JP2013102557A - Ringing method of communication device, control method of control device, communication device, and control device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a telephone control apparatus and a telephone system which are capable of setting an incoming call sound pattern for every incoming call group, whereby it is possible to distinguish which incoming call group is in an incoming call status, in which, if there is a telephone terminal belonging to a plurality of incoming call groups and the groups are in the incoming call status at the same time, the telephone terminal rings so that the status can be distinguished.SOLUTION: A main apparatus 1 connected to an external public line and performing a call control, as a telephone exchange, is connected to a terminal control device 2 housing a plurality of telephone terminals and has a storage device 11 storing an incoming call sound pattern database or the like in which an incoming call sound pattern is associated with each incoming call group.

Description

  The present invention relates to a telephone control device that sets a ring tone pattern according to an incoming call group when an incoming call is received in an incoming call group of a telephone terminal, and a telephone system having the telephone control device.

Conventionally, a single incoming call group or multiple incoming keys can be set for each key in a multi-function telephone, and if there is an incoming call in the incoming call group set for each key, the incoming call group is set to that incoming call group. That is, the multi-function telephones belonging to the incoming call group ring the ring tone for the incoming call group. The ringing tone for this incoming call group is common to all incoming call groups, and the same ringing tone is ringing when an incoming call is received from any incoming call group. In addition, even if there is an incoming call in one incoming call group, even if there are incoming calls in multiple incoming call groups, the same ringing tone will sound, so it is not possible to distinguish which incoming call group actually has an incoming call. There was a problem that it was not possible to distinguish between incoming calls to a group and incoming calls to multiple incoming groups.
Thus, for example, a telephone device has been proposed in which the ring tone is different for each terminal telephone or each group of terminal telephones and corresponding to the line type or line corresponding to an incoming call (see, for example, Patent Document 1). ).
Also, even for the same caller type, it is possible to distinguish the ring tone for each dial-in extension number, and even for the same caller type, the ring tone can be distinguished for each telephone line group. A telephone switch has been proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 2).

JP 62-214759 A JP 2003-009198 A

However, in the invention according to Patent Document 1, it is not assumed that one terminal phone belongs to a plurality of groups, and a method for distinguishing ringtones in that case is not described. There is a problem that the ring tone can be distinguished only in the telephone systems belonging to one group.
Further, in the invention according to Patent Document 2, it is possible to distinguish which telephone line group is the incoming call because a ring tone is generated for each telephone line group in the incoming state. Similarly, for extension telephones belonging to a plurality of telephone line groups, when the plurality of telephone line groups are in an incoming state at the same time, whether the incoming call is to one of the plurality of telephone line groups, There is a problem in that it is impossible to distinguish whether the incoming calls are simultaneous for the plurality of telephone line groups.

  Therefore, it is possible to set a ring tone pattern for each incoming call group, and it is possible to distinguish which incoming call group is in an incoming call state, as well as when there are telephone terminals belonging to multiple incoming call groups, When telephones are in an incoming state at the same time, a telephone control device and a telephone system that ring the telephone terminal so that the states can be distinguished have been desired.

  A ringing method for a communication apparatus according to the present invention is a ringing method for a communication apparatus having a call function, wherein the first ringing operation is performed when the communication apparatus receives a first incoming call notification, and the communication apparatus is in the first ringing operation. When the second incoming notification is received, the second ringing operation is performed.

  In the ringing method of the communication device according to the present invention, it is possible to distinguish which incoming call group is in an incoming state by setting a ringing tone pattern for each incoming call group, and further, telephones belonging to a plurality of incoming call groups If there is a terminal, if multiple incoming groups are in the incoming state at the same time, it is an incoming call to one of the multiple incoming groups, or the incoming call is simultaneous to multiple incoming groups Can be distinguished by the corresponding ringtone pattern.

1 is an overall configuration diagram of a telephone system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. It is a figure which shows ringing operation of the ringing tone pattern for every incoming call group in the telephone system. It is a figure which shows the ringtone pattern database corresponding to the incoming call group of the same telephone system. It is a sequence diagram of a ringing operation in the multiple incoming state of the telephone system. It is a sequence diagram of a ringing stop in the multiple incoming state of the telephone system. It is a figure which shows ringing operation of the ringing tone pattern for every incoming call group and every line classification in the telephone system which concerns on Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the ringtone pattern database corresponding to the incoming call group and line | wire type in the same telephone system.

