JPH1093724A - Telephone system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To transmit message data, while adding a correspondent code by automatically recognizing a communication provider of a paging receiver on a side opposite to transmit message data. SOLUTION: This system is provided with a key input part 14 for inputting and setting the name and a call number of a party and the communication provider, a telephone directory memory 15 for storing inputted and set contents, a message memory 16 for storing the message data and a CPU 12 for originating a call, while designating one of call number stored in the telephone directory memory 15, reading the recognition code of the communication provider stored corresponding to this call number, when any message data are selected out of the message memory 16, and performing dial transmission from a DTMF signal generating circuit 13, when adding that control code for communication provider to the selected message data.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a telephone device for transmitting a message to a paging receiver.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional telephone, when transmitting message data to a paging receiver, a user first dials a call number assigned to a paging receiver owned by a partner who wants to transmit the message data, and provides a paging service. After confirming the response message from the communication carrier, the user attaches a control code corresponding to the instruction and inputs arbitrary message data by dialing.

[0003]

However, the control code added to the message data differs depending on the communication service provider. This is because, for example, the start signal indicating that the message data specified by Company A is a kana character is “*”.
7 ", and the signal indicating the end of the message is"#", whereas the start signal of the message in Kana characters defined by Company B is" * 07 "and the end signal is"##". .

[0004] As described above, since the control code added to the message data differs depending on the communication carrier, the user is conscious of which communication carrier the paging receiver owned by the partner who wants to transmit is a registered terminal. However, an input operation has to be performed to add a control code corresponding to the communication carrier to the message data, and the operation has been complicated.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and has as its object to provide a communication service provider of a paging service in which a paging receiver owned by a destination to which message data is to be transmitted is registered. It is an object of the present invention to provide a telephone device capable of automatically recognizing and transmitting a control code corresponding to a communication carrier to arbitrary message data.

[0006]

According to the first aspect of the present invention,
First input means for inputting the name of the other party and the call number of the paging receiver owned by the other party, and a communication carrier corresponding to the call number input by the first input means are set. Setting means, storage means for storing the name and call number of the other party input by the first input means and the code for recognizing the communication carrier set by the setting means in association with each other; Second input means, a designation means for designating one of the call numbers stored in the storage means, and a number transmission for reading out the call number designated by the designation means from the storage means and dialing the number. Means and a code corresponding to the code stored in the message data input by the second input means in association with the call number specified by the specifying means following transmission by the number transmitting means. By adding a control code for operators, characterized by comprising a message transmission means for transmitting dialing.

[0007] With such a configuration, the communication carrier is registered in association with the call number of the paging receiver, and when the call number is designated, the registered carrier is registered with the call carrier. Since the identification code is read out and the control code corresponding to the carrier is automatically added to the message data for dial transmission, the user who sends the message data registers the paging receiver of the destination. It is not necessary to recognize the control code corresponding to the communication carrier, and the message data can be easily transmitted.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided first input means for inputting a call number of a paging receiver owned by the other party, and a number for dialing and transmitting the call number input by the first input means. Transmitting means, determining means for determining a communication carrier based on the presence or absence of a specific sound after a response message sent to the transmission by the number transmitting means, second input means for inputting message data, And a message transmitting means for dial-transmitting the message data inputted by the input means and adding the control code for the communication carrier obtained by the discriminating means.

With such a configuration, when the call number of the paging receiver owned by the other party to which the message data is to be transmitted is transmitted and the line is connected to a communication carrier providing a paging service, the communication is started. The communication carrier is determined based on the content of the response message sent from the carrier, and a control code corresponding to the determination result is added to the message data to be transmitted. There is no need to recognize a control code corresponding to the communication carrier that has registered the paging receiver of the other party, and message data can be transmitted easily.

[0010]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

(First Embodiment) Hereinafter, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a circuit configuration of the telephone apparatus 10. The telephone apparatus 10 is connected to a telephone line via an input / output interface 11. The input / output interface 11 is connected to a transmitter / receiver (not shown) to transmit and receive audio signals, and is also connected to the CPU 12 and the DTMF signal generator 13.

