JP2009005027A - Telephone terminal apparatus with automatic answering function, control method of telephone terminal apparatus, telephone terminal apparatus control program, computer-readable recording medium having the program recorded thereon and communication system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a telephone terminal apparatus or the like enabling confirmation of the condition of a belonging user of the telephone terminal apparatus without ringing the telephone terminal apparatus. <P>SOLUTION: A plurality of different telephone numbers are allocated to facsimile equipment 100 of this invention and it is provided with a ringing part 105 to ring as needed when a call is terminated to the telephone number and a response part 104 for notifying a prescribed message as needed when a call is terminated to the telephone number, and at least one of the plurality of different telephone numbers is set to the telephone number for message response. When the telephone number to which the call is terminated is the telephone number for the message response, the ringing part 105 does not perform a ringing operation and the response part 104 notifies the prescribed message to the caller of the telephone number to which the call is terminated. Thus, the facsimile equipment 100 is achieved which enables the condition of the belonging user of the facsimile equipment 100 to be confirmed without ringing the facsimile equipment 100. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a telephone terminal device that performs an automatic response, and more particularly to a telephone terminal device that is assigned a plurality of different telephone numbers and always responds when an incoming call is made to a specific telephone number.

  Conventionally, telephone terminals having an answering machine function have been used. This is to record a message from a destination when the user cannot respond to an incoming call. The answering machine function is generally configured to be usable by the user setting.

In recent years, a technique for automatically switching from a normal incoming call mode to an absence mode in which an answering response is made without a user operating an operation unit has also been disclosed. For example, a telephone terminal having a wireless slave device to which a dial-in number is assigned and having an answering function for each dial-in number, and corresponding to the dial-in number when the wireless slave device goes out of the communication range This is a technology that automatically switches the operation mode of the telephone terminal to the absence mode. Further, in Cited Document 1, if a telephone terminal user owns an identification terminal and an identification terminal corresponding to the responding user exists within a predetermined range at the time of incoming call, the incoming call is normal, and there is an identification terminal corresponding to the responding user. If not, a technique for performing an absence response is disclosed.
JP 2005-33614 A (Publication date: February 3, 2005)

  However, the configuration of the cited document 1 causes the following problems. That is, the telephone caller does not want to ring the other party's telephone terminal, but cannot respond to the situation of the other party. Specifically, if a user belongs in the vicinity of the telephone terminal, the telephone terminal will not respond, but will ring.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to realize a telephone terminal device or the like that can confirm the status of the user to whom the telephone terminal device belongs without ringing the telephone terminal device. .

  As a result of intensive studies, the present inventor can solve the above problem by assigning a plurality of different telephone numbers to one telephone terminal device and setting at least one telephone number among them as a telephone number dedicated to message response. I found.

  That is, in order to solve the above-described problem, a telephone terminal device according to the present invention is a phone terminal device to which a plurality of different phone numbers are assigned. And a message notification means for notifying a predetermined message as needed when an incoming call is received at the telephone number, and at least one of the plurality of different telephone numbers is designated as a message response telephone number. When the incoming telephone number is the message response telephone number, the ringing means does not perform the ringing operation, and the message notification means notifies the sender of the incoming telephone number of a predetermined message. It is characterized by that.

  According to the above configuration, a message response telephone number is set from among a plurality of allocated different telephone numbers. When the telephone number for message response is received, the ringing means does not perform the ringing operation, so that the telephone terminal device does not ring. Also, when a call is received at a message response telephone number, a predetermined message is notified to the caller of the received telephone number. Thus, the caller can receive a predetermined message without ringing the telephone terminal.

  Here, as the predetermined message, “I am at home”, “I cannot accept a call right now” or the like can be considered.

  The telephone terminal device according to the present invention further comprises identification data receiving means for receiving identification data for identifying a user who uses the telephone terminal apparatus by wireless communication, and the message notification means is received by the identification data receiving means. It is preferable that a message associated with each identified identification data is notified to the caller.

  According to said structure, the message which a message notification means notifies to a sender | caller becomes a message respectively matched with the identification data received by the identification data receiving means. Thus, the caller can receive messages associated with the identification data.

  The telephone terminal device according to the present invention includes a message storage unit that stores the message notified by the message notification unit in association with the identification data, and the message notification unit includes the identification data received by the identification data reception unit. The associated message may be read from the message storage unit and notified to the caller.

