JPH03177152A - Voice mail device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To surely send a voice message by sending the voice message by calling again a remote party when a line is disconnected during the transmission of the voice message. CONSTITUTION:When a fact that the line to the telephone set of the remote party is not connected is detected by a detecting means, a control part 20 controls a line connecting means 5 so as to redial the telephone number of the remote party stored in a second storage means 22 and execute the line connection of the telephone line. After that, it controls a transmitting means so as to re-read the voice message stored in a first storage means 10 and send it to the telephone set of the remote party. Thus, the voice message can be surely sent to the telephone set of the remote party.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a voice mail device that automatically transmits a voice message of stored voice data to a destination telephone via a telephone line.

[Prior art 1] Conventionally, a voice message of voice data previously stored in a voice memory is automatically transmitted at a pre-specified transmission time to a destination telephone having a pre-registered telephone number via a telephone line. At the same time, voice mail devices are manufactured and sold that receive a voice message from a destination telephone via a telephone line, convert it into voice data, and store it in a voice memory.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

The problem with this conventional voice mail device is that if the telephone line is disconnected during the transmission of a voice message due to the recipient's phone being on-hook or due to a faulty telephone line, the voice message cannot be sent in its entirety. There was a point.

The purpose of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems, and to reliably transmit a pre-stored voice message at a pre-specified transmission time to a telephone of a destination with a pre-registered telephone number via a telephone line. Our goal is to provide a voice mail device that can.

1 Means for Solving the Problems 1 A voice mail device according to the present invention includes a first storage means for storing a voice message to be sent to a telephone of the other party, and a second memory for storing the telephone number of the other party. means, third storage means for storing the transmission time at which the voice message is transmitted, and a current time stored in the second storage means when the current time coincides with the transmission time stored in the third storage means; a line connecting means for dialing the telephone number of the other party and connecting the telephone line; and after the line connecting means has connected the line, reading out the voice message stored in the first storage means and transmitting the voice message to the telephone line via the telephone line; a transmission means for transmitting the voice message to the telephone of the other party; a detection means for detecting whether or not the line is connected to the telephone of the other party after the transmission means sends the voice message; When it is detected that the line with the telephone is not connected, the telephone line is connected to the line connecting means by dialing the telephone number of the other party stored in the second storage means again. 2. A control means for controlling said transmitting means so as to read out the voice message stored in said first storage means again and transmit it to said destination telephone. In the voice mail device according to Item 2, after the voice message is repeatedly transmitted a predetermined number of times by the control means, in each case, after the voice message is transmitted, the line with the telephone of the other party is connected by the detection means. 4. The voice mail device according to claim 3, further comprising means for stopping the transmission of the voice message when it is determined that the voice message has not been transmitted, wherein the third storage means stores a plurality of transmission times different from each other. and when the detecting means detects that the line is connected to the telephone of the other party, the third memory is stored, which is different from the transmission time at which the voice message was transmitted by the transmitting means. The apparatus is characterized in that it further comprises means for stopping the transmission of the voice message stored in the first storage means at the transmission time stored in the means.

[Operation] By configuring as described above, the line connecting means is configured to transmit the information to the destination stored in the second storage means when the current time matches the transmission time stored in the third storage means. After dialing a telephone number and establishing a telephone line connection, the transmitting means reads out the voice message stored in the first storage means and transmits it to the destination telephone via the telephone line. Next, after the transmitting means transmits the voice message, the detecting means detects whether or not the line is connected to the telephone of the other party, and the detecting means detects whether the line to the telephone of the other party is connected. When it was detected that the telephone line was not connected, the control means controlled the line connection means to again dial the telephone number of the other party stored in the second storage means and establish a line connection of the telephone line. Thereafter, the transmitting means is controlled to read out the voice message stored in the first storage means again and transmit it to the destination telephone. This results in
The voice message can be reliably transmitted to the telephone of the other party.

