JPH05336259A - Device for responding incoming call - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent the undesired connection of calls and the undesired charging by informing the transmitter side of a fact that the incoming answer type is automatic before an automatic answer is secured to a call setting request and entrusting an originating subscriber with decision of connection of calls in an automatic reception state. CONSTITUTION:When a caretaking register key is pushed on a keyboard 7, a main control circuit 2 is switched to an automatic answer mode from a manual answer mode to set a caretaking register state. An automatic answering telephone of the incoming side receives a call setting message (Me) from an originating subscriber and transmits a call setting reception Me to a network and then a calling Me. This calling Me includes the information showing an automatic incoming answer and produces a ringing tone at the originating side to inform the originating subscriber of an automatic answer. The originating subscriber knows the automatic answer and opens a call through an on-hook state or sets a talking state with return of an answer Me in a prescribed waiting time. Thus it is possible to prevent the undesired connection of calls, the undesired charging, and the recording of a message Me of a cutting tone only.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an incoming call answering device applied to an answering machine, a facsimile or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a facsimile and an answering machine are well known as communication terminals capable of automatically answering an incoming call. These communication terminals can also respond manually, but by setting them so that they can be automatically received, it is very convenient because the information from the caller can be obtained even when you are absent. is there.

Although an answering machine can manually answer an incoming call, when the user pre-records a reply message to the caller and sets it in an answering machine, an incoming call can be received. It is possible to automatically answer, let the caller hear this reply message, and even record the caller's message. That is, the general incoming call operation of the answering machine set to the answering machine is to ring a ringing tone for a predetermined time when an incoming call is received, and when the user does not answer manually due to off-hook during this period,
The answering machine automatically answers and lets the caller hear the prerecorded answer message. As the response message, a request for leaving a message message after listening to the response message due to the absence is generally recorded. After listening to this response message, the caller can record a message message on this answering machine if necessary. Even when the answering machine is set, it can be used as a normal telephone by manually answering within a predetermined time after the ringing tone sounds.

Generally, a facsimile is equipped with a telephone. An incoming call is manually answered by this telephone, and after the telephone call, the user switches to the facsimile as necessary. Alternatively, when the line is exclusively used for facsimile, the facsimile can be immediately made to automatically respond to an incoming call by setting the facsimile in the automatic reception state. In addition, an incoming call may be made to ring for a predetermined period of time, and when there is no response from the user such as off-hook, the facsimile automatically responds, and after the training sound is sent, the facsimile image may be automatically received. it can.

When a call is made to these communication terminals capable of automatic reception, the following inconvenience may occur because the call is automatically answered and the call is made.

[0006] For example, when a call is made to an answering machine set to the answering machine, the caller can give a message to the answering machine after hearing a prerecorded reply message. However, it is the current situation that the phone is often hung up without a message for the following reasons.

(A) The caller made a call in the expectation that the other party would come out, but since the other party was absent and was an answering machine, it was troublesome to leave the message as a message psychologically. .. (B) Telephones are rarely used for unilaterally transmitting information such as messages, and are used for the purpose of exchanging information with the other party and confirming the will of the other party before proceeding with the conversation. Is common, and in the latter case, even if the message function of the answering machine is used, one's own information is not sufficiently transmitted to the other party.

(C) There is a psychological resistance to leaving one's own voice on the other party's answering machine. Therefore,
Half of the message messages recorded on the answering machine consist of only the sound that the caller cut off without message. This means that the caller was charged with unnecessary call charges even though he / she only knew that the other party was absent and did not message the other party. Also, for the called party, only the unnecessary disconnection sound is recorded on the answering machine as a message.
Valuable recording resources are wasted, and even when the message is reproduced, only the disconnection sound is repeatedly heard, resulting in wasted time.

Further, when it is necessary to call the facsimile of the other party and manually transfer the facsimile image, if the facsimile of the other party is set to the automatic reception state, the facsimile on the called side automatically responds. Because
The caller hears an uncomfortable training sound sent by the facsimile and, in addition, is charged a call charge even though he cannot send his information at all.

[0010]

As described above, when a call is made to the incoming call answering device applied to the conventional answering machine or facsimile, the incoming call answering device automatically answers any incoming call. Therefore, even if the caller does not need call connection when the other party is absent, it will be in a call,
There was a problem that the caller was charged a call charge.

