FIG. 12, and FIG. 13 are views showing the inside of each storage device, and the above-mentioned IDs shown in the drawings are called box numbers. For example, assuming that the ID corresponding to the areas 38a, 39a, 41a of the respective storage devices is 10, the voice information for the box number 10 is stored in the area 38a of the voice information storage device 38 and stored in the area 39a of the call destination storage device 39. A call is made to the stored number, and the telephone lamp stored in the area 41a of the lamp lighting destination storage device 41 is turned on.

[0004] The control device 37 of the voice storage device 36
When a predetermined input for connection to the terminal is made from the telephone 33 or a terminal on the public line, the notification is sent to the central processing unit 35 via the telephone interface 32 or the central line interface 34, and the central processing unit 35 , And the voice storage device 36 can be operated from the telephone 33 or the public line terminal.

Next, the operation of the above configuration will be described.
When a predetermined operation on the telephone 33 or the public line terminal is notified to the central processing unit 35, the central processing unit 35
Causes the voice information storage device 38 to store voice information from the telephone 33 or a public line via the control device 37 of the voice storage device 36. At this time, the voice information is stored in the voice information storage device 38 by performing a predetermined operation of designating the box number 10 from the telephone set 33 or a public line terminal.
Is stored in the area 38a. Voice information storage device 3
When the voice information is stored in the area 38a of No. 8, the control device 37 fetches the call destination number from the area 39a corresponding to the same box number from the call destination storage device 39, and through the central processing unit 35, the telephone interface 32 To the telephone 33 or the line interface 34
Make a call to the public line via. When the called party answers, the control device 37 fetches predetermined guidance from the guidance storage device 40 and sends it to the called party (for example, "There is a new message").

[0006] The control device 37 stores an area 41a corresponding to the same box number from the lamp lighting destination storage device 41.
, The telephone number of the lighting destination is taken out and notified to the central processing unit 35, and the central processing unit 35
Lights up. At this time, by not storing the call destination and the lighting destination in the call destination storage device 39 and the lamp lighting destination storage device 41, it is possible to intentionally call and not turn on the lamp.

As described above, according to the above configuration, when voice information is stored, a call is made to the called party and the lamp of the designated telephone is turned on, and the voice is stored within a short time after the voice information is stored. You can be prompted to confirm the information.

[0008]

However, in recent years when the Internet network has been developed and a large amount of data can be transmitted / received, the proportion of electronic mail communication has increased alongside voice messages. This e-mail has the advantage that it can be viewed at the convenience of the recipient, but on the other hand, it is difficult to understand that the e-mail was received except in a special environment (such as a mobile phone that supports e-mail reception). There was a problem that sometimes. For this reason, a method of notifying the reception of mail in conjunction with the exchange has been devised, but in recent years the number of mails addressed to an unspecified large number, such as direct mail, has increased, and notification has been made for all mail reception. It becomes complicated.

The present invention solves such a conventional problem, and notifies a recipient of reception of an electronic mail using a key telephone device having a voice storage device capable of communicating with the Internet network. At this time, a key telephone device equipped with a voice storage device that allows the sender to specify a method of notification according to the urgency of the mail, and a key telephone and a key telephone main device of the device, a key telephone device, a telephone, and a key telephone main device The purpose is to provide.

[0010]

In order to achieve the above object, a key telephone apparatus provided with a voice storage device according to the present invention is a key telephone apparatus provided with a voice storage device capable of communicating with the Internet network. Own address management means for managing a plurality of e-mail addresses owned by the storage device, e-mail extraction means for obtaining e-mails transmitted to each e-mail address, and a destination address and a destination address directly from header information of the received e-mail. Header information analysis means for recognizing a broadcast destination address, address information storage means for storing the read direct destination address and the broadcast destination address, and address storage means for storing an e-mail address held by a user of the apparatus; The header information of the received e-mail and the user's e-mail address stored in the address storage Address search means for searching for a match between addresses, and own address-specific processing storage means for executing, when an e-mail address matches, a different notification process based on the match between the direct destination address and the broadcast destination address. Features. According to this configuration, when the sender of the e-mail sends the discrimination between the recipient's direct destination address and the broadcast destination address, the voice storage device stores the user's address and the direct destination address stored in advance, If any of the destination addresses match, it will be considered as a notification target,
The sender can be notified to the recipient in a manner intended by the sender corresponding to each.