Embodiment 1 FIG.
(Overall configuration of telephone system)
FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a telephone system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
In FIG. 1, a main apparatus 1 connected to an external public line and performing call control as a telephone exchange is connected to a terminal control apparatus 2 that accommodates a plurality of telephone terminals. The terminal control device 2 is connected to telephone terminals 3a to 3e, and constitutes a connection by INS (registered trademark). Each of the telephone terminals 3a to 3e is provided with one or a plurality of keys (not shown), and an incoming call group can be assigned to each key and can participate in the incoming call group. In the present embodiment, the telephone terminals 3a to 3e are each provided with two keys K1 and K2 (not shown). Among the telephone terminals 3a to 3e, the telephone terminals 3a to 3c constitute an incoming call group 10a, and the telephone terminals 3c and 3d constitute an incoming call group 10b. The main apparatus 1 is connected to a PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network) 20 which is an external public line, and general telephones 21a to 21c are connected to the PSTN 20, for example. Further, the main device 1 is provided with a storage device 11 for storing a ring tone pattern database in which a ring tone pattern is associated with each incoming call group.

  The telephone control device according to the claims corresponds to the main device 1 and the terminal control device 2, the storage means corresponds to the storage device 11 provided in the main device 1, and the control means corresponds to the main device 1 and the terminal control device 2. is there.

In the above description, in order to set which incoming call group each telephone terminal participates in, the incoming call group is assigned to the key provided in each telephone terminal. However, the present invention is not limited to this. In addition, the setting of participation of the incoming call group of each telephone terminal may be performed by other methods.
In the above description, the main device 1 and the terminal control device 2 are separate devices. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a single device having both functions may be used.
Further, as described above, the terminal control device 2 and the telephone terminals 3a to 3e are connected by INS (registered trademark). However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the terminal control device 2 and the telephone terminals 3a to 3e are connected by a LAN and SIP (Session Initiation). A network that communicates with a communication protocol by Protocol) may be configured.
The PSTN 20 is not limited to an analog line network, and may be a digital line network such as ISDN (registered trademark).
The telephone terminals 3a to 3e and the ordinary telephones 21a to 21c are not limited to the fixed telephone as shown in FIG. 1, but may be configured by a mobile phone or PHS (registered trademark).
Furthermore, the configuration of the telephone system shown in FIG. 1 is merely an example, and the numbers of telephone terminals, general telephones, and incoming call groups are not limited to those shown in FIG. It may be a thing.

(Telephone system ringing operation)
2 is a diagram showing a ringing tone pattern ringing operation for each incoming call group in the telephone system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a ringing tone pattern database corresponding to the incoming call group in the same telephone system. It is. Hereinafter, an outline of the ringing operation of the incoming call group will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3.
First, in FIG. 2A, the caller A sends a call to the incoming call group 10a by the general telephone 21a. Then, the telephone terminals (in this case, telephone terminals 3a to 3c) set in the incoming call group 10a by the keys of the respective telephone terminals, that is, belonging to the incoming call group 10a ring. At this time, the ringing tone pattern to be ringed is referred to the ringing tone pattern database shown in FIG. 3 stored in the storage device 11 by the main device 1 in FIG. 1 and selected as the one corresponding to the incoming call group 10a. Sound pattern 1.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 2 (b), the caller B makes a call to the incoming call group 10b by the general telephone 21b. Then, the telephone terminals 3d belonging to the incoming call group 10b ring according to the incoming call pattern 2 corresponding to the incoming call group 10b in the incoming call pattern pattern database selected by the main device 1, as described above. At this time, both the incoming call group 10a and the incoming call group 10b are in an incoming call state (hereinafter, this state is referred to as a multiple incoming call state), belong to both the incoming call group 10a and the incoming call group 10b, and telephone terminals that are ringing according to the ring tone pattern 1 3c is switched to ringing by the ringing tone pattern 5 corresponding to a plurality of incoming states selected by the main device 1 from the ringing tone pattern database.

