JP2003115904A - Telephone unit, exchange, and caller information notice system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To inform a called party about a caller telephone number and caller's name when the caller makes a call. SOLUTION: A user designates itself to be a caller, sets the designation to a caller telephone unit 10A and makes a call to a called party telephone unit 10B. A caller side exchange 100 transmits caller designation information, a caller telephone number A, and a called party telephone number E to a called party exchange 200. The called party exchange 200 transfers the caller designation information and the caller telephone number A to a caller name DB 300 to retrieve a caller name in a contractor DB 300A on the basis of the caller telephone number A and the caller designation information and acquires the result of retrieval. Then the caller party exchange 200 informs the called party telephone unit 10B about the caller name as the acquired retrieval result and the caller telephone number A from the caller exchange 100 when giving the incoming call to the called party telephone unit 10B.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a telephone device, an exchange, and a caller information notification system for notifying a called party of caller information.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, a caller telephone number notification service has been implemented to notify the called party of the caller's telephone number when the caller makes a call. In the telephone device accommodated in the exchange that provides such caller telephone number notification service,
The caller's telephone number notified from the exchange side at the time of an incoming call is received and displayed on the display unit to notify the user of who the incoming call is.

[0003]

Since the above-mentioned caller telephone number notification service notifies only the caller's telephone number to the called party, it is desired that the user side also notify the calling party's name. Is being made. Therefore, an object of the present invention is to make it possible to notify the called party of the calling party telephone number and name when the calling party makes a call.

[0004]

In order to solve such a problem, the present invention connects a telephone device via a line to an exchange capable of notifying a telephone terminal of a receiving side of information of a transmitting side, and In the telephone device, when a call operation is detected by the detection means, a detection means that detects a call operation including a designated operation that specifies information on the calling side that is notified to the phone terminal when making a call to the phone terminal; A transmission signal for transmitting a connection signal for connecting to the telephone terminal and specification information based on a specification operation to the line is provided.

Further, according to the present invention, the exchange should be connected to a database in which at least one or more pieces of information of the calling side is registered in association with the telephone number of the calling side, and this exchange should be notified to the called side. Detecting means for detecting the designated information in which the information of the calling side is designated and the telephone number of the calling side, and transferring the designated information and the telephone number of the calling side detected by the detecting means to the database, Notifying means is provided for searching the information of the calling side according to the telephone number and for inputting the information of the calling side according to the search result to notify the called side together with the telephone number of the calling side.

Further, the present invention connects a telephone device as a called side terminal to an exchange capable of notifying the called side of the information of the calling side designated based on the designation operation of the calling side, and the telephone system is connected to the exchange. A ring tone control means for controlling the ring tone according to the information of the calling side notified from is provided.
In this case, the telephone device accommodates the slave unit, and the telephone device is provided with a table in which the information of the calling side and the ringtone slave unit are registered in association with each other, and the ringtone control means sets each slave unit registered in the table. The ring tone of the slave unit according to the information on the calling side notified from the exchange of the exchanges is activated.
Further, the ring tone control means changes the melody of the ring tone according to the information of the calling side notified from the exchange.

Further, according to the present invention, there are provided an exchange and an exchange which are connected to a database in which information of a plurality of callers is registered in advance in association with the telephone number of the caller and can notify the callee of the information of the caller. The first connected as the calling terminal
And a second telephone device connected to the exchange as a terminal on the receiving side, the first telephone device being the second telephone device when making a call to the second telephone device. A first detecting means for detecting a calling operation including a designating operation for designating information on the calling side to be notified to the destination; and a second telephone device when the calling operation is detected by the first detecting means. And a sending means for sending a designation signal based on a designation operation to the exchange to establish a connection between the two, and the exchange detects the telephone number of the calling side when the sending means sends the connection signal, and the sending means The second detecting means for detecting the transmitted designated information, the designated information detected by the second detecting means and the telephone number of the calling side are transferred to the database, and the designated information and the telephone number of the calling side are transferred. Have the sender search for information Both have a notification means for inputting the information of the calling side according to the search result and notifying the called side, and the second telephone device controls the ring tone according to the information of the calling side notified from the exchange. It is a system having a ring tone control means.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining the outline of the caller notification service applied to the present invention. In FIG. 4, 1
0A is a calling side telephone device (first telephone device), 10B is a receiving side telephone device (second telephone device), 100 is a calling side exchange, 2
00 is a destination exchange, and 300 is a sender name DB (sender name database).

An outline of the caller notification service will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 4, the calling-side telephone device 10A is installed in "XX Co., Ltd." and has a telephone number "03-X".
It is assumed that the user is connected to a subscriber line having “XXX-YYYY” and that “normal notification” is set as the number notification method. Here, at the time point (1) in FIG.
When A makes a call to the destination telephone device 10B, the telephone number of the originating telephone device 10A is sent to the destination exchange 200 via the originating exchange 100. The destination exchange 200 transfers the telephone number of the originating telephone device 10A to the caller name DB 300 at time (2). In the sender name DB 300, the sender name is searched based on the transferred telephone number “03-XXXX-YYYY”, which is the sender name of the search result.
"○○ Co., Ltd." is transferred to the destination exchange 200 at the time point (3). The destination exchange 200 receives the incoming call information at the destination telephone device 10B at time (4) as the incoming call information, the telephone number "03-XXXX-YYYY" of the originating telephone device 10A, and the caller name "XX Corporation". And the destination telephone device 10B.

