JPH06177954A - Communication terminal equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To facilitate management of a number database changing time by time by allowing the communication terminal equipment to register a number after revision to the database automatically even when a communication opposite party revises the number. CONSTITUTION:An 'interruption' message is acquired through a communication line 17 by a line control section 17. Then a reason display information element of the 'interruption' message is checked and when an opposite number is revised, the opposite party number after the revision is acquired from the reason display information element. The the revision of the opposite party number is displayed on a display section 15 for the notice for the user. Then whether or not a number database 16 is to be revised is inquired of the user and when revised, the number database 16 is revised by using the acquired number after the revision. Thus, trouble of database revision is avoided. Furthermore, two telephone numbers for usual reply and automatic recording reply are stored to a concerned terminal equipment number storage section and the one number is set to the automatic reply mode.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a communication terminal device having a number database which stores telephone numbers of communication partners.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there has been provided a communication terminal such as a one-touch dial or a speed dial in which a telephone number of a communication partner is registered in advance and a call can be made with a small number of key operations. There is also known an answering machine terminal that automatically responds to an incoming call and stores a message from a caller.

[0003]

However, in the former terminal, when the telephone number of the other party has been changed or invalidated due to a move or the like, a new number is registered again or the registration is not canceled. However, there is a drawback that the work is troublesome.

Further, in the latter terminal, when it is not set in the answering machine, it is necessary to always respond to a message which is not so urgent, which is troublesome. However, if the answering mode is set at home and the ring tone is not sounded, the work is not interrupted, but there is an inconvenience that it cannot respond to the urgent message.

An object of the present invention is to provide a communication terminal device capable of easily managing a number database that changes over time. It is another object of the present invention to provide a communication terminal device having a mail function for storing a message from a caller even if the answering machine mode is not set.

[0006]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, in a communication terminal device having a number database for storing a telephone number of a communication partner and a line control unit for controlling a communication line, a call is made. In the case of failure, a judgment means for judging whether the reason for the failure is "remote terminal number change",
When the judgment result by the judgment means is true, the change number acquisition means for acquiring the changed partner telephone number, and when the call fails, it is judged whether or not the reason for the failure is "missing number" And a data updating means for updating the data of the number database based on the judgment result of each judging means and the acquisition number obtained by the change number acquiring means.

According to the second to fourth aspects of the present invention, an automatic response function for automatically responding to an incoming call and a message storage section for storing a message from the other party are provided, and the automatic response to the incoming call In a communication terminal device capable of responding to a message and storing a message from a communication partner, an own terminal number storage unit for storing at least two telephone numbers for normal response and forced answering machine as its own terminal number, Out of the telephone numbers stored in the own terminal number storage unit, an incoming number determination means for determining which telephone number is the incoming call, and this incoming number determination means, When it is determined that there is an incoming call, it is characterized by having control means for automatically responding even if the terminal is not in the answering machine and storing the message from the other party.

[0008]

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a communication terminal device 11 according to a first embodiment of the present invention. The first embodiment is an application of the present invention to an ISDN network.

The communication terminal device 11 in this embodiment is
A CPU 12 for controlling the entire apparatus, an input unit 14 for instructing a call, a display unit 15 for displaying data to a user, a number database 16 for storing a telephone number, and a communication line. And a communication line 17 via the line control unit 13.
It is connected to the.

Next, FIG. 2 is a flow chart for explaining the operation of the present embodiment configured as described above. Note that each judgment and execution in this flow chart is based on CP
This is what U12 does.

3 and 4 are schematic diagrams showing format examples of the "disconnect" message when changing the partner number. The database update procedure operation of this embodiment will be described below with reference to FIGS.

First, if the call fails, a "disconnect" message 301 is notified from the communication line 16,
In S201, the “disconnect” message is acquired via the line control unit 13. Next, in step S202, the reason display information element 305 of the "disconnection" message is checked to determine whether the reason why the call failed due to the reason type 315 is "remote terminal number change". Proceed to S207.

If it is the other party's number change, S2
In step 03, the diagnostic information, that is, the changed partner number 316 is acquired from the reason display information element. Next, S204
In the display section 1 that the partner number has been changed in
5, and notifies the user.

Thereafter, in S205, the user is asked whether or not to update the number database, and if not updated, the process ends. When updating, S206
Proceeding to step S203, the number database 16 is updated with the changed number acquired in S203.

On the other hand, in S202, the reason display information element 305 of the "disconnection" message is set to "change partner terminal number".
If not, and if the process proceeds to S207, the reason display information element is checked again to determine whether it is a "missing number".

If it is not "missing number", the process is terminated, but if it is "missing number", S208
Then, the display section 15 displays that the partner number is invalid and notifies the user.

After that, the processing merges with S205,
The operation is as described above. However, the operation in S206 is to delete the registered invalid data.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, but various modifications can be made.

For example, even if the communication line 17 is not an ISDN network, when the destination number has been changed or invalidated, the changed destination number is notified from the communication line when the call fails. Any communication line may be used as long as it is notified that the destination number is invalid.

