JPH01243661A - Key telephone system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To save expense by regulating the origination of a call and simultaneously displaying that the origination is regulated on every terminal so as to be capable of confirming it visually when a used communication charge exceeds an estimated communication charge a user sets optionally. CONSTITUTION:The ratio of the used communication charge to the estimated communication charge can be always grasped visually through the indication of a communication charge display part 5 connected to the terminal 2 by setting previously the estimated communication charge by the user. Then, in a case that the used charge reaches 120% of the estimated communication charge, the central control part 10 of a main device 1 regulates automatically the origination at the terminal 2, and stops office line origination, and a purport that the origination is regulated can be grasped visually by displaying that the origination is regulated on an origination regulation display part 6 connected to the terminal 2. Thus, the user can use a telephone as being conscious of the estimated communication charge always, and the expense can be saved.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of Industrial Application The present invention is capable of displaying the used call charges in accordance with an arbitrarily set budget call charge, and restricts outgoing calls when the budget call charges are exceeded. The present invention relates to a button telephone device that can display that it is in a call restriction state.

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional key telephone device, a configuration is known in which a call charge used is displayed on a terminal.

Hereinafter, a conventional key telephone device of this type will be explained with reference to FIG.

In FIG. 3, 31 is the main device, 32 is a terminal, and 33.
34 is a telephone line. The terminal 32 has a call charge display section 3.
5 is connected to the main device 31, and the main device 31 includes a call charge calculation unit 36, a call charge display control unit 37 that causes the call charge display unit 35 to display the call charge and total call charge totaled by the call charge calculation unit 36, and a terminal. A central control section 38 is provided to control the components 32 and the like.

Next, the operation of the above conventional example will be explained.

When a call is made from the terminal 32 via the main device 31 using the telephone lines 33 and 34, the call charge calculation unit 3
6, and under the control of the call charge display control section 37, the call charge and the total call charge are displayed in the call charge display section 3.
Display on 5.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, in the above conventional button telephone device, the terminal 3
This is a passive means that appeals to the user's self-awareness for the purpose of saving call charges by simply displaying the call charges used on the call charge display section 35 of No. 2. For this reason, users must check the call charges displayed and configure software programs to restrict outgoing calls to apply a class of service or take time-consuming measures such as making outgoing calls impossible. It won't happen. In addition, even if a button telephone device has an automatic call restriction function, it does not display when a call is restricted, so there is a problem that it is impossible to confirm whether or not there is a call restriction unless you try to make a call. .

The present invention solves such conventional problems, and when the call charges used exceed the budget call charge set arbitrarily by the user, the outgoing calls are automatically restricted and the outgoing calls are restricted. By displaying what is being done on each device so that you can visually check it, and by displaying the call charges used relative to the budgeted call charges, you can make regular calls until calls are regulated. It is an object of the present invention to provide a button telephone device that allows the possible range to be visually confirmed.

Means for Solving the Problems In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a system which is connected to a terminal and displays a relative value of the used call charge against the used call charge and the budget call charge arbitrarily set by the user. a call charge display unit connected to the above-mentioned terminal to display that outgoing calls have been restricted; a call charge calculation unit that counts and totals the call charges used; a call charge display control section that displays the call charge display section based on the output from the call charge display section; a central control section that automatically controls outgoing calls from the terminal in accordance with the budgeted call charge based on the output from the call charge calculation section; and a main device having a transmission restriction display control section that displays the transmission restriction display section according to the transmission restriction of the control section.

Effects The present invention has the following effects due to the configuration as described below.

In other words, when the user arbitrarily sets a budget call charge, the call charge display control unit calculates the used call charge and the budget call charge until the call charge totaled by the call charge calculation unit reaches the budget call charge. The relative value of the charge is displayed on the call charge display section of the terminal. This results in
The user can visually know the status of the current call charges in use as a ratio to the budgeted call charges. In addition, when the call charge used reaches the set budget call charge, the central control unit automatically restricts outgoing calls from the terminal, and the outgoing call restriction display control unit indicates on the outgoing call restriction display section of the terminal that outgoing calls have been restricted. Display. This allows the user to visually confirm that outgoing calls are restricted.

EXAMPLES Hereinafter, examples of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram showing a key telephone device according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, 1 is a main device, 2 is a terminal, and 3 and 4 are telephone lines. A call charge display section 5 and a call restriction display section 6 are connected to the terminal 2. The call charge display section 5 displays the call charge used, the relative value of the call charge used against the budget call charge arbitrarily set by the user, and the like, and the call restriction display section 6 displays that calling is restricted. The main device 1 includes a call charge calculation unit 7 that counts and totals the used call charges using software, and a call charge calculation unit 7 that stores data output from the call charge calculation unit 7.
A call charge data storage section 8 that performs feedback, a call charge display control section 9 that receives the output of the call charge calculation section 7 and displays the above contents on the call charge display section 5, and a terminal that receives the output of the call charge calculation section 7. The system is provided with a central control section 10 which carries out the restriction on outgoing calls as described in FIG.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a display example of the call charge display section 5 and the call restriction display section 6 connected to the terminal 2.