  According to said structure, the message matched with identification data is memorize | stored in the message memory | storage part with which the own apparatus was equipped. Thereby, the message notified by the message notification means can be stored in the own apparatus.

  In the telephone terminal device according to the present invention, the message notified by the message notification means may be rewritable.

  According to said structure, the message which a message notification means notifies can be changed and added. Thereby, even if there is no message that is optimal for the user's situation, the message that is optimal for the user's situation can be notified to the caller by adding the optimum message.

  In order to solve the above problems, a method for controlling a telephone terminal device according to the present invention is a method for controlling a telephone terminal device to which a plurality of different telephone numbers are assigned, and the ringing means receives an incoming call to the telephone number. A plurality of different telephones including a ringing step that rings when necessary and a message notification unit that notifies a predetermined message as necessary when an incoming call is received by the telephone number. At least one of the numbers is set as a message response telephone number, and when the incoming telephone number is the message response telephone number, the ringing means does not perform the ringing operation in the ringing step. In the message notification step, the message notification means controls to notify the caller of the incoming telephone number of a predetermined message. It is characterized by a Rukoto.

  According to the above method, a telephone number for message response is set from among a plurality of assigned different telephone numbers. When the telephone number for message response is received, the ringing means does not perform the ringing operation, so that the telephone terminal device does not ring. Also, when a call is received at a message response telephone number, a predetermined message is notified to the caller of the received telephone number. Thus, the caller can receive a predetermined message without ringing the telephone terminal.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, a communication system according to the present invention includes a telephone terminal device to which a plurality of different telephone numbers are assigned, and a user who uses the telephone terminal device. In a communication system configured with an identification terminal for transmitting assigned identification data, the telephone terminal device is configured to ring when necessary when a call is received at the telephone number, and receive at the telephone number. Message notification means for notifying a predetermined message when necessary, and setting at least one of the plurality of different telephone numbers as a message response telephone number, and receiving the telephone number Is the message response telephone number, the ringing means does not perform the ringing operation, and the message notifying means transmits the incoming telephone number. It is characterized by notifying a predetermined message to.

  According to the above configuration, a message response telephone number is set from among a plurality of allocated different telephone numbers. When the telephone number for message response is received, the ringing means does not perform the ringing operation, so that the telephone terminal device does not ring. In addition, when an incoming call arrives at the message response telephone number, the message notification means notifies the caller of the incoming telephone number of a message associated with the identification data received by the identification data receiving means. The identification data is transmitted from an identification terminal assigned for each user. Therefore, the message associated with the identification terminal is a message associated with each user. Therefore, the caller can receive a message associated with the user. Then, the caller can check the status of each user by receiving a message associated with each user.

  The telephone terminal device may be realized by a computer. In this case, a control program for the telephone terminal device that causes the telephone terminal device to be realized by the computer by causing the computer to operate as the respective means, and A computer-readable recording medium on which is recorded also falls within the scope of the present invention.

  As described above, the telephone terminal device according to the present invention is a telephone terminal device to which a plurality of different telephone numbers are assigned. A message notification means for notifying a predetermined message as needed when an incoming call is received, and setting at least one of the plurality of different telephone numbers as a message answering telephone number. When the received telephone number is the message response telephone number, the ringing means does not perform a ringing operation, and the message notifying means notifies a predetermined message to the caller of the incoming telephone number.

  Thereby, the caller of the incoming telephone number can receive the message without ringing the telephone terminal.

  The telephone terminal device control method according to the present invention is a telephone terminal device control method to which a plurality of different telephone numbers are assigned, and the ringing means receives an incoming call to the telephone number as needed. And a message notification means for notifying a predetermined message as needed when an incoming call is received at the telephone number, and at least one of the plurality of different telephone numbers. When one telephone number is set as the message response telephone number and the incoming telephone number is the message response telephone number, the ringing step prevents the ringing means from performing the ringing operation, and the message notification step The message notification means controls to notify a caller of the incoming telephone number of a predetermined message.

  Thereby, the caller of the incoming telephone number can receive the message without ringing the telephone terminal.

  Further, the communication system according to the present invention has a telephone terminal device to which a plurality of different telephone numbers are assigned and a user who uses the telephone terminal device, and has identification data assigned to each user. In a communication system composed of an identification terminal that makes a call, the telephone terminal device is necessary when a ringing means that rings as necessary when the telephone number is received and when the telephone number is received Message notification means for notifying a predetermined message according to the message, and setting at least one of the plurality of different telephone numbers as a message response telephone number, and the incoming telephone number is the message response telephone. When the number is a number, the ringing means does not perform a ringing operation, and the message notification means sends a predetermined message to the caller of the incoming telephone number. It is intended to be notified.

