JPH01101052A - Telephone number storage device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To properly substitute a telephone number having a low degree of importance with another telephone number by storing degrees of importance correspondingly to stored telephone numbers and displaying codes and telephone numbers in the order of degree of importance. CONSTITUTION:When a new telephone number is registered, a use counter 6 corresponding to its abbreviated dial number is reset by an abbreviated dial control part 4. When a user inputs an abbreviated dial number, the destination whose telephone number is registered correspondingly to this abbreviated dial number is automatically called and the frequency in use of this abbreviated dial number is counted up by one. If a new telephone number is registered when all of abbreviated dial numbers 01-20 are already registered, the abbreviated dial control part 4 compares counted values of respective use counters 6 of abbreviated dial numbers 01-20 with one another and selects the smallest counted value and displayes the abbreviated dial number and registered contents corresponding to the smallest counted value on a display part 7. The user sees this display and cancels the registration to judge whether the new telephone number should be registered or not.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a telephone number storage device, and is particularly useful in facsimiles, multi-function telephones, and electronic notebooks.

[Conventional technology]

Some conventional telephone number storage devices are used, for example, in facsimile machines and speed dial functions of multi-function telephones.

That is, a large number of pairs of destination telephone numbers and corresponding one- to three-digit speed dial numbers (including symbols other than numbers) are stored, and when the speed dial numbers are input, they are stored in correspondence. It reads out the phone number you have and automatically makes the call.

In addition, the telephone number storage device used in electronic notebooks is
The name or abbreviation of the other party is stored as a code along with the telephone number, and when that name or abbreviation is input, the corresponding stored telephone number is read out and displayed in black.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

Since the storage capacity of a telephone number storage device is limited, only those of high importance, such as those that are frequently used and those that must not be forgotten, are stored.

However, since such importance changes depending on the time, it is preferable to update the memory contents according to the change. In other words, delete items that have become less important and register items that have newly become more important. It is preferable to do so.

However, with conventional phone number storage devices, it is not possible to know the importance level of the stored phone numbers, so it is difficult to perform the update operation properly, and it is often the case that less important ones are left behind. I sometimes made the mistake of erasing items with a high 1M requirement.

Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to store the degree of importance corresponding to the stored telephone number, and to display the code and telephone number in order according to the degree of importance. To provide a telephone number storage device capable of appropriately replacing a number with a new telephone number.

[Means for solving problems]

The telephone number storage device of the present invention stores a large number of number-code pairs by registering and inputting a number-code pair consisting of a telephone number and a code corresponding to the telephone number, and by calling and inputting the code, a corresponding telephone number is stored. A telephone number storage device that outputs an M importance level corresponding to a telephone number, a display unit that displays at least one stored number-code pair, and a display unit that outputs a number-code pair that is currently displayed by a predetermined operation. The present invention is characterized in that it includes display changing means for changing the display to a number-code pair having a lower or higher importance than the number-code pair in the middle.

In the above configuration, the importance is the number of past calls,
Specific examples include the number of calls in the last six months and the ranking based on the user's own evaluation.

[Effect]

In the telephone number storage device of the present invention, degrees of importance are simultaneously stored in association with stored telephone numbers, and number-code pairs are displayed in order according to the degrees of importance.

Therefore, the user can naturally take the importance into account when changing the stored content.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, the present invention will be explained in more detail based on embodiments shown in the drawings. Here, FIG. 1 is a block diagram of main parts of a facsimile machine including a telephone number storage device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG.
! I is a flowchart of the speed dial calling process in the apparatus shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a flowchart of the speed dial registration process in the apparatus shown in FIG. In addition,
The present invention is not limited to the following examples.

The facsimile 1 shown in FIG. 1 has a speed dial machine section, and if a telephone number and its corresponding speed dial number are registered, the corresponding speed dial number will be automatically connected just by inputting the speed dial number. You can make a call to the number.

The components related to the speed dial function include a main control section 2, an operation section 3, a speed dial control section 4, a telephone number storage section 5 for each speed dial number, a usage counter 6 for each speed dial number, and a display section 7. .

For example, 20 telephone numbers from Ol to 20 can be registered as speed dial numbers.

Therefore, 20 telephone number storage units are provided corresponding to the speed dial numbers O1 to O20. These telephone number storage units 5 can also store incidental data (such as the name of the other party) in addition to the telephone number.

The usage counter 6 is a component introduced by the present invention, and 20 usage counters are provided corresponding to the speed dial numbers 01 to 20, and are used to count the number of times each speed dial number has been called in the past. . The count value is treated as the degree of importance.

