JP3123546B2 - Line connection method of wireless telephone - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cordless telephone which provides a radio telephone service by being connected to a base station and a telephone exchange network via radio waves.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, this type of wireless telephone (hereinafter referred to as a cordless telephone) is a cordless telephone 20 shown in FIG.
0, a wireless unit 101 connected to a speaker 106, a microphone 107, and an antenna 108, an operation key unit 102 having various keys and a display unit, and a base station in a cordless telephone system using the cordless telephone. A line connection control procedure storage unit 202 for storing a line connection control procedure between
2 and a control unit 201 connected to the line connection control procedure storage unit 202 and controlling the entire cordless telephone 200.

[0003] Such a conventional cordless telephone 200
3 will be described with reference to FIG. 3, which is an explanatory diagram of the embodiment of the present invention.

Now, assuming that the cordless telephones 301 and 302 used in the one cordless telephone system 300 shown in FIG. 3 are the conventional cordless telephones 200 shown in FIG. The line connection control procedure employed by the system 300 is stored.

[0005] When a user in the service area of the cordless telephone system 300 operates a "call button" of the operation key unit 102 to talk with someone using, for example, the cordless telephone 301, the control unit 201 executes a line connection control procedure. According to the line connection control procedure stored in the storage unit 202, the connection devices 310-1 to 310-1 which are base stations via the wireless unit 101.
A connection is established with one of the connection devices 310-n, for example, the connection device 310-1. Thereafter, the cordless telephone 301 transitions to a call state, and thereafter sends a dial to the radio network controller 320 and / or the public communication network 500,
A ring back tone is received, and the calling party goes off-hook on the telephone to transition to an end-to-end call.

Assuming that the cordless telephone 401 used in the other cordless telephone system 400 of FIG. 3 is the conventional cordless telephone 200 shown in FIG. 4, the line connection control procedure storage unit 202 stores the cordless telephone system 400. Are stored, and the user can use the cordless telephone 401 within the service area of the cordless telephone system 400.

[0007]

As described above, the conventional cordless telephone 200 has a fixed line connection control procedure corresponding to a specific cordless telephone system. Are the only cordless telephones 301 and 302 of the cordless telephone system 400 for the cordless telephone system 400.
However, there is a problem that the cordless telephone system that can be used is limited, for example, only in that system.

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a line connection method for a cordless telephone which can be commonly used for a plurality of cordless telephone systems having different line connection control procedures. It is in.

[0009]

In order to achieve the above object, a line connection method for a wireless telephone according to the present invention comprises a first communication method.
First line connection system for connecting the system and the wireless line
Storing a control procedure; and the first communication system.
For connecting a wireless line to a second communication system different from
Storing a second line connection control procedure for
A finger for designating one of the first and second line connection control procedures;
To store setting information and instructions from the operation keys
In response, storing by the step of storing the designation information
Rewriting the specified information,
The first and second specified by the specified information
Switch to establish a wireless line connection according to one of the line connection control procedures.
Including Tep .

Also, a line connection method for a wireless telephone according to the present invention.
Is used to connect the first communication system and the wireless line.
Storing a first line connection control procedure;
And a second communication system different from the first communication system.
Storing a second line connection control procedure for connecting a line
Step and one of the first and second line connection control procedures.
Storing specification information for specifying
Rewriting the specified information,
The first and second line connection systems according to the specified information.
Selecting one of the control procedures .

[0011]

[0012] A line connection method for a wireless telephone according to the present invention comprises the steps of: waiting for reception in a first communication system; selecting a second communication system different from the first communication system; Waiting for reception in the communication system, and connecting the wireless communication line to the second communication system.

[0013] Also, the line connection method for a wireless telephone according to the present invention includes a step of waiting for reception, a step of performing key input for selecting any one communication system,
The method includes a step of pressing a call button and a step of connecting a wireless line to the communication system selected in the key input step.

Further, the line connection method for a wireless telephone according to the present invention includes a step of storing a plurality of line connection control procedures for establishing a wireless line connection, and at least one of the plurality of line connection control procedures stored in the storage step. There is a step of designating one, and a step of making a wireless circuit connection based on the circuit connection control procedure designated in the designating step.

