JPH07321929A - Originating system for telephone set - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve cost effectiveness and the freedom of design by freely setting plural called parties for automatic origination and making an operating method simple so as to improve convenience and to simplify the operation of a telephone set. CONSTITUTION:A telephone exchanging device is provided with a telephone number memory 11 and an address memory 12 so as to allow the telephone number memory 11 to previously register the telephone number of the called party for automatical dialing in a telephone number area 112 in a telephone number memory 11 related to the telephone number with an area number 111 and to allow the address memory 12 to store the head addresses of the telephone number memories 11A,11B,... corresponding to respective extension telephone sets A, B,.... Then, at the time of originating, whether the dialing is performed manually or automatically is discriminated based on the kind of a button depressed by first dialing operation and at the time of automatic dialing, the address memory 12 of the originating extension telephone set is referred to, one of the telephone number memories 11A, 11B, ... is selected, and furthermore one piece of telephone number information among the telephone number memories is selected based on to the contents of dialing operation.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a calling system of a telephone device, and more particularly to a sending system of a dial signal to a telephone line. In the present invention, the telephone device means a device connected to a subscriber telephone network (for example, a telephone exchange device, a telephone, a facsimile, etc.).

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As an automatic dialing method of a telephone device, the telephone number for automatic dialing is registered in advance as the simplest operation, and when making a call, simply go off-hook to correspond to the registered telephone number. Conventionally, a method is known in which the dial signal is automatically transmitted to a telephone line.

As another method, a one-touch dial button is provided on a telephone, a telephone number is assigned to each one-touch dial button and registered, and when making a call, the telephone number is selected with the one-touch dial button after off-hook. A method of automatically sending a dial signal corresponding to the telephone number to a telephone line is known.

[0004]

According to the former prior art described above, the telephone number that can be automatically dialed is limited to one destination, and it is impossible to automatically dial a plurality of destinations, and the ordinary manual dialing is used. There is a method in which a button is separately provided on the telephone to make a call, and a normal manual dialing call can be made by off-hooking while holding the button. There is a problem in that it is necessary to add an extra number and it is difficult to perform an off-hook operation while pressing a button when making a call.

Further, according to the latter prior art, it is necessary to provide one-touch dial buttons on the telephone as many as the number of destinations for one-touch transmission, the operation surface of the telephone becomes large, and the economical efficiency and the degree of freedom in design are lacking. There was a problem.

The present invention solves the above-mentioned conventional problems, enables automatic dial transmission to a plurality of grounds, does not require an operation button for each automatic dial transmission ground, and has a simple operation method. It is an object to obtain a transmission method that makes it easy to distinguish between automatic dial transmission and manual dial transmission.

[0007]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention allows a plurality of destination telephone numbers to be automatically dialed to be registered. (1) In the case of prioritizing the automatic dialing function, (1-1 ) For automatic dialing,
Select the other party's telephone number with 1 or 2 digit number keys, or select the other party's telephone number with the number of times the special key for automatic transmission is pressed. (1-2) When dialing manually, dial After pressing the special key for manual transmission included in the key, press all the other party's telephone numbers. (2) When prioritizing the manual dialing function, (2
-1) When performing automatic dialing, after pressing the special key for automatic transmission, select the other party's telephone number with the 1 to 2 digit numeric key, or call the other party's phone depending on the number of times the special key for automatic transmission is pressed. Make sure to select the number, (2-
2) When performing manual dialing, all the telephone numbers of the other party are simply pushed.

In the transmission by the above operation, basically, the selection of the destination telephone number is performed prior to off-hook.
It is also possible to select the destination telephone number after off-hook. In this case, in (1-1) or (2-1) above, when the destination telephone number is selected using the 1 to 2 digit number key. Is to set the number of digits selected in advance, and when the number key of the number of digits set is pressed, or a timer is set in advance and the timer times out after pressing the number key (especially the number of digits selected for the other party's telephone number is (For example, it is applied when 1 digit and 2 digits are mixedly set.) Or, the selection end is indicated by pressing a special key other than the numeric key which is set during dialing and indicates the end of destination selection, or When selecting the other party based on the number of times the special key for automatic sending is pressed, the special key for automatic sending is set by pressing the special key that indicates the end of selecting the other party set during dialing or by setting the timer in advance. of After addition to the selection end by timeout of the timer after the pressing is made of is obtained to perform the same operation as the case of off-hook after selecting a destination telephone number.

