JP2911279B2 - Telephone equipment - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a telephone apparatus using a communication system in which information about a telephone number of a caller is added to transmission information, and more particularly, to facilitate recall from a called party to a caller. Related to technology.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Some conventional telephone devices have functions such as speed dialing and redialing for convenience of calling operation.

[0003]

However, in abbreviated dialing, the user of the telephone device is the calling side, and in case of making a call, the user specifies in advance the telephone number of the destination to which the user wants to talk. Just set it. With regard to the redial function, if the caller is the calling party, the caller simply calls the other party again with one-touch operation after the call ends. You cannot call (redial) the same party. Therefore, if you notice a requirement that you forgot to say after a call ends, or if you answer a question from a caller after a survey, etc., the caller (exactly, the caller in the previous call) ), The caller's telephone number is unclear in such cases.

[0004] For this reason, there has been a demand for a telephone device capable of easily re-establishing a call with the caller after the call is completed even if the user is the called party. This demand is particularly strong in a cellular telephone device in which a telephone number book or the like is often not at hand. In addition, even in such a situation, in general, there are many opportunities to make a call again to a destination (caller) in a call in which the user was a called party before. For this reason, in preparation for such a call, the telephone number of the caller in the call in which the user was previously called is detected and stored, and if necessary, the previous caller can be operated with simple operations. It has been desired to realize a telephone device capable of making a call. The present invention has been made to meet such a demand.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention relates to a telephone apparatus used in a communication system in which information about a telephone number of a caller is added to transmission information. Telephone number detecting means for detecting the telephone number of the caller; temporary storage means for automatically storing the telephone number of the caller detected by the telephone number detecting means at least until the next incoming call; Has been written, abbreviated number storage means storing a pair of a manually registered telephone number and a corresponding abbreviated number,
Caller number storage means in which a plurality of abbreviated numbers different from the abbreviated number are written in advance, and a pair of abbreviated numbers corresponding to the telephone numbers of the callers detected by the telephone number detecting means are stored. When a registration operation of the abbreviated number and the telephone number is performed by a manual operation of the user, a telephone number writing unit that writes the telephone number paired with the abbreviated number in the abbreviated number storage unit; When the telephone number is detected, it is determined whether or not the telephone number stored in the abbreviated number storage means and the telephone number stored in the caller number storage means match the telephone number of the detected caller. The telephone number of the calling party forming a pair with the abbreviated number in the calling number storing means when it is determined by the telephone number determining means and the telephone number determining means that no matching telephone number exists. Write And the calling party number writing means, a telephone number destination that is stored on the basis the temporary storage means of the operation of the user,
A call originating means for reading out a telephone number corresponding to an abbreviated number designated by a user from the abbreviated number storage means or the caller number storage means and calling the number destination; I do.

[0006]