The key telephone according to the present invention is a key telephone connected to a voice storage device capable of communicating with the Internet network, wherein the voice storage device has own address management means for managing a plurality of e-mail addresses possessed by the key telephone. Mail extracting means for obtaining an e-mail transmitted to each mail address; header information analyzing means for directly recognizing a destination address and a broadcast destination address from header information of the received e-mail; Address information storage means for storing an address and a broadcast destination address; address storage means for storing an e-mail address held by a user of the key telephone; destination address and address storage means indicated by the received e-mail; Address search means to search for matches of the e-mail addresses of the users Self-address processing storage means for storing the contents of execution of different notification processing to the key telephone depending on whether the electronic mail address matches either the direct destination address or the broadcast destination address. The present invention is characterized in that, by executing a predetermined process stored in the address-specific process storage means, a corresponding one is notified in a predetermined manner. According to the above configuration,
When the sender of the e-mail distinguishes the recipient's direct destination address from the broadcast destination address and sends it, the voice storage device stores the user's address stored in advance, the direct destination address, or the broadcast destination address. If they match, it is regarded as a notification target, and a notification is sent to the recipient via the key telephone in a manner intended by the sender corresponding to each.

Further, in the self-address processing storing means of the present invention, a direct destination address and a broadcast destination address are set in advance according to the importance of the notification, and the notification processing is performed for the corresponding key telephone according to the importance of the notification. Is executed, and
The key telephone can be configured to give a notification according to the importance of the notification stored in the own address-specific processing storage means. According to the above configuration, the sender of the e-mail distinguishes the direct destination address and the broadcast destination address according to the importance of the notification and transmits the same, so that the recipient of the e-mail can receive the important information of the notification via the key telephone. You will be able to know the degree.

When the importance of the notification is high, a lamp provided can be turned on. As described above, the importance of the notification can be notified by lighting the lamp of the key telephone.

A key telephone main unit according to the present invention is a key telephone main unit connected to a voice storage device capable of communicating with the Internet network, wherein the voice storage device manages a plurality of e-mail addresses owned by the voice storage device. Management means, mail extraction means for obtaining an e-mail sent to each mail address, header information analysis means for directly recognizing a destination address and a broadcast destination address from header information of the received e-mail, and Address information storage means for storing a direct destination address and a broadcast destination address; address storage means for storing an e-mail address held by a user of the apparatus; and destination address and address storage means indicated by the received e-mail. Address search means for searching for matches of the e-mail addresses of The main address of the button telephone main unit when the corresponding address is the direct destination address or the broadcast destination address. The present invention is characterized in that a predetermined notification is sent to a corresponding key telephone or an external terminal by executing a predetermined process stored in the own address-specific process storage means. According to the above configuration, when the sender of the e-mail adds the broadcast destination address according to the intended notification method in addition to the address of the recipient, the voice storage device receives the e-mail at the e-mail address corresponding to the notification method. If the pre-stored user's address matches any of the direct destination address and the broadcast destination address, it is regarded as a notification target, and the sender notifies the receiver of the key telephone or the external terminal in the method intended by the sender. Will be able to do it.

[0015]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the key telephone apparatus according to the present invention will be described below. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the key telephone apparatus of the present invention. The illustrated key telephone apparatus is mainly composed of a main device 1, a telephone 3, and a voice storage device 6. The mail receiving terminal 19 such as a personal computer is provided independently of the main device 1 and the voice storage device 6, and is connected to the Internet.

The main unit 1 is connected to a telephone 3 via a telephone interface 2 and to a public line via a line interface 4. The central processing unit 5 includes the telephone interface 2 and the office line interface 4.
Control.

The voice storage device 6 has a control device 7 connected to the central processing unit 5 of the main device 1. The voice storage device 6 is connected to an Internet network via a cable 20, and the control device 7 is provided with means for controlling the communication. The voice storage device 6 provides services such as electronic mail using the Internet network. It is configured to be available.

