JPH10224836A - Key telephone equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To distribute an incoming call to plural extension telephone equipments by exchanging the incoming call to the extension telephone equipment corresponding to a caller's number among the plural extension telephone equipments at the time of receiving the caller's number. SOLUTION: A signal corresponding to a telephone number assigned to a key telephone equipment 4 and a caller's number reporting signal corresponding to one's own telephone number 03-XXX-XXXX are sent from a customer's telephone set 1a to a public exchange network 2, and the equipment 1a is connected with the equipment 4 through the network 2 and a trunk line 3. A number receiving part 6 informs a control part 7 of the receiving of the caller's telephone reporting signal of the equipment 1a, and a control part 7 reads the telephone number stored in a number storing part 8 and then extracts the numbers of high-order two digits to collate with a district number stored in an incoming call distribution managing memory 9. When the numbers of the high-order two digits 03 and the district number 03 are coincident, the incoming call to the equipment 4 to an intension telephone set 10a to be assigned only for the district 03.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a key telephone apparatus for distributing an incoming call to an extension telephone according to a caller ID notification signal received from a switching network.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No.
As disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No. 17 (1995), once a caller ID notification signal or a PB (push button) signal
2. Description of the Related Art There is known a key telephone apparatus having a function of distributing (transferring) an incoming call to an external destination via an external line to a transfer destination corresponding to the caller number notification signal after receiving an automatic call.

[0003]

The conventional key telephone apparatus has the advantage that the incoming call can be distributed to the outside, but the incoming call is transmitted to a plurality of extension telephones accommodated therein. Has a drawback that it cannot be distributed. The present invention has been made under such a background, and has as its object to provide a key telephone apparatus capable of distributing an incoming call to a plurality of extension telephones.

[0004]

According to the present invention, a number receiving means for receiving a caller number of a terminal which is a source of an incoming call, and a plurality of caller numbers corresponding to the plurality of the caller numbers, respectively. A plurality of extension telephones respectively provided, and when the caller number is received by the number receiving means, the incoming call is sent to the extension telephone corresponding to the caller number among the plurality of extension telephones. And exchange control means for exchanging.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the key telephone apparatus according to the first aspect, the exchange control means includes a storage means for storing the plurality of caller numbers corresponding to the plurality of extension telephones. When the caller number received by the number receiving means matches the plurality of caller numbers stored in the storage means, the call is sent to the extension telephone corresponding to the matched caller number. Switching means for exchanging incoming calls.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a number receiving means for receiving a caller number of a terminal which is an originator of an incoming call; A plurality of extension telephones respectively provided correspondingly; storage means for respectively storing a part of predetermined digits of the plurality of caller numbers corresponding to the plurality of extension telephones; and the number receiving means. When a part of the predetermined digits of the calling party number received by the user matches a plurality of the partial numbers stored in the storage means, the partial number of the predetermined digit And exchange means for exchanging the incoming call to the extension telephone corresponding to the extension telephone.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a key telephone apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention. In this figure, reference numeral 1a denotes a customer telephone provided on the first customer side, and the customer telephone 1a includes 03-XXX.
-XXXX (where X is any number from 0 to 9) is assigned. That is, the customer's telephone 1a is provided in the customer equipment in the area specified by the area code 03 (hereinafter referred to as area 03). Further, the customer telephone 1a outputs a caller number notification signal corresponding to its own telephone number 03-XXX-XXXX at the time of calling.

Reference numeral 1b denotes a customer telephone provided on the second customer side. The customer telephone 1b includes 04XX-XX
-The telephone number XXXX is assigned. That is, the customer's telephone 1b is provided in the customer facility in the area specified by the area code 04XX (hereinafter referred to as the 04 area). In addition, the customer's telephone 1b outputs a caller ID notification signal corresponding to its own 04XX-XX-XXXX when calling.

Reference numeral 1c denotes a customer telephone provided on the third customer side. The customer telephone 1c includes 05XX-XX
-The telephone number XXXX is assigned. That is, the customer's telephone 1c is provided in customer facilities in a district specified by 05XX (hereinafter, referred to as a 05 district). Further, the customer's telephone 1c outputs a caller number notification signal corresponding to its own telephone number 05XX-XX-XXXX when calling.

Reference numeral 2 denotes a public switched network accommodating the customer telephones 1a to 1c and the like. Reference numeral 3 denotes a line connecting the public switched network 2 and the key telephone apparatus 4. In the key telephone apparatus 4, reference numeral 5 denotes an exchange unit for transferring an incoming call inputted via the central office line 3 to any one of the extension telephones 10a to 10c.

The extension telephones 10a, 10b and 10
Reference numeral c denotes extension telephones provided corresponding to the above-mentioned 03 district, 04 district and 05 district, respectively. That is, the extension telephone 10a sets
The extension telephone 10b is provided for exclusively receiving a call from the customer telephone 1 in the 3rd district, the extension telephone 10b is provided for exclusively receiving a call from the customer telephone 1b in the 04 district, and the extension telephone 10c is 05 district customer phone 1c
It is provided to receive calls exclusively from.

Reference numeral 6 denotes a number receiving unit which receives the above-mentioned caller number notification signal input from the public switched network 2 via the office line 3. A control unit 7 controls each unit of the apparatus, and has a number storage unit 8 and a call distribution management memory 9.

