JPH08163223A - Communication equipment with redial function - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a communication equipment with redial function with which an opposite side dial number can be instructed in a much shorter time. CONSTITUTION: This communication equipment is provided with a call originating time storage part 12 for storing the latest time of call origination to each party for each of plural opposite side dial numbers, call terminating time storage part 13 for storing the latest time of call termination from each party for each of plural opposite side dial numbers, display order deciding part 14 for deciding redial number display order from the latest call originating time and the latest call terminating time, and display part 15 for displaying redial numbers based on the display order. Then, a call originating part 16 is provided to originate a call with a redial number selected out of the displayed redial numbers.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a communication device having a redial function for displaying a plurality of destination dial numbers in a predetermined order when making a call to a facsimile device or a telephone, and particularly to a destination having a high probability of calling. The present invention relates to a communication device with a redial function that automatically controls the display order of dial numbers to be higher.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, semiconductor memories have become available at low cost due to advances in semiconductor technology, so that semiconductor devices can be highly used in information devices and communication devices as well. It was A redial function in a facsimile machine or a telephone is known as one of the high-performance functions. The redial function is a function that remembers the dialed number of the other party called before and does not need to repeatedly enter the dialed number of the called party when calling the same party again. When the dial number can be stored and displayed, the latest call time to each destination is stored, and when the call is made, the dial number of each destination is stored in order from the dial number with the latest latest call time. It is common to go back to the display.

At the time of this display, the method of searching for the intended partner number differs depending on the size of the display screen and the size of the display capacity. That is, in the case of a small display means capable of displaying only one destination at a time, the destination dial number of the latest latest call time is displayed first, and each time the corresponding key on the operation unit is pressed, When the dial number at the calling time is displayed retroactively in time and the intended destination dial number is displayed, an instruction to make a call by the dial number is issued. Therefore, the older the latest calling time of the intended destination dialed number is, the older the number is, the later the displayed order is delayed, and more time is required to make a calling.

Further, in the case of a large-sized display means capable of displaying a plurality of destination dial numbers at a time, a plurality of destination dial numbers are displayed on one screen in the order as described above.
The cursor may be moved to indicate the desired dial number. However, the cursor in the initial state is generally set to the first number position, and the cursor is moved to the desired number by the move key to select the desired dial number. When is low, the amount of cursor movement is large, and thus the time required for making a call becomes long. Furthermore, even with a large-capacity display device, it is not possible to display all registered numbers at once, and like the small-capacity display described above,
Since the target number is selected while sequentially scrolling the display screen to display the next group of numbers, there is a drawback that a lower rank requires a lot of time as well. .

[0005]

As described above, in the conventional communication device with a redial function, the redial number is assumed under the one-sided assumption that the probability that the recently called party is called again is high. Since they were arranged in the order shown, it was not always a setting method according to the actual situation, and it was troublesome to find the desired number. In particular, when there are many redial numbers to be registered, such as a device shared by many people, it takes much time to select a desired number.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in order to solve the problems in the conventional communication device with a redial function as described above, and multilaterally determines the display order of the destination dial number for redialing. It is an object of the present invention to provide a communication device with a redial function that can instruct a destination dial number in a shorter time.

[0007]

In order to achieve this object, in the present invention, as a first means, in a communication device with a redial function capable of calling and dialing a previously entered dial number, a plurality of opponents can be used. A calling time storage unit that stores the latest calling time to each of the destinations for each dial number, and the latest incoming time from each of the destinations for each of the dial numbers of the plurality of destinations A call order time storage unit, and a display order determination that determines the redial number display order based on the latest call time stored in the call time storage unit and the latest call time stored in the call time storage unit Section, a display section that displays the redial numbers in the display order determined by the display order determination section, and a desired redial number is selected from the redial numbers displayed on the display section, and the selected redial number is selected. Characterized by comprising a calling unit for a call in Le numbers.

In the second means, in the communication device with the redial function shown in the first means, the calling frequency for storing the calling frequency to each of the plurality of destinations is stored. The display order determining unit includes a storage unit and an incoming call frequency storage unit that stores the incoming call frequency from each of the above destinations for each dial number of a plurality of destinations. It is characterized in that the determination is made based on the time, the calling frequency stored in the calling frequency storage unit, and the incoming call frequency stored in the incoming call frequency storage unit.