When registering speed dial, enter speed dial number 01-2.
If 0 is available, a new telephone number can be registered in the available speed dial number, and the registration process is the same as conventionally known processing.

However, as an unprecedented process, when a new telephone number is registered, the usage counter 6 corresponding to that speed dial number is reset by the speed dial control section 4.

When using a registered speed dial, operations as shown in FIG. 2 are performed. That is, when a predetermined operation is performed from the operation section 3, the speed dial calling mode is entered (Sl), and the speed dial control section 4 increments the usage counter 6 corresponding to the input speed dial number. Furthermore, the registered contents are called up (S2), and the registered contents are data such as a telephone number corresponding to the input speed dial number and a destination name stored in association with the telephone number.

When the speed dial control section 4 outputs the read registration contents to the main control section 2, the main control section 2 displays the contents on the display section 7. Also, make a call to the called phone number (33
).

After all, when the user inputs a speed dial number, a call is automatically made to the corresponding registered destination telephone number, and the number of times the speed dial number is used increases by one.

Now, FIG. 3 shows the operation when changing the existing registration contents in order to register a new telephone number when all the speed dial numbers 01 to 20 have been registered. m
+ First, when a predetermined operation is performed on the operation unit 3 to enter the speed dial registration mode (311), the speed dial control unit 4 calculates the count value of the usage counter 6 of each speed dial number 01 to 20, that is, the number of times of use. Compare and select the lowest one. Then, the speed dial number and registered contents are output to the main control section 2. The main control unit 2 displays the shortened diamond number and registered contents on the display unit 7 (312).
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The user recognizes the other party by looking at the display on the display unit 7, and determines whether to delete the registration and register a new telephone number (313).

The one that has been used the least often is generally the least important, so in most cases the displayed abbreviated Daicel number will be newly registered. That is, the already registered contents are deleted and a new telephone number and accompanying data are stored (S14).

Also, the corresponding usage counter 6 is reset (S15
).

However, although the frequency of use is low, there are cases where the importance is high from another perspective. In this case, when a predetermined operation is performed, the process moves to step 316, and the speed dial control section 4 searches for the speed dial number that has been used the next lowest number of times after the speed dial number currently displayed. Then, the registered contents of the speed dial number are read out and output to the main control section 2. The main control section 2 displays the speed dial number and registered contents on the display section 7. Then, proceed to step 313.
' Go.

In this way, when attempting to change the registered contents in the speed dial function, since the speed dial numbers are displayed on the display section 7 in order of decreasing number of usage, excluding those that the user considers important from another point of view, Those with a low number of uses will be replaced naturally, and it is possible to prevent erroneously deleting the registration of those with a high number of uses.

Another example is one in which the usage counter 6 is reset every predetermined period (for example, every six months). In addition, a usage counter and a usage register should be provided for each speed dial number, and the value counted by the usage counter for six months should be transferred to the usage register and treated as importance, and the usage counter should be reset and counted for a new six months. Examples include those that repeat. In these cases, there is an advantage that the importance level can be updated every six months. .

Furthermore, (in our own implementation, we installed a means for each speed dial number to memorize the degree of importance evaluated by the user. In this case, important telephone numbers can be protected even if they are used infrequently. There are advantages.

【Effect of the invention〕

According to the present invention, by registering and inputting a number-code pair consisting of a telephone number and its corresponding code, a large number of number-code pairs are stored, and by calling and inputting the code, the corresponding telephone number is output. a telephone number storage device that stores importance levels corresponding to telephone numbers; display means that displays at least one stored number-code pair; − Number of importance lower or higher than the importance of code pair −
A telephone number storage device is provided, characterized in that it comprises a display changing means for changing the display into code pairs, whereby the importance of each telephone number is naturally taken into account when changing registered contents. Therefore, changes can be made properly and important registered contents can be prevented from being deleted by mistake.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the main parts of a facsimile including a telephone number storage device according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a flowchart of speed dial call processing in the device shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a flowchart of speed dial registration processing in the example device shown in FIG. [Explanation of symbols] 1...Facsimile 2...Main control unit 3...Operation unit 4...Speed dial control unit 5...Telephone number storage unit 6...Usage counter 7...Display Department.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A telephone number storage device that stores a large number of number-code pairs by registering and inputting a number-code pair consisting of a telephone number and its corresponding code, and outputs the corresponding telephone number by calling and inputting the code. , an importance storage means for storing importance corresponding to a telephone number; a display means for displaying at least one stored number-code pair; and a display means for displaying at least one stored number-code pair; 1. A telephone number storage device comprising display changing means for changing the display to a number-code pair of lower or higher importance.