Further, after the voice message is repeatedly transmitted a predetermined number of times by the control means, in any case, after the voice message is transmitted, the detection means determines that the line with the destination telephone is not connected. , cancel the transmission of the above voice message. This makes it possible to prevent the voice message from being sent in vain even when the telephone number of the other party is incorrect.

Furthermore, the third storage means stores a plurality of transmission times that are different from each other, and when the detection means detects that the line is connected to the telephone of the other party, the voice message is transmitted to the transmission time. The transmission of the voice message stored in the first storage means is stopped at the transmission time stored in the third storage means, which is different from the transmission time transmitted by. As a result, even if the voice message cannot be sent at one transmission time stored in the third storage means due to a busy line with the other party, it can be sent at another transmission time. If possible, and after the above voice message has been sent, the above $3
It is possible to stop the wasteful transmission of the voice message at other transmission times stored in the storage means.

[Example 1] Hereinafter, an example according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a telephone with a voice mail device which is an embodiment of the present invention, and the following items will be explained in order.

(1) Configuration of telephone with voice mail device (2) Configuration of input display section (3) Control of telephone with voice mail device 70 - This telephone transmits a voice message of pre-stored voice data at a pre-specified transmission time. is automatically sent to the phone of the other party with the pre-registered phone number, and if the line is disconnected while the voice message is being sent, it calls the other party again and sends the voice message. It is said that

Further, even if the retransmission of the voice message is repeated a predetermined number of times, the transmission of the voice message is stopped when the line is disconnected during transmission. moreover,
Multiple transmission times can be set for one voice message, and in this case, when the transmission of the voice message is completed at one transmission time, the transmission of the voice message is stopped at another transmission time. It is characterized by

(1) Configuration of telephone with voice mail device This telephone has the following features:
The telephone has two operating modes: a telephone mode in which the telephone is used as a normal telephone with only voice transmission and reception functions, and a voice mail mode in which it is used by connecting a voice mail device.

In FIG. 1, switches 3.4 and 6.7 are for switching between telephone mode and voice mail mode, and control signals inputted from CPU 20 via bus 30 and input/output boat circuit 27, which will be described later. In each case, it is switched to the a side or the b side depending on the situation.

The voice memory IO is a RAM for storing voice data converted from analog/digital (hereinafter referred to as A/D conversion) voice signals in voice mail mode, and is used to temporarily store voice data of voice messages. It has a temporary registration area for temporarily storing the audio data, and an audio registration area for storing the audio data until an instruction to clear the audio data is given.

The line control unit 5 is connected to a telephone line, and has a call path setting function, a line control function, and a dial sending function, and its operation is controlled by a CPU 20, which will be described later. That is, in the telephone mode, after the line is connected, the call path setting function sends the voice (ji number) input from the transmitter la to the telephone line as described later, and also transmits the voice input via the telephone line. Output the signal to the receiver 1b,
On the other hand, in voice mail mode, digital/analog conversion (
Hereinafter, this will be referred to as D/A conversion. ) A/A converter 12 sends the D/A converted audio signal to the telephone line, and at the same time sends the audio signal input to the line connection unit 5 via the telephone line to the A/A converter 12.
The audio signal is outputted to the audio memory IO via the D converter 13, and the audio data of the audio signal is stored in the audio memory IO.

The line control function performs outgoing connection, detection of incoming calls from the telephone line, and line connection. Further, in the dial sending function, based on the telephone number data inputted from the CPU 20, a dial pulse signal or a pushbutton signal corresponding to the telephone number is sent to the telephone line.

