JP5162521B2 - Telephone device and telephone event information notification method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a telephone device and a telephone event information notification method for notifying a user of an event such as an incoming telephone call in an easily understandable state.

  A conventional telephone device notifies a user of an incoming call by ringing a ringtone from its own device when an incoming call is received. Further, when the user cannot respond to the incoming call due to the absence of the user, the incoming call history is displayed on the screen of his / her device to notify the user of the incoming call. Furthermore, a telephone device with an answering machine function can record a recorded message by, for example, flashing a button installed on its own device when the user cannot record an incoming call due to the absence and records a message from the caller. The user was notified that there was

  In recent years, as described in Patent Document 1, when a call is received, information corresponding to the incoming phone number is displayed on the display of a personal computer connected to the telephone device via the network, 2. Description of the Related Art A technique for managing incoming calls by a computer telephone integration system (CTI; Computer Telephony Integration system) that stores numbers is known.

  By using this telephone integrated system, the telephone number of the caller can be confirmed and stored when a call is received on a personal computer connected to the telephone device in advance, which is convenient for the user. improves.

JP 2004-96503 A

  However, when a conventional telephone device is used to notify an incoming call by ringing a ringtone, there is a problem that the user may not be able to hear the ringtone when the user is in a location far from the telephone device. .

  In addition, if these events are notified by displaying the incoming call history on the screen or flashing the button indicating that there is a recorded message, the user must consciously check the display of the telephone device etc. There was a problem that these notifications may not be noticed.

  Furthermore, in the technique of the above-mentioned Patent Document 1, there is a problem that a user or a system administrator has to register a personal computer and a telephone device in a one-to-one correspondence in advance, and it takes time for setting. . In addition, since the function cannot be used unless the user is using the registered personal computer, there is a problem that the user may not be aware of an incoming call or a recorded message.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a telephone device and a telephone event information notification method for notifying a user of an event such as an incoming telephone call in an easily understandable state.

In order to solve the above problems, the telephone device of the present invention is a telephone device connected to a plurality of electronic devices via a network as a reply to a message multicast-transmitted from each electronic device at a predetermined time interval. The information on the connection for performing transmission / reception with the electronic device is transmitted, or the information on the connection is multicast transmitted to the plurality of electronic devices at a predetermined time interval, so that the presence of the plurality of devices is determined. A pre-processing unit to be recognized by the electronic device, an event information recording unit for recording event detail information regarding the event when an event occurs in the own device, and an event when an incoming event occurs in the own device. Sends event information to notify the occurrence of an event to output from all the multiple electronic devices And when receiving an event detail information acquisition request related to the event due to the incoming call from any of the electronic devices by transmitting event information from the incoming call processing unit, event detailed information corresponding to the acquisition request And an output information control unit that transmits the event detailed information to be output from the electronic device that is the transmission source of the event detail information acquisition request.

Further, the telephone event information notification method of the present invention includes a telephone device connected to a plurality of electronic devices via a network as a reply to a message multicast-transmitted from each electronic device at a predetermined time interval. By transmitting information related to the connection for performing transmission / reception of information or multicasting information related to the connection to the plurality of electronic devices at a predetermined time interval, the presence of the own device is transmitted to the plurality of electronic devices. An event to execute the pre-processing to be recognized , record event detail information related to this event when an event occurs in its own device, and notify the occurrence of this event when an incoming event occurs in its own device Transmitted information to output from all the plurality of electronic devices, transmitted the event information When receiving an event detail information acquisition request regarding the incoming event from any of the electronic devices, the event detailed information corresponding to the acquisition request is transmitted from the electronic device that is the transmission source of the event detail information acquisition request. It transmits to make it output, It is characterized by the above-mentioned.

