JP2007208360A - Remote operation method and system of television answering machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To detect the form of a remote operating device, and the data format of voice information and moving picture information that can be reproduced without making operation complex; and to allow the voice information and moving picture information recorded in a television answering machine to be viewed also from a remote location, based on the detected result. <P>SOLUTION: The remote operation method of the television answering machine 10 records/reproduces the voice information and moving picture information included in an incoming call, and has a remote operation function in an IP television telephone system. The remote operation method has a function capable of reproducing the voice information and the moving picture information remotely without being conscious of the data format of the voice information, and moving picture information stored in the television answering machine to which answering machine setting has been made by mutually exchanging information being held between the television answering machine 10 and a remote operating device 20. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a remote operation method for a video answering machine which records or reproduces voice information and moving image information included in an incoming call in an IP (Internet Protocol) videophone system and has a remote control function from a remote control device including a telephone. And about the system.

In recent years, with the spread of so-called IP telephone systems using the IP network such as the Internet, not only voice information but also moving picture information conforming to a standard such as MPEG4 (Moving Picture Experts Group 4) is simultaneously performed. So-called videophones that can be used are becoming widespread. Furthermore, an increasing number of devices are equipped with a so-called answering machine function that records voice information and moving picture information of a caller included in an incoming call that is received when a telephone user is absent. In a TV answering machine having such an answering machine function, an encryption key including previously registered incoming telephone number information and the encryption key received and received while the TV answering machine user is absent are received. In comparison, the remote operation of the TV answering machine is permitted only when both match, and the recorded voice information and moving image information can be confirmed remotely. Furthermore, as a technique for enabling the confirmation of a message of only voice information by muting the moving picture information even if voice information and moving picture information are simultaneously recorded when a specific remote operation command is detected, for example, Patent Document 1 and Patent There is a technique disclosed in Document 2.
JP 2003-92640 A Japanese Patent No. 2841389

However, in the TV answering machine capable of remote operation as described above, the remote operator determines whether or not the voice information and the moving image information can be reproduced according to the form of the remote control device, and inputs a specific remote control command Therefore, if the audio information stored in the TV answering machine and the operation for reproducing the moving image information are operated from a remote control device that does not have the moving image information reproducing function, the moving image modulated in the audio information While it is possible to block the annoying playback sound that occurs when image information appears, the data format of audio information and moving image information stored in the TV answering machine and the data format that can be played back by the remote control device are different. Audio stored in the TV answering machine from the remote control device having a moving picture information reproduction function without considering the case Blocking of broadcast and even when performed using video information playback occurs when appears moving picture information modulated in the audio information harsh reproduced sound becomes difficult. For this reason, there is a problem in that the remote operator has to grasp in advance the moving image information format that can be reproduced by the remote operation device.
Therefore, an object of the present invention is to detect the form of the remote control device and the data format of reproducible audio information and moving image information without performing complicated operations, and stored in the TV answering machine based on the detection result. An object is to enable audio and video information to be viewed from a remote location.

  A remote operation method for a video answering machine according to the present invention is a method for remotely operating a video answering machine having a remote control function for recording or reproducing predetermined information included in an incoming call in an IP videophone system and from a remote control device including the telephone. In accordance with the information exchange step for exchanging information including the data format of the predetermined information held between the TV answering machine and the remote device, and the TV answering machine based on the exchange information exchanged in the information exchange step. A conversion step of converting the data format of the predetermined information held in advance into a predetermined data format, an execution step of executing recording or reproduction of the predetermined information based on the data format converted in the changing step, and Remote control based on the exchange information exchanged in the information exchange step. It is characterized in that it consists of an operation setting step for setting a valid or invalid operation by.

  A remote operation system for a video answering machine according to the present invention records or reproduces predetermined information included in an incoming call in an IP videophone system, and has a remote operation function from a remote control device including a telephone. Information exchange means for exchanging information including the data format of the predetermined information held between the TV answering machine and the remote device, and the TV answering machine based on the exchange information exchanged by the information exchange means. Converting means for converting the data format of the predetermined information held in advance into a predetermined data format, execution means for recording or reproducing the predetermined information based on the data format converted by the changing means, and Based on the exchange information exchanged by the information exchange means, the effectiveness of remote operation It is characterized in that it consists of an operation setting means for setting an invalid.

  As an effect of the invention, according to the remote operation method and system of the television answering machine of the present invention, information including the data format of the predetermined information held between the television answering machine and the remote device is mutually exchanged and the comparison result is obtained. Based on the exchange information exchanged with each other, the data format of the predetermined information held in advance by the TV answering machine is determined based on the exchange information exchanged with each other. By converting to a format and enabling execution of recording or reproduction by a remote operation device, user operability at the time of remote operation is improved.

  Embodiments of a remote operation method and system for a television answering machine according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a remote operation method and system for a TV answering machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIGS. 2 and 3 show a logical configuration of a table stored in a storage unit 13. FIG. 4 is a flow chart illustrating the operation of the remote operation method and system for a TV answering machine.

