JPH04170137A - Telephone set - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To avoid a trouble of manual dialing and forget of dialing by adopting the configuration such that a predetermined dial time and a dialing telephone number is stored to a 1st storage section, automatic dialing is implemented at the predetermined dial time and a message stored in advance in a 2nd storage section is sent. CONSTITUTION:A transmission time of a message and a destination telephone number of a relevant destination corresponding to the time stored in advance in a message storage section 8 are entered by a dial entry section 4 by a predetermined procedure and a CPU 2 stores them to a storage section 3. When the CPU 2 detects it that a time data from a counter section 5 and a message transmission time stored in the storage section 3 are coincident, the CPU 2 reads the destination telephone number stored in the storage section 3 and sends the telephone number to a dialing section 6. Upon the detection of a reply of the destination, an interface section 9 informs the detection of the reply of the destination to the CPU 2. Upon the detection of the reply of the destination, a call tone generating section 7 rings for a predetermined period and a message storage section 8 is started to send the message to a telephone line. Thus, a trouble of manual dialing and forget of dialing are avoided.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Industrial application field] The present invention relates to a telephone set for general subscribers.

[Conventional technology]

With conventional telephones, if a person wanted to send a message by dialing at the same time every day, the operator would dial the number manually and then directly communicate the message verbally to the other party.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

With the above-mentioned conventional telephones, if a subscriber wants to send a message by dialing at the same time every day, the subscriber manually dials the dial and directly communicates the message to the recipient. Disadvantages include the hassle of having to send a message at a set time every day, and the possibility of forgetting to send a message.

[Means to solve the problem]

The telephone of the present invention includes a first storage section that stores the time at which a message should be sent and a destination telephone number, a second storage section that stores the message in advance, and a clock that generates a time signal. a ringing tone generating section that notifies the transmission start time of the message; and a dialing section that generates a dialing signal, and when the time at which the message should be transmitted is detected from the clock section, the message is sent via the dialing section. control means for transmitting the message from the second storage section to a telephone line when a response is detected from the destination, and when a response is detected from the destination,
The transmitter also includes response detection means for detecting a response from the destination by determining the presence or absence of a plurality of types of tone signals from the telephone line.

〔Example〕

Next, the present invention will be explained with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, a telephone 1 according to the present embodiment has a storage section 3 that stores the time at which a message should be sent and the telephone number of the destination.
, a message storage unit 8 that stores messages to be transmitted in advance, a clock unit 5 that generates a time signal, a ring tone generation unit 7 that generates a ring tone at the message transmission start time, and a dial signal that generates a dial signal. A dial transmission section 6, an interface section 9 that interfaces with a telephone line and has a function of detecting various tones from the telephone line and detecting a response from the other party, and a dial input section 4 for inputting the time of transmission of the telephone number 1, etc. , and a central control unit (hereinafter referred to as PU) 2 that controls the entire telephone 1 of this embodiment.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained.

It is assumed that the message storage unit 8 stores in advance a message to be transmitted.

The operator of the telephone 1 of this embodiment inputs the message sending time and the corresponding telephone number of the destination party, which are stored in advance in the message storage section 8, from the dial input section 4 according to a predetermined procedure. . These input data are stored in the storage unit 3 by the CPU 2.

Next, the CPU 2 receives the time data from the clock section 5 and the storage section 3.
When it is detected that the message transmission time stored in the message transmission time matches the message transmission time stored in the memory section 3, the telephone number of the destination stored in the storage section 3 is read out and sent to the dial transmission section 6.

The dialing section 6 converts the sent telephone number into a dialing signal and transmits it to the telephone line via the interface section 9.

Next, the interface unit 9 determines the response from the other party based on the stoppage of the ringback tone, and when a response is detected, the CPL
Notify J2 of the detection of the other party's response.

When the CPU 2 detects a response from the other party, the CPU 2 causes the ringing tone generation section 7 to sound for a predetermined period of time, and also activates the message storage section 8 to transmit the message to the telephone line via the interface section 9.

When the CPU 2 detects the end of message transmission in the message storage section 8, it automatically causes the interface section 9 to go on-hook.

Note that when the interface section 9 detects a busy tone,
Under the control of the CPU 2, the telephone 1 automatically goes into an on-hook state. Further, even if the interface unit 9 cannot detect the stoppage of the ringback tone within a predetermined period, it automatically enters the on-hook state under the control of the CPU 2.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, the present invention stores a predetermined calling time and a calling telephone number in a first storage section, automatically makes a call at a predetermined calling time, and stores it in advance in a second storage section. By configuring the system to send a message, it is possible to eliminate the trouble of manually sending a message and forgetting to send a message, which is required in the past.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention. 1...Telephone, 2...Central control unit (CPLJ), 3
...Storage section, 4.Dial input section, 5.Clock section, 6.Dial transmission section, 7.Ring tone generation section, 8.Message 6-message storage section, 9 ...Interface section.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A first storage section that stores the time at which the message should be sent and the telephone number of the destination, a second storage section that stores the message in advance, and generates a time signal. a clock unit that transmits the message, a ringing tone generating unit that notifies the transmission start time of the message, and a dialing unit that generates a dial signal, and when the clock unit detects the time at which the message should be transmitted, the dialing unit The device is characterized by comprising control means for controlling the message to be transmitted from the second storage unit to the telephone line when a response is detected from the destination, and when a response from the destination is detected. telephone. 2. The telephone set according to claim 1, further comprising response detection means for detecting a response from the destination by determining the presence or absence of a plurality of types of tone signals from the telephone line.