Further, in the third means, in the communication device with redial function shown in the first and second means, the amount of communication information with each of the above-mentioned destinations is stored for each dial number of the plurality of destinations. A communication information amount storage unit is provided, and the display order determination unit is configured to determine in consideration of the communication information amount stored in the communication information amount storage unit.

[0010]

According to the first means, the calling time storage unit for storing the latest calling time to the destination for each dial number of the plurality of destinations, and the dialing number from the destination for each of the dial numbers of the plurality of destinations. Of the latest call arrival time, the latest call arrival time stored in the call origination time storage unit and the latest call arrival time stored in the call arrival time storage unit, and the redial number display order is displayed. A desired redial number is selected from the display order determination unit that determines the display order, the display unit that displays the redial numbers in the display order determined by the display order determination unit, and the redial number that is displayed in the display order determined by the display unit. Since it is configured with a calling part that makes a call with the selected redial number, the probability that the desired destination dial number will be displayed first becomes high. time It is possible to shorten the.

According to the second means, in the above, a calling frequency storage unit for storing the calling frequency to the destination for each of the dial numbers of the plurality of destinations, and the destination for each of the dial numbers of the plurality of destinations. An incoming call frequency storage unit that stores the incoming call frequency from the destination, and the display order determination unit includes a latest call time, a latest call time, and a call frequency stored in the call frequency storage unit. Since the call frequency is determined based on the call frequency stored in the call frequency storage unit, the probability that the dial number of the other party to be called can be selected earlier and the call can be further increased.

In the third means, in the above, a communication information amount storage unit for storing the communication information amount with the above-mentioned destinations for each dial number of a plurality of destinations is provided, and the display order determination unit is provided with the communication information amount storage unit. Since the decision is made in consideration of the amount of communication information stored in the department, the probability that the intended destination dial number can be selected and called is increased.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described in detail below based on the embodiments shown in the drawings. In the embodiments described below, a facsimile device will be described as an example of a communication device with a redial function, but the present invention is not limited to this example and can be widely applied to communication devices in general. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a facsimile apparatus according to the present invention.
Is a control unit for managing and controlling the entire apparatus according to a built-in program, and 2 is an operation display including a keyboard for an operator to give an instruction to the facsimile apparatus and a display means for giving a message or the like to the operator from the facsimile apparatus. Reference numeral 3 denotes a RAM, which is image information read by the scanner 4, image information data obtained by compressing the image information by the encoding / decoding unit (DCR) 8, or received compressed image information data, and an image obtained by expanding the image information data by the DCR 8. It is a recording medium for temporarily storing information and the like. Further, 5 is a plotter for outputting the received image information expanded by the DCR 8 via the RAM 3, 6 is a network control unit (NCU) for setting up a call with a remote facsimile machine via the public telephone network, Reference numeral 7 is a communication control unit for performing facsimile transmission / reception according to the G3 protocol, 9 is a modem including a low speed modem and a high speed modem, and 10 is an image memory.

When transmitting a facsimile by such a facsimile apparatus, first, the image information is read into the RAM 3 by the scanner 4 under the control of the control unit 1, the image information is compressed by the DCR 8 and stored again in the RAM 3. Further, the control unit 1 obtains the call-time designation information such as the destination designated by the operation display unit 2, and the NCU 6 to which the destination information is passed sets up a call with the designated destination.
Subsequently, after the phase B is executed by the communication control unit 7 via the low speed modem, the process shifts to the phase C, and the compressed image information data in the RAM 3 is modulated by the high speed modem in the modem 9 and then passed through the NCU 6. Sent out.

At the time of reception, after the call is set up by the NCU 6, the phase B is entered, a predetermined communication is carried out through the low speed modem, and then the phase C is entered to receive the compressed image information data. . The image information data is stored in the RAM 3 via the NCU 6 and the communication control unit 7, further expanded by the DCR 8, and output to the plotter 5 via the RAM 3.