The remote answering method and system for a TV answering machine according to the present invention includes a TV answering machine 10 and a remote control device 20 in a public network 30.
The TV answering machine 10 controls the overall control including the mutual exchange of information held with the remote control device 20, and controls transmission / reception of lines and lines composed of a public line network including an IP network. Line interface 12, an encryption key table (FIG. 2) for organizing the preset encryption keys permitting remote operation as information, an answering machine function message, the received and received encryption keys and voices Create and store an information table (FIG. 3) for associating information, moving image information, data format including the audio information and moving image information, and reception date and time into a large number of sets as a set of information. Storage unit 13, encoding unit 14a and decoding unit 14b for encoding or decoding information to be stored in or read from storage unit 13, and encoding thereof Information processing unit 14 having 14a and decoding unit 14b and performing various information processing controls, input / output unit for inputting voice signal or moving image signal from user or receiving received voice signal / moving image signal, operation guidance 15 functional units.
The remote control device 20 receives a voice information signal or a moving image to receive and monitor voice information and moving picture information including a soft phone 20a, a mobile phone 20b, a video phone 20c, and an IP video phone 20d that can be connected to the public network 30. Any device capable of outputting image information may be used.

Next, the remote operation method and system operation of the television answering machine having such a configuration will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 4 is a flowchart in the embodiment of the present invention.
The TV answering machine 10 stores in advance in the encryption key table of the storage unit 13 when the answering machine function is set to record the voice information and moving picture information of the caller included in the incoming call received when the user is absent. When the same encryption key as the stored encryption key is received when an incoming call is received, the control unit 11 checks whether the audio information or the moving image information is stored in the storage unit 13 (step S1).
As a result of the confirmation, if not recorded (No side in step S1), the control unit 11 transmits the message for the answering machine function stored in the storage unit 13 to the remote control device 20 via the line interface 12. And the process is terminated (step B1).
If it is recorded as a result of the confirmation (step Yes side), the control unit 11 transmits a data format request signal of reproducible audio information or moving image information to the remote control device 20 via the line interface 12. (Step S2).

The remote control device 20 responds to the reception of the data format request signal and returns reproducible audio information and data format information of moving image information to the television answering machine (step S3).
The television answering machine 10 receives the data format information returned from the remote control device 20 by the control unit 11 via the line interface 12. The control unit 11 compares and refers to the data format information and the information table stored in the storage unit 13 (step S4).
If the data format information is different as a result of the comparison reference (Yes in step S4), the control unit 11 transmits the data format information to the data processing unit 14 and stores the audio information stored in the storage unit 13 And an instruction signal to transmit the moving image information to the information processing unit 14 (step S5).
When the information processing unit 14 receives the audio information or the moving image information from the storage unit 13, the information processing unit 14 decodes the information on the data format information received from the control unit 11 after being decoded by the decoding unit 14 b. The decoding unit 14a performs re-decoding (step S6).
Then, the control unit 11 transmits the re-encoded audio information and the moving image information to the remote operation device 20 via the line interface 12 (step S7).
As a result of the comparison reference, when the data format information is the same (No in step S4), the control unit 11 transmits the audio information and the moving image information stored in the storage unit 13 via the line interface 12 to the remote control. It transmits to the operating device 20 (step S7).

  When the remote control device 20 receives the audio information or the moving image information, the remote operation device 20 outputs the audio information or the moving image information to an output device such as a monitor or a speaker (step 8).

Schematic configuration diagram of remote operation method and system for television answering machine according to the present invention The block diagram which illustrates the logical structure of the encryption key table stored in the memory | storage part 13 The block diagram which illustrates the logical structure of the information table stored in the memory | storage part 13 Operation flowchart of remote operation method and system of TV answering machine

Explanation of symbols

    DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... TV answering machine, 11 ... Control part, 12 ... Line | wire interface part, 13 ... Memory | storage part, 14 ... Information processing part, 14a ... Encoding part, 14b ... Decoding part, 15 ... Input / output part, 20 ... Remote operation Equipment, 30 ... public network

Claims (4)

In a remote operation method of a television answering machine, which records or reproduces predetermined information included in an incoming call in an IP (Internet Protocol) videophone system and has a remote operation function from a remote operation device including a telephone,
An information exchanging step of exchanging information including the data format of the predetermined information held between the TV answering machine and the remote device;
Based on the exchange information exchanged in the information exchange step, a conversion step of converting the data format of the predetermined information held in advance by the television answering machine into a predetermined data format;
A remote operation method for a television answering machine, comprising: an execution step of recording or reproducing the predetermined information based on the data format converted in the changing step. In the remote operation method of the television answering machine according to claim 1,
The remote operation method for a television answering machine, further comprising an operation setting step for setting whether the operation by remote operation is valid or invalid based on the exchange information exchanged in the information exchange step. In a remote operation system of a video answering machine that records or reproduces predetermined information included in an incoming call in an IP videophone system and has a remote operation function from a remote operation device including a telephone,
Information exchange means for exchanging information including the data format of the predetermined information held between the TV answering machine and the remote device;
Conversion means for converting the data format of the predetermined information held in advance by the television answering machine into a predetermined data format based on exchange information exchanged by the information exchange means;
A remote operation system for a television answering machine, comprising execution means for recording or reproducing the predetermined information based on the data format converted by the changing means. In the remote operation system of the TV answering machine according to claim 3,
A remote operation system for a television answering machine, further comprising operation setting means for setting validity or invalidity of operation by remote operation based on the exchange information exchanged by the information exchange means.

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