JP3593580B2 - Telephone equipment - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
[Industrial applications]
The present invention relates to a telephone device having a paging function, and more particularly, to a telephone device capable of confirming the content of audio broadcast during paging by a person being paged.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, in a telephone apparatus having this kind of paging function, when an incoming call is received from an outside line, the outside line of the incoming telephone is temporarily put on hold, and the outside line is transmitted from the telephone which has been received by the paging function of the telephone apparatus to the called party telephone. The only function was to announce that there was an incoming call and to call the paged person unilaterally.
[0003]
The called party knows that there has been an incoming call to himself through this call broadcast, and answers the call with his telephone.
[0004]
However, if the called party answers the call and there is only one outside line on hold, even if the contents of the call broadcast are unclear and the number of the called outside line is unknown, it can be understood that the answer to the outside line is sufficient. . However, if there are a plurality of external lines on hold and the content of the announcement is unclear, it is not known which line to respond to, and it is necessary to wait until there is a call broadcast again.
[0005]
On the other hand, in order to reduce the load of the calling operation, there is known an apparatus as shown in FIG. In the figure, 1 is a main unit, 2A to 2D are telephones, 3 'is a recording device, 4 is a switching unit, and 5A to 5B are speakers.
[0006]
For example, when a call broadcast is performed from the telephone 2B, a specific dial operation (# 90) is performed on the telephone 2B. When the main device 1 detects this dial, it sets the recording device 3 'to a recordable state, connects the connecting piece 40 of the switching unit 4 to the output terminal 4A, and uses the speakers 5A to 5B via the transmitter of the telephone 2B. Make a call broadcast. When this calling operation is completed, a calling voice is recorded in the recording device 3 '. When making the second call, another specific dial operation (##) is performed. When the main device 1 detects this dial, the connecting piece 40 of the switching unit 4 is connected to the output terminal 4B, and the recording device 3 'is set to the reproducing state to reproduce the calling voice. This eliminates the need to perform the calling operation many times.
[0007]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, if the contents of the paging broadcast are not clear even if the above-mentioned device is used, it is necessary to wait for the paging broadcast again and check the contents of the paging broadcast. Further, when the person performing the call broadcast is a specific person, the call operation is still concentrated on the specific person, and there is a problem that a sufficient effect cannot be obtained in order to reduce labor.
[0008]
The present invention has been made in view of such a point, and an object of the present invention is that even if a called party who receives a call broadcast does not know the contents of the call broadcast, the line number or the like is unknown, the called party is re-entered. It is an object of the present invention to provide a telephone device which can respond to an outside line without waiting for a call broadcast of the telephone and can reduce labor by dispersing call operations.
[0009]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, a telephone device according to the present invention is a telephone device having a plurality of telephones 2A to 2N,
External line connecting means 6 connected to the plurality of external lines 3, telephone connecting means 8 connected to the external line connecting means 6 and connected to the plurality of telephones 2A to 2N, and call broadcasting connected to the telephone connecting means 8 , Recording / reproducing means 10a, b connected to the telephone connection means 8 for recording and reproducing the contents of the call broadcast, and an access code is dialed from the telephones 2A to 2N via the telephone connection means 8. When it is confirmed that the contents are the same, the control means 7 is provided for transmitting the contents of the call broadcast recorded in the recording / reproducing means 10a and 10b to the broadcasting means sequentially from the newest one.
[0010]
[Action]
If the call broadcast is unclear or needs to be checked again, record the contents of the call broadcast in advance, and if necessary, play back and listen to the recorded content if necessary. There is no need to repeat the same call broadcast. At that time, of the contents of the recorded call broadcast, the most recent content has the highest frequency of needing to be checked, and the older the frequency, the lower the frequency becomes. I do.
[0011]
Here, the outside line connection means 6 connects the main device 1 to the outside line 3, and the incoming and outgoing calls from the outside line 3 are controlled by the control means 7. The telephone connection means 8 connects the main device 1 to each of the key telephones 2A to 2N, and exchanges a dial signal, a ringer signal, a call signal and the like according to an instruction from the control means 7. In the broadcasting means 9 and 5, the control means 7 detects the calling signal input from the telephone, and in response to the instruction, transmits the calling voice input from the telephone transmitter through the telephone connecting means 8 to the outside.
[0012]
The recording / reproducing means 10a and 10b record the contents of the broadcast in response to an instruction from the control means 7 when performing the call broadcasting, and when the control means 7 detects that an access code has been input from the telephone 2N, the instruction is issued. , The contents of the call broadcast recorded are transmitted to the broadcasting means sequentially from the newest one.
[0013]
【Example】
Hereinafter, a telephone device according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an overall configuration of a telephone device according to the present invention.
[0014]