  Then, as shown in FIG. 2C, when the telephone terminal 3a responds to the incoming call to the incoming call group 10a by the caller A, the call between the ordinary telephone 21a and the telephone terminal 3a is started, and the incoming call group 10a The ringing by the ringtone pattern 1 of the telephone terminal 3b, which is the other telephone terminal belonging to, stops. In addition, since the telephone terminal 3c enters the incoming state of only the incoming call group 10b from the multiple incoming state, the ringing by the ringing tone pattern 5 is switched to the ringing by the ringing tone pattern 2 corresponding to the incoming call group 10b.

(Ringing operation when multiple incoming calls are received in the telephone system)
FIG. 4 is a sequence diagram of the ringing operation in the multiple incoming state of the telephone system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a sequence diagram of the ringing stop in the multiple incoming state of the telephone system. In the following, referring to FIG. 4, the details of the ringing operation of the telephone terminal as the receiving terminal, in particular, the details of the ringing operation of the telephone terminals 3c belonging to a plurality of incoming groups in the incoming state in the multiple incoming state. To do. Here, it is assumed that the incoming call group 10a is set in the key K1 of the telephone terminal 3c, and the incoming call group 10b is set in the key K2.

(S11)
First, in FIG. 4, a call is made from the general telephone 21a to the incoming call group 10a.
(S12)
The main device 1 detects the call origination state, refers to the ring tone pattern database stored in the storage device 11 in FIG. 1, and obtains the ring tone pattern 1 that is the ring tone pattern corresponding to the incoming call group 10a.
(S13)
The main device 1 then identifies the telephone terminal having the key for which the incoming call group 10a is set and the key (key K1 in the telephone terminal 3c), and sends the ring tone pattern information (here, the ring tone) to the terminal control device 2. Send pattern 1).

(S14)
In the memory (not shown) provided in the terminal control device 2, the storage area allocated for the key (the key K1 in the telephone terminal 3c) in which the incoming call group 10a of the telephone terminals belonging to the incoming call group 10a is set, The ring tone pattern 1 is stored. Further, the terminal control device 2 confirms whether the ring tone pattern is stored in the storage area allocated for another key of the telephone terminal (key K2 in the telephone terminal 3c). At this time, no ringing tone pattern is stored in the storage area for the key K2 in the telephone terminal 3c. Then, a ring tone pattern 1 is set as a ring tone pattern for starting ringing. Although the medium for storing the ring tone pattern (here, ring tone pattern 1) is described as the above-described memory in the terminal control device 2, it is not limited to this, and the storage device in the main device 1 is not limited thereto. 11 may be stored.
(S15)
The terminal control device 2 transmits a ringing start command based on the ring tone pattern 1 to the telephone terminals belonging to the incoming call group 10a.
(S16)
The telephone terminal that has received the ringing start command starts the ringing operation with the ring tone pattern 1.
(S17)
In addition, the terminal control device 2 transmits a lighting request for a key (the key K1 in the telephone terminal 3c) in which the incoming call group 10a is set to the telephone terminals belonging to the incoming call group 10a. The terminal control device 2 acquires the address information such as the telephone number of the general telephone 21a from the general telephone 21a via the main apparatus 1, and the address information by LED or the like for the telephone terminals belonging to the incoming call group 10a. The display request may be transmitted.
(S18)
The telephone terminal that has received the key lighting request lights the key (key K1 in the telephone terminal 3c).

(S19)
Next, the general telephone 21b calls the incoming call group 10b.
(S20)
The main device 1 detects the transmission state, refers to the ringtone pattern database stored in the storage device 11 in FIG. 1, and acquires the ringtone pattern 2 that is the ringtone pattern corresponding to the incoming call group 10b.
(S21)
Then, the main device 1 identifies the telephone terminal having the key for which the incoming call group 10b is set and the key (key K2 in the telephone terminal 3c), and sends the ring tone pattern information (here, the ring tone) to the terminal control device 2. Send pattern 2).