The audio storage device 6 includes the following devices 8
~ 18. The voice information storage device 8 stores conversations and messages during a call. The call destination storage device 9 stores a party to be notified when voice information is newly registered. Guidance sent out when the called party answers is registered in the guidance storage device 10 in advance. The lamp lighting destination storage device 11 stores a telephone which turns on the lamp when voice information is newly registered. The own address management device 12 manages a plurality of mail address information owned by the voice storage device. The mail retrieval control device 13
The mail of the Internet network is taken out at regular intervals using the information of the own address management device 12. The header information analysis device 14 analyzes the header information of the received mail, and stores the result in the header information storage device 15. The address storage device 16 stores the e-mail address of the key telephone device user. The address search device 17 searches for a match between the received address stored in the header information storage device 15 and the contents of the address storage device 16. The own address-based processing storage device 18 stores in advance the correspondence between the own address that received the mail and the subsequent processing. The control device 7 includes the voice information storage device 8 to the address-specific processing storage device 1
8 are controlled.

Voice information storage device 8, call destination storage device 9, lamp lighting destination storage device 11, address storage device 16
Are divided into areas corresponding to the number of persons who use the voice storage device 6, and the divided areas 8a, 8b,... Of the voice information storage device 8 and the area 9 of the call destination storage device 9 are divided.
a, 9b,... and area 1 of the lamp lighting destination storage device 11
1a, 11b,..., Area 16 of address storage device 16
a, 16b... are assigned IDs. 2, 3, 4,
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the inside of each of the storage devices 8, 9, 11, and 16, and the IDs shown in FIG.
Is called a box number.

For example, a message to the user of the box number 10 is stored in the area 8a of the voice information storage device 8. The call destination is the area 9a of the call destination storage device 9.
The lighting destination is the area 11a of the lamp lighting destination storage device 11.
The mail address used in the personal computer or the like is registered in the area 16a of the address storage device 16 using the number stored in the address storage device 16.

As shown in FIG. 6, the header information storage device 15 is provided with a direct destination address storage unit 15a and a broadcast destination address storage unit 15b.

Next, the operation of the above configuration will be described. Here, the user A of the mail receiving terminal 19 sends the voice storage device 6
Is used. The mail address of the mail receiving terminal 19 is set to A @ mci. co. jp, Mr. A stores his mail address A @ mcic in the area 16a corresponding to the box 10 in the address storage device 16.
o. jp is stored. The voice storage device 6 acquires a plurality of mail addresses, and the information is stored in its own address management device 12.
Registered in.

Here, for example, as shown in FIG. 7, in the own address management device 12, Lamp @ mci. co. j
p, Call @ mci. co. jp, Msg @ Msi.
co. jp are obtained. Mr. A also has A @ mci. co. If jp wants to be notified to the telephone 3 of the extension number 100 when receiving the mail, the extension number 100 is stored in the area 29a corresponding to the box 10 in the callee storage device 9. Similarly, when it is desired to turn on the lamp 3L of the telephone 3, the extension number 100 is stored in the area 31a corresponding to the box 10 in the lamp lighting destination storage device 11.

When an external person B sends an e-mail to Mr. A, he / she wants to turn on the lamp of Mr. A's telephone so that he / she notices the reception as soon as possible. ＠Mci. co. jp, C
c: etc. as the broadcast address Lamp @ mci.
co. jp is also added to the destination and broadcast.

FIG. 8 is a flow chart showing the contents of processing for extracting and analyzing mail. Mail retrieval control device 1
3 sequentially retrieves a plurality of own addresses from the own address management device 12 at predetermined time intervals, and sends them to a mail server in order to obtain an e-mail addressed to each address (S1). According to the above transmission, Lamp @ mci. co. The mail from Mr. B who has designated jp as the destination can be received.

The header information breaking unit 14 extracts the direct destination address and the broadcast destination address from the header information of the received e-mail, and stores the direct destination address storage unit 15a of the header information storage unit 15 and the broadcast destination address storage, respectively. It is stored in the unit 15b. The address search device 17 includes a direct destination address storage unit 15a and a broadcast destination address storage unit 15a.
A search is made to see if there is any address stored in both storage units b that matches the address stored in the address storage device 35 (S2 to S4).

