JPH06225021A - Single number call receiving method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To call arbitrary incoming equipment out of plural kinds of incoming equipment managed by a single subscriber number by selecting from outgoing equipment and to provide a practical call receiving method. CONSTITUTION:A subscriber number table in a translation table provided at an incoming side exchange 1 is referred corresponding to a subscriber number from an outgoing side exchange 11, and the table link information of an access code table in accordance with the subscriber number is obtained, and also, announcement to instruct the input of an access code is sent out of an announcing device 5 to an outgoing side telephone terminal 12, and the incoming equipment can be selected by referring to the access code table based on the access code inputted from the telephone terminal 12 corresponding to the announcement.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an incoming call method for an electronic exchange, and more particularly to an incoming call method using a single subscriber number assigned to a plurality of types of incoming call equipment.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In the conventional method of receiving a call for a plurality of types of equipment, a representative group having a single representative number is constituted by these different types of equipment, for example, a telephone terminal or a facsimile terminal, and is identified by a calling side exchange. The same incoming call equipment is selected according to the type of outgoing call equipment (for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 63-294195).

First, in the receiving side exchange, the same subscriber number is given as a representative number to different types of equipment to be housed to form a representative group, and the type of each equipment incorporated in this representative group is managed. At the same time, the originating exchange manages the type of each equipment to be accommodated in the same way, and makes it possible to identify the type of equipment that has made a call request.

Here, when a call is made to a representative group of called side exchanges from an arbitrary equipment accommodated in the called side exchange, first, after identifying the type of the equipment which is requested to make a call at the calling side exchange. The calling side exchange sends the subscriber number received from the calling facility, that is, a representative number indicating a representative group, to the called side exchange, and also sends type information of the identified calling facility.

Next, the receiving side exchange selects an appropriate facility from the representative group on the basis of the representative number from the originating side exchange and the type information of the transmitting facility and performs the incoming call processing. That is, among a plurality of types of equipment that make up the representative group to which this representative number is assigned, an empty equipment of the same type as the type of the transmission equipment is selected, a call signal is transmitted, and communication is performed by the response of this reception equipment. To establish.

[0006]

Therefore, according to the conventional receiving method for a plurality of types of equipment, the receiving equipment of the same type as the type of the transmitting side equipment is automatically selected. When a representative group is made up of equipment, a so-called telephone terminal and a facsimile terminal, incoming calls from the telephone terminal are prevented from being connected to the facsimile terminal. When the representative group consists of telephone terminals, which are terminals, and car telephone terminals, one of the terminals is automatically selected for the incoming call from the telephone terminal, and the calling equipment can select any receiving equipment. It was difficult to select and call.

Further, when making a call to the representative group, it is possible to select an appropriate incoming call facility from the facilities accommodated in the exchange which does not have the function of managing the type of the transmitting facility and sending the type information. It becomes difficult, and in order to effectively utilize this incoming call method, it is necessary for all exchanges to have a function of identifying the type of calling equipment that has made a calling request and sending the type information. A huge capital investment is required. The present invention is intended to solve such a problem, and it is possible to select and call any equipment from a plurality of types of call receiving equipment managed by a single subscriber number from a calling equipment, and it is also feasible. It is intended to provide an incoming call method.

[0008]

In order to achieve such an object, the single-number receiving method according to the present invention prompts the input of equipment designation information for designating one of a plurality of types of incoming equipment. In the case that the subscriber number sent at the time of outgoing call manages a plurality of incoming call equipments by providing an announcement means for making an announcement and an equipment identification means for identifying the corresponding incoming call equipment from the subscriber number and equipment designation information. , Which prompts the calling subscriber to enter the equipment information by the announcement means, and makes an incoming call to the receiving equipment identified by the equipment identification means based on the equipment designation information and the subscriber number entered accordingly. is there.

[0009]

Therefore, the calling subscriber sends out a predetermined subscriber number at the time of calling to prompt the input of the equipment designation information by the announcement means, and the called equipment is selected by inputting the equipment designation information accordingly. It will be in a calling state.

[0010]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing a switching network which is an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes an exchange on the receiving side, which accommodates a telephone terminal 2, a facsimile terminal 3 and a car telephone terminal 4 as receiving equipment, and is connected to an announcement device 5 for transmitting a predetermined voice. Again 2
Is an exchange on the originating side connected to the exchange 1 on the receiving side by a line 10, and accommodates a telephone terminal 12 and a facsimile terminal 13 as transmission facilities. In addition, the telephone terminal 2,
The facsimile terminal 3 and the car telephone terminal 4 are managed by a single subscriber number.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a translation table for managing each incoming call facility accommodated in the incoming call side exchange 1. In the figure, reference numeral 21 denotes a subscriber number table for searching that a plurality of incoming call facilities are managed by each subscriber number, which is indexed by the subscriber number. Reference numeral 22 is an access code table for further individually managing each incoming call facility managed by a single subscriber number, and is indexed by the facility identification information, that is, the access code, assigned to each incoming call facility.

