JP3220068B2 - Telephone with display function and message display method - 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 with a display function and a method for displaying a message thereof, and more particularly to a telephone with a display function which receives caller telephone number information and called number information supplied from a telephone line and provides an additional function. Regarding the message display method.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as this type of system, for example, Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 03-147465 discloses a method of permitting an incoming call to an extension telephone or restricting incoming calls based on caller telephone number information and called number information supplied from telephone lines. Is described, and a message is sent to a caller when the incoming call is restricted. Further, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 04-150597
The Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication describes a technique for transmitting information of a caller stored in a computer to an extension telephone designated by the called number information before receiving an incoming call, based on caller telephone number information and called number information supplied from a telephone line. Have been.

[0003]

In the prior art described above, the message of the caller cannot be transmitted to the callee who is the user of the telephone without answering the incoming call. Therefore, even if the message is a simple and frequently used message, the caller must answer the message in order for the message to be delivered, and the caller must pay a certain amount of call charges. There was a problem that did not become.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a telephone having a display function by which a user is notified of a message to a user of a caller before answering an incoming call so that the caller does not have to pay extra call charges. And a message display method therefor.

[0005]

According to the present invention, there is provided a telephone having a display function, which comprises means for registering a message of a caller corresponding to a predetermined combination of telephone number information and call number information of a specific caller. In the case where it is confirmed that the combination of the received number information is registered in the means upon receiving a call, the message is displayed together with the telephone number information of the caller before the callee answers.

A telephone having a display function according to the present invention comprises a network control unit for detecting an incoming signal from a telephone line and capturing / releasing the telephone line, a communication circuit and a handset for performing a telephone call, and a telephone line for receiving a call. ID receiving unit for receiving the caller telephone number information and the called number information supplied from, and storing a message corresponding to a predetermined two-dimensional array of telephone number information and called number information of a specific caller. A message storage unit, a display unit for displaying the caller's telephone number information and a message, an operation unit for operating and inputting various information, and a control unit. The receiver inputs the caller telephone number information and the called number information received, searches the message storage unit, and receives the received caller telephone number information and the called number information.
The message corresponding to the two-dimensional array is extracted and displayed on the display unit before response.

In the telephone with a display function of the present invention, a caller's message is voice-recorded during a call, recorded together with the caller's telephone number information, and reproduced and output in accordance with an instruction from the control section. Means may be provided, or a switch may be provided for enabling the caller's message to be selected from either screen display or voice output.

The message display method for a telephone with a display function according to the present invention is characterized in that a message of the caller corresponding to a predetermined combination of telephone number information and call number information of a specific caller is registered, Receives caller telephone number information and called number information supplied from the line, determines whether or not the combination of the received information is registered as a message display target. Display, the caller's telephone number and the corresponding message are displayed before replying.

Further, a message display method in a telephone with a display function is characterized in that a message of a caller corresponding to a predetermined combination of telephone number information and call number information of a specific caller is registered as voice data, Receives caller telephone number information and called number information supplied from the line, determines whether or not the combination of the received information is registered as a message display target. The display, the caller's telephone number, and the corresponding message are output as voices before the response, and the caller's message may be selected from the screen display and the voice output.

[0010]

Next, a first embodiment of a telephone with a display function according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

Referring to FIG. 1, a telephone with a display function is provided with a plurality of dial-in numbers (called numbers), and a network controller for detecting an incoming signal from a telephone line and capturing and releasing the telephone line. 1, a call circuit 2 for making a call, a transmitter 3 and a receiver 4, an ID receiver 5 for receiving caller telephone number information and called number information supplied from a telephone line at the time of an incoming call, and a predetermined. Message storage unit 6 for storing a message corresponding to a two-dimensional array of telephone number information and called number information of a specific caller
And a display unit 7 for displaying caller telephone number information and a message, and an operation unit 8 for inputting various information.
And a control unit 9.

