JPH0479554A - Card type public telephone set - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To decrease wrong dialing by using a magnetic card with telephone numbers stored thereon and employing a magnetic card reader/writer so as to read a telephone number stored on the magnetic card, displaying the result and making automatic dialing of the selected telephone number to the user. CONSTITUTION:A magnetic card reader/writer 2 reads a data of a magnetic card 1 storing telephone numbers loaded to the magnetic card reader/writer 2 and writes a data, and a magnetic card identification means 5 identifies whether or not the magnetic card 1 stores the telephone number based on the data read by the magnetic card reader/writer 2 and a telephone number storage means 6 of the telephone set stores the telephone number written on the magnetic card 1 and the telephone number inputted by a pushbutton 3. Then the telephone number written on the magnetic card 1 and a message to the user are displayed on the display means 7 and an automatic dialing means 8 makes automatic dialing of the telephone number selected by the user. Moreover, a control means 4 controls the various means 1-3, 5-8. Thus, erroneous dialing is reduced.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a card-type public telephone that is used by inserting a magnetic card that stores the telephone number of the destination.

[Conventional technology]

Traditionally, public telephones have used dials or push buttons to enter the telephone number to call.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

The above-mentioned conventional public telephones have the drawback that the user manually inputs the number to be called one by one, which can lead to incorrect dialing if the user presses the wrong number.

[Means to solve the problem]

The card type public telephone of the present invention includes a magnetic card for storing a telephone number, a card reading/writing device for reading and writing data on the inserted magnetic card, and a card reading/writing device for reading and writing data on the inserted magnetic card. The magnetic card identification means identifies whether the inserted magnetic card is a card with a phone number stored thereon, and the phone number written on the magnetic card or the phone number input using the push button. A phone number storage means that is stored in the phone, a display means that displays the phone number written on the magnetic card and a message to the user, and an automatic call that automatically calls the phone number selected by the user. and a control means for controlling the various means.

〔Example〕

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

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

This embodiment includes a magnetic card 1 for storing telephone numbers, a magnetic card reading/writing device 2 for reading data from or writing data on the magnetic card 1, and a magnetic card reading/writing device 2 for reading data from or writing data on the magnetic card 1; Push button 3 used when selecting a number and magnetic card reading /
A magnetic card identification means 5 identifies whether or not the magnetic card stores a telephone number from data read by the writing device 2, and a telephone number stored in the magnetic card 1 or a telephone number input using the push button 3. a display means 7 for displaying the telephone number stored in the telephone by the telephone number storage means 6 and a message to the user; and an automatic display means 7 for automatically dialing the selected telephone number. It is composed of a transmitting device 8 and a control means 4 that controls these means.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart explaining the operation of this embodiment.

First, the magnetic card 1 storing a telephone number is inserted into this public telephone (process 10). Next, the data on the magnetic card is read by the magnetic card reading/writing device 2, and the magnetic card identification means 5 identifies whether or not the magnetic card 1 inserted in step 10 stores a telephone number (step 20). If it is a magnetic card with a telephone number stored on it, the user then selects with the push button 3 whether or not to write the telephone number on the card, and the control means 4 processes this as determined (30); 80
Then, input the telephone number using push button 3. The input telephone number is stored by the control means 4 in the telephone number storage means 6, and is written into the magnetic card 1 by the magnetic card reading/writing device 2 (process 90).

If it is determined in process 30 that no telephone number is to be written, the process proceeds to process 40, in which the magnetic card reading/writing device 2 reads the stored telephone numbers from the magnetic card 1 one by one, and the telephone number storage means 6 stores them in the telephone. Make me remember. The stored telephone number is displayed on the display means 7 (process 50). When the number to which the user wishes to make a call is displayed, the user presses the push button 8 to select it. The control means 4 determines in process 60 whether or not a telephone number has been selected, and if the telephone number has not been selected, the display means 7 displays the next telephone number.
Displayed by If selected, the automatic calling means 8 automatically calls the selected telephone number (process 70).

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, the present invention uses a magnetic card that stores a telephone number, reads and displays the telephone number stored on the magnetic card by a magnetic card reading/writing device, and displays the telephone number selected by the user. By automatically dialing the number, the user can make a call without manually inputting the number each time, and this has the effect of reducing the number of mistakes made when dialing the number. or,
Since you can rewrite the phone number on your magnetic card,
Another advantage is that you can easily call frequently used phone numbers from public telephones.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a professional ivy diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a flow chart for explaining the operation of this embodiment. -〇- 1...Magnetic card, 2...Magnetic card reading/writing device, 3...Push button, 4...Control means, 5...Magnetic card identification means, 6...Telephone number Registration means; 7. Display means; 8. Automatic transmission means.

Claims (1)

[Claims] a magnetic card for storing a telephone number; a card reading/writing device for reading and writing data on the inserted magnetic card; and a card reading/writing device for reading and writing data on the inserted magnetic card.
A magnetic card identification means that identifies whether or not the inserted magnetic card has a phone number stored thereon based on the data read by the writing device, and a phone number that is written on the magnetic card and input using a push button. a telephone number storage means for storing the telephone number selected by the user in the telephone; a display means for displaying the telephone number written on the magnetic card and a message to the user; 1. A card-type public telephone set comprising automatic calling means for automatically making a call, and control means for controlling said means.