The CPU 20 is a control device that controls the operation of this telephone with a voice mail device, and includes a ROM 21 that stores a system program that controls the operation of the CPU 20, and a
It is connected via a bus 30 to a RAM 22 which is used as a work area for U 20 and which stores telephone number data and transmission time data of the other party. Also, C
The PU 20 includes a liquid crystal display section (hereinafter referred to as an LCD display section) 24 that displays various messages, a light emitting diode (hereinafter referred to as an LED) 25, 26,
The input/output port circuit 27 is connected to the key power unit 23, the control terminal of the switch 3.4°6.7, and the hook switch lc that detects on-hook and off-hook of the handset l.
are connected to each other via a bus 30. In addition, RAM22
has a temporary registration area that temporarily stores phone number data and sending time data, and a phone number area and sending time setting that stores phone number data and sending time data until an instruction is given to clear those data. Has an area.

In telephone mode, switches 3.4 and 6.7 are both switched to side a. At this time, the voice input to the transmitter 1a of the handset 1 is converted into an audio signal, and is input to the line control unit 5 via the amplifier 2, the a side of the switch 3, and the a side of the switch 4. Afterwards, it is sent to the other party's telephone via the telephone line. In addition, the voice signal input from the other party's telephone to the line control unit 5 via the telephone line is
The signal is output to the handset 1b of the handset 1 via the a side of the switch 6, the a side of the switch 7, and the amplifier 8, and is converted into voice and output.

On the other hand, in voice mail mode, switch 3°4.6
．． 7 are both switched to the b side.

When recording a voice message in voice mail mode,
The audio signal output from the transmitter 1a is input to the A/D converter 11 via the amplifier 2 and the b side of the switch 3, where it is A/D converted into audio data and then stored in the audio memory 10.
is entered and stored. Furthermore, when playing back a voice message, the voice data read from the voice memory 10 is input to the D/A converter 14 and converted into a voice signal by D/A converter 14.
After being A-converted, the signal is output to the handset 1b of the handset 1 via the b side of the switch 7 and the amplifier 8, and is output as voice.

When sending a voice message in voice mail mode,
The audio data read from the audio memory lO is
After being D/A converted into an audio signal by the converter 12, it is input to the line control section 5 via the b side of the switch 4, and is sent to the destination telephone via the telephone line. Further, when receiving a voice message, a voice signal inputted from the telephone of the other party to the line control section 5 via the telephone line is inputted to the A/D converter 13 via the b side of the switch 6. After being A/D converted into audio data, it is input to and stored in the audio memory IO.

(2) Structure of input/output display section FIG. 2 is a front view of the input/output display section of this telephone with voice mail device.

This input/output display section includes a key input section 23 and an LCD display section 2.
4, and the key human power section 23 has 0 to 9 and "*"
A numeric keypad 40 consisting of the "#" key and a voice mail key 4
5, a registration key 41, a message memory key 42,
An answering machine key 43 and a transmission key 44 are provided. Furthermore, the send key 44 and the voice mail key 45 each have an L key.
ED26.25 is provided.

The numeric keypad 40 is used to instruct the setting of a telephone number, the transmission time, and the recording, playback, and deletion of voice messages, and the registration key 41 is used to instruct the registration of the telephone number and transmission time. Further, the message memory key 42 is used to instruct recording of a voice message, and the answering machine key 43 is used to instruct answering machine recording. Furthermore, the transmission key 44 is transmitted to the voice memory 10.
It is used to set/cancel the transmission of voice messages stored in
When the transmission is canceled, the LED 26 turns off.

The voice mail key 45 is used to switch between telephone mode and voice mail mode.
By pressing 5, you can alternately switch between telephone mode and voice mail mode, and when in voice mail mode, the LED 25
lights up, while in the telephone mode, the LED 25 goes off.

(3) Control Flow of Telephone with Voice Mail Device FIG. 3 is a 70-chart of the main routine for controlling the telephone with voice mail device.

When power supply starts to the telephone, this main routine is executed, and first, in step Sl (hereinafter, "step" is omitted), the CPU 20 is reset, and then various initial setting processes are performed. It will be done. Next, in S2, on-edge detection of the transmission key 44, which instructs transmission of the stored voice message, and LED 2
6. Input/output processing such as lighting/extinguishing processing (see Figure 4).