The apparatus shown in FIG. 1 has the following functions in addition to the functions of the conventional facsimile apparatus. That is, 11 is a clock circuit that outputs the current time, 12 is a calling time storage unit that stores a dial number for each of a plurality of destinations and the latest call time to the destination, and 13 is a plurality of destinations. It is an incoming call time storage unit that stores a dial number and the latest incoming call time from the other party. As shown in the figure,
In this embodiment, the calling time storage unit 12 and the incoming call time storage unit 13 are set in a partial area of the RAM 3.

Further, 14 is a display order decision for deciding the redial number display order from the latest call time stored in the call time storage section 12 and the latest call time stored in the call time storage section 13. Reference numeral 15 is a display unit, and 16 is a calling unit for selecting a desired redial number from the displayed redial numbers and for making a call with the selected number.

In this embodiment, with the above-mentioned configuration, the dialing number of the other party input from the key of the operation display unit 2 at the time of calling and the calling time obtained from the clock circuit 11 at the time of calling It is stored in the calling time storage unit 12 via the control unit 1. If the dialed number of the other party is already registered (set) in the calling time storage unit 12, only the calling time is updated.

At the time of an incoming call, the control unit 1 acquires the destination dial number via the communication control unit 7. The communication control unit 7 uses the ITU-TT. It is possible to communicate with the other party (calling terminal) in 30 steps and obtain the other party's dial number transferred by the TSI signal or the like. Further, the control unit 1 acquires the time at this time from the clock circuit 11, associates it with the above-mentioned destination dial number, and sets and stores it in the incoming call time storage unit 13 as the incoming call time. When the dial number has already been registered, updating the incoming call time is the same as in the case of making a call. In this way, the calling time storage unit 12 in the RAM 3 stores, for example, in FIG.
The calling time table as shown in FIG. 3A and the incoming time table as shown in FIG. 3B are completed in the incoming time storage unit 13. In FIGS. 3A and 3B, each time is indicated by date and time. In addition, N1 of the figure (b) has shown that the incoming call has not generate | occur | produced.

The display order determination unit 14 in the control unit 1 is a shared CP.
Comprised of U and the corresponding program stored in ROM, the display order is calculated immediately after making a call and immediately after receiving a call,
Update. FIG. 4 shows the display order in which the incoming and outgoing call times of the other parties are obtained corresponding to the example shown in FIG. 3. In this example, the dial numbers are five numbers N1 to N5 shown in FIG. This display order is the order of calling time (the latest N5 is 1
Rank) and the order of arrival time (newest N3 is 1st, N1 with no arrival is 5th). The dial numbers with the higher call times are ranked higher.

When the display order as shown in FIG. 4 is set in the predetermined area of the RAM 3 by the display order determining section 14 and the call is selected by the operation display section 2 at the time of making a call, for example, the control section as shown in FIG. 1 and a network controller 6
Reference numeral 16 displays the dial number, which is ranked first in the display order, from the predetermined area of the RAM 3 on the display unit 15 (which is a small display unit). If the displayed dial number is not the dial number to be called, the user presses a predetermined key on the operation display unit 2. The calling unit 16 displays the dial number of the next display order according to the signal from this key.

When the desired dial number is displayed by repeating the above operation, the user gives an instruction to use the dial number as the destination dial number. In response to this, the control unit 1 forming the calling unit 16 gives the displayed dial number to the network control unit 6 forming the calling unit 16, and according to the destination dial number designated by the network control unit 6. A call is made.

Since the facsimile transmission is often performed in response to the facsimile reception, the destination dial display order at the time of calling is determined by adding the latest call arrival time to the latest call arrival time as in the above embodiment. This increases the probability that the called party's dialed number will be displayed in early order. If a large display device displays a large number of numbers, the probability that the desired number will be displayed near the cursor in the initial state is high. Shortened.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the essential part of a communication device with redial function according to another embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure, in the present embodiment, a calling frequency storage unit 17 that further stores the calling frequency for each destination dial and a call frequency storage unit that stores the incoming frequency for each destination dial in the RAM 3 18, and the display order determination unit 14a of the control unit 1a is configured to determine the display order in consideration of the calling frequency and the incoming call frequency.

