JPH09162986A - Voice storage device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To immediately inform a registrant that a message is heard. SOLUTION: When a message transmission control means 10 detects that the message is heard from extension telephone sets 6a and 6b or a public line 26 by the control of a control means 8, a telephone number which the registrant corresponding to the message inputs is retrieved from a registrant telephone number storage means 12, and it is connected to a key telephone main device 1 through a connection control means 9. The pertinent telephone number is called, and that the message is heard is informed to the message registrant by a message information means 13.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a voice storage device which enables a person who registered a message to confirm that the message was listened to.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a structure as shown in FIG. 4 is known as a voice storage device of this type. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an outline of a conventional voice storage device.

In FIG. 4, 14 is a key telephone main unit,
Reference numeral 20 is a voice storage device connected to the key telephone main unit 14.

The key telephone main unit 14 has a plurality of extension telephones 19a and 19b, and a line control means 15 for controlling the connection with the public line 27 and an extension control means for controlling the connection with the extension telephones 19a, 19b. 17 and voice storage device 1
4, the connection control means 18 for controlling the connection with the telephone 4 and the control means 16 for controlling the entire key telephone main unit 14 are provided. The extension telephones 19a and 19b have message display lamps (hereinafter referred to as message lamps) that are turned on or off according to an instruction from the voice storage device 20.

The voice storage device 20 is a key telephone main device 1
4, a connection control means 22 for controlling the connection with the telephone 4, a message storage means 24 for registering a message for each box assigned to a specific individual, a public line 27 connected to the key telephone main unit 14, or an extension telephone 19a, Message sending control means 23 for detecting that a message has been registered and listened to from 19b, display telephone storage means 25 for storing a telephone for displaying registration or listening of a message for each box on a message display lamp,
When the message sending control means 23 detects that the message registered in the box has been accumulated or listened to, the display telephone corresponding to the box is searched from the display telephone storage means 25, and the button telephone is operated via the connection control means 22. Extension telephones 19a, 1 connected to the main unit 14
9b is provided with control means 21 for instructing control to indicate that the message has been accumulated or has been listened to.

In the above configuration, an operation for notifying the extension telephones 19a, 19b connected to the key telephone main unit 14 that the message has been heard by the state of the message lamp will be described.

When a message is registered or heard in the user's box of the extension telephone 19a in advance,
It is assumed that the display telephone storage means 25 is set to turn on or off the message lamp of the extension telephone 19a.

From the public line 27 connected to the key telephone main unit 14 or the extension telephone 19a, the voice storage device 2
When the message for the extension telephone 19a is registered in the message storage means 24 at 0, the control means 21 detects the registration of the message by the message transmission control means 23, and the extension telephone 19a which is the display telephone corresponding to the relevant box.
Is searched from the display telephone storage means 25, and the connection control means 2 is searched.
Instruct the corresponding telephone to turn on the message lamp via 2.

The control means 16 of the key telephone main unit 14 receives an instruction from the voice storage device 20 via the connection control means 18, and the extension control means 17 instructs the extension telephone 19a to turn on the message lamp. When a message to the extension telephone 19a is listened to, the message sending control means 23 detects the listening of the message and searches the display telephone as in the message registration, and the control means 21 of the voice control device 20 makes the key telephone main. The device 14 is instructed to turn off the message lamp of the extension telephone 19a, and the control means 16 of the key telephone main unit 14 instructs the extension telephone 19a to turn off the message lamp of the extension telephone control device 17.

When a message is registered in the box for the user of the extension telephone 19a, the message lamp of the extension telephone 19a is turned on, and when the message is heard, the message lamp of the telephone is turned off, whereby the extension telephone 19a is used. The person can confirm that there is a message addressed to him.

[0011]

However, according to the voice storage device of the conventional example described above, the purpose is to notify the person who registered the message that the new message has been registered. If there is no means to confirm the registrant and the message registrant needs to confirm that the message was heard, unless the message lamp of the extension telephone is constantly monitored,
There was a problem that it was not possible to know when the message was heard, and it was also impossible to confirm that the message was heard when the user was moving to a place where the message lamp of the extension telephone could not be checked when going out.

The present invention solves the above-mentioned conventional problems, and provides a voice storage device which allows a message registrant to immediately confirm that a message has been listened to. To aim.

[0013]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, according to the present invention, when the message sending control means detects that a message is heard from an extension telephone or a public line by the control of the control means, The telephone number entered by the registrant corresponding to the message is searched by the registrant telephone number storage means, and after connecting to the key telephone main device via the connection control means, the corresponding telephone number is called and the extension telephone, Alternatively, after the call is established with the public line, the message notifying means notifies that the message has been listened to.

Thus, the message registrant can immediately confirm that the message has been heard.

[0015]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The invention according to claim 1 of the present invention is a voice storage device connected to a public line and to a key telephone main unit having a plurality of extension telephones. And a connection control means for controlling the connection between the key telephone main unit and the extension telephone or a public line when a call is formed, the message from the extension telephone or the public line is stored in each box assigned to a specific individual. Message accumulating means, registrant telephone number storage means for storing the telephone number entered by the registrant when registering the message,
The message transmission control means for detecting that a message has been heard from the extension telephone or the public line, and the connection control means have caused the message to be heard after the call is formed between the voice storage device and the extension telephone or the public line. A message notification means for notifying the extension telephone or the public line by voice and a control means for controlling the entire voice storage device are provided, and a message can be heard from the extension telephone or the public line by the control of the control means. When the message sending control means detects that the message has been sent, the telephone number entered by the registrant corresponding to the message is retrieved from the registrant telephone number storage means, and the key telephone main unit is accessed through the connection control means. After connecting with, make a call to the corresponding telephone number, form a call with an extension telephone or a public line, then Are those messages message notifying means is configured to notify that it has been listening,
When registering a message, by entering and storing the phone number of the message registrant, when the message is heard, the registrant can be called and the message can be notified. Has the effect of.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an outline of a voice storage device according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a memory content of registrant number storage means of the voice storage device, and FIG. 3 is the voice storage device. It is a flowchart which shows the processing operation in the control means of an apparatus.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 is a key telephone main unit, and 7
Is a voice storage device connected to the key telephone main unit 1.

