JPH07203037A - Key telephone system with storing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To automatically call a desired person of the opposite party side just by dialing his telephone number and without discontinuing the talking with a voice storing device when a subscriber wants to call the person who left a message while listening to the messages stored in the voice storing device. CONSTITUTION:When a subscriber dials an outgoing instruction and a telephone number through an extention telephone 30 while listening to the messages stored in a voice storing device 20 via the extension telephone 30, the data on these instruction are transferred to the device 20. Receiving these data, a controller 20a interprets an outgoing state. Thus the outgoing instruction and the dial data stored in a dial data storing device 20b are sent to a main device 10. In reply to these data, a controller 10a separates the telephone 30 from the device 20 and holds the extension. Furthermore a switching device 10b answers by the instruction given from the controller 10a and connects the held telephone 30 to an outside line based on the dial data.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a key telephone device, and more particularly to a key telephone device equipped with a voice storage device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a button telephone device with a voice storage device, one shown in FIG. 5 is known. In FIG.
The key telephone device comprises a key telephone main device 10, a voice storage device 20, and an extension telephone 30, and the key telephone main device 10 is connected to a public line network.

The key telephone main unit 10 includes a control unit 10a for controlling the entire key telephone unit, a switching unit 10b for exchanging voice and control data with an outside line, an extension line and a voice storage unit 20, and an outside line and a main unit 10. An external line interface 10c for connection, an internal line interface 10d for connecting the extension telephone 30 and the main device 10, and a voice storage device 2
0 and the main unit 10 connection interface 10
and e.

On the other hand, the voice storage device 20 includes a control device 20a for controlling the entire voice storage device 20 and a voice storage device 2.
It is composed of an intention signal receiving device 20b for receiving the intention of operating 0 from the main device 10, and a connection interface 20c for connecting the key telephone main device 10 and the voice storage device 20.

In the key telephone device shown in FIG. 5, the operation of making a call while using the voice storage device 20 will be described.

Using the extension telephone 30, the voice storage device 2
When making a call to the telephone number left in the message while listening to the message stored in 0, the receiver of the extension telephone 30 is temporarily taken down. In response to this, the control device 10a sends the disconnection command sent from the extension telephone 30 to the exchange device 10b.
Send to. As a result, the exchange device 10b disconnects the call between the extension telephone 30 and the voice storage device 20.

Thereafter, when the telephone number of the extension telephone 30 is picked up again and the telephone number to be called is dialed, the control device 10a responds to the dial operation and the extension telephone 30
Based on the telephone number sent from, the sending instruction is sent to the exchange 10b. As a result, the exchange device 10b makes a call to the destination telephone number.

[0008]

By the way, when a message left in the voice accumulator is heard, a telephone number may be left in the message along with the content requesting a call back. . In such a case, it may be desirable to call the telephone number immediately, but in the conventional button telephone device with voice storage device, all dialing from the extension telephone while listening to a message is an operation to the voice storage device. Therefore, it is not possible to call the other party immediately. Therefore, when making a call to the other party left in the message, either listen to the message and record or store the phone number, disconnect the call with voice storage, and then call the number. You are forced to dial.

According to the present invention, while listening to a message stored in the voice storage device, when it is desired to make a call to a person who has left the message, the other party automatically automatically disconnects the call with the voice storage device. It is an object of the present invention to provide a button telephone device with a voice storage device capable of making a call.

[0010]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a voice storage device for storing voice data from an outside line, an outside line, an extension telephone set, and an outside line, an extension line, and a voice storage device. A voice data storage device, and a main device for controlling a call with the voice data storage device, wherein the voice data storage device stores dial data from the main device, and dial data storage means when a call command is received from the main device. Data sending means for sending the dial data stored in the voice storage device to the main device together with a call command, and the main device uses the extension telephone when the voice data stored in the voice storage device is being transmitted to the extension telephone. And a data transfer means for transferring these data to the voice storage device when a call command and dial data for the voice storage device are received from
An extension holding means for disconnecting the extension telephone connected to the voice storage device from the voice storage device and holding the extension when a call command is received from the data transmission means of the voice storage device, and dial data from the data transmission means of the voice storage device. A telephone telephone device with a voice accumulating device having an extension line connecting means for connecting an extension telephone set which has been held when the extension is held by the receiving extension holding means to an outside line according to dial data.

The extension telephone is provided with display means for displaying voice data transmitted from the voice storage device via the main device, or displays dial data and name data transferred from the voice storage device via the main device. It is also possible to provide a display means for doing so. Further, the extension telephone has a display means for displaying dial data and name data transmitted from the voice storage device through the main device over a plurality of lines, an operation means for scrolling a display screen of the display means, and an operation means. It is also possible to provide data requesting means for requesting the voice storage device to send out data concerning the destination in response to the operation of the means.