With the above arrangement, in the telephone device according to the present invention, after the telephone number of the caller included in the transmission information is detected, the telephone number is automatically stored in the first and second storage means,
Further, under the operation of the user, the telephone number of the caller stored in the first storage means or the second storage means is called by the calling means, and a call is made to the telephone number destination. . Also, abbreviated number storage means for storing a telephone number and abbreviated number registered manually, and a caller storing a telephone number and abbreviated number of the caller detected by the telephone number detecting means. A number storage means, and when a registration operation of the abbreviated number and the telephone number is performed by a user's manual operation, the telephone number corresponding to the abbreviated number is written in the abbreviated number storage means, and the telephone number of the caller is written. When the number is detected, it is determined whether or not the telephone number stored in the abbreviated number storage means and the telephone number stored in the caller number storage means match the detected caller's telephone number. And
When it is determined that there is no matching telephone number, the telephone number of the caller is automatically written in the caller number storage means.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below based on embodiments.
FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an embodiment of a cellular telephone device according to the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a transmitting / receiving antenna, and 2 denotes an antenna coupler, which includes a receiving filter that passes a signal in a transmission frequency band. Reference numeral 3 denotes a receiving unit that converts a received signal into a predetermined intermediate frequency signal and detects the signal. Reference numeral 4 denotes various data included in the signal from the receiving unit 3 (generally, a digital signal that is split-encoded to reduce a DC component). A demodulation circuit that demodulates the transmission signal into various types of data in a transmission signal in a predetermined transmission signal format (for example, a split code format). A transmission unit that modulates a predetermined carrier signal with an output signal and amplifies the signal to a predetermined transmission level. A control unit 7 includes a microcomputer, and receives and modulates data demodulated by the demodulation unit 4. In addition to the supply of transmission data to the transmission unit 5 and the transmission of transmission level data to the transmission unit 6, when there is an incoming call, the caller's telephone device or station, etc., transmits the original communication from the caller. On the track the telephone number of the caller on the basis of information about the telephone number of the added caller information relating to control its automated storage and the like. Reference numeral 8 denotes an audio signal processing unit that performs compression, expansion, amplification, and the like of the audio signal. Reference numeral 9 denotes a ringer speaker, reference numeral 10 denotes a reception speaker, reference numeral 11 denotes a transmission microphone, and reference numeral 12 denotes not only normal transmission and reception but also the present invention. Reference numeral 13 denotes a key input unit on which various operations of the user are performed. Reference numeral 13 denotes a display for performing various displays such as a telephone number in accordance with an instruction or the like by a key input by the user. Reference numeral 14 denotes a telephone number of an incoming caller. Is a first memory for automatically storing under the control of the control unit 7, a short number storage unit 15a for storing the telephone number of the speed dial, and a telephone number of the caller who received the call under the control of the control unit 7. This is a second memory including a caller number storage unit 15b for storing a number. The control unit 7, the key input unit 12, the display 13, the first memory 14,
The second memory 15 is a part directly related to the present invention. The other components are the same as those according to the related art, and the description thereof will be omitted below.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 2 and the memory configurations of FIGS. 3A and 3B. FIG. 2 shows a flow of the search for the presence or absence of the storage of the caller number and the automatic storage operation according to the present invention, which are performed under the control of the control unit 7. Next, referring to FIG. 3, FIG. 3 (A) shows the calling station number stored in the first memory. FIG. 3B shows station numbers stored in the second memory. In the second memory, the area number is the same as the abbreviated number, the area numbers 1 to 100 are abbreviated number storage areas set by the user of the telephone device, and the area numbers 101 to 200 are the callers in order. Is an unstored caller number storage area in which the unstored telephone numbers are stored in the order of arrival.

When the control unit 7 recognizes an incoming call, the control unit 7 shifts from an idle standby state to a search for presence / absence of storage of a caller number and an automatic storage routine (S1). Control unit 7
After confirming the incoming call, the telephone number of the caller (for example, 072)
0-72-2121), it is stored in the first memory 14 and held until the next incoming call (S2).

Next, the telephone number of the caller stored in the first memory and the telephone number stored in each area of the second memory 15 as shown in FIG. The comparison is performed in order until the end (S3, S4, S5). If the same telephone number is not stored, the contents of the first memory 14 are also stored in the area of the smallest number of the caller number storage unit 15b in the second memory 15 where nothing is stored. (S6). If the same telephone number is in any of the areas, the routine ends at that time (S7). At this time, apart from the automatic retrieval and storage operation of the telephone number of the call destination in the first memory 14 and the second memory 15, the caller and the telephone apparatus are operated in the same procedure as a normal telephone apparatus. It goes without saying that a call is made with the user.

By the way, when the call is finished, the telephone device itself returns to the idle standby state. At this time, the telephone number of the caller of the previous telephone remains stored in the first memory 14. In some cases, the user may want to talk to the same party again in order to notice that the user has forgotten to talk about important requirements in the previous call or to answer a caller's question after conducting a survey. In that case, the first memory 14 can be regarded as a simple operation of pressing the A button by the user.
, And the caller in the previous call, that is, the other party desired by the user can enter the call state. After that, a required call is made, such as announcing the requirement that was forgotten. Even in such a case, since the telephone number of the caller who is likely to require a recall is stored in the caller number storage unit 15b of the second memory, By pressing the B button and then sequentially pressing the abbreviated numbers, those numbers are called up in sequence and displayed on the display unit 13. The user sees this, confirms the number of the call applicant, and presses the C button to make a call, thereby enabling a call with the desired party to be re-established.