[0015]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a cordless telephone according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, a cordless telephone 100 according to the present embodiment includes a wireless unit 101 connected to a speaker 106, a microphone 107, and an antenna 108, and an operation key unit 102 including various keys and a display unit.
And a line connection control procedure storage unit 105 for storing a plurality of types of line connection control procedures with the base station, and one of a plurality of types of line connection control procedures stored in the line connection control procedure storage unit 105 A designation procedure storage unit 104 for holding rewritable information for designating a type; a wireless unit 101, an operation key unit 102; a line connection control procedure storage unit 105; And a control unit 103 that controls

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an example of a process of a designated procedure rewriting control of the control unit 103, and FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of an example of an operation mode of a cordless telephone.
The detailed configuration and operation of the cordless telephone 100 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings.

When the cordless telephone 100 of FIG. 1 is a cordless telephone that can be used in common by the two cordless telephone systems 300 and 400 shown in FIG. 3, one area 105-1 of the line connection control procedure storage unit 105 has A line connection control procedure (hereinafter, referred to as an A procedure) employed in the cordless telephone system 300 is stored, and another one is stored.
Area 105-2 has a cordless telephone system 40
A line connection control procedure (hereinafter, referred to as a B procedure) adopted in step 0 is stored. Since the line connection control procedure storage unit 105 in FIG. 1 has n areas up to the area 105-n, it is possible to store a maximum of n line connection control procedures.

In a situation where the cordless telephone 100 of FIG. 1 is used in the cordless telephone system 300 as the cordless telephones 301 and 302 shown in FIG.
Information for designating Procedure A is held in the designated procedure storage unit 104. In a situation where the cordless telephone 401 is used in the cordless telephone system 400, information for designating Procedure B is held in the designated procedure storage unit 104. ing. In this embodiment, each of the areas 105-1 to 105-1 of the line connection control procedure storage unit 105 is stored in the designated procedure storage unit 104.
Areas 104-1 to 104 corresponding one-to-one with 05-n
-N is provided, and an area 104 corresponding to the areas 105-1 to 105-n of the line connection control procedure designated in the designated procedure
A configuration in which the fact is stored in -1 to 104-n is adopted. However, it is of course possible to adopt other configurations.

In such a situation, when a user in the service area of the cordless telephone system 300 operates a "call button" of the operation key unit 102 to talk with someone using, for example, the cordless telephone 301, the control is performed. Part 10
3 recognizes that the procedure A is designated based on the designation information in the designated procedure storage unit 104, and follows the procedure A among the plurality of types of line connection control procedures stored in the line connection control procedure storage unit 105. Via the wireless unit 101, a line is established with one of the connection devices 310-1 to 310-n as the base station, for example, the connection device 310-1. Thereafter, the cordless telephone 301 transitions to the talking state, and thereafter sends a dial to the radio network controller 320 and / or the public communication network 500, receives a ring back tone, and the other party off-hook the telephone. As a result, a transition to an end-to-end call is made. Such an operation is performed in the same manner when a calling operation is performed on the cordless telephone 302.

On the other hand, when a user in the service area of the cordless telephone system 400 operates the "call button" of the operation key unit 102 to make a call with someone using the cordless telephone 401, the control unit 103 executes the designation procedure. Recognizing that the B procedure is designated based on the designation information in the storage unit 104, and performing line connection control according to the B procedure of the plurality of types of line connection control procedures stored in the line connection control procedure storage unit 105. A line is established with the connection device 402. Then, the cordless telephone 401 transitions to a call state,
Thereafter, a dial is transmitted to the public communication network 500, a ringback tone is received, and the calling party goes off-hook on the telephone to shift to an end-to-end call.

The above operation is an operation at the time of outgoing call, but the line establishment according to the designated line connection control procedure is also performed at the time of incoming call.

Now, a user who has used the cordless telephone 301, 302 or 401 in the service area of the cordless telephone system 300 or the cordless telephone system 400 moves to the service area of the other cordless telephone system 400 or the cordless telephone system 300. If the user wants to receive the cordless telephone service even in the service area after the movement, the operation of changing the designation procedure is performed in advance.

In the case of this embodiment, the change operation of the designation procedure can be performed by sequentially inputting the following data from the operation key unit 102. Data “*” Data “#” Data “designation code” Data “#” The designation code is a code that specifies a line connection control procedure.

Referring now to FIG. 2, an example of a case where the designation procedure of cordless telephone 301 in FIG. 3 in which the current designation procedure is the A procedure is changed to the B procedure will be described. Will be described. In this case, the user inputs a code indicating the procedure B as the “designation code”.