) is performed, the control mode indicating the mode to be processed is checked in S3.

If the value of the control mode is IIQII, in S4, standby mode processing is performed in which the key manual unit 23 is operated such as detecting on-edge of the registration key 41 and message memory key 42, checking the transmission setting time, checking reception, etc. (See Figure 5.) is performed. If the value of the control mode is "1", a registration mode process (see FIG. 6) is performed in S5 to set the telephone number of the other party and the transmission time. Furthermore, if the value of the control mode is 12'', in S6 message memory mode processing is performed to store the voice message to be sent to the other party in the voice memory IO (see Fig. 7).
will be held. Furthermore, the control mode value is
°3'', in S7, processing for calling the other party, processing for transmitting the voice message stored in the voice memory IO,
Transmission mode processing (see FIG. 8) is performed to record a voice message as a response from the other party. If the value of the control mode is "4", a reception mode process (see FIG. 9) is performed in S8 to process reception from the other party. Also, the control mode value is “
5'', other mode processing is performed in S9.

After each of the above processes (S4 to S9), the process returns to S2 and the above processes are repeated.

Figure 1g4 is a 70-chart of the input/output processing (32 in Figure 3) subroutine.

In this input/output processing, first, in 5201, it is checked whether the memory transmission flag is #0#. This memory transmission flag is used during the initial setting process (S
l) is reset to 0'', and when the memory transmission flag is ``lN, it indicates the execution of voice message transmission processing, which will be described later, and when the memory transmission flag is NO.
'' indicates that the audio memory transmission process is not executed.

Here, when the memory transmission flag is OH, 520
Proceed to step 2, determine whether the transmission key 44 is turned on,
When the transmission key 44 is turned on, the memory transmission flag is set to #llll in 5203, the LED 26 is turned on in 5204, and the process proceeds to 5208. On the other hand, 5
When the transmission key 44 is not turned on in 202, the LED 26 is turned off in 5207, and then the process proceeds to 5208.

Further, when the memory transmission flag is "1" in 5201, it is detected in 5205 whether or not the transmission key 44 is turned on. When the send key 44 is turned on (
(Yes in S 205), the memory transmission flag is set to “0” in 5206, and the LE
After turning off D26, the process proceeds to 5208. On the other hand, if the transmission key 44 is not turned on (NO in S 205), the process advances to 5204, and after lighting the LED 26,
Proceed to 5208.

At 5208, input/output processing (5208) for inputting other keys of the key input section 23, hook switch lc, and various output processing is performed, and then the process returns to the main routine.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of the standby mode process (34 in FIG. 3).

5401, 5402, 5403 of this standby mode processing.
At step 5404, the on/off check of the registration key 41, the on/off check of the message memory key 42, the transmission time check, and the reception check are performed, respectively.

At 5401, when the registration key 41 is turned on, 5
After setting the control mode to "l" in step 405, the process returns to the main routine. Further, when the message memory key 42 is turned on in 5402, the control mode is set to "2" in 5406, and then the process returns to the main routine. Furthermore, in 5403, it is checked whether the current time measured by a timer (not shown) matches the transmission time stored in advance in the transmission time setting area of the RAM 22, and when it matches, in 5407, the control mode is set. After setting the value to "3", return to the main routine. Furthermore, in step 5404, the presence or absence of the line connection control signal received by the line control unit 5 is confirmed, and if the line connection control signal has been received, step 5408
After setting the control mode to 4", the process returns to the main routine. On the other hand, if the line connection control signal is not received in 5404, then in 5409,
After performing other predetermined processing, the process returns to the main routine.

FIG. 6 is a 70-chart of the subroutine of the registration mode process (S5 in FIG. 3).