The control section 9 inputs the caller telephone number information and the called number information received by the ID receiving section 5 at the time of the incoming call, searches the message storage section 6, and responds to the received caller telephone number information and the received called number information. The message to be transmitted is extracted and displayed on the display unit 7 before response.

In the case of a text message, the message is generally coded according to a certain rule, and a memory such as a memory is used for the message storage unit 6 and a display such as a liquid crystal is used for the display unit 7.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a data storage state of the message storage unit 6 in FIG. 1, and shows an example of an internal image of the message storage unit 6. In FIG. 2, the message storage unit 6 is configured to store a message in a two-dimensional array with a caller telephone number and a called number. For example, in the case of a combination of the caller telephone number A and the called number a, Corresponds to message Aa.

Next, a processing procedure of a message display method in a telephone with a display function will be described with reference to FIGS.

First, a user uses a function button or a numeric keypad (not shown) from the operation unit 8 to specify a specific caller telephone number (abbreviated as a caller number in FIGS. 3 and 4) and a destination dialed by the caller. When the caller's message corresponding to the number is input with prior mutual consent, the control unit 9 receives the message (step 1: S1), and stores and registers the received information in the message storage unit 6. (S2). In the example of FIG. 2, the user is a message Aa and a message Ab corresponding to a two-dimensional array of a specific sender A, a sender B,... And a called number a, a called number b,. ,..., Message Ba, message Bb,.

The telephone with a display function of this embodiment is provided with, for example, a search button for searching for registered information, a registration button for registration setting, and a delete button for information correction. When newly registering the caller's telephone number, called number and the message corresponding to them, first confirm that there is no message already registered with the search button, and use the numeric keypad to enter Enter the number information, message, etc.

When there is an incoming call from the telephone line, the network control unit 1 detects the incoming call (S3), and the ID receiving unit 5 sends the incoming call to the network control unit 1.
, The caller telephone number information and the called number information supplied from the telephone line are received and output to the control unit 9 (S4). The control unit 9 activates the storage table (corresponding to FIG. 2) of the message storage unit 6 (S5), and determines whether the combination of the received two-dimensional array of the caller telephone number information and the called number information is a message display target. Is determined by searching (S6). If the result of this determination is that the message is not to be displayed, that is, if there is a call from a caller who is not stored in the two-dimensional array of the message storage unit 6, the display unit 7 displays incoming call and caller telephone number information. (S7) Thereafter, a normal incoming call operation is performed.

On the other hand, if the result of the determination in S5 is that the message is to be displayed, the corresponding message is extracted from the storage table (S8), and the control section 9 stores the caller telephone number obtained from the ID receiving section 5 and the stored message. The message and the incoming call display obtained from the table are displayed on the display unit 7 (S9). The control unit 9 monitors whether there is a response on the receiving side by using a response button or a hook switch (not shown) of the operation unit 8 (S10),
If there is a response, the network control unit 1 returns a response signal to the telephone line (S11), and thereafter shifts to a call state to perform a normal operation. If there is no response in S11, no response signal is returned to the telephone line (S12). Therefore, the user can know the identity of the caller and its message, but does not have to pay the call charge.

Referring to FIG. 2, when the caller A calls the called number b, the control section 9 sends the caller telephone number information (caller A) and the called number information ( The destination number b) is input. The control unit 9 searches the storage table of the message storage unit 6 based on the input caller telephone number information (caller A) and called number information (called number b) to obtain a message Ab stored in advance. . Next, the control unit 9 displays the telephone number of the caller A and the message Ab on the display unit 7 to display the incoming call.

As a specific example, the message Ab is stored in the storage table of the message storage unit 6 as “Orikawashi Denwa Kure”, and the caller A (telephone number: 03567)
81234) dials the called number b, the user displays an incoming call on the display unit 7 and the telephone number of the caller A (035).
711234) and the message of the sender A, "Orika Esidenwa Kure".

