JPH04348624A - Radio telephone system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain a radio telephone system having an incoming call control function selecting the position of automatic reply by the voice storing replying service for an incoming call from a radio telephone service network within a radio wave arrival range of a cordless telephone set in the radio telephone set which is used for a cordless telephone set in an office or a subscriber's house and can make radio communication by utilizing the radio telephone service network at the outside of the radio wave arrival range of the cordless telephone set. CONSTITUTION:The radio telephone set utilizing both the cordless telephone set and the radio telephone service network and having a detection section 9 detecting whether or not the cordless telephone set is retained within an available range is provided with an automatic reply registration section 1 utilizing the voice storage reply service in the radio telephone service network and making a request of automatic reply with respect to an incoming call to the radio telephone service network and with an automatic reply release section 2 releasing the request. Thus, the talking charge is saved by giving automatically a message to a caller with respect to an incoming call within the available range of the cordless telephone set, thereby allowing the cordless telephone set not requiring the talking charge to make redialing.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

[Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a radio telephone device,
In particular, the purpose is to switch incoming calls from a wireless telephone service network to an automatic answering side using a voice storage answering service within the usable range of a cordless telephone.

0002

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a conventional wireless telephone device, in which 3 is an operating section, 4 is a receiving section, 5 is a transmitting section, 6 is an antenna, and 7 is a radio for a cordless telephone. A cordless radio unit that performs communication; 8 a cellular radio unit that performs wireless communication with a wireless telephone service network such as a cellular telephone; 9;
12 is a detection unit that exchanges ID codes with the base unit of the cordless phone and detects that cordless phone communication is within the range; 12 is a display unit that displays the detection results of the detection unit 9; 10 is each of the above components; A control section 13 that supplies power to the apparatus and controls its operation is a main body of the apparatus that includes each of the blocks described above.

The operation of the radio telephone device configured as described above will be explained below. Wireless telephone service networks have a wide coverage area, and the usable area of cordless telephones occupies only a small portion of the coverage area. Therefore, a user of a wireless telephone device usually uses a wireless telephone service network, and when a call is received, the incoming call information is wirelessly communicated via the antenna 6 to the cellular radio section 8, and the control section 10
Then, the operation unit 3 performs call processing and starts a call with the caller.

[0004] As mentioned above, a wireless service network can be used within the usable range of a cordless telephone, but incoming calls at that time require a call charge. In contrast, cordless phones that use wired public telephone lines do not require call charges. Therefore, the detection unit 9 detects that the cordless phone is usable, and displays the result on the display unit 1.
2, the user of the wireless telephone device can check the display and, within the usable range of the cordless telephone,
It is possible to make a call via the antenna 6 and the cordless wireless section 7, thereby eliminating the need for call charges.

[0005]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, in the above-mentioned conventional radio telephone device, in response to an incoming call within the usable range of the cordless telephone, the calling party has to set the wireless telephone device of the called party to the cordless telephone in advance. There is a problem in that the cordless telephone cannot receive an incoming call unless it senses that the telephone is ready for use and makes a call to the cordless telephone.

[0006] In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides an automatic response system for incoming calls within the usable range of a cordless telephone, and a wireless telephone for incoming calls outside the usable range of the cordless telephone. An object of the present invention is to provide a radio telephone device having incoming call control that automatically switches to the radio telephone device side of a service network.

[0007]

[Means for Solving the Problems] The present invention utilizes a voice storage response service within a wireless telephone service network to request that an incoming call to the wireless telephone service network be automatically answered using the voice storage response service. The present invention is characterized in that it includes an automatic response registration section for canceling the automatic response request, and an automatic response cancellation section for canceling the automatic response request.

[0008]

[Operation] According to the present invention, an incoming call within the usable range of a cordless telephone is automatically answered by the voice storage response service, and the caller listens to the voice stored by the service, and the called party By knowing that the telephone device is within the usable range of the cordless telephone and calling the cordless telephone again, the caller can speak on the cordless telephone without incurring call charges.

[0009]

Embodiment FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the wireless telephone service system of the present invention, in which 14 is a wireless telephone device as a handset for a cordless telephone base device, and 15 is a cordless telephone capable of communicating with the wireless telephone device 14. A base unit, 16 is a wired public telephone station, 17 is a caller, 18 is a wireless telephone base station of a wireless telephone service network that can communicate with the wireless telephone device (handset) 14, and 19 is located within the wireless telephone base. 20 is a wired public line, 21 is a cordless telephone usable range, and 22 is a wireless telephone service range.

[0010] The service contents of the above system will be explained below. When using a wired public network, the calling party 17 is connected to a cordless telephone base unit 15 via a wired public line 20 and a wired public telephone station 16, and uses a wireless telephone device within the cordless telephone usable range 21. (
Communication will be performed with the slave unit) 14.