The present invention has been made to solve the inconvenience of the prior art in the incoming call answering apparatus typified by the answering machine, the facsimile, etc. as described above. Instead of automatically answering the call, the caller is notified that the callee is set to the automatic reception state before the automatic answering and the call connection control is left to the caller's judgment, so that unnecessary call connection can be prevented. It is an object of the present invention to provide an incoming call answering device that prevents the caller from being charged with unnecessary call charges.

[0012]

In order to solve the above problems, the first invention is to provide an incoming call answering device connected to a communication network capable of transferring arbitrary user / user information between end users at the time of call setup. A plurality of incoming call means for responding to the call setting request, an incoming call selecting means for selecting any one of the plurality of incoming call means at the time of incoming call, and the incoming call before answering the incoming call setting request. It is provided with notifying means for notifying the calling side of the incoming service type selected by the selecting means to the calling side by the user / user information.

In a second aspect based on the first aspect, response control means for detecting the response of the calling side to the notification by the notification means, and call connection control based on the detection result by the response detection means. And a call connection control means.

[0014]

In the incoming call answering device of the present invention, when an incoming call is received while the automatic reception state is set, the user / user confirms that the automatic reception state is set before responding to the call setting request of the incoming call. By including the information in the notification to the calling side, the calling side can know the type of the receiving means on the called side, and thus the calling side can judge whether or not to connect the call.

When the caller side wants the callee side to automatically respond, the callee side waits for a predetermined time without doing anything, or by transmitting user / user information including a call connection instruction to the callee side, If the caller decides that there is a call intent to connect to and automatically responds to the incoming call setup request, and the caller wants to abandon the call without connecting it, it either releases the call by on-hook or gives an instruction to abort the call. By sending user information including user information to the called party, the called party releases the call before automatically answering the incoming call setup request when the called party determines that the calling party does not have the intention to connect the call. To automatically answer any incoming call, and if the caller does not need to connect the call, the caller is in communication and the caller is charged an unnecessary call charge. You can

Note that the present invention is based on the premise that the charge for the user / user information is extremely low as compared with the normal call charge, and pays attention to this.

[0017]

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

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of an ISDN-compatible answering machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In the figure, 1 is an ISDN interface circuit, which is recommended by CCITT Recommendation I.D. 64K according to the channel structure of the basic interface defined in 430
two information channels (Bch) with a transmission rate of bps,
One control channel (Dc with transmission rate of 16 Kbps
h) and the CCITT recommendation Q. 9
A 21-compliant frame transmission control function is realized on the D channel, and a frame for controlling call origination / reception is transmitted / received to / from the ISDN.

Reference numeral 2 denotes a main control circuit, which has an ISDN line and an I
It is connected to ISDN or the like via the SDN interface circuit 1, and is CCITT recommended Q. 931 compliant call control messages are sent to Call control is performed by transmitting and receiving according to the call control procedure defined in 931.
Input / output control with the user using the keyboard 7 and the display unit 10, selection control of a voice signal for the other user, and the like are performed, and overall control of the present apparatus is performed. Note that these functions are performed by the read-only memory (R
OM) 3 stored in the software.

A voice codec 4 is connected to the B channel of the ISDN interface circuit 1 and has a μ-Low level.
The voice information from the other user encoded into a 64 Kbps digital signal by the PCM encoding system is decoded into an analog voice signal, and the voice information for the other user is also converted from the analog voice signal into a 64 Kbps digital signal by the μ-Low PCM encoding system. Encode into a signal.

Reference numeral 5 is a speaker which is connected to the voice codec 4 and outputs an analog signal decoded by the voice codec 4 to the user. Reference numeral 8 is connected to the voice codec 4 and the selection circuit 9 and is supplied from the main control circuit 2. An audio recording / reproducing unit that records an analog signal decoded by the audio codec 4 and reproduces and outputs the recorded analog audio signal to the selection circuit 9 according to an instruction.

Reference numeral 6 denotes a microphone which is connected to the selection circuit 9 and outputs the user voice as an analog voice signal to the selection circuit 9. The selection circuit 9 outputs the analog voice signal from the voice recording / reproducing unit 8 or the microphone 6 to the main control circuit. It is a circuit for selecting according to an instruction from 2 and outputting to the audio codec 4. The speaker 5 and the microphone 6 constitute a handset.