Next, the second embodiment of the telephone with a display function according to the present invention will be described.
An embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings. Referring to FIG. 5, the telephone with a display function records a message of a caller by voice during a call, records the message together with the telephone number information of the caller, and reproduces and outputs the message according to an instruction of the control unit 9 using a tape recorder. It comprises a recording / reproducing unit 10 and a speaker 11, and the other parts are the same as those in FIG.

In the case of a voice message, the voice of the sender is stored and output, which is more convenient for the user. This function can be easily realized by the same function as the recording function during a call in a general voice mail device, and therefore, the description is omitted. In addition to the configuration in which the message recording / reproducing unit is configured using the above-described tape recorder, it is also possible to adopt a configuration in which the data is digitally stored using an audio memory. Since the processing procedure in the second embodiment is basically the same as the processing procedure in the first embodiment, illustration and description are omitted.

In this embodiment, the first embodiment in which the message of the caller is displayed on the screen and the second embodiment in which the message of the caller is output as voice are shown. It is also possible to adopt a configuration including a switch (not shown) that allows selection of either one.

[0025]

As described above, according to the present invention, the user can know the message of the caller to the user before answering the incoming call, so that the caller is paid extra call charges. The effect of eliminating the need for this is obtained.
The reason is that messages of different callers are stored in advance depending on the called number dialed by the caller, and are displayed before the incoming call is answered.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a first embodiment of a telephone with a display function according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a data storage state of a message storage unit in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of a message display method in the telephone with a display function of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of a message display method in the telephone with a display function of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a second embodiment of the telephone with a display function of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 network control unit 2 communication circuit 3 transmitter 4 receiver 5 ID receiver 6 message storage unit 7 display unit 8 operation unit 9 control unit 10 message recording / playback unit 11 speaker

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Claims (7)

(57) [Claims] [Claim 1 further comprising a means for registering the originator of the message corresponding to the combination of telephone number information and the called party number information of a predetermined specific callers, when the incoming, the combination of the received number information is the A telephone with a display function, characterized in that when it is confirmed that the message is registered in the means, the message is displayed together with the telephone number information of the caller before the callee answers. 2. A network control unit for detecting an incoming signal from a telephone line and capturing / releasing the telephone line, a communication circuit and a handset for making a call, and a caller telephone supplied from the telephone line when receiving a call. An ID receiving unit for receiving number information and called number information, a message storage unit for storing a message corresponding to a predetermined two-dimensional array of telephone number information and called number information of a specific caller, A display unit for displaying caller telephone number information and a message, an operation unit for operating and inputting various information, and a control unit, wherein the control unit transmits the caller received by the ID receiving unit when receiving an incoming call The telephone number information and the called number information are input and the message storage unit is searched, and a message corresponding to the two-dimensional array of the received caller's telephone number information and the called number information is extracted. A telephone with a display function, which is displayed on the display unit. 3. A caller's message is voice-recorded during a call and recorded together with the caller's telephone number information.
3. The telephone with a display function according to claim 2, further comprising a recording / reproducing means for reproducing and outputting in accordance with an instruction of said control unit. 4. The telephone with a display function according to claim 3, further comprising a switch for enabling a caller's message to be selected from a screen display and a voice output. 5. A caller's message corresponding to a predetermined combination of a specific caller's telephone number information and a called number information is registered, and the caller's telephone number information and called number supplied from a telephone line are registered. Receives the information and determines whether the combination of the received information is registered as a message display target. If it is a message display target, displays the incoming call, the caller's telephone number and the corresponding message before replying A message display method in a telephone with a display function, characterized in that the message is displayed on a telephone. 6. A caller's message corresponding to a predetermined combination of telephone number information and called number information of a specific caller is registered as voice data, and caller's telephone number information supplied from a telephone line is registered. And the receiving number information is received, and it is determined whether or not the combination of the received information is registered as a message display object. If the message information is to be displayed, an incoming call display, a caller's telephone number and a corresponding message are displayed. A message display method in a telephone with a display function, wherein a message is output before a response. 7. The message display method according to claim 5, wherein the message of the caller can be selected from a screen display and a voice output.