JPH11331441A - Communication management method in telephone set - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a communication management method in a telephone set capable of effectively managing communication time. SOLUTION: The communication time at the time of originating a call is measured for each communication, the communication time measured for each communication is integrated for a prescribed period set beforehand, and in the case that the integrated communication time exceeds the communication time integrated and set beforehand, to that effect is notified. Also, when the communication time for performing communication management for each call is set beforehand, in the case that the communication time at the time of originating the call exceeds the set communication, to that effect is notified.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a telephone, more specifically, a home telephone or a PHS (Personal Handy Phone).
e System) Terminal and PDC (Personal Digital Cellular)
The present invention relates to a call management method for a telephone mainly applied to a telephone for personal use, such as a portable telephone such as a terminal.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, a telephone having a display function of displaying a telephone number or the like, such as a home cordless telephone for wirelessly connecting a parent device and a child device or a portable telephone such as a PHS terminal or a PDC terminal. In general, during a call, the call time is displayed. In this way, by displaying the talk time during a call, the user can check the talk time each time.

A telephone of this type includes a hardware timer or a software timer as a means for measuring a call time, and upon detecting that a call partner has answered, activates the timer and starts measuring the call time. Then, the call duration is displayed on the display unit until the timer is stopped upon detecting the disconnection signal or the on-hook. After the end of the call, the call time is displayed on the display unit for a fixed time, for example, about 10 seconds.
By such a call time display process, the user can confirm how long the user has been talking during and after the call.

[0004]

As described above, the telephone time in the prior art is also used to display the talk time. However, in a portable telephone such as a PHS terminal or a PDC terminal, for example,
It is not possible to have a conversation while looking at the display of the telephone during a call. For this reason, there is a problem that the consciousness of the talk time is weakened when the user is absorbed in the conversation. Also, if you are talking on the base unit, etc., you can make a call while checking the call time, so you can voluntarily pay attention to the call time to some extent. It did not motivate efficient operation.

[0005] Further, among telephones having a function of displaying a call time, there is also a telephone having a function of displaying not only the call time for each call but also the accumulated call time. If the accumulated call time can be confirmed in this manner, the awareness of the call time can be raised more than the time display for each call. However, in this case, the user must display the accumulated call time by key operation each time.In practice, for example, when the call charge is expensive, the user may be operated after performing excessive call. There were many.

[0006] Therefore, it is difficult to take care to voluntarily shorten the call time before the call charge is charged, and even in this case, efficient operation of the call time cannot be performed. In addition, in the present call service with various charge systems (eg, by region or by hour such as morning, noon, night, etc.), it is not possible to calculate and display an accurate call charge. It was very difficult and only a rough indication of call rates.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art and to provide a telephone call management method for a telephone set capable of effectively managing a call time.

[0008]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention relates to a call management method for a telephone, which measures a call time at the time of a call for each call and preliminarily measures the call time measured for each call. The integration is performed for a set period of time, and when the integrated call time exceeds the call time set in advance, the fact is notified.

[0009]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a telephone call management method according to the present invention; Referring to FIG. 3, there is shown a functional block of base unit 10 showing an embodiment when a telephone according to the present invention is applied to a digital cordless telephone system. The digital cordless telephone system according to the present embodiment
This is a home telephone system provided with a call management function, for example, at home or in a small office, and includes a master device 10 and slave devices 30-1 to 30-n. The digital cordless telephone system is also not shown in FIG.
(Personal Handy-Phone System) etc. are also provided.

The base unit 10 is connected to a central office switch 50 via a subscriber line 100 (ISDN line or analog line), and is connected to slave units 30-1 to 30-n in a digitally controlled radio section. You. The base unit 10 can perform outgoing or incoming processing to the exchange 50 by itself, but upon receiving a request for an extension connection or an outside line connection from the slave unit 30 connected by a wireless link, performs the connection processing. When there is an incoming call process from the exchange 50, the handset 3
Call processing is also performed for 0.