FIG. 6A shows an example of a call frequency table set in the call frequency storage unit 17, and FIG. 6B shows a call frequency table set in the call frequency storage unit 18. FIG. 7 shows an example of the display order (corresponding to FIG. 3 and FIG. 6) determined by the display order determining unit 14a of the present embodiment. This display order is called time, called time, calling frequency,
Although the sums of the respective ranks of the incoming call frequencies are arranged in the ascending order, when the sums are the same, the dial numbers having the higher ranks of the calling times are ranked higher. In FIG. 6, the call frequency and the call frequency are based on the number of calls and the number of calls during a predetermined period, respectively. According to the present embodiment, since the calling frequency and the incoming call frequency are taken into consideration when determining the display order as described above, the destination number with a high probability of redialing is displayed in a higher order. Therefore, the dialed number to be called can be acquired earlier by that amount, and the time required for calling can be shortened.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing the construction of the essential parts of a further embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure, in the present embodiment, the RAM 3 is further provided with a communication information amount storage unit 19 for storing the communication information amount with the destination for each destination dial, and in the display order determining unit 14b of the control unit 1b. The display order is determined in consideration of the communication information amount. The call time storage unit 12, the call time storage unit 13, the call frequency storage unit 17, the call frequency storage unit 18, the communication information amount storage unit 19, may be individual storage means, respectively, For example, as shown in FIG. 9, for each dial, the latest call time, latest call time,
It may be an integrated storage unit provided with an integrated table that stores the calling frequency, the incoming frequency, and the communication information amount.

It goes without saying that the storage sections in the embodiment shown in FIG. 5 may also be in the integrated table format. In addition to determining the display order based on all the information described above, the display order may be determined from the latest call time, the latest call time, and the communication information amount.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 9, the communication information amount is the sum of the total number of transmitted pages and the total number of received pages during a predetermined period, each of which is counted by the control unit 1 at the time of calling and receiving, and dialed. The numbers are totaled for each day. Then, the communication information amount in the table shown in FIG. 9 is updated every day as a total of recent several days. The display order determined based on each information shown in FIG. 9 is the display order shown in FIG. 7 as in the example shown in FIGS. That is, FIG.
In the example shown in FIG. 7, the conditions are the same as those in FIG. 7 for the sake of simplification of the description, but generally, if the order is determined based on many conditions, the probability of the next redial is high. The fact that numbers are displayed in high priority by priority means that
It will be easy to understand.

Above, as a communication device with a redial function,
Although the facsimile device is illustrated, in the case of a telephone, if the configuration is as shown in FIG. 10, for example, the same effect can be obtained. That is, in FIG. 10, 21 is a handset, 22 is a voice transmitting / receiving unit that amplifies a transmission voice signal or reception voice information,
Reference numeral 23 is a telephone connection unit for performing telephone connection at the time of making a call and receiving a call by generating a tone signal or detecting a received tone signal, and 24 is a network control device. When a telephone having such a configuration is used to make a call, when the control unit 1c, which constitutes the calling unit 16a, obtains the dialed number of the other party to be called as described above, the calling unit 16a calls it. It is passed to the telephone connection unit 23 that constitutes it. The telephone connection unit 23 generates a tone signal corresponding to the given dial number and sends it to the network controller.
Send to the line via 24.

In order to obtain the incoming call time and the incoming call frequency for each destination, it is necessary to obtain the dial number of the other party at the time of the incoming call, but the other party's telephone uses the telephone according to this embodiment. If there is no problem. That is, in the telephone shown in this example, when the call is set up, the other party gives his / her own dial number from the control section 1c of the other party's telephone to the telephone connecting section 23, and the telephone connecting section 23 converts it into a tone signal to make a line connection. Send to.
The telephone set according to the present embodiment on the receiving side is configured to detect this tone signal at the telephone connection section 23 and pass it to the control section 1c.

In addition, even if the other party's telephone does not adopt the present invention, in recent years, there is a person who can confirm the other party's left telephone number on the receiving side. In that case, the same applies to the present invention. It is possible to control according to it. In the above embodiment, the display order is obtained by simply adding the order of the latest call time and the order of the call arrival frequency, but the display order is determined by weighting each order such as the latest call time. For example, it is possible to make appropriate adjustments in accordance with the usage pattern and control so that numbers with a high redial probability are actually displayed with priority.