Further, it is possible to immediately proceed to the next step without notifying the user of the change of the partner number in S204, and similarly, without notifying the user that the partner number is invalid in S208. You may proceed to the next step immediately. Further, the number database may be immediately updated to the next step without waiting for the user's response in S205.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described.

Conventionally, there has been known a communication terminal device for answering machine, which can automatically answer an incoming call and store a message from the other party. In this type of device, when the incoming call is not in the answering machine mode, the answering machine function does not operate at all.

Therefore, even in the case of transmitting a message that is not so urgent, when the receiving terminal is not in the answering machine mode, the called party must always respond, which interrupts the work of the called party. There is. Further, if the answering machine is set at home so that the ring tone does not sound, it is possible to save the trouble of responding, but in the case of an urgent business, there is a disadvantage that the user cannot respond.

Therefore, in the second embodiment, when the message is not urgent from the calling side, the answering machine function is forcibly activated to record, and the trouble of the answering on the called side can be omitted.
That is, the present invention provides a communication terminal device having a mail function.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the structure of the communication terminal device 21 in the second embodiment.

The communication terminal device 21 communicates with a CPU 22 that controls the entire device, a self-terminal number storage unit 24 that stores a plurality of self-terminal numbers, a message storage unit 25 that stores messages from the other party. And a line control unit 23 for controlling the line.
Is connected to an external communication line 26 via.

Next, FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a state of communication between communication terminal devices in this embodiment.

The communication terminal device A having the functions of the present invention is
"1234-5678" which is a telephone number for normal response
And the telephone number for forced voicemail recording, "1234-567.
He has two dial-in phone numbers, "9". It is assumed that these numbers are registered in the own terminal number storage unit 24 in advance.

Here, when the communication terminal device B makes a call to "1234-5679" which is the telephone number for forced answering machine recording, the communication terminal device A automatically selects the telephone number even if it is not in the answering machine mode. And memorize the message from the sender.

FIG. 7 is a flow chart for explaining the operation upon such an incoming call.

When there is an incoming call, the incoming call number is notified from the line control unit 23, so this is fetched in S301 and collated with the data in the own terminal number storage unit 24 in S302. And if it is an incoming call to the normal response number,
In S303, the line control unit 23 is controlled to respond automatically, and a message from the other party is stored in the message storage unit 25 in S304.

On the other hand, if the incoming call is to the normal answer number in S302, it is judged in S305 whether the current state of the communication terminal device is the answering machine mode or the normal mode, and the normal answer mode is set. In this case, a normal response is made in S306, and if it is in the recorded message mode, S
Join 303.

The present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned second embodiment, but the following modifications are possible.

As the telephone number for determining whether the above-mentioned normal answering telephone number or the forced incoming telephone number is received, a subaddress in the ISDN network may be used instead of the dial-in number. In this case, the number stored in advance in the own terminal number storage unit 24 is the sub address number.

[0035]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention.
According to this, even if the communication partner has changed the number, the communication terminal device automatically registers the changed number in the database, so there is an effect that the trouble of updating the database can be eliminated. .

Further, according to claim 2 of the present invention, the callee side can forcibly put the callee side terminal in the answering machine mode, so that the work of the other party is interrupted when notifying a urgent message. Without doing so, there is an effect that the mail function of storing a message in the partner terminal can be realized at low cost without adding special hardware.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a flowchart explaining the operation of the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing a format example of a “disconnect” message when changing the partner number in the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a format of a “disconnect” message when a partner number is changed in the first embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing how communication is performed in the second embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a flow chart illustrating an operation at the time of an incoming call in the second embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 ... Communication terminal device, 12 ... CPU, 13 ... Line control part, 14 ... Input part, 15 ... Display part, 16 ... Number database, 17 ... Communication line.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. In a communication terminal device having a number database for storing a telephone number of a communication partner and a line control unit for controlling a communication line, when a call fails, the reason for the failure is "change partner device number". And a determination means for determining whether or not; if the determination result by the determination means is true, a change number acquisition means for obtaining the other party's telephone number after the change; and if the call fails, the reason for the failure Is a "missing number"; and data updating means for updating the data of the number database based on the judgment result of each judging means and the acquisition number by the change number acquiring means. A communication terminal device characterized by the above. 2. An automatic response function for automatically answering an incoming call, and a message storage section for storing a message from the other party, which automatically answers the incoming call and receives a message from the other party. In a storable communication terminal device, as a self-terminal number, a self-terminal number storage unit that stores at least two telephone numbers for normal answer and forced answering machine; a telephone number stored in the self-terminal number storage unit An incoming call number judging means for judging to which telephone number the incoming call is made; if the incoming call number judging means judges that the incoming call is made to the forcible answering telephone number, the terminal And a control unit that automatically responds even when the answering machine is not in answering machine and stores a message from the other party. 3. The communication terminal device according to claim 2, wherein a subaddress of the ISDN network is used as a telephone number for determining whether the called number is for normal answering or for forced answering machine recording. . 4. The communication terminal device according to claim 2, wherein a dial-in number is used as the telephone number for determining whether the called number is for normal answering or for forced answering machine recording.