In FIG. 3, an antenna 12 is connected to an RF transmitting / receiving circuit 14, and radiates an output from the RF transmitting / receiving circuit 14 into a space and sends it to the antenna 42 of the slave 30 or from the antenna 42 of the slave 30. The radio wave radiated into the space is received and supplied to the RF transmitting / receiving circuit 14. The RF transmission / reception circuit 14 amplifies and frequency-converts a signal received by the antenna 14 and outputs a demodulation signal to the baseband processing unit / audio codec unit 16 (not shown). An RF transmission circuit (not shown) configured to amplify and frequency-convert an audio modulated signal from the audio codec 16 and output the signal to the antenna 12 as a transmission signal. Note that the RF receiving circuit and R
Changeover switch for F transmission circuit (not shown)
It is performed by

Baseband processing section / speech codec section 1
Reference numeral 6 denotes a processing unit that modulates and demodulates an audio signal and an RF signal.
It is controlled by the MPU 26 that controls the entire master unit 10. The baseband processing section / audio codec section 16 includes a channel codec. The audio signal output from the baseband processing unit / audio codec unit 16 is A
After being converted from a digital signal to an analog signal by the F circuit 20, the signal is amplified and output from the speaker 22. Also,
The audio signal from the microphone 24 is amplified by the AF circuit 20, then converted from an analog signal to a digital signal, and sent to the baseband processing unit / audio codec unit 16. The baseband processing unit / speech codec unit 16 also controls the line control unit 1 for interfacing with the exchange 50.
8 is connected.

The MPU 26 includes a control unit 26a, a ROM 26
b, and a RAM 26c. Control unit 26a
Are stored in a writable non-volatile memory 29 such as an E ² PROM according to a program defining a processing procedure stored in a ROM 26 a in synchronization with a clock supplied from a clock source external to the MPU 26. The control data is developed in the RAM 26c. Thereafter, the designated process is executed using information (setting data and the like) from the RAM 26c. That is, when an operation is performed by the key operation unit 28 for setting a telephone number and various operation modes or for making a call and answering, the input telephone number and the like are displayed on the display unit 27
, And controls the RF transmission / reception circuit 14, the baseband processing unit / speech codec unit 16 and the line control unit 18 according to the contents thereof to execute predetermined processing.

In the digital cordless telephone system according to the present embodiment, base unit 10 has a function of managing time for a call. Specifically, master device 10 has a time measurement function by software processing for measuring a call time (for example, RTC (Real Time Controller) or the like may be used).
The display unit 27 displays on the display unit 27 the talk time for outgoing and incoming calls for the master unit 10 and the slave unit 30. At the same time, it also performs call management such as notification of call time over for each call in outgoing calls and integration of monthly call time.

That is, when performing call management for each call, the user sets the timing of the call time for notifying each call using the key operation unit 28 of the base unit 10 within a range of 1 minute to 60 minutes. When performing call management for performing monthly integration, the user sets the integration time in the range of 0 hour 00 minutes to 99 hours 59 minutes using the key operation unit 28. Then, it is set to perform call management for monitoring the call time for each call or call management for performing monthly integration. These settings are stored in the nonvolatile memory 29.
Is stored.

For example, when the timing of the call time for performing the notification for each call is set to 5 minutes, a predetermined notification is provided from the receiving speaker 22 or a ringer speaker (not shown) every 5 minutes from the start of the call at the time of calling. A sound is output. When the integration time is set to 1 hour and 00 minutes, the call time from the beginning of the month to the end of the month is accumulated, and when the integration time is reached, the receiving speaker 22 and the ringer speaker (not shown).
A more predetermined notification sound is output. Note that these notifications are not particularly limited to audible sounds.
May be displayed, or a vibration motor may be attached to the handset to provide notification by vibration. Further, when the accumulated call time exceeds the call time set in advance, when the next call is made, the fact is notified, for example, by voice.

In the digital cordless telephone system according to the present embodiment, as described above, a plurality of slave units 30 can be connected to the master unit 10 by wireless links. For this reason, the call management may also be set independently for each of the master unit 10 and the slave unit 30. In this case, for example, for each of the slave units 30-1 to 30-n, the timing of the call time for performing the notification for each call is set, or the integration time is set, and the master unit 10 manages the call.

When the notification is performed, for example, a notification sound is superimposed on an audio signal transmitted from the master unit 10 to the slave unit 30, or a control signal for driving the vibration motor 37 (see FIG. 4) or the display unit 38 (FIG. 4). By transmitting a signal to be displayed in (2), the slave unit 30 is notified that the talk time or the accumulated time has been exceeded. In this case, the excess of the call time for each call is performed at a time set individually. On the other hand, regarding the integration time,
Since there is a case where the total time exceeds the total time set in the entire system and a total time set for each of the master unit 10 or the child unit 30, for example, the contents of the notification sound and the vibration are changed so that the user can distinguish between them. You may.

