JPH01141453A - Automatic answering telephone set - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To realize an automatic answering telephone with the memory of a small capacity and, simultaneously, without enlarging a main body by registering a telephone number by means of a button from a called party, and having a function to store only it. CONSTITUTION:The title telephone set has an input means to execute a dial input, and a memory exclusive for registering a dial signal or the telephone number inputted by the input means from the called party. When the mode of the automatic answering telephone is made, a reception standby condition is made, and in case of the incoming call from the called party, a line 9 is connected, a message stored in a memory 3 for both reading and writing beforehand is sent, the input of the number is urged, and a dial pulse standby condition is made. When the dial pulse arrives from the called party, it is registered to the memory 3 for both reading and writing. When the input of the pulse is completed to the end, the reception standby condition is returned. The registered number is displayed on a display part 4 after the mode of the automatic answering telephone is canceled.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Technical Field] The present invention relates to telephones, and particularly to an answering machine that registers messages from people who call in when the telephone is away.

[Conventional example] Conventional answering machines store all messages from the other party, so if the medium is tape, the telephone has the disadvantage that the entire telephone becomes large. The same thing can be said even if the media is a floppy disk.
Even if you save it in memory, it will take up a considerable amount of space.

[Objective] The present invention eliminates the above-mentioned drawbacks of the conventional example, and since it only stores telephone numbers, it requires only a small amount of memory, and does not require complicated mechanisms such as tape drives or disk drives. The aim is to make the phone itself more compact.

[Embodiment] FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a central processing unit that has the function of implementing the procedure shown in the flowchart of FIG. 2, 2 is a read-only memory that stores the procedure shown in FIG. Read/write memory to save,
4 is a display device that displays a registered telephone number; 5 is a pressure detection unit that determines whether the button 6 has been pressed; and F is a dial pulse that is sent to the line according to the number of the pressed button. A dialer 8 is a handset with a calling and receiving function. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the procedure of this embodiment, and the operation will be explained according to FIG. First, when the answering machine mode is set, it is in the state of waiting for an incoming call, and the central processing unit 1 repeatedly checks whether there is an incoming call.If there is an incoming call from the other party, it connects the line 9 and reads the The message stored in the dual-purpose memory 3 is played, prompting the user to enter a number, and the system enters a dial pulse waiting state. As soon as a dial pulse is received from the other party, it is registered in the read/write memory 3. When the pulse input is completed, the device returns to the state of waiting for an incoming call. The registered number can be displayed on the display unit 4 after canceling the answering machine mode.

[Effects] As explained above, according to the present invention, by adding the function of having the other party register a telephone number using a button and storing only that information, it is possible to use a small memory capacity and without increasing the size of the main unit. It became possible to have an answering machine.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the telephone, and FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of this embodiment. 1 is a central processing unit, 2 is a read-only memory, 3 is a read/write memory, 4 is a display section, 5 is a pressure detection section, 6 is a button,
7 is a dialer, 8 is a handset, and 9 is a public line.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] An answering machine characterized by having an input means for performing dial input, and a dedicated memory for registering a dial signal from the other party or a telephone number input by the input means.