JPH04196798A - Key telephone system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To simplify the operation of abbreviation dialing by making dialing to a telephone number stored in a telephone number storage area for facsimile communication in the case of dialing from a facsimile equipment and to a telephone number stored in a telephone number storage area for voice communication in the case of dialing from a key telephone set. CONSTITUTION:The key telephone system is provided with an abbreviation dial function and with areas 1111, 1112 which store respectively independently two telephone numbers being voice talking telephone number and facsimile communication telephone number for a destination with respect to one abbreviation dial number. In the case of making dialing from a facsimile equipment Tm by using an abbreviation dial, the telephone number stored in the facsimile communication telephone number storage area 1111 is dialed and in the case of dialing from key telephone sets T1-Tm-1 using an abbreviation dial, the telephone number stored in the voice communication telephone number storage area 1112 is dialed. Thus, the same abbreviation dial number is used for dialing in the case of voice communication and facsimile communication.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Application Minute Digit] The present invention relates to a button telephone device that is equipped with a function for connecting a standalone telephone (facsimile) and a speed dial function tube in addition to a button telephone.

[Conventional technology]

Conventional key telephone devices are treated like normal standalone telephones even when a facsimile is connected to the standalone telephone terminal, and with speed dialing, one speed dial number can only be used by one party. It was equipped with an area to store the telephone number of the other party.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

The above-mentioned conventional button telephone devices do not distinguish between facsimiles and ordinary stand-alone telephones, and speed dials only have an area for storing one destination phone number for one speed dial number, so they are the same. It is necessary to register the phone number for voice calls and the phone number for facsimile communication to separate speed dials for the other party, and use the speed dial number separately for voice calls and for sending faxes. Memorize two dial numbers,
There were 1 questions that I found troublesome because I had to fill in two places on the speed dial quick reference table and then type them in.

[Means to solve the problem]

The button telephone device of the present invention includes a call processing section for controlling connection between a plurality of button telephones, at least one facsimile machine, and at least one telephone line, a button telephone interface section, and a standalone telephone to which the facsimile IJ is connected. It is equipped with a telephone interface section, an outside line interface section, and a call path switch section, and has a speed dial function, which allows one speed dial number to be used to dial the destination's phone number for voice calls and phone number for facsimile communications. In a button telephone device having an area for independently storing two telephone numbers, when making a call from the facsimile using the speed dial, the call is made to the telephone number stored in the telephone number storage area for facsimile communication, and When making a call using speed dialing from a button telephone, the telephone number is provided with means for making a call to a telephone number stored in the telephone number storage area for voice calls.

[Effect]

In the present invention, the same speed dial number is used for both voice calls and facsimile communications.

〔Example〕

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below based on the drawings.

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

In this FIG. 1, 1 is a main device, and this main device 1 has an outside line IJI+Lx・-Ln and a key telephone T1+.
T2..."fl and 7 axis ↑m are connected.The main device 1 is responsible for various controls of the button telephone device,
That is, a call processing unit 11ζ connects and controls a plurality of key telephones, at least one facsimile machine, and at least one telephone line; a call path switch unit 12 connects a call path; and an interface with external lines L1+Lm...Lll. External line interface section 13, key telephone aTt
, Tfu... Tlr l, a button telephone interface unit 14 and a facsimile Tm
It consists of a single telephone interface section 15 that provides an interface with the telephone. An outside line interface section 13, a key telephone interface section 14, and a Hayabusa-German telephone interface section 15 are connected to the communication path switch section 12. Further, external lines Lly L2...Ln are connected to the external line interface section 13, and key telephones T1+T2...
...Tm-1 is connected. Further, a facsimile Tm is connected to the individual telephone interface section 15.

It has a speed dial function, and has an area for independently storing two telephone numbers for one speed dial number: a telephone number for voice calls and a telephone number for facsimile communications. When you make a call using speed dial, the number is stored in the phone number storage area for facsimile communication, and the call is made to nine phone numbers, and then the key phone
``'' ``When making a call using the speed dial from r1, the call is made to a phone number stored in the phone number storage area for voice calls.

2 and 3 are memory structure diagrams of the memory included in the call processing unit 11 of FIG. 1, FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing the speed dial memory, and FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing the facsimile designation flag. It is a diagram. In this figure 2, 1
11 is a speed dial memory, 1111 is a phone number area for voice calls, and 1112 is a phone number storage area for facsimile communication.

In FIG. 3, 112 is a facsimile designation flag.

In FIG. 2, the speed dial memory 111 has an area for storing destination telephone numbers in one-to-one correspondence with the speed dial numbers oo, oi, . . . It is divided into two telephone number storage areas, a storage area 1111 and a facsimile communication telephone number storage area 1112, in which a telephone number for voice calls and a telephone number for facsimile communication of the same destination are written respectively.