In FIG. 1, 1 is a main device of a telephone device (key telephone device), 2A to 2N are a plurality of key telephones, 3 is a plurality of external lines, 5 is an external speaker, and 6 is an external line connecting means for connecting to the external line 3. The trunk interface 7 is a control unit as control means, which is constituted by a CPU, its peripheral parts, and its control program. Reference numeral 8 denotes a button telephone interface unit serving as telephone connection means for connecting to each of the telephones 2A to 2N. Reference numeral 9 denotes an external calling broadcast interface unit which is connected to the external speaker 5 and functions as broadcasting means. Reference numeral 10a denotes recording means. Both can be constituted by a recording medium such as a magnetic tape, a magnetic disk, an optical disk, a semiconductor storage element (ROM, RAM), and a control device therefor.
[0015]
A plurality of external lines 3 are connected to the trunk interface unit 6. The trunk interface unit 6 and the key telephone interface unit 8 are connected via a call path 11, and the key telephone interface unit 8 and the external call broadcast interface unit 9, recording means and playback means 10 a and b are connected via a call path 12. I have. The key telephone interface unit 8 is connected to a plurality of key telephones 2A to 2N.
[0016]
Further, the control unit 7 is connected to the trunk interface unit 6, the key telephone interface unit 8, the external calling broadcast interface unit 9, the recording means, and the reproducing means 10a, b by a data path 13.
[0017]
Next, the operation of the present invention will be described. Here, for convenience, a case will be described in which telephone 2A responds to an outside line received by telephone 2N.
[0018]
When the telephone 2A responds and finds that the telephone 2N has been called, the respondent places the telephone 2A on hold and calls the telephone 2N. If telephone 2N does not answer, it is determined that there is no called party, and the responder presses a dial for calling an outside line from telephone 2A.
[0019]
The dial signal for calling an outside line is transmitted to the control unit 7 via the key telephone interface unit 8 by the data path 13. The control unit 7 connects the telephone call 2A → key telephone interface unit 8 → call path 12 → external call broadcast interface unit 9 → external speaker 5 to the call broadcast path. When the responder announces from the transmitter of the telephone 2A, the external speaker 5 transmits the sound.
[0020]
At this time, the control unit 7 connects the key telephone interface unit 8 to the recording means 10a via the call path 12, and records the contents of the call broadcast. Further, the contents of the call broadcast recorded before that are also sequentially recorded in the recording means 10a in the same manner.
[0021]
On the other hand, the called party receives the call broadcast not know Incoming any outside line for the contents of the call broadcast is unclear, also when such external being held at that time there are multiple, previously from telephone 2N Press the dial for the determined access code (special number).
[0022]
The key telephone interface unit 8 converts the access code (special number) into a predetermined signal and sends it to the control unit 7 via the data path 13. When the control unit 7 detects this access code (special number), it connects the reproduction means 10b → the call path 12 → the key telephone interface unit 8 → the corresponding telephone 2N, and operates the reproduction means 10b via the data path 13. , The latest of the contents of the recorded call broadcast is transmitted from the receiver of the telephone 2N. At this time, if the communication path is also connected to the external call broadcast interface unit 9, it is possible to broadcast the recorded contents from the external speaker 5.
[0023]
In addition, if the content of the call broadcast transmitted at this time is not for the called party who performed the above operation, if the same operation is further performed, the content of the call broadcast immediately preceding the call broadcast transmitted last time is changed. Sent out. In this way, it is possible to sequentially search from the contents of a new paging broadcast to the contents of an old paging broadcast.
[0024]
As described above, since the contents of the recorded call broadcast are simply reproduced in the new order, the structure and control of the recording means and the reproduction means (for example, the memory address can be simply incremented or decremented) are simple. It is easy to design and can be a low-cost device.
[0025]
Then, the called party who has confirmed the contents of the recorded call broadcast can determine the corresponding external line 3 on hold without waiting for another call broadcast and respond to it.
[0026]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the telephone apparatus of the present invention, the contents of the call broadcast can be recorded, and the necessary telephone can sequentially reproduce and confirm the contents from the latest contents. Since the called party has unclear contents of the call broadcast, even if the line number is unknown, it is possible to respond to an outside line without waiting for another call broadcast, and to reduce labor by dispersing the call operation. In addition, there is an extremely excellent effect that the structure and control of the recording and reproducing means are simple.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an overall configuration of an apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a conventional device for improving the labor of the incoming call answering operation.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Main apparatus 2A-2N Telephone 3 Outside line 3 'Recording device 4 Switching part 5 External speaker 5A-5B Speaker 6 Trunk interface part 7 Control part 8 Button telephone interface part 9 External calling broadcast interface part 10a Recording means 10b Reproduction means 11,12 Call path 13 Data path

Claims (1)

In a telephone device having a plurality of telephones,
External line connecting means connected to a plurality of external lines; telephone connecting means connected to the external line connecting means and connected to a plurality of telephones; broadcasting means connected to the telephone connecting means and performing call broadcasting; Recording / playback means connected to the connection means for recording and playing back the contents of the call broadcast; And a control means for sequentially transmitting the contents from the newest to the broadcasting means.

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