[0009]

According to the present invention, it is possible to register a plurality of destination telephone numbers to be automatically dialed.
Perform with a few dial operations, and when manually dialing, press the manual sending special key once, or do not press the manual sending special key, but use the dial operation to press all the other party's telephone numbers as it is. All dialing operations can be performed with dial keys, and the number of operations is the minimum required.

[0010]

1 is a block diagram of the essential parts of a telephone exchange apparatus, and FIG. 2 is an external view of an extension telephone housed in the telephone exchange apparatus. 3 is a schematic diagram of a memory related to the embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 1, the telephone exchange apparatus ME includes
A telephone number memory 11 provided with a storage area 11A, 11B, ... Of the telephone number information of the automatic dialing destination for each extension telephone A, B, ... And each extension telephone A, B of the telephone number memory 11 ... A memory 1 having an address memory 12 for storing corresponding addresses, a CPU 2, an interface 3 provided for each telephone line, an interface 4 provided for each extension telephone A, B, ..., and a dial sender 5. is doing.

As shown in FIG. 2, extension telephones A,
B, ... Consists of a telephone main body 41 and a handset 42. The telephone main body 41 has a display 43 for telephone number information and an on-hook transmission button 44 (for making a call while the handset 42 is placed on the telephone main body 41). Dial, which has a numeric keypad and two special keys (*, #).
Is provided.

The two memories 11 and 12 in the memory 1 provided in the telephone exchange apparatus ME will be described with reference to FIG.
As shown in FIG.
Storage areas 11A, 11B, ... For telephone number information are provided corresponding to B ,.
A, 11B, ... Are provided with a storage area 112 for storing the telephone number information of the transmission destination, for each storage area 111 (1 to n) of the ground number of the automatic dial transmission destination.
The address memory 12 is a storage area 11A, 11 of the telephone number memory 11 assigned to each extension telephone A, B, ....
An area 121 for storing the start addresses of B, ...

The telephone numbers for automatic dialing are registered from the extension telephones A, B, ... That is, if a command for requesting registration from extension telephones A, B, ... (by a function key not shown), a ground number, and a telephone number to be registered are sequentially dialed with delimiters, the CPU
2 identifies the extension telephone (one of A, B, ...) From the accommodating position of the telephone interface 4 of the extension telephone, and subsequently reads the sequentially transmitted information through the telephone interface 4, Address memory 12 corresponding to the identified extension telephone (extension telephone for which registration is requested)
Address (11A, 11
The telephone number information is stored according to the above registration order in the address B, ... With the above control, the extension telephones A, B,
Automatically dials the number of each party's telephone number up to n
Registered for ground.

The operation at the time of calling will be described below.

In controlling the transmission of a dial signal at the time of making a call, a control for giving priority to manual dialing (an operation of selecting a calling party by dialing all telephone numbers of the calling party) and automatic dialing (calling). There is a control that prioritizes the operation of selecting the other party by pressing the button a few times).
Which one is taken is determined by the system data set in the telephone exchange.

When the manual dial transmission is prioritized, the first dial operation at the time of the transmission (the operation of selecting the destination of the transmission, the same applies hereinafter) is the pressing of a special key in the dial 45, for example, the "#" key. If it is, the automatic mode is set and the automatic dialing control is performed. If the first dial operation at the time of making a call is the numeric keys in the dial 45, the manual mode is set and the manual dialing control is performed.