FIG. 5 shows a receiving side exchange 200 when receiving a call.
FIG. 7 is a sequence diagram showing an operation of the destination telephone device 10B. First, the operation in the case of the analog line shown in FIG. 5A will be described. The destination exchange 200 shown in FIG. 4 receives 16H in step S1 prior to receiving an incoming call to the destination telephone device 10B.
The reception terminal activation signal of z is sent to the destination telephone device 10B. Then, the receiving-side telephone device 10B detects this receiving terminal activation signal and closes the DC loop of the line in step S2 (primary response signal). When the destination exchange 200 recognizes the response from the destination telephone device 10B by the primary response signal based on the line DC loop closure, the destination telephone device 10A's telephone number and the sender's name described above are transmitted by a modem signal. The destination telephone device 10B is notified in step S3.

The destination telephone device 10B includes a destination exchange 200.
When the telephone number and the caller's name of the calling side telephone device 10A notified from are received, the DC loop of the closed line is opened in step S4 (reception completion signal). Destination switch 2
When detecting the reception completion signal, 00 sends a 16 Hz ringing signal to the destination telephone device 10B in step S5. This call signal causes the receiving side telephone device 10B to ring,
When the DC loop of the line is closed by, for example, off-hook of the destination telephone device 10B, the line DC loop closure is transmitted to the destination exchange 200 as a secondary response signal in step S6. Recognize the incoming call response of the telephone device 10B. Therefore, the originating telephone device 10A notified from the destination exchange 200 on the destination telephone device 10B side.
By displaying the telephone number and the caller's name on the display unit, it is possible to easily identify the incoming call from the receiving side telephone device 10B before answering the incoming call.

Next, FIG. 5B is a sequence diagram showing the operation in the case of the ISDN line. In the case of an ISDN line, when receiving a call to the destination telephone device 10B, first, the destination exchange 2
00 to "CNG"("Calling party number information element") and "C
RI-INV (Caller RelatedInfomation-INV) "(caller related character information operation) included" FAC "
(“Facility”) information element and “SETU
"P"("callsetting" message) is transmitted to the destination telephone device 10B via the ISDN line in step S11.

Then, the destination telephone device 10B identifies this "call setup" message, and calls "CALPLPROC".
(“Call setting acceptance” message) is transmitted to the destination exchange 200 in step S12, and then step S1.
In 3 and S14, "ALERT"("call" message) and "CONN"("response" message) are transmitted to the destination exchange 200, respectively. Upon receiving these messages, the destination exchange 200 receives "CONNACK".
(“Response confirmation” message) is returned to the destination telephone device 10B. Therefore, on the receiving side telephone device 10B side, the calling number (caller telephone number) in the "calling number information element" and the "CRI" of the "facility" information element included in the "call setting" message from the receiving side exchange 200. If the caller name in "-INV" is displayed on the display unit, the called-side telephone device 1
On the 0B side, it is possible to easily identify who is the incoming call before answering the incoming call.

FIG. 1A shows a first telephone device according to the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of an analog line (outside line) for notifying the caller's telephone number and name (caller name).
It is an example of a single telephone connected to L1 and L2. The telephone device 10 includes an outside line I / F 1, a call circuit 2, and a control unit 3, and the control unit 3 has a memory 4 having a table 4A in which a caller name and a ringing tone melody are registered as a pair.
The display unit 5, the ring tone circuit 6 composed of a plurality of melody ICs, the speaker 6A which sends the ring tone of the ring tone circuit 6 as a ring tone at the time of an incoming call, the function key 8, the dial key 7 and the like are connected. To be done.

External lines (line) L1 and L are connected to the external line I / F1.
An incoming call detection circuit 11 for detecting an incoming call signal arriving at 2,
An open loop detection circuit 12 that detects the open state of the DC loops of the lines L1 and L2, a reverse detection circuit 13 that detects reverse of the lines L1 and L2, and a DC loop of the lines L1 and L2 that are not shown in the figure are closed. A loop closing circuit 14 including switch elements and the like, a dial circuit 15 for generating a dial signal to be sent to the lines L1, L2, and a line L1,
A modem 16 for receiving a modem signal from L2 and a transformer T are provided.

When the telephone device 10 is operated by the user to make a call, the control unit 3 drives the loop closing circuit 14 to close the DC loop of the lines L1 and L2, and then the operated telephone number of the other party. Is sent to the dial circuit 15 to generate a dial signal corresponding to this telephone number and sent to the lines L1 and L2 through the loop closing circuit 14.
As a result, the call of the other party is made and the outgoing call becomes possible by responding to the call of the other party.