(S22)
In the memory (not shown) provided in the terminal control device 2, the storage area allocated for the key (key K2 in the telephone terminal 3c) in which the incoming call group 10b of the telephone terminal belonging to the incoming call group 10b is set, The ring tone pattern 2 is stored. Further, the terminal control device 2 confirms whether the ring tone pattern is stored in the storage area allocated for the other key of the telephone terminal (the key K1 in the telephone terminal 3c). At this time, the ringing tone pattern 1 is already stored in the storage area for the key K1 in the telephone terminal 3c. Accordingly, since the ringing tone pattern 1 is stored in the storage area for the key K1 and the ringing tone pattern 2 is stored in the storage area for the key K2 in the telephone terminal 3c, the terminal control device 2 is connected to the telephone terminal 3c. Is determined to belong to both the incoming call group 10a and the incoming call group 10b in the multiple incoming call state, and as the incoming call sound pattern to be ringed by the telephone terminal 3c, the incoming call sound pattern 5 corresponding to the multiple incoming call state in the incoming call sound pattern database Set. If no ring tone pattern is stored in the storage area allocated for the other keys, the ring tone pattern 2 is set as the ring tone pattern to be ringed by those telephone terminals.
(S23)
And the terminal control apparatus 2 transmits the start command of the ringing by the ringtone pattern 5 with respect to the telephone terminal 3c. In addition, a ringing start command based on the ring tone pattern 2 is transmitted to telephone terminals belonging only to the incoming call group 10b.
(S24)
The telephone terminal that has received the ringing start command starts the ringing operation with the ringing tone pattern (ringing tone pattern 5 in the telephone terminal 3c) related to the ringing start command.
(S25)
In addition, the terminal control device 2 transmits a lighting request for a key (the key K2 in the telephone terminal 3c) in which the incoming call group 10b is set to the telephone terminals belonging to the incoming call group 10b. The terminal control device 2 acquires the address information such as the telephone number of the general telephone 21b from the general telephone 21b via the main apparatus 1, and addresses the telephone terminals belonging to the incoming call group 10b by LED or the like. The display request may be transmitted.
(S26)
The telephone terminal that has received the key lighting request lights the key (key K2 in the telephone terminal 3c).

  Next, referring to FIG. 5, the details of the ringing stop operation of the telephone terminal as the receiving terminal, particularly, the details of the ringing stop operation of the telephone terminals 3c belonging to the multiple incoming groups in the incoming state in the multiple incoming state. Will be explained. The sequence diagram shown in FIG. 5 shows an operation after the operation shown in the sequence diagram in FIG. 4 is performed.

(S31)
First, in FIG. 5, the main device 1 detects that a telephone terminal other than the telephone terminal 3c belonging to the incoming call group 10a has responded to the general telephone 21a, or detects abandonment of outgoing calls from the general telephone 21a.
(S32)
Then, the main device 1 identifies the telephone terminal having the key for which the incoming call group 10a is set and the key (key K1 in the telephone terminal 3c), and the incoming call pattern information (which causes the terminal control device 2 to stop ringing) ( Here, the ring tone pattern 1) is transmitted.

(S33)
The terminal control device 2 stores in a memory area (not shown) provided in a storage area allocated for a key (key K1 in the telephone terminal 3c) in which the incoming call group 10a of the telephone terminals belonging to the incoming call group 10a is set. The ringing tone pattern 1 that has been set is deleted. Further, the terminal control device 2 confirms whether the ring tone pattern is stored in the storage area allocated for another key of the telephone terminal (key K2 in the telephone terminal 3c). At this time, the ringing tone pattern 2 is already stored in the storage area for the key K2 in the telephone terminal 3c. Therefore, the ringing tone pattern 2 is set as the ringing tone pattern that causes the telephone terminal 3c to ring. Also, if no ring tone pattern is stored in the storage area allocated for the other keys, the ring tone pattern for ringing those telephone terminals is set as no ring tone pattern.
(S34)
Then, the terminal control device 2 transmits a ringing start command based on the ring tone pattern 2 to the telephone terminal 3c. Further, a ringing stop command is transmitted to telephone terminals belonging to only the incoming call group 10a.
(S35)
The telephone terminal 3c that has received the ringing start command switches from the ringing tone pattern 5 to the ringing operation based on the ringing tone pattern 2. The telephone terminal that has received the ringing stop command stops the ringing operation.
(S36)
Further, the terminal control device 2 transmits a light extinction request for the key (the key K1 in the telephone terminal 3c) in which the incoming call group 10a is set to the telephone terminals belonging to the incoming call group 10a. As described above, the terminal control device 2 acquires address information such as the telephone number of the general telephone 21a from the general telephone 21a via the main apparatus 1, and the LED information is transmitted to the telephone terminals belonging to the incoming call group 10a. If a request for display of address information is made, etc., a display erasure request for the address information is transmitted.
(S37)
The telephone terminal that has received the key extinction request extinguishes the key (key K1 in the telephone terminal 3c).

