JP3119892B2 - Telephone device and telephone system - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

 [Object of the invention]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a telephone system such as a digital private branch exchange.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional digital private branch exchange, remote storage via a public network is used to rewrite data stored in a storage section of the exchange so that a service function such as display of incoming calls and restriction on outgoing calls for an extension telephone in the exchange system. Needed to change the settings of the new service function.

On the other hand, billing data (discount time zone data, basic seconds data, and call charge data) used by the call management device attached to the digital private branch exchange for call charge calculation is provided in the call management device. Was changed and set by a key operation from the operating unit.

[0004]

Therefore, in order to change or set the billing data in the digital private branch exchange, it is necessary to go to the installation location and perform an input operation. The problem that a great amount of time is required, including the problem, has arisen.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems of the conventional telephone system, and an object of the present invention is to provide a telephone system capable of remotely setting and changing billing data. [Configuration of the Invention]

[0006]

A telephone device according to the present invention.
Is the call information including at least the talk time information,
Charging means for performing charging calculation based on data;
Discount time zone data required when the means performs billing calculation,
Division of either type of basic seconds data or call charge data
A storage device that stores gold data in an area corresponding to the type.
Receiving charging data arriving via the line and
Determining means for determining the type of gold data;
The charging data is stored in the corresponding area of the storage means according to the determination result.
Storage control means for controlling data to be stored.
It is characterized by the following. Further, the telephone system according to the present invention
Is the call information including at least the talk time information,
A billing calculation means for calculating a billing based on the data
A telephone device, connected to the telephone device via a network,
Maintenance for transferring billing data stored in the telephone device
A telephone system comprising: a terminal;
Terminal sends billing data to the telephone device.
Between the billing data transmitting means for communicating and the telephone device
Control data is transmitted and received, and
Control means for determining whether or not to transmit billing data
It is characterized by having.

[0007]

According to the above configuration, in the telephone device according to the present invention,
Receiving billing data, billing data is discounted time zone data
Data, basic seconds data, or call charge data.
The type is determined, and the corresponding area of the storage unit is determined according to the determination result.
The charging data is stored. In addition, the power supply according to the present invention
In a talk system, a telephone device having a charging means and a maintenance
The terminal is connected via a network, and the telephone equipment and maintenance
Sends and receives control data to and from the
It is determined whether or not to transmit billing data by the transmitting means.
You.

[0008]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a configuration example of a telephone system according to the present invention.
The exchange unit 102 operates under the control of the control unit 101.
It establishes and releases a communication path between 1 and 2-m and a communication path between extension telephones 2-1 and 2-m and external lines 6-1 and 6-n. Control unit 10
Reference numeral 1 denotes a processor, which controls exchange based on programs and data in the program memory 103.
If the extension telephones 2-1 to 2-m pick up the outside line 6-1 to 6-n and make a call, the type of the captured outside line, the destination's city, area code, call time, etc. The call information is sent to billing section 104. The billing unit 104 calculates a call fee based on the call information and the billing data stored in the storage unit 105,
The information is displayed on the output unit 106 automatically or by an operation input from an operation unit (not shown).

On the other hand, data transmission / reception means 108 is connected to the line 107, and the data transmission / reception means 108 transmits / receives data to / from the line 107. The data received by the data transmission / reception means 108 is sent to the determination means 109. The determining means 109 determines the contents of the data received by the data transmitting / receiving means 108. For example, the data has the format shown in FIG. 6, in which a header indicating the head of the data is transmitted, followed by identification data representing the data content, and further, the data itself (billing data in this example) is transmitted. Therefore, the determination means 109
Determines the contents of the data based on the identification data, and provides the determination result to the storage control means 110 and the read control means 111.
When the storage control unit 110 is provided with the determination result indicating that the data received from the determination unit 109 is billing data, the storage control unit 110 stores the billing data in the storage unit 105. If it is determined that the charging data is charging data, the determining unit 109 determines whether the charging data is discount time zone data, basic seconds data, or call charge data, and stores the determination result. To means 110. Based on this, the storage control means 110 stores the billing data in the corresponding area of the storage means 105. The storage control means 110 stores the operation data in the program memory 103 when the determination means 109 indicates that it is operation data (data relating to the service function). Further, the reading control means 111, which has received the result of the determination from the determining means 109 that the command is a charge data transfer command, reads out the charging data from the storage means 105, gives it to the data transmitting / receiving means 108, and sends it out via the line 107.

The configuration of the telephone system described above is actually realized by a digital private branch exchange system as shown in FIG. The exchange body 1 is provided with extension circuits 13-1 to 13-m and exterior circuits 12-1 to 12-n, which are connected by a communication path of the exchange circuit 11 under the control of the control unit 3. Extension circuit
Extension telephones 2-1 to 2-m are connected to 13-1 to 13-m, and external lines 6-1 to 6-n are connected to external circuits 12-1 to 12-n.
The control unit 3 is connected to a storage unit 4 in which programs and data are stored, and further connected to a call management device 14. The call management device 14 calculates the call charge based on the data such as the type of the captured outside line, the call time, the area code of the originating city, and the billing data provided from the control unit 3. The program at the time of calculation is stored in the storage unit 16. The billing data is stored in the storage unit 4, and the control unit 3 gives the billing data to the call management device 14 as needed. An operation unit 15 having a display unit and an input unit is connected to the call management device 14, and a call charge is displayed by an input operation. A modem 17 is connected to the control unit 3 so that data can be transmitted and received via a public network 18. The public network 18 has a modem
The maintenance terminal 5 is connected via the terminal 19, so that the maintenance terminal 5 can change and set billing data and the like.

