JPH1127394A - Dial number setting system during speech - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow an exchange to connect to a telephone set with a telephone number by registering the telephone number listened to during a speech through automatic dialing after the end of the call. SOLUTION: In the case that a registration call key 12 is operated during a speech, a registration signal from a changeover section 24 is given to instruct the registration to a registration control section 26 depending on a speech state by a connection control section 23, and the registration control section 26 registers a telephone number received from a dial key 13 to a concerned area of a registration number memory 27. On the other hand, in the case that a registration call key 12 is operated after the end of a speech, a call signal is given to a call control section 28 via the changeover section 24 depending on a speech state of the connection control section 23, a display control section 28 gives a registration number read from a concerned area of the registration number memory 27 via a registration number transmission section 29 to a display section 11, on which the registration number is displayed, and a dial processing section 31 receiving a redial signal by the operation of a redial key 14 makes automatic dialing based on the registration number displayed on the display section 11. Pluralities of re-operations are registered in the registration call key 12 and any re-operation is called.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to registering and setting a telephone number heard from a communication partner during a telephone call by dialing, and when receiving a connection request, an automatic exchange calls the telephone of the registered telephone number. The present invention relates to a dial number setting method during a call, and more particularly, to a dial number setting method during a call in which a telephone having a registered telephone number can be called and connected after a call is completed from a telephone having a registered telephone number during the call.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in this type of dial number setting during a telephone call, a telephone number received from the other party during a telephone call is recalled from a telephone number stored when the telephone number was heard or written on a memo sheet. When the user dials while watching, an erroneous connection has occurred due to a storage error or an entry error.

In order to prevent such a problem, during a call,
When listening to a telephone number, while confirming the number one by one and storing it in a storage unit by a dial operation, when redialing using this telephone number, a technology of taking out from the storage unit and automatically dialing, for example, JP-A-63-131649
No., published in Japanese Patent Application Publication No.

According to this disclosed technology, a telephone housed in an automatic exchange having an automatic transfer function stores a telephone number which is input from a numeric button by operating a registration button during connection via the automatic exchange. Memorized in the means,
The automatic transfer function is activated in the automatic exchange by the hooking operation, and after listening to the dial tone of the ready for receiving the telephone number, the telephone number stored in the storage means is transmitted to the automatic exchange by operating the start button.

[0005]

In the above-mentioned conventional dial number setting method during a telephone call, there is a problem that the telephone number stored during the telephone call cannot be used as a connection destination after the telephone call is ended. .

[0006] The reason is that, for the automatic transfer function in the automatic exchange, the telephone number of the heard telephone number is used as a solution to the problem of reconnecting the called party to the telephone of the telephone number heard from the called party. Is stored, the stored telephone number also disappears after the call disappears due to the end of the call.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above problems,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a dial number setting method during a telephone call, in which a telephone number registered with a telephone number heard from the other party during a telephone call can be connected to the telephone having the registered telephone number by automatic dialing after the end of the call.

[0008]

According to the present invention, there is provided a method for setting a dial number during a call, comprising: a registration number memory for storing at least one telephone number as a registration number; While generating a registration signal for requesting registration in the number memory, a registration call key / button for generating a call signal for calling the registered number after a call, and a dial key / button for generating a telephone number.
Button, call key for generating a call signal for requesting a call /
A telephone having a button and a display unit for displaying characters by character, and a registration control unit for sequentially storing and storing one telephone number subsequently received as a registration number in the registration number memory each time the registration signal is received during a call. Each time the call signal is received after the call is finished, a call control unit that sequentially reads one of the registration numbers from the registration number memory and sends it to the display unit for display, and when the call signal is received,
A call processing unit for automatically dialing out the registered number read by the call control unit and displayed on the display unit as a destination telephone number.

In the above configuration, one registration call key /
The button switches a registration signal or a calling signal between during and after a call, and a registration number memory can register a plurality of telephone numbers. Therefore, by sequentially calling a plurality of registered telephone numbers, telephones corresponding to the respective telephone numbers can be sequentially called by automatic dialing.

[0010]

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention. Illustration of functional blocks not related to the present invention is omitted.