On the other hand, when an incoming call is received from the other party's terminal (calling side telephone device), as shown in FIG. 5 (a), first, a receiving terminal starting signal of 16 Hz is sent from the receiving side exchange 200 to the lines L1, L.
Come to 2. The reception terminal activation signal is detected by the incoming call detection circuit 11 of the telephone device 10 and output to the control unit 3.
In this case, the control unit 3 drives the loop closing circuit 14. Then, the contacts of the switch element of the loop closing circuit 14 are closed, so that the lines L1 and L2 are connected by the route of the line L1 → transformer T → the switch element of the loop closing circuit 14 → line L2. Then, the DC loops of the lines L1 and L2 are closed (primary response signal). When the destination exchange 200 detects the primary response signal, it notifies the caller telephone number and the caller name by the modem signal as described above.

The modem signal from the destination exchange 200 arrives at the lines L1 and L2 in which the DC loop is closed and the modem 16
Received by. The control unit 3 of the telephone device 10 is a modem 1
When the caller telephone number and the caller name received by 6 are entered, they are displayed on the display unit 5 and the loop closing circuit 1
By driving 4 to open the contact of the switch element, the DC loop of the lines L1 and L2 is opened (reception completion signal). Then, the destination exchange 200 sends a call signal of 16 Hz to the telephone device 10 side based on the reception completion signal. This calling signal is detected by the incoming call detection circuit 11 and transmitted to the control unit 3, and in this case, the control unit 3 causes the destination exchange 2
The ring tone circuit 6 is driven based on the caller name received from 00 and the registered contents of the table 4A, and the ring tone circuit 6 outputs a ring tone sound corresponding to the received caller name from the speaker 6A. Is sent to notify the user of who is the incoming call.

When the user notices the incoming call by this ringing tone and goes off-hook in order to respond to the incoming call, the DC loop of the lines L1 and L2 is closed by a hook switch (not shown), which serves as a secondary response signal to the destination exchange. 20
By detecting 0, an incoming call answering call of the user is realized. When the telephone device 10 is connected to the ISDN line, the ISDN line is used instead of the external line I / F1 in FIG.
A line I / F unit is provided, and this ISDN line I / F unit performs processing based on the sequence of the destination exchange 200 and FIG. And can receive the sender name,
Receives the "call setting acceptance" message (reception completed)
Can be returned to 00. FIG. 1 (b) is a diagram showing the structure of the table 4A. In the table 4A, different song names of ringing tone melody are registered in advance in correspondence with each caller name notified from the destination exchange 200 when an incoming call arrives. ing.

FIG. 2A is a block diagram showing the configuration of a cordless telephone device as a telephone device according to the present invention. The cordless telephone device, as shown in FIG.
The master device 20 is connected to the analog lines L1 and L2, and the slave device 30 is wirelessly connected to the master device 20. The base unit 20 is provided with an outside line I / F 21, a call circuit 22, a wireless transmission / reception unit 23 for performing wireless communication with the handset 30, and a control unit 24. The control unit 24 has a sender name. Table 25A in which the ringtone and the ringtone and the ringtone are registered as a pair
25 having a memory, a display unit 26, a plurality of melody ICs
A ringtone circuit 27 consisting of a speaker 27 which sends a ringtone as a ringtone from the ringtone circuit 27 when an incoming call arrives.
A, dial key 28, function key 29, etc. are connected.
On the other hand, the slave unit 30 is provided with a wireless transceiver unit 31 for performing wireless communication with the master unit 20, a call circuit 32, and a control unit 33. The control unit 33 includes a memory 34, a display unit 35, and a plurality of units. A ring tone circuit 36 composed of the melody IC, a speaker 36A for sending a ring tone of the ring tone from the ring tone circuit 36 as a ring tone, a dial key 37, a function key 38, etc. are connected. Here, the outside line I / F 21 of the master device 20 is
It has the same configuration as the outside line I / F 1 of the telephone device 10 of FIG.
The outside line I / F 21 and the control unit 24 of the parent device 20 perform the processing based on the sequence of the destination exchange 200 and FIG. 5A, so that the telephone number and the sender of the caller also notified from the destination exchange 200. The first name can be received and the reception completion signal can be transmitted to the destination exchange 200.

By transmitting the reception completion signal,
When a call signal arrives from the destination exchange 200, the call signal is similarly detected by the incoming call detection circuit 11 of the external line I / F 21 and transmitted to the control unit 24. In this case, the control unit 2
4 determines the destination telephone set and the ring tone melody based on the caller name received from the destination exchange 200 and the registered contents of the table 25A. Here, when the destination telephone set is the base unit 20, the received caller telephone number and caller name are displayed on the display unit 26, and the determined ring tone melody is output from the ring tone circuit 27 from the speaker 27A. Send the ringtone melody. If the destination telephone is the handset 30, the received caller telephone number and caller name and the song name data corresponding to the determined ringtone melody are sent to the handset 30 and the control unit 33 of the handset 30 is sent. Thus, the caller's telephone number and caller's name are displayed on the display unit 35, and the ringtone melody of the song title is output from the ringtone circuit 36 and the ringtone melody is transmitted from the speaker 36A. In this way, the ringing of one of the master unit 20 and the slave unit 30 sounds, and the master unit 20 or the slave unit 30
When any of the users responds to the incoming call, a call is made through the device that responded to the incoming call.