In this registration mode processing, in 5501, a message is placed to instruct the LCD display section 24 to set a telephone number. ” is displayed. Next, in 5502, a check is made for the manual power of the keys on the numeric keypad 40, and when one of the number keys from 0" to s9+t is pressed,
RA the data of the number of the key pressed in 5503
After additional storage in the temporary registration area in M22, 5502
In addition, when the "*" key is pressed in 5502, after clearing the telephone number data stored in the telephone number area in the RAM 22 in 5504,
Return to 02. Furthermore, when "#" is pressed in 5502, the telephone number data stored in the temporary registration area in the RAM 22 is transferred to and stored in the telephone number area in the RAM 22 in 5505, and then the process advances to 5506.

At 5506, the above 55 is displayed on the LCD display fls24.
A false message instructing the setting of the sending time to be sent to the 4 recipients of the phone number registered in 05 nTIME S
ET? ” is displayed. Next, in 5507, a check is performed on the manual key strength of the numeric keypad 40, and when one of the number keys from #0” to #9# is pressed, 55
The data of the number of the key pressed in 08 is stored in RAM2.
After additional storage in the temporary registration area in 2, the process returns to 5507.

Further, when the "*" key is pressed in 5507, after clearing the transmission time data stored in the transmission time setting area in the RAM 22 in 5509, 5507
Return to Furthermore, when "#" is pressed in 5507, the transmission time data stored in the temporary registration area in the RAM 22 is transferred and stored in the transmission time setting area in the RAM 22 in 5510, and then the process advances to 5511.

In step 5511, a check is further made to see if the setting of the transmission time has been completed. That is, following the "#" key pressed before the processing of 5510, a"O" to "
When one of the keys ``9'' and ``book'' is pressed,
The process returns to 5507 to set another transmission time again.

On the other hand, when the "#" key is pressed in 5511, the control mode is set to HO" in 5512, and then the process returns to the main routine.

Figure 7 shows message memory mode processing (36 in Figure 3)
70-chart of the subroutine of FIG.

In this message memory mode processing, first, 5601
At this point, "MESSAGE?" is displayed on the LCD display unit 24, which instructs input of the voice message to be stored.

Next, in 5602, the input on the numeric keypad 40 is checked, and when one of the number keys "l" to "9" is pressed, the process proceeds to 5603, and the audio data of the voice message is stored in the audio memory IO. That is, the transmitter 1
After the audio input to a is converted into an audio signal, it is input to the A/D converter 11 via the amplifier 2 and the b side of the switch 3, where it is A/D converted into audio data. It is stored in the audio memory 10.

At 5602, when the 00'' key is pressed, the voice message of the voice data stored in the voice memory 10 is played back. That is, the voice data stored in the voice memory 10 is read out, and the D/A conversion is performed. After being converted into an audio signal in the device 14, the b side of the switch 7 and the amplifier 8
is output to the receiver 1b via the receiver 1b, thereby reproducing the voice message of the stored voice data.

At 5602, when the "*" key is pressed, the audio data of the audio message stored in the audio memory IO is cleared.

After the voice data of the voice message is stored in the temporary registration area of the voice memory IO in 5603, when the "#" key is pressed in 5602 to indicate the end of recording the voice message, the voice data of the voice memory 1O is stored in 5606.
The voice data of the voice message registered in the temporary registration area of 0 is transferred to the voice registration area of the same voice memory 10 and stored. At this time, immediately after the last part of the audio data stored in the audio memory IO, audio end data indicating the end of the audio data is stored. Next, in 5607, the control mode is set to 0°', and the process returns to the main routine.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart of the subroutine of the transmission mode process (57 in FIG. 3).

In this transmission mode processing, first, in 5701, it is determined based on the memory transmission flag whether or not to transmit the voice message of the voice data stored in the voice memory IO. That is, it is determined whether the memory transmission flag is "1" and if it is $ll#, it is checked in 5702 whether transmission is possible via the connected telephone line. If transmission is possible, proceed to 5703; on the other hand, if transmission is not possible, such as when the telephone mode is switched and the call is in progress or reception is in progress, proceed to 5712 and set the control mode to "O". Set to . Note that if the memory transmission flag is 1llo#l in 5701, the process advances to 5712.