As shown in FIG. 3, the maintenance terminal 5 includes a CPU 51 for controlling the entire apparatus, a program and data used by the CPU 51, a main memory 52 storing billing data to be set, and a maintenance terminal. A key input unit 53 used for inputting a command or data for 5;
LC for displaying various announcements and data
A display unit 54 composed of D, LED, etc., and an interface unit 55 for controlling data transmission / reception with the modem 19 are provided. The main memory 52 stores the program of the flowchart shown in FIG.

Then, when the operator operates the key input unit 53 of the maintenance terminal 5 to order transmission to the digital exchange system shown in FIG. 2 and gives a transfer request for billing data (501), the interface unit 55 is controlled. Is transmitted through the modem 19, and a charge data transfer command is transmitted in response to the response from the other party. Therefore, the control unit 3 of the digital exchange reads the currently set billing data from the storage unit 4 and transfers it via the modem 17.
Then, the CPU 51 of the maintenance terminal 5 receives this via the interface unit 55 (502), and determines whether or not it matches the billing data in the main memory 52 based on, for example, version number data added to the head of the billing data. Yes (5
03). If it is determined that the billing data is different, a predetermined display of all or a part of the billing data sent to the display unit 54 is performed, and new billing data is sent (504). A message indicating that the setting has already been made is displayed on the display unit 54, and the line is disconnected under the control of the interface unit 55 (505).

On the other hand, the storage unit 4 of the digital exchange stores
The program of the flowchart shown in FIG. 4 is provided, and when billing data is sent, the control unit 3
Runs this program. That is, the control unit 3 inputs change data of the billing data (301), determines whether the billing data is discount time zone data (302), determines whether the billing data is basic seconds data (304), It is detected whether the data is data (306). This detection is possible because the incoming data has the format shown in FIG. 6 and the type data is included in the identification data. The storage area of the charge data in the storage unit 4 is divided into areas as shown in the storage means 105 of FIG. Therefore, the control unit 3 detects the type of billing data, and if applicable, registers the billing data in the corresponding area (303, 305, 307). On the other hand, if the billing data does not correspond to any of the types, the process proceeds from step 306 to step 308, where the data relating to the input is determined to be an error, and the data is discarded.

In the above description, the maintenance terminal 5 determines whether or not the billing data is different. However, the control unit 3 on the side to which the billing data is sent may be determined, or The operator may perform the operation while viewing the data displayed on the display unit 54.

[0015]

As described above, the telephone device according to the present invention is described.
According to the device, the charging data is received via the line and the charging is performed.
The type of data is determined, and the storage means
Since it is stored in the corresponding area, the billing data is divided according to the type.
It can be stored as a class
Extract gold data appropriately from the required area and use it
It is convenient. In addition, the telephone system according to the present invention
According to this, a telephone device having a billing unit and a maintenance terminal
It is connected via a line network, and
Means for transmitting and receiving control data between
It is decided whether or not to send billing data by
Data content sent and received between the telephone device and the maintenance terminal
To avoid unnecessary transmission of billing data,
Billing data can be set in the telephone device.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a digital exchange system according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a maintenance terminal.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation of one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a data format used in one embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2-1 to 2-m extension phone 6-1 to 6-n outside line 101 control unit 102 switching unit 103 program memory 104 billing unit 105 storage unit 106 output unit 107 line 108 data transmission / reception unit 109 determination unit 110 storage control unit 111 read Control means

Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. A call information including at least call time information.
Means for calculating a charge based on the information and the charge data
And a discount time period required when the billing means performs billing calculation
Data, basic seconds data, or call charge data
Store billing data of a type in an area corresponding to the type
Receiving charging data via the line, and
Determining means for determining the type of the data, and a corresponding means of the storage means according to the determination result of the determining means.
Storage control means for controlling the charging data to be stored in the storage area
A telephone device comprising: a step ; 2. When a charge data transfer request arrives,
The billing data stored in the storage means is read and required.
Characterized by comprising a data transmission means for transferring to the requester
The telephone device according to claim 1, wherein 3. Call information including at least call time information.
Calculator that calculates the billing based on the information and the billing data
A telephone device with a step and this telephone device via a network
Transfer of billing data connected and stored in the telephone device
Telephone system with a maintenance terminal
The maintenance terminal transmits the billing data to the telephone device.
Transmitting and receiving control data between the data transmitting means and the telephone device;
Whether or not to transmit billing data by the money data transmission means
Telephone sheet characterized by comprising a control means for determining
Stem. 4. The maintenance terminal , wherein a display means for displaying information, and the telephone means sends the display means to the display means.
Display control means for displaying a message based on data
Telephone cis according to claim 3, characterized in that the, the provided
Tem.