When the base unit 20 is connected to the ISDN line, the IS is used instead of the external line I / F 21 of FIG. 2 (a).
A DN line I / F unit is provided, and the ISDN line I / F unit performs processing based on the sequence of the destination exchange 200 and FIG. The number and the sender name can be received, and a "call setting acceptance" message (reception completed) can be returned to the destination exchange 200. FIG. 2B is a diagram showing the configuration of the table 25A. In the table 25A, different ringing tone telephones and song names of ringing tone melody corresponding to the respective caller names notified from the destination exchange 200 at the time of incoming call. Is registered in advance.

FIG. 3A is a block diagram showing the configuration of a key telephone device as a telephone device according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 3A, the key telephone device is a main device 50.
And slaves (button telephones) 60a to 60n. In the main device 50, external lines I / F 51a to 51m having the same configuration as the external line I / F 1 of the telephone device 10 in FIG. 1 connected to the analog lines La to Lm, respectively, and the external lines La to Lm and the child device 6 are connected.
A call path switch 52 for forming a call path between 0a to 60n, an extension I / F 53 which is an interface of the handset devices 60a to 60n, a control unit 54 for controlling the entire key telephone device, and a caller name. And a memory 55 having a table 55A in which the ringing handset and the ringing tone melody are registered as a pair.

The slave unit 60 includes a transmission circuit 61 for performing data transmission with the main unit 50, a communication circuit 62, a control unit 63 for controlling the entire slave unit, a memory 64, and a display unit 65. , Ring tone circuit 66 composed of a plurality of melody ICs
And a speaker 66A which outputs a ringing melody from the ringing tone circuit 66 as a ringing tone when an incoming call arrives, and a dial key 67
And a function key 68 are provided.

In the key telephone device, the external line I of the main device 50 is used.
/ F51a ~ 51m and the control unit 54 is the destination exchange 200
By performing the processing based on the sequence shown in FIG. 5A, the caller telephone number and the caller name similarly notified from the destination exchange 200 are received, and the reception completion signal is transmitted to the destination exchange 200. To do.

By transmitting this reception completion signal,
When a call signal arrives from the destination exchange 200, the call signal is similarly detected by the incoming call detection circuit 11 of the outside line I / F 51 and transmitted to the control unit 54. In this case, the control unit 5
The number 4 determines the destination handset and the ring tone melody based on the caller name received from the destination exchange 200 and the registered contents of the table 55A. Here, in the case where the incoming call destination child device is, for example, the child device 60n, the received caller telephone number and caller name and the song name data corresponding to the determined ring tone melody are sent to the child device 60n. The control unit 63 causes the display unit 65 to display the caller's telephone number and the caller's name, and causes the ringing tone circuit 66 to output the ringing tone melody of the corresponding song name and the speaker 66A to output the ringing tone melody. When the user of the cordless handset 60n thus responding to the incoming call responds to the incoming call, the response data is returned to the main device 50 side, and the control unit 54 of the main device 50 receives the response data and controls the communication path switch 52. A call is made through the handset device 60n that responded to the incoming call.

A T (time) switch is provided as a communication path switch of the main unit 50, and a communication path between the T switch and each of the outside lines I / Fs 51a to 51m and a communication between the T switch and the extension line I / F 53. A well-known highway bus may be used as the path, and the control unit 54 may control the T switch to perform connection control of the call path by time division. When the main device 50 is connected to the ISDN line, the external line I in FIG.
An ISDN line I / F unit is provided instead of the / F51, and this ISDN line I / F unit is connected to the destination exchange 200 and FIG.
Similarly, the caller telephone number and the caller name notified from the destination exchange 200 can be received by performing the processing based on the sequence, and a "call setting acceptance" message (reception completion) is returned to the destination exchange 200. can do. FIG. 3B is a diagram showing the structure of the table 55A. The table 55A shows different ringing handset units and ringing tone melodies corresponding to the respective caller names notified from the destination exchange 200 when an incoming call arrives. The song title is registered in advance.

FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining the main functions of the present invention. The main operation of the present invention will be described with reference to this explanatory diagram. Here, the originating telephone device 10A connected to the originating exchange 100 may be any of the telephone device 10 of FIG. 1, the cordless telephone device of FIG. 2 and the button telephone device of FIG. The destination telephone device 10B connected to the destination exchange 200 may be any of the telephone device 10 of FIG. 1, the cordless telephone device of FIG. 2 and the button telephone device of FIG. However, when the telephone device 10 of FIG. 1, the cordless telephone device of FIG. 2, and the button telephone device of FIG. 3 are used as the receiving side telephone device 10B, the functional operations are slightly different from each other. , The telephone device 10 of FIG.
The operation when the is used as the destination telephone device 10B will be described. The telephone device 10 of FIG. 1 is used as the originating telephone device 10A in the first embodiment and the second and third embodiments described later.

