JPH06177957A - Telephone set - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To record an external message before a line is open by a holding warning by devising the telephone set such that a message of the opposite party after a holding end notice is outputted as a message of an automatic message recorder. CONSTITUTION:When a holding time exceeds a prescribed time, a holding tone from a holding tone output section 2 is stopped, then the holding is forcibly finished, then a holding end notice message output section 6 or a message recording/reproduction section 7 outputs a message representing the recording of the message to a telephone line 9. Then the message of the opposite party is recorded in the message recording/reproduction section 7 as the usual message for the automatic answering telephone and the holding is finished at the end of talking and the line is open.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a telephone having a hold warning function, and more particularly to a telephone capable of recording a message from the outside before opening a line by a hold warning.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 4 is a block diagram for explaining an example of a conventional telephone having a hold warning function and an answering machine function.
In the figure, 1 is an NCU (network control unit) section, and 2 is a hold sound output section. A control unit 3 controls an answering machine function, a hold warning function, and other functions of the telephone. The control unit 3 is composed of a microcomputer having a memory for storing programs and data and a CPU (central processing unit). An operation unit 4 is a unit for operating the telephone and is composed of dial buttons, other buttons, key switches and the like. 5 is a speaker, 6 is a ROM
It is a read-only memory and is a message output unit that outputs various messages. Reference numeral 7 is a message recording / reproducing unit for recording a message or reproducing the recorded message, 8 is a handset, and 9 is a telephone line.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a holding operation having a holding warning function in a conventional telephone, which will be described below with reference to this flowchart. When the hold button (not shown) of the operation unit 4 is pressed, the control moves to the start of step S10 in the flowchart of FIG. Next, the counting of the hold warning timer in step S11 is started, and the hold sound is output from the hold sound output unit 2 to the speaker 5 in step S12.
Is output to the telephone line 9 through the NCU unit 1. After this, the event waiting in step S13 is performed. After the event occurs, it is checked in step S14 whether or not the event is released from hold. If the event is release of hold, the hold sound is stopped in step S22, and the hold operation is ended by continuing the call in step S24. if,
It is checked in step S14 whether or not the event is hold release. If it is not hold release, it is checked in step S15 whether the timer has timed out. If the timeout has not occurred, the other processing of step S16 is performed, and the process returns to the event waiting of step S13. If the time-out check in step S15 results in a time-out, the message output unit 6 causes the message output unit 6 to cancel the hold in step S17, for example, a message such as "Please cancel the hold" or "Peep,
A warning sound “beep” is output to the speaker 5. Waiting for the message to end in step S18, and then step S19.
Check the message end condition with. If it is a hold release operation, the hold sound is stopped in step S23, and the hold operation ends when the call continues in step S24. If the message termination condition checked in step S19 is not hold release, the hold sound is stopped in step S20, and the line is opened and the hold operation ends when the call ends in step S21.

[0004]

Since the conventional telephone hold warning operates as described above, if the time to be the hold warning is exceeded, the telephone is simply hung up unilaterally. There was a problem that I couldn't send any message from the people who were waiting in.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above problems, and an object thereof is to obtain a telephone capable of recording a message from the outside in a message recording section before the line is opened by a hold warning. To do.

[0006]

A telephone according to the present invention holds a telephone with an answering machine function and a telephone line when the holding time exceeds a predetermined time. With a warning function, a hold end notification output means that outputs a hold end notification to the line prompting the other party to leave a message before releasing the line due to a hold warning, and a hold end notification were output. A message recording means is provided for recording a message of the other party afterwards as a message message for an answering machine after the notification of hold completion.

A telephone according to another invention of the present invention is provided with a hold warning function of opening the line after issuing a warning prompting cancellation of hold when the time of holding the telephone line exceeds a predetermined time. On the telephone, before the line is released due to the hold warning, the holding end notification output means for outputting to the line a holding end notification urging the other party to leave a message, and the other party after the holding end notification is output. A message recording / reproducing means is provided for recording a message or reproducing only the recorded message after holding end notification.

[0008]

According to the present invention, before the line is released by the hold warning, the holding end message for prompting the other party to leave a message is output to the line, and the partner after the holding end message is output to the line. Since this message is recorded as a message message for the answering machine, the recorded message of the other party can be heard by the message reproducing operation of the answering machine.

Also, in another invention of the present invention, before the line is released by the hold warning, a hold end message for prompting the other party to leave a message is output to the line, and the hold end message is output to the line. Since the message of the other party after being output is recorded by the message recording / reproducing means after the notification of holding completion, the recorded message of the other party can be heard by this recording / reproducing means.

