JPH0246058A - Electronic automatic exchange - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To eliminate dialing the number of the respective kind information service of a public communicating circuit from a telephone every time with a user by dialing the number of the respective kind information service of the public communicating circuit at every fixed time interval and recording respective voice mails inputted from the public communicating circuit for every number. CONSTITUTION:A central control unit 5a fetches present time from a clock 11 and fetches designating time when the respective kind service of a telephone company is recorded from a designating time storing device 10. Then, when the present time and the designating time are coincident, the dial number of the respective kind service is fetched from an information service dial storing device 9, a voice mail system controller 6 of a designated voice mail number is fetched, the voice mail system controller 6 and a line wire controller 4 are connected with a channel 3, and recording is indicated to a voice mail system 7. Next, when the receiver of a telephone 1 is taken and an information service number is dialed, the central control unit 5a fetches a corresponding voice mail number from a voice mail number storing device 8 and connects the voice mail system controller 6 of the designated voice mail number and a subscriber's circuit 2 by the channel 3.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electronic exchange that allows a telephone to receive various information services on a public communication line.

Prior Art FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a conventional electronic exchange. In FIG. 4, 1 is a telephone set, and this telephone set is connected to a subscriber circuit 2. In FIG. Reference numeral 3 denotes a communication path, and 4 an outside line control device, which connects the subscriber circuit 2 and the outside line control device 4 with the communication path 3 as required. Reference numeral 5 denotes a central control device that controls the subscriber circuit 2, the communication path 3, and the outside line control device 4.

Next, a conventional method of listening to various information will be explained.

When an outside line calling operation and a dialing operation are performed using the telephone set 1 to listen to an information service, the central control unit 5 connects the outside line control unit 4 and the subscriber circuit 2 through the communication path 3. Therefore, a person who wishes to listen to information services by dialing an external line can listen to various information services through the telephone 1 by paying a call fee to the telephone company.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, with the above-mentioned conventional voice information communication device of an electronic exchange, a person who wishes to listen to information has to pay a usage fee to the telephone company every time he/she wants to listen to various information, which is not economical. There was a problem.

The present invention solves these conventional problems, and provides an economical electronic exchange that does not require a person who wishes to listen to information to pay a usage fee to a telephone company each time he or she listens to various types of information. The purpose is to

Means for Solving the Problems In order to achieve the above object, the present invention dials the numbers of various information services of the public communication line at predetermined time intervals, thereby dialing each voice mail input from the public communication line to a number. When a voice mail number is dialed by a telephone, the voice mail is played back and sent to the telephone.

+'F- With the above configuration, the present invention eliminates the need for the user to dial the numbers of various information services of the public communication line each time from the telephone, and therefore allows the user to use the various information services of the public communication line. There is no need to pay for each phone call.

EXAMPLE Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be explained with reference to the drawings. 1st
The figure is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention.
In FIG. 1, the same or equivalent components as in FIG. 4 are given the same reference numerals, and redundant explanation will be omitted. In FIG. 1, 6 is a voice mail system control device, and the voice mail system control device 6 is controlled by a central control device 5a. 7 is a voice mail system, and this voice mail system 7 is connected to the voice mail system control device 6. 8 is a voice mail number storage device, 9 is an information service dial storage device, 10 is a designated time storage device, and 11 is a clock, the stored information of which is retrieved by the central control device 5a.

Next, the process of recording voice mail information using FIGS. 1 and 2 will be explained.

In step 21, the central control unit 5a retrieves the current time from the clock 11, and in step 22, retrieves from the designated time storage device 10 the designated time at which various services of the company are to be recorded.

Next, in step 23, it is checked whether the current time matches the specified time or not, and if they do not match, the time matching check is repeated until they match. Then, if the current time and the designated time match, a recording operation is performed. That is, the dial numbers of various services of the telephone company to be recorded are retrieved from the information service dial storage device 9, and -
The data is temporarily stored in the central controller 5 (step 24).

Next, in step 25, the outside line control device 4 is controlled to make an outside line call, send out the stored dial number, and wait for various services to flow. Apart from this, step 2
In step 6, the voice mail number is retrieved from the voice mail number storage device 8, and in step 27, the voice mail system control device 6 of the designated voice mail number is retrieved,
In step 28, the voice mail system control device 6 and the outside line control device 4 are connected through the communication path 3. Then, in step 29, a recording instruction is given to the voice mail system 7.

This will start recording. Next, in step 30, the central controller 5a issues an instruction to the clock 11 to set a timer for a certain period of time, and in step 31
It is then determined whether a certain period of time has elapsed. Then, after a certain period of time has elapsed, in step 32, the connection between the outside line control device 4 and the voice mail system control device 6, which are connected by the communication path 3, is disconnected.

Next, a method for listening to information from each telephone will be explained with reference to FIG.

First, in step 33, pick up the handset of telephone 1,
Dial the information service number. In step 34, the central controller 5a retrieves the corresponding voice mail number from the voice mail number storage device 8, and in step 35
Take it out. Then, the voice mail system control device 6 of the voice mail number specified in step 36
and the subscriber circuit 2 are connected to the communication path 3, and step 3
At 7, the voice mail system 7 is instructed to listen to the message. This allows you to listen to the recorded information. After listening, the telephone receiver 1 is hung up in step 38 to disconnect the communication path 3.

In this way, according to the above embodiment, the central control device 5a records various information to the voice mail system 7 at the designated time, so there is no need to use the telephone company each time to listen to various information services. This has the effect of preventing wasteful use of lines.

Effects of the Invention As is clear from the above embodiments, the present invention has the following effects.

(1) Since there is no need to use the telephone company's lines to listen to various information services, wasteful use of lines can be prevented.

(2) No matter how many times you use various information services, the call charges remain constant, making it economical.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the structure of an electronic exchange according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing the process of recording information to the electronic exchange of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the process of recording information from the electronic exchange of the present invention. A flowchart showing a listening method is shown in FIG. 4, and FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a conventional electronic exchange. 1...Telephone, 2...Subscriber circuit, 3 Call path 1.4
...External line control device, 5a...Central control device, 6...
Voice mail system control device, 7...Voice mail system 0 Name of agent: Patent attorney Shigetaka Awano Haga 1 person 2nd person
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Claims (1)

[Claims] A voice mail means for recording and reproducing voice mails of various information services of public communication lines, and each input from public communication lines by dialing the numbers of various information services of said public communication lines at predetermined time intervals. Controlling the voice mail means to record voice mail for each number, and controlling the voice mail means so that when a voice mail number is dialed by a telephone, the voice mail is played back and sent to the telephone. an electronic exchange having means for