  The telephone device and the telephone event information notification method according to the present invention can notify the user of an event such as an incoming telephone call in an easily understandable state.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the telephone event information notification system using the telephone apparatus by one Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the telephone event management part of the telephone apparatus by one Embodiment of this invention. It is a sequence diagram which shows a state when information is transmitted / received between the telephone apparatus and household appliances by one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart explaining the process performed in the telephone event management part of the telephone apparatus by one Embodiment of this invention. It is an example of the event information output to the household appliances of the telephone event information notification system using the telephone apparatus by one Embodiment of this invention. It is an example of the event information output to the household appliances of the telephone event information notification system using the telephone apparatus by one Embodiment of this invention. It is an example of the incoming call history information output to the household appliances of the telephone event information notification system using the telephone apparatus by one Embodiment of this invention. It is an example of the event information output to the household appliances of the telephone event information notification system using the telephone apparatus by one Embodiment of this invention.

  Hereinafter, a telephone event information notification system using a telephone device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail.

<Configuration of Telephone Event Information Notification System According to One Embodiment>
As shown in FIG. 1, the telephone event notification information system according to the present embodiment includes n telephones 10-1 to 10-n, a telephone device 20 having a function of notifying information on an event that has occurred, and these telephones. 10-1 to 10-n and a telephone network 30 that connects the telephone device 20, a home appliance 40 as an output device that outputs information related to an event that has occurred in the telephone device 20, and the telephone device 20 and the home appliance 40. And a home appliance network 50 to be connected. Although FIG. 1 shows a case where there is one home appliance 40 connected to the home appliance network 50, a plurality of home appliances 40 can be connected in practice.

  The telephone device 20 includes a telephone network interface unit 21, a telephone-user interface unit 22, an automatic response unit 23, a recording message storage unit 24, an incoming call history recording unit 25, a telephone event management unit 26, and a network interface unit. 27.

  The telephone network interface unit 21 transmits / receives a call control signal, voice information, and video information for making a call to / from any of the other telephones 10-1 to 10 -n facing the telephone network 30. When either the telephone device 20 or the telephone 10-1 to 10-n is an IP telephone, SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) is used for this call control signal.

  The telephone-user interface unit 22 includes a push button and a handset operated by the user, a screen for outputting information to the user, a control unit (not shown) for controlling these operations, and the like. 1 to 10-n, instructions for answering incoming calls from other telephones 10-1 to 10-n, and instructions for disconnecting communication with other telephones 10-1 to 10-n Input, output information about the event that occurred, input a request to obtain detailed information about the event that occurred, output the recorded message information, etc.

  The automatic response unit 23 is configured so that the user operates the telephone-user interface unit 22 after an incoming call from any of the other telephones 10-1 to 10-n facing the telephone network interface unit 21 is started. When the response waiting time, which is the time until response, reaches a preset limit, automatic response message information, which is voice information for reproducing an automatic response message from the incoming caller telephone, is stored. When an automatic response command is acquired from the telephone event management unit 26, the stored automatic response message information is transmitted to the incoming caller telephone via the telephone network interface unit 21 in order to reproduce the stored automatic response message information.

  When the recording message storage unit 24 acquires the storage command after the automatic response message information is reproduced in the caller telephone set, the recorded message storage unit 24 sends a message based on voice information or video information sent from the call partner operating the callee telephone set. Store as recorded message information. Also, when a recorded message information playback command is acquired from the telephone event management unit 26, the stored recorded message information is played back from the telephone-user interface unit 22 or via the recorded message output control unit 43 of the home appliance 40. To be reproduced from the home appliance-user interface unit 44.

  The incoming call history recording unit 25 receives an incoming call in response to a recording command from the telephone event management unit 26 when an incoming call is received from any of the other telephones 10-1 to 10-n facing each other via the telephone network interface unit 21. Incoming call history information is stored. The incoming call history information includes information indicating whether the call control signal is disconnected from the incoming caller telephone before the user answers, or whether the call is a “answered incoming call”. .