(S38)
The main device 1 detects that a telephone terminal belonging to the incoming call group 10b has responded to the general telephone 21b, or detects abandonment of outgoing calls from the general telephone 21b.
(S39)
Then, the main device 1 specifies a telephone terminal having a key for which the incoming call group 10b is set and the key (key K2 in the telephone terminal 3c), and the incoming call pattern information (which causes the terminal control device 2 to stop ringing) ( Here, the ring tone pattern 2) is transmitted.

(S40)
The terminal control device 2 stores in a memory area (not shown) provided in a storage area allocated for a key (key K2 in the telephone terminal 3c) in which the incoming call group 10b of the telephone terminal belonging to the incoming call group 10b is set. The ring tone pattern 2 that has been set is deleted. Further, the terminal control device 2 confirms whether the ring tone pattern is stored in the storage area allocated for another key of the telephone terminal (key K2 in the telephone terminal 3c). If no ringing tone pattern is stored, it is set as no ringing tone pattern as a ringing tone pattern to be ringed by those telephone terminals.
(S41)
Then, the terminal control device 2 transmits a ringing stop command based on the ringtone pattern 2 to the telephone terminals belonging to the incoming call group 10b.
(S42)
The telephone terminal that has received the ringing stop command stops the ringing operation.
(S43)
In addition, the terminal control device 2 transmits a light extinction request for the key (the key K2 in the telephone terminal 3c) in which the incoming call group 10b is set to the telephone terminals belonging to the incoming call group 10b. As described above, the terminal control device 2 acquires the address information such as the telephone number of the general telephone 21b from the general telephone 21b via the main apparatus 1, and sends the LED information to the telephone terminals belonging to the incoming call group 10b. If a request for display of address information is made, etc., a display erasure request for the address information is transmitted.
(S44)
The telephone terminal that has received the key extinction request extinguishes the key (key K2 in the telephone terminal 3c).

With the above configuration and operation, different ringing tone patterns are stored in the ringing tone pattern database in the storage device 11 for each incoming call group, and the main device 1 refers to the ringing tone pattern database and corresponds to the ringing tone pattern corresponding to each incoming call group. Therefore, it is possible to determine which incoming call group the incoming call is.
In addition, when a specific telephone terminal (for example, the telephone terminal 3c) belongs to a plurality of incoming groups and the plurality of incoming groups are in a plurality of incoming states, the telephone terminal is designated by a ringing tone pattern corresponding to the plurality of incoming states. By ringing, it can be determined that there are incoming calls in a plurality of incoming call groups.

  2, 4, and 5, the telephones that make calls are ordinary telephones 21 a and 21 b, but it goes without saying that other ordinary telephones or telephone terminals may make calls.

Embodiment 2. FIG.
(Overall configuration of telephone system)
Differences between the overall configuration of the telephone system according to Embodiment 2 and the overall configuration of the telephone system according to Embodiment 1 shown in FIG. 1 will be described.
When there is an incoming call in the incoming call group, the main device 1 is from an external line transmitted from the general telephones 21a to 21c or the like, or is transmitted from one telephone terminal in the telephone terminals 3a to 3e to another telephone terminal. It has a function of identifying the type of line, whether it is an extension line or a private dedicated line. Other configurations are the same as those in the first embodiment.