In FIG. 3, the facsimile specification flag 112 corresponds one-to-one with the key telephones T1, Tz...Tm,
It has an area for storing a designation as to whether the telephone is a facsimile machine or not.

The fourth step is a flowchart showing an example of a procedure for searching the abbreviated dial memory of the call processing section 11 when making an abbreviated dial call, and in each step 101 to 105, a predetermined process is executed.

Next, referring to FIG. 4, FIG. 1, FIG. 2, and FIG. Next, a procedure for the call processing unit 11 to search for a corresponding telephone number from the speed dial memory 111 will be explained.

First, speed dial 00 in speed dial memory 111
Phone number storage area 111 for voice calls in the area corresponding to K
1 is the phone number for voice calls of the other party rAAA-BBB
BJ is the telephone number storage area 112 for facsimile communication.
is the telephone number rA for facsimile communication of the same destination.
AA-CCCCJ is stored in advance, and the area corresponding to the key telephone Tm of the facsimile designation flag 112 contains "true" data indicating that the telephone is a facsimile, and the data "true" indicating that the telephone is a facsimile is stored in the area corresponding to the key telephone Tm of the facsimile designation flag 112. ``False'' data representing that it is not J is written in advance and t/ is executed.

Next, a case will be described in which a call is made from the button telephone T1 to the destination of the speed dial OO using the speed dial.

When a dialing operation for speed dial oo is performed on button telephone T1, call processing section 11 starts speed dial search processing. First, calculate the address of the speed dial memory 111 corresponding to the speed dial OO (step 1
01). Next, data of the facsimile designation flag 112 corresponding to the key telephone TI making the call is obtained (step 102), and it is determined whether it is a facsimile (step 103). In the case of this embodiment, since "false" indicating that it is not a facsimile is written in the same area, this judgment is rNoJ, and the telephone number rAAA stored in the voice call telephone number storage area [1111] - BBBBJ is searched as the destination telephone number (step 105), and the search process is ended.

Next, a case will be described in which a call is made from the facsimile Tm to the destination of the speed dial OO using the speed dial.

When the facsimile Tm performs an operation to make a speed dial OO, the call processing unit 11 starts the speed dial search process in the same way as in the case of the button telephone T1, and calculates the address of the speed dial system 111 corresponding to the speed dial OO. (Step 101). Next, data of the facsimile designation flag 112 corresponding to the facsimile Tm to be transmitted is obtained (step 102), and it is determined whether it is a facsimile (step 103). In the case of this embodiment, the same area is marked with "" to indicate that it is a facsimile.
Since “true” has been written, this judgment is “Yes”, and the telephone number r AAA-CCCCJ stored in the facsimile communication telephone number storage area 1112 is
is searched for as the destination telephone number (step 104), and the search process ends.

Then, the call processing section 11 transmits the telephone number retrieved in the above process to the outside line interface section 13, and the outside line interface section 13 sends out a dial to connect to the other party.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, the present invention allows you to make a call using the same speed dial number whether you are making a voice call or facsimile communication. This has the effect of simplifying the speed dialing operation.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. K2 is an explanatory diagram showing the structure of the speed dial memory, FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing the facsimile designation flag, and FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a procedure for searching a speed dial memory of a processing unit. 1...Main device, 11...Call processing unit, 12...Purchase/communication path switch unit, 13...Outside line interface unit, 14...E-button telephone interface unit, 15
・・φ・Single telephone interface section, 111 ・−・
Fist speed dial memory, 112 @・Kai・Facsimile designation flag, 1111...Telephone number storage area for voice calls, 1112...Telephone number storage area for facsimile communication, Ll ~ Ln Fist 1111・External line, T1- T
m-1...button for talking, Tm...standalone telephone (facsimile). Patent applicant: NEC Corporation

Claims (1)

[Claims] a call processing unit that controls connection between a plurality of key telephones, at least one facsimile machine, and at least one telephone line; a button telephone interface unit; a single telephone interface unit to which the facsimile machine is connected; and an outside line interface unit. , equipped with a call path switch section, has a speed dial function, and independently stores two phone numbers for one speed dial number: a phone number for voice calls and a phone number for facsimile communication. In the button telephone device having a telephone number storage area, when making a call from the facsimile using the speed dial, the call is made to a telephone number stored in the telephone number storage area for facsimile communication;
A button telephone device, characterized in that the key telephone device comprises means for making a call to a telephone number stored in the telephone number storage area for voice calls when making a call using a speed dial from the key telephone device.