According to the above example, the contents of the area 16a corresponding to the box 10 in the direct destination address storage section 15a and the address storage device 16 are A @ mci. co. jp (S5). As described above, when the coincidence of the addresses is detected, the control device 7 executes the notification of the mail reception to Mr. A by the own address-specific processing storage device 18.

The own address-specific processing storage device 18 stores in advance the correspondence between the address from which the mail was acquired and the subsequent processing. When the execution of the above contents is registered as shown in FIG. 9, the control device selects process A. That is, the lighting destination is fetched from the lamp lighting destination storage device 11 (S10), the control device 7 notifies the central processing device 5 of the lighting destination number (S11), and the central processing device 5
Is turned on (S12).

When Mr. B wants to call and notify A's telephone 3 for an urgent mail, a call address other than A's address (A@mci.co.jp) and Call ＠Mci. co. jp is selected. In this case, Lamp @ mci. co. jp, the notification of the mail reception is sent to Mr. A. At this time, Call @ mco. co. jp, the own-address-specific processing storage device 18 selects the processing B.

That is, the call destination is fetched from the call destination storage device 9 (S13), the control device 7 notifies the central processing unit 5 of the call destination number (S14), and the central processing unit 5 transmits the telephone interface 2 or the local line. The telephone 3 or the public line terminal 19 is called via the interface 4 (S15). When the called party answers, a predetermined guidance (for example, “there is a received mail”) is transmitted from the guidance storage device 10 (S16).

Further, when Mr. B wants to let Mr. A's user setting determine whether or not there is a notification, the address of Mr. A
mci. co. Msg as broadcast address in addition to jp
＠Mci. co. When jp is selected, the own address-specific processing storage device 18 selects the processing C.

In this case, the control device 7 registers a predetermined guidance (eg, “there is a received mail”) extracted from the guidance storage unit 10 as a message in the voice information storage device 28a (S17). If Mr. A has set the designated phone's lamp lighting, calling, etc. at the time of normal message registration, notification is made in the same manner (S18). Also, b
If he decides that notification is not required, A @
mci. co. If only jp is specified, no notification is made.

As described above, according to the above-described embodiment, there is an advantage that the sender of the e-mail can select a method of notifying the recipient by changing the broadcast destination address to be added according to the urgency of the e-mail. Also, there is an advantage that mail from an unspecified party who has not previously notified the setting of the reception notification using the broadcast address is not notified at all.

[0034]

According to the key telephone apparatus provided with the voice storage device of the present invention, the sender of the e-mail distinguishes the direct destination address of the recipient from the broadcast destination address and transmits the same, whereby the voice storage device is obtained. If the address of the user that is stored in advance matches the direct destination address or the broadcast destination address, it is regarded as the notification target, and the sender is notified according to the intended method according to each of them. Will be able to

Further, according to the key telephone set of the present invention, when the sender of the e-mail distinguishes between the direct destination address of the recipient and the broadcast destination address and transmits the same, the key telephone set is stored in advance by the control of the voice storage device. If any of the address of the user and the direct destination address or the broadcast destination address match, it is regarded as a notification target, and the sender is notified in accordance with each of them in a manner intended by the sender. As a result, the arrival of the e-mail to the user of the key telephone can be notified in different states.

According to the key telephone set of the present invention, the sender of the e-mail distinguishes the direct destination address and the broadcast destination address according to the importance of the notification and transmits the same. Through this, the importance of this notification can be known.

Further, by lighting the lamp of the key telephone according to the present invention, the operator of the key telephone can easily know the importance of the notification.

According to the key telephone apparatus of the present invention, when the sender of the e-mail adds a broadcast destination address according to the intended notification method in addition to the address of the receiver, the voice storage device can handle the notification method. If the e-mail address is received and the user's address stored in advance matches either the direct destination address or the broadcast destination address, it is regarded as a notification target and the sender can use the key telephone or external Notification to the receiver of the terminal can be performed.