The CPU 12 controls the operation of other circuits in the telephone device 10. In addition to the input / output interface 11 and the DTMF signal generating circuit 13,
Key input unit 14 including dial keys consisting of "1" to "9", "0", "*" and "#" keys, telephone directory memory 1
5, connected to the message memory 16, the transmission buffer 17, and the display unit 18.

The DTMF signal generation circuit 13 includes a CPU 12
DTMF (Dual
Tone Multi Frequency) signals are output to the telephone line via the input / output interface 11 as dial signals.

The key input unit 14 includes a dial key as described above, a kana key, a cursor key, and the like for inputting message data, telephone directory data, and the like. The telephone directory memory 15 stores a pair of a destination name and a telephone number as telephone directory data. A memory area for storing telephone directory data whose telephone number is that of a normal telephone device, The number is divided into a memory area for storing telephone directory data which is a call number of the paging receiver,
In the memory area on the side where the calling number of the paging receiver is stored, an identification code indicating which paging service the communication provider belongs to is added to each telephone directory data.

The message memory 16 is for registering and storing a plurality of message data input by the operation of the key input unit 14 using the Kana key or the like. When transmitting message data, an arbitrary one is selected and designated. Is read.

The transmission buffer 17 is used by the CPU 12 during transmission.
The buffer stores the telephone number or call number, message data, and the like sent from the DTMF signal generation circuit 13 by the CPU 12.
Sent to

The display section 18 is composed of a liquid crystal display panel having a display capacity of, for example, about 20 digits × 2 rows, and its driving circuit. The display section 18 has a telephone number or call number of a designated destination, and selected message data. Is displayed to confirm the contents.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be described. FIG. 2 shows that after registering the name and call number of the other party owning the paging receiver as telephone directory data, a message "Skides" in kana characters is given to the other party as message data. Indicates a series of processing contents when selecting and transmitting data.
At first, a name and a telephone number as telephone directory data are input by operating the key input unit 14 (step A).
1).

Thereafter, if the telephone number in the telephone directory data thus input is that of the telephone device or the call number of the paging receiver, the key input unit 14 selects and designates this. Step A
2) If it is determined that it belongs to the telephone device, the input telephone directory data is registered and set in the corresponding memory area of the telephone directory memory 15 (step A3), and the process is completed.

If it is determined that the telephone number in the input telephone directory data is not that of the telephone device, it is determined that the telephone number is the paging receiver's call number, and then the call number is used as the paging service communication information. When the key input unit 14 selects and designates which of the companies A or B is used (step A).
4).

If it is determined that the communication carrier is company A, a recognition code corresponding to the company A is generated and added to the telephone directory data (step A5). When it is determined that the company is the company B, a recognition code corresponding to the company B is generated and added to the telephone directory data (step A6).

The telephone directory data to which the recognition code corresponding to the telecommunications carrier has been added is renewed.
5 in the corresponding memory area (step A
7). Thereafter, the call number in the registered telephone directory data is read out and stored in the transmission buffer 17, and the contents of the transmission buffer 17 are used to generate a DTMF signal as a dial signal by the DTMF signal generation circuit 13, and the input / output interface 11 Outgoing call (step A
8).

When a response message from the communication carrier is received (step A9), a plurality of message data stored in the message memory 16 are retrieved (step A10). , An arbitrary one, here “skides”, is selected and designated (step A11).

In this case, a plurality of message data are selectively displayed on the display unit 18 sequentially according to the operation of, for example, a vertical cursor key of the key input unit 14, and desired message data is displayed on the display unit 18. When a message data transmission is instructed in the displayed state, for example, a "send" key is instructed (step A12), the message data is selected and transmitted, and the message data is transmitted. To which carrier the paging receiver of the other party is registered,
That is, it is determined whether the company is a company A or a company B based on the identification code of the other party registered in the telephone directory memory 15 in the above-described registration processing (step A13).

Here, the identification code of the registered partner is A
If it is determined that the message data belongs to the company A, a start signal “* 7” indicating that the message data is Kana characters and a signal “#” indicating the end of the message are used as control codes corresponding to the company A in step A11 The code string “332244” corresponding to the message data “Skides” selected in
0433 ”, the transmission data * 733224
40433 #, and transmits the transmission data to the transmission buffer 17
(Step A14).

