JPH0758817A - Telephone set with message function - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To surely send a message even when an automatic answering function is not provided by using a message reproduction means to reproduce the message of a caller having been recorded in advance in a message recording means and to send the message when an incoming call detection means detects a reply of a called party. CONSTITUTION:When a message desired to be informed to an opposite party is recorded by a message recording means 8, a set button 4 and a dial button 3 are operated. Since a timer 11 outputs a signal representing the arrival of a dialing time to a CPU 1 when a dial time entered in a data storage means 10 at dialing comes, the CPU 1 makes automatic dialing to a destination telephone number stored in the means 10. When the called party replies it and a talking available state is reached and an incoming call detection means 12 detects it, the CPU 1 instructs a message reproduction means 9 to reproduce the message recording in advance in the means 8 and the reproduced message is sent to the called party. The means 12 informs the reply of the called party to the CPU 1, and the CPU 1 records a voice signal sent from the called party to an incoming tone recording means 13.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a telephone set, and more particularly to a telephone set with a message function capable of automatically sending a message to a person who wants to send a message.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art The functions of a conventional telephone are, for example, a calling function of sending a signal to a person who wants to make a call and calling the other party, and also, when a call is made from the calling party, a ringing tone is sounded and a handset is mounted on the telephone body. Incoming function that enables communication with the calling side by removing more,
In addition, a call function that allows users to talk to each other by transmitting the voice uttered to the handset to each other party, and also the number of the other party's phone number shortened to 1 to 3 digits It has some other basic functions such as a speed dial function that can be used and an on-hook function that can make a call without removing the handset from the telephone body.

In addition to the above-mentioned functions, there is a message function for transmitting a message on the called side to the calling party, as represented by an answering machine. Normally, the message function is a message recording means such as a voice memory for recording and recording a message to be transmitted to the receiving side telephone and a message reproducing means for reproducing the message recorded in the message recording means. And must be equipped. Then, using the telephone having such a function, the message on the receiving side is recorded in advance in the message recording means.

By waiting in this manner, when a signal sent from the calling side arrives, a ringing tone is sounded to prompt the called side to respond. However, if the called party does not respond even after ringing a predetermined number of times, it automatically answers and pre-records in the message recording means, reproduces the message according to the instruction of the message reproducing means, and makes a call. He had given a certain message to the person.

[0005]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional technique, in order to transmit a message to the other party, a message recording means for recording the message transmitted to the receiving side telephone, and There is a problem that the message cannot be transmitted to the other party who wants to communicate unless the message reproducing means for reproducing the recorded message, that is, the so-called answering machine function is provided.

Further, when the called party is in a call, it is impossible to talk to the caller, so that the called party cannot transmit the message to a caller of a third party other than the called party. It was possible. The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and enables the transmission of a message even if the telephone of the other party to be transmitted does not have an answering machine function, and that the called party is busy. To provide a superior telephone with a message function that can reliably transmit a message to the other party, and also record the call record of the other party to confirm that the message has been transmitted to ensure reliable transmission of the message. With the goal.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is provided with an answering machine function by recording and recording a message in advance on a calling side telephone and automatically calling this at a predetermined time. The message is transmitted to the non-received side. That is, the handset,
Input means for inputting the telephone number and data of the other party, message recording means for recording and recording a message to be transmitted to a previously specified called party, and a message for reproducing the message content recorded in this message recording means A reproducing means, a setting button for instructing start and end of a recording operation when recording and setting a message in the message recording means, a telephone number of a called party who intends to transmit the message recorded in the message recording means,
Transmission time data storage means for setting and setting each transmission time data consisting of transmission time, transmission time interval and number of transmissions by the operation of the input means, a timer for measuring the transmission time, and a receiving side responding to a ringing tone. In this case, an incoming call detecting means for detecting an incoming call, a ringing tone recording means for recording and recording the voice of the responding called party, and a ringing tone reproducing means for reproducing the voice recorded in the ringing tone recording means are provided. .

Further, when it is confirmed by the timer that the calling time set in the sending data storage means has been reached, the telephone number of the called party set in the sending data storage means in advance is reached. When an automatic call is instructed, and when the incoming call detection means detects a response from the incoming call side, the message reproduction means reproduces and sends out the message of the caller side previously recorded in the message recording means, and responds. A main control unit is provided for recording the voice of the incoming call side in the incoming call recording unit, and controlling the recorded voice to be played back to the caller by the ring tone reproduction unit by operating the dial button. Is.

[0009]

With the above-described structure, when a message is to be transmitted to the receiving side, first, the calling side telephone is set to the recordable state in the message recording means by the setting button, and the desired message is input by voice from the handset. Recording is ended by operating the set button again. At the same time, by using the dial buttons, enter the outgoing call data consisting of the telephone number, outgoing time, outgoing time interval, and outgoing frequency of the recipient who will send the message recorded in the message recording means into the outgoing call data storage means. When set, this completes the call preparation.

