JPH05308409A - Telephone set - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a function making automatic dialing to a telephone network by providing a function receiving and storing a PB signal or a DP signal to the telephone set and displaying a received signal onto a display device of the telephone set so as to allow the user of the telephone set to confirm the telephone number. CONSTITUTION:A telephone set 3 is a telephone set subscribing to a public telephone network 1 and a private telephone network 2 and provided with a reception transmission section 31 for a PB signal or a DP signal, a processor 32, a memory 33 and a display control section 34, and controlled by the processor 32 based on a program stored in the memory 33. When a telephone number guide is received, or in the automatic answering mode, the information in a PB signal or a DP signal sent from an opposite party is received by a signal reception transmission circuit 31, stored in the memory 33, displayed later on a display section 35 and used for dialing to the telephone network.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a telephone connected to a public telephone network or a private telephone network, and more particularly, it can receive telephone number information from a calling party and accumulate the information. The present invention relates to a telephone that can make a call to a telephone number.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, when receiving a number guidance by NTT 104 service or the like using a telephone according to the prior art, a user records the number to be guided by taking a memo and records it when making a call. Dials according to the number.

The function of the answering machine according to the prior art is that after the called party sends an absent message,
There is only a method for the caller to record a message. In this case, depending on the quality of the voice, the user on the called side may find it difficult to hear and information may not be transmitted reliably.

As a conventional technique related to this type of telephone, for example, the technique described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 3-70244 is known.

[0005]

The above-mentioned prior art has a problem that the user may miss the requirement or make a mistake in hearing because the message is transmitted by voice. .. When using an answering machine, the user must listen to the recorded contents of the call and confirm the requirements, then search the called party's telephone number from the address book etc. and dial. However, there is a problem that it is difficult to operate the telephone efficiently.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, to receive information such as a telephone number in directory guidance,
Another object of the present invention is to provide a telephone that can be stored and that allows a telephone user to confirm a telephone number and automatically make a call to a connection destination telephone network.

[0007]

According to the present invention, the object is to provide a push button signal (hereinafter referred to as PB signal) or a dial pulse signal (hereinafter referred to as DP signal) transmitted from a public telephone network or a private telephone network. The function to receive and store information by
Further, by displaying the signal on the display of the telephone, the telephone user can confirm the telephone number, and the telephone is provided with a function of automatically calling the connected telephone network.

[0008]

The telephone according to the present invention receives the information such as the telephone number by the PB signal or the DP signal transmitted from the public telephone network or the private telephone network and discriminates the received signal.
The signal is converted into numerical information and stored in the memory section. The information stored in the memory section is used for making a call after being displayed and confirmed by the user.

According to the present invention, therefore, an accurate telephone number can be stored and a call can be made.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a telephone according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a flow chart for explaining a signal receiving operation, and FIG. 3 is a flow chart for explaining a signal transmitting operation. In FIG. 1, 1 is a public telephone network, 2 is a private telephone network,
3 is a telephone, 31 is a signal receiving / transmitting unit, 32 is a processor, 33 is memory, 34 is a display control unit, 35 is a display unit, 36 is a memory button, 37 is a memory accumulated information display lamp, and 38 is a call button. ..

As shown in FIG. 1, a telephone set 3 according to one embodiment of the present invention is a telephone set that subscribes to a public telephone network 1 and a private telephone network 2. The telephone 3 includes a signal reception / transmission unit 31, a processor 32, a memory 33, and a display control unit 34, and is controlled by the processor 32 based on a program stored in the memory 33. In addition, the telephone 3 includes a display unit 35, a memory button 36, and a memory accumulated information display lamp 3
7. A call button 38 is provided.

Next, the signal receiving operation when the telephone number guidance is received using the telephone 3 will be described with reference to the flow chart shown in FIG.

(1) A PB signal or DP sent as a reply after requesting telephone number guidance from the telephone 3 to the public telephone network 1 and the private telephone network 2 by known calling processing.
The telephone number information by signal is received by the signal receiving / transmitting unit 31 (steps 201, 202, 203).

(2) Whether the received signal is a PB signal or D
It is determined whether the signal is a P signal, and the PB signal or DP signal is converted into numerical information according to the signal type (step 20).
4-207).

(3) The signal converted into numbers is stored in the memory 33 as telephone number information (step 208).

(4) The processing from step 202 onward is executed until all the information is received and accumulated.

When the telephone 3 is set to the answering machine mode in the above-mentioned receiving process and an incoming call arrives, the caller is given the nearest telephone number to be called by the guidance of the absence message. After notifying by the dial signal or the PB signal that the data is desired to be transmitted, the above-described processing from step 202 is executed (step 210).

Next, the operation of reproducing the information accumulated as described above and making a call will be described with reference to the flow chart shown in FIG.

(1) By the reception processing described above, the memory 33
The information stored in (1) is displayed on the display unit 35 via the display control unit 34 by pressing the memory button 36 (steps 301 to 303).

(2) The user searches for and selects the corresponding telephone number and then presses the call button 38 (step 30).
4).

(4) The processor 32 thereby activates the signal reception / transmission unit 31 to perform the transmission processing of the corresponding telephone number (steps 305 to 306).

The memory accumulated information display lamp 37 is
When the numerical information is stored in the memory 33, it is turned on to notify the user that the numerical information is stored.

According to the above-described embodiment of the present invention, the PB
It is possible to provide a telephone capable of receiving a signal or a DP signal and accumulating the received information. Further, by displaying this received information on the display of the telephone, the telephone number can be provided to the telephone user. Since it is possible to make a confirmation and automatically make a call to the telephone network, it is possible to improve the efficiency of the operation of the system and ensure reliable communication.

[0025]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to receive and store information such as a telephone number in number guidance and the like, and use the received telephone number for the destination telephone network. Calls can be sent automatically.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a signal receiving operation.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a signal transmission operation.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Public Telephone Network 2 Private Telephone Network 3 Telephone 31 Signal Receiving / Sending Section 32 Processor 33 Memory 34 Display Control Section 35 Display Display Section 36 Memory Button 37 Memory Accumulated Information Display Lamp 38 Call Button

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Susumu Kitamura 180 Totsuka-cho, Totsuka-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A telephone set connected to a public telephone network or a private telephone network is provided with a function of receiving and storing information by a push button signal or a dial pulse signal transmitted through the telephone network. A telephone characterized by. 2. The telephone according to claim 1, wherein the received and stored information can be displayed on a display provided in the telephone. 3. The telephone according to claim 1, wherein the received and stored information is used to automatically make a call to a telephone network.