JPH02305163A - Redialing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reduce the retrieval time of a telephone number by storing telephone numbers dialed in the past in the order of higher frequency of use and displaying the numbers in the stored order. CONSTITUTION:Upon the request of telephone number display through the operation of a multi-function telephone set, a central controller 20 displays a telephone number stored in a dialed telephone number storage circuit 21 onto a display device 201 of a multi-function telephone set one by one sequentially and controls the dialing to the telephone number displayed when the multi- function telephone set hooks off. The dialed telephone number storage circuit 21 stores plural number of telephone numbers dialed in the past from the multi- function telephone set in the higher frequency of use corresponding to the multi- function telephone set. Thus, the telephone number dialed in the past is stored in the higher frequency of use and the telephone number is displayed in the order of storage onto the multi-function telephone set and the desired number is dialed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a re-dialing system for a multi-function telephone housed in an exchange.

[Conventional technology]

As this type of re-calling method, there is one that stores the most recent telephone number that was called in the past.

This retransmission method is a retransmission method in which when the user presses the resend button after the multifunction telephone goes off-hook, the memorized telephone number is displayed on the display of the multifunction telephone and the call is made. It has become.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

The conventional re-calling method described above only stores the most recent telephone number that was called in the past.

Therefore, when making a re-call, there is a drawback that frequently used telephone numbers that have been called in the past are not displayed.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to eliminate such drawbacks and to provide a re-calling method that can display telephone numbers that have been called in the past in order of frequency of use, and also allows calls to be made directly from the displayed telephone numbers.

[Means to solve the problem]

The present invention is a re-dialing method which is equipped with a multi-function telephone equipped with a display device and can make a call to a telephone number displayed on the display device. a calling telephone number storage means for storing a plurality of telephone numbers in descending order of the telephone numbers; and when a telephone number display is requested, the telephone numbers stored in the calling telephone number storing means are sequentially displayed on a display device of the multi-function telephone one by one. and a means for calling the telephone number displayed at the off-footer of the multi-function telephone.

(Example) Next, an example of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention. This re-call system includes a main switch 10, a central control unit 20 including a calling telephone number storage circuit 21, a selection signal receiving circuit 31, line circuits 32A to 35A, and multifunction telephones 32B to 35B. .

In such a re-calling method, the multi-function telephones 32B to
35B are connected to the main switch 10 via line circuits 32A to 35A, respectively. Multi-function telephone 32
An external view of B-35B is shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 2, the multifunction telephone includes a handset 200.
2 display device 201. A re-call button 202 and a dial number button 203 are attached.

Note that the multi-function telephones 32B, 33B, 34B, and 35B have telephone numbers ``4126'' and ``'8082,'' respectively.
, ``5963'', ``1718°'' are attached.

The selection signal receiving circuit 31 is connected to the main switch 10,
Main switch 10 and line circuit 32A which is each subscriber circuit
-35A to each multifunction telephone 32B-35B.

The central control device 20 controls the multifunction telephones 32B to 35B1 selection signal receiving circuit 31 via the control B bus 100. As part of this control, the central control unit 20 displays the telephone number stored in the calling telephone number storage circuit 21 on the display device 201 of the multifunctional telephone when a telephone number display is requested by the user of the multifunctional telephone. The telephone numbers are displayed one by one in order, and a call is controlled to the telephone number displayed at the off-footer of the multi-function telephone.

The calling telephone number storage circuit 21 is provided in the central control unit 20, and stores a plurality of telephone numbers that have been called in the past by the multifunction telephone in descending order of frequency of use for the multifunction telephone. An example of storage in the calling telephone number storage circuit 21 is shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a re-calling telephone number table (table) stored in the calling telephone number storage circuit 21.

The re-calling telephone number table 300 stores the number of calls and calling telephone numbers of each multi-function telephone in descending order of call frequency. As shown in table 300, the phone number “
The multi-function telephone 32B of 4126° has previously called the telephone number “1718°” three times, the telephone number “5963°” twice, and the telephone number “8082” once.