(First Embodiment) Calling side telephone device 10A
Is a telephone device for which a service contract for notifying the caller's telephone number and the caller's name has been made. Here, as shown in FIG. 6, the calling party telephone number, which is the subscriber number of the calling side telephone device 10A, is A (03-aaaa-aaaa),
Further, it is assumed that there are users who use the calling side telephone device 10A, that is, the sender contractor name B, Hanako (the sender's wife) C, and Taro (the sender's eldest son) D as the sender names. Also, the sender name D connected to the destination exchange 200
In the B (sender name database) 300 is a contractor DB 30 which is a database of contractors who have contracted for the service.
0A is provided, and in the contractor DB 300A, the contractor company name B, Hanako (sender's wife) C, Taro (sender's eldest son) is associated with the caller telephone number A for which the service contract has been made. ) D is registered. The destination telephone device 10B
The telephone number (callee side telephone number) of E (06-bbbb)
-Bbbb).

When the caller Hanako (the caller's wife) C makes a call to the destination telephone device 10B, he / she goes off-hook to designate itself as the caller, and then step S21.
The function key 8 is pressed with, and the numeric key "1" in the dial key 7 is pressed. After that, the telephone number E of the called party is operated by the dial key 7. In this case, the originating exchange 100 transmits the caller designation information corresponding to the numeral key "1", the caller telephone number A and the callee telephone number E to the destination exchange 200 in step S22.

Upon receiving the caller designation information, the caller telephone number A, and the callee telephone number E, the destination exchange 200 steps the caller name information and the caller telephone number A to the caller name DB 300. Transfer in S23. The caller name DB 300 searches for a caller name in the contractor DB 300A based on the transferred caller telephone number A and caller designation information. Here, as shown in FIG. 6, the caller name "Hanako (caller wife) C" is registered in the contractor DB 300A in correspondence with the caller designation information. As the resulting caller name, Hanako (caller wife) C is transferred to the destination exchange 200 in step S24.

The destination exchange 200 has the telephone number E of the called party.
S when receiving an incoming call to the called telephone device 10B based on
At 25, the caller telephone number A from the calling exchange 100 and the caller name “Hanako (caller's wife) C” from the caller name DB 300 are notified to the called telephone device 10B.

When the control unit 3 of the telephone device 10 which is the receiving side telephone device 10B receives the caller telephone number A and the caller name "Hanako (calling wife) C" notified from the receiving side exchange 200, a display is made. Hanako (sender wife) C according to the registered contents of the table 4A of FIG.
Select the ○○ song corresponding to the ringtone melody. Then, by driving the melody IC in the ring tone circuit 6 that matches the selected ring tone melody and outputting the ◯ Δ song to the speaker 6A, the ◯ Δ song is transmitted from the speaker 6A as a ring tone. The user of the called-side telephone device 10B can recognize that the call is from Hanako (caller's wife) C by listening to the ◯◯ song.

On the other hand, the user Taro (the eldest son of the sender)
Similarly, when D makes a call from the calling side telephone device 10A to the destination side telephone device 10B, in order to specify that he / she is the calling party, similarly, after going off-hook, the function key 8 is pressed and the dial key 7 Press the number key “2”. After that, the telephone number E of the called party is operated by the dial key 7. In this case, in the originating exchange 100, the caller designation information and the caller telephone number A corresponding to the numeric key "2" are sent.
And the telephone number E of the callee side are transmitted to the destination exchange 200.

Upon receiving the caller designation information, the caller telephone number A, and the callee telephone number E, the destination exchange 200 transfers the caller designation information and the caller telephone number A to the caller name DB 300. . In the caller name DB 300, the caller name in the contractor DB 300A is searched based on the transferred caller telephone number A and the caller specified information. The contractor DB 300A corresponds to the caller specified information. Since the caller name “Taro (caller eldest son) D” is registered, the caller name DB 300 transfers Taro (caller eldest son) D to the destination exchange 200 as the caller name of the search result. To do.

The destination exchange 200 is the destination telephone device 10B.
Similarly, when the incoming call is received, the caller telephone number A from the calling side exchange 100 and the caller name “Taro (caller eldest son) D” from the caller name DB 300 are notified to the called side telephone device 10B. In the called side telephone device 10B, the calling party telephone number A and the calling name notified from the called side exchange 200 are similarly displayed on the display unit 5. Further, in this case, according to the registered contents of the table 4A of FIG. 1B, the Δ ◯ song corresponding to Taro (the eldest son of the caller) D is selected as the ringtone melody and output as the ringtone. As a result, the user of the destination telephone device 10B can recognize that the call is from Taro (the eldest son of the caller) D.