  Thereby, the caller of the incoming telephone number can confirm the status of each user by receiving the message associated with each user.

  One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. The present invention can be applied to all general telephone terminal devices having a response function to which a plurality of different telephone numbers are assigned. Here, a specific example will be described in which the telephone terminal device is a facsimile apparatus. . Note that communication functions such as facsimile communication and telephone communication can be performed using conventional methods, and detailed description of the communication functions is omitted in this specification.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram of facsimile apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, a facsimile apparatus 100 includes a control unit 101, a storage unit (message storage unit) 102, a ringing unit (ringing unit) 105, a modem 110, a network control unit 111, a cordless control circuit 112, an antenna 113, The line connection terminal 114, the display unit 121, the key operation unit 131, the printing unit 140, the image reading unit 141, and the ID reading unit (identification data receiving unit) 151 are configured. The line connection terminal 114 is connected to the public line network 300. Further, the facsimile apparatus 100 and the wireless tag (identification terminal) 200 constitute a communication system. The wireless tag 200 is a tag having ID information, and can transmit the ID information by wireless communication. For example, RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) may be used.

  The control unit 101 includes a processing unit 103, a response unit (message notification unit) 104, a display control unit 120, a key operation control unit 130, and an ID detection unit (identification data receiving unit) 150. FIG. 2 is an overview of the facsimile machine 100. The user can perform operations such as registration of a called number and a response message in the facsimile apparatus 100 using the key operation unit 131 by looking at the contents displayed on the display unit 121.

  Next, each part of the facsimile machine 100 will be described. The facsimile machine 100 is connected to the public line network 300 via a line connection terminal 114. The line connection terminal 114 is connected to the network control unit 111. The network control unit 111 monitors the state of the public line network 300 via the line connection terminal 114, and connects the line to the modem 110 side and the cordless. Switch to the control circuit 112 side.

  When there is an incoming call from the outside line, the response unit 104 receives the incoming number information indicating the incoming number via the processing unit 103, and recognizes what the incoming number is. Then, it is determined whether or not the telephone number matches the automatic answer setting. If it is determined that the telephone numbers set for automatic response match, an instruction signal for not making a ringing is transmitted to the ringing unit 105, and an instruction signal is transmitted to the ID detecting unit 150 to perform ID detection. . Then, a response message corresponding to the corresponding ID is acquired from the storage unit 102 from the signal indicating the ID detected by the ID detection unit 150 received from the ID detection unit 150. Then, the acquired response message is transmitted to the public line network 300 via the processing unit 103, the modem 110, the network control unit 111, and the line connection terminal 114. If there is no detected ID, the fact is transmitted as a response message. Specific contents of the response message will be described later. The automatic response is set by setting which telephone number of the plurality of telephone numbers is to be automatically answered.

  When the ID detection unit 150 receives a signal for detecting ID from the response unit 104 via the processing unit 103, the ID reading unit 151 reads the ID. Then, a signal indicating the ID read by the ID reading unit 151 is transmitted to the response unit 104.

  The ID reading unit 151 is a device that can read the ID of the wireless tag 200 within the detectable range without contact. When the ID reading unit 151 receives a signal for reading the ID from the ID detection unit 150, the ID reading unit 151 reads the ID, and transmits a signal indicating the read ID to the ID detection unit 150.

  The storage unit 102 stores a response message, a response message number corresponding to the response message, and a correspondence relationship between the ID and the response message number. FIG. 3 shows a setting table showing the correspondence between the ID stored in the storage unit 102 and the response message number. FIG. 3 shows an ID / response message assignment setting table and a response message table that is the basis of assignment.

  As shown in FIG. 3, for example, when the ID is “012345678999”, the message “Chounan”, which is the third response message, corresponds. When the ID is “123123456456”, the message “Otosan”, which is the first response message, corresponds. Hereinafter, IDs and response messages correspond similarly.

  The above contents are stored as follows. First, the user reads the ID that can identify an individual from the wireless tag 200 possessed by the individual to be identified by the ID reading unit 151 or directly inputs the ID using the key operation unit 131, etc. in the storage unit 102. Remember. Next, a response message that can explain an individual corresponding to each stored ID is selected from the response messages stored in the storage unit 102, and is assigned to the ID and stored.

