JPH02202154A - Communication terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To automatically register an abbreviated dial in sequence of higher outgoing frequency by registering an issued telephone number after deleting the telephone number oldest in sequence of registration when no null memory part exists, and displaying M telephone numbers to a maximum in sequence of larger number of registered telephone number. CONSTITUTION:When a push-dial button 1 is depressed and the telephone number is set and a communication button 7 is depressed, a control part 5 informs a communication request including the telephone number set at a facsimile part 8, and registers the telephone number in sequence of time of registration when a null RAM 2 exists. When no null RAM 2 exists, the telephone number with the oldest registration sequence is deleted, and the telephone number is registered. When the control part 5 detects the depression of a display changeover switch 6 via a data bus 9 at a standby state, the maximum four of telephone numbers registered on the RAM 2 in sequence of time of the registration are displayed on a display part 3 starting from the one with the larger number. In such a way, the abbreviated dial can be registered in sequence of higher outgoing frequency.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention relates to communication terminals, and more particularly to speed dialing for communication terminals.

Conventional technology Conventionally, the speed dial function of telephones and facsimile machines does not require the operator to input the entire telephone number when making a call, but rather dials the telephone number or facsimile machine in advance with a small number of inputs by inputting a predetermined switch. This function specifies a telephone number registered in the device and causes the telephone or facsimile device to make a call to the specified telephone number.

In addition, the speed dialing method uses a special button called one-touch dialing and a phone number on -i one to one.
, and the corresponding phone number is made by pressing this button once when making a call. (There is a known method in which the input order of It or so and the telephone number are made to correspond one-to-one, and when making a call, the corresponding telephone number is called according to this input order.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, the conventional one-touch dial system described above has a drawback in that the number of telephone numbers to be registered is limited by the physical size of the operation panel of the communication terminal.

In addition, with conventional speed dialing, if the number of phone numbers registered in speed dial increases, if the communication terminal is used by multiple people and the person who registered and the person making the call are different, the registered person will be able to dial the speed dial. It is necessary to create a table in which the procedures and destinations are assigned on a one-to-one basis, and the person making the call must search this table to obtain the speed dial procedure.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional situation,
Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a new communication terminal that can solve the above-mentioned problems inherent in the conventional technology.

Means for Solving the Problems In order to achieve the above object, the communication terminal according to the present invention includes a push-dial button for setting a telephone number, a RAM section for registering a plurality (N) of telephone numbers. , a display unit for displaying at least one or more telephone numbers (M numbers), and M push switches adjacent to the M telephone numbers displayed on the display unit in a one-to-one correspondence; and a control section of the communication terminal that makes a call using the telephone number set by the push dial button or one of the M push switches as the telephone number of the communication destination, and this control section makes the call if there is a vacancy in the RAIA section. Register your phone number and press R
If there is no space in the AM section, the oldest registered phone number is deleted, the outgoing phone number is registered, and up to M phone numbers are displayed on the display in descending order of the number of registered phone numbers. , a procedure for detecting the depression of one of the M push switches, calling the corresponding displayed telephone number, and starting communication.

Embodiment Next, a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be specifically explained with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the operation section of a facsimile machine according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, 1 is a push-dial button for setting a telephone number, and 2 is a RAM in which, for example, 256 telephone numbers can be registered. Reference numeral 3 indicates a display unit capable of displaying, for example, four telephone numbers; 4 indicates four push switches adjacent to the display unit 3; and 5 indicates a push dial button 1, a push switch 4, a display changeover switch 6, and a communication button 7. Input from, status monitoring of facsimile unit 8, output to display unit 3, 1 to R
A control unit that controls access to 42, etc.

6 is a display changeover switch for changing the display on the display unit 3; 7 is a communication button for making a call using the telephone number set by the push-dial button 1; 8
1 and 2 indicate facsimile units that start transmission in response to a communication request including a telephone number from the control unit 5, respectively. Reference numeral 9 denotes an 8-bit data bus that connects the push dial button l, the RAM 2, the display section 3, the push switch 4, the control section 5, the display changeover switch 6, the communication button 7, and the facsimile section 8.

When there is no communication, the control unit 5 displays a standby screen on the display unit 3. In this situation, when the push-dial button 1 is pressed to set a telephone number and the communication button 7 is pressed, the control unit 5 detects these and requests a communication including the telephone number set in the facsimile unit 8. If there is space in RAM 2°, this phone number will be registered in the order of registration time. If there is no space in RAM2, register Jllft
Delete the oldest phone number and register this phone number. When the control unit 5 detects via the data bus 9 that the display changeover switch 6 has been pressed in the standby state,
Up to four telephone numbers registered in the RAM 3 in order of registration time are displayed on the display section 3 in descending order of number. When the display switching switch 6 is pressed again, the telephone numbers are displayed on the display section 3 in descending order of number, excluding the telephone numbers that have already been displayed. With the telephone number displayed on the display section 3, press the push switch 4.
When one of the buttons is pressed, the control unit 5 notifies the facsimile unit 8 of a communication request including the corresponding displayed telephone number via the data bus 9, and presses the push dial button 1 and the communication button 7. This telephone number is also registered in the RAM 2 in the same way as when making a call.In addition to the constituent elements r'F shown in the claims as in this embodiment, by providing the display changeover switch 6, the display section 3 It is also possible to supplement the number of displayed phone numbers.

Effects of the Invention As explained above, according to the present invention, there is provided a push-dial button for setting a telephone number, a memory section for registering a plurality (N) of telephone numbers, and at least one or more telephone numbers. A display section for displaying numbers (M numbers) and 1 for each of the M telephone numbers displayed on this display section.
By having M push switches adjacent to each other in a pair-to-one relationship, and a control unit of a communication terminal that makes a call to a telephone number set by a push dial button or a push switch, this control unit has a memory unit. If there is space in the memory section, register the phone number that you called, and if there is no space in the memory section, delete the oldest phone number q in the registration order and register the phone number that you called, in descending order of the number of registered phone numbers. Maximum M
By displaying a telephone number on the display, detecting the press of a push switch, and making a corresponding call to the displayed telephone number, speed dials can be automatically registered in order of frequency of calls. The effect is that there is no need to create a table.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the operation section of a facsimile machine according to the present invention. 1...Push dial button, 2...Random access memory (RAM), 3...Display section, 4
...Push switch, 5.Control unit, 6.Display changeover switch, 7.Communication button, 8.Facsimile section, 9.Data bus patent applicant NEC Corporation representative. People Patent Attorney Yutabe Kumagai Figure 1

Claims (1)

[Claims] A push-dial button for setting a telephone number, a random access memory (RAM) section for registering a plurality (N) of telephone numbers, and at least one or more telephone numbers (M). One-to-one communication between a display unit for displaying the number and M phone numbers displayed on the display unit.
M push switches located close to each other corresponding to the push switches; and a control unit of a communication terminal that makes a call using the telephone number set by the push dial button or the push switch as a destination telephone number, the control unit comprising: If there is space in the RAM section, register the telephone number that made the call, and if there is no space in the RAM section, delete the oldest telephone number of the registered telephone numbers, register the telephone number that made the call, and register the telephone number that made the call. A maximum of M telephone numbers are displayed on the display section in descending order of the number of registrations of the same telephone number among the telephone numbers in the RAM section, and the telephone numbers displayed in response to detecting the press of the push switch. A communication terminal characterized by transmitting.