  As shown in FIG. 2, the telephone event management unit 26 includes an incoming call processing unit 261, an output information control unit 262, and a transmission processing unit 263.

  When the incoming call processing unit 261 detects an incoming call by receiving a call control signal from any of the other telephones 10-1 to 10-n that are opposed to each other via the telephone network interface unit 21, according to a preset condition, Control for transmitting the automatic answering message information from the automatic answering unit 23 to the telephone 10 of the incoming call, control for accumulating the recording message information in the recording message accumulating unit 24, and receiving history information in the incoming call history recording unit 25 Control to memorize.

  In addition, the incoming call processing unit 261 generates event information for notifying that a call is being received during reception of the call control signal, and the call control signal is disconnected from the caller telephone before the user answers. Event information is generated by adding the current number of unanswered incoming calls, and when the recorded message information is stored in the recorded message storage unit 24, the number of unconfirmed recorded message information is added and notified. Event information to generate.

  The output information control unit 262 causes the event information generated by the incoming call processing unit 261 to be output from the telephone-user interface unit 22 and output from the home appliance-user interface unit 44 of the home appliance 40 via the network interface unit 27.

  In addition, the output information control unit 262 outputs the event information from the telephone-user interface unit 22 and the home appliance-user interface unit 44, so that an incoming history display request for displaying these incoming histories by a user operation is issued. In response to this, in response to this, the incoming call history recording unit 25 sends a display command for sending the incoming call history information to the request source. Further, when a reproduction request for reproducing the recorded message information is transmitted, a reproduction command for transmitting the corresponding recorded message information to the request source is sent from the recording message storage unit 24 in response to the request.

  When a call request is sent from the telephone-user interface unit 22 or the network interface unit 27, the call processing unit 263 sends a call control signal to another telephone set via the telephone network interface unit 21 based on the call request. Performs outgoing call processing for outgoing calls.

  The network interface unit 27 transmits the recording message information, the incoming call history information, and the event information to the home appliance 40 connected via the home appliance network 50, and the incoming history display request transmitted from the home appliance 40, and the recording message reproduction. A process for receiving a control command such as a request or a transmission request is performed.

  The home appliance 40 includes an event information display control unit 41, an incoming call history display control unit 42, a recording message output control unit 43, and a home appliance-user interface unit 44.

  The event information display control unit 41 receives event information transmitted from the output information control unit 262 of the telephone event management unit 26 via the network interface unit 27, generates display screen information, and sends it to the home appliance-user interface unit 44. Display.

  The incoming call history display control unit 42 receives an incoming call history display request, a recorded message playback request, or an outgoing call request from the user when the event information is displayed on the home appliance-user interface unit 44 under the control of the event information display control unit 41. When requested, these requests are transmitted to the telephone event management unit 26 via the network interface unit 27. The incoming call history information transmitted from the incoming call history recording unit 25 when the incoming call history display request is transmitted to the telephone event management unit 26 is received, display screen information is generated, and displayed on the home appliance-user interface unit 44.

  The recording message output control unit 43 receives the recording message information transmitted from the recording message storage unit 24 when the recording message reproduction request is transmitted from the incoming call history display control unit 42, and outputs it from the home appliance-user interface unit 44. .

  The home appliance-user interface unit 44 displays the event information acquired from the event information display control unit 41 and the incoming call history information acquired from the incoming call history display control unit 42, and the incoming call history input from the user by displaying them. A display request and a recorded message playback request are sent to the incoming call history display control unit 42. Also, the recording message information acquired from the recording message output control unit 43 is output.

<Operation of Telephone Event Information Notification System According to One Embodiment>
Next, the operation of the telephone event information notification system according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to the sequence diagram of FIG. 3 and the flowchart of FIG.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a state when information is transmitted and received between the m home appliances 40-1 to 40-m and the telephone device 20 before and after the occurrence of the event in the telephone device 20. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a flow of processing executed by the telephone event management unit 26 regarding the occurrence of an event in the telephone device 20.