[0010]

EXAMPLES Example 1. Embodiment 1 of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a flow chart showing a holding operation and a recording operation of a message of a partner in the embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing a reproducing operation of a message of the partner in the first embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, the operation up to step S20 is the same as the operation of the conventional example shown in FIG. After the hold sound is stopped in step S20, the hold is forcibly ended in step S25. Therefore, the message output section 6 or the message recording / playback section 7 issues a hold end notification for recording if there is a message from the telephone line. Output to 9. For example, "I'm sorry I hang up the phone.
If necessary, we will record it, so please tell us if you hear a beeping sound. "
After that, in step S26, the message of the other party is recorded in the message recording / playback unit as a normal message of the answering machine, and the hold operation is finished and the line is opened at the end of the call in step S21.

Next, reproduction of the message of the other party will be described. In FIG. 2, if an event is obtained by waiting for the event in step S31 and the event is the message reproduction of the answering machine in step S32, the message of the other party after the message and the hold completion notification is reproduced in step S34. And
The process returns to the event waiting in step S31. If the event is not message reproduction in step S32, step S3
The other processes in 3 are performed, and the process returns to the event waiting in step S31. As described above, it is possible to hear the message of the other party after the notification of the end of hold. In the first embodiment described above, the message of the other party after the notification of the end of the hold is treated in the same manner as the normal message of the answering machine.

Example 2. In the second embodiment, the message after the hold end notification is handled separately from the message message of the answering machine,
There is provided means for reproducing only the message after the notification of hold completion by operating a dedicated button or a preset dial button. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the reproduction operation of the message of the other party in the second embodiment. In FIG. 3, if an event is obtained by waiting for the event in step S31 and the event is the event reproduction in step S32,
In step S35, the message message of the answering machine is reproduced. Then, the process returns to the event waiting in step S31. If the event is not message reproduction in step S32,
In step S36, it is checked whether or not the event is the message reproduction after the hold end notification, and if YES, that is, if the dedicated button is pressed, the message after the hold end notification in step S37 is reproduced, and then the step S
Return to wait for 31 events. If step S36 is N
If it is O, the other processing of step S33 is performed, and the process returns to the event waiting of step S31. In the second embodiment, when recording the message of the other party after the notification of the hold completion, a signal for identification is recorded at the beginning of the message to distinguish it from the message message of the answering machine. Further, in the second embodiment, the answering machine function is not always necessary, and the recording means may record only the message after the notification of the hold completion. In this case, steps S32 and S of FIG.
35 may be omitted and the process may be continued from step S31 to step S36.

[0013]

As described above, according to the present invention, before the line is released by the hold warning, a hold end message prompting the other party to leave a message is output to the line, and this hold end notification is output to the line. Since the message of the other party after being recorded is recorded as the message message of the answering machine, the recorded message of the other party can be heard by the message reproducing operation of the answering machine. Therefore, the other party can record the necessary message and convey it to the listener.

Further, as described above, another invention of the present invention outputs a hold end notification for prompting the other party to leave a message to the line before releasing the line by the hold warning, and this hold end notification is issued. After the message is output to the line, the message of the other party is recorded by the message recording / reproducing means after the notification of hold completion, so that the recorded message of the other party can be heard by this recording / reproducing means. Therefore, the other party can record the necessary message and convey it to the listener.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing a holding operation and a recording operation of a message of a partner according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a reproduction operation of a message of the other party according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an operation of reproducing a message of the other party according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram illustrating a configuration of a conventional telephone having a hold warning function and an answering machine function.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a hold operation having a hold warning function in a conventional telephone.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 NCU unit 2 Hold tone output unit 3 Control unit 4 Operation unit 5 Speaker 6 Message output unit 7 Message recording / playback unit 8 Handset 9 Telephone line

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A telephone equipped with an answering machine function and a hold warning function of opening the line after issuing a warning to cancel the hold when the holding time of the telephone line exceeds a predetermined time, Before the line is released, the holding end notification output means for outputting to the line a holding end notification prompting the other party to leave a message, and the other party's message after the previous term holding end notification is output on the answering machine. A telephone, which is provided with a message recording means for recording a message as a message after holding end notification. 2. A telephone having a hold warning function, which opens a line after issuing a warning prompting cancellation of hold when the phone line hold time exceeds a predetermined time, releases the line by a hold warning. Previously, a holding end notification output means for outputting to the line a holding end notification urging the other party to leave a message, and a message of the other party after the holding end notification is output, or this recorded A telephone having a message recording / playback means for playing back only a message after a hold end notification.