JP2676803B2 - Telephone - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a telephone, and more particularly to a telephone having a call holding function and a recording / playback function.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, with this type of telephone, it is possible only for the telephone on the holding side to release the hold while keeping the telephone line connected when the call is held. The configuration was such that the hold could not be released.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

In the above-mentioned conventional telephone, when the call is put on hold, the hold can be released while the telephone line remains connected. Must wait for the call to be resumed until the caller on the hold side releases the call.For example, when the call is on hold, the caller on the other end ends the call because it cannot continue There is a drawback in that there is no means to notify the speaker on the holding side if desired.

[Means for solving the problem]

The telephone of the present invention is a telephone provided with a call holding circuit for putting a line on hold during a call and a recording / playback circuit for recording and playing a message sent through the line, wherein the line is on hold. When receiving a multi-frequency signal of a preset pattern sent through the line at the time, the call holding circuit releases the hold state of the line and the message of the other party from the line is displayed. The recording / reproducing circuit has control means for opening the line after recording.

〔Example〕

 Next, the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

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

In FIG. 1, the telephone of this embodiment is a telephone body 1
And a handset 14 are provided, and the telephone body 1 receives a call circuit 15 connected to the line and the handset 14, and a PB signal reception for receiving a multi-frequency (hereinafter referred to as PB) signal from the line through the call circuit 15. A circuit 11, a holding circuit 12 that puts a line on hold and outputs a holding tone, a recording / playback device 16 that records and plays a message from the other party via the line, and a recording / playback device.
Display that displays the presence or absence of message recording on the playback device 16.
13 and has.

 Next, the operation of the present embodiment will be described.

When the user A (not shown) and the other party's speaker B (not shown) of the telephone of this embodiment perform a call holding operation while the user A is holding a call, the holding circuit 12 transfers to the calling circuit 15. On the other hand, when a holding request is issued, the holding tone from the holding circuit 12 is transmitted to the other party speaker B via the line.

In this case, when the other party speaker B wants to release this hold, he presses a key from the dial pad of the speaker B's telephone to transmit a predetermined pattern. The pressed key information is sent to the PB signal generator of the speaker B telephone by the PB signal generator.
It is converted into a signal, and the communication circuit 15 on the user A side via the line 15
Is input to the PB signal receiving circuit 11 via.

After recognizing the transmitted PB signal, the PB signal receiving circuit 11 issues a hold release support to the holding circuit 12. The hold circuit 12 stops the output of the hold sound in response to the hold release request. at the same time
The PB signal circuit 11 issues a recording request to the recording / reproducing device 16 to record the message of the other speaker B, and the recording / reproducing device 16 extracts the voice signal of the other speaker B from the communication circuit 15. And start recording.

The other party talk B, after recognizing that the hold tone stops, inputs a message to the user A by voice from the handset of the speaker B side telephone. The inputted message is transmitted to the recording / reproducing device 16 via the communication circuit 15 on the side of the user A to be recorded.

After recording for a certain period of time, the PB signal receiving circuit 11 is a recording / playback device.
A recording stop instruction is issued to 16, and at the same time, a disconnection support is issued to the call circuit 15. After that, the recording / playback device 16 stops the recording, and the communication circuit 15 disconnects the line.

After the recording is completed, the PB signal receiving circuit 11 notifies the user A that the display device 13 indicates that a message has been recorded due to a call termination request from the other party speaker B.

The user A can know the end of the call from the display unit 13, can reproduce the recorded message from the recording / reproducing device 16 and can hear it via the handset 14.

〔The invention's effect〕

As described above, the present invention receives and recognizes a PB signal of a preset pattern from the other party during a call hold, cancels the call hold, ends the call after recording the message of the other party's speaker. By making it possible to reproduce the message later, even if the other party talker is unable to continue the call while the call is on hold,
It is possible to end the call by recording the reason for ending the call to the other party's speaker, and even if you inadvertently put the call on hold for a long time, you can leave the message and the other party can end the call. It is also possible to reduce the possibility of deteriorating the human relationship between them, and it is also effective in shortening the call time.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a telephone showing an embodiment of the present invention. 1 ... telephone body, 11 ... multi-frequency (PB) signal receiving circuit,
12 …… holding circuit, 13 …… display, 14 …… handset,
15 …… call circuit, 16 …… recording / playback device.

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Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A telephone having a call holding circuit for putting a line on hold during a call and a recording / playback circuit for recording and playing a message sent through the line, wherein the line is on hold. When a multi-frequency signal of a preset pattern sent from the line is received, the call holding circuit is released from the hold state of the line and the message of the caller from the line is recorded. A telephone having a control means for opening the line after the reproduction circuit records the sound.