(1) Pre-processing First, as pre-processing, the presence of the telephone device 20 is recognized in each of the home appliances 40-1 to 40-m in the home appliance network 50 at predetermined time intervals, and information related to connection with the telephone device 20 respectively. Is acquired.

  The home appliances 40-1 to 40-m recognize the presence of the telephone device 20 and obtain information related to the connection. A) The telephone device is connected to all devices connected to the home appliance network 50 by each home appliance. A method of multicasting a message for confirming whether or not it exists at a predetermined time interval, and when the telephone device 20 receives the message, b) a method of returning information related to the connection, or b) all the telephone devices 20 connected to the home appliance network 50 This method is performed by any one of the methods for multicast transmission of information related to the connection at predetermined time intervals.

  In each of the household electrical appliances 40-1 to 40-m, transmission / reception of information with the subsequent telephone device 20 is performed according to the information regarding the connection transmitted from the telephone device 20.

  In addition, when each of the home appliances 40-1 to 40-m is activated, an event notification request for requesting notification regarding an event that has occurred in the telephone device 20 is transmitted from the event information display control unit 41 to the telephone device 20 (S1 to S3). The event notification request is received by the telephone event management unit 26 via the network interface unit 27 of the telephone device 20.

  When the event notification request is received by the telephone event management unit 26, in response to this, a permission response indicating permission for notification regarding the occurrence of the event is transmitted to each of the home appliances 40-1 to 40-m (S4 to S4). S6).

  Thereafter, event information relating to an event that has occurred in the telephone device 20 is notified in the home appliance that has received this permission response.

(2) Processing when an incoming call control event occurs When the pre-processing is performed as described above, the incoming call processing unit 261 of the telephone event management unit 26 receives an incoming call, disconnects an unanswered incoming call, starts a call, and ends a call. The standby for monitoring whether or not there is a call control event such as is started (S21).

  Next, it is determined whether or not a “response waiting time” to be described later is being measured (S22), but here it is determined that it is not being measured (“NO” in S22).

  Next, when the incoming call processing unit 261 detects that a call control event due to an incoming call has occurred, the process proceeds to step S24, and event information for notifying that the incoming call is being received is generated. This event information is output from the telephone-user interface unit 22 as a ringtone or the like under the control of the output information control unit 262, and is transmitted to each home appliance 40-1 to 40-m via the network interface unit 27. It is output from the home appliance-user interface unit 44 via the event information display control unit 41 of all the home appliances 40-1 to 40-m for which the permission response has been received in the process (S24 and S7 to S10 in FIG. 3). .

  FIG. 5 shows an example of a screen configuration diagram when the incoming event information is output to the output screen which is the home appliance-user interface unit 44.

  In the output screen 441 of FIG. 5, “incoming call: 03-XXXX-XXXX” is displayed as event information 442 including the telephone number of the caller telephone.

  Next, in the incoming call processing unit 261, measurement of a response waiting time which is a time from when a call control event due to an incoming call occurs until a user operates the telephone-user interface unit 22 to respond is started (S25). ). When measurement of the response waiting time is started, the process returns to step S22.

  In step S22, it is determined whether or not the response waiting time is being measured. Here, since the measurement of the response waiting time is started, the process proceeds to step S26, and whether or not the response waiting time has reached a preset limit. It is determined whether or not (S26).

  Here, when it is determined that the response waiting time has reached the limit (“YES” in S26), an automatic response command is sent to the automatic response unit 23, and the incoming call telephone is set via the telephone network interface unit 21. To send automatic response message information (S27). When it is determined that the response waiting time has not reached the limit (“NO” in S26), the output of event information for notifying that the incoming call is being received is continued.

(3) Processing when a call control event occurs due to unanswered disconnection After an incoming call, an unanswered disconnect call control event occurs in which the call control signal is disconnected from the caller telephone in a state where the user has not responded in step S23 Is detected, the process proceeds to step S28, and the response waiting time measurement process is terminated (S28).

