JPH10173767A - Portable telephone set - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable recording of important business and to prevent a telephone call from being missed by setting a call incoming state, when terminated call is received but no off-hook operation is performed for fixed time from calling, reporting an automatic response to a caller and receiving a voice message from the caller. SOLUTION: A control part 2 is provided for controlling an entire portable telephone set and has an automatic recording means 2a for providing an automatic recording function for recording the message from the caller especially, when no off-hook is performed for fixed time from calling. The lapse of time from calling is counted by using a timer 2b and after the lapse of a previously set fixed time (time-up period), the automatic recording function is operated to automatically respond to the caller. The digital data of various messages, stored in an automatic response message storage part 3a, are converted, into audio data and transmitted, and the received message from the side of caller is converted into digital data and stored in a received message storage part 3b.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a portable telephone having an answering machine function, and more particularly to a portable telephone having an answering machine function without any special mode setting or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, when a portable telephone receives an incoming call addressed to itself within a service area, the portable telephone makes a call according to a set calling mode such as ringing, vibration, display and the like, and when the user goes off-hook. Incoming call and go into call state.

[0003] However, even if a ringing operation is performed upon receiving a call, if the ringing tone is low, if the user puts it in a bag with the vibration mode set, or if the user leaves a mobile phone, etc. However, with a general single-function mobile phone, the calling operation continues and if there is no answer without going off-hook,
At the discretion of the calling user, the call was abandoned and the line was disconnected.

[0004] In order to avoid the above-mentioned case, a high-performance mobile phone enters a ringing operation after receiving a call, and if there is no answer for a certain period of time, the mobile phone enters an incoming call state and receives an automatic answer message or An answering machine function that announces the original response message to the caller and records the caller's message in voice is provided.If the user sets the answering machine mode, the answering machine function will be performed. I was

[0005]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional portable telephone, it is difficult to receive an important telephone call without noticing that the user has forgotten to carry the cell phone or to make a call. There was a problem that some users forgot to set the mode and missed important calls.

[0006] The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and if an off-hook operation is not performed within a certain period of time after a call, the answering function is always activated, so that a sudden call cannot be made. It is an object of the present invention to provide a mobile phone that can record important telephone requirements even if the user forgets to set a mode or forgets to set a mode, thereby avoiding missed calls.

[0007]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a portable telephone, which receives an incoming call and sets an incoming call state if an off-hook operation is not performed for a certain period of time after a call is received. Automatically announces the automatic response to the caller, receives the voice message from the caller and records it, and always records the message from the caller without setting the answering machine mode. Yes, and record important phone calls.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a portable telephone, comprising: a radio unit for transmitting / receiving a radio signal; an automatic response message storage unit for storing various automatic response messages; A storage unit including a received message storage unit that stores a message message from a caller, and a control unit that includes a timer that counts a predetermined time from the call, wherein the control unit receives the call and initiates the call. The automatic response message stored in the automatic response message storage unit is transmitted to the caller when the off-hook operation is not performed during the predetermined time, and the message from the caller is transmitted. It is a control unit that receives a message and stores it in the received message storage unit. Can be stored in the message message, you can record the requirements of important phone call.

[0009]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the claimed invention will be described with reference to the drawings. If the mobile phone according to the present invention receives an incoming call and does not go off-hook within a predetermined time after the call, the mobile phone enters an incoming call state, transmits an automatic response message, receives a message message by a caller's voice, and records the message. Therefore, it is possible to always record a message without any mode setting by the user.

First, the configuration of a mobile phone according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a configuration block diagram of a mobile phone according to the present invention.

The portable telephone according to the present invention comprises a radio unit 1, a control unit 2, a storage unit 3, a display unit 4, an input unit 5, a calling unit 6, and a receiver 7.

Next, each part of the portable telephone according to the present invention will be specifically described. The wireless unit 1 transmits and receives wireless data. The calling unit 6 is various means for making a call at the time of an incoming call of a speaker, a vibrator, an LED, or the like. The receiver 7 is a microphone for inputting a user's voice. The input unit 5 is an operation unit that performs various inputs regarding the mobile phone.

The display unit 4 is generally a display unit such as a liquid crystal provided in a mobile phone, and in the present invention, displays a message indicating that a message recording has been performed.

The storage unit 3 stores various information related to the control of the mobile phone, and is provided with an automatic response message storage unit 3a and a received message storage unit 3b as a characteristic part of the present invention.

Here, the automatic response message storage unit 3a
Is for storing digital data of various messages of an automatic response in the answering machine function of the present invention. Specifically, an automatic incoming message for notifying a caller of an automatic response and an utterance of a recorded message are stored. A message request message for prompting, a message impossible message notifying that the message cannot be stored, and a completion response message notifying completion of recording of the message are stored. The automatic incoming message may be such that an original message input by the user from the receiver 7 can be registered.

The received message storage unit 3b is a storage unit for storing data obtained by digitally converting a message message transmitted from a sender. In the present invention, a plurality of message messages can be stored.

The control unit 2 controls the entire portable telephone, and in addition to the control as a general portable telephone, as a characteristic part of the present invention, when the off-hook is not performed for a predetermined time from the call, the caller receives Is provided with an answering machine 2a for realizing an answering machine function for recording a message message of the following.

Here, the description of control as a general portable telephone is omitted, and only the features of the present invention will be described.

