JPH03261260A - Automatic answering telephone set - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To identify a telephone call and to make announcement suitable for the call by activating an announcement section selectively by callers depending on the result of analysis of a signal analysis section. CONSTITUTION:The automatic answering telephone set is provided with an incoming call detection section 13 detecting an incoming call, a line closing section 14 closing a telephone line 10 in the presence of an incoming call, an announcement section 17A sending a message entered in advance to callers, a message section 17B recording a message from a caller, a signal analysis section 15 identifying a caller equipment and other announcement section 18A sending a different kind of message. Then the announcement sections 17A, 18A are selectively operated by callers depending on the result of analysis of the signal analysis section 15. Since a different message from a caller is sent, smooth telephone contact is taken.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] (Industrial application field) The great invention relates to an answering machine.

(Prior Art) Conventionally, there have been various types of answering machines that automatically answer a call when a call is made to the answering machine, announce a message to the caller, and record a message from the caller. It is publicly known.

(Problem to be Solved by the Invention) The above-mentioned known system has a problem in that it sends out announcements with the same fixed contents to all telephones. Ideally, an announcement suitable for each caller would be made, but this would complicate the device. However, since it is possible to distinguish between regular telephones and specific telephones using a relatively simple mechanism, we have devised an idea to make different announcements for each.

For example, the phone of a person using a telephone forwarding machine may have
I receive work calls that are transferred via a phone transfer machine and personal calls that are not via a transfer machine. At this time,
In some cases, if you make a little effort in your announcements, you can achieve your goals.

(Object of the Invention) The object of the present invention is to identify telephones and make appropriate announcements.

(Means for Solving the Problems) Therefore, the present invention provides an incoming call detection section 13 that detects an incoming call, and a line closing section 14 that closes the telephone line 10 when there is an incoming call.
an announcement section 17A that conveys a pre-entered message to the caller, a message section 17B that records a message from the caller, and a signal analysis section 15 that identifies the transmission source on the caller side. , a separate announcement section 18A for conveying a different type of message from the announcement section 17A is provided,
The announcement 117A and the announcement unit 18A are an answering machine configured to be selectively activated by the caller based on the analysis result of the signal analysis unit 15, and
The signal analysis unit 15 includes an answering machine that distinguishes between a transferred call from the telephone transfer device 2 and a phone other than the transferred call, an incoming call detection unit 13 that detects an incoming call, and an incoming call detecting unit 13 that detects an incoming call. a line closing unit 14 that closes the line 10;
A message section 17 consisting of an announcement section 17A that conveys a pre-entered message to the caller and a message section 17B that records a message from the caller, and a telephone transfer machine 2.
The signal analysis unit 15 that distinguishes between transferred calls and calls other than transferred calls is different from the announcement unit 17A. A message section consisting of a separate announcement section 18A for conveying similar messages and a message section m18B for recording a message from the caller is provided, and the message section 17 and the message section 1 are provided.
Reference numeral 8 denotes an answering machine configured to be selectively activated by the calling party based on the analysis result of the signal analysis section 15.

(Example) The overall schematic structure of the present invention is explained with reference to FIG. 1.
is the company that installed the known telephone transfer Ia2, 3 is the i-mail telephone line of the telephone transfer machine 2, 4 is the outgoing telephone line, 5 is the telephone connected to the incoming telephone line 3, 6 is the telephone office, and 7 is the telephone 8
and a home where an answering machine 9 is installed, 10 is its telephone line, 11 is a calling telephone, and TS is its telephone line.

The above configuration is publicly known, and when a call is made from the calling telephone 11 via the i-mail telephone line 3, the telephone transfer device 2 transfers a pre-sent telephone number, for example, the telephone number of home 7, to the calling telephone. When a call is made via line 4 and telephone 8 or answering machine 9 responds, it sends a sender identification signal (PB) to notify that the call is a forwarded call, and then calls telephone 11. Telephone 8 or answering machine 9
Connect to enable calls.

In the above configuration, there are cases where there are multiple companies 1, each of which is provided with a telephone transfer device 2. In this case, the sender identification signal is set to be a different signal for each telephone transfer device 2, and transfers from any company 1 are made Configure it so that it can be identified as a telephone.

Next, the answering machine 4! ! To explain the configuration of 9, in FIG. 2, 13 is an incoming call detection section, 14 is a line closing section, 15 is a signal analysis section that analyzes the source identification signal, and 16 is a control section.

] 7 is an announcement section 1 into which a message to be conveyed to the caller is input.
7A, and a message section 17E for recording a message input from a caller,
The message section 17, which is monitored by a desired recording medium, receives a call directly to the home 7 without going through the telephone transfer device 2 (when the signal analysis section 15 does not detect a sender identification signal). ) used in the announcement part 17A.
For example, enter "Yes, this is ○○. I'm away at the moment. Please let me know if you have a message."