In addition to the dial keys, the keyboard 7 has a "answering machine registration" key as a function key for setting / releasing the answering machine registration, and the voice recording / reproducing unit 8 prompts the caller to give a message immediately after the automatic response. Have in advance.

Next, FIG. 2 shows the incoming operation of this answering machine.
~ It demonstrates based on FIG. 2 to 6 are operation state transition diagrams, FIGS. 7 and 8 are configuration diagrams of call control messages, and FIGS. 9 to 13 are operation sequence diagrams of incoming call response.

In FIG. 2, step a is an empty state in which outgoing / incoming calls can be made. That is, in step a, as in the case of a normal telephone, a call origination operation and a call reception are made by a call origination request (sending of a "call setup" message) from the user and a call notification (reception of a "call setup" message) from the network. You can enter into action. Further, in step a, the user operates the “answering machine registration” key on the keyboard 7,
The incoming call answering means of the answering machine can be switched from a manual answer to an automatic answer or from an automatic answer to a manual answer. That is, in order to set the "answering machine registration" by switching to the automatic answering mode with the manual response selected, the user presses the "answering machine registration" key (step b). Next, to cancel this "answering machine registration", the "answering machine registration" key is pressed again (step c).
When the "answering machine registration" key is pressed, the keyboard 7 notifies the main control circuit 2 that the "answering machine registration" key has been pressed, and the main control circuit 2 updates and records the answering machine registration state.

Next, the operation when there is an incoming call in the state of step a will be described.

First, when the "answering machine registration" is not set, when the outgoing / incoming call is made by dialing the called party of the above answering machine in FIG. 13, the outgoing call request is a "call setting" message. Is transmitted to the ISDN exchange. The exchange notifies the incoming call by analyzing the called party number included in the "call setup" message and transmitting the "call setup" message to the called party.

Since the "answering machine registration" is not set for the answering machine on the receiving side which has received the "call setting" message, after the "call setting accepting" message is sent to the network side, the incoming call answer is sent to the user / user information element. A "call" message as shown in FIG. 7 including that the type is a manual response is sent to the network side and a ringing tone is sounded. In response to this call, the called user off-hooks the handset to send a "response" message to the network side so that the caller and the callee can talk using the B channel. When the call is over, the called party can initiate call disconnect recovery by sending a "disconnect" message to the network side.

That is, in FIG. 2 to FIG. 6, when there is an incoming call notification (call setting reception) from the network (step d), the B channel is captured as a call setting receiving process (step e), and " After sending the "call setting acceptance" message (step f), a ringing tone is sounded as an incoming call acceptance process (step g), and a "call" message including the incoming response type of the user / user information element being a manual response is sent. It is sent to the network side (step h). Then, it is determined whether or not the "answering machine registration" is being set (step i), and if it is not being set, it waits for a manual response from the called user (step 1a).

Thereafter, when the called user responds by off-hook or the like (step 1m), the ringing of the ringing tone is stopped as a call setting response process (step 1c), and a "response" message is sent to the network side (step 1d). ), And receives a “response confirmation” message from the network side (step 2
b), as a call setup completion process, B channel connection and the like are performed (step 2c). Here, it is again determined whether or not the "answering machine registration" is being set (step 2d), and if it is not being set, a transition is made to the "communication in progress" state (step 3a).
After a while, when the call ends and the called user disconnects the call by on-hook or the like (step 3i), the disconnection recovery procedure is started by sending a "disconnect" message to the network side (step 3d), Wait for a "release" message from the network side (step 5a). "Release" from the net side
By receiving the message (step 5b),
Send a "release complete" message to the network side (step 5
c) The B channel is released as release processing (step 5d), and the state transits to the "free" state (step a).

On the other hand, when the "answering machine registration" is set, when the caller dials the called party of the above answering machine to make a call in FIG. 9, the call origination request is a "call setting" message. Sent to the ISDN switch. The exchange notifies the incoming call by analyzing the called party number included in the "call setup" message and transmitting the "call setup" message to the called party.