  Then, a recording command is sent, and the incoming call history information including information indicating “unanswered incoming call” is recorded in the incoming call history recording unit 25 (S29). The incoming call processing unit 261 holds the number of unanswered incoming calls that have not been confirmed by the user. When new unanswered incoming call information is recorded in the incoming call history information, the held unanswered incoming calls are recorded. Is added by one (S30).

  When the number of unanswered calls held in the incoming call processing unit 261 is incremented, event information for notification for changing the number of unanswered calls that have been added is generated. This event information is output from the telephone-user interface unit 22 under the control of the output information control unit 262 and transmitted to the home appliances 40-1 to 40-m via the network interface unit 27, and is licensed in the preprocessing. The response is output from the home appliance-user interface unit 44 via the event information display control unit 41 of all the home appliances 40-1 to 40-m for which the responses have been received (S31).

  FIG. 6 shows an example of a screen configuration diagram when the event information for notifying the change in the number of unanswered incoming calls is output on the output screen which is the home appliance-user interface unit 44.

  In the output screen 441 of FIG. 6, event information 443 including information “three incoming calls” indicating that the number of unacknowledged incoming calls that are currently unconfirmed is three is displayed. When event information for notifying the change in the number of unanswered incoming calls is output on the output screen, the process returns to step S22.

  In step S22, it is determined whether or not the response waiting time is being measured. Here, since the measurement of the response waiting time has been completed, it is determined that the response waiting time is not being measured ("NO" in S22). ).

(4) Processing when a call control event occurs due to a response After receiving an incoming call, if it is detected in step S23 that the user has responded by operating the telephone-user interface unit 22, a response command is sent to the telephone network interface unit 21, and a call is made. It becomes possible. It is detected that a response has been made by the user's operation or that the automatic response message information has been transmitted to the incoming caller telephone and played back in step S27, so that a call has been started and a call control event has occurred due to the response. Then, the process proceeds to step S32, and the response waiting time measurement is ended (S32). When the response waiting time measurement is completed in step S32, the process returns to step S22.

  In step S22, it is determined whether or not the response waiting time is being measured. Here, since the measurement of the response waiting time has been completed, it is determined that the response waiting time is not being measured ("NO" in S22). ).

  When a call with the caller is started, voice information and video information are transmitted and received between the telephone-user interface unit 22 and the other party's phone through the telephone network interface unit 21 and the telephone network 30. Is done.

  Also, when it is detected that a call has started, event information for notifying that “incoming” is output from the home appliance-user interface unit 44 of the home appliances 40-1 to 40-m. Erased.

(5) Processing when a call control event occurs due to the end of a call When a call is started after an incoming call and it is further detected that a call control event due to the end of the call has occurred, the process proceeds to step S33, and the call is automatically answered message information. It is determined whether or not it is due to reproduction (S33).

  When it is determined that the terminated call is not a response by the reproduction of the automatic response message information but a response by the user's operation (“NO” in S33), a “response” is sent by sending a recording command and responding by the user. Incoming call history information including information indicating “completed incoming” is recorded in the incoming call history recording unit 25 (S34). When the incoming call history information is recorded in step S34, the process returns to step S22.

  In step S33, it is determined that the terminated call is due to the reproduction of the automatic response message information (“YES” in S33). When a recorded message is transmitted from the call partner after the call is completed, the stored call is stored. An instruction is sent and this message is stored in the recording message storage unit 24 as recording message information.

  When the recording message is not transmitted from the call partner and the recording message information is not accumulated (“NO” in S35), the incoming call history information including information indicating “unanswered incoming call” is sent by sending a recording command. The incoming call history recording unit 25 records it (S36). In the incoming call processing unit 261, when new incoming call history information of unanswered incoming calls is recorded in the incoming call history recording unit 25, the number of held unanswered incoming calls is incremented by one (S37).

