JPH01143549A - Communication terminal system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To attain bell ring control of a called party side telephone set by a caller by providing a means generating a bell ring control signal, a means storing a bell ring processing signal, a means reading the bell ring processing signal and a bell ring means. CONSTITUTION:When a caller makes a call to a party via an exchange, a conventional bell ring processing signal is outputted via a bell ring section 9 or the like to ring the bell of the telephone set, but if the called party does not reply the call, the caller depresses a bell ring relating key. Thus, a bell ring control signal is sent to a reception section 2 of the called party from the exchange and sent to a control section 5 via a reception signal analysis section 4 and the control section 5 requests the read of the bell ring processing signal corresponding to the bell ring control signal to a bell ring processing signal read section 6. The read section 6 reads a corresponding bell ring control signal from a bell ring signal storage section 7, returns it to the control section 5, which sends a bell ring control signal to a ring section 9, from which corresponding bell ring is applied. Thus, the caller controls the bell ring of the called party telephone set.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Object of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to a communication terminal system such as a telephone, for example.

(Prior Art) In conventional telephones, the person who made the call (hereinafter referred to as the caller) controls the ringing of the telephone of the person who made the call (hereinafter referred to as the called party). I couldn't. Therefore, the following inconveniences have arisen for the sender and the called party.

■If the caller does not pick up the phone even though he/she wants to convey the matter quickly, the caller may be forced to wait.
Moreover, there was no way to tell the caller that he or she would like to leave immediately.

■The recipient has no idea how urgent the caller is or what important message he or she wants to convey.
I couldn't decide whether I needed to answer the phone in a hurry or not.

■Furthermore, the caller did not know whether it was a prank call or whether the caller was a trustworthy person until they answered the phone. Therefore, if a prank call was received in the middle of the night, one's sleep would be disrupted.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) As described above, with conventional telephones, the caller could not control the ringing of the telephone of the called party, which caused various inconveniences.

The present invention has been made in view of these problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a communication terminal system that allows a caller to control the ringing of a telephone on the called party's telephone.

[Configuration of the Invention (Means for Solving Problems) To achieve the above object, the present invention provides means for generating a bell ringing control signal, and storing a bell ringing processing signal in correspondence with the bell ringing control signal. a signal reading means for reading out a corresponding bell ringing processing signal from the storing means in response to a bell ringing control signal sent from the other party; It is characterized by comprising a bell ringing means for ringing.

(Function) In response to a bell ringing control signal sent from the caller side, a corresponding bell ringing processing signal is read out from the storage means, and the bell ringing means rings in response to this bell ringing processing signal. Therefore, when the caller sends various bell ringing control signals, the ringing tones vary accordingly, allowing the called party to know that the call is different from a normal incoming call.

(Example) Hereinafter, an example in which the communication terminal system of the present invention is applied to a telephone will be described in detail based on the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a telephone according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in the figure, this telephone includes a speaking part 1, a receiving part 2, a key reception part 3, a received signal analyzing part 4, a control part 5,
It consists of a bell ringing processing signal reading section 6, a bell ringing signal storage section 7, a transmitting section 8, and a bell ringing section 9.

Upon permission from the control section 5, the speech section 1 transmits the sound of a person speaking on the telephone to the control section 5 as an audio signal. The receiving section 2 receives the voice signal input to the telephone, the bell ringing control signal, and other control signals, and then passes the received signal analyzing section 4 to the receiving section 2.
send to The key input reception section 3 is a key input reception unit 3 that is used by a telephone user to use the dial pad 15 or various keys 11, 12, etc. on the telephone fi (FIG. 2).
13. Receives key human power signals and data generated when operating 14, and sends them to the control unit 5. The reception signal analysis unit 4 is the reception unit 2
The signal sent from the controller 5 is distinguished as an audio signal or a control signal and is transmitted to the controller 5. The control section 5 receives signals and data from each section, determines and executes corresponding processing, and sends commands to each section, thereby controlling the overall operation of the apparatus. The bell ringing processing signal reading section 6 reads out the bell ringing processing signal in the bell ringing signal storage section 7 from the bell ringing processing signal successive request sent from the control section 5 and the bell ringing control signal.
Returning to the above, the bell ringing signal storage section 7 stores a bell ringing control signal,
It stores the correspondence of bell ringing processing signals. Transmitter 8
sends various audio signals and control signals to the outside. The bell ringing section 9 receives the bell ringing processing signal from the control section 5 and rings the bell of the telephone.