  Note that the line identification means described in the claims corresponds to the main apparatus 1.

(Telephone system ringing operation)
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a ringing tone pattern ringing operation for each incoming call group and each line type in the telephone system according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention, and FIG. 7 corresponds to the incoming call group and line type in the same telephone system. It is a figure which shows a ringtone pattern database. Hereinafter, an outline of the ringing operation of the incoming call group will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7.
First, in FIG. 6A, the caller A makes a call to the incoming call group 10a by the outside telephone 21a. Then, the telephone terminals (in this case, telephone terminals 3a to 3c) set in the incoming call group 10a by the keys of the respective telephone terminals, that is, belonging to the incoming call group 10a ring. At this time, the main device 1 in FIG. 1 identifies that the outgoing call from the general telephone 21a is by an external line, and the ringing tone pattern to ring is the ringing tone pattern shown in FIG. The ring tone pattern 1 is selected by referring to the database and corresponding to the incoming call group 10a and the outside line.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 6B, the caller C makes a call to the incoming call group 10b by the telephone terminal 3e using the extension. Then, similarly to the above, the telephone terminals 3d belonging to the incoming call group 10b use the incoming call pattern 10 corresponding to the incoming call group 10b and other lines (extensions in this case) in the incoming call pattern database selected by the main device 1. It rings. At this time, the incoming call group 10a and the incoming call group 10b are both in the incoming call state, that is, in the multiple incoming call state, belong to both the incoming call group 10a and the incoming call group 10b, and the telephone terminal 3c ringing by the incoming call pattern 1 1 is switched to ringing by a ringing tone pattern 5 corresponding to a plurality of incoming states selected from the ringing tone pattern database.

  Then, as shown in FIG. 6C, when the telephone terminal 3a responds to the incoming call to the incoming call group 10a by the caller A, the call between the ordinary telephone 21a and the telephone terminal 3a is started, and the incoming call group 10a The ringing by the ringtone pattern 1 of the telephone terminal 3b, which is the other telephone terminal belonging to, stops. In addition, since the telephone terminal 3c enters the incoming state only for the incoming call group 10b from the multiple incoming call states, the ringing tone pattern 4 corresponding to the incoming call group 10b and other lines (in this case, the extension) from the ringing sound pattern 5 ringing. Switch to ringing.

(Ringing operation when multiple incoming calls are received in the telephone system)
The ringing operation and ringing stop operation in the multiple incoming state of the telephone system according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention are the ringing operation sequence diagram shown in FIG. 4 and the ringing stop sequence diagram shown in FIG. Although it is basically the same, first, the ringing operation in a plurality of incoming states will be described with reference to FIG. 4 focusing on the differences from the first embodiment.

(S12)
The main device 1 detects the state of transmission from the general telephone 21a, identifies that the transmission is by an outside line, refers to the ring tone pattern database stored in the storage device 11 in FIG. 10a and a ringing tone pattern 1 which is a ringing tone pattern corresponding to the outside line are acquired.

(S19)
The telephone terminal 3e transmits to the incoming call group 10b.
(S20)
The main device 1 detects the transmission state, identifies that the transmission is by extension, refers to the ring tone pattern database stored in the storage device 11 in FIG. A ringing tone pattern 4 that is a ringing tone pattern corresponding to a line (here, an extension) is acquired.
(S21)
Then, the main device 1 identifies the telephone terminal having the key for which the incoming call group 10b is set and the key (key K2 in the telephone terminal 3c), and sends the ring tone pattern information (here, the ring tone) to the terminal control device 2. Send pattern 4).

