JP3409515B2 - Compound 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 compound telephone in which a plurality of telephones including a cordless telephone can be added.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As seen in compound telephones and the like, when it is desired to make an incoming call only to a specific extension telephone, it is possible to specify the extension telephone to be called by a special operation by the caller or to operate from the extension telephone. A telephone with a function capable of monopolizing an incoming call has been commercialized. With reference to the drawings, a telephone having a function of receiving only a specific extension telephone of the related art as described above will be described below.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a conventional composite telephone, showing the configuration of a telephone having a function of receiving only a specific extension telephone. 1 is a telephone line, 2 is line control means, 3 is line monitoring means, 4 is control means, 5 is storage means, 6 is information input means, 7 is display means, 8 is dial output means, 9 is cordless control means, Reference numeral 10 is a cordless cordless handset, 11 is a bell output means, 12 is a speaker, 13 is a transmitting / receiving circuit, 14 is an off-hook detecting means, 15 is a handset, 16 is an extension interface section, and 17 is an external telephone connected by wire.

The operation of a telephone having a function of receiving only a specific extension telephone configured as described above will be described below. First, a method of designating an extension telephone to be called by a special operation by the caller will be described.

When a caller makes a call, the first call is hung up immediately after hearing a ringing tone a prescribed number of times. Call again within the specified time. The telephone notifies the control means 4 that the line monitoring means 3 has detected the first incoming call, and the control means 4 stores the fact that the first incoming call has been received in the storage means 5.
To memorize. When there is a second incoming call within a specific time, the control means 4 controls the line control means 2 to close the telephone line 1 and automatically answer. At that time, when the caller designates an extension telephone set to receive an incoming call by dialing, the line monitoring means 3 recognizes the extension telephone number and notifies the control means 4. The control means 4 recognizes the telephone which actually rings the calling bell by the notified extension telephone number, and makes only the specific extension telephone ring the bell.

When the specified extension telephone is a cordless cordless handset, the cordless control means 9 is controlled to output the incoming call bell from the cordless cordless handset 10. When the specified extension telephone is an extension telephone connected by wire, the extension interface unit 16 is controlled to control the specific external telephone 17
Output more incoming call bell. When an incoming call is made to the main unit telephone, the bell output unit 11 and the speaker 12 are controlled to ring the incoming call bell at the main unit telephone.

Next, a method for monopolizing an incoming call by operating the extension telephone will be described. When monopolizing an incoming call with a specific extension telephone, the number of the extension telephone with which the incoming call is to be monopolized is stored in advance in the storage means 5 by an operation from the information input unit 6 or the cordless handset 10. When an incoming call is detected by the line monitoring means 3 and the control means 4 recognizes it, if an extension telephone requesting a monopoly is registered in the storage means 5, only the designated extension telephone rings the incoming call bell.

[0008]

However, in the configuration of the conventional composite telephone set as described above, the caller needs to understand the operation, and the point that the caller must perform the dial operation twice, and the incoming call is monopolized. In this case, all the calls are received by a specific extension telephone, which is not suitable for private use and has a problem of inconvenience.

Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide a compound telephone which can reduce the troublesome intermediary when using a plurality of telephones and can be used more privately even when a plurality of telephones are used.

[0010]

In order to achieve this object, the compound telephone of the present invention has an information input means and a display means used when registering telephone number information of a calling party for each extension telephone, and a main body telephone. within, organic and calling number detection means for detecting a memory means for storing telephone number information of the calling party for each extension telephone, the calling number information to be notified when a call arrives
The phone number information stored in the cordless cordless handset.
The data is sent to the body telephone by data communication with the body telephone, and
It is stored in the storage means and is stored in the storage means when an incoming call arrives.
Telephone number information of the calling party and the calling number detecting means
Calls are made by checking the calling number information detected by
This is to specify the extension telephone set .

[0011]

With this configuration, the extension number for receiving an incoming call is detected by detecting the outgoing number information notified by the outgoing number detecting means when an incoming call is received and collating the information with the telephone number information for each extension telephone set stored in the storage means. Identify the phone,
By making a call to the corresponding extension telephone, it becomes possible to specify the extension telephone to be called for each caller, and to reduce the trouble of intermediary when using a plurality of telephones.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a telephone capable of specifying an extension telephone to be called for each caller according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing the operation when the telephone receives an incoming call,
FIG. 3 is a sequence diagram of the telephone, and FIG. 4 is a data collation diagram of the telephone.

In FIG. 1, 1 is a telephone line, 2 is line control means, 3 is line monitoring means, 4 is control means, 5 is storage means, 6 is information input means, 7 is display means, and 8 is dial output means. , 9 is a cordless control unit, 10 is a cordless slave unit, 11 is a bell output unit, 12 is a speaker, 13 is a transmission / reception circuit, 14 is an off-hook detection unit, 15 is a handset, 16 is an extension interface unit, and 17 is a wired connection. An external telephone 18 is a calling number detecting means connected between the line control means 2 and the control means 4.

The operation of the telephone having the above-mentioned configuration and capable of specifying the extension telephone to be called for each calling party will be described with reference to FIG. The telephone number information of the calling party for each extension telephone is stored in the storage means 5 in advance through the information input means 6.