Although the present invention has been described based on the embodiments, it goes without saying that the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments. That is, as long as the telephone device in the communication system includes the telephone number of the caller in the transmission information by some means, the telephone system is not limited to the cellular system or the ISDN system, but may be another system. It may be a device, a facsimile device, or a telephone device incorporated therein. Also, the procedure for automatically storing the telephone number of the caller is not limited to the above-described flowchart. That is, for example, if the capacity of the caller number storage section of the second memory is full, the oldest (often the smallest) number of the section is deleted, the new number is stored, and a message to that effect is displayed. Is displayed on the display unit, or is stored in an empty area of the abbreviated number storage unit and the display is also displayed on the display unit.If the caller miscalls the telephone number, A function of returning the contents of the first memory to the state before the incoming call by a user's operation is added.

[0013]

As described above, according to the present invention,
First, since the telephone number of the caller in the previous incoming call is automatically stored until the next call, if the necessity of re-calling after the end of the call occurs, the telephone number of the caller in the previous incoming call is stored. It is possible to make a call (resume a call) with one touch without having to check. Second, by automatically storing the telephone number of the caller who is likely to make a call again, a call can be made with one touch to the caller who was the caller in the previous call. Third, since only a new telephone number is registered in comparison with a telephone number corresponding to an abbreviated number registered by the user's setting or a telephone number previously registered at the time of an incoming call, there is no waste in the registration area. In addition, fourthly, abbreviated number registration can be performed in two modes, manual registration and automatic registration, and the area registered in each registration mode is abbreviated number storage means when manual, In the case of automatic, it is divided into two such as calling number storage means,
The telephone numbers registered in abbreviated form can be managed in two groups. The two groups are, for example, those who have a telephone number known by the user and frequently communicate with each other, such as a group of close friends, close customers, and relatives.
A group of unspecified large numbers of callers who do not or rarely know the users. The former group is known to the user, so it is manually registered in the abbreviated number storage means.The latter group is hardly registered by the user because it is hardly known to the user, and the telephone number is obtained through the caller telephone number service. Are automatically registered in the caller number storage means. The fact that the abbreviated number storage means and the caller number storage means are different storage areas means that the abbreviated numbers are divided into two groups for the user. The abbreviated numbers 10 to 99 are assigned to the caller number storage means. For this reason, the user can generally judge which group the call partner belongs to from the number of the abbreviated number at the time of the calling operation. Also, the telephone numbers registered in the caller number storage means are not all the telephone numbers obtained through the caller telephone service, but the registered ones, and the registered range is the telephone number registered manually. Therefore, the above group management can be performed more thoroughly, and the double registration including the manually registered area can be almost completely prevented.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of one embodiment of a telephone device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the control unit for searching for the presence or absence of storage of the telephone number of the caller and for automatically storing the telephone number;

FIG. 3 is a memory configuration diagram of the embodiment. In the figure, (A) shows the contents of the first memory, and (B) shows the contents of the second memory.

[Explanation of symbols]

 7 control unit 12 key input unit 13 display 14 first memory 15a second memory abbreviated number storage unit 15b second memory caller number storage unit

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A telephone device used in a communication system in which information on a telephone number of a caller is added to transmission information, wherein telephone number detection means for detecting the telephone number of the caller when receiving a call; Temporary storage means for automatically storing the telephone number of the caller detected by the telephone number detection means at least until the next incoming call, and a plurality of different abbreviated numbers are written in advance,
Manually registered phone numbers and corresponding abbreviated numbers
The abbreviated number storage means stored as a pair and a plurality of abbreviated numbers different from the abbreviated number are written in advance.
And the caller detected by the telephone number detection means
Phone numbers and corresponding abbreviated numbers are stored in pairs
Caller number storage means and registration of abbreviated numbers and telephone numbers by manual operation of the user
When the operation is performed, the abbreviated number is stored in the abbreviated number storage means.
Telephone number writing means for writing the telephone number paired with the telephone number
When the caller's telephone number is detected,
Phone number stored in the storage means and the caller number storage device
The phone number stored in the column and the phone number of the detected caller
The telephone number determining means for determining whether or not the telephone numbers match, and the telephone number determining means
If it is determined not to do so,
A telephone number for writing the telephone number of the caller corresponding to the abbreviated number
Caller number writing means, and telephone stored in the temporary storage means under user operation
The telephone number corresponding to the abbreviated number
The talk number is stored in the abbreviated number storage means or the caller number
That number destination on read from the storage means, telephone apparatus characterized by having a call originating means for originating a call.