JPH0325108B2 - - Google Patents

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Publication number
JPH0325108B2
JPH0325108B2 JP59225459A JP22545984A JPH0325108B2 JP H0325108 B2 JPH0325108 B2 JP H0325108B2 JP 59225459 A JP59225459 A JP 59225459A JP 22545984 A JP22545984 A JP 22545984A JP H0325108 B2 JPH0325108 B2 JP H0325108B2
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Prior art keywords
time signal
time
signal
terminal device
communication network
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JPS61103351A (en
Inventor
Hirotaka Aryama
Yoichi Sakai
Teizo Nagamine
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Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp
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Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp
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Priority to JP22545984A priority Critical patent/JPS61103351A/en
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Publication of JPH0325108B2 publication Critical patent/JPH0325108B2/ja
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    • HELECTRICITY
    • H04ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04MTELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M3/00Automatic or semi-automatic exchanges
    • H04M3/42Systems providing special services or facilities to subscribers
    • H04M3/50Centralised arrangements for answering calls; Centralised arrangements for recording messages for absent or busy subscribers ; Centralised arrangements for recording messages

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  • Signal Processing (AREA)

Description

【発明の詳細な説明】 〔産業上の利用分野〕 本発明は、時報サービス方式に関し、特に端末
装置がオンラインで利用するのに好適な時報サー
ビス方式に関するものである。
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a time signal service system, and particularly to a time signal service system suitable for online use by terminal devices.

〔従来の技術〕[Conventional technology]

従来、電話で提供されている時報サービス(ダ
イヤル117)は、時刻情報を音声で通知してい
るため、計算機、測定器等の端末装置で時刻情報
を受信してオンラインで利用することができな
い。これを利用するには、音声で通知される時刻
情報から音声認識処理により時刻信号を抽出して
利用する方法が考えられるが、この方法では音声
認識の処理装置が必要となる等の欠点があつた。
Conventionally, the time signal service (dial 117) provided by telephone notifies the time information by voice, and therefore cannot be used online by receiving the time information with a terminal device such as a computer or measuring instrument. One possible way to utilize this is to use voice recognition processing to extract the time signal from the time information notified by voice, but this method has drawbacks such as the need for a voice recognition processing device. Ta.

〔発明の目的〕[Purpose of the invention]

本発明の目的は、このような従来の欠点を解決
し、時報サービスによる時刻情報を端末装置で受
信可能とし、オンラインで利用できる時報サービ
ス方式を提供することにある。
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a time signal service system that can solve these conventional drawbacks, enable a terminal device to receive time information from a time signal service, and can be used online.

〔発明の構成〕[Structure of the invention]

本発明の上記目的は、通信網内に、交換機の付
加装置あるいは端末装置として時刻信号に発生す
る時報発生装置を備え、前記通信網に接続された
任意の端末装置から時報サービスに割当てられた
番号がダイヤルされた場合に、前記交換機が当該
端末を前記時報発生装置とを接続して時報情報を
提供する時報サービス方式において、前記時報発
生装置が発生する時刻信号を、時刻の同期信号お
よび時刻の絶対値を表わすコード信号から構成し
て、時刻信号の直接利用を可能としたことを特徴
とする時報サービス方式によつて達成される。
The above object of the present invention is to provide a time signal generating device that generates a time signal as an additional device of an exchange or a terminal device in a communication network, and to receive a number assigned to a time signal service from any terminal device connected to the communication network. In a time signal service system in which, when a terminal is dialed, the exchange connects the terminal with the time signal generator to provide time signal information, the time signal generated by the time signal generator is used as a time synchronization signal and a time signal. This is achieved by a time signal service system that is characterized in that it is composed of code signals representing absolute values and allows direct use of time signals.

〔実施例〕〔Example〕

以下、本発明の実施例を図面により説明する。
第1図は、本発明の一実施例を示す中継方式図で
あり、第2図は、本発明の他の実施例を示す中継
方式図である。
Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a relay system diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a relay system diagram showing another embodiment of the invention.

第1図、第2図において、1は端末装置、2は
端末装置1側のモデム、3は交換機、4は時報発
生装置、5は時報発生装置4側のモデム、6は通
信網である。
In FIGS. 1 and 2, 1 is a terminal device, 2 is a modem on the terminal device 1 side, 3 is an exchange, 4 is a time signal generator, 5 is a modem on the time signal generator 4 side, and 6 is a communication network.