  At this time, if there is no response message stored in the facsimile apparatus 100 in advance that can explain the individual corresponding to the ID, the voice data recorded by the user can be assigned as the response message.

  The storage unit 102 stores not only the setting table, but also information that needs to be saved even during a power failure, such as a program for controlling the facsimile machine 100, user setting values, and received image data. Specific examples of the storage unit 102 include a ROM (Read Only Memory) which is a read-only memory for the program, and a RAM (Random Access Memory) for what is stored for temporary processing. As for information that needs to be saved even in the event of a power failure, a flash memory or the like can be cited.

  The processing unit 103 performs processing of each unit of the facsimile apparatus 100 according to a program stored in the storage unit 102. This is processed by the above program based on a signal from the public network 300, an input signal from the key operation unit 131, a signal from each part of the facsimile apparatus 100, and the like.

  The ringing unit 105 notifies an incoming call or the like with a sound or the like when a call is received. This is performed by receiving a signal from the processing unit 103.

  The modem 110 modulates the digital signal of the facsimile apparatus 100 into an analog signal suitable for the public line network 300 and demodulates the analog signal of the public line network 300 into a digital signal for processing performed by the facsimile apparatus 100.

  The display unit 121 displays the status of each process in the facsimile machine 100, the image received by the facsimile machine 100, the image read by the image reading unit 141, and the like. The user can instruct the next processing by confirming the content displayed on the display unit 121. In addition, since the received image and the read image are displayed, unnecessary printing can be prevented. The display unit 121 may be realized by any display device as long as it can display the status of each process and an image. For example, a liquid crystal display device may be used.

  The display control unit 120 receives a signal indicating the display content to be displayed on the display unit 121 via the processing unit 103 and transmits the signal to the display unit 121.

  The key operation unit 131 receives an input of a processing instruction from the user to the facsimile apparatus 100. The key operation control unit 130 receives a signal indicating an instruction received by the key operation unit 131, and transmits the received signal to each unit that performs the process indicated by the signal via the processing unit 103.

  The user grasps the state of the facsimile apparatus 100 from the state of each process of the facsimile apparatus 100 and the setting status of each parameter and the like displayed on the display unit 121, and uses the key operation unit 131 to process the process of the facsimile apparatus 100. And various parameters can be set.

  The printing unit 140 prints an image received or read by the image reading unit 141. Examples of the printing method performed by the printing unit 140 include a thermal method, a thermal transfer method, and an inkjet method.

  The image reading unit 141 reads a document when transmitting a document or copying. Examples of the reading method performed by the image reading unit 141 include a reduction reading method using a combination of a lens and a CCD line sensor, and a contact sensor method using a rod lens array.

  Facsimile device 100 in the present embodiment can be connected to a plurality of cordless slave units. The cordless control circuit 112 controls communication with the cordless slave unit. The cordless control circuit 112 includes a communication path search for connection with the slave unit, connection establishment, telephone call, radio wave transmission, reception tuner, and the like. The antenna 113 transmits and receives radio waves that are transmitted to and received from the slave unit.

  Next, the flow of processing until the facsimile apparatus 100 receives an incoming call from the outside line and ends will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a flow from when the facsimile apparatus 100 receives an outside line until it is terminated, and FIG. 5 is a flowchart when an ID is detected after the incoming call.

  As shown in FIG. 4, when there is an outside line incoming call (S401), the facsimile apparatus 100 receives incoming call number information indicating the incoming call number (S402). Then, the response unit 104 analyzes the incoming call number information and recognizes what the incoming call number is (S403). Next, the response unit 104 determines whether or not the recognized incoming call number matches the number for which the automatic answer setting is set (S404).

  If the incoming number matches the number set for automatic response (YES in S404), the response unit 104 responds without ringing the ringtone (S405). Specifically, a response message is transmitted. Thereafter, when transmission of the response message is completed, the line is disconnected and the process ends (S407).

  On the other hand, if the incoming call number does not match the number set for automatic response (NO in S404), the incoming call is a normal incoming call, and the ring tone sounds (S406). Then, after the outside line ends, the line is disconnected (S407).