  When the number of unanswered incoming calls held in the incoming call processing unit 261 is added, event information for notification to change to the added number of unanswered incoming calls is generated. This event information is output from the telephone-user interface unit 22 under the control of the output information control unit 262 and transmitted to the home appliances 40-1 to 40-m via the network interface unit 27, and is licensed in the preprocessing. The response is output from the home appliance-user interface unit 44 via the event information display control unit 41 of all the home appliances 40-1 to 40-m for which the responses have been received (S38).

  The screen configuration diagram when the event information for notifying the change in the number of unanswered incoming calls is output on the output screen which is the home appliance-user interface unit 44 is the same as that output in step S33. It is displayed as shown in FIG.

  When event information for notifying the number of unanswered incoming calls is output on the output screen, the process returns to step S22.

  Further, when the recording message is transmitted from the call partner in step S35 and the recording message information is being accumulated ("YES" in S35), the recording message information accumulation process is stopped by the end of the call (S39).

  When the recording message information is stored in the recording message storage unit 24, information indicating that there is recording message information is added to the incoming call history information recorded in the incoming call history recording unit 25 for the call (S40).

  The incoming call processing unit 261 holds the number of recorded message information that has not been checked by the user. When new recorded message information is stored in the recorded message storage unit 24, the stored recorded message is stored. The number of information is incremented by 1 (S41).

  When the number of recorded message information stored in the incoming call processing unit 261 is incremented by one, event information for notification of changing the number of recorded message information added is generated. This event information is output from the telephone-user interface unit 22 by blinking of a new message notification lamp or the like under the control of the output information control unit 262 and is also sent to each home appliance 40-1 to 40-m via the network interface unit 27. Is transmitted from the home appliance-user interface unit 44 via the event information display control unit 41 of all the home appliances 40-1 to 40-m that have received the permission response in the preprocessing (S42).

  When the event information for notifying the change of the number of unanswered incoming calls is output on the output screen which is the home appliance-user interface unit 44, for example, as shown in FIG. Event information 443 including information indicating that “there are two message messages” is displayed. When event information for notifying the change in the number of recorded message information is output on the output screen, the process returns to step S22.

  In step S22, it is determined whether or not the response waiting time is being measured. Here, since the measurement of the response waiting time has been completed, it is determined that the response waiting time is not being measured ("NO" in S22). ).

(6) Processing when an incoming history display request is generated As described above, event information indicating that there is an unanswered incoming call is output to the home appliance-user interface unit 44 of the home appliances 40-1 to 40-m. When an incoming call history display request for displaying an incoming call history is input from a user in any home appliance, the incoming call history display request is transmitted to the telephone device 20 under the control of the incoming call history display control unit 42, and telephone event management is performed. Received by the unit 26.

  In the telephone event management unit 26, in accordance with the incoming call history display request in the output information control unit 262, a display command is sent to the incoming call history recording unit 25 so as to transmit the corresponding incoming call history information to the home appliance 40 to which the incoming call history display request has been input. Is sent out.

  In the home appliance 40 that has received the incoming call history information from the incoming call history recording unit 25, display screen information for displaying the incoming call history information is generated by the incoming call history display control unit 42 and output to the home appliance-user interface unit 44.

  It is assumed that the incoming call history display control unit 42 transmits an incoming call history display request and generates display screen information by an application using a Web browser, and uses an HTTP request when sending the incoming call history display request. In this case, an HTTP GET request is transmitted from the incoming call history display control unit 42 to the URL which is identification information for specifying the incoming call history information to be requested, and in response thereto, the incoming call history is transmitted from the telephone device 20 as an HTTP response. Will be.

  In addition, on the screen of the home appliance-user interface unit 44, an incoming call history display request is input by operating the “display incoming call history” operation button 444 displayed together with event information as shown in FIG. The When the operation button 445 “Do not display incoming call history” is operated, the event information 443 is recognized as being confirmed by the user, and the display is erased.

