JPH11341137A - Communication equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To efficiently attain re-connection with a called party in a communication equipment. SOLUTION: This communication equipment is provided with a storage area 8 for storing a plurality of specific codes for one called party, control part 7 for retrieving the specific code of the specific called party from the storage area 8, and display part 6 for displaying the specific code retried by the control part 7. In this case, when re-dialed, the storage area 8 is retrieved by the control part 7, based on the specific code of the previously dialed called party, and all the specific codes of the same called party other than the specific code of the previously dialed called party are displayed at the display