In the method of setting a dial number during a call shown in FIG.
2. It is assumed that the dial key 13 and the re-call key 14 are printed, and the registration call key 12 and the re-call key 14 are provided for the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing one embodiment of the telephone 10. As shown in the figure, the registration call key 12 uses one of the function keys, and the recall key 14 substitutes the # key of the dial pad to minimize the configuration change.

The automatic exchange 20 accommodating the telephone 10 comprises:
Telephone interface 21, registration call signal receiving unit 22,
Connection control unit 23, switching unit 24, telephone number receiving unit 25, registration control unit 26, registration number memory 27, call control unit 28,
It is assumed that the system includes a registration number sending unit 29, a re-calling signal receiving unit 30, and a calling processing unit 31.

The display unit 11 of the telephone 10 displays corresponding characters according to key operations on the telephone 10 or the automatic exchange 20.
The predetermined character data received from is displayed in characters. The registration call key 12 is operated during a telephone call to register a telephone number according to the present invention to be a registration signal, and is operated after a call is ended to output a signal to be a call signal. The dial key 13 is the same as a conventional one operated when inputting a telephone number. The recall key 14 uses the # key as described above,
It is assumed that the signal is operated at the time of recalling according to the present invention and a signal serving as a recall signal is output. The overall operation function of the telephone will be described later with reference to FIG.

Telephone interface 2 of automatic exchange 20
In FIG. 1, a signal to and from the telephone set 10 is transmitted and received using a signal channel, and a plurality of telephone sets 1
It is assumed that the identifier for identifying each of the 0s is set by the housing position of the switch that houses the telephone 10.

The registration call signal receiving unit 22 notifies the continuation control unit 23 that the registration call signal transmitted by operating the registration call key 12 has been received, and sends the received registration call signal to the switching unit 24. And When receiving the preparation completion signal from the switching unit 24, the registration call signal reception unit 22 transfers this to the telephone 10.

The connection control unit 23 controls connection at a switch (not shown) of the automatic exchange 20 and monitors a telephone call for this purpose. The connection control unit 23 receives a registration call signal reception notification from the registration call signal reception unit 22. At this time, the communication state of the telephone 10 that has transmitted the registration call signal is checked, and the switching unit 24 is notified of whether or not the communication is in progress. Further, the connection control unit 23 receives the destination telephone number information and the identifier of the calling telephone, controls the connection of the switch, and sets the communication path.

The switching section 24 receives the registration call signal received from one of the registration call signal receiving sections 22 and the connection control section 23 on the other side.
Based on the call state received from the server, if a call is in progress, the registration signal is sent to the registration control unit 26 together with the identifier of the telephone 10 of the transmission source, and then the registration call signal reception unit 22 The call is transferred, and when the call is ended, it is sent to the call control unit 28 as a call signal.

The telephone number receiving unit 25 is controlled by the registration control unit 26 and sequentially sends the numeric code of the telephone number received from the dial key 13 to the registration control unit 26.

Upon receiving the identifier of the transmitting telephone set 10 and the registration signal from the switching section 24, the registration control section 26 prepares a registration number storage area corresponding to the telephone set 10 in the registration number memory 27, and A ready signal is sent via 24.

The registration control unit 26 waits for the numeric code of the telephone number received from the telephone number receiving unit 25, and sequentially records and stores the received telephone number according to the sequence number 1 to the sequence number for each registration signal. I do.

The registration number memory 27 stores the automatic exchange 20
Has a memory area corresponding to each of the plurality of telephones 10 accommodated in the telephone number. In each memory area, telephone numbers of up to m digits are registered for telephone numbers of order numbers 1 to n, respectively.

When the call control unit 28 receives the identifier of the telephone 10 of the transmission source and the call signal from the switching unit 24, it calls the registration number storage area corresponding to the telephone 10 in the registration number memory 27, and Each time, the data is sequentially read from the first sequence number 1 in accordance with the sequence number and sent to the registration number sending unit 29.

The registration number sending section 29 temporarily holds the registration number sent from the call control section 28, transfers the registration number to the display section 11 of the telephone 10 from which the call signal is sent, displays the characters, and makes a call processing section 31. Is sent to the call processing unit 31 when the request is made.

The recall signal receiving unit 30 is provided with the recall key 14
, And notifies the calling processing unit 31 of the reception of the re-call signal together with the identifier of the telephone set 10 of the transmission source.