  Next, the flow in the case of detecting an ID when performing a response will be described with reference to FIG. When there is an outside line incoming call (S501), the facsimile apparatus 100 receives incoming call number information indicating the incoming call number (S502). Then, the response unit 104 analyzes the incoming call number information and recognizes what the incoming call number is (S503). Next, the response unit 104 determines whether or not the recognized incoming call number matches the number for which the automatic answer setting is set (S504).

  If the incoming call number matches the number set for automatic response (YES in S504), the response unit 104 starts a response without ringing the incoming call tone (S505). First, the ID detection unit 150 detects the ID of the wireless tag 200 existing in the detectable range via the ID reading unit 151 (S506). If there is a detected ID (YES in S506), the response unit 104 transmits a response message corresponding to the detected ID (S507). Here, when a plurality of IDs are detected, messages corresponding to the detected IDs are transmitted in order. On the other hand, if the ID is not detected (NO in S506), the response unit 104 transmits that there is no detected ID (S508). Then, the response ends (S509), the line is disconnected and ends (S511).

  On the other hand, if the incoming call number does not match the number set for automatic response (NO in S504), the incoming call is a normal incoming call, and the ring tone sounds (S510). Then, after the outside line ends, the line is disconnected (S511).

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Here, the flow when the present embodiment is specifically used will be described. First, it is assumed that five telephone numbers A, B, C, D, and E are assigned to the facsimile apparatus 100 as a plurality of different telephone numbers. Assume that there are father a, mother b, grandfather c, eldest son d, and eldest daughter e as users of facsimile apparatus 100. Each person owns the wireless tag 200, and the ID of each wireless tag 200 is as follows. The eldest daughter e is “55566667788”. Also, the correspondence between the ID and the response message is set as shown in the setting table shown in FIG. 3, and the content transmitted to the other party is "Current home person is (content of response message)." Shall be.

  First, which number of the facsimile machine 100 is to be used for automatic response is set. Here, it is assumed that the telephone number D is set for automatic response. Assume that the grandfather c, the eldest son d, and the eldest daughter e are in a range where the ID of the wireless tag 200 can be detected from the facsimile apparatus 100.

  When a call is received from the outside line to the telephone number D, the telephone number D is for automatic response, so that the response is started without ringing. Then, ID detection of the wireless tag 200 is performed, and IDs of the grandfather c, the eldest son d, and the eldest daughter e are detected. According to the setting table of FIG. 3, the response messages corresponding to the respective IDs are “Grandpa”, “Chōnan”, and “Chojo”. , “Choan”, “Chojo”. Further, if there is no detected ID, a message “No current resident is present” is transmitted.

  Thus, if the user sets a specific telephone number of the facsimile apparatus 100 for automatic response, the user can then respond without changing the automatic response setting each time. Then, without making a ring tone when a call is received, the other party can know the current home situation. For example, when the mother is in a situation such as “I want to check if there is a child at home but may be asleep”, there is no possibility of waking up a child, and the home status of the child can be confirmed. In addition, since any telephone number among the plurality of telephone numbers is used for automatic answering, other telephone numbers other than that are not affected.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made within the scope shown in the claims. That is, embodiments obtained by combining technical means appropriately modified within the scope of the claims are also included in the technical scope of the present invention.

  In the above embodiment, the facsimile apparatus has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to the facsimile apparatus, and may be applied to a general telephone terminal apparatus having a response function to which a plurality of different telephone numbers are assigned. it can.

  Finally, each block of the facsimile machine 100, in particular, the processing unit 103, the response unit 104, the display control unit 120, the key operation control unit 130, and the ID detection unit 150 may be configured by hardware logic. Thus, it may be realized by software using a CPU.

  That is, the facsimile apparatus 100 includes a CPU (central processing unit) that executes instructions of a control program that realizes each function, a ROM that stores the program, a RAM that expands the program, a memory that stores the program and various data, and the like. Storage device (recording medium). An object of the present invention is to provide a recording medium in which a program code (execution format program, intermediate code program, source program) of a control program of the facsimile apparatus 100, which is software that realizes the functions described above, is recorded so as to be readable by a computer. This can also be achieved by supplying the facsimile apparatus 100 with the computer (or CPU or MPU) reading and executing the program code recorded on the recording medium.

  Examples of the recording medium include a tape system such as a magnetic tape and a cassette tape, a magnetic disk such as a floppy (registered trademark) disk / hard disk, and an optical disk such as a CD-ROM / MO / MD / DVD / CD-R. Card system such as IC card, IC card (including memory card) / optical card, or semiconductor memory system such as mask ROM / EPROM / EEPROM / flash ROM.