The destination information storage means for storing the destination telephone number and its name in the voice storage device in association with each other, and the destination information storage means of the destination information storage means based on the dial data when the data is transmitted from the data transmission means. It is also possible to provide name data sending means for sending data to the main device by adding the data of the name for searching and answering the stored information to the dial data.

[0013]

Therefore, according to the present invention, when a call is made to the other party of the telephone number left in the message while listening to the message of the voice storage device using the extension telephone, the extension telephone dials the designated telephone number. Then, the extension telephone sends a call command and dial data to the main device. When this call command is transferred to the voice storage device via the main device, the dial data stored in the dial data storage means is sent to the main device together with the call command. When the main device receives a call command and dial data from the voice storage device, the extension telephone connected to the voice storage device is disconnected from the voice storage device and the extension is held. When the extension is put on hold, the held extension telephone is connected to the outside line according to the dial data. Therefore, it is possible to automatically make a call to the other party dialed from the extension telephone without temporarily disconnecting the call between the extension telephone and the voice storage device.

Since the telephone number according to the dial data is displayed on the display means of the extension telephone, erroneous dialing can be prevented. In addition, since the name of the callee can be displayed on the extension telephone, the callee can be confirmed.

When making a call, the callee can be selected according to the name from among the names displayed on a plurality of lines, so that it is not necessary to remember the telephone number. Furthermore, since the telephone number already registered in the voice storage device is used, erroneous dialing is eliminated.

[0016]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 shows the overall construction of a button telephone system according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, a button telephone device with a voice storage device is a key telephone main device 10,
The voice storage device 20 and the extension telephones 30, 31, ... Are provided.

The key telephone main unit 10 includes a control unit 10a for controlling the entire key telephone unit, a switching unit 10b for exchanging voice and control data, an outside line (public line network) and the main unit 10. The external line interface 10c for connection, the internal line interface 10d for connecting the extension telephones 30, 31, ... And the main device 10 and the voice storage device 2
0 and the main unit 10 connection interface 10
e and.

On the other hand, the voice storage device 20 includes a control device 20a for controlling the entire voice storage device, an intention signal reception device 20b for receiving a signal indicating the intention of the user of the voice storage device 20 from the main device 10, and a main device. 10 and the voice storage device 20. A connection interface 20c for connecting the voice storage device 20 and a dial data storage device 20d for storing dial data transferred from the extension telephones 30, 31, ...

Each extension telephone 30, 31, ... Is provided with a control device 30a for controlling each extension telephone as a whole.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. First, using the extension telephone 30, the voice storage device 2
When it is desired to make a call from the extension telephone 30 while listening to the message stored in 0, the extension telephone 30 dials a call command and a telephone number to the voice storage device 20.
When a call command and a telephone number are dialed from the extension telephone 30, these data are transferred to the extension interface 10d,
It is received by the intention signal receiving device 20b via the exchange device 10b. The signals received by the intention signal receiving device 20b are sent to the control device 20a and the dial data storage device 20d, respectively. The dial data relating to the telephone number is stored in the dial data storage device 20d.
Further, when the control device 20a interprets the transmission data as a call, it sends a call command to the key telephone main device 10 via the connection interface 20c. Further, the dial data relating to the telephone number stored in the dial data storage device 20d is sent to the key telephone main device 10 through the connection interface 20c.

A voice storage device 20 is provided in the key telephone main device 10.
When a call command and dial data are input from the control device 10a, the control device 10a disconnects the extension telephone 30 connected to the voice storage device 20 from the voice storage device 20, and holds the separated extension. At this time, the exchange device 10b
It transmits in response to a transmission command from the control device 10a. After making a further call, the extension telephone 30 that has been put on hold and the outside line that has made a call are connected in accordance with the dial data. As a result, a ringing tone is sent to the extension telephone 30 and the other party responds so that the extension telephone 30 can communicate with the outside line.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, when the user wants to call the person who left the message while listening to the message stored in the voice storage device 20, the extension telephone 30 dials the designated telephone number. Then, it is possible to automatically make a call to the designated party without disconnecting the call with the voice storage device 20.

FIG. 2 shows the overall construction of the second embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, each extension telephone 30,
31 is provided with the display device 30b, and other configurations are the same as those in FIG. 1, and therefore, the same components are designated by the same reference numerals and the description thereof will be omitted.