When the user makes a call from the calling side telephone device 10A to the called side telephone device 10B without designating itself, only the calling party telephone number A is transferred from the called side switching device 200 to the calling name DB 300. Therefore, the sender name DB 300
Returns the caller contract company name B to the destination exchange 200 as a search result as in the case of FIG. 4, and as a result, the destination exchange 2
00, the caller telephone number A and the caller contract company name B are notified to the destination telephone device 10B. In this case, the destination telephone device 1
In 0B, the caller telephone number A and the caller name notified from the destination exchange 200 are displayed on the display unit 5 as well, and according to the registered contents of the table 4A of FIG. 1B,
A song corresponding to the sender contractor name B is selected as a ringtone melody and output as a ringtone.

(Second Embodiment) Next, in a second embodiment, the operation when the cordless telephone device of FIG. 2 is used as the destination telephone device 10B will be described. The operation when the user makes a call from the calling side telephone device 10A to the called side telephone device 10B by designating that it is the caller is the first operation.
In the same manner as in the first embodiment, after off-hooking similarly, the function key 8 is pressed to specify itself, and the designated number key in the dial key 7 is pressed. After that, the telephone number E of the called party is operated by the dial key 7. In this case, the originating exchange 100 similarly transmits the caller designation information corresponding to the designated numeric keys, the caller telephone number A and the callee telephone number E to the destination exchange 200.

The destination exchange 200 similarly transfers the caller designation information and the caller telephone number A to the caller name DB 300, and based on the caller telephone number A and the caller designation information, the contractor DB 300A. Search the sender's name in and get the search result. Then, the caller name of the acquired search result and the caller telephone number A from the caller side switching device 100 are notified to the callee side telephone device 10B when the call is received at the callee side telephone device 10B.

In the cordless telephone device which is the destination telephone device 10B, the control unit 24 of the parent device 20 receives the caller telephone number A and the caller name via the outside line I / F 21. In this case, the control unit 24 selects the ringing tone telephone and the ringing tone melody based on the received caller name and the registered contents of the table 25A of FIG. 2B. If the received caller name is "Hanako (caller's wife) C", the ringing telephone is the master unit 20 as shown in FIG. 2 (b), and the ringtone melody is a song. Therefore, the control unit 24 displays the received caller telephone number A and the caller name on the display unit 26 of the master device 20.
The master unit 2 that is displayed on and matches the song title data
By driving the melody IC in the ringtone circuit 27 of 0,
By outputting the Δ song to the speaker 27A, the ◯ song is transmitted from the speaker 27A as a ring tone.

On the other hand, when the received caller name is "Taro (caller eldest son) D", the ringing telephone is the handset 30 as shown in FIG. 2B, and the ringtone melody is Δ ○. Since it is a song, the control unit 24 controls the received caller telephone number A
And the caller name to the handset 30 and the control unit 33 of the handset 30.
Is displayed on the display unit 35 of the child device 30. Further, the control section 24 sends the music title data corresponding to the ∘ song to the handset 30 and causes the control section 33 of the handset 30 to generate the melody IC in the ring tone circuit 36 of the handset 30 that matches the music title data. By driving and outputting the Δ ◯ song to the speaker 36A, the Δ36 song is transmitted from the speaker 36A as a ring tone. In this way, by designating the caller name on the caller side, the caller name specified is notified to the callee side, and the callee side receives the caller name of the master unit 20 or the slave unit 30 according to the notified caller name. One of them is set to ring, and the ringtone melody is changed according to the caller's name. As a result, the user of the cordless telephone device can easily identify whether or not the incoming call is addressed to himself, and the convenience of the user is improved.

(Third Embodiment) Next, in the third embodiment, the operation when the button telephone device of FIG. 3 is used as the destination telephone device 10B will be described. The operation in the case where the user makes a call from the calling side telephone device 10A to the called side telephone device 10B by designating that the calling party is the calling party is the same as that in the first embodiment. The function key 8 is pressed to specify itself, and the designated numeric key in the dial key 7 is pressed. After that, the telephone number E of the called party is operated by the dial key 7. In this case, the originating exchange 100 similarly transmits the caller designation information corresponding to the designated numeric keys, the caller telephone number A and the callee telephone number E to the destination exchange 200.

The destination exchange 200 similarly transfers the caller designation information and the caller telephone number A to the caller name DB 300, and based on the caller telephone number A and the caller designation information, the contractor DB 300A. Search the sender's name in and get the search result. Then, the caller name of the acquired search result and the caller telephone number A from the caller side switching device 100 are notified to the callee side telephone device 10B when the call is received at the callee side telephone device 10B.

In the key telephone device which is the destination telephone device 10B, the control unit 54 of the main device 50 receives the caller telephone number A and the caller name via the outside line I / F 51. In this case, the control unit 54 selects the ringing handset and the ringing tone melody based on the received caller name and the registered contents of the table 55A of FIG. 3B. Here, if the received caller name is "Hanako (caller's wife) C", the incoming ring machine is shown in FIG.
As shown in (b), since it is the handset 60a and the ring tone melody is a song, the control unit 54 sends the received caller telephone number A and the caller name to the handset 60a. 6
The control unit 63 of 0a causes the display unit 65 of the handset 60a to display. Further, the control unit 54 of the main device 50 sends the music title data corresponding to the ◯◯ music to the handset 60a, and the control unit 63 of the handset 60a causes the handset 60a that matches the music title data.
By driving the melody IC in the ring tone circuit 66 of
By outputting the tune to the speaker 36A, the ◯◯ tune is transmitted from the speaker 36A as a ring tone.