[0032]

As described above, according to the present invention,
First, a calling time storage unit that stores the latest call time to the destination for each dial number of the plurality of destinations, and the latest call arrival time from the destination for each dial number of the plurality of destinations An incoming call time storage unit, a display order determination unit that determines the redial number display order from the latest call time stored in the call time storage unit and the latest call time stored in the call time storage unit, and a display A redial number is displayed in the display order determined by the order determination section, and a desired redial number is selected from the redial numbers displayed in the display order determined on the display section, and the redial number selected above is called. By configuring with a calling unit that performs the call, the probability that the dialed number of the other party who is about to make a call will be displayed first, and it is possible to select and call the call earlier,
The time required for making a call is shortened.

Secondly, in the above, a calling frequency storage unit for storing the calling frequency to the destination for each dial number of the plurality of destinations, and the destination for each dial number of the plurality of destinations from the destination. An incoming call frequency storage unit that stores the incoming call frequency of the, the display order determination unit, the latest call time, the latest call time, the call frequency stored in the call frequency storage unit, In the configuration that is determined from the incoming call frequency stored in the frequency storage unit,
In addition, the probability that the desired redial number will be displayed first will be higher, so you can select and call even faster.
The time required for making a call is further reduced.

Thirdly, in the above, a communication information amount storage unit for storing the communication information amount with the destination for each dial number of the plurality of destinations is provided, and the display order determination unit is stored in the communication information amount storage unit. Even with the configuration in which the determined communication information amount is taken into consideration, the dialing number of the destination to be called can be stochastically selected earlier and the call can be made, so that the time required for the call is further shortened.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration block diagram of a communication device with a redial function showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a control example of a main part of a communication device with a redial function showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3A and FIG. 3B are data configuration diagrams of a communication device storage unit with a redial function showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of a processing result of the communication device with a redial function according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a configuration block diagram of a main part of a communication device with a redial function showing another embodiment of the present invention.

6A and 6B are data configuration diagrams of a communication device storage unit with a redial function showing another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of a processing result of a communication device with a redial function according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a configuration block diagram of a main part of a communication device with a redial function showing another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a data configuration diagram of a communication device storage unit with a redial function showing another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a configuration block diagram of a communication device with a redial function showing another embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Control unit, 2 ... Operation display unit, 3 ... RAM, 4 ... Scanner, 5 ... Plotter, 6 ... Network control device, 7 ... Communication control unit,
8 ... Encoding / decoding unit, 9 ... Modem, 10 ... Image memory, 11
... clock circuit, 12 ... calling time storage unit, 13 ... incoming time storage unit, 14 ... display order determination unit, 15 ... display unit, 16 ... calling unit, 17
... calling frequency storage unit, 18 ... incoming call frequency storage unit, 19 ... communication information amount storage unit.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. In a communication device with a redial function capable of calling a previously input dial number and making a call, a call for storing the latest call time to each of the plurality of partner dial numbers. A time storage unit, an incoming call time storage unit that stores the latest incoming call time from each of the destinations for each of the dial numbers of a plurality of destinations, and the latest calling time stored in the calling time storage unit. A display order determination unit that determines the redial number display order based on the latest call arrival time stored in the call arrival time storage unit; and a display unit that displays the redial numbers in the display order determined by the display order determination unit. A communication with a redial function, further comprising: a calling unit that selects a desired redial number from the redial numbers displayed on the display unit and makes a call with the selected redial number. apparatus. 2. A calling frequency storage unit that stores a calling frequency to each of the plurality of destinations for each of the plurality of destinations of dial numbers, and a dialing frequency of each of the plurality of destinations from each of the destinations. An incoming call frequency storage unit for storing the incoming call frequency of, the display order determination unit, the latest call time, the latest call time, and the call frequency stored in the call frequency storage unit, 2. The communication device with redial function according to claim 1, wherein the communication frequency is determined on the basis of an incoming call frequency stored in the incoming call frequency storage unit. 3. A communication information amount storage unit that stores the amount of communication information with each of the destinations for each dial number of a plurality of destinations, and the display order determination unit is stored in the communication information amount storage unit. The communication device with redial function according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the communication device is configured to determine the communication information amount.