JPH0818758A - Method for communication between telephone and non-telephone terminal and non-telephone terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To attain communication with a non-telephone terminal which can be used only for communication with a party using a specific data communication system by the use of a selection signal by detecting a selection signal. sent from an opposite telephone terminal. CONSTITUTION:When an RI detection part 3 detects a terminating bell signal through a line modular jack, the signal is transmitted to a control part 7 and a relay 2 connects this equipment to a line 1. When a loop is formed between the equipment and an exchange through an HYB transformer, a voice ISI 9 sends a guide message for requesting the sending of a selection signal (DTMF signal <pushbutton signal>). At the time of receiving a specific selection sill during the sending of the message or after its sending, a modem 6 transmits the received information to the control part 7. When a routine message is not specified in the received information, display or printing operation is started as it is. When the specific routine message is included in the received information, specified character information is successively transferred from a fixed pattern storing part 11 and displayed or printed out.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention is not limited to data communication between non-telephone terminals and non-telephone terminals which have been fixed in the past, but also telephone terminals and data intended for voice communication within an analog signal band. It relates to communication between non-telephone terminals for the purpose of communication.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Up to now, in general non-telephone terminals (facsimile devices are one example) that perform data communication within an analog signal band while being connected to a telephone line, communication conforming to CCITT Recommendation T30 prior to communication is performed. The main function is control, but in many cases it has an additional function such as a telephone / facsimile switching function that enables effective use of one telephone line, and an answering machine function.

However, when these additional functions are provided,
With a personal identification number registered from a specific calling party,
The operation can be performed only by a selection signal (DTMF signal) from a remote (public telephone).

In this case, when the calling side is a telephone and the receiving side is a facsimile machine, only the voice depending on the answering machine function is left as a record, and the information such as "leave information from the other party on recording paper" is not recorded. Not only is the original function of the facsimile machine, which is a telephone terminal, not utilized, but the fact that the person who is deaf or deaf is not able to convey what he / she wants to convey is the reality.

[0005]

As described above, in the facsimile machine with an additional function, which is one example of the non-telephone terminals up to now, the facsimile call to the call from the telephone for the purpose of voice is carried out. Function was insufficient.

A first object of the present invention is to use a non-telephone terminal, which has been used only with a partner who uses a specific data communication method, for communication with a telephone terminal, and a communication can be established. To provide a communication method between non-telephone terminals.

A second object of the present invention is to provide a non-telephone terminal which can communicate with a signal from a telephone terminal which is most popular at present.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a conventional non-telephone terminal communication control configuration with a guide means for prompting an operation from the partner telephone terminal and a corresponding partner telephone terminal. Select signal sent (DT
MF signal <Push button key>"1""2""3"
"4""5""6""7""8""9""*""0"
Means for detecting "A", "B", "C", "D") other than "#", means for collating the received selection signal with a fixed message built in the non-telephone terminal, and collated fixed message It is achieved by providing a function of displaying and recording the selection signal itself.

[0009]

With the above-described structure, the present invention enables communication between the telephone terminal and the non-telephone terminal, even with the selection signal of the telephone terminal, from the conventional communication mode in which the counterpart terminal was established only with the same non-telephone terminal. There is.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIG.

First, the outline of the non-telephone terminal according to the present invention will be described. As shown in the drawing, the telephone terminal and the non-telephone terminal are connected through a modular jack 1 for a line connected to a telephone line and a cml relay contact 2. Either of them can be selectively connected. Of these, the non-telephone terminal detects the incoming bell signal from the telephone line as shown in the figure.
i detector 3, an isolation transformer 4 that forms a telephone line loop and exchanges various signals, and a converter that converts 2 lines / 4 lines 2
A line / 4-line converter (HYB) 5, a modem 6 for transmitting / detecting various signals and controlling communication in accordance with CCITT Recommendation T30, a controller 7 for overall control, and a guidance voice message. The voice LSi 9, the selection signal receiving unit 10 that receives a selection signal from the partner telephone terminal, and the fixed character pattern storage unit 1 that incorporates a fixed document pattern.
1, a state of the non-telephone terminal, various functions, a display section 12 for displaying a received signal, and a recording section 13 for recording various registered information from the other terminal. The telephone terminal is a telephone. It is attached to the non-telephone terminal so as to be switched and connected via the modular jack 8 for use.

FIG. 2 shows a flow for realizing this function in the non-telephone terminal, and the processing will be described as follows.

When receiving by the present apparatus, the incoming call bell signal is sent from the switching equipment by a dial signal from the calling side telephone terminal. This is received by the Ri detection unit 3 and transmitted to the control unit 7 which performs overall control. Next, when the operation of connecting the cml relay 2 from the telephone side to the non-telephone terminal side is performed in order to form a loop with the partner terminal, a loop is formed between this device and the exchange facility by the insulating transformer 4. . Here, a guidance message prompting the transmission of the selection signal is transmitted from the voice LSi 9 to the partner telephone terminal. When the selection signal receiving unit 10 can receive a specific selection signal which is considered to be from the connected telephone terminal during or after the transmission of this message, the reception information is transmitted to the control unit 7. If the received information does not specify a specific fixed message held inside the non-telephone terminal, the display unit 12 or the recording unit 1 is used as it is.
At 3, the printing operation starts. In this case, the information that can be left is basically a list of simple numbers such as a telephone number. However, if a fixed message held by a non-telephone terminal is designated, the control unit 7 The character information designated by the fixed character pattern storage unit 11 is sequentially displayed on the display unit 1.
2. More information can be realized by transferring to the recording unit 13, displaying and printing.

However, if a signal unique to the non-telephone terminal can be received by the modem 6 while the guide message is being sent from the voice LSi 9, the other party is the non-telephone terminal, and the conventional data communication is performed. .

From the above contents, it is basically possible to communicate with the non-telephone terminal by having the function of receiving the selection signal from the partner telephone terminal.

[0016]

As described above, according to the present invention, not only the data communication between the non-telephone terminal and the non-telephone terminal which has been fixed in the past but also the telephone terminal for the purpose of voice communication can be realized. A method for facilitating communication between non-telephone terminals for the purpose of data communication and a non-telephone terminal for realizing the method have been obtained.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an embodiment according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an embodiment according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 ... Line modular jack, 2 ... cml relay, 3 ... Ri detection section, 4 ... Isolation transformer, 5 ... 2-wire / 4-wire conversion section (HYB), 6 ... Modem, 7 ... Control section, 8 ... Telephone modular Jack, 9 ... Voice LSi, 10 ... Selection signal detecting section, 11 ... Fixed character pattern accumulating section, 12 ... Display section, 13 ... Recording section.

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Tetsuo Shinagawa 292 Yoshida-cho, Totsuka-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa Ltd.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A non-telephone terminal having means for detecting a selection signal transmitted from a partner telephone terminal, wherein the telephone and the non-telephone terminal are connected to a telephone line and the non-telephone is established in a state where connection with both is established. A communication method between a telephone and a non-telephone terminal, which enables communication by a selection signal of a partner telephone terminal sent separately from the communication system of the terminal. 2. A non-telephone terminal according to claim 1, wherein the selection signal transmitted from the other telephone terminal is displayed and recorded on a display or recording paper on the non-telephone terminal side. 3. The combination according to claim 1, depending on the combination of selection signals transmitted from the other telephone terminal, the transmission interval and the number of transmissions, it is assigned to a specific fixed message held in the non-telephone terminal, and the combination is documented. A non-telephone terminal characterized by outputting as.