As shown in FIG. 2, the call charge display section 5 includes a numerical display section 5a that displays the date, time, dial, call time, used call charge, etc., and a budget call charge that the user arbitrarily sets. A bar graph display section 5b that displays on a liquid crystal display at a ratio of
The transmission restriction display section 6 is composed of a bar graph display section 5 and a bar graph display section 5.
It is placed after b, and the call charge used is 1
10%.

When it exceeds 120%, it lights up and all lights up to indicate that outgoing calls are restricted. An LCD (liquid crystal display) is used for the numerical display section 5m, an LCD is used for the bar graph display section 5b, and an LCD is used for the transmission restriction display section 6.
A combination of LED (light emitting diode) and LED (light emitting diode), which is a backlight on the back of the D, is used.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be explained.

When a call is made from the terminal 2 via the main device 1 using the telephone lines 3 and 4, the call charge calculation section 7 counts and aggregates the call charge data and stores it in the call charge data storage section 8. , the call charge is displayed on the numerical display section 5a of the call charge display section 5 connected to the terminal 2 via the call charge display control section 9. At that time, the user sets an arbitrary budget call charge (and the call charge calculation section 7 calculates the cumulative value of the call charge used from the call charge data stored in the call charge data storage section 8, The call charge display control section 9 displays the ratio of the used call charge to the budgeted call charge accumulated by the call charge display control section 9 in a bar graph display section 5b of the call charge display section 5 from 0 to 100%.

Here, if the usage call charge exceeds 100% of the preset budget call charge, the central control unit 10 operates the call restriction display control unit 11 based on the data from the call charge calculation unit 7, and The backlight of the transmission restriction display unit 6 is turned on and displayed. When all the backlights are lit, that is, the call charge used is 120% of the budget call charge.
When the number of calls reached is reached, the central control unit 10 uses the data from the call charge calculation unit 7 to restrict the terminal 2 from making calls, making it impossible to make calls to the central office line. Therefore, the transmission restriction display section 6
The illumination of the display backlight at the 120% display position indicates that the terminal 2 is restricted from making calls and is no longer able to make calls to the central office line.

In this way, according to the above embodiment, by setting the budget call charge by the user, the display on the call charge display section 5 connected to the terminal 2 always shows the ratio of the used call charge to the budget call charge. It can be grasped visually. Then, when the usage fee reaches 120% of the budgeted call fee, the central control unit 10 of the main device 1 automatically restricts the calling of the terminal 2, stops the central office line calling, and connects to the terminal 2. By displaying that calling is restricted on the calling restriction display section 6, it is possible to visually understand that calling is restricted. Therefore, the user can use the telephone while always being aware of the budgeted call charges, which can greatly contribute to cost savings.

In the above embodiment, when the call charge used reaches 120% of the budgeted call charge, outgoing calls are restricted to make it impossible to make calls to the central office line. It may be changed to ``Can only make calls within the city limits'' or ``Can only make calls to common abbreviated registration numbers''. In this case, even if the call charge exceeds 120% of the budgeted call charge, it is possible to make calls to the necessary locations, etc., without interfering with work, and to save money and ensure smooth operation. It has the advantage of being able to promote

According to the present invention, as explained in ``Effects of the Invention'', by allowing the user to arbitrarily set a budget call charge, the call charge will remain unchanged until the used call charge calculated by the call charge calculation unit reaches the budget call charge. Since the display control section displays the relative value of the used call charge and the budgeted call charge on the call charge display section of each terminal, the user can always check the current usage. On the other hand, by visualizing the usage status of the current call charges in the budget call charges, the user can visually recognize the used call charges and contribute to cost savings. In addition, when the call charge used reaches the set budget call charge, the central control unit automatically restricts outgoing calls from each terminal, and the outgoing call restriction display control unit displays the outgoing call restriction display unit connected to each terminal. Since the information is displayed to indicate that the call has been restricted, it is possible to identify at a glance a terminal that has been restricted from calling.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

1 and 2 show a key telephone device according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 1 is an overall schematic block diagram, and FIG. 2 is a plan view of a display example of a call charge display section and a call restriction display section. , FIG. 3 is a schematic block diagram showing a conventional key telephone device. 1... Main device, 2... Terminal, 3, 4...
...Telephone line, 5...Call charge display section,
6... Call restriction display section, 7... Call charge calculation section, 8... Call charge data storage section, 9.
... Call charge display control section, 10 ... Central control section, 11 ... Call restriction display control section.

Claims (1)

[Claims] A call charge display unit connected to the terminal and displaying at least the call charge used and the relative value of the call charge used against the budget call charge arbitrarily set by the user; a call restriction display section for displaying the call charge, a call charge calculation section for counting and summarizing the call charges used, a call charge display control section for displaying the call charge display section based on the output from the call charge calculation section; A central control section that automatically restricts outgoing calls from the terminal according to the budget call charge based on the output from the charge calculation section; A outgoing call restriction display control section that displays the outgoing outgoing restriction display section in accordance with the outgoing calling restrictions of the central control section; What is claimed is: 1. A button telephone device comprising: a main device having a main device;