When the line monitoring means 3 detects an incoming call (step 1), the calling number detecting means 18 detects the telephone line 1.
The outgoing telephone number output from is detected (step 2). The control means 4 collates the detected calling telephone number with the calling telephone number for each extension telephone stored in the storage means 5 (step 3). As a result of the collation, if the extension telephone number to be received can be specified (step 4), only the specific extension telephone rings the incoming call bell (step 5). The condition for ringing is within the specified number of times (step 6), and the incoming call from the telephone line 1 is continuing (step 7),
If the particular extension telephone is not off-hook (step 8), only the particular extension telephone will ring the incoming call bell.

When the telephone is off-hook, after the bell output is stopped, the line control means 2 is controlled to close the telephone line 1 and put it in a call state (step 9). The call state is monitored until it is on-hook (step 10). When it is on-hook, the telephone line 1 is opened (step 11). If the extension telephone to receive the call cannot be specified, or if the number of ringing of the incoming bell to a specific extension telephone exceeds the specified value, ring all the extension telephones (step 1).
2). The ringing condition in this case is that the incoming call from the telephone line 1 is continuing (step 13) and the extension telephone is off-hook (step 14). If any of the extension telephones goes off-hook, the process is executed from step 9.

In addition to the method of directly storing the telephone number information of the calling party for each extension telephone via the information input means 6, as shown in the data transfer from the cordless cordless handset 10 in FIG. There is also a method in which the stored telephone number information such as a speed dial is stored in the storage means 5 of the main body telephone by performing data communication between the cordless handset 10 and the cordless control means 9 of the main body telephone.

Further, in the case of not only an extension telephone but also a compound telephone having a built-in answering machine, a facsimile, etc., by recognizing the calling telephone number notified from the telephone line 1 when receiving an incoming call, a telephone answering machine, a facsimile, etc. can be directly recognized. It is also possible to automatically connect to.

Further, FIG. 4 shows an example of data collation at the time of specifying the extension telephone number from the outgoing telephone number notified from the telephone line 1 when receiving a call. By adding identification information to the character data and voice data used when notifying the sender's name to this data, the sender's name is displayed on the display means 7 at the time of an incoming call, or the sender's name is output from the voice output means. The name of can be output by voice.

Further, by storing the calling telephone number notified from the telephone line 1 at the time of receiving a call in the storage means 5, the calling telephone number stored at the time of pager transfer is output from the dial output means 8 so that a display function is provided. It is also possible to display the other party's telephone number on the pager.

[0021]

As described above, according to the present invention, the calling number information notified at the time of an incoming call is detected by the calling number detecting means, and the information is collated with the telephone number information for each extension telephone stored in the storing means. As a result, it becomes possible to identify the extension telephone to receive the call, reduce the trouble of intermediary that occurs when using multiple telephones, and enable a composite telephone that can add multiple telephones including cordless telephones. It can be used and its practical effect is great.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a telephone capable of specifying an extension telephone to be called for each caller according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the telephone when an incoming call is received in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a sequence diagram of a telephone in one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a data collation diagram of a telephone in one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a conventional composite telephone.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 telephone line 2 line control means 3 line monitoring means 4 Control means 5 storage means 6 Information input means 7 Display means 8 Dial output means 9 Cordless control means 10 cordless cordless handsets 11 Bell output means 13 Handset circuit 14 Off-hook detection means 17 External telephone 18 Calling number detection means

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Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A composite telephone comprising a main body telephone and a plurality of extension telephones including a cordless cordless handset , comprising an information input means and a display means used when registering telephone number information of a calling party for each extension telephone. Have, in the main phone,
It has a storage means for storing the telephone number information of the calling party for each extension telephone and a calling number detection means for detecting the calling number information notified when an incoming call is received, and is stored in the cordless handset.
The outgoing telephone number information is
And sends it to the main body telephone to store it in the storage means, and when receiving a call, by matching the telephone number information of the calling party stored in the storage means with the calling number information detected by the calling number detection means, the incoming call is made. Identify the extension phone,
A composite telephone comprising: a control means for ringing an incoming call bell only for the specified extension telephone. 2. When an incoming call arrives, the extension telephone to be called is specified and identified by collating the telephone number information for each extension telephone stored in the storage means with the calling number information detected by the calling number detection means. Equipped with control means to ring the incoming call bell only on the specified extension telephones, and to ring the incoming call bell on all extension telephones when the number of ringing of the incoming call bell exceeds the specified value without receiving the incoming call response from the extension telephone. The composite telephone according to claim 1, wherein Wherein the plurality including a body telephones and cordless handset
It is a compound telephone capable of adding extension telephones, and an information input means and a display means used when registering telephone number information of a calling party for each extension telephone and a calling party for each extension telephone in the main body telephone. Storage means for storing telephone number information, calling number detection means for detecting calling number information notified when a call arrives, and calling stored in the cordless handset
The telephone number information can be sent to the main
The extension telephone to be called is specified by sending it to the telephone and storing it in the storage means, and by comparing the telephone number information of the calling party stored in the storage means with the calling number information detected by the calling number detection means. a control unit, a cordless control means for controlling communications with the cordless handset in the case of coming into the cordless handset, the extension interface unit for interfacing control when to call the extension telephone connected by wire to the main body phone A compound telephone equipped with the feature.