The key telephone main unit 1 includes a plurality of extension telephones 6
Line control means 2 having a and 6b for controlling the connection with the public line 26, extension control means 4 for controlling the connection with the extension telephones 6a, 6b, and connection for controlling the connection with the voice storage device 7. The control means 5 and the control means 3 for controlling the entire key telephone main unit 1 are provided.

The voice storage device 7 has a connection control means 9 for controlling the connection with the key telephone main device 1, a message storage means 11 for storing a message, and a registration for storing a telephone number entered by a registrant at the time of message registration. Person telephone number storage means 12, message sending control means 10 for detecting that a message has been listened to, message notification means 13 for notifying extension telephones 6a, 6b, or public line 26 that a message has been listened to by voice. When the message transmission control means 10 detects that the message has been transmitted, the telephone number of the registrant corresponding to the message is retrieved from the registrant telephone number storage means 12, and the key telephone main unit is accessed via the connection control means 9. After connecting to the device 1, make a call to the corresponding telephone number and connect to the extension telephones 6a, 6b or the public line 26. After the call formation message notification means 1
The extension telephone 6 indicates that the message has been heard by
a, 6b, or control means 8 for notifying the public line 26
And

The operation of the above configuration will be described below with reference to the processing operation flow chart shown in FIG.

At the time of registering a certain message 1, the registrant inputs the telephone number "0123456789". The control means 8 registers the telephone number in the registrant telephone number storage means 12 as the registrant telephone number of the message 1. The memory contents of the registrant telephone number storage means 12 in this case are shown in FIG.

The control means 8 is the message sending control means 1
When it is detected that a message has been listened to due to 0 (step 28), the registrant telephone number storage means 12 is searched for the telephone number of the registrant corresponding to the message.
For example, if the message is message 1, the control means 8 retrieves the registrant telephone number "0123456789" corresponding to the message 1 from the registrant telephone number storage means 12 (step 29), and the connection control means 9 makes a button call. Connect to the main unit 1 and call the corresponding telephone number "012345.
6789 "(step 30).

When the telephone number "0123456789" is the calling number to the public line 26, the key telephone main unit 1
The control means 3 makes a call to the public line 26 by the line control means 2 according to the calling number from the voice storage device 7, and after the caller responds, a call between the public line 26 and the voice storage device 7 is formed (step 31).

The control means 8 of the voice storage device 7 is informed of the message notification means 13 when a call is established with the public line 26.
Thus, the communication partner who is the message registrant is notified that the message has been listened to (step 32). Similarly, when the registrant's telephone number is an extension number, guidance is sent after forming a call with the extension telephones 6a and 6b.

As described above, according to the above embodiment, the message registrant inputs the telephone number when registering the message,
By registering the phone number, when the message is listened to, the telephone number corresponding to the message is called to notify that the message has been listened to. It is possible to quickly confirm that has been heard. In addition, the telephone number to be entered when registering the message can be arbitrarily registered such as the extension numbers 6a and 6b and the telephone number of the public line 26, and it is possible to confirm that the message has been heard at the place designated by the registrant. it can.

[0026]

As described above, according to the present invention, when a message is registered, the telephone number of the message registrant is entered and stored, so that when the message is heard, the registrant is notified. Since it is possible to make a call and notify that the message has been listened to, the message registrant can immediately confirm that the message has been listened to at the place designated by the registrant.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a voice storage device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a memory content of a registrant telephone number storage means used in the voice storage device.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a processing operation in a control means of the voice storage device.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a conventional voice storage device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 button telephone main device 2 line control means 3 control means 4 extension control means 5 connection control means 6a, 6b extension telephone 7 voice storage device 8 control means 9 connection control means 10 message sending control means 11 message storage means 12 registrant telephone storage Means 13 Message notification means 26 Public line

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A voice storage device connected to a public line and connected to a key telephone main device having a plurality of extension telephones, the connection control controlling a connection between the voice storage device and the key telephone main device. When a call is formed between the means and an extension telephone or a public line, a message accumulating means for accumulating a message from the extension telephone or the public line for each box assigned to a specific individual, and a telephone input by a registrant when registering a message A registrant telephone number storage means for storing a number, a message sending control means for detecting that a message has been heard from an extension telephone or a public line, and a voice storage device and an extension telephone or a public telephone by the connection control means. A message that notifies the extension telephone or public line by voice that a message has been listened to after the call is formed with the line. A notification means and a control means for controlling the entire voice storage device are provided, and by the control of the control means, when the message transmission control means detects that a message is heard from an extension telephone or a public line, the The telephone number entered by the registrant corresponding to the message is retrieved from the registrant telephone number storage means, and after connecting to the button telephone main unit via the connection control means, the corresponding telephone number is called, A voice storage device configured to notify that a message has been listened to by the message notification means after forming a call with an extension telephone or a public line.