FIG. 2 shows an overview of the telephone according to this embodiment, and this telephone includes a bell key 10, a dial pad 15,
, has a handset 16.

Further, the bell ringing related keys 10 include a volume key 11, a tone key 12, a ringing time key 13, and a ringing interval key 14.

The bell ring related key 10 is a key for controlling the ringing of the telephone bell on the recipient's side. By pressing this key, the caller can control the ringing of the bell on the recipient's side. 12, a ringing time key 13, and a ringing interval key 14. Volume key 11 sets the volume of the bell ringing to "loud"
, "Medium", and "Small" keys. Tone key 1
2 specifies the tone of the bell ringing using the three keys "A", rB, and "C". Ringing time key 13 and ringing interval key 14
Specifies the time and interval of each bell ringing using the three keys ``long'', ``medium'', and ``katsuo''.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the relationship between the bell ringing control signal and the bell ringing processing signal stored in the bell ringing signal storage section 7.9 The bell ringing processing signal in the normal state includes volume -δ, tone -d, @The operating time is -3 seconds, and the ringing interval is -3 seconds.

For example, if the bell ringing control signal is volume - medium, tone - A, ringing time - short, ringing interval - long, the bell ringing processing signal is volume - β, tone - a, ringing time - 2 seconds, ringing interval - 7 seconds. becomes.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram when a caller 22 makes a call to a called party 23 via the exchange 21.

The caller makes a call from the telephone according to a predetermined procedure, and inputs the recipient's telephone number from the dial pad 15. The telephone number enters the control section 5 via the key reception section 3, and then enters the exchange 8!21 via the transmitting section 8 (Fig. 4 (A)).The exchange 1!21 sends a call signal to the called party 23. and returns a callback tone to the caller 22 (Figure 4 (B)).
2 hears this sound through the receiver 2 and knows that the other party is not yet on the phone. The caller is forced to wait while the other party does not answer the phone, but at this time the caller presses the bell ring key 1.
By pressing 0, you can tell the called party 23 that you want him to answer the call as soon as possible.

The operation at this time is as follows. First, the caller 22 presses the bell ringing related key 10, then the key human power reception section 3 generates a key human power signal corresponding to the input key, and the control section 5
send to The control unit 5 confirms that the internal bell ringing related key suppression flag is off, looks at the key human input signal, determines that the input is from the bell ringing related key 10, and performs bell ringing control corresponding to the key human input signal. A signal is generated and sent to the transmitting unit 8 together with a control signal transmission request. When the transmitting section 8 receives these, it transmits a bell ringing control signal to the recipient side. If the bell ringing related key suppression flag is on, the control signal exit request and the bell ringing control signal are not sent to the transmitting unit 8, and the bell ringing control signal is transmitted to the called party 23 via the exchange 21. (Figure 4(C)).

Next, the operation will be explained with a focus on the called party side.

When the caller 22 inputs the recipient's phone number from the dial pad 15, the exchange 8m21 receives this and calls the recipient 23.
This calling signal is received by the receiver 2 and sent to the receiver signal analyzer 4 (FIG. 4(C)). The received signal analysis unit 4 detects that it is a calling signal,
This is sent to the control section 5. Since the signal is a call signal, the control unit 5 first turns on an internal bell ringing related key suppression flag. Note that this flag is cleared at the end of the conversation. That is, this flag is used to prevent a bell ringing control signal from being sent to the caller side when the bell ringing related key 10 is operated on the receiver side.

Next, send a normal bell ringing processing signal to the bell ringing section 9,
In response to this, the bell ringer 9 rings the bell of the telephone according to a predetermined volume, tone, ringing time, and ringing interval.

When the called party does not answer the phone even after hearing this bell, the caller presses the bell ring related key 10. In this case, a bell ringing control signal is sent from the exchange 21 to the receiving unit 2 on the called party's side. 4(C)), the receiving section 2 sends this to the receiving signal analyzing section 4. When the reception signal analysis section 4 detects that it is a bell ringing control signal, it notifies the control section 5 of this. Control unit 5
Since is a bell ringing control signal, it requests the bell ringing processing signal reading unit 6 to read out the bell ringing processing signal corresponding to the bell ringing control signal.