On the other hand, when the received caller name is "Taro (originator eldest son) D", the ringing handset is the handset 60n as shown in FIG. 3B, and the ringing tone melody is Δ. Since it is a tune, the control unit 54 of the main device 50 sends the received caller telephone number A and the caller name to the child device 60n to send the child device 6n.
The control unit 63 of 0n causes the display unit 65 of the child device 60n to display. Further, the control unit 54 sends the music title data corresponding to the Δ ○ music to the handset device 60n, and the control unit 63 of the handset device 60n causes the control unit 63 of the handset device 60n to generate the melody IC in the ring tone circuit 66 of the handset device 60n. By driving and outputting the above-mentioned △ ○ song to the speaker 66A,
○ Send the song as a ringtone. In this way, by designating the caller name on the caller side, the specified caller name is notified to the callee, and on the callee side, one of the slave units 60a to 60n is selected according to the notified caller name. Is set to ring, and the ringtone melody is changed according to the caller's name. With this, the user of the key telephone device can
It is possible to easily identify whether or not the incoming call is addressed to itself, and the convenience of the user is improved.

In the second and third embodiments, the caller telephone number A and the caller name are displayed only on the child device corresponding to the caller name notified from the destination exchange 200.
The caller telephone number A and the caller name may be displayed on another child device.

[0047]

As described above, according to the present invention, the telephone device is connected via the line to the exchange capable of notifying the telephone terminal of the receiving side of the information of the transmitting side, and the telephone device is used by the user. When a call operation is detected, including a specified operation that specifies the information of the calling side that is notified to the phone terminal when making a call to the other phone terminal, a connection signal for connecting with the phone terminal and a specification based on the specified operation Since the information is transmitted to the line, the caller name based on the specified information from this telephone device is notified from the exchange as the information of the calling side to the telephone terminal of the called side, and the telephone number of the calling side is also notified. Because
When the caller makes a call, the callee's telephone number and the name specified by the caller can be notified to the callee.

Further, according to the present invention, the exchange is connected to a database in which at least one or more pieces of information of the calling side is registered in association with the telephone number of the calling side, and the exchange is called to be notified to the called side. When the specified information with the specified information and the telephone number of the calling side are detected, the detected specified information and the telephone number of the calling side are transferred to the database, and the calling side according to the designated information and the calling party's telephone number Since the information is searched and the information of the calling side according to the search result is input to notify the called side together with the telephone number, the calling party's telephone number is also sent to the called side when the calling party makes a call. Also, the name specified by the calling party can be notified.

Further, according to the present invention, a telephone device is connected as a terminal of the receiving side to an exchange capable of notifying the receiving side of the information of the transmitting side designated based on the designation operation of the transmitting side, and the telephone device is the exchange. Since the ring tone is controlled according to the information of the calling party notified from, when the calling party makes a call, the called party can also be notified of the name specified by the calling party along with the caller's telephone number. Since the ring tone is controlled on the side according to the notified name, it is possible to easily identify who the call is from on the called side.

In this case, the telephone unit accommodates the slave unit, and the telephone unit is provided with a table in which the information of the calling side and the ringing tone slave unit are registered in association with each other, and among the slave units registered in the table. Since the ringing tone of the slave unit according to the information of the calling side notified from the exchange is sounded, the user of each slave unit can easily identify the incoming call addressed to himself / herself. Further, since the melody of the ring tone is changed according to the information of the calling side notified from the exchange, the user can easily identify the incoming call addressed to him / herself.

In addition, the present invention provides the exchange configured as described above, and the first exchange connected to the exchange as a terminal on the calling side.
And a second telephone device connected to the exchange as a terminal on the receiving side, the first telephone device makes the second telephone device when making a call to the second telephone device. First detecting means for detecting a calling operation including a specifying operation for specifying information on the calling side to be notified to the device, and a second telephone device when the calling operation is detected by the first detecting means And a sending means for sending the designation information based on the designation operation to the exchange. The exchange detects the telephone number of the calling side at the time of sending the connection signal by the sending means, and the sending means. Second detecting means for detecting the designated information transmitted by the second detecting means, and the designated information detected by the second detecting means and the telephone number of the calling side are transferred to a database, and the designated information and the telephone number of the calling side are transferred. The information of the sender is searched In addition, the second telephone device has a notification means for notifying the receiving side by inputting the information of the calling side according to the search result, and the second telephone device has a ring tone according to the information of the calling side notified from the exchange. Since the ring tone control means for controlling the caller is provided, when the caller makes a call, the callee can be notified of the caller's telephone number as well as the name specified by the caller. Also, the called party can easily identify who the call is from.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a telephone device according to the present invention (FIG. 1A) and a diagram showing a configuration of a table of the telephone device (FIG. 1B).