When the automatic dial transmission is prioritized, when the first dial operation at the time of transmission is pressing a special key in the dial 45, for example, the "*" key, the manual mode is set and the manual dial transmission is performed. If the control is performed and the first dial operation when making a call is other than the above (dial 45
The "#" key or the numeric key) is set to the automatic mode, and automatic dial transmission control is performed.

Manual dial transmission control will be described.

In the case of manual dial transmission priority, the normal state is the manual mode, and at the time of making a call, when the extension telephone, for example, A, dials the destination telephone number, telephone number information is sent to the CPU 2 via the telephone interface 4. Stored in a telephone number information storage area (not shown) of the memory 1,
At the same time, the telephone number dialed is displayed on the display 43 of the telephone body 41. Finish dialing at extension telephone A,
After confirming the destination telephone number displayed on the display 43, the CPU 2 activates the empty telephone line interface 3, and the dial signal corresponding to the stored destination telephone number is sent via the dial sender 5 to the telephone. It is sent to the telephone line from the line interface 3.

In the case of automatic dial transmission priority, the normal state is the automatic mode, and at the time of transmission, the extension telephone, for example, A,
When the special key for manual transmission, for example, the "*" key is first depressed, the CPU 2 receives the "*" key signal via the telephone interface 4 to identify the transmission in the manual dial mode. Thereafter, the CPU 2 receives the telephone number information sent from the extension telephone A as in the case of the manual dial priority, and off-hooks the dial signal corresponding to the telephone number from the telephone line interface 3 through the telephone line interface 3 through the dial sender 5. Send to.

In the above operation, the operation sequence is set so that the off-hook operation is performed after the dial operation. However, it is also possible to set the operation sequence so that the dial operation is performed after the off-hook operation. In the case where the priority is given to the manual dial transmission, if the extension telephone, for example, A is off-hooked, the CPU 2 detects the off-hook of the extension telephone A through the telephone interface 4,
The blank telephone line interface 3 is activated. Then, when the extension telephone A dials the destination telephone number, the CPU 2
Receives the telephone number information of the other party,
A dial signal corresponding to the received number information is sent from the telephone line interface 3 to the telephone line via the dial sender 5. In addition, in the case of automatic dial transmission priority, if the special key "*" for manual transmission is first pushed after the off-hook at the extension telephone A, the CPU 2 receives the "*" key signal, and the manual dialing is performed by receiving the signal. After identifying the mode, the CPU 2 thereafter sends a dial signal corresponding to the telephone number information sent from the extension telephone A to the telephone line, as in the case of the manual dial transmission priority.

Next, automatic dial transmission control will be described.

In the case of automatic dial priority, the normal state is the automatic mode, and at the time of making a call, first the telephone number information of the calling party is read from the telephone number memory 11, and then the dialing corresponding to the read telephone number information by off-hook. Control the signal to be sent automatically.

As a method of reading the telephone number information, the ground number of the telephone number information of the calling party in the telephone number memory 11 (ground number storage area 11 of the telephone number memory 11)
1) is known in advance, the first method of designating and reading the corresponding ground number with the numeric keys of the dial 45, and if the ground number is unknown, it is used for automatic transmission in the dial 45. There is a second method of searching and reading out the telephone number information of the calling party by repeatedly pressing the set special key, for example, the "#" key.

The control when the automatic dial transmission is performed by the first reading method will be described below.