Similarly, the multi-function telephone 32B with the telephone number "8082" has called the telephone number "4126" five times in the past, and has called the telephone number "59" five times in the past.
63" three times and the phone number "1718" twice.

The multi-function telephone 34B with the telephone number "5963" has previously called the telephone number "4126" 10 times and the telephone number "1718"
and once to the phone number "8082". The multi-function telephone 35B with the telephone number ""1718°" has called the telephone number "4126" 11 times in the past, and the telephone number "8082" 11 times.
`` twice and once to the phone number ``5963'''.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained using a call from the multifunction telephone 32B as an example.

Past calls made by the multi-function telephone 32B are stored in the calling telephone number storage circuit 21. That is, as shown in the table of FIG. 3, the multifunction telephone 32B has previously called the telephone number "1718" three times, "'5963" twice, and "
8082" once.

In such a state, when the multifunction phone 132
When the telephone number “1718” is dialed at B,
The central control device 20 receives this via the selection signal receiving circuit 31. When the central control device 20 receives this telephone number, it calls the multifunction telephone 13 with this telephone number "1718".
5 B is called by the main switch 10. At the same time, the central control device 20 searches for the calling telephone number "'1718" from the column of the telephone number "4126°°" of the multi-function telephone 32B in the re-calling telephone number table 300 of the calling telephone number storage circuit 21, In addition, if there is a calling phone number that has made the same number of calls, the rankings are swapped.The rankings are not swapped here, so the number of calls only changes from 3 to 4.

Next, the user of the multifunction telephone 32B attempts to call "5963" again. First, as shown in FIG. 2, the re-call button 202 of the multi-function phone 32B is pressed and the multi-function phone 132B sends this notification. Upon receiving this notification, the central control device 20 selects the multifunction telephone 32B from the table 300 of the calling telephone number storage circuit 21.
The phone number ``1718'' with the first call order in the phone number ``4126°'' column is detected, and the multifunction phone 32
B to display this telephone number on the display device 201 of the multifunction telephone 32B shown in FIG.

When the user of the multi-function telephone 32B sees this display and presses the re-call button 202 again, the central control unit 20 similarly causes the multi-function telephone 32B to display the telephone number "5963" which ranks second in the calling order. When the user of the multi-function telephone 32B sees this display and picks up the handset 200, the central controller 20 receives the off-footer signal and calls the multi-function telephone 32B.
The multifunction telephone 34B having the telephone number ``5963'' displayed on the screen is called.

In this way, this embodiment provides a calling telephone number storage circuit that stores a plurality of telephone numbers that have been called in the past in descending order of frequency of use in order to accommodate the multifunctional telephones in an exchange that accommodates multifunctional telephones with display devices. means for sequentially displaying telephone numbers stored in a calling telephone number storage circuit one by one on a display device of a multi-function telephone when display of telephone numbers is requested by a user's operation; and when the multi-function telephone goes off-hook. The central control unit includes means for making a call to the displayed telephone number.

Thereby, the telephone numbers that have been called in the past can be stored in order of frequency of use, and the telephone numbers can be displayed on the multifunction telephone in the order in which they are stored, allowing the user to make a call to a desired number.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, the present invention can shorten the search time for telephone numbers by storing previously called telephone numbers in order of frequency of use and displaying them in the order of memory. Furthermore, since the displayed telephone number can be used as is to make a call, it is possible to prevent the user from pressing the wrong telephone number.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an external view of the multifunction telephone shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a table of re-calling telephone numbers. 10...Main switch 20...Central control unit 21...Calling number storage circuit 31...Selection signal receiving circuit 32A-35A...Line circuit 32B-35B...・Multi-function telephone Figure 2

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) A re-dialing method that is equipped with a multi-function telephone equipped with a display device and allows calls to be made to the telephone number displayed on the display device. A calling phone number storage means for storing a plurality of calling phone numbers in ascending order; and displaying the phone numbers stored in the calling phone number storage means one by one on a display device of the multi-function telephone when display of phone numbers is requested. and means for calling the telephone number displayed when the multi-function telephone is off-hook.