The outgoing call processing section 31 is provided with a re-call signal receiving section 30.
When a re-call signal is received from, the registration number temporarily stored in the registration number sending unit 29 is received, and call processing is performed using the registration number as a connection destination. When the calling process is completed, the call processing unit 31 sets the communication path, so that
And the registration number temporarily stored in the registration number sending unit 29 are sent to the connection control unit 23.

Next, the operation procedure of the automatic exchange 20 in FIG. 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2 and FIG.

First, in the automatic exchange 20, the connection control section 23 forms a communication path between the telephone 10 and another telephone to start a telephone call (step S01), so that the telephone 10 is in a busy state.

When the registration call key 12 is operated on the telephone 10, the registration call signal reception unit 22 receives a registration call signal transmitted from the telephone 10. When the registration call signal receiving unit 22 receives the registration call signal from the telephone 10, the connection control unit 23 notifies the switching unit 24 that the call state is busy. Therefore, the registration control unit 26 sets the switching unit 2
4 receives a registration signal (step S02).

When receiving the registration signal, the registration control unit 26 prepares a memory area of the first sequence number corresponding to the telephone 10 in the registration number memory 27 and sends a preparation completion signal to the switching unit 24. This preparation completion signal is transmitted as a response signal to the previous registration signal to the telephone 10 via the registration call signal receiving unit 22 with predetermined character data such as "request for a telephone number to be registered" (step S03). ).

In the telephone 10, the request for the telephone number is notified on the display unit 11, and the telephone number is input by operating the dial key 13. This telephone number is converted into character data, displayed on the display unit 11, and sent to the automatic exchange via a signal line.

In the automatic exchange 20, the telephone number receiving unit 25
Accepts the telephone number, and the accepted telephone number is registered by the registration control unit 26 in the memory area corresponding to the transmission source telephone 10 prepared in the registration number memory 27 (step S04).

In the automatic exchange 20, the registration control unit 26 continues the call and before receiving the end signal (step S05).
If the registration signal is received again (step S06) as in step S02, a memory area of the next sequence number corresponding to the telephone 10 in the registration number memory 27 is prepared. A completion signal is sent to the telephone 10 via the registration / call signal receiving unit 22 (step S0).
7), and return to step S04.

If the end signal is received from the telephone 10 or the telephone of the other party of the communication in step S05 "YES" and the established communication path is released and the communication state is restored (step S11), the connection control unit 23 Change the call state from during a call to after a call.

In this state, when the telephone 10 makes a call, for example, off-hook, the automatic exchange 20 accepts a call signal (step S12) and sends out a dial tone indicating completion of dial number reception preparation (step S13). A normal calling procedure is performed.

When receiving a dial tone, the telephone 10 normally sends out the called telephone number by dialing. However, in order to call the registration number recorded during the call, the registration call key 12 is operated to register the telephone number. Sends a call signal. Therefore, in the automatic exchange 20, the switching unit 24 that receives the registration call signal via the registration call signal receiving unit 22 receives the call termination state via the connection control unit 23. The received call signal is output as a call signal, and call control unit 28 receives the call signal (step S14).

When receiving the call signal, the call control unit 28 reads the registration number from the memory area of the first sequence number corresponding to the telephone 10 in the registration number memory 27 and sends it to the registration number sending unit 29. The registration number sending unit 29 holds the registration number received from the call control unit 28 and sends it to the telephone 10 via the telephone interface 21 (procedure S
15).

On the telephone 10, the received registration number is displayed in characters on the display unit 11. Therefore, when the caller operates the registration call key 12 again to check the next telephone number,
Since the automatic exchange 20 does not receive the re-call signal following step S15 (NO in step S16), the registration call signal receiving unit 22 receives the registration call signal. Switching unit 24
On the other hand, since the call termination state is received via the connection control unit 23, the registration call signal received from the registration call signal reception unit 22 is output as a call signal, and the call control unit 28 accepts this call signal again ( Step S17).

The calling control unit 28 performs the same operation as the above-described procedure S15.
When the call signal is received, the registration number is read from the memory area of the next sequence number corresponding to the telephone 10 in the registration number memory 27 and transmitted to the registration number transmitting unit 29. The registration number transmitting unit 29 updates the registration number received from the reading control unit 28 by overwriting and updating the conventional registration number, and transmits the registration number to the telephone 10 via the telephone interface 21 (step S18). Return to

In the telephone set 10, the received registration number is displayed in characters on the display unit 11, so that the caller operates the # key which is the re-call key 14 to make a call to the telephone set having the displayed number. In this case, a re-call signal is transmitted, so that in automatic exchange 20, re-call signal receiving section 30 receives the re-call signal (YES in step S16).