Since "answering machine registration" is set for the answering machine on the receiving side that has received this "call setting" message, the "call setting acceptance" message is sent to the network side, and then the call is received by the user / user information element. A "call" message such as that shown in FIG. 7 including that the response type is an automatic response is sent to the network side and a ringing tone is sounded. If the caller does not respond to this call within the specified time, "answer"
By sending the message to the network side, a call can be made between the caller and the callee using the B channel. Then, after making the caller hear a prepared message prompting the message, the recording of the message from the caller is started. After recording a message for a predetermined time, by sending a "disconnect" message to the network side,
The call can be disconnected and recovery can be initiated.

That is, in FIG. 2 to FIG. 6, when there is an incoming call notification (call setting reception) from the network (step d), the B channel is captured as a call setting receiving process (step e), and " After sending the "call setting acceptance" message (step f), a ringing tone is sounded as an incoming call acceptance process (step g), and a "call" message including that the incoming call response type is automatic response is included in the user / user information element. It is sent to the network side (step h). Then, it is determined whether or not the "answering machine registration" is being set (step i), and if it is being set, the automatic response timer is started (step j), and the response from the caller to the above-mentioned incoming call response type notification is sent. (Step 1a). The calling side, which has received the "call" message, causes the calling party to confirm the contents of the user-user information element on the display 10 or the like, and waits for the call setting response of the called side according to the calling party's intention.

When there is no response from the caller within a predetermined time, that is, when the above-described automatic response timer has expired (step 1b), the ringing of the ringing tone is stopped as a call setting response process (step 1b). 1c), "response" to the network side
The message is transmitted (step 1d), and the "response confirmation" message from the network side is waited (step 2a). When a "response confirmation" message is received from the network side (step 2
b), as a call setup completion process, B channel connection and the like are performed (step 2c). Here, again, it is judged whether or not the "answering machine registration" is being set (step 2d), and if it is being set, the recording of the message is started (step 2).
e), the answering machine timer is started (step 2f), and the state transits to the "in communication" state (step 3a).

Then, when the caller records the message for a predetermined time, the answering machine timer expires (step 3).
b). When the answering machine timer expires, the recording of the message message is stopped (step 3c), and the "disconnection" message is sent to the network side (step 3d) to start the disconnection recovery procedure and "release" from the network side. Wait for a message (step 5a). Then, by receiving the "release" message from the network side (step 5b), the "release complete" message is sent to the network side (step 5c),
As the release process, the B channel is released (step 5
d), transition to the "free" state (step a).

When the caller finishes recording the message message within a predetermined time and disconnects by on-hook or the like,
The disconnect request is sent to the ISDN exchange as a "disconnect" message. The exchange notifies the disconnection by sending this "disconnection" message to the called party. The answering machine that receives this "disconnect" message will
It is possible to judge whether or not the message message is being recorded, and if it is, stop recording the message message and send a "release" message to the network side to release the call.

That is, when a "disconnect" message is received from the network side while recording a message (step 3e),
It is determined whether or not the answering machine timer is operating (step 3f). If the answering machine timer is operating, the answering machine timer is stopped (step 3g) and the recording of the message is stopped (step 3h).

Then, as disconnection reception processing, the B channel is disconnected (step 3i), and it is determined whether or not the answering machine is being registered (step 3j). If the answering machine is registered, a "release" message is sent to the network side (step 3k), the B channel is released as a release process (step 3l), and a transition is made to the release request state to "release" from the network side. Wait for receipt of the "Complete" message (step 4a).

When the caller disconnects the call by referring to the content displayed based on the incoming call response type included in the user / user information element of the "call" message, the call is given for a predetermined time. Within a short time, a "disconnect" message will be received from the sender, and as shown in FIG.
The call can be released by sending a message to the network side and receiving a "release complete" message from the network side.

That is, in FIG. 2 to FIG. 6, when there is an incoming call notification (call setting reception) from the network (step d), the B channel is captured as a call setting receiving process (step e), and " After sending the "call setting acceptance" message (step f), a ringing tone is sounded as an incoming call acceptance process (step g), and a "call" message including that the incoming call response type is automatic response is included in the user / user information element. It is sent to the network side (step h). Then, it is determined whether or not the "answering machine registration" is being set (step i), and if it is being set, the automatic response timer is started (step j), and the response from the caller to the above-mentioned incoming call response type notification is sent. (Step 1a).

