JPH09219742A - Portable telephone set with automatic answering function - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To automatically execute response so as to give a message and record the voice, etc., of an opposite party unless direct response is executed to a call within a fixed time and to easily and surely obtain information with politeness to a caller even when a portable telephone set user cannot execute response. SOLUTION: When a ringback tone is issued and direct response is urged, a calling time is measured by the time measuring counter 7 of a call time measuring part 6. Unless direct response is made within a certain decided and fixed time, call incoming is executed by an automatic incoming circuit 8. After call incoming, a message transmitting part 10 transmits the message stored in a message storage memory 11 to the caller as the response message. After the message is transmitted, the message of the caller is normally recorded in the storage memory 13 by a voice recording part 12. A control computer 15 executes timing control and priority decision, etc.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a mobile phone having a so-called answering machine function.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art The mobile phone described below is not a so-called cordless phone. In recent years, with the development of the information society, the demand for mobile phones has been increasing. It can be carried around and never miss a call, so it can send information quickly and reliably. An answering machine can send information reliably, but it is not quick.

As a portable telephone having a telephone body with an automatic response function, there is a "communication terminal device" disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 55-125739 [S55.9.27]. This allows the direct response communication circuit and the automatic response communication circuit (including the storage device and the display device) to be switched and used, and the information not suitable for the direct response is temporarily held and then displayed. When the automatic response signal i is sent to the calling party, the receiving party receives the necessary information signal such as a telephone number with a dial tone, and the cellular phone is demodulated by the receiving circuit and the switch circuit is used. To which was sent through
The received signal is demodulated, converted into the required signal and stored. The contents of the storage device can be displayed or cleared externally. The circuit also detects the end of the information signal and supplies it to the gate for the hook-up operation of the fax switch.

[0004]

In the conventional ordinary mobile phone, when the caller cannot answer the call due to the inconvenience of being extremely busy, it is understood that the caller is calling the mobile phone by the telephone number or the like. Therefore, there was a problem that it was unnatural and rude to the caller. In addition, JP-A-55-1
25739 [S55.9.27] 's "communication terminal device" uses a dial tone to send necessary information signals such as a telephone number to the caller and waits for the call to be returned. Had problems such as not being able to specify the return destination. The present invention has been made in order to solve such a problem, and it is possible to obtain information easily and surely without failing to pay attention to a caller even when a user of a mobile phone cannot respond. It is intended.

[0005]

A portable telephone according to the present invention is configured to automatically respond to a message and record the voice of the other party when the call is not directly answered within a predetermined time. It is a thing.

[0006]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of a mobile phone according to the present invention. In the figure, 1 is a mobile phone, 2 is an antenna, 3 is a transmission / reception circuit, 4 is a direct response communication circuit, 5
Is a call detection circuit, 6 is a call time measuring unit, 7 is a time measuring counter, 8 is an automatic receiving circuit, 9 is a D / A / A / D conversion circuit, 10 is a message sending unit, and 11 is a message. -A storage memory, 12 a voice recording unit, 13 a storage memory, 14 a receiver, and 15 a control computer.

In the mobile phone 1, the high frequency signal received by the antenna 2 is sent to the transmission / reception circuit 3 and demodulated. The demodulated signal passes through the signal line, the call is detected by the call detection circuit 5, and in the normal case, a ringing tone is generated and a direct response is prompted. At this time, the ringing time is measured by the time measuring counter 7 of the call time measuring unit 6, and if there is no direct response within a certain fixed time, the automatic receiving circuit 8 processes the incoming call. After the incoming call, in the message sending section 10, the message stored in the message storage memory 11 is converted into a voice signal by the D / A / A / D conversion circuit 9, and is transmitted through the transmission / reception circuit 3 and the antenna 2. A response message is sent to the caller. Usually, after sending a message, the signal on the signal line is converted into a digital signal by the D / A / A / D conversion circuit 9, and the voice recording unit 12 records the message of the caller in the storage memory 13. The caller's message can be recorded during the sending of the message. In this way, some information can be obtained even if the caller hangs up while sending a message. It is assumed that the message thus stored can be reproduced and heard by the user. When the user himself answers the call, it is a direct response. At this time, the signal on the signal line passes through the direct response signal circuit 4 and is directly talked by the handset 14. The control computer 15 is connected to each unit by a control line and performs timing control, priority order determination, etc. for each unit. Needless to say, the D / A / A / D conversion circuit 9 is not essential in a mobile phone of the type that performs signal processing digitally.

FIG. 2 is an operation flow chart of the embodiment of the portable telephone according to the present invention. After detecting a call, the mobile phone measures the call time and, after a certain period of time, automatically receives the call. After the automatic incoming call, the message is sent and the voice is recorded after the message is sent and during the sending of the message. The line is disconnected after a predetermined recording time of voice recording. The direct response has a high priority and can be interrupted even during the call measurement time or during the automatic response sequence.

[0009]

As described above, since the mobile phone according to the present invention is provided with the answering machine in the mobile phone, even if the user cannot answer, the caller can easily and surely pay attention to the caller. It becomes possible to obtain information.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of a mobile phone according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an operation flowchart of an embodiment of a mobile phone according to the present invention.
It is a chart.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Mobile phone 2 Antenna 3 Transmitting / receiving circuit 4 Direct response communication circuit 5 Call detection circuit 6 Call time measuring unit 7 Time measuring counter 8 Automatic call receiving circuit 9 D / A / A / D conversion circuit 10 Message sending unit 11 Message storage memory 12 Voice recording unit 13 Storage memory 14 Handset 15 Control computer

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A call time measuring section for measuring a call time when there is a call, an automatic call receiving section which is activated after a predetermined time set by the call time measuring section, and a message after an automatic call is received. A mobile phone configured to use a solid-state electronic circuit as a storage device of the voice recording unit, which includes a message sending unit for transmitting a message to the caller and a voice recording unit for recording the voice of the caller.