Then, when it is confirmed by the timer that the predetermined transmission time set in the transmission data storage means has been reached, the main control section causes the main party of the receiving party stored in the transmission data storage means. Automatically calls the phone number. Subsequently, the incoming call detecting means detects whether or not the called side responds, and when it is detected that the called side responds, the voice of the responding called side is recorded in the ring tone recording means and the message reproducing means is also recorded. The message recorded in the message recording means is played back together with a message explaining that a previously recorded message is to be sent, and is sent to the called party. When the predetermined message is sent, the call state is released. To do.

Further, when the called party is out of office, or when the answer cannot be detected due to the state of the call, the outgoing call is made again after the outgoing time interval stored in the outgoing call data storage means has elapsed. The number of outgoing calls stored in the outgoing call data storage means is repeated until a response from the called party is obtained. Furthermore, when the outgoing call is completed normally, the voice that the called party responded to is recorded in the ring tone recording means, so the calling side can hear the voice of the called party by the ring tone playback means, which ensures the message. Confirm that the call was transmitted to the called party.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of a telephone with a message function according to this embodiment. It should be noted that, in this figure, various components relating to the message function are shown, and other components relating to the basic function are omitted.
Similarly, basic functions are omitted in the following description.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 is a CPU which is a main control unit of a telephone, and 2 is an interface circuit which connects the CPU 1 and a telephone line. 3 is a dial button as an input means for inputting the telephone number of the other party who wants to make a call and setting data etc. when setting a message function described later. 4 is a message function by inputting with this dial button 3. , A message recording start button 4a for instructing a message recording means, which will be described later, to start recording a message, and a message recording end button for instructing to end recording of a message in the message recording means. 4b and.

Reference numeral 5 is a handset, 6 is a call circuit for bringing the handset 5 into a call-enabled state or a call-enabled state, and 7 is a hook switch for connecting and disconnecting the call circuit 6 and the CPU 1. Reference numeral 8 is a message recording means composed of a voice memory or the like for recording and recording the message to be transmitted, and 9 is a message reproducing means for reproducing the message of the calling side recorded and recorded in the message recording means 8 as a voice. By reproducing the message recorded in the message recording unit 8 by the unit 9, the message is transmitted to the callee side.

Reference numeral 10 represents the telephone number of the called party when making a call to a predetermined called party whose content of the message recorded in the message recording means 8 is specified in advance, the calling time, the calling time interval, the number of calls, etc. It is a calling data storage means for storing calling data, which is input by operating the dial button 3. Reference numeral 11 designates a timer for measuring a transmission time in order to make a transmission based on the data content recorded in the transmission data storage means 10.
Reference numeral 2 denotes an incoming call detecting means for detecting whether or not the called party responds to the outgoing call automatically made by the timer 11 at a predetermined time, and 13 is issued from the called party when the called party responds by the incoming call detecting means 12. The ringtone recording means for recording and recording the response contents by voice, 14 is a ringtone reproduction for reproducing the recording content recorded in the ringtone recording means 12 in order to confirm that the calling side has surely received the call. It is a means.

Then, each of these components is connected to the CPU 1.
By controlling by, the message to be transmitted to the other party is recorded, the predetermined number of times is transmitted every predetermined time, and when the response of the other party can be confirmed, the recorded message is reproduced and transmitted, and , The transmitted contents of the other party's response are recorded so that it can be surely recognized that the message has been transmitted to the other party.

Now, the message function of this embodiment having the above-mentioned block configuration will be described. First, an operation of recording a message to be transmitted to the other party in the message recording means 8 is performed by operating the setting button 4 and the dial button 3. That is, the message recording start button 4a of the setting button 4 for instructing the start of recording the message is pressed to make the message recording means 8 recordable. Then, the content of the message to be transmitted to the called party is input by voice from a handset or the like. When this message is recorded in the message recording means 8, the set button 4
The message recording end button 4b is pressed, thereby ending the recording operation state of the message. By the above operation, the predetermined message content is recorded and recorded in the message recording means 8.

Next, the dialing data such as the telephone number, dialing time, dialing number, dialing time interval, etc. of the calling party for sending the recorded message contents is set by operating the dial button 3. . This completes the preparation for calling the message function in the telephone. After the call preparation is completed, when the call time set and input in the call data storage means 10 is reached, the timer 11 sends a signal to the CPU 1 indicating that the call time has been reached. Corresponding to the signal, the telephone number of the called party recorded in the outgoing call data storage means 10 is automatically transmitted to the telephone line via the interface 2.

Then, when the called party is called and the called party responds to the call, the ringing tone detecting means 12 detects it and the CPU 1 pre-records it in the message recording means 8. The stored message is reproduced by instructing the message reproducing means 9 and sent out to the called side using the communication line. The transmission of this message is a procedure of transmitting the message content recorded in the message recording means 8 after the message explaining that the sender side outputs the message previously recorded is transmitted. There is.

At this time, in addition to sending the message contents, the incoming call detection means 12 causes the incoming call side to respond so that the outgoing call side can confirm whether or not the message contents are transmitted to the intended other party. When the detection signal indicating that the ringing has been made is sent to the CPU 1, the CPU 1 causes the ringtone recording means 1
3 is instructed to record the voice transmitted from the receiving side.