If it is determined in step A13 that the registered recognition code of the other party belongs to company B, the control code corresponding to company B indicates that the message data is kana characters. Start signal "* 0
7 "and a signal"##"indicating the end of the message are added to the code string" 332244033 "corresponding to the message data" Skides "selected in step A11 to obtain transmission data * 0733224404433 ##. Is stored in the transmission buffer 17 (step A15).

After holding the transmission data in the transmission buffer 17 in this way, the transmission data is sequentially read out and the DTMF
DTMF as a dial signal by the signal generation circuit 13
A signal is generated, and transmission is performed via the input / output interface 11 (step A16), and the process is completed.

In steps A10 and A11,
In the description, a plurality of message data stored in advance in the message memory 16 are searched and an arbitrary one is selected and designated. However, the desired content of the message data stored in the message memory 16 is not described. If not, the message data is input in advance by operating the key input unit 14 before transmitting the calling number, and is registered in the message memory 16 (step A17).
The processing shifts to the above processing.

As described above, when the call number of the destination paging receiver is registered, the communication carrier that has registered the paging receiver is registered in association with the call number. The system reads the recognition code of the registered carrier and automatically adds the control code corresponding to that carrier to the message data for dial transmission. Does not need to recognize the control code corresponding to the communication carrier that has registered the paging receiver of the other party, and can easily transmit the message data.

(Second Embodiment) Hereinafter, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows the circuit configuration, which is basically the same as that shown in FIG. 1 above. Therefore, the same portions are denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof will be omitted.

However, here, the telephone directory memory 15
Instead, the response discriminating unit 21 is connected to the CPU 12, and the call number of the other party is input by the dial keys of the key input unit 14 each time.

The response discriminator 21 is connected to the input / output interface 11 and the CPU 12 and has a band pass filter of a specific frequency. The response discriminator 21 transmits a call number of a paging receiver of the other party to communicate paging services. After connecting the line with the carrier, if a specific sound "Puppupu" is sent following the response message from the communication carrier, this is detected, and the detection result, that is, the presence or absence of the specific sound, determines the above. This is to determine whether the communication carrier is company A or company B.
12 is sent.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be described. FIG. 4 shows a case where a call number of a destination having a paging receiver is transmitted, and subsequently, message data such as "Aitai" in kana characters is selected and transmitted to the destination as message data. This shows a series of processing contents in the case, in which a call number assigned to a paging receiver of a destination to which message data is to be transmitted is transmitted by operating a dial key of the key input unit 14 (step B1).

The call number input by operating the dial keys is held in the transmission buffer 17 as transmission data.
The DTMF signal generation circuit 13 generates a DTMF signal as a dial signal based on the contents of the transmission buffer 17, and the DTMF signal is transmitted via the input / output interface 11.

When the call is made and the telephone line is connected to the paging service communication service provider, a response message from the communication service provider is, for example, "This is a company. Get in,
Finally press # (##). ”Is sent, and the response determination unit 21
It is received in response to an instruction from U12 (step B2), and when a specific sound “Puppupp ‥‥” is added to the end thereof, this is detected. Then, it is determined whether or not the specific sound has been detected (step B3). If the specific sound has been detected, the CPU 12 responds to the determination result from the response determination unit 21 in accordance with the communication business of this paging service. Is recognized as a company A (step B4), and if no specific sound is detected, it is recognized that the communication carrier of the paging service is company B (step B4).
5) The contents of the recognition are temporarily stored in a register (not shown) inside the CPU 12.

Thereafter, a plurality of message data stored in advance in the message memory 16 is searched (step B6), and an arbitrary one, here, "it" is selected and designated (step B7).

In this case, a plurality of message data are selectively displayed on the display unit 18 sequentially according to the operation of, for example, a vertical cursor key of the key input unit 14, and desired message data is displayed on the display unit 18. When, for example, the "send" key for instructing the transmission of the message data is instructed in the displayed state (step B8), the CPU 12 actually selects the message data and transmits the message data assuming that the transmission instruction has been given. For this purpose, in the internal register, the response discriminating unit 21 determines which communication carrier the partner's paging receiver is registered with, that is, whether it is company A or company B. The determination is made based on the contents (step B9).