  An example when the incoming call history information is displayed on the home appliance-user interface unit 44 is shown in FIG.

  In the output screen 441 in FIG. 7, the incoming call history information 446 is displayed together with the contents of the event information displayed in FIG. As the incoming call history information 446, a telephone number of the caller, a “message play” button 447 for inputting a request to play a recorded message when recorded message information is stored, and a call request to the caller telephone set are input. A “redial” button 448 is displayed.

  The display of the incoming call history information is not limited to the format shown in FIG. 7, and may be displayed in a form combined with past incoming call history information or incoming call history information confirmed by the user. In addition, for an incoming call with recorded message information, a “message delete” button for deleting the recorded message information may be displayed.

(7) Processing when a recorded message playback request is generated As described above, when the incoming call history information is output to the home appliance-user interface unit 44 of any home appliance 40, the “message playback” button 447 is operated by the user. When the recorded message reproduction request is input, the recorded message reproduction request is transmitted to the telephone device 20 and received by the telephone event management unit 26 under the control of the incoming call history display control unit 42. When a recorded message playback request is transmitted to the telephone device 20, an activation command for activating the recorded message output control unit 43 is transmitted under the control of the incoming call history display control unit 42.

  In the telephone event management unit 26, the output information control unit 262 instructs the recording message storage unit 24 to transmit the corresponding recording message information to the home appliance 40 to which the recording message playback request is input in accordance with the recording message playback request. Is sent out.

  In the home appliance 40 that has received the recording message information from the recording message storage unit 24, the recording message output control unit 43 that has been activated plays the recording message from the home appliance-user interface unit 44.

  When the recorded message information is specified, the URL is used as identification information as in the case of specifying the incoming call history information.

(8) Processing when an outgoing call request occurs As described above, the incoming call history is output to the home appliance-user interface unit 44 of one of the home appliances 40, so that the user operates the “redial” button 448 to make an outgoing call request. When input, the outgoing call request is transmitted to the telephone device 20 under the control of the incoming call history display control unit 42 and received by the telephone event management unit 26.

  In the telephone event management unit 26, the call processing unit 263 outputs a ring tone from the telephone-user interface unit 22 to notify the user that the call request has been received. When the user is operated so as to be able to make a call in response to the ringing tone, the telephone event management unit 26 calls the telephone having the telephone number corresponding to the outgoing call request via the telephone network interface unit 21. A control signal is transmitted to perform call processing.

  When the incoming call history information and the recorded message information are output in this way, the telephone event management unit 26 recognizes that these have been confirmed by the user and is displayed on the home appliance-user interface unit 44 of the other home appliance 40. The number of unanswered calls in event information indicating that there is an unanswered incoming call and the number of unconfirmed recorded message information are updated.

  Further, in the present embodiment, a case has been described in which event information is displayed in response to incoming call → display of incoming call history information → call request / playback request for recorded message information, but as in event information 449 shown in FIG. By adding incoming call history information including “call” button and “record message playback” button on the screen that displays event information by incoming call, send a call request or recorded message playback request directly from this screen Also good.

  Moreover, in this embodiment, when the transmission request was transmitted from the home appliance, the case where the calling process was performed when the user responded with the telephone device was described, but the home appliance has a call function. For example, the calling process may be performed without causing the telephone device to respond to the user.

  In this embodiment, the case where the telephone-user interface unit is mounted in the telephone device has been described. However, as another form, the telephone-user interface unit can be configured as an external device separate from the telephone device. It is. For example, when an IP telephone network is used as the telephone network, the telephone network interface unit 21, the automatic response unit 23, the recorded message storage unit 24, the incoming call history of the telephone device 20 of this embodiment are connected to a dedicated adapter connected to the IP telephone network. By mounting the functions of the storage unit 25, the telephone event management unit 26, and the network interface unit 27, and by mounting the function of the user-interface unit 22 on the slave unit of the analog telephone or IP telephone connected to the dedicated adapter, You may make it comprise a telephone event information notification system.

