JPH05130235A - Telephone number directory registration method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To allow each telephone set to down-load required information such as destination name and address or the like by allowing each telephone set to access a computer of a telephone directory database center through a usual telephone line network and allowing each telephone set to enter a destination telephone number desired to be registered in the telephone directory. CONSTITUTION:Communication connection is attained from a telephone set 3 to a computer of a telephone directory database center through a telephone line 4 and the destination telephone number desired to be registered from the telephone set while keeping the communication connection state is sent to the computer 1, the computer 1 retrieves a name or the like relating to the telephone number from the telephone directory database 2 and returns the retrieved name or the like to the telephone set side from the computer 1 together with the telephone number and written in a memory provided to the telephone set 3.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a telephone number book registration method for registering a telephone number with a name and the like in a telephone having a memory function in the form of a telephone book.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a telephone with a memory function,
To build a so-called personal phone book database,
It has been common to use a telephone having a Japanese input function in addition to the memory function, and convert each character from that key into Kanji and input. There is also a method in which data is created by a personal computer or a word processor and then transferred to the telephone side.

On the other hand, Japanese Laid-Open Patent Publication No. 1-190062 discloses a system for downloading an extension telephone number to each telephone from a telephone number database stored in an automatic exchange in a premises. With this method, when the extension number of the other party is stored in the memory of the telephone set on the premises, additional information such as the name of the stored extension number is read from the database of the private automatic branch exchange and stored in the memory, and the call is displayed on the character display The extension number and the additional information of the other party are displayed, and the extension number and the additional information of the other party are displayed on the character display panel when making a call again.

[0004]

However, the method of converting each character into kanji and inputting it is not very efficient and spends a lot of time for inputting, so it cannot be said to be practical, and it is not widely used. Not in. In addition, personal computers and word processors, which have become very popular in recent years, have a lot of Japanese input functions, so it is easy to create data, but after creating the data, it is necessary to transfer it to the telephone directory database on the telephone side. It takes time and effort to connect the code and perform the transfer operation each time, and this is also not practical.

The method of downloading from the database of the private branch exchange as described above can create a telephone directory database for each telephone unless an extension telephone network for making a call to an outside line via the automatic exchange is built. However, the database is limited to extensions.

An object of the present invention is to focus on so-called high-performance telephones with memories, which have been remarkably popularized recently, and to access a computer of a so-called telephone directory database center for the public from each telephone through an ordinary telephone line network and to access each telephone. It is to provide a new telephone number book registration method in which the necessary information such as the name and address of the other party can be downloaded in each telephone by inputting the telephone number of the other party who wants to be registered as a telephone directory.

[0007]

According to the present invention, a telephone is connected to a computer in a telephone directory database center for communication through a telephone line, and the telephone number of the other party to be registered is transmitted from the telephone to the computer while maintaining the communication connection state. Thus, the computer retrieves the name and the like corresponding to the telephone number from the telephone directory database, and the retrieved name and the like are returned from the computer to the telephone side together with the telephone number and written in the memory provided in the telephone.

[0008]

According to the present invention, by accessing the computer of the telephone directory database center from each telephone through a normal telephone line network and inputting the telephone number of the other party to be registered as a telephone directory from each telephone, the other party's telephone number is registered. Necessary information such as name and address can be downloaded on each phone.

[0009]

EXAMPLE An example of the present invention will be described below.
In FIG. 1, a database file 2 of the computer 1 of the telephone directory database center stores a telephone directory database for public services for telephone subscribers of ordinary telephone lines. When the subscriber is an individual, this database has four items such as a code number, a telephone number, a name and an address as shown in the data format of FIG. 2, or a code number as shown in the data format of FIG. The five items of, telephone number, name, work place, and affiliation are divided by telephone number. Further, in the case of a company, in addition to the company name, its telephone number and code number, the department, company address, etc. are also constructed separately for each telephone number.

On the other hand, the telephone set 3 of each subscriber who has contracted to use the telephone directory database has a function of storing telephone directory data and a function of reading out the telephone directory data by key operation and displaying it on a display device such as a liquid crystal display. It has a function of automatically dialing a designated partner by designating a name or a telephone number of the displayed telephone directory data, a function of performing data communication with the computer 1 of the telephone directory database center, and the like. Most of the high-performance telephones provided at present have these functions, and the telephone 3 used in the present invention can be used as it is with the conventional high-performance telephone without newly preparing a dedicated one. You can get the telephone directory database service.

In using the telephone directory database file 2 built in the computer 1, the telephone 3 of each subscriber makes a call to the telephone directory database center.
A line is connected to the computer 1 through a usual telephone line 4 for an outside line. After the connection is completed, the telephone number of the person to be searched is transmitted from the telephone 3. In this case, if "*" is to be used as a delimiter, for example, the telephone number of the other party to be searched is "03-0000-9".
In the case of "999", the key input is "* 0300009999".

When a number is transmitted following the delimiter "*" in the line connection state, the computer 1 determines that the number after the delimiter "*" is the telephone number to be searched, and the telephone number is searched. The telephone book database file 2 is searched for telephone book data corresponding to. Then, the retrieved telephone directory data is returned to the telephone 3 through the telephone network 4 together with the telephone number. The telephone set 3 stores (downloads) the returned telephone directory data in the built-in memory together with the telephone number. As a result, the telephone number list searched in the telephone directory database is registered in the telephone set 3.

The contents to be downloaded can be freely selected and designated on each telephone 3. There are various conceivable methods of designating it. For example, the delimiter "#" and the item code can be designated by key input at the time of transmission after the telephone number. For example, if the name can be specified by "# 42", "# 42" may be keyed after the telephone number. Further, since the data to be searched is not limited to one, if it is desired to search for a plurality of data, it is possible to shorten the communication connection time by creating some telephone number lists at the time of line connection and transmitting them together at the same time. For example, “* 0300009999 # 42 * 0
Key input such as “3111112222 # 42”.

The telephone book data (telephone number book) thus downloaded and stored in the memory is read out from the memory by pressing a required key on each telephone 3,
The name and the like can be displayed together with the telephone number on a display device such as a liquid crystal display, and the read telephone number can be automatically dialed.

The memory for storing the data to be downloaded may be the one permanently installed in the telephone 3, the one removable such as an IC card, or the external storage such as a floppy disk drive or a hard disk drive. It may be a device.

[0016]

According to the present invention, the computer of the telephone directory database center is accessed from each telephone through an ordinary telephone line network, and the telephone number of the other party to be registered as a telephone directory can be entered from each telephone. You can download necessary information such as your name and address on each phone. Therefore, there is no need for complicated Japanese conversion, and it is easy to create a phonebook database in Japanese on each phone without using a personal computer or word processor, and the phone itself is a conventional one with memory. It is economical because you can use it as it is,
The convenience of the telephone can be further improved.

According to the second aspect, the telephone number written in the memory can be called together with the name and the like to be displayed on the display device, and automatic dialing can be performed, so that an erroneous call can be prevented.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram of the method of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a data format of a telephone directory database.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing another example of a data format.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Computer 2 Phonebook database file 3 Telephone 4 Telephone network

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A telephone directory is connected to a computer of a telephone directory database center from a telephone, and the telephone number of the other party to be registered from the telephone is transmitted to the computer while the communication connection is maintained. A telephone number book registration characterized by searching the database for a name, etc. corresponding to the telephone number, returning the searched name, etc. together with the telephone number from the computer to the telephone side, and writing it in the memory provided in the telephone. Method. 2. The telephone number book registration method according to claim 1, wherein in the telephone, the telephone number written in the memory is called together with a name and the like to be displayed on a display device and automatically dialed. .