第1図は時報発生装置4を通信網6の内部に交
換機3の付加装置として設置する実施例であり、
第2図は時報発生装置4を通信網6の外部に一種
の端末装置として設置する実施例であるが、どち
らの場合も同様に時報発生装置4が発生する時刻
信号をモデム5を介して通信網6の回線で伝送す
る。この時刻信号は、モデム2を介して端末装置
1が受信し、利用する。
FIG. 1 shows an embodiment in which a time signal generator 4 is installed inside a communication network 6 as an additional device of an exchange 3.
FIG. 2 shows an embodiment in which the time signal generator 4 is installed as a kind of terminal device outside the communication network 6, but in both cases, the time signal generated by the time signal generator 4 is transmitted via the modem 5. It is transmitted over the line of network 6. This time signal is received by the terminal device 1 via the modem 2 and used.

第3図は、例えば、前述の時報発生装置4が汎
用パーソナルコンピユータであり、モデム5が上
記パーソナルコンピユータ用のモデムボードで構
成されているものとした場合に、上記時報発生装
置4が発生する時刻信号の形式の一例を示す図で
ある。
FIG. 3 shows the time signal generated by the time signal generator 4 when the above-mentioned time signal generator 4 is a general-purpose personal computer and the modem 5 is constituted by a modem board for the personal computer. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a signal format.

第3図において、h,m,sはそれぞれ時,
分,秒の同期信号、ab,cd,efはそれぞれ時,
分,秒の絶対値を表すコード信号であり、それぞ
れ定められた文字コード、BCDコード、あるい
は特定のビツトパタン等で表現される。ここで、
hはab時00分00秒の同期信号、mはab時cd分00
秒の同期信号、sはab時cd分ef秒の同期信号を
表している。また、abはab時のコード信号(0
≦ab<24)、cdはcd分のコード信号(0≦cd<
60)、efはef秒のコード信号(0≦ef<60)を表
している。
In Figure 3, h, m, and s are hours, respectively.
Minute and second synchronization signals, ab, cd, and ef are hours and seconds, respectively.
This is a code signal that represents the absolute value of minutes and seconds, and is expressed using a specified character code, BCD code, or specific bit pattern. here,
h is the synchronization signal for AB hours 00 minutes 00 seconds, m is AB hours CD minutes 00
The synchronization signal for seconds, s represents the synchronization signal for ab hours cd minutes ef seconds. Also, ab is the code signal at ab (0
≦ab<24), cd is the code signal for CD (0≦cd<
60), ef represents a code signal of ef seconds (0≦ef<60).

この動作手順は以下の手順で行われる。 This operating procedure is performed as follows.

端末装置1は、手動あるいは自動により、本
時報サービスに割当てられた番号へ発呼し、ダ
イヤル信号を送出する。
The terminal device 1 manually or automatically calls the number assigned to this time signal service and sends out a dial signal.

交換機3は、ダイヤル信号を受信して時報発
生装置4へ接続する。
The exchange 3 receives the dial signal and connects it to the time signal generator 4.

時報発生装置4は、自動応答して該装置4が
発生する時刻信号を送出する。
The time signal generating device 4 automatically responds and sends out the time signal generated by the device 4.

端末装置1は、その時刻信号を受信して、該
装置1であらかじめ定められている処理に使用
する。
The terminal device 1 receives the time signal and uses it for processing predetermined by the device 1.

例えば、前述の端末装置1が汎用パーソナルコ
ンピユータであり、モデム2が上記パーソナルコ
ンピユータ用のモデムボードで構成されているも
のとすれば、時報発生装置4で、1秒毎に同期信
号およびビツト信号から成るデータ信号をモデム
5に送出するのに対応して、端末装置1では、モ
デム2での前記データ信号の受信を契機として、
該データ信号中のビツト信号で規定される時刻
を、デイスプレイ表示するプログラム、あるい
は、時刻情報として使用して特定の処理を行うプ
ログラムを実行することができる。
For example, if the terminal device 1 described above is a general-purpose personal computer and the modem 2 is configured with a modem board for the personal computer, the time signal generator 4 generates a synchronization signal and a bit signal every second. In response to sending the data signal consisting of
It is possible to execute a program that displays the time specified by the bit signal in the data signal on a display, or a program that performs specific processing using it as time information.