Here, if it is determined that the communication carrier whose partner is registered is company A, the control signal corresponding to this company A is a start signal "*" indicating that the message data is kana characters. 7 ", and a signal"#"indicating the end of the message is a code string" 1112411 "corresponding to the message data" ITAI "selected in step B7.
2 ", the transmission data * 711124112
The transmission data is obtained in the transmission buffer 17 (step B10).

If it is determined in step B9 that the communication carrier registered with the other party is company B, the message data is used as a control code corresponding to company B. The transmission data is obtained by adding a start signal “* 07” indicating that the message is a character and a signal “##” indicating the end of the message to the code string “11124112” corresponding to the message data “ITAI” selected in step A11. * 0711124112 ##
This transmission data is stored in the transmission buffer 17 (step B11).

After holding the transmission data in the transmission buffer 17 in this manner, the transmission data is sequentially read out and the DTMF
DTMF as a dial signal by the signal generation circuit 13
A signal is generated, and transmission is performed via the input / output interface 11 (step B12), and the process is completed.

In the above steps B6 and B7, it has been described that a plurality of message data stored in advance in the message memory 16 are searched and an arbitrary one is selected and designated. If there is no desired message data in the key input section 14 before the call number is transmitted.
By inputting the message data in advance by the operation of (1) and registering it in the message memory 16 (step B13), the processing shifts to the above processing.

As described above, when a line is connected to a communication carrier providing a paging service by transmitting the call number of the paging receiver owned by the other party to which the message data is to be transmitted, the communication carrier concerned The communication carrier is determined based on the content of the response message sent, and a control code corresponding to the determination result is added to the message data to be transmitted. There is no need to recognize a control code corresponding to the communication carrier that has registered the paging receiver, and message data can be transmitted easily.

It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the first and second embodiments, but can be variously modified and implemented without departing from the gist thereof. For example, not only a cable connected to a telephone line but also a cable connected wirelessly may be used. Also,
The telephone device is not limited to a single device, but may be a device having equivalent functions such as a personal computer.

[0043]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, when a call number of a paging receiver is registered, a communication carrier is registered in association with the call number, and when the call number is designated, both are registered. Since the identification code of the carrier is read and the control code corresponding to the carrier is automatically added to the message data and dialed, the user sending the message data receives the paging of the other party. There is no need to recognize a control code corresponding to the communication carrier that has registered the device, and message data can be easily transmitted.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, when a line is connected to a communication carrier performing a paging service by transmitting a call number of a paging receiver owned by a destination to which message data is to be transmitted, Since the carrier is determined based on the content of the response message sent from the carrier and a control code corresponding to the determination result is added to the message data and transmitted.
The user who transmits the message data does not need to recognize the control code corresponding to the communication carrier that has registered the paging receiver of the other party, and can easily transmit the message data.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing processing contents of the operation according to the embodiment;

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing processing contents of the operation according to the embodiment;

[Description of Signs] 10, 10 '... Telephone device 11 ... Input / output interface 12 ... CPU 13 ... DTMF signal generation circuit 14 ... Key input unit 15 ... Phonebook memory 16 ... Message memory 17 ... Transmission buffer 18 ... Display unit 21 … Response determination unit

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A storage means for storing a call number of a destination and a code for recognizing a communication carrier in association with each other, an input means for inputting message data, and a call number stored in the storage means. Designation means for designating one of them; number transmission means for reading out the calling number designated by this designation means from the storage means and dialing the message; transmission following this number transmission means, followed by a message inputted by the input means A telephone transmitting means for dialing the data by adding a control code for a communication carrier corresponding to the code stored in association with the call number specified by the specifying means to the data; apparatus. 2. A first input means for inputting a call number of a paging receiver owned by the other party, a number transmitting means for dial-transmitting the call number inputted by the first input means, and this number Determining means for determining the communication carrier based on the presence or absence of a specific sound after a response message sent to the transmission by the transmitting means, second input means for inputting message data, and inputting by the second input means And a message transmitting means for dial-transmitting the message data to which the control code for the communication carrier obtained by the discriminating means is added.