With the extension telephone A, the numerical keys of the dial 45,
For example, if "2" is pressed, the telephone exchange device ME
The CPU 2 reads the number data "2" from the extension telephone A through the telephone interface 4 and reads the data "2".
It is detected from the accommodating position of the extension telephone A that the call originates from the extension telephone A, and the leading address of the telephone number memory 11A corresponding to the extension telephone A is read from the storage area 121 (see FIG. 3) of the address memory 12 of the extension telephone A. Then, the telephone number information "011-222-" stored in the area of the ground number "2" corresponding to the received number data "2".
3333 "is read out and this is telephone interface 4
To the extension telephone A via. As a result, the telephone number "011-222-33" is displayed on the display 43 of the extension telephone A.
33 ”is displayed. The caller confirms the other party's telephone number with the number displayed on the display 43 and then goes off-hook,
An off-hook signal is transmitted from the extension telephone A, the CPU 2 of the telephone exchange apparatus ME receives the above-mentioned off-hook signal via the telephone interface 4, activates the empty telephone line interface 3, and then activates the dial sender 5, The dial signal corresponding to the telephone number information "011-222-3333" read from the telephone number memory 11A under control is automatically transmitted to the telephone line via the telephone line interface 3. If the designation of the outgoing ground number is incorrect, if the newly designated numeric key of the dial key 45 is pressed before the off-hook operation, the ground number information corresponding to the pushed numeric key is newly selected. The new telephone number information is displayed on the display 43 of the extension telephone set A by the same control as the above case, and the dial signal corresponding to the displayed telephone number information is automatically sent to the telephone line by off-hook.

Next, the control when the automatic dial transmission is performed by the second reading method will be described below.

When the automatic transmission special key of the dial 45, for example, the "#" key is depressed in the extension telephone A in the state of the automatic mode, the same operation as when the numeric keys are depressed in the first method is performed. CPU2 of telephone exchange device ME
Reads "#" data, detects that the extension telephone set A is a call originating from the accommodation position of the telephone set interface 4, and stores a memory 11A corresponding to the extension telephone set A from the storage area 121 of the address memory 12 of the extension telephone set A. , The telephone number information "03-3210-0000" stored in the address is selected, and the telephone number information "03-3210-0000" is operated by the same operation as in the case of the first method. Is displayed on the display 43 of the extension telephone set A. When the extension telephone A repeatedly presses the "#" key, the CPU 2 reads the "#" key information each time the "#" key is pressed, and sequentially selects the telephone number information and the telephone number of the ground number of the lower priority. The information is transferred to the information, and accordingly, the telephone number information displayed on the display device 43 of the extension telephone set A is gradually changed to the lower priority. When off-hook when the desired telephone number information is displayed on the display unit 43 of the extension telephone A, the dial signal corresponding to the displayed telephone number information is transmitted through the telephone line by the same control as in the case of the first method. Is automatically sent to. For example, assuming that the "#" key is pressed five times, the telephone number information "0" for the ground number "5" is pressed the fifth time.
"3-3210-9999" is selected and displayed on the display 43 of the extension telephone set A, and the dial signal "03-3210-9999" is automatically sent to the telephone line by off-hook.

In the case of manual dial priority, the normal mode is the manual mode and the first dial operation at the time of making a call is dial 4.
When the special key in 5, such as the "#" key is pressed, the automatic mode is set and automatic transmission control is performed. With respect to the control in this case, a calling operation performed by reading the telephone number information by the first or second reading method will be described.

In the case of performing automatic dial transmission by the first reading method, the "#" key is pressed as described above at the first dial operation to enter the automatic mode, and thereafter, the automatic dial priority is given. The control is similar to the case.

The control in the case of performing the automatic dial transmission by the second reading method is the same as that in the case of the automatic dial priority because the dial operation is performed only by the "#" key.

The above operation is performed when the operation sequence is set so that the off-hook operation is performed after the dial operation, but it is also possible to set the operation sequence so that the dial operation is performed after the off-hook operation. The case will be described below.

In the case of the first method in the case of the automatic dial priority, the number of digits to be selected is selected in advance (usually 1 to 2 digits) because the calling party is selected by the number keys of the dial 45 after off-hook
If the CPU 2 receives the dial with the set number of digits, it is considered that the selection is completed, or the timer is set in advance, and the CPU 2 receives the one or two digit dial for selecting the destination. After that, the timer is timed out and it is considered that the selection is completed, or the special key indicating the completion of the selection, for example, the “#” key is pressed, it is considered that the selection is completed, and thereafter, automatic dial transmission control is performed. (Note that if you go off-hook after selecting the other party,
By off-hook operation, it is judged that the selection of the other party has been completed. ) In the case of the second method, the call destination is selected by repeatedly pressing the “#” key after off-hook, but it is necessary to indicate the end of selection, and a special key other than the “#” key, for example, “*”
The CPU is pressed by pressing the key, or the timer is timed out after pressing the "#" key as in the first method.
2 determines the end of selection, and thereafter controls automatic dial transmission.