The answering machine 2a of the present invention comprises a timer 2b
Is used to count the time from the call, and when a predetermined time (time-up time) has been reached, the answering machine function operates, automatically responds to the caller, and stores it in the automatic response message storage unit 3a. The digital data of the various messages is converted into voice data and transmitted, and the received message from the sender is converted into digital data and stored in the received message storage unit 3b.

Here, a specific flow of the answering machine 2a of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the flow of the answering machine 2a of the control section 2 of the present invention. The answering machine 2a of the present invention is activated after receiving an incoming call and performing a normal paging operation, and as shown in FIG. 2, first starts a timer 2b (100) to determine whether or not a time-up time has been reached. If it does not reach (102), the process 102 is repeated.

On the other hand, when the time-up time is reached (Y
es) enters an answering machine function, first sets an incoming call state (103), transmits an automatic incoming message (104),
Next, it is determined whether there is a free space in the received message storage unit 3b (110). If there is no free space (No), a message impossible message is transmitted (112), and the process jumps to step 130.

On the other hand, if there is a free space in the received message storage unit 3b in the process 110 (Yes), a message request message is transmitted (120), a message message is received (122), and a completion signal is received or Is determined (124), and if the completion signal is not received and the line is not disconnected (No), the process 122 is repeated.

When the completion signal is received or the line is disconnected (Yes), the received message message is converted into digital data and stored in the received message storage unit 3b (125). A display indicating that the message message has been output is output to the display unit 4 (126), and it is determined whether or not the line has already been disconnected (127). If the line has been disconnected (Yes), the process jumps to step 130 to indicate that the line has been disconnected. If not (No), a completion response message is transmitted (12
8) Disconnect the line and end the call (130), and end the process.

The process of transmitting a message to the sender (processes 104, 112, 120, 128) is a process of reading digital data of a message from the automatic response message storage unit 3a, converting the digital data into analog voice data, and transmitting the converted data. The message from the sender is converted from digital voice data into digital data and stored in the received message storage unit 3b.

Also, if the user of the portable telephone performs an off-hook operation during the processing shown in FIG. 2, the processing is stopped and the processing proceeds to a normal call processing. If the line is disconnected, the processing is stopped at that point.

Further, the process of confirming the availability of the received message storage unit 3b (process 110) is performed before the process of setting the incoming call state (process 103).
The process of the answering machine function of the process 128 may not be performed.

Next, the operation of the portable telephone according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In the portable telephone of the present invention, when an incoming call is received via the wireless unit 1, the control unit 2 activates the calling unit 6 to perform a calling operation, and starts the timer 2b.

If the input unit 5 does not go off-hook by the time the preset time-up time has elapsed, the control unit 2 enters an incoming call state, and the automatic incoming message is read from the automatic response message storage unit 3a. It is converted to voice and transmitted via the wireless unit 1.

When there is free space in the received message storage unit 3b, the message request message is read from the automatic response message storage unit 3a, converted into a voice, and transmitted via the wireless unit 1.

Then, the message transmitted from the caller is received via the radio unit 1 and the message is received until the completion signal is received from the caller or the line is disconnected at the caller. When a completion signal is received or the line is disconnected at the caller side, the control unit 2
Is converted into digital data and stored in the received message storage unit 3b.

Then, a message indicating that there is an answering machine message is displayed on the display unit 4. If the line has not been disconnected, the completion response message is read from the automatic response message storage unit 3a and converted into voice. The signal is transmitted via the wireless unit 1 and the line is disconnected.

According to the portable telephone of the present invention, if an off-hook is not performed for a predetermined time after receiving a call and receiving a call, an automatic call is received and a caller is urged to transmit a message, and the received message is stored. (Recording), so even if you suddenly cannot answer the call, you can always record important phone messages without setting the answering machine mode, and you can avoid missing calls There is.

[0033]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, if an off-hook operation is not performed for a certain period of time after receiving an incoming call and receiving a call, an incoming call is received, and an automatic response is announced to the caller,
Since the mobile phone is designed to receive and record voice messages from callers, the voicemail function always works without setting the voicemail mode, so you can record important phone calls and miss calls. There is an effect that can be avoided.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the control unit includes:
When a call is received and a call is made, a certain period of time from the call is counted by a timer.
Since the mobile phone sends the message of the automatic response stored in the automatic response message storage unit to the caller, receives the message from the caller, and stores it in the received message storage unit, setting the answering machine mode Without this, the automatic answering function works, so that important telephone messages can be recorded, which has the effect of avoiding missed calls.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a flow of an answering machine of a control unit according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Radio | wireless part, 2 ... Control part, 2a ... Answering machine, 2
b: timer, 3: storage unit, 3a: automatic response message storage unit, 3b: received message storage unit, 4: display unit, 5: input unit, 6: calling unit, 7: receiver

Claims (2)

[Claims] If an off-hook operation is not performed for a certain period of time after receiving an incoming call and receiving a call, the system enters an incoming call state, announces an automatic response to a caller, receives a voice message from the caller, and records the message. A mobile phone characterized by the above-mentioned. 2. A radio unit for transmitting and receiving radio signals, an auto-response message storage unit for storing various messages of an auto-response, a storage unit including a received message storage unit for storing a message from a caller, And a control unit having a timer that counts a predetermined time.The control unit performs a call upon receiving a call, counts a predetermined time from the call using the timer, and does not perform off-hook during the predetermined time. When sending a message of the automatic response stored in the automatic response message storage unit to the caller,
A mobile phone, comprising: a control unit that receives a message from a caller and stores the message in the received message storage unit.