JP3027467U - Telephone - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] To provide a billing type telephone in which a caller can easily select a coin type telephone or a card type telephone according to a charge rate. [Structure] As a configuration of a telephone that makes a caller bear the call charge when making a call, a call charge storage unit that stores a call charge rate from a caller to a callee, and a call charge stored in the call charge storage A coin storage unit is provided for storing inserted coins according to the call volume based on the rate. Further, instead of the coin storage, the call charge may be displayed and the call charge may be issued.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a telephone, and more particularly to a billing telephone.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 For public telephones and quasi-public telephones (coin-operated telephones) that are currently generally used, the call charge for each call is based on the charge rate determined by the party's station number operated by the caller. Charging is done by transmitting from the station side to the terminal telephone.

Exceptionally, a caller charges a fee related to the call to a third party by a special dial operation of the caller or a special dedicated card, and the call and the charge payment are made to allow the subsequent billing. Telephony devices and billing systems exist that enabled the method.

[0004]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 However, in general, the billing information is sent from a telephone station to a terminal every time a call can be made at a unit charge (10 yen in the present example) based on a charge rate for each call by a specific communication carrier. Since it is due to polarity reversal information sent to a certain phone, the caller can select a call that goes through another communication line with a different rate, and the terminal will be charged and insert the necessary coins. There are no telephone terminals or services available.

However, the current telecommunications carrier is not a monopoly of one company, and the caller is basically allowed to select a service with an advantageous charge rate. Currently, for example, in Japan, 200 With over 10,000 coin phones and card-type phones, it is easy to select and use these advantageous call services because the billing information is sent from the telephone station of a specific telecommunications carrier as described above. , Practically impossible.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a billing type telephone in which a caller can easily select a coin type telephone or a card type telephone according to a charge rate.

[0007]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides a call charge storage unit that stores a call charge rate from a caller to a callee in a telephone that charges a caller to a caller during a call. The telephone is characterized by having a coin storage unit for storing inserted coins according to the call volume based on the call charge rate stored in the call charge storage unit.

[0008]

【Example】

 Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an external view showing an example of a telephone terminal of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a plan view showing an example of a display portion of a telephone terminal, and FIG. 3 is a schematic block diagram of the configuration of the telephone terminal. .

Referring initially to FIG. 1, a telephone 10 is shown. The telephone 10 has a telephone body 10, which includes telephone number buttons 14 (1 to 0, #, *), a display unit 16 (preferably a color liquid crystal display device), a coin slot 18, A handset 20 and a cord 22 connecting the handset 20 and the main body 12 are provided. Note that these parts are publicly known and their details are omitted.

As shown in FIG. 2, the display unit 16 displays, for example, a calling party number (for example, 06-1 234-5678), a call charge rate (for example, 8.5 seconds for 10 yen), and a current charging code. The number of ins (for example, 100 yen for 3 coins and 10 yen for 6 coins) and the remaining call time by the inserted coin (for example, at 3 minutes and 20 seconds) are displayed for the convenience of the user.

Next, referring to FIG. 3, there is shown a configuration of a telephone terminal. In addition to the telephone button 14 and the display unit 16 described with reference to FIG. 1, a telephone charge storage unit 30 including an IC memory detachably attached to the telephone body 12, a coin storage unit 32, a communication line selection device ( An LCR (least cost routing) 34 is provided. Of these, the coin storage 32 and the communication line selection device 34 are publicly known, and therefore detailed description thereof will be omitted.

In addition, a CPU (not shown) and a ROM (not shown) are provided, and various functions of the telephone terminal are implemented in accordance with programming stored in advance in the ROM. Has become.

Next, the telephone charge storage unit 30, which is the most characteristic feature of the present invention, will be described. As an example, the telephone charge storage unit 30 stores the call charge rate from one specific source in the IC memory card to another destination in, for example, all over Japan (or a foreign country). , Is installed according to the telephone installed in that particular place of origin.

Therefore, when the user uses this telephone to dial from a specific source to a destination using the telephone number button 14, the call charge rate stored in the phone charge storage unit 30 is read out and the call is made. You will be charged according to the charge rate. At that time, as described above with reference to FIG. 2, not only the call charge rate but also the callee number and the like are displayed on the display unit 16.

The charge is collected by collecting coins (coins) of 10 yen and 100 yen, which have been inserted through the coin insertion slot 18, into the coin storage unit 32 according to the call charge rate. Instead of storing coins, the total or total charges are displayed on the display unit 16 during or after the call, and the charge sheet is issued using a charge sheet issuing device (not shown). May be.

Further, as another example of the telephone charge storage unit 30, instead of storing a call charge rate from one specific calling place to another called place in Japan, an IC memory card is stored. It is also possible to use, for example, a code that stores individual call charge rates from each source to all destinations in Japan. In this case, the call charge rate corresponding to the place where the telephone is installed is selected in advance by the initial setting. When using the telephone after that, the call charge rate corresponding to the selected place of origin is read and used. This latter method requires only one type of IC card to be prepared, as compared with the former method, but it requires a large memory capacity and requires initial setting.

Also, the call charge rate may be stored in advance in a ROM incorporated in the telephone instead of the IC card when the area where the telephone is installed is predetermined.

When making a call, it is preferable to use the communication circuit selection device 34 to select the communication line with the lowest charge.

[0019]

[Effect of device]

 As described above, according to the present invention, a billing type telephone can be obtained in which a caller can easily select a coin telephone or a card type telephone according to a charge rate.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external view showing an example of a telephone terminal of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing an example of a display unit of a telephone terminal.

FIG. 3 is a schematic block diagram of a configuration of a telephone terminal.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Telephone 12 Telephone Main Body 14 Telephone Number Button 16 Display 18 Coin Slot 20 Handset 30 Telephone Charge Storage 32 Coin Storage

Claims (7)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A call charge storage unit for storing a call charge rate from a caller to a callee in a telephone set that charges a caller to a caller when making a call, and a call charge stored in the call charge storage unit. A telephone having a coin storage unit for storing inserted coins according to the call volume based on the rate. 2. The telephone according to claim 1, wherein, instead of the coin storing portion, a call charge is displayed or a call charge is issued at the end of a call. 3. The telephone according to claim 1, wherein the call charge storage unit is an IC card that can be attached to and detached from the telephone body. 4. The telephone according to claim 3, wherein the I
The C-card stores a call charge rate from one specific source to each destination. 5. The telephone according to claim 3, wherein the I
The C card stores a call charge rate from each place of call to each callee, and the call charge rate corresponding to the area where the phone is installed is selected in advance. 6. The telephone according to claim 1, further comprising a display unit for displaying an arbitrary combination of a call charge rate, the number of coins to be called by the calling party number, and a remaining call time corresponding to the inserted coins. Telephone to do. 7. The telephone set according to claim 1, further comprising a communication line selection device for selecting the most advantageous line depending on the call partner.