As described above, according to the present invention, only the direct destination address and the broadcast destination address are distinguished between the sending side and the receiving side of the e-mail in advance so that the notification states are different from each other. This has an excellent effect that a method of notifying the recipient can be selected. At the same time, there is an advantage that no notification is given for mail from an unspecified party who has not previously notified the setting of the classification of the direct or broadcast destination address.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a key telephone apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing contents stored in a voice information storage device;

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing storage contents of a call destination storage device;

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the contents stored in a lamp lighting destination storage device;

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing storage contents of an address storage device.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing storage contents of a header information storage device.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing storage contents of a self address management device;

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing processing contents of extracting and analyzing mail.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart of the storage contents of a processing storage device for each address and the processing contents of execution;

FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing an example of a conventional key telephone device.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing storage contents of a voice information storage device provided in a conventional key telephone device.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing storage contents of a call destination storage device provided in a conventional key telephone apparatus.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing storage contents of a lamp lighting destination storage device provided in a conventional key telephone device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Main apparatus 2 Telephone interface 3 Telephone 4 Central office interface 5 Central processing unit 6 Voice storage device 7 Control device 8 Voice information storage device 9 Call destination storage device 10 Guidance storage device 11 Lamp lighting destination storage device 12 Self address management device 13 Mail Extraction control device 14 Header information analysis device 15 Header information storage device 15a Direct destination address storage unit 15b Broadcast destination address storage unit 16 Address storage device 17 Address search device 18 Own address-specific processing storage device 19 Mail reception terminal 20 Cable

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Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A key telephone device comprising a voice storage device capable of communicating with the Internet network, a self-address management means for managing a plurality of e-mail addresses owned by the voice storage device, and addressing each of the mail addresses. E-mail extracting means for obtaining an e-mail sent to the e-mail; header information analyzing means for directly recognizing the destination address and the broadcast destination address from the header information of the received e-mail; and the read direct destination address and the broadcast destination Address information storage means for storing an address; address storage means for storing an e-mail address held by a user of the apparatus; header information of the received e-mail and user's e-mail stored in the address storage means Address search means for searching for an address match; Sometimes the match key telephone system having a voice storage device being characterized in that and a self-address processing storage means for performing the different notification processing respectively coincide direct destination address and the broadcast destination address. 2. A key telephone connected to a voice storage device capable of communicating with the Internet network, wherein the voice storage device has own address management means for managing a plurality of e-mail addresses owned by the key storage device. A mail extracting unit that obtains an electronic mail transmitted to a mail address; a header information analyzing unit that directly recognizes a destination address and a broadcast destination address from header information of the received electronic mail; Address information storage means for storing a broadcast destination address; address storage means for storing an e-mail address held by the user of the key telephone; destination address indicated by the received e-mail; and address information stored in the address storage means. Address search means for searching for a match between the e-mail addresses of the users And a self-address-specific processing storage means for storing the contents of execution of a different notification process for the key telephone depending on whether it is a direct destination address or a broadcast destination address when the address matches. A key telephone set characterized in that, by executing a predetermined process stored in an address-specific process storage means, a corresponding one performs a predetermined notification. 3. The self-address processing storage means sets in advance the direct destination address and the broadcast destination address according to the importance of the notification, and notifies the corresponding key telephone set of the notification according to the importance of the notification. 3. The key telephone set according to claim 2, wherein the key telephone sets the importance of the notification stored in the address-specific processing storage unit. 4. The key telephone according to claim 3, wherein the key telephone turns on a lamp provided when the importance of the notification is high. 5. A key telephone main unit connected to a voice storage device capable of communicating with the Internet network, wherein the voice storage device has own address management means for managing a plurality of e-mail addresses owned by the key storage device. A mail extracting means for obtaining an electronic mail transmitted to each of the mail addresses; a header information analyzing means for directly recognizing a destination address and a broadcast destination address from header information of the received electronic mail; Address information storage means for storing an address and a broadcast destination address; address storage means for storing an e-mail address held by a user of the apparatus; a destination address indicated by the received e-mail; Address search means for searching for a match between the e-mail addresses of the Address key storage device for storing the contents of execution of different notification processing to the key telephone main device depending on whether it is a direct destination address or a broadcast destination address when the addresses match. Is a key telephone main unit configured to perform predetermined processing stored in the own address-specific processing storage means and to perform predetermined notification to a corresponding key telephone or an external terminal.