The subscriber number table 21 and the access code table 22 have a hierarchical structure. When a certain subscriber number manages a plurality of incoming call facilities,
Based on the next table link information corresponding to the subscriber number stored in the subscriber number table 21, the access code table 22 to be referred to next is selected. Therefore,
With these translation tables, it is possible to identify each incoming call facility from the subscriber number and access code and obtain the information about the incoming call facility.

Next, the operation of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a sequence diagram showing call connection control for a plurality of incoming call terminals managed by a single number at the time of incoming call. Based on this, the outgoing call equipment is the telephone terminal 12 of FIG. 1 and the incoming call equipment is the car telephone terminal 4. The case will be described. First, the calling subscriber confirms the dial tone sent from the exchange 11 after being off-hook by the telephone terminal 12 accommodated in the exchange 11, and dials the called subscriber number. In response to this, the originating exchange 11 outputs the received subscriber number to the exchange 1.

The exchange 1 on the called side receives the subscriber number, and the subscriber number table 21 of the above-mentioned translation table.
It is confirmed whether the received subscriber number manages a plurality of receiving equipments by referring to. Here, when the received subscriber number manages a plurality of incoming call facilities, after obtaining the table link information for the access code table 22 to be referred to next, after connecting the announcement device 5 to the line 10. , An announcement is sent to the telephone terminal 12, which is the calling facility, to prompt the user to enter the facility designation information for designating the called facility managed by the subscriber number, that is, the access code.

In response to this, the subscriber using the originating telephone terminal 12 dials the access code assigned to the facility to be called, that is, the automobile telephone terminal 4. This access code is received by the terminating exchange 1 via the originating exchange 11, and the access code table 22 corresponding to the above-mentioned subscriber number is referred to, and this incoming call is received based on the terminating equipment information specified by this access code. It is confirmed that the equipment is the car phone terminal 4, and if the car phone terminal 4 is empty, that is, in an unused state based on the incoming call information corresponding to this, a calling signal is sent to the car phone terminal 4. At the same time, a ringback tone is sent to the telephone terminal 12 on the calling side.

Next, in response to an incoming call, that is, an off-hook operation, by a subscriber who uses the car telephone terminal 4,
The terminating side exchange 1 sends a response signal to the originating side exchange 11, and in response the originating side exchange 11 sends a response signal to the originating side telephone terminal 12 so that the originating side telephone terminal 12 and the terminating side are connected. The car phone terminal 4 is in a call state.

[0017]

As described above, according to the present invention, a translation table for translating a subscriber number and an access code is provided in the called side exchange, and this translation table is based on the access code input according to the announcement. Since the incoming call facility is identified by referring to, the user can individually select the incoming call facility to call by simply dialing a single subscriber number and inputting an access code according to the announcement. Therefore, in the call receiving method for a plurality of types of equipment managed by a single subscriber number, the call receiving side can specify the call receiving equipment desired to call surely and easily, and further, the calling side exchange does not require a special configuration. The special effect is that it can be used from all transmitting equipment.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing a switching network according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram showing a translation table.

FIG. 3 is a sequence diagram showing call connection control when receiving a call.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1,11 Switchboard 2,12 Telephone terminal 3,13 Facsimile terminal 4 Car telephone terminal 5 Announcer 10 Line 21 Subscriber number table 22 Access code table

[Procedure amendment]

[Submission date] July 28, 1993

[Procedure Amendment 1]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Name of item to be corrected] 0015

[Correction method] Change

[Correction content]

In response to this, the subscriber using the originating telephone terminal 12 dials the access code assigned to the facility to be called, that is, the automobile telephone terminal 4. This access code is received by the terminating exchange 1 via the originating exchange 11, and the access code table 22 corresponding to the above-mentioned subscriber number is referred to, and this incoming call is received based on the terminating equipment information specified by this access code. equipment to confirm that the mobile telephone terminal 4, if an automobile telephone terminal 4 based on the incoming information corresponding thereto is empty i.e. unused state, sends invocation signal to mobile telephone terminals 4 At the same time, a ringback tone is sent to the telephone terminal 12 on the calling side.

[Procedure Amendment 2]

[Document name to be corrected] Drawing

[Name of item to be corrected] Figure 3

[Correction method] Change

[Correction content]

[Figure 3]

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A single-number receiving method in an electronic exchange for calling one of the receiving equipments by a single subscriber number assigned to the receiving equipments of a plurality of types. An announcement means for making an announcement to the effect that input of equipment designation information for designating the equipment is provided, and equipment identification means for identifying the corresponding called equipment from the subscriber number and the equipment designation information are provided, and When managing the receiving equipment having a plurality of subscriber numbers, the announcement means prompts the calling subscriber to input the equipment information, and the equipment specifying information and the subscriber input in response to the prompting. A single number receiving method for receiving an incoming call to the receiving equipment identified by the equipment identifying means based on a number.