Next, when using the wireless telephone service network, the calling party 17 connects to the wireless telephone base station 18 of the wireless telephone service network via the wired public line 20 and the wired public telephone station 16.
is connected to the base station 18, and under the control of the base station 18, wireless communication is performed with a wireless telephone device (handset) 14 within the wireless telephone service range 22.

[0012] Here, the base station 18 provides a voice storage response device 19 as a voice storage response service for the called user, ie, the owner of the wireless telephone device (handset) 14.
and connects to the voice storage response device 19 without connecting to the wireless telephone device (slave device) 14 by wireless communication in response to a call that is connected to the base station 18 of the wireless telephone service network according to a predetermined procedure. , provides a service that automatically answers callers. The present invention utilizes this service.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a wireless telephone device according to an embodiment of the present invention. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a wireless telephone device according to an embodiment of the present invention. 2 is an automatic response registration unit that requests automatic response using the voice storage response service, and 2 is an automatic response cancellation unit that cancels the automatic response request. Operation unit 3, receiver unit 4,
The transmitting section 5, antenna 6, cordless radio section 7, cellular radio section 8, detection section 9, and control section 10 are the same as conventional ones,
Reference numeral 11 denotes a device main body comprising blocks 1 to 10.

The operation will be explained below. The wireless telephone service network has a wide service range, and the usable range 21 of the cordless telephone occupies only a small portion of the wireless telephone service range 22. Therefore, the user of the wireless telephone device (handset) 14 normally uses the wireless telephone service network 22, and when receiving a call, wirelessly communicates the incoming call information with the cellular radio section 8 via the antenna 6, and the control section 10 Communication processing can be performed using the operation unit 3 and a conversation with the caller 17 can be started.

However, when the user enters the range where the cordless telephone can be used, the I
When the detection unit 9 detects the D code exchange recognition, the detection unit 9 outputs an automatic response registration request signal to the automatic response registration unit 1, and the automatic response registration unit 1 that receives this automatic response registration request signal connects to the wireless telephone service network. The control unit 10 and the cellular radio unit 8 are configured to automatically respond to incoming calls to the 22 side using a message stored in advance using the voice storage response service.
request to the wireless telephone service network via.

As mentioned above, the voice storage response service is a service provided by a wireless telephone service company, and when setting up the service, it is necessary to connect incoming calls to the wireless telephone service network to the wireless telephone device (handset) 14. It connects to the voice storage response device 19, which stores messages in advance, and sends the messages to the caller 17.

[0017] As a result, the wireless telephone service range 2
When the caller 17 receives an incoming call, the caller 17 will receive an automatic response message, such as, ``We are currently using a cordless phone. Please call back to phone number XXXX-XXXXX.'' The caller then re-calls the cordless phone according to the message. As a result, the user only has to respond to incoming calls to the cordless phone, reducing call charges.

On the other hand, when the detecting section 9 detects that the user has gone out of the usable range 21 of the cordless telephone, the detecting section 9
outputs an automatic response cancellation request signal to the automatic response cancellation unit 2,
Automatic response cancellation unit 2 that received this automatic response cancellation request signal
requests the radio telephone service network via the control unit 10 and the cellular radio unit 8 to cancel the automatic response using the voice storage response service.

As a result, incoming calls to the wireless telephone service network are automatically connected to the wireless telephone device (slave device) 14.
It will be a normal call.

[0020]

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, the wireless telephone device of the present invention automatically switches incoming calls within the usable range of the cordless telephone to the automatic answering side using the voice storage service, thereby reducing call charges. can.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a wireless telephone device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a wireless telephone service system of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a conventional wireless telephone device.

[Explanation of symbols]

1...Automatic response registration section, 2...Automatic response cancellation section, 3
...Operation unit, 4... Receiving unit, 5... Transmitting unit, 7... Cordless radio unit, 8... Cellular radio unit, 9... Detecting unit, 10... Control unit.

Claims (1)

[Claims] Claim 1: A wireless telephone comprising a base unit of a cordless telephone connected to a wired public telephone line and a base station of a wireless telephone service network, the base station being configured to enable communication with the base unit of the cordless telephone. The device automatically responds to incoming calls connected to the wireless phone service network by using a detection unit that detects the usable range of the base unit of the cordless phone and a voice storage response service established within the wireless phone service network. An automatic response registration section that requests a response and an automatic response cancellation section that cancels the automatic response registration request are provided. 1. A wireless telephone device that operates an automatic answer canceling section when an incoming call is detected outside the usable range of the cordless telephone.