JPH02177645A - Communication terminal equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To efficiently execute communication by retrieving a schedule corresponding to the present time of a clock means and transferring the schedule to a destination telephone number when an incoming call is received in an incoming call transfer mode. CONSTITUTION:In the communication terminal equipment, incoming call transfer, ordinary incoming call reception, and automatic incoming call recording in absence are selectively executed according to the present time of a timer 9 and the schedule of a memory 10 when the incoming call is received in the incoming call transfer mode by previously registering the schedule in the memory 10 by a user. Thus, the incoming call can be transferred to respective moving destinations even when plural places are set as the respective moving destinations, and since the ordinary incoming call reception can be executed when the user returns from the moving destinations and forgets to release the incoming call transfer mode, it can be also eliminated that the incoming call is erroneously transferred and gives trouble to a transfer destination.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a communication terminal device used in telephones, facsimile machines, and the like.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION FIG. 4 shows a system in which telephones 201 to 203 are connected to a circuit switched network 1 such as a public telephone line.
203 is a normal telephone, and telephone 202 is a telephone having a call transfer function.

In the above system configuration, the telephone 202 is set to the telephone 202 to which the call is transferred by the user (operator) in advance.
3 is registered and the call forwarding mode is set, the telephone 201 transfers to the telephone 202.
(route A), the telephone 202 calls the telephone 20
Temporary route B) for transferring incoming calls to 3.

Furthermore, if the operator returns to his or her own place from the destination and cancels the call transfer mode, the call will be received as a normal call with a ringtone.

Therefore, when the operator of telephone 202 leaves his/her seat and moves to the location of telephone 203, the operator of telephone 202
Since the incoming call is forwarded to 3, the rate of call loss can be reduced.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, with the conventional communication terminal device described above, only one forwarding destination can be set, so when the operator moves to multiple locations, the incoming call is forwarded to the operator's actual moving destination. The problem is that it cannot be done.

In addition, in the conventional communication terminal equipment described above, when the operator returns to his/her place from the destination, he/she must cancel the call forwarding mode, so even if the operator forgets to cancel the call forwarding mode, the call will be forwarded and the call will be forwarded to the forwarding destination. There are problems such as causing trouble.

In view of the above-mentioned conventional problems, the present invention can minimize the occurrence rate of call loss when transferring incoming calls, and therefore,
An object of the present invention is to provide a communication terminal device that can communicate efficiently.

Means for Solving the Problems In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is provided with means for pre-storing a schedule indicating the telephone number of the user's destination and its date and time, and a clock means for counting the current time, and for incoming call forwarding. When a call arrives in this mode, the schedule corresponding to the current time of the clock means is searched and the call is forwarded to the telephone number of the destination.

Effect of the Invention With the above configuration, the present invention allows incoming calls to be forwarded to each contact by allowing the user to register in advance the telephone numbers of multiple contacts and a schedule indicating that the contact is absent or present. This makes it possible to record calls, record an answering machine, and automatically respond, thereby minimizing the incidence of lost calls when forwarding calls, and making it possible to communicate efficiently.

EXAMPLES Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a telephone that is an embodiment of a communication terminal device according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing the stored contents of the memory in FIG. 1, and FIG. FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a telephone.

In FIG. 1, 1 is a circuit-switched network such as an analog line network such as a public telephone line or a digital line network such as 15DN, and 2 is a communication network for controlling connections such as outgoing and incoming calls to the circuit-switched network 1. An interface (I/F) 3 is a transmitting/receiving unit including a receiving unit (RX) and a transmitting unit (TX), and 4 is a telephone circuit that forms a communication path between the circuit switched network 1 and the handset 5.

6 is a message recording unit for recording a business message from a caller when a call is automatically received when the caller is absent; 7 is a message recording unit for recording a business message from a caller;
a message sending unit for sending a pre-recorded response message to the caller when a call is automatically received when the caller is absent; 8;
9 is a central processing unit (CPU) that controls the creation of a schedule table, call transfer, etc., which will be described later, and 9 is a timer that counts the current time.

Reference numeral 10 denotes a memory for storing the schedule of the user of this telephone, and as shown in FIG. 2, the memory 10 stores the date, time, contact telephone number,
It has a schedule area for storing the number of the destination key, and a telephone directory area for storing the telephone number of the contact for each destination key 13 (described later), although not shown.

Note that the destination key 13 and the telephone directory area of the memory 10 may be those provided for a known one-touch dial function.

11 is a dial key for inputting numbers such as a dial number, 12 is a function key with a key for entering a schedule, a key for setting and canceling a call forwarding mode, etc., 14
is a display for displaying input data, etc., and the dial key 11, function key 12, destination key 13, and display 14, as shown in FIG. Provided on the top surface.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment, particularly the operation of the CPU 8, will be explained.