The number storage section 8 sequentially stores the caller number obtained from the caller number notification signal received by the number receiving section 6 under the control of the control section 7. The incoming call distribution management memory 9 stores the above-mentioned district numbers 03, 04, and 0.
5 is stored in advance. That is, the incoming call distribution management memory 9 stores the incoming call of the key telephone device 4 in the extension telephone 1.
Number data that specifies which of 0a to 10c is to be distributed is stored.

Next, the operation of the key telephone apparatus according to the above-described embodiment will be described. Now, when the caller performs a calling operation of the customer telephone 1a, a signal corresponding to the telephone number assigned to the key telephone device 4 and the own telephone number 03-XXX- are transmitted from the customer telephone 1a.
The caller ID notification signal corresponding to XXXX is transmitted to the public switched network 2
Sent to As a result, the customer's telephone 1a is connected to the key telephone apparatus 4 via the public switched network 2 and the office line 3, and the above-mentioned calling number notification signal is input to the number receiving section 6.

Thus, after receiving the caller number notification signal corresponding to the telephone number 03-XXX-XXXX of the customer's telephone 1a, the number receiving unit 6 notifies the control unit 7 of the reception. As a result, the telephone number 03-XXX-XX obtained from the caller number notification signal is stored in the number storage unit 8.
XX is stored under the control of the control unit 7.

Next, the control unit 7 reads out the telephone number 03-XXX-XXXX stored in the number storage unit 8, and then extracts the upper two-digit number 03 of the telephone number 03-XXX-XXXX. Next, the control unit 7 checks the extracted two-digit number 03 with the district numbers 03, 04, and 05 stored in the incoming call distribution management memory 9.

In this case, the upper two digits 03 and the district number 0
Since the number 3 matches, the control unit 7 controls the switching unit 5 so that the incoming call of the key telephone apparatus 4 is distributed to the extension telephone 10a assigned exclusively to the 03 area.
As a result, the incoming call is distributed to the extension telephone 10a by the switching unit 5, and the customer telephone 1a and the extension telephone 10a are connected.

Hereinafter, in the same manner as the above-described operation of the customer telephone 1a when making a call, when a call is made from the customer telephone 1b, the incoming call from the customer telephone 1b is distributed to the customer telephone 1b dedicated to the 04 district. You. Similarly, when a call is made from the customer telephone 1c, the incoming call from the customer telephone 1c is sent to the customer telephone 1 dedicated to the 05 district.
c.

As described above, according to the key telephone apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention, the customer telephones 1a to 1c are provided.
Is connected to the extension telephones 10a to 10c determined in advance for each area based on the caller ID notification signal transmitted from the customer.
You can talk to In other words, according to the key telephone apparatus according to the above-described embodiment, the predetermined extension telephones 10a to 10a are determined based on the caller ID notification.
Since the incoming call is distributed to "c", it is possible to receive the incoming call according to the district, and finally, it is possible to provide services such as answering, guidance, and receiving orders in close contact with the district and the customer.

As mentioned above, one embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the drawings. However, the specific configuration is not limited to this embodiment, and a design change within a range not departing from the gist of the present invention. The present invention is also included in the present invention. For example, in the key telephone apparatus according to the embodiment described above, the two-digit district number 0 stored in the incoming call distribution management memory 9 is used.
3, 04 and 05 and the calling number (eg, 03-X
XX-XXXX), the example of collating with the upper two digits has been described. However, the number of digits to be collated may be any number.
All digits may be used.

[0021]

According to the key telephone apparatus of the first and second aspects, the incoming call is exchanged by the exchange control means to the extension telephone corresponding to the calling party number. Incoming calls can be distributed. According to the third aspect of the present invention, a part of predetermined digits of the plurality of caller numbers is stored in the storage means. The capacity of the storage means can be reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a key telephone device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1a customer telephone 1b customer telephone 1c customer telephone 2 public exchange network 3 local line 4 button telephone device 5 exchange unit 6 number reception unit 7 control unit 8 number storage unit 9 incoming call distribution management memory 10a extension telephone 10b extension telephone 10c extension telephone

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A number receiving means for receiving a caller number of a terminal that is a source of an incoming call; a plurality of extension telephones provided respectively corresponding to the plurality of caller numbers; Exchange control means for exchanging the incoming call to the extension telephone corresponding to the caller number among the plurality of extension telephones when the caller number is received by the receiving means. Button telephone equipment. 2. The exchange control means, a storage means for storing the plurality of caller numbers corresponding to the plurality of extension telephones, and the caller number received by the number receiving means,
When the plurality of caller numbers stored in the storage means coincide with each other, the exchange means exchanges the incoming call to the extension telephone corresponding to the matched caller number. The key telephone device according to claim 1. 3. A number receiving means for receiving a caller number of a terminal which is a source of an incoming call, and a number receiving means provided corresponding to a part of predetermined digits of the plurality of caller numbers. A plurality of extension telephones; storage means for storing a partial number of predetermined digits among the plurality of caller numbers corresponding to the plurality of extension telephones; and the outgoing call received by the number receiving means When a part of the predetermined digits of the user number matches a plurality of the partial numbers stored in the storage means, the extension telephone corresponding to the part of the predetermined digits is sent to the extension telephone. A key telephone device comprising: a switching unit for exchanging the incoming call.