JPH0388549A - Telephone set with answer message selective function - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To change an answer message in accordance with an action of an answer message sending-out person and other state of the other party, etc., by storing in advance plural answer messages in a telephone set, and selecting its answer message by an identification number from the telephone set itself or a telephone set of the outside. CONSTITUTION:In the case of selecting an answer message stored by an external telephone set 11, when an outgoing is executed to a telephone set body in which an automatic answering telephone mode set button 15 is in a depressed state, and '#2' is pushed as cipher information, an answer message selecting circuit 6 is switched, for instance, to a second storage part 8 from a selected storage part 7 by transferred cipher information. In the case of selecting the answer message from the telephone set 1, when one of answer message selection control button is pushed, cipher information corresponding to the pushed answer message selection control button is sent out to a cipher information recognizing circuit 3 from a cipher information storage part 4, and the storage parts 7, 8, 9 and 10 corresponding to the answer message selection control button are selected.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention prepares a plurality of response messages, and
The present invention relates to a telephone with a response message selection function that allows selection of these response messages.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, telephones have been used that can send a response message to an incoming call when set to answering machine mode. According to this, the response message is sent to the telephone. By recording the message and setting it to answering machine mode by pressing a button, you can send the necessary message to the other party even when you are not at home.

[Problems to be Solved] However, with the above-mentioned conventional telephones, only one type of response message that has been set in advance can be sent to the other party, and the person who sends the response message can send the response message as his/her own. There was a problem that it could not be changed appropriately depending on behavior or other situations.

Also, if you want to change the response message, you must delete the currently registered response message and re-register a new response message, and if you want to use the previously used response message again, you must There was the annoyance of having to register the same response message.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and is a telephone with a response message selection function that can change the response message depending on the behavior of the message sender and other circumstances, and can avoid the trouble of re-registering the response message. The purpose is to obtain.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above object, a telephone with a response message selection function according to the present invention uses password information set by the telephone itself or password information sent from an external telephone via a telephone line. a password information recognition circuit for recognizing the password; a response message storage circuit that includes a plurality of storage sections corresponding to the password information and stores a plurality of response messages to be sent in each storage section; and the password information recognition circuit. and a response message selection circuit that selects a response message stored in a predetermined storage section in the response message storage section based on the password information and information recognized and recognized.

[Operation] According to the above configuration, a plurality of response messages can be stored in the response message storage section in correspondence with the password information. Therefore, it is possible to register and retain different response messages depending on one's own actions, differences in the other party, and the like.

Then, when the password information is selected and sent to the telephone by the telephone itself or an external telephone, the password information is recognized by the password information recognition circuit, and a response message stored corresponding to the password information is selected.

Therefore, when there is a call from an external destination telephone, the response message selected at that time will be sent to the destination telephone.

[Example] Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a configuration block of a telephone with a response message selection function according to an embodiment.
is provided, and this password information recognition section 3 and password information storage section 4 are provided.
A password information recognition circuit is configured. Also, phone Ia
1 is provided with a response message storage circuit consisting of a message storage section 5, a response message selection circuit 6, and four storage sections 7, 8, 9.10. You can increase it accordingly.

Such a telephone 1 is connected to an outside line via a telephone office 12 and can be connected to an external telephone 17 by line.

FIG. 2 shows the structure of a part of the numeric keypad provided on the top surface of the telephone.
3. Answering machine mode set button 15, recording button 1
6. Response message selection control buttons 17.1B and 19.20 provided corresponding to the storage units 7 and 8゜9.10.
has.

With the above configuration, when recording a response message, the following operations are performed.

That is, when the operator presses the response message selection control button 17 shown in FIG. It is sent to the password information recognition circuit 3, and the storage section 7 in the response message storage circuit is selected.

When the user presses the record button 16 and inputs an arbitrary response message from the telephone transmitter, the response message information is stored in the selected storage section 7 via the telephone basic circuit 2.

Similarly, when the response message selection control button 18 is pressed, the storage section 8 is stored, when the response message selection control button 19 is pressed, the storage section 9 is stored, and when the response message selection control button 20 is pressed, the storage section 8 is stored. Different response messages are stored in the storage unit 10 via the transmitter.

The response messages stored in this way can be selected by the external telephone 11 via the telephone line or by the telephone 1 itself.

If the selection is made using the external telephone 11, the answering message sender or
When a call is made from an external telephone 11 via a telephone line, the call is received at the telephone 1 via the telephone office 12. Then,
The telephone 1 detects an incoming call and automatically answers the call, and the preset memory section 7 is activated, so that when an external party calls, a response message in the memory section 7 or the telephone basic circuit 2 is sent. Similarly, a response message is sent to the sender.

Next, the person who sends the response message presses the numeric keypad of the external telephone 11, for example, by pressing "#2" as the password information.
This password information is received by the telephone set 1, recognized by the password information recognition circuit 3, and the recognized password information is transmitted to the response message selection circuit 6.

Then, the response message selection circuit 6 is switched from the selected storage section 7 to, for example, the second storage section 8 corresponding to the password information, based on the transmitted password information. Therefore, the switched storage section 8 is activated when a call is received from the external telephone 11 to the telephone 1 via the telephone line, and the selected new response message is sent to the other party.

Next, if you want to select a response message from phone 1,
When the telephone 1 is on-hook, the response message sender (operator) or response message selection control button 17.
18, 19, or 20, the password information corresponding to the pressed response message selection control button 17.18 or 19.20 is sent from the password information storage section 4 to the password information recognition circuit 3, and the response message Selection control button 17゜1
One of the storage units 7, 8, 9, and 10 corresponding to B, 19, and 20 is selected.

In the embodiment, when the response message selection control button 17 is pressed, the storage section 7 is stored, when the response message selection control button 18 is pressed, the storage section 8 is stored, and when the response message selection control button 19 is pressed, the storage section 7 is stored. When the memory unit 9 presses the response message selection control button 20, the memory unit 10
are selected respectively.

Then, by pressing the answering machine remote set button 15, the selected memory section 7, 8, 9°lO is set, and when a call is received from the external telephone 11 to the telephone 1 via the telephone line, a new answering message is displayed. Information is sent to the other party.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the present invention, a plurality of response messages can be stored in the telephone in advance, and the response message can be selected from the telephone itself or an external telephone using a password. Therefore, it is possible to change the response message depending on the behavior of the response message sender and other situations such as the destination, and it becomes possible to send an appropriate message to the destination.

Furthermore, since a plurality of response messages can be stored, if a previously used response message is desired to be used again, the user can select and use the response message without re-registering the message.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the structure of a telephone with a response message selection function according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an external view showing the structure of a part of the number pad of the embodiment. l: Telephone 2: Telephone basic circuit 3: Password information recognition circuit 4: Password information storage unit 6: Response message selection circuit 7, 8, 9, 10: Storage unit (response message storage circuit) ll: External telephone 15: Answering machine Mode set button 16: Record button control button

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] A password information recognition circuit for recognizing password information set by the telephone itself or password information sent from an external telephone via a telephone line, and a plurality of memories corresponding to the password information. a response message storage circuit for storing a plurality of response messages to be sent in each of the storage sections; and a response message storage circuit for storing a plurality of response messages to be sent in each of the storage sections; and a response message storage circuit for storing a plurality of response messages sent in each of the storage sections; 1. A telephone with a response message selection function, comprising a response message selection circuit for selecting a response message.