(1) Schedule input (creation of schedule table) In FIGS. 1 and 3, when the schedule input key of the function keys 12 is operated, the CPU 8 enters the schedule input mode, and then the Day,
When the time is input, the CPU 8 sequentially stores the data in the schedule area of the memory 10.

Next, when any of the destination keys 13 is operated, C
The PU 8 reads the telephone number corresponding to the destination key 13 from the telephone directory area of the memory 10 and stores it in the schedule area together with the number of the destination key 13.

In this case, if the telephone number corresponding to the destination key 13 is not registered in advance in the telephone directory area of memo January O, the telephone number input via the dial key 11 is registered in the schedule area.

Further, if the user is present, or if the user is absent but has no contact information, input the date and time to that effect, and the information will be registered as shown in FIG.

(2) When the call transfer mode is set using the call transfer function key 12, the C
PU8 enters call transfer mode.

In this incoming call transfer mode, when an incoming call signal is input from the circuit switching network 1, the cpus searches the memo January O for the schedule corresponding to the current time of the timer 9.

If the phone number of the schedule for that time is registered in Memo January O, calls will be forwarded to that phone number, and if the schedule for that time is attended, a ringtone will sound, and the schedule for that time will be If the caller is absent, after automatically responding, the message sending unit 7 plays back a prerecorded response message and sends it to the circuit switching network 1 (caller), and the message recording unit receives a message from the caller. 6
to record.

Therefore, according to the above embodiment, when a user registers a schedule in the memory 10 in advance, and a call arrives in the call forwarding mode, the call is selectively forwarded or the normal call is received according to the current time of the timer and the schedule in the memory 10. , since it records an answering machine, even if you move to multiple locations, you can forward calls to each location.
Furthermore, if the user forgets to cancel the call forwarding mode after returning from the destination, the call will be received normally, so there is no need to accidentally forward the call and cause trouble to the forwarding destination.

In addition, in the above example, when forwarding a call, please inform the caller in advance, for example, ``○○ is currently on the way to ΔΔ, so I will forward the call now.'' ” or the like may be sent by a speech synthesis circuit.

Further, in the above embodiment, the telephone number of the contact point is input by operating the destination key 13, but it may be input in katakana, alphabets, or the like.

Furthermore, although the above embodiments have been described using a telephone as an example, it goes without saying that the present invention can also be applied to communication terminal devices such as facsimile devices.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION As described in detail, the present invention includes means for pre-storing a schedule indicating the telephone number of the user's destination and its date and time, and a clock means for counting the current time, and when a call is received in the call forwarding mode. In addition, the schedule corresponding to the current time of the clock is searched and forwarded to the phone number of the destination, so if the user has multiple contact phone numbers, there is no contact, or the user is not present. By pre-registering a schedule indicating that the person is available, it becomes possible to forward calls to each contact, record an answering machine, and automatically respond, thereby allowing efficient communication.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a telephone that is an embodiment of a communication terminal device according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing the stored contents of the memory in FIG. 1, and FIG. FIG. 4 is a plan view showing the telephone set, and is a system configuration diagram for explaining incoming call transfer. 1... Circuit switched network, 2... Network interface (I/
F), 6...Message recording section, 7...Message sending section, 8...Central processing unit (schedule table creation means, incoming call transfer means), 9...Timer, 10...Memory, 11 ...Dial key, 12...Function key, 1
3... Destination key, 14... Display. Name of agent: Patent attorney Shigetaka Awano and one other person Figure 20.5

Claims (4)

[Claims] (1) means for pre-storing a schedule indicating the telephone number of the user's destination and its date and time; a clock means for counting the current time; and a clock means that corresponds to the current time of the clock means when a call is received in call forwarding mode. and means for retrieving the schedule from the storage means and transmitting the schedule to the telephone number of the destination. (2) a first storage means that stores in advance telephone directory data corresponding to the user's destination and its telephone number; a second storage means that stores in advance a schedule indicating the user's destination and its date and time; clock means for counting the time; when a call arrives in the call transfer mode, a destination corresponding to the current time of the clock means is retrieved from the second storage means, and a telephone number corresponding to the destination is stored in the first memory; A communication terminal device having means for searching from a storage means of a telephone number and transferring the telephone number to the telephone number. (3) The communication terminal device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein when a call arrives in the call transfer mode, the call rings if the user is present according to the schedule. (4) When a call arrives in the call transfer mode, if there is no destination corresponding to the current time of the clock means according to the schedule, the call is automatically answered, a pre-recorded response message is sent to the caller, and the caller receives a message from the caller. 4. The communication terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the communication terminal device records the received message.