なお、上記の例では時刻信号は時,分,秒とし
たが、年,月,日,曜日、あるいは秒以下等まで
含めても同様である。
Note that in the above example, the time signal includes hours, minutes, and seconds, but it is also possible to include the year, month, day, day of the week, or even seconds or less.

このようにして、本実施例によれば、本時報サ
ービスが提供する時刻信号には、時,分,秒等の
同期信号、および時,分,秒等の絶対値を表すコ
ード信号を含んでいるので、計算機、測定器等の
端末装置で上記の時刻信号を受信してオンライン
で利用することができるという利点がある。更
に、時刻の絶対値を含んでいるので、計算機、測
定器等の端末装置内部に持つ時計を初期設定をし
なくてもよいという利点がある。利用の方法とし
ては、以下のような例が考えられる。
In this way, according to this embodiment, the time signal provided by the time signal service includes synchronization signals such as hours, minutes, seconds, etc., and code signals representing absolute values of hours, minutes, seconds, etc. Therefore, there is an advantage that the above-mentioned time signal can be received and used online with a terminal device such as a computer or a measuring instrument. Furthermore, since it includes the absolute value of time, there is an advantage that there is no need to initialize the clock inside a terminal device such as a calculator or a measuring instrument. Possible usage methods include the following.

(i) 時刻信号を文字表示し、デイジタル時計とし
て利用する。
(i) Display the time signal in text and use it as a digital clock.

(ii) 端末装置内の処理において、標準時計として
利用する。
(ii) Use as a standard clock in processing within the terminal device.

(iii) 複数の端末装置間で処理の同期を取るための
同期信号として利用する。
(iii) Use as a synchronization signal to synchronize processing between multiple terminal devices.

〔発明の効果〕〔Effect of the invention〕

以上説明したように、本発明によれば、時報サ
ービスによる時刻情報を端末装置で受信できるよ
うになり、かつ、オンラインで利用できる時報サ
ービス方式が実現できる。
As described above, according to the present invention, it becomes possible to receive time information from a time signal service on a terminal device, and it is possible to realize a time signal service system that can be used online.

【図面の簡単な説明】[Brief explanation of drawings]

第1図は本発明の一実施例を示す中継方式図、
第2図は他の実施例を示す中継方式図、第3図は
時報発生装置が発生する時刻信号の形式の一例を
示す図である。 1:端末装置、2,5:モデム、3:交換機、
4:時報発生装置、6:通信網。
FIG. 1 is a relay system diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a relay system diagram showing another embodiment, and FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the format of a time signal generated by a time signal generating device. 1: terminal device, 2, 5: modem, 3: exchange,
4: Time signal generator, 6: Communication network.

Claims (1)

【特許請求の範囲】[Claims] 1 通信網内に、交換機の付加装置あるいは端末
装置として時刻信号を発生する時報発生装置を備
え、前記通信網に接続された任意の端末装置から
時報サービスに割当てられた番号がダイヤルされ
た場合に、前記交換機が当該端末を前記時報発生
装置とを接続して時報情報を提供する時報サービ
ス方式において、前記時報発生装置が発生する時
刻信号を、時刻の同期信号および時刻の絶対値を
表わすコード信号から構成して、時刻信号の直接
利用を可能としたことを特徴とする時報サービス
方式。
1. A communication network is equipped with a time signal generation device that generates a time signal as an additional device of an exchange or a terminal device, and when a number assigned to the time signal service is dialed from any terminal device connected to the communication network. , in a time signal service system in which the exchange connects the terminal with the time signal generator to provide time signal information, the time signal generated by the time signal generator is converted into a time synchronization signal and a code signal representing the absolute value of the time. A time signal service system characterized in that it consists of the following, and enables direct use of time signals.
JP22545984A 1984-10-26 1984-10-26 Time casting service system Granted JPS61103351A (en)

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JP22545984A JPS61103351A (en) 1984-10-26 1984-10-26 Time casting service system

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JP22545984A JPS61103351A (en) 1984-10-26 1984-10-26 Time casting service system

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JPS61103351A JPS61103351A (en) 1986-05-21
JPH0325108B2 true JPH0325108B2 (en) 1991-04-05

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JPS57191587A (en) * 1981-05-16 1982-11-25 Sanshin Shiyu Automatic time compensator

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JPS57191587A (en) * 1981-05-16 1982-11-25 Sanshin Shiyu Automatic time compensator

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