In step 5703, after going off-hook, a calling process is performed to dial the destination of the telephone number stored in the telephone number area of the RAM 22, and then a predetermined time period of, for example, 30 seconds is waited. Next, in 5704, it is determined whether the destination telephone has been taken off-hook and the line has been connected. If the line is connected, in 5705, a voice message of the voice data stored in the voice memory 10 is transmitted to the destination telephone via the telephone line.

That is, the audio data stored in the audio registration area of the audio memory 10 is D/A converted into an audio signal by the D/A converter 12, and then transferred to the b side of the switch 4, the line controller 5.
, and is sent to the other party's telephone via the telephone line.

Next, after detecting voice end data in 5706, it is checked in 5707 whether or not the line is connected. Here, when the line is connected, it is determined that the voice message has been successfully transmitted, and the process proceeds to step 5708, where the LCD display section 247 displays "Memory Transmission Complete", and then proceeds to step 5709. In addition, if the line is not connected in 5704,
After proceeding to 5711 and performing line disconnection processing, the control mode is set to "0#" in 5712 and the process returns to the main routine. Also, when the line is not connected in 5707, voice messages are not sent normally. It is determined that the message has not been transmitted, and the process proceeds to 5720.

At 5720, it is determined whether the number of times the line is not connected after the message transmission process at 5705 (hereinafter referred to as the number of transmission attempts) is an integer N times. If the number of transmission attempts is not N, the process returns to step 5703 and repeats the process of calling the destination and the message sending process (S705) in order to perform the line connection process with the destination again and send the voice message. On the other hand, when the number of transmission attempts reaches N times, in 5721, the LCD display section 24 displays "Cancel memory transmission", and then the process proceeds to 5709. In this embodiment, N
-2, and when the line is disconnected for the first time while sending a voice message, the line connection process with the other party is performed and the voice message is retransmitted, but if the line is disconnected twice in a row, , is set to stop sending voice messages.

At step 5709, processing is performed to record a reply message from the other party. That is, the voice signal of the reply message input from the other party's telephone via the telephone line is input to the A/D converter 13 via the line control section 5 and the b side of the switch 6, and is converted into voice data by A/D converter 13. /D After conversion,
It is stored in the voice registration area of the voice memory IO.

Then, at 5710, set the memory send 7 lag to "O#
After the line is set to 10'' in 5711, the line is disconnected to an on-hook state, and the control mode is set to 10'' in 5712, and the process returns to the main routine.

FIG. 9 is a 70-chart of the subroutine of the reception mode process (S8 in FIG. 3).

In this reception mode processing, first, in 5801, conditions such as whether this telephone can receive calls and whether to perform answering machine recording are checked, and if it is possible to perform reception processing, in 5802, the incoming call is connected. After performing predetermined reception processing such as processing or answering machine recording processing, the control mode is set to NOH in 5803 and the process returns to the main routine. On the other hand, when it is determined in 5801 that it is impossible to perform the reception process, the reception process is not performed, and the control mode is set to 0'' in 5803, and then the process returns to the main routine.

As explained above, a voice message of pre-stored voice data is automatically sent to the destination of a pre-registered phone number at a pre-specified sending time, and the line is disconnected while the voice message is being sent. In this case, the system calls the other party again and sends the voice message, so the voice message can be sent reliably.

Additionally, even if you repeatedly send a voice message, if the line is disconnected twice in a row, you can cancel sending the voice message, and it may be because the recipient's phone number is incorrect. voice message, and can cancel the transmission of the voice message.

This makes it possible to prevent voice messages from being sent in vain.