  According to the present embodiment described above, in order to display event information such as incoming calls on the display screens of a plurality of home appliances connected to the home appliance network, for example, in a room apart from the room where the telephone device is installed Even when there is a user, the television device or the like in the room where the user is informed that the call is being received, and the user can easily notice an event related to the telephone.

  In addition, in home appliances that display event information such as incoming calls, it is possible to input an instruction to check the incoming call history, output a recorded message, or call the incoming caller. Improves.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10, 10-1-10-n ... Telephone 20 ... Telephone apparatus 21 ... Telephone network interface part 22 ... Telephone-user interface part 23 ... Automatic response part 24 ... Recording message storage part 25 ... Incoming call history recording part 26 ... Telephone event management Unit 27 ... network interface unit 30 ... telephone network 40, 40-1 to 40-m ... home appliance 41 ... event information display control unit 42 ... incoming call history display control unit 43 ... recorded message output control unit 44 ... home appliance-user interface unit 50 ... Home Appliance Network 261 ... Incoming Call Processing Unit 262 ... Output Information Control Unit 263 ... Outgoing Processing Unit

Claims (6)

In a telephone device connected to a plurality of electronic devices via a network,
As a reply to a message transmitted by multicast from each electronic device at a predetermined time interval, information related to connection for transmission / reception with the electronic device is transmitted, or to the plurality of electronic devices at a predetermined time interval. A pre-processing unit that causes the plurality of electronic devices to recognize the presence of the device by multicast transmission of information related to the connection;
When an event occurs in its own device, an event information recording unit that records detailed event information about the event;
When an event due to an incoming call occurs in its own device, an incoming call processing unit that transmits event information for notifying the occurrence of this event from all of the plurality of electronic devices,
Upon receiving event information from the incoming processing unit, when receiving an acquisition request for event detailed information related to the event due to the incoming call from any of the electronic devices, the event detailed information corresponding to the acquisition request is sent to the event detailed information. An output information control unit that transmits to obtain output from the electronic device that is the transmission source of the acquisition request;
A telephone device comprising: 2. The telephone device according to claim 1, wherein the electronic device is a home appliance in a home, and the network is a home appliance network constructed in the home. The event by the incoming call is an event that indicates that the incoming call is received, an event that indicates that there is an incoming call that is disconnected due to an unanswered event, or an event that indicates that the recording message information is accumulated due to an incoming call,
The telephone device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the event detailed information is incoming call history information including a telephone number of the incoming caller or recorded message information transmitted from the caller of the incoming caller. When the output information control unit receives an event detail information acquisition request using an HTTP GET request for a URL specifying event detail information from any of the electronic devices on which an application using a Web browser is mounted, Send event details in response to
The telephone apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein The connected electronic device is an electronic device equipped with a call function for performing a calling process based on the event detailed information.
The telephone device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein: A telephone device connected to a plurality of electronic devices via a network
As a reply to a message transmitted by multicast from each electronic device at a predetermined time interval, information related to connection for transmission / reception with the electronic device is transmitted, or to the plurality of electronic devices at a predetermined time interval. By performing multicast transmission of information related to the connection, a pre-processing for causing the plurality of electronic devices to recognize the presence of the device is performed,
When an event occurs in its own device, record event detail information about this event,
When an event due to an incoming call occurs in its own device, the event information for notifying the occurrence of this event is transmitted for output from all the plurality of electronic devices,
Upon receiving the event detailed information acquisition request related to the incoming event from any of the electronic devices by transmitting the event information, the event detailed information corresponding to the acquisition request is transmitted to the event detailed information acquisition request. A telephone event information notification method, characterized in that transmission is performed for output from an original electronic device.

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