In the case of the manual dial priority, the normal state is the manual mode, and when the first dial operation at the time of making a call is pressing the special key in the dial 45, for example, the "#" key, the automatic mode is set. Automatic dialing control is performed. Hereinafter, each method of the calling operation performed by reading the telephone number information by the first or second reading method will be described.

The control in the case of performing the automatic dial transmission by the first reading method is as follows: after the off-hook, the "#" key is pressed as described above to enter the automatic mode, and thereafter, the automatic dial priority is given. Similarly, the CPU 2 receives a dial with a preset number of digits, or a timer times out after receiving a dial of 1 to 2 digits for selecting the destination of the call, or pressing the "#" key indicating the end of selection. Indicates the end of selection and controls automatic dial transmission thereafter.

In the case of the second reading method, after the off-hook, the call destination is selected by repeating the "#" key depression as in the case of the automatic dial priority, and then the "*" key or "#" key is selected. After the button is pressed, the selection of the other party is terminated by the timeout of the timer, and the automatic dial transmission is controlled thereafter.

The present invention can be carried out in the following modes in addition to the above embodiments.

(1) When the telephone exchange apparatus ME is in the automatic mode, the extension telephones A, B, ... Are always empty and the telephone number information of the ground number "1" which is always the highest priority is selected. According to this aspect, for example, the telephone number information of the highest priority ground number "1" in the area of the address 11A of the telephone number memory 11 can be obtained by simply going off-hook without operating the dial 45 in the extension telephone A. "03-3210
"-0000" is selected, and the dial signal corresponding to this is automatically sent to the telephone line. In this case, the extension telephone set A always displays the telephone number information "03-3210-0000" having the highest priority on the display unit 43 in an empty state.

The above method is convenient when there is a destination to call frequently. That is, if the telephone number of the destination is registered in the highest priority ground number "1", the destination can be called only off-hook. When this method is adopted, the telephone number information is searched with the "#" key from the ground number "2". That is, the telephone number information of the ground number "1" has been selected before the dial 45 was operated. (In the above example, 4
"03-3210-9999" by pressing the "#" key twice
Will be selected. (2) Embodiment in which automatic dial telephone number registration is common to all extension telephones A, B, ... In this aspect, one telephone number memory 11 is provided for all extension telephones A, B ,. , This is each extension telephone A,
Commonly used for B, ... In this aspect, the telephone number registration area 112 of the telephone number memory 11 does not need to be divided like 11A, 11B, ... Shown in FIG. 3, and the address memory 12 is unnecessary. Also, in order to avoid confusion due to sharing of telephone number registration, extension telephones that allow automatic dialing may be limited by class setting.

(3) Embodiment in a telephone device which does not have a telephone exchange device The present invention is implemented in a telephone device which is usually connected to one telephone line and has a dedicated telephone line in addition to the above-mentioned telephone exchange device. You can do it.

In this mode, as in the case of the above (2), the telephone device is provided with the telephone number memory 1 having no division in the telephone number registration area 112, and no address memory is required.

As such a telephone device, there is a single telephone, a facsimile or the like.