Furthermore, multiple transmission times can be specified for one voice message, and in this case, when the voice message transmission is completed at one transmission time, the transmission of the voice message is stopped at another transmission time. be able to.

In the above embodiments, a telephone with a voice mail device has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the voice mail device may be configured independently. It may also be provided in a telephone terminal device such as a data transmission device.

In the above embodiment, the audio data of the audio message is stored in the audio memory 10, which is a RAM, but the present invention is not limited to this, and it may be stored in another audio storage device such as a magnetic chip.

[Effects of the Invention] As detailed above, according to the present invention, when the current time coincides with a pre-specified transmission time, the telephone number of the pre-specified destination is dialed and the telephone line is connected. After that, the pre-stored voice message is read out and sent to the telephone of the other party via the telephone line, it is detected whether or not the line is connected to the telephone of the other party, and the message is connected to the telephone of the other party. When it is detected that the line is not connected, the line is reconnected to the destination phone and the voice message is sent, so the voice message is reliably sent to the destination phone. be able to.

In addition, after the voice message has been repeatedly sent a predetermined number of times, in any case, when it is determined that the line with the telephone of the other party is not connected after sending the voice message, the voice message is not sent. This is advantageous in that it is possible to prevent the voice message from being sent in vain, even if the telephone number of the other party is incorrect.

Furthermore, a plurality of mutually different transmission times are stored in advance,
When it is detected that the line is connected to the telephone of the other party, the transmission of the voice message is stopped at a transmission time different from the transmission time at which the voice message was sent. Even if the voice message cannot be sent at one pre-stored transmission time due to a busy line with the other party, it can be sent at another transmission time, and the voice message transmission is completed. Thereafter, there is an advantage that the wasteful transmission of the voice message at the other pre-stored transmission time can be stopped.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a telephone with a voice mail device which is an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a front view of the input display section of the telephone of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the telephone of FIG. 1. Flowchart of main 70-, Figure 4 is a flowchart of input/output processing subroutine, Figure 5 is a flowchart of subroutine 70- of standby mode processing, Figure 6 is a flowchart of registration mode processing subroutine, Figure 7 is message memory FIG. 18 is a 70-chart of the mode processing subroutine, FIG. 18 is a 70-chart of the transmission mode processing subroutine, and FIG. 9 is a flowchart of the reception mode processing subroutine. 1...Handset, 5...Line control unit, 1O...Audio memory, 20...CPU. 22...RAM.

Claims (3)

[Claims] (1) A first storage means for storing a voice message to be sent to the telephone of the other party; a second storage means for storing the telephone number of the other party; and a second storage means for storing the transmission time at which the voice message is to be sent. 3
storage means; and a line for dialing the telephone number of the other party stored in the second storage means to connect the telephone line when the current time matches the transmission time stored in the third storage means. a connecting means; a transmitting means for reading out the voice message stored in the first storage means and transmitting it to the destination telephone via the telephone line after the line is connected by the line connecting means; a detection means for detecting whether or not the line is connected to the destination telephone after the voice message is sent; and when the detection means detects that the line to the destination telephone is not connected; After controlling the line connection means to again dial the telephone number of the other party stored in the second storage means to establish a line connection of the telephone line, the first storage means 1. A voice mail device comprising: control means for controlling the voice message stored in the phone to be read again and transmitted to the telephone of the other party. (2) After the voice message is repeatedly transmitted a predetermined number of times by the control means, in each case, after the voice message is transmitted, the detection means determines that the line with the destination telephone is not connected. 2. The voice mail device according to claim 1, further comprising means for stopping the transmission of the voice message when the voice message is sent. (3) The third storage means stores a plurality of transmission times that are different from each other, and when the detection means detects that the line is connected to the telephone of the other party, the voice message is sent to the transmission time. The method further comprises means for stopping the transmission of the voice message stored in the first storage means at a transmission time stored in the third storage means, which is different from the transmission time transmitted by the means. The voice mail device according to claim 1.