(S22)
In the memory (not shown) provided in the terminal control device 2, the storage area allocated for the key (key K2 in the telephone terminal 3c) in which the incoming call group 10b of the telephone terminal belonging to the incoming call group 10b is set, The ring tone pattern 4 is stored. Further, the terminal control device 2 confirms whether the ring tone pattern is stored in the storage area allocated for the other key of the telephone terminal (the key K1 in the telephone terminal 3c). At this time, the ringing tone pattern 1 is already stored in the storage area for the key K1 in the telephone terminal 3c. Accordingly, the ringing tone pattern 1 is stored in the storage area for the key K1 and the ringing tone pattern 4 is stored in the storage area for the key K2 in the telephone terminal 3c. Is determined to belong to both the incoming call group 10a and the incoming call group 10b in the multiple incoming call state, and as the incoming call sound pattern to be ringed by the telephone terminal 3c, the incoming call sound pattern 5 corresponding to the multiple incoming call state in the incoming call sound pattern database Set. If no ring tone pattern is stored in the storage area allocated for the other keys described above, the ring tone pattern 4 is set as the ring tone pattern to be ringed by those telephone terminals.
(S23)
And the terminal control apparatus 2 transmits the start command of the ringing by the ringtone pattern 5 with respect to the telephone terminal 3c. In addition, a ringing start command based on the ring tone pattern 4 is transmitted to telephone terminals belonging only to the incoming call group 10b.
(S25)
The terminal control device 2 transmits a lighting request for the key (the key K2 in the telephone terminal 3c) in which the incoming call group 10b is set to the telephone terminals belonging to the incoming call group 10b. The terminal control device 2 acquires the address information such as the telephone number of the telephone terminal 3e from the telephone terminal 3e via the main device 1, and the address information by LED or the like for the telephone terminals belonging to the incoming call group 10b. The display request may be transmitted.

Next, with reference to FIG. 5, the ringing stop operation in the multiple incoming call state will be described focusing on the differences from the first embodiment.
(S33)
The terminal control device 2 stores in a memory area (not shown) provided in a storage area allocated for a key (key K1 in the telephone terminal 3c) in which the incoming call group 10a of the telephone terminals belonging to the incoming call group 10a is set. The ringing tone pattern 1 that has been set is deleted. Further, the terminal control device 2 confirms whether the ring tone pattern is stored in the storage area allocated for another key of the telephone terminal (key K2 in the telephone terminal 3c). At this time, the ring tone pattern 4 is already stored in the storage area for the key K2 in the telephone terminal 3c. Therefore, the ringing tone pattern 4 is set as the ringing tone pattern that causes the telephone terminal 3c to ring. Also, if no ring tone pattern is stored in the storage area allocated for the other keys, the ring tone pattern for ringing those telephone terminals is set as no ring tone pattern.
(S34)
Then, the terminal control device 2 transmits a ringing start command by the ring tone pattern 4 to the telephone terminal 3c. Further, a ringing stop command is transmitted to telephone terminals belonging to only the incoming call group 10a.
(S35)
The telephone terminal 3 c that has received the ringing start command switches from the ringing tone pattern 5 to the ringing operation by the ringing tone pattern 4. The telephone terminal that has received the ringing stop command stops the ringing operation.

(S38)
The main device 1 detects that a telephone terminal belonging to the incoming call group 10b has responded to the telephone terminal 3e, or detects that the telephone terminal 3e is abandoned.
(S39)
Then, the main device 1 specifies a telephone terminal having a key for which the incoming call group 10b is set and the key (key K2 in the telephone terminal 3c), and the incoming call pattern information (which causes the terminal control device 2 to stop ringing) ( Here, the ring tone pattern 4) is transmitted.

(S40)
The terminal control device 2 stores in a memory area (not shown) provided in a storage area allocated for a key (key K2 in the telephone terminal 3c) in which the incoming call group 10b of the telephone terminal belonging to the incoming call group 10b is set. The ringing tone pattern 4 that has been set is deleted. Further, the terminal control device 2 confirms whether the ring tone pattern is stored in the storage area allocated for another key of the telephone terminal (key K2 in the telephone terminal 3c). If no ringing tone pattern is stored, it is set as no ringing tone pattern as a ringing tone pattern to be ringed by those telephone terminals.
(S41)
Then, the terminal control device 2 transmits a ringing stop command by the ringing tone pattern 4 to the telephone terminals belonging to the incoming call group 10b.
(S43)
In addition, the terminal control device 2 transmits a light extinction request for the key (the key K2 in the telephone terminal 3c) in which the incoming call group 10b is set to the telephone terminals belonging to the incoming call group 10b. As described above, the terminal control device 2 acquires address information such as the telephone number of the telephone terminal 3e from the telephone terminal 3e via the main apparatus 1, and the LED information is transmitted to the telephone terminals belonging to the incoming call group 10b. If a request for display of address information is made, etc., a display erasure request for the address information is transmitted.