When a "disconnect" message is received from the caller before the expiration of the automatic response timer (step 1
e) As a disconnection reception process, the ringing of the ringing tone is stopped, all timers are stopped (step 1f), a "release" message is sent to the network side (step 1g), and a "release complete" message from the network side is sent. Wait (step 4a). When the "release completion" message is received from the network side (step 4b), the call number is released as release completion receiving processing (step 4c), and the state transits to the "empty" state (step a).

When a "user information" message as shown in FIG. 8 containing a call connection instruction as call connection control information in the user / user information element is received from the caller within a predetermined time with respect to a call, As shown in 11, "response"
By sending the message to the network side, a call can be made between the caller and the callee using the B channel.

Then, after a message prepared for prompting a message is given to the caller, the recording of the message message from the caller is started. After recording the message message for a predetermined time, by sending a "disconnect" message to the network side, it is possible to start disconnect recovery of the call.

That is, in FIG. 2 to FIG. 6, when there is an incoming call notification (call setting reception) from the network (step d), the B channel is captured as a call setting receiving process (step e), and " After sending the "call setting acceptance" message (step f), a ringing tone is sounded as an incoming call acceptance process (step g), and a "call" message including that the incoming call response type is automatic response is included in the user / user information element. It is sent to the network side (step h). Then, it is determined whether or not the "answering machine registration" is being set (step i), and if it is being set, the automatic response timer is started (step j), and the response from the caller to the above-mentioned incoming call response type notification is sent. (Step 1a).

When the "user information" message including the call connection control information in the user / user information element is received from the network side before the expiration of the automatic response timer (step 1).
h), stop the automatic response timer (step 1i), determine whether the call connection control information is a connection instruction or an abandonment instruction (step 1j), and if it is a connection instruction, notify the network side. Send a "response" message (step 1
k), waiting for the reception of the "response confirmation" message from the network side (step 2a). When a "response confirmation" message is received from the network side (step 2b), B is set as a call setup completion process.
Channels are connected (step 2c). Here, again, it is determined whether or not the "answering machine registration" is being set (step 2d), and if it is being set, the recording of the message is started (step 2e), and the answering machine timer is started (step 2f). , Transitions to the “in communication” state (step 3a).

Also, "user information" as shown in FIG. 8 that includes an abandonment instruction as call connection control information from the caller to the user / user information element within a predetermined time for a call.
When the message is received, as shown in FIG. 12, by sending a "disconnect" message to the network side, it is possible to start the recovery of the disconnection of the call.

That is, in FIG. 2 to FIG. 6, when there is an incoming call notification (call setting reception) from the network (step d), the B channel is captured as a call setting receiving process (step e), and " After sending the "call setting acceptance" message (step f), a ringing tone is sounded as an incoming call acceptance process (step g), and a "call" message including that the incoming call response type is automatic response is included in the user / user information element. It is sent to the network side (step h). Then, it is determined whether or not the "answering machine registration" is being set (step i), and if it is being set, the automatic response timer is started (step j), and the response from the caller to the above-mentioned incoming call response type notification is sent. (Step 1a).

When the "user information" message including the call connection control information in the user / user information element is received from the network side before the expiration of the automatic response timer (step 1).
h), stop the automatic response timer (step 1i), and determine whether the call connection control information is a connection instruction or an abandonment instruction (step 1j). Send a "disconnect" message to (step 1
l), wait for reception of a "release" message from the network side (step 5a). By receiving the "release" message from the network side (step 5b), the "release complete" message is sent to the network side (step 5c), and the B channel is released as release processing (step 5d). "Free"
Transition to the state (step a).

Therefore, in the apparatus of this embodiment, the called party only sets the answering machine registration, and when there is an incoming call at the answering machine, the incoming call answer type is notified to the calling party before the called party automatically answers. So the caller knows that the answering machine on the called
Calls can be connected and voice messages can be recorded on the answering machine as required.