[0044]

As is apparent from the above description, in the present invention, an address memory and a telephone number memory are provided, and it is determined whether manual dialing or automatic dialing is performed depending on the type of the button to be pressed at the beginning of dial operation. In the case of dialing, all the telephone numbers of the other party are dialed, and in the case of automatic dialing, the dialing signal is sent to the telephone line by selecting the other party's telephone number from the telephone number memory by pressing the button a few times. According to the present invention, a plurality of destinations for automatic transmission can be freely set to enable automatic dial transmission, and automatic dial transmission does not require an operation button for each ground,
In addition, the operation method is simple, and it is possible to distinguish between automatic dialing and manual dialing, which improves convenience and simplifies the operation of the telephone, thus improving economic efficiency and design flexibility.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a main part of a telephone exchange device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an external view of an extension telephone according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a memory according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

ME ... Telephone exchange device A, B, ... Extension telephone 1 ... Memory 2 ... CPU 5 ... Dial sender 11 ... Telephone number memory 12 ... Address memory 41 ... Telephone body 43 ... Display 45 ... Dial

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of front page (72) Inventor Takahiro Yao 2-5-7 Koishikawa, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo Meisei Electric Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Koji Akiyama 2-5-7 Koishikawa, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo Meisei Electric Within the corporation

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. An operation of pre-registering a plurality of telephone numbers and, when making a call from a telephone, selecting one of the registered telephone numbers by a numeric key included in the dial and then going off-hook.
Alternatively, a telephone device which automatically sends a dial signal corresponding to the selected telephone number to a telephone line by an operation of selecting one of the registered telephone numbers by a numeric key included in the dial after going off hook Calling method. 2. When a plurality of telephone numbers are registered in advance and a special key set for automatic transmission included in the dial is pressed when making a call from the telephone, the plurality of registered telephone numbers are selected from the top telephone number. A telephone device transmission method that enables sequential selection and automatically sends the dial signal corresponding to the selected telephone number when the selection operation is stopped to the telephone line off-hook. 3. A plurality of registered telephone numbers are registered in advance, and each time the special key set for automatic transmission included in the dial is pressed after off-hook when making a call from the telephone, the plurality of registered telephone numbers are changed. To be able to select sequentially from the first telephone number, and to press the special key other than the special key set for automatic transmission included in the dial, which corresponds to the telephone number selected when the selection operation is stopped. A calling method of a telephone device that automatically sends to a telephone line after a certain time has elapsed after the selection operation is stopped. 4. It is possible to make a call by any one of the call origination methods described in claims 1 to 3, and the choice of the call origination method is made according to the type of dial key that is first pressed when selecting a telephone number. The calling method of the telephone device. 5. The calling method of the telephone device according to claim 1, wherein the operation sequence is set to go off-hook after selecting a telephone number, or
In the calling method of the telephone device described in, when making a call from a telephone and simply going off-hook without operating a dial key, the first telephone number of a plurality of registered telephone numbers is automatically selected and the selection is made. A calling method of a telephone device that automatically sends a dial signal corresponding to the specified telephone number to the telephone line. 6. The calling method of the telephone device according to claim 1, wherein the operation sequence is set to go off-hook after selecting a telephone number, or
Alternatively, in the calling method of the telephone device described in 5, when a call is made from a telephone, a special key included in the dial, which is set for manual transmission, is first pressed, and then the telephone number of the called party is sequentially pressed, and then off-hook. A calling method of a telephone device, wherein a dial signal corresponding to the telephone number is transmitted to a telephone line by performing the above. 7. The calling method of the telephone device according to claim 1, wherein the operation sequence is set to perform an operation of selecting a telephone number after off-hook, or In the calling method of the telephone device described in 1, when making a call from the telephone, by pressing the special key set for manual transmission included in the off-hook rear dial, and then sequentially pressing the telephone number of the called party, A calling method of a telephone device which sends a dial signal corresponding to the telephone number to a telephone line. 8. The telephone device is claimed in any one of claims 2, 3, 4, 6, and 7.
The automatic transmission function of dial signals according to the transmission method of the telephone device described in any one of the above and the manual transmission function of dial signals for transmitting the dial signal corresponding to the pressed telephone number by pressing all the telephone numbers of the called party. And the first operation in the dial operation is the above manual sending function when the numeric key included in the dial is pressed, and the above automatic sending is performed when the special key set for automatic sending included in the dial is pressed. A calling method for a telephone device that has a function.