Reference numeral 18 denotes a message section 18 consisting of an announcement section 18A and a message section 18B, and has the same structure as the message section 17. The message section 18 is the telephone transfer 4I! When a call is received at home 7 via 2 (signal analysis unit 15
is used when the company detects a transmission source identification signal), and the announcement section 18A may contain, for example, "Yes, this is XX Co., Ltd.".

Today's business has ended. If you have a message, please let me know.''

Therefore, when a plurality of the telephone transfer machines 2 are provided, a plurality of message sections 18 are provided, and a message corresponding to the location where the telephone transfer machine 2 is installed is inputted into each announcement section 18A. do.

Reference numeral 19 denotes an announcement section 17A, a microphone for inputting a message to the announcement section 18A, 20 an operation section, and 21 an output section composed of a speaker.

(effect) Next, we will discuss the effect.

When a call is made directly from the calling telephone 11 to the home 7 where the user is absent via the telephone line 10, the incoming call detection unit 13 of the answering machine 9
detects this and closes the telephone line 10 by the line closing unit 14, allowing the calling telephone 11 and the answering machine 9 to talk. ! be done. At this time, this phone is call number 4.
Since the call was made directly to the home 7 from 1!11 and was addressed to an individual, the sender identification signal was not sent out (detected). 17 Recorded in A: “Yes, this is ○○.
I am away from home at the moment, so if you have any messages, please let me know.'' An announcement is sent out.

Thereby, the caller can confirm that the caller is not home, sends a message, and records this in the message section 17B.

However, the call number 111! When a call is placed from N@ to company 1 via telephone line 3, telephone transfer machine 2 automatically operates and transmits the preset telephone number of home 7 to telephone line 4.
When the answering machine 9 answers the call,
A sender identification signal is sent to notify that the call is a forwarded call. Then, the sender identification signal is analyzed by the signal analysis section 15 and it is found that it is a forwarded call from company 1, and the control section 16 activates the message section 18 for company 1 and records it in the announcement section 18A. ``Yes, this is XX Co., Ltd. 0 Today's business has ended. If you have any messages, please contact us.'' therefore,
The caller can confirm that the business is closed, sends a message, and records this in the message section 18B.

In addition, the above-mentioned telephone transfer 4I! If you install multiple 2,
Through analysis by the signal analysis section 15, it becomes clear from which place (company) the call is being transferred, and another message section is activated accordingly.

It is reproduced by the output section 21.

In the above embodiment, the message from the caller is recorded in the message sections 17B and 18B for each addressee.
The message section may be used in common.

(Effects) As described above, according to the present invention, different messages can be sent depending on the caller, so that smooth telephone communication can be performed.

Also, since messages from one caller can be recorded by recipient,
Message management becomes easier.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the overall configuration, and FIG. 2 is a block circuit diagram of the answering machine. Explanation of symbols 1...Company, 2...Telephone transfer machine, 3...Incoming telephone line, 4...Outgoing telephone line, 5...Telephone, 6...
・Telephone office, 7...Home, 8...Telephone, 9...Answering machine, 10...Telephone line, 11...Call phone, Hill...Telephone line, Oribe,! 6...control unit, 17.
...Message section, 17p, ...Announcement section, 17B...
- Message section, 18... Message section, 18A... Announcement section, 18B... Message section, 19... Microphone, 20... Operation section, 21... Output image.

Claims (3)

[Claims] (1) An incoming call detection section 13 that detects an incoming call, a line closing section 14 that closes the telephone line 10 when there is an incoming call, and an announcement section 17A that conveys a pre-entered message to the caller.
, a message section 17B that records a message from the calling party, a signal analysis section 15 that identifies the transmission source on the calling party's side, and a separate announcement section that conveys a different type of message from the announcing section 17A. 18A, and the announcement section 17A and the announcement section 18A are configured to be selectively activated for each caller based on the analysis result of the signal analysis section 15. (2) The telephone answering machine according to claim (1), wherein the signal analysis unit 15 distinguishes between calls transferred from the telephone transfer device 2 and calls other than the transferred calls. (3) An incoming call detection section 13 that detects an incoming call, a line closing section 14 that closes the telephone line 10 when there is an incoming call, and an announcement section 17A that conveys a pre-entered message to the caller.
and a message section 17B that records a message from the caller, a signal analysis section 15 that distinguishes between a transferred call from the telephone transfer device 2 and a call other than the transferred call, and the announcement section 17A. A message section 18 is provided, which includes a separate announcement section 18A that conveys a different type of message and a message section 18B that records a message from the caller, and the message section 17 and the message section 18 An answering machine configured to be selectively activated for each caller based on the analysis result of the analysis unit 15.