JPH0556141A - Automatic answering telephone remote operation system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To execute the remote operation of an automatic answering telephone set by sound from the other telephone set. CONSTITUTION:An analog sound signal at the time of an incoming call when a user executes the remote operation such as the reproduction of a recording message and the alteration of a response message is supplied to an A/D conversion part 1 and is converted into a digital sound signal. The digital sound signal of either the remote operation of the reproduction of the recording message or the alteration of the response message is supplied to a sound data comparison part 3 and the digital sound signal is compared with sound data in a sound accumulation part 2. A control signal controlling the operation of either the reproduction of the recording message or the alteration of the response message based on coincident sound data is transmitted. The operation of the reproduction circuit or the response message transmission circuit is controlled by the control signal.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an answering machine remote control method used for an answering machine in which a response message is changed by remote control using a telephone at a remote place.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in an answering machine remote control system in which a recorded message is reproduced and a response message is changed from a remote place, a touch-tone telephone is used to combine a telephone number (dual tone) corresponding to a desired change. Then, the answering machine that receives the combination of the telephone numbers performs the operations such as playing the recorded message and changing the response message.

[0003]

Therefore, the conventional answering machine remote operation system has a drawback that it cannot be remotely operated from a dial telephone other than the touch-tone telephone.

It is an object of the present invention to provide an answering machine remote control system capable of remotely controlling an answering machine by voice from another telephone.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An answering machine remote control system of the present invention is an answering machine remote control system in which an answering machine is remotely operated from another phone, by converting an analog voice signal received from another phone into a digital voice signal. The A / D conversion unit for converting to voice, the voice data storage unit for storing voice data of the remote operation contents of the answering machine, the voice data comparison unit for comparing the digital voice signal with the voice data, and the voice data comparison unit are the same. And a control unit for transmitting a control signal for controlling the operation of the contents of the remote operation.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a remote control system for an answering machine of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows the configuration of the embodiment.

The example shown in FIG. 1 is provided in an answering machine connected to a communication network, and an A / D converter 1 for converting an analog voice signal from a telephone signal processing circuit (speech network) into a digital voice signal. And a digital voice signal from the A / D conversion unit 1 and a voice data storage unit 2 for previously storing voice data of the user for remote operation contents such as recorded message reproduction and response message change of this answering machine. To compare with the voice data stored in the voice data storage unit 2, and a signal from the voice data comparison unit 3 to change the operation of a circuit that processes recorded message reproduction, response message change, etc. And a control unit 4 that sends out a control signal for performing.

Next, the operation of this configuration will be described.

When a user performs a remote operation of reproducing a recorded message and changing a response message, a call is made from a telephone at a remote place, and this answering machine responds to an incoming call from a communication network.

The incoming signal is subjected to sidetone and level processing by the telephone signal processing circuit, and the analog voice signal is supplied to the A / D converter 1 and converted into a digital voice signal. Any digital audio signal of user's recorded message reproduction, response message change, etc. is supplied to the audio data comparison unit 3 to compare the digital audio signal with the audio data of the audio data storage unit 2. The control unit 4 sends a control signal for controlling the operation change of the circuit for processing the recording message reproduction, the response message change, etc. based on the matched voice data.

In this way, it is possible to perform remote operations such as recording message playback of an answering machine and change of response message only by voice from dial type telephones other than touch-tone telephones.

[0013]

As is clear from the above description, the answering machine remote control system of the present invention compares any voice signal and voice data relating to remote control from another telephone, and matches the voice data. Based on this, since a control signal for controlling the operation of playing the recorded message or changing the response message is transmitted, it is possible to remotely control the answering machine by voice from another telephone.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of an answering machine remote control system of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 A / D conversion unit 2 Audio data storage unit 3 Audio data comparison unit 4 Control unit

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In an answering machine remote control system for remotely controlling an answering machine from another telephone, an A / D conversion unit for converting an analog voice signal received from the other telephone into a digital voice signal, and an answering machine A voice data storage unit that stores voice data of remote operation contents, a voice data comparison unit that compares the digital voice signal with the voice data, and an operation control of the remote operation contents that match in the voice data comparison unit. An answering machine remote control system that includes a control unit that sends the control signal of.