In the present embodiment, when a telephone call is made from the extension telephone 30 to a telephone number left in the message while listening to a message stored in the voice storage device 20 using the extension telephone 30, When a call command and a telephone number are dialed from the extension telephone 30, these data are sent to the voice storage device 20 via the key telephone main unit 10. Then, when these data are returned from the voice storage device 20 to the key telephone main device 10, the telephone number data is input as the display data to the display device 30b via the control device 10a and the extension interface 10d, and the display of the display device 30b is performed. The phone number is displayed on the screen.

At this time, when the person using the voice storage device 20 confirms the telephone number displayed on the display device 30b of the extension telephone 30 and dials a signal indicating that the telephone number is correct, this signal is output. Extension interface 1
0d, the switching device 10b, and the intention signal receiving device 20b to the control device 20a. As a result, the control device 2
0a interprets the sent signal as being correct to the destination, and sends a calling command to the key telephone main unit 10 via the connection interface 20c. After that, as described above, the extension telephone 30 connected to the voice storage device 20 is disconnected from the voice storage device 20, and the separated extension is held. Then, after this, the exchange device 10b issues a command from the control device 10a, and thereafter, the extension telephone 30 that has been on hold and the outside line that has been transmitted are connected, and a ringing tone is sent to the extension telephone 30. Then, when the other party responds, the outside line and the extension telephone 30 can talk.

In this embodiment, it is possible to obtain the same effect as that of the above-mentioned embodiment, and it is possible to prevent erroneous dialing because the telephone number is displayed on the extension telephone.

FIG. 3 shows the overall construction of the third embodiment. In this embodiment, the voice storage device 20 is provided with a destination information storage device 20e, and the other configuration is shown in FIG.
Since they are similar to those described above, the same components are designated by the same reference numerals, and their description will be omitted.

The destination information storage device 20e is configured as destination information storage means for storing the destination telephone number and its name in association with each other.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. First, the voice storage device 20 using the extension telephone 30
When making a call from the extension telephone 30 while listening to the message, when the extension telephone 30 dials a call command and a telephone number to the voice storage device 20, these data are transmitted via the key telephone main device 10. Intention signal receiver 2
0b is received. Then, the received signals are transferred to the dial data storage device 20d and the control device 20a, respectively.

At this time, when the control device 20a interprets the sent data as a call, first, the dial data stored in the dial data storage device 20d is sent to the control device 10a as telephone number data. At this time, the control device 20a searches the information of the destination information storage device 20e based on the telephone number data, and if there is a match with the name of the destination, the data regarding the name of the destination is used as the telephone number. It is added after the data and these data are sent to the key telephone main unit 10. On the other hand, if there is no match, no data is sent.

A voice storage device 20 is provided in the key telephone main device 10.
When the data from is input, the telephone number data and the name data of the callee sent as display data from the control device 10a to the extension telephone 30 are sent. As a result, the telephone number data and the name of the callee are displayed on the display screen of the display device 30b. At this time, the person who uses the voice storage device 20 dials a signal indicating that the telephone number of the callee is correct after confirming the displayed name, and this signal is transmitted via the key telephone main device 10 to the intention signal receiving device. 20
b, and the received signal is sent to the control device 20a.

The control device 20a is the intention signal receiving device 20b.
When the signal from the terminal is judged and the transmitted signal is interpreted as correct by the callee, a call command is sent to the key telephone main unit 10 through the connection interface 20c. As a result, the extension telephone 3 connected to the voice storage device 20
0 is disconnected from the voice storage device 20, and the separated extension is held. After this, the exchange device 10b issues a command from the control device 10a, and after the command is issued,
The extension telephone 30 that has been put on hold and the outside line that originated are connected. As a result, a ringing tone is sent to the extension telephone 30 and the other party responds so that the outside telephone and the extension telephone 30 can talk.

Also in this embodiment, the same effect as in each of the above embodiments can be obtained, and the name of the callee can be displayed, so that the callee can be easily confirmed.

FIG. 4 shows the overall construction of the fourth embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, each extension telephone 30,
.. is provided with a large-sized display device 30c for displaying character data and the like over a plurality of lines. Since other configurations are similar to those in FIG. The description is omitted.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. First, using the extension telephone 30, the voice storage device 2
When it is desired to make a call from the extension telephone 30 while listening to the message of 0, when the extension telephone 30 dials a call command and a telephone number to the voice storage device 20, these data are stored in the voice telephone main device 10 through voice storage. It is received by the intention signal receiving device 20b of the device 20. Then, these signals are sent to the dial data storage device 20d and the control device 20a. At this time, if the control device 20a interprets the sent data as a call, first, as the callee information, the amount of data to be displayed on the extension telephone 30 from the callee information storage device 20e is sent to the key telephone main device 10. To do.

