JPH04199952A - Terminal equipment provided with telephone directory function - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily specify a caller by providing a display selection means for displaying the telephone number of the caller on a display device when not registered and displaying the name of the caller when registered by means of the retrieval of a registration retrieval means for a computer. CONSTITUTION:The registration retrieval means 14 retrieving whether the telephone number of the telephone caller is registered in the telephone directory of an incoming- side terminal equipment or not by a caller-side telephone number noticed from a network at the time of the telephone incoming call and the display selection means 15 displaying the telephone number of the caller in the display device 2 when not registered displaying the name of the caller when registered by the retrieval of the retrieval means 14 are provided. When a reception-side receives the call from the network, the registration retrieval means 14 retrieves whether the calling telephone number is registered in the telephone directory or not. When the same telephone number previously exists, the name of the possessor of the telephone number is displayed in the display device 2. When it is found unregistered as the result of retrieval, the telephone number of the caller is displayed in the display device 2. Thus, the caller can easily be specified.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION A. Field of Industrial Application The present invention relates to an intelligent terminal device (hereinafter referred to as 1.2 terminal device) which is a combination of a telephone and a computer.

B8 Summary of the Invention The present invention provides a TV terminal device that uses a telephone directory function of the TV terminal device to retrieve the telephone number from the calling party's telephone number notified from the network at the time of receiving a call in the telephone directory held by the receiving party's TV terminal device. The system searches to see if the caller is already registered in the telephone directory, and if the caller is already registered, the caller's name registered in the telephone directory is displayed on the display device, thereby making it easier to identify the caller.

C. Prior Art In recent years, attempts have been made to combine a computer with a telephone. For example, software and hardware for making phone calls from TV terminals and personal computers are now available. These systems often have a telephone directory function inside the computer, and the user registers the name and telephone number of the other party in the telephone directory in advance, and when it comes time to make a call, the registered data is is displayed on a CRT or liquid crystal display just like a general telephone directory, and the user can make a call by selecting the desired party.

D1 Problems to be Solved by the Invention In the conventional TV terminal device as described above, it is possible to make and receive telephone calls, but it is difficult to recognize the name of the caller.

Therefore, the object of the present invention is to provide a 1゛V terminal device of this type, which displays the name of the caller on the display device when a call is received from a caller with a pre-registered telephone number. It is.

E. Means for Solving the Problems The present invention provides a TV terminal device in which the telephone number of the caller is registered in the telephone directory of the called terminal device based on the calling party's telephone number notified from the network when a call is received. A registration search means for searching for a caller, and a display selection means for displaying a caller's telephone number on a display device when the caller is not registered and displaying the caller's name when the caller is registered. .

F. Effect When the receiving side receives a call from the network, it uses a registration search means to search whether the calling telephone number is registered in the telephone directory. As a result of the search, if the same telephone number already exists, the name of the owner of that telephone number is displayed on the display device.

On the other hand, if the registration search means finds that the caller is not registered as a result of the search, the caller's telephone number is displayed on the display device.

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

In FIG. 1, ■ is a computer, and this computer l includes a processing unit 11 that reads programs and performs various processes, a first storage device 12 that stores programs for driving the system, and a telephone number. and a second storage device 13 in which information such as the owner data of the telephone number and the like are stored.
, a registration search means 142, a display selection means 15, and an input/output section 16. The registration retrieval means 14 is a means for retrieving from the dial tone telephone number whether or not the number has already been registered in the storage device 12 when a telephone call is received.

Further, the display selection means 15 selects for displaying the caller's name or company name when the telephone number of the received party is already registered, and selects for displaying the telephone number when it is not registered. It is a means. Reference numeral 2 is a display device, and 3 is an input device consisting of a keyboard, by which a desired telephone number of the other party is selected from the displayed telephone directory. Reference numeral 4 denotes a network controller connected to a network such as 15DN, and the computer 1 is connected to a telephone 5 via this network controller 4. That is, the network controller 4 makes a telephone call based on the data output from the computer 1, and also transmits an incoming call to the computer 1.

In the present invention configured as described above, first, the operation at the time of receiving a call according to the present invention will be explained with reference to FIG.

When a telephone call arrives from a network such as ISDN, it is transmitted to the computer 1 via the network controller 4.

When the processing unit 11 receives the caller's telephone number from the network in step Sl, it loads a program from the first storage device 12, starts it, and uses the registration search means 14 to retrieve the incoming telephone number in step S2. is the second storage device 1
Search to see if it is registered in 3. As a result of the search, if the incoming telephone number is not registered, the display selection means 15 selects the incoming telephone number display in step S4, and sends the caller's telephone number to the display device 2 to display it.

On the other hand, in step S3, if the incoming phone number is already
If the telephone number is registered in the storage device 13, the display selection means 15 goes to step S5 to display the owned pitch name (registered pitch name) of the telephone number registered in the telephone directory (second storage device). and output it to the display device 2. Therefore, this display device 2 displays the name of the caller registered in the telephone directory instead of displaying the caller's telephone number.

The operation for making a telephone call may be performed by the method disclosed in Japanese Patent Application No. 1-258285 filed by the present applicant, or the operation for making a telephone call is not directly related to the present invention and will therefore be omitted.

H Effects of the Invention As described above, the present invention is capable of displaying the caller's name instead of the caller's telephone number if the same number as the telephone number is already registered in the telephone directory when a call is received. This makes it easier to identify the caller and facilitate conversation.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining the operation. ■...Computer, 2...Display device, 3...Input device, 4...Network controller, 5...Telephone, 11...Processing unit, 12.13...First and second Storage device, I4
. . . Registration search means, 15. Display selection means, 16. Input/output section. Embodiment I1 of the present invention 1 Computer 2 Display device 3 Human power device 4 Network controller 5 Telephone

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) In a terminal device that combines a telephone and a computer with a telephone directory function, when a call is received, the telephone number of the caller is registered in the telephone directory of the called terminal device based on the calling number notified by the network. and a display selection means for displaying the caller's telephone number on a display device when the caller is not registered and displaying the caller's name when the caller is registered. A terminal device equipped with a telephone directory function, characterized in that the computer is equipped with it.