The control unit 103 includes a cordless telephone 301
Is in a standby (idle) state, that is, if it is not in any of the outgoing, incoming, and call states, an internal T1 timer is set, and data "*" is output from the operation key unit 102 until the timer times out. It is detected whether or not an input has been made (S1 to S4).

When data "*" is input during standby (S
3), the T1 timer is set again, and data "#" is input from the operation key section 102 until the T1 timer times out.
Is detected (S5 to S7), and when the data "#" is input, the T1 timer is set again and it is determined whether or not the designated code is input from the operation key unit 102 until the time-out occurs. When the specified code is input, the T1 timer is set again, and it is detected whether or not data "#" is input from the operation key unit 102 until the time-out occurs (S11 to S10).
S13).

When *, #, designation code, and # are sequentially input in that order within a predetermined time, the control unit 103 updates the designation information in the designation procedure storage unit 104 with the designation code that has been input this time. As a result, when a code for designating the B procedure is input as the "designation code", the registered contents of the designated procedure storage unit 104 of the cordless telephone 301 are rewritten to the information for designating the B procedure (S14).

If *, #, designation code, and # are not input in that order or within a predetermined time, the process returns to S1 from S4, S7, S10, S13 at the time of each timeout.

In this manner, the cordless telephone 301
When the designation procedure is changed to the B procedure, as in the cordless telephone 401 of FIG. 3, the designation is performed using the information stored in the designation procedure storage unit 104 among the plurality of line connection control procedures stored in the line connection control procedure storage unit 105. Thus, the line establishment control is performed in accordance with the B procedure, and the cordless telephone service can be received within the service area of the cordless telephone system 400.

According to the change control of the designation procedure shown in FIG. 2, the change operation of the designation procedure is accepted only when the cordless telephone is on standby. However, this is only an example. It is also possible to adopt a configuration in which a change operation is accepted even in a case other than a standby state by a method of combining operation procedures. Needless to say, the method of the change operation is not limited to the above-described example.

[0032]

As described above, the cordless telephone of the present invention stores a plurality of types of line connection control procedures, and rewrites the stored plurality of types of line connection control procedures by operating the operation key unit. Since it has a function of performing line connection control in accordance with one line connection control procedure designated by possible information, it can be commonly used for a plurality of cordless telephone systems having different line connection control procedures. Therefore, the service area of communication by cordless telephone can be significantly expanded.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a change control process of a designation procedure.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an example of an operation mode of a cordless telephone.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a conventional cordless telephone.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 101 wireless unit 102 operation key unit 103 control unit 104 designation procedure storage unit 105 line connection control procedure storage unit 106 speaker 107 microphone 108 antenna

Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] (1)Connect the first communication system and the wireless line
Storing a first line connection control procedure for
When, A second communication system different from the first communication system
A second line connection control procedure for connecting the
Remembering; Designating one of the first and second line connection control procedures
Storing specified information; The designated information is stored in response to an instruction from the operation key section.
Rewriting the designated information stored in the step
Steps The first and the first specified by the stored specified information
And wireless line connection according to one of the second line connection control procedures.
Line connection method in a wireless telephone including the step of performing
Law . (2)Connect the first communication system and the wireless line
Storing a first line connection control procedure for
When, A second communication system different from the first communication system
A second line connection control procedure for connecting the
Remembering; Designating one of the first and second line connection control procedures
Storing specified information; Rewriting the stored designation information; According to the rewritten designation information, the first and the second
Steps for selecting one of the line connection control procedures
Connection method for wireless telephone including . (3)Multiple line connections to make wireless line connections
A storage step for storing a connection control procedure; The plurality of line connection systems stored in the storing step
Specify information that specifies at least one of the control procedures.
Steps to remember, The designated information is stored in response to an instruction from the operation key section.
Rewriting the designated information stored in the step
Steps Line connection system specified by the stored specification information
Establishing a wireless line connection in accordance with control procedures.
Line connection method for line telephones . (4)Multiple line connections to make wireless line connections
A storage step for storing a connection control procedure; The plurality of line connection systems stored in the storing step
Specify information that specifies at least one of the control procedures.
Steps to remember, Rewriting the stored designation information; Select the line connection control procedure according to the rewritten specified information.
Line in a wireless telephone including steps for selecting
Connection method .