  The operation of other steps is the same as that of the first embodiment.

With the above configuration and operation, different ringing tone patterns for each incoming call group and each line type are stored in the ringing tone pattern database in the storage device 11, and the main device 1 refers to the incoming call tone pattern database for each incoming call group and each line. Since the ring tone pattern corresponding to each type can be set, it is possible to determine which incoming call group the incoming call is received to and via which line.
Similarly to the first embodiment, when a specific telephone terminal (for example, the telephone terminal 3c) belongs to a plurality of incoming groups and the plurality of incoming groups are in a plurality of incoming states, the multiple incoming states are supported. It is possible to determine that there are incoming calls in a plurality of incoming call groups by ringing the telephone terminal according to the incoming call sound pattern.

The ring tone pattern database shown in FIG. 7 stores ring tone patterns for each of two types of lines, “external line” and “other”, but the present invention is not limited to this. Three or more types of lines may be identified, and a ringing tone pattern may be stored for each of the line types to be sounded.
Further, in FIG. 6 and FIGS. 4 and 5 referred to for explaining the difference from the first embodiment, the telephones to be transmitted are the general telephone 21a and the telephone terminal 3e. Needless to say, the telephone terminal may send the call.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Main apparatus, 2 Terminal control apparatus, 3a-3e Telephone terminal, 10a, 10b Incoming group, 11 Storage apparatus, 20 PSTN (public switched telephone network), 21a-21c General telephone.

Claims (12)

A method of ringing a communication device having a call function,
When the communication device receives a first incoming notification, a first ringing operation is performed,
A ringing method for a communication apparatus, wherein the communication apparatus performs a second ringing operation when receiving a second incoming notification during the first ringing operation. The first incoming notification includes first incoming information;
The first ringing operation is an operation using the first incoming call information,
The second incoming notification includes second incoming information;
The method for ringing a communication device according to claim 1, wherein the second ringing operation is an operation using the second incoming call information. The first incoming information and the second incoming information include a ring tone pattern,
The ringing method for a communication apparatus according to claim 2, wherein a ringing tone pattern included in the first incoming call information is different from a ringing tone pattern included in the second incoming call information. The method for ringing a communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first ringing operation and the second ringing operation are different operations. The call function belongs to a plurality of call groups configured by a single or a plurality of communication devices,
5. The ringing method for a communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first incoming call notification and the second incoming call notification are incoming call notifications related to different call groups. The method for ringing a communication device according to claim 1, wherein the first display operation is performed when the communication device receives a first expression display request related to the first incoming notification during the first ringing operation. The method for ringing a communication device according to claim 6, wherein when the communication device receives a second expression display request related to the second incoming notification during the second ringing operation, the second display operation is performed. . The communication device comprises one or more LEDs,
The first display operation controls the LED of the communication device based on information included in the first expression display request,
The method for ringing a communication device according to claim 7, wherein the second display operation controls the LED of the notification device based on information included in the second expression display request. The method for ringing a communication device according to claim 7 or 8, wherein the first display operation and the second display operation are different operations. A control method of a control device for controlling a communication device,
When the first incoming notification is received, the communication device is caused to perform a first ringing operation,
A control method for a control device, comprising: causing the communication device to perform a second ringing operation when receiving a second incoming notification while the first ringing operation is being performed on the communication device. A communication device having a call function,
Having a ringing operation unit for performing a first ringing operation when receiving a first incoming call notification;
The ringing operation unit performs a second ringing operation different from the first ringing operation when the communication device receives a second incoming notification during the first ringing operation. A control unit that causes the communication device to perform the first ringing operation when receiving the first incoming call notification;
The control unit causes the communication device to perform a second ringing operation when receiving a second incoming notification while the first ringing operation is being performed for the communication device.

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