Referring to FIG. 4, there is shown a functional block diagram of a slave unit 30 capable of managing a call under the control of master unit 10. Hereinafter, the configuration of the slave unit will be described with reference to FIG. The slave unit 30 includes an MPU 32, a call key 34, a key operation unit 36, a vibration motor 37, a display unit 38, an RF transmission / reception circuit 40, a baseband processing unit / audio codec unit 4
1, an antenna 42, an AF circuit 44, a speaker 46 and a microphone 48.

The MPU 32 is a microcomputer for controlling the whole telephone, and includes a control unit 32a, a ROM 32
b, RAM 32c, clock source 32d and I / O port 32e. The control unit 32a operates in synchronization with the clock supplied from the clock source 32d, and expands its contents in the RAM 32c based on a program stored in the ROM 32b and defining the operation processing procedure of the child device 30. Execute.

The control unit 32a includes a call key 34, a key operation unit 36, a vibration motor 37, and an I / O port 32e.
It is connected to the display unit 38 and the RF transmission / reception circuit 40, and if there is any action, executes a predetermined process corresponding to the action. Specifically, in addition to the same call processing as that of a normal telephone, the control unit 32a receives a control signal for call management from the base unit 10, and receives a baseband processing unit /
The contents are read out from the audio codec section 41 and the I / O
The vibration motor 37 is driven via the port 32e, and the received content is displayed on the display unit 38.

The call key 34 is used for answering an incoming call or making a call. The key operation unit 36 indicates “0”
It is composed of numbers up to "9", "*", "#" and function keys, and is used to input telephone numbers and set various operation modes. The display unit 38 is configured by an LCD or the like. When receiving various information input from the key operation unit 36 and a display signal accompanying the call management indicating that the set time has been exceeded from the base unit 10, the display unit 38 controls the contents. It is displayed under the control of 32a.

The RF transmission / reception circuit 40 and the baseband processing section / speech codec section 41 perform RF reception processing of a control signal including a speech signal and control channel broadcast information received from the base unit 10 via the antenna 42, and RF transmission processing of a voice signal or a control signal to be transmitted via the control unit is performed. The baseband processing unit / audio codec unit 41 has an AF
Connected to the circuit. The AF circuit 44 performs an AF process on the received signal subjected to the RF reception process, and outputs a sound from the speaker 46. The AF circuit 44 also performs a process for performing AF processing on the audio signal input from the microphone 48, sending the processed signal to the RF transmitting / receiving circuit 40, and transmitting the signal from the antenna 42. Further, when the AF circuit 44 receives the calling signal from the MPU 32, the AF circuit 44 sends a calling sound to the AF circuit 44 via the signal line 150, performs AF processing, and outputs the result from the speaker 46.

FIGS. 1 and 2 show the master unit 1 shown in FIG.
0 shows a processing flow of call management, that is, a processing flow showing an embodiment of notification for each call and notification of the accumulated time. Hereinafter, the operation of call management in the present embodiment will be described with reference to these drawings. In the following description, it is assumed that call management for each call and call management for performing monthly accumulation are set in advance in base unit 10, and a call is issued from base unit 10 to facilitate understanding. The case will be described as an example.

The calling process is performed by the base unit 10, and when the control unit 26a detects the other party's response message, polarity reversal, or the like, a call start process for call management is executed (S100).
That is, the control unit 26a clears the call time measurement timer by software processing and sets the call time unit “N (N is a natural number)” to an initial value (“1”) (S102). Next, a call time (“t1”) measurement timer is started to measure the call time (S104). On the other hand, a call time unit “t2”, which is a preset notification time for each call, is read from the nonvolatile memory 29 (S106).

The control unit 26a displays the measured call time t1 on the display unit 27 (S108), and
2 is executed in real time (S110), and it is determined whether or not the talk time t1 is equal to or longer than the talk time unit t2 (S112). Talk time t1 is talk time unit t2
If it is smaller than the above, the control unit 26a performs the processing in steps S108 to
S112 is repeatedly executed until the call ends (S1
14). When the talk time t1 becomes equal to or longer than the talk time unit t2, the control unit 26a adds “1” to N. N = N +
1 is executed (S116).

Then, the communication time unit t2 is updated with the newly set N, that is, the calculation processing of t2 = t2 × N is executed (S118), and the notification time has passed to the user (caller). (Sound, display, notification, etc.) (S1
20). If the communication is not ended after the notification of the processing S120 (S114), the control unit 26a repeatedly executes the processing S108 to the processing S112 according to the updated communication time unit t2. On the other hand, when detecting the end of the call (S114), the control unit 26a accumulates the call time at this time and the past call time for performing the integration, and shifts to the integration process (S20).
0).