The re-call signal is sent from the re-call signal receiving unit 30 to the call processing unit 31. When the re-call process unit 31 receives the re-call signal, the registration number held by the registration number sending unit 29 is stored. Is transferred to the connection control unit 23, and the connection control unit 23 performs a normal automatic dialing process (step S21).

In the above description, the keys are used. However, any keys may be used as long as they convey the intention of the caller to operate, such as vertical and horizontal movements, up and down and left and right movements, and pressing.

In the above description, the signal exchange between the telephone and the automatic exchange uses a signal channel different from the communication channel so as not to disturb the ongoing dialogue. In the transfer, the number can be confirmed through dialogue with the other party, so that the audio frequency signal (PB
Signal) can also be used. In this case, a PB signal receiver is provided for receiving a telephone number via the telephone interface.

In the above description, the registration number memory is built in the automatic exchange and provided for each telephone. However, the registration number memory for registering the telephone number as the registration number for each sequence number must be built in each telephone. Accordingly, all of the rest of the above description can be incorporated in each of the telephones, similarly to the above. In this case, the connection control unit becomes a call monitoring unit.

In this configuration, the cost of the telephone increases, but there is no change in the exchange. In this case, if the flowchart shown in FIG. 3 is applied to the telephone, the above-mentioned steps S12 and S13 are deleted. Then, the same automatic dialing as in the prior art is performed based on the telephone number read from the registration number memory and displayed on the display unit.

As described above, in the above description, the functional blocks and the operation procedure are illustrated and described. However, the separation and merging arrangement of the functions and the change of the operation before and after the procedure can be freely changed as long as the above functions are satisfied. The description is not intended to limit the invention.

[0048]

As described above, according to the present invention, the following effects can be obtained.

The first effect is that a telephone in which a telephone number heard from a partner during a call is registered can be connected to a telephone having the registered telephone number by automatic dialing after the call is terminated.

The reason is that dial key information operated during a call is registered in a registration number memory by a registration signal.
This is because the registration number registered in the registration number memory is read by a call signal generated only after the end of the call, and the automatic dialing is performed.

The second effect is that the usability for the caller for improving the first effect is improved.

The reason is that the registration signal or the call signal is switched by the automatic exchange or the telephone according to the call state of one registered call key / button during and after the call. For this reason, it is possible to avoid occurrence of a call operation during a call or a registration operation after a call is ended.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the telephone showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing one mode of an operation procedure in FIG. 1;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Telephone 11 Display part 12 Registration call key 13 Dial key 14 Recall key 20 Automatic exchange 21 Telephone interface 22 Registration call signal reception part 23 Connection control part 24 Switching part 25 Telephone number reception part 26 Registration control part 27 Registration number memory 28 Call Control unit 29 Registration number transmission unit 30 Recall signal reception unit 31 Call processing unit

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A registration number memory for storing at least one telephone number as a registration number, and a registration signal for requesting that a telephone number listened to be registered in the registration number memory during a call is generated. A registration call key / key for generating a call signal for calling the registered number after completion
A telephone including a button, a dial key / button for generating a telephone number, a call key / button for generating a call signal for requesting a call, and a display unit for displaying data in characters, and receiving the registration signal during a call A registration control unit for sequentially storing and storing one of the telephone numbers subsequently received as a registration number in the registration number memory each time, and each time the call signal is received after the end of a call, one registration number is sequentially stored in the registration number memory. A call control unit that reads and sends the call number to the display unit, and when the call signal is received, the call control unit reads the registration number displayed on the display unit and automatically dials as a destination telephone number. A dial number setting method during a call, comprising: 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the registration number memory, the registration control unit, the call control unit, and the call processing unit are built in the telephone. . 3. The automatic telephone exchange according to claim 1, wherein the registration number memory, the registration control unit, the call control unit, and the call processing unit are provided in an automatic exchange that accommodates the telephone. A dial number setting method during a call, which is provided for a telephone housed in an automatic exchange.