JP3339305B2 - Voice mail device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a voice mail apparatus, and more particularly to a voice mail apparatus suitable for storing a broadcast message for listening for each destination.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in recording a plurality of broadcast messages transmitted from a telephone in a voice mail apparatus, a recording method of storing the broadcast messages for each destination has been adopted. When erasing, a method of erasing each destination is adopted. As a device related to this type of device, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 7-250167 is cited.

[0003]

In the prior art, when a broadcast message is deleted, the broadcast message is deleted for each destination. Therefore, the broadcast message is deleted at an arbitrary destination or at a certain setting. If a broadcast message is listened to at multiple destinations, other broadcast messages recorded at other destinations will not be automatically deleted even if the broadcast message becomes unnecessary. In some cases, unnecessary broadcast messages remain, and the voice storage memory may not be used effectively. In other words, in the conventional broadcast message deletion method, when the sender of the broadcast message specifies a plurality of destinations, and the broadcast message is heard at any one of the destinations or the plurality of destinations, However, even if the broadcast message becomes unnecessary, there are cases where the unnecessary broadcast message remains in the unlisted destinations and the voice storage memory cannot be used effectively within the range of the recordable number of records for each destination. is there.

[0004] The present invention solves the above-mentioned conventional problems and provides a voice mail apparatus capable of automatically deleting unnecessary broadcast messages among broadcast messages stored in a storage means. The purpose is to do so.

[0005]

According to the present invention, in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a plurality of broadcast messages transmitted from a telephone are stored for each destination , and at least one broadcast message is stored.
If you listened to the message, is anyone listening?
Regardless of whether or not the broadcast message is heard
Is a broadcast message, regardless of whether others are listening.
The voice mail device is characterized by deleting a message .

Further, according to the present invention, a plurality of broadcast messages sent from a telephone are stored for each destination, and a specific number of persons are stored.
If you listen to a broadcast message,
Whether or not the broadcast message is deleted
And a voice mail apparatus characterized by the following.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS According to the present invention, when a broadcast message from any one destination is listened to, an unlisted broadcast message among the broadcast messages in the storage means is deleted. When the number of broadcast messages to be deleted is set as a plurality of numbers, the broadcast message is stored when the number of audiences of the broadcast message matches the set value on condition that the broadcast messages from a plurality of destinations have been heard. Unlisted broadcast messages among the broadcast messages of the means are deleted. For this reason, unnecessary broadcast messages among the broadcast messages stored in the storage means for storing the broadcast messages are automatically deleted, so that the storage means can be used effectively.

(Embodiment) An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a voice mail apparatus showing an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, a key telephone main unit 12 is connected to the telephone 11, and a voice mail device 13 is connected to the key telephone main unit 12. The voice mail device 13 includes a key telephone interface 14, a CPU 15 for controlling the entire voice mail,
Voice processing unit 16, voice storage unit 17, additional data providing unit 1
8 is provided.

The key telephone interface 14 is configured to perform voice and data communication with the key telephone main unit 12, and the voice processing unit 16 transmits and receives voice signals to and from the key telephone interface 14, and receives voice from the telephone 11. The signal is processed and stored in the voice storage unit 17. The additional data adding unit 18 is configured to add specific additional data to the broadcast message when the voice processing unit 16 stores the broadcast message as voice data in the voice storage unit 17. When storing voice data as a broadcast message, the voice storage unit 17 is configured as a storage unit that stores the broadcast message for each destination with additional data added to the voice data.
When a number corresponding to an arbitrary destination or a plurality of destinations is set as the number of broadcast messages to be heard based on the operation of the telephone 11, the CPU 15 adds data relating to the set number to the additional data adding unit 18. Output. That is, the CPU 15 and the additional data providing unit 18 are configured as setting means.

The operation of the voice mail apparatus 13 shown in FIG. 1 when a number corresponding to an arbitrary destination is set as the number of broadcast messages to be heard will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

When a setting operation is performed by the telephone set 11 to delete a broadcast message of a plurality of unlisted destinations when a broadcast message is heard at an arbitrary destination, a signal related to this operation is transmitted to the key telephone main unit. The information is input to the CPU 15 via the device 12 and the key telephone interface 14. As a result, the CPU 15 sets a value of 1 as a number corresponding to an arbitrary destination in the additional data providing unit 18. Thereafter, a broadcast message is recorded in the voice storage unit 17 of the voice mail device 13 based on the operation of the telephone 11 (step 31). At this time, the broadcast message includes that the recorded message is a broadcast message, and that if the broadcast message is heard at any one destination, the broadcast messages of a plurality of unlisted destinations are deleted. Is stored in the voice storage unit 17 in a state in which the additional data indicating is added (step 32). Thereafter, when the broadcast message starts to be heard, additional data is extracted from the audio storage unit 17 together with the audio data (step 33). When the listening of the broadcast message is completed thereafter, the additional data is read by the CPU 15, and it is determined that the broadcast message by any one of the destinations has been heard. Data is added and unlisted broadcast messages are deleted. For this reason, unnecessary broadcast messages can be prevented from being stored in the voice storage unit 17, and the voice storage unit 17 can be effectively used as a voice storage memory.

Next, the operation of deleting the broadcast messages of other unlisted destinations after the broadcast messages of a plurality of destinations have been heard will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, a broadcast message is stored in the voice storage unit 17 for each destination by operating the telephone 11 (step 41). Thereafter, a plurality of destinations are designated by operating the telephone 1 (step 42). At this time, when the number of destinations at which the message is to be listened to, the number M of broadcast messages to be deleted is input as a numerical value (step 43). The data relating to this numerical value is input to the voice mail device 13 via the key telephone main unit 12, and, under the command of the CPU 15, the additional data adding unit 18 outputs a numerical value M corresponding to the number of broadcast messages heard as additional data. Assigned to data. Thus, the additional data M is added to the audio data by the processing of the audio processing unit 16 and stored in the audio storage unit 17 (step 44).

Thereafter, when a plurality of broadcast messages are heard for an arbitrary destination (step 45), it is determined whether or not the additional data M is equal to the broadcast message number N (step 46). If the additional data M> N, 1 is added to the number N of destinations of the broadcast message that have been listened to, and the system waits for the broadcast message to be heard at another destination (step 4).
7). When such processing is continued and the additional data M = N, the number N of broadcast message listening destinations is cleared to 0, and the destination of the broadcast message in the voice storage unit 17 that has not been listened to is cleared. Delete the stored broadcast message. Thereby, it is possible to prevent broadcast messages other than the plurality of broadcast messages heard in the voice storage unit 17 from being stored, and to effectively utilize the voice storage unit 17 as a voice storage memory.

[0016]

According to the present invention, as is apparent from the above embodiment, the unlisted broadcast message among the broadcast messages stored in the storage means is deleted, so that the storage means becomes unnecessary. The broadcast message can be prevented from being stored, and the storage means can be effectively used as a voice storage memory.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a voice mail device showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining an operation when deleting a single broadcast message;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining an operation when deleting a plurality of broadcast messages;

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 11 telephone 12 key telephone main unit 13 voice mail device 14 button telephone interface 15 CPU 16 voice processing unit 17 voice storage unit 18 additional data giving unit

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] A plurality of broadcast messages sent from a telephone are stored for each destination, and when at least one person listens to the broadcast message, regardless of whether another person listens to the message or not. voice mail device, characterized in that the erasing on the Symbol broadcast message. 2. A plurality of broadcast messages sent from a telephone are stored for each destination, and a specific number of broadcast messages are stored.
If you listen to the message, make sure that others are listening.
Regardless, the broadcast message is deleted.
That voice mail device.