The bell ringing processing signal reading unit 6 reads out the corresponding bell ringing processing signal from the bell ringing signal storage unit 7 based on the given bell ringing control signal. For example, if the bell ringing control signal is
If it is large, tone - B, ringing time - medium, ringing interval - short,
A bell ringing processing signal having a volume of -α, a tone of -b, a ringing time of -4 seconds, and a ringing interval of -2 seconds is read out. The bell ringing processing signal reading unit 6 returns the read bell ringing processing signal to the control unit 5.
When the control section 5 receives this, it sends the bell ringing processing signal to the bell ringing section 9. The bell ringer 9 rings a bell in accordance with the applied bell ringing processing signal.

However, in this case, the ringing sound of the bell is different from the normal one, so the called party 23 determines who the caller is and whether it is an urgent matter based on the change in the ringing sound, and then answers the call. Decide whether or not to show up, or whether you can keep them waiting, and take appropriate action.

As described above, in this embodiment, the caller can control the ringing of the callee's telephone, so the caller can inform the callee who he or she is and that the request is urgent. You can request the recipient to take action. The caller can determine who the caller is based on the volume, tone, and duration of the bell ringing, and if it is a prank call, they can take measures such as not answering the call. . Alternatively, if the call is from an important customer, even if the user is already on another call, it is possible to interrupt the call and respond to the important customer.

FIG. 5 is a configuration block diagram of a telephone according to a second embodiment of the present invention, in which elements that perform the same functions as those in the first embodiment are given the same numbers to avoid redundant explanation. The embodiment is characterized in that a bell ringing control section 31 is provided. The bell ringing control section 31 controls only the ringing of the bell, and the M control section 5 controls the rest of the telephone.

In this embodiment, among the signals sent from the reception signal analysis section 4 to the control section 5, all control signals related to bell ringing are sent to the bell ringing control section 31. Regarding the ringing of the bell when a normal call arrives, the control unit 5 requests the bell ringing control unit 31 to ring the normal bell. In response to this, the bell ringing control section 31 sends a normal bell ringing processing signal to the bell ringing section 9.

Further, in this embodiment, it is also possible to issue a normal bell ringing processing signal as follows.

That is, the control unit 5. Alternatively, the bell ringing control unit 31 issues a request to the bell ringing processing signal reading unit 6 to read a normal bell ringing processing signal. The bell ringing processing signal reading section 6 reads out the normal bell ringing processing signal from the bell ringing signal storage section 7 and sends it to the reading control section 5 or the bell ringing control section 31 . In response to this, the control section 5 or the bell ringing control section 31 sends a normal bell ringing processing signal to the bell ringing section 9.

Note that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the technical idea.

For example, in the above-described embodiment, the volume, tone, ringing time, and ringing interval were specified using fixed keys. It is also possible to input by . In this way, the caller can freely set the ringing time, ringing interval, etc.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, there were four types of bell ringing related keys 10: volume, tone, ringing time, and ringing interval.
It is not limited to these four types, and it is also possible to provide keys other than these.

Further, by using a rewritable memory or a removable memory as the bell ringing signal storage section 7, the bell ringing process can be performed according to the user's wishes.

[Effects of the Invention] As described in detail above, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a communication terminal system in which a caller can control the ringing of a bell on the called party side.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

1 and 2 are block diagrams and overview diagrams of a telephone according to a first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 shows a bell ringing control signal and a bell ringing process stored in a bell ringing signal storage unit 7. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the relationship with signals, FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the operation when making a call via an exchange, and FIG.
FIG. 2 is a configuration block diagram of a telephone according to an embodiment of the present invention. 3... Key manual reception section 5... M leg section 6... Bell ringing processing signal reading section 7...
...Bell ringing signal storage section 9...
Bell ringing unit 10...Bell ringing related keys 31...
...Bell Ringing Control Department Applicant Toshiba Corporation Patent Attorney Satoshi Suyama - Figure 3 (A) - Charging phone scent input (B) - 3 replies Vijii speech ( C)
Bell ringing “Dynamic control n profitter 54 Figure 5

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] Means for generating a bell ringing control signal; Storage means for storing a bell ringing processing signal in response to the bell ringing control signal; A communication terminal comprising: a signal reading means for reading a corresponding bell ringing processing signal from a storage means; and a bell ringing means for ringing according to the bell ringing processing signal read by the signal reading means. system.