Further, for example, when the called party is in a call or is out of absence (in the case of a telephone having no answering machine function), the incoming call detecting means 12 is provided.
Cannot detect the response from the called party. Therefore, the CPU 1 registers the data in the data storage means 10 at the time of the incoming call until the called party responds, based on the intervals of the call origination times and the number of times of the outgoing calls which have been input and set in the data storage means 10 at the time of the outgoing call. Since the predetermined number of outgoing calls has been reached, the outgoing operation is repeated from the telephone.

If the ring tone recording means 13 is recording the response from the receiving side, the caller gives an instruction to reproduce this recording / reproduction by operating the dial button 3.
Is reproduced by the ringtone reproducing means 14 from the voice recorded in the ringtone recording means 13. The caller hears this and confirms that the message has been transmitted to the called party. In this way, the caller can reliably transmit the message content to the other party who wants to convey the message, even if the other party's telephone does not have an answering machine function. I am able to confirm that. Further, when the voice of the called side is not recorded in the ring tone recording means 13, it can be recognized that the called side is not responding even after the predetermined number of outgoing calls. Therefore, it is possible to prevent erroneous recognition that the message is transmitted to the called party even if the message is transmitted a predetermined number of times at a predetermined time interval.

Although not shown in the above block structure, if a function that enables remote control from another telephone is added to the above block structure, the message recording means 8 of the content of the message from the remote place is added. It is possible to easily register and send the message contents. Further, it is possible to omit the input for each message content registration by inputting common data for the transmission time interval and the transmission addend and using this.

[0024]

As described above, according to the present invention, a message recording means for recording and recording a message to be transmitted to a callee specified in advance on a calling side telephone and a message recording means for recording and recording the message are provided. The message reproducing means for reproducing the message content recorded in the recording means, the set button for instructing the start and end of the recording operation when recording and setting the message in the message recording means, and the message recorded in the message recording means. A call origination data storage means for inputting and storing each call origination data consisting of a telephone number, a call origination time, a call origination time interval and a call origination number of a callee to be originated, and a timer for measuring the call origination time. , The incoming call detecting means for detecting an incoming call when the called side responds to the ringing tone, the ringing tone recording means for recording and recording the voice of the responding called party, and the ringing tone recording means for recording. A ringtone reproducing means for reproducing the generated voice, and when it is confirmed that the timer has reached the transmission time set in the transmission data storage means by the control of the main control portion, When an automatic call is instructed to the telephone number of the called party set in the data storage means at the time of outgoing call, and when the incoming call detecting means detects a response from the called side, the message reproducing means pre-records in the message recording means. The message of the sender is sent and reproduced, and the voice of the responding receiver is recorded in the incoming call recording means, and the recorded voice is transmitted to the caller by the ring tone reproduction means by operating the dial button. I tried to play it.

Therefore, the message from the caller side can be surely transmitted to the callee side even if the callee's telephone is not equipped with the so-called answering machine function, that is, the function of recording and playing back the message. Even when the called party is out of the office or cannot answer during the call, the data storage means sets a predetermined number of times for each predetermined time interval. When it is recognized, the outgoing call is repeatedly made until the called party responds and the message is transmitted, which enables reliable transmission of the message.

Furthermore, it is possible to confirm that the message has been reliably transmitted to the receiving side by recording the voice that the receiving side responds to in the ringing tone recording means and reproducing it. Therefore, even if the message has not been transmitted to the receiving side, it is possible to prevent the message from being mistaken and misidentified.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of a telephone with a message function according to an embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 main control section 3 dial button 4 set button 5 handset 8 message recording means 9 message reproducing means 10 data storing means at the time of outgoing call 11 timer 12 incoming call detecting means 13 ringing tone recording means 14 ringing tone playing means

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A handset, an input means for inputting a telephone number and data of the other party, a message recording means for recording and recording a message to be transmitted to a recipient specified in advance, and a message recording means for recording the message. Message reproducing means for reproducing message contents, setting buttons for instructing start and end of recording operation when recording and setting a message in the message recording means, and a called party for transmitting a message recorded in the message recording means Calling data storage means for setting and setting each calling data consisting of the telephone number, calling time, calling time interval and calling frequency by the input means, a timer for measuring the calling time, and a ringing tone for the called side. An incoming call detecting means for detecting an incoming call when a call is answered, a ringing tone recording means for recording and recording the voice of the responding called party, and this ringing tone recording means And a ringtone reproduction means for reproducing the recorded voice, and when the timer confirms that the transmission time set in the transmission data storage means has been reached, the transmission data storage means is stored in advance. When an automatic call is instructed to the telephone number of the called party that has been set in step 1, and when the incoming call detecting means detects the response of the called side, the caller side which has been recorded in advance in the message recording means by the message reproducing means. Is reproduced and transmitted, and the voice of the called party who responded is recorded in the incoming call recording means, and the recorded voice is reproduced to the caller by the ring tone reproduction means by operating the dial button. A telephone with a message function, comprising a main control unit for controlling.