  Further, the facsimile apparatus 100 may be configured to be connectable to a communication network, and the program code may be supplied via the communication network. The communication network is not particularly limited. For example, the Internet, intranet, extranet, LAN, ISDN, VAN, CATV communication network, virtual private network, telephone line network, mobile communication network, satellite communication. A net or the like is available. Also, the transmission medium constituting the communication network is not particularly limited. For example, even in the case of wired such as IEEE 1394, USB, power line carrier, cable TV line, telephone line, ADSL line, etc., infrared rays such as IrDA and remote control, Bluetooth ( (Registered trademark), 802.11 wireless, HDR, mobile phone network, satellite line, terrestrial digital network, and the like can also be used. The present invention can also be realized in the form of a computer data signal embedded in a carrier wave in which the program code is embodied by electronic transmission.

  You can check the status of the user belonging to the telephone terminal device without ringing the phone terminal device, so if you want to check the user status without ringing the phone terminal device, for example, a small child sleeps in the vicinity of the phone terminal device This can be applied to a telephone terminal device such as a home with a small child.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1, showing an embodiment of the present invention, is a block diagram showing a main configuration of a telephone terminal device. It is a figure which shows the external appearance of the said telephone terminal device. It is a figure which shows the setting table memorize | stored in the memory | storage part of the said telephone terminal device. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the process in the said telephone terminal device. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the process in the said telephone terminal device.

Explanation of symbols

100 facsimile machine 102 storage unit (message storage unit)
103 Processing Unit 104 Response Unit (Message Notification Unit)
105 Sounding part (sounding means)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 110 Modem 111 Network control part 112 Cordless control circuit 113 Antenna 114 Line connection terminal 120 Display control part 121 Display part 130 Key operation control part 131 Key operation part 140 Printing part 141 Image reading part 150 ID detection part (identification data receiving means)
151 ID reading unit (identification data receiving means)
200 Wireless tag (identification terminal)

Claims (8)

In a telephone terminal device to which a plurality of different telephone numbers are assigned,
Ringing means for ringing as needed when an incoming call is received at the above phone number;
A message notification means for notifying a predetermined message as needed when an incoming call is received at the telephone number;
When at least one of the plurality of different phone numbers is set as a message response phone number, and the received phone number is the message response phone number,
The ringing means does not perform a ringing operation,
The telephone terminal apparatus, wherein the message notification means notifies a predetermined message to a caller of an incoming telephone number. An identification data receiving means for receiving identification data for identifying a user who uses the telephone terminal device by wireless communication;
2. The telephone terminal apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the message notification unit notifies the caller of a message associated with each identification data received by the identification data receiving unit. A message storage unit for storing the message notified by the message notification means in association with identification data;
The said message notification means reads the message matched with the identification data received by the said identification data receiving means from the said message memory | storage part, and notifies the said sender | caller, The said caller is characterized by the above-mentioned. Telephone terminal device.   4. The telephone terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the message notified by the message notification means is rewritable. A method for controlling a telephone terminal device to which a plurality of different telephone numbers are assigned,
A ringing step in which the ringing means rings as necessary when an incoming call is received at the telephone number;
A message notification means for notifying a predetermined message as necessary when an incoming call is received at the telephone number;
When at least one of the plurality of different phone numbers is set as a message response phone number, and the received phone number is the message response phone number,
In the ringing step, the ringing means does not perform the ringing operation,
A control method for a telephone terminal device, characterized in that, in the message notification step, the message notification means performs control so as to notify a caller of a telephone number that has received an incoming message. Communication composed of a telephone terminal device to which a plurality of different telephone numbers are assigned and an identification terminal which is made to be owned by a user who uses the telephone terminal device and which transmits identification data assigned to each user. In the system,
The telephone terminal device
Ringing means for ringing as needed when an incoming call is received at the above phone number;
A message notification means for notifying a predetermined message as needed when an incoming call is received at the telephone number;
When at least one of the plurality of different phone numbers is set as a message response phone number, and the received phone number is the message response phone number,
The ringing means does not perform a ringing operation,
The message notification means notifies a predetermined message to a caller of an incoming telephone number.   A telephone terminal device control program for operating a telephone terminal device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, for causing a computer to function as each of the above means.   The computer-readable recording medium which recorded the telephone terminal device control program of Claim 7.

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