When the control device 10a receives the data from the voice storage device 20, it sends the telephone number data and the name data of the callee to the extension telephone 30 for the displayed amount.
When this data is input to the control device 30a of the extension telephone 30, the sent telephone number data and the name of the callee are displayed on the large display device 30c. At this time, when there is no destination in the displayed name, if the button for scrolling the extension telephone 30 is operated, the next data is extracted from the destination information storage device 20e in response to this operation, The extracted data is transferred to the extension telephone 30 via the key telephone main unit 10. These processes are repeatedly performed while the scroll button is operated.

When the destination is determined, data relating to the destination is sent to the control device 10a. Then, the exchange device 10b temporarily holds the extension telephone 30, and a command is issued from the control device 10a. Then, after the call is made, the extension telephone 30 that has been put on hold and the outside line that made the call are connected. As a result, a ringing tone is sent to the extension telephone 30 and the other party responds so that the outside telephone and the extension telephone 30 can talk.

In this embodiment, it is possible to obtain the same effects as those of the above-mentioned embodiments, and the destination can be selected by name, so that the selection is easy and erroneous dialing can be prevented.

In each of the above-described embodiments, an example of calling to an outside line has been shown, but calling to an extension line can be performed in the same manner.

[0040]

As is apparent from the above embodiment, the present invention makes it possible to call a designated telephone number while listening to a message of the voice accumulating device by using the voice accumulating device. No more hanging up or calling again.

Since the dialed number is displayed,
You can check the dialed number and prevent erroneous dialing.

Further, since the name of the dialed number destination is stored and the name is displayed, erroneous dialing can be prevented. Further, since the destination can be selected by name, the destination can be easily selected and erroneous dialing can be prevented.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a button telephone device with a voice storage device showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an overall configuration diagram of a button telephone device with a voice storage device showing a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an overall configuration diagram of a button telephone device with a voice storage device showing a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an overall configuration diagram of a button telephone device with a voice storage device showing a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an overall configuration diagram of a conventional button telephone device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 key telephone main device 10a control device 10b switching device 10c external interface 10d extension interface 10e connection interface 20 voice storage device 20a control device 20b intention signal receiving device 20c connection interface 20d dial data storage device 20e destination information storage device 30 extension telephone 30a Control device 30b Display device 30c Large display device

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A voice storage device for storing voice data from an external line, and a main device connected to the external line, the extension telephone and the voice storage device to control a call between the external line, the internal line and the voice storage device. The voice storage device is a dial data storage means for storing dial data from the main device, and data for sending the dial data stored in the dial data storage means to the main device together with the transmission command when receiving the transmission command from the main device. The main device has a sending means, and when the voice data stored in the voice storage device is being transmitted to the extension telephone set, the main device receives the call command and dial data for the voice storage device from the extension telephone set. Data transfer means for transferring data to the voice storage device,
An extension holding means for holding the extension by disconnecting the extension telephone connected to the voice storage device from the voice storage device when receiving a call command from the data transmission means of the voice storage device, and dial data from the data transmission means of the voice storage device. A key telephone device with a voice storage device, comprising: an external line connecting unit for connecting an internal telephone set which has been held when the internal line holding unit holds the internal line to an external line according to dial data. 2. The button telephone device with a voice storage device according to claim 1, wherein the extension telephone has a display means for displaying voice data transmitted from the voice storage device via the main device. 3. The voice storage device comprises a destination information storage means for storing a destination telephone number and its name in association with each other, and a destination information storage means based on dial data when transmitting data from the data transmission means. And the name data transmitting means for retrieving the stored information of the relevant data and adding the data of the corresponding name to the dial data and transmitting it to the main device. The extension telephone is transmitted from the voice storage device through the main device. 2. The button telephone device with a voice storage device according to claim 1, further comprising display means for displaying dial data and name data. 4. The voice storage device comprises a destination information storage unit for storing a destination telephone number and its name in association with each other, and a destination information storage unit based on dial data when transmitting data from the data transmission unit. And the name data transmitting means for retrieving the stored information of the relevant data and adding the data of the corresponding name to the dial data and transmitting it to the main device. The extension telephone is transmitted from the voice storage device through the main device. Display means for displaying dial data and name data over a plurality of lines, operation means for scrolling the display screen of the display means, and transmission of data concerning the destination to the voice storage device in response to the operation of the operation means. 2. A button telephone device with a voice accumulating device according to claim 1, further comprising a data requesting means for requesting.