In the above embodiment, the case where the present invention is applied to the answering machine has been described, but the present invention can be applied to a facsimile machine, a personal computer, etc., and can be made independent as an incoming call answering device. Can have the functions of this embodiment.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the incoming call side is notified of the incoming call response type before the incoming call side automatically answers, so that the outgoing call side gives the incoming call side the intention to call connection to the incoming call side. By doing so, unnecessary call connection may be eliminated, but before the called party answers, the called party may be notified of the call connection intention in the case of automatic response. That is,
When the calling side makes a call, the call is sent to the called side including the call connection control information when the user / user information in the "call setting" message is an automatic response, and the called side includes the call included in this "call set up" message. Incoming call control may be performed according to the connection control information. Also, the first receiving means (manual response means)
When is selected, the user / user information is not notified to the calling side.

Further, in the above embodiment, the case where the content of the user / user information element is displayed on the display when the caller is notified of the incoming call response type has been described. A corresponding notification sound may be generated so that the speaker of the handset gives a sound notification.

Further, in the above embodiment, when the answering machine records a message message, the voice message recorded in advance in the voice recording / reproducing section 8 is given to the caller.
Although the message is urged, the message may be urged by character information or the like according to the terminal type of the calling side. Further, the present invention is a system in which a first incoming call means manually responds when a line or communication channel is idle, and an automatic response is made by a second incoming call means when the line or communication channel is busy, for example, It can also be applied to an automatic announcement system used for telephone operations at various reservation windows.

Besides, the present invention can be variously modified and carried out without departing from the scope of the invention.

[0056]

As described above, when the present invention is applied to an answering machine, when a call is made to an answering machine set to an automatic reception state, the answering machine is automatically sent to the calling side before the answering machine automatically answers. Since the calling side is notified that the automatic answer is selected as the incoming call answer type, the calling party can know that the answering machine on the called side automatically answers before the call is connected. As a result, it is possible to determine whether or not the caller connects the call, and if necessary, the call can be connected and the voice message can be recorded on the answering machine. Therefore, according to the present invention, it is possible to solve the problem that the caller is always automatically answered and is unnecessarily charged as in the past, and that the answering machine records many message messages with only the disconnect sound. You can

Further, if the present invention is applied to a facsimile, when a call is made to a facsimile set to the automatic reception state, the automatic response is selected as an incoming call response type to the calling side before the facsimile automatically answers. The caller is informed that the call has been made, so that the caller can know that the called facsimile automatically answers before the call is connected. As a result, the caller can transfer the facsimile image while keeping in mind that the callee automatically receives the call. Therefore, according to the present invention, the caller calls the facsimile machine set to the automatic reception state as in the conventional case, and the facsimile machine is automatically answered and cannot send his or her information at all. It is possible to solve the problem of being charged as needed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an ISDN-compatible answering machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a state transition diagram of an incoming call answering operation according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a state transition diagram of an incoming call answering operation according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a state transition diagram of an incoming call answering operation according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a state transition diagram of an incoming call answering operation according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a state transition diagram of an incoming call answering operation according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a configuration diagram of a call control message according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a configuration diagram of a call control message according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a sequence diagram of an incoming call answering operation according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a sequence diagram of an incoming call answering operation according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a sequence diagram of an incoming call response operation according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a sequence diagram of an incoming call answering operation according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a sequence diagram of a normal incoming call response operation when the present invention is not applied.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 ... ISDN interface circuit 2 ... Main control circuit 3 ... ROM 4 ... Voice codec 5 ... Speaker 6 ... Microphone 7 ... Keyboard 8 ... Voice recording / reproducing section 9 ... Selection circuit 10 ... Display section

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An incoming call answering device connected to a communication network capable of transferring arbitrary user / user information between end users at the time of call setup, and a plurality of incoming call means for responding to an incoming call setup request, and at the time of incoming call, said Incoming call selecting means for selecting any one of a plurality of incoming call means, and before the response to the incoming call setting request, the incoming call service type selected by the incoming call selecting means is given to the calling side as the user / user information. An incoming call answering device, comprising: 2. An incoming call answering device connected to a communication network capable of transferring arbitrary user / user information between end users at the time of call setup, and a plurality of incoming call means for responding to an incoming call setup request; Incoming call selecting means for selecting any one of a plurality of incoming call means, and before the response to the incoming call setting request, the incoming call service type selected by the incoming call selecting means is given to the calling side as the user / user information. And a call connection control unit that controls the connection of the call based on the detection result of the response detection unit. Characteristic incoming call answering device.