FIG. 2 shows a processing flow of the integration processing S200, and the operation of the integration processing will be described with reference to FIGS. The control unit 26a reads a preset integration time (“s2”) from the non-volatile memory 29, and stores the preset integration time s2 and the actual integration time (accumulated integration time up to now, which has been integrated in step S122). “S1”) (S202). Then, the control unit 26a determines whether or not the actual integrated time s1 is equal to or longer than the set integrated time s2 (S204). If the actual integrated time s1 is shorter than the set integrated time s2, the control unit 26a proceeds to the standby processing as it is (S206).

On the other hand, the actual cumulative time s1 is equal to the set cumulative time s.
In the case of two or more, the user (caller) is notified (sound, display, notification, etc.) that the accumulated time has been exceeded (S20).
8). Then, the control unit 26a sets a warning flag at the time of transmission, which is a flag for notifying the user that the preset integration time has been exceeded (S210), and shifts to a standby process (S206). The notification of the process S202 is as follows.
The notification assuming that the user has already placed the handset, that is, notification or display of, for example, “the set integration time has been exceeded” or the like from the speaker is performed.

Although the embodiment of the telephone call management method according to the present invention has been described in detail, the present invention is not particularly limited to the above embodiment. That is, in the present embodiment, the telephone according to the present invention is applied to a digital cordless telephone system. However, the present invention can be widely applied to other types of home telephones or portable telephones such as PHS terminals and PDC terminals. is there. Further, in the present embodiment, the settings for the call management are made to be managed by the master unit. However, the call management for each call may be set for each slave unit.

Further, in the present embodiment, the notification processing of the integrated time is performed after the call, but the integration processing is executed in real time during the call, and the user is notified when the integrated time exceeds a preset time. It may be. In the case of a wireless telephone terminal including a master unit and a slave unit, as a notification process during a call, a warning by voice synthesis such as a warning from the master unit, or an operation such as prohibiting a call by prompting a warning message. It is also possible to carry out.

In the present embodiment, it is very difficult at the present time to perform accurate charge management, so that call time management is performed. However, a charge corresponding to the integrated call time can be displayed. is there. In this case, the charge for each call is calculated by previously registering a charge table corresponding to the call time for each location and call time in the nonvolatile memory 29 shown in FIG. Side receives the charge for each call. Then, when the charge display operation is performed by accumulating the call charges for each call, the display unit 2
7, the accumulated charge can be displayed.

Further, in the present embodiment, the call management is performed by time for the above reason, but the call management may be performed by a fee. In this case, it is possible to use the above-mentioned charge display process to set a call charge for each call or for each call in advance, so that the user can be notified by the charge in the same way as in the embodiment. Becomes

[0034]

As described above, according to the call management method for a telephone according to the present invention, if the call time exceeds a preset call time, the telephone notifies the user of the call duration. It is possible to attach to the user, so that efficient use of the telephone can be expected.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of a base unit showing an embodiment when a call management method for a telephone set according to the present invention is applied to a digital cordless telephone set.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of a slave unit connected to the master unit shown in FIG. 1 via a wireless link.

FIG. 3 is a process flow showing an operation example in the embodiment of the call management method in the telephone according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a processing flow chart showing an operation example of the integration processing shown in FIG. 3;

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Base unit 12, 42 Antenna 14, 40 RF transmission / reception circuit 16, 41 Baseband processing unit / audio codec unit 18 Line control unit 20, 44 AF circuit 22, 46 Speaker 24, 48 Microphone 26, 32 MPU 26a, 32a Control unit 26b, 32b ROM 26c, 32c RAM 27 Display unit 28, 36 Key operation unit 29 Non-volatile memory 30 Remote unit 37 Vibration motor 38 Display unit

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A call management method for a telephone, wherein a call time at the time of calling is measured for each call, the call time measured for each call is integrated for a predetermined period, and the integrated call time is calculated in advance. A call management method for a telephone set, wherein when a call time set by integration is exceeded, a notification to that effect is given. 2. The call management method according to claim 1, wherein a call time for performing call management for each call is set in advance, and when the call time at the time of calling exceeds the set call time, the fact is set. A call management method for a telephone, comprising: 3. The telephone according to claim 1, wherein the notification is an audible sound, a vibration, a visible display, or a combination thereof. 4. The telephone according to claim 1, wherein, when the integrated call time exceeds a preset talk time, a notification is made when the next call is made. . 5. The telephone according to claim 4, wherein the notification prompts a notification by audible sound, vibration or visual display, or a combination thereof, or a warning message by voice synthesis. .