FIG. 2 is a block diagram (FIG. 2 (a)) showing a configuration of a cordless telephone device to which the present invention is applied and a diagram (FIG. 2 (b)) showing a configuration of a table of the cordless telephone device.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram (FIG. 3 (a)) showing a configuration of a key telephone device to which the present invention is applied and a diagram (FIG. 3 (b)) showing a configuration of a table of the key telephone device.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a situation in which information about a calling-side telephone device is notified to a called-side telephone device when a calling-side telephone device makes a call.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a sequence of signals transmitted / received between the destination exchange and the destination telephone device when an incoming call is received.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a main function of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1, 21, 51a to 51m ... Outer line I / F, 2, 22, 3
2, 62 ... call circuit, T ... transmitter, R ... receiver, 3, 2
4, 33, 54, 63 ... Control unit, 4, 25, 34, 5
5, 64 ... Memory, 4A, 25A, 55A ... Table,
5, 26, 35, 65 ... Display unit, 6, 27, 36, 66
... Ring tone circuit, 6A, 27A, 36A, 66A ... Speaker, 7, 28, 37, 67 ... Dial keys, 8, 29,
38, 68 ... Function keys, 10 ... Telephone device, 11 ... Incoming call detection circuit, 12 ... Open loop detection circuit, 14 ... Loop closing circuit, 15 ... Dial circuit, 16 ... Modem, 20 ... Master unit,
30 ... Slave unit, 23, 31 ... Wireless transmission / reception unit, 50 ... Main device, 52 ... Speech path switch, 53 ... Extension I / F, 61 ...
Transmission circuit, 100 ... Originating exchange, 200 ... Destination exchange,
300 ... sender name database, 300A ... contractor database.

   ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued front page    (72) Inventor Takayuki Inage             2-3 2-3 Shimo-Meguro, Meguro-ku, Tokyo Stocks             Company Tamura Electric Works F term (reference) 5K024 AA71 BB04 CC01 DD01 DD04                       EE01 FF05 GG01                 5K027 AA00 BB04 EE03 EE15 FF03                       FF26 HH23                 5K036 AA00 BB11 DD25 EE03 EE13                       JJ04 JJ15 KK07 KK09 KK18

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A telephone device connected via a line to an exchange capable of notifying the information of the calling side to the telephone terminal of the receiving side, which is notified to the telephone terminal when making a call to the telephone terminal. Detecting means for detecting a calling operation including a specifying operation for specifying information on the calling side, and a connection signal for performing a connection with the telephone terminal and the specifying operation when the detecting operation detects the calling operation. And a sending means for sending the specified information based on the above to the line. 2. An exchange which is connected to a database in which at least one or more information of the calling side is registered in association with the telephone number of the calling side, and which is capable of notifying the called side of the information of the calling side, Detecting means for detecting the specified information and the telephone number of the calling side, the information of the calling side to be notified to the called side, and the designated information and the telephone number of the calling side detected by the detecting means are transferred to the database. Then, the calling side information corresponding to the designated information and the calling side telephone number is searched, and the calling side information corresponding to the search result is input to notify the called side together with the calling side telephone number. An exchange having a notification means. 3. A telephone device connected as a terminal of the receiving side to an exchange capable of notifying the receiving side of the information of the calling side designated based on a designation operation of the calling side, the notification being made from the exchange. A telephone device comprising a ring tone control means for controlling the ring tone according to information on the calling side. 4. The telephone device according to claim 3, wherein the telephone device accommodates a cordless handset, and the telephone device is provided with a table in which information of a calling side and a ringing tone handset are associated and registered. The telephone device is characterized in that the ring tone control means causes a ring tone of a cordless handset among the cordless handsets registered in the table according to information on the calling side notified from the exchange. 5. The telephone device according to claim 3, wherein the ring tone control means changes the melody of the ring tone according to the information of the calling side notified from the exchange. 6. An exchange which is connected to a database in which a plurality of calling party information is registered in association with the calling party telephone number in advance and which can notify the called party of the calling party information.
The first telephone device is connected to the exchange as the terminal on the calling side, and the second telephone device is connected to the exchange as the terminal on the receiving side. First detecting means for detecting a calling operation including a designating operation for designating information of a calling side to be notified to the second telephone device when making a call to the second telephone device; When the detecting unit detects the calling operation, the connection unit for connecting to the second telephone device and the sending unit for sending the designation information based on the designation operation to the exchange, A second detecting unit that detects the telephone number of the calling side at the time of transmitting the connection signal by the transmitting unit, and detects the designation information transmitted by the transmitting unit; and the second detecting unit. Designated information and The caller's telephone number is transferred to the database, the caller's information corresponding to the designated information and the caller's telephone number is searched, and the caller's information is input according to the search result to make the call. And a notification means for notifying the called side together with the telephone number of the calling side, and the second telephone device includes a ringing tone control means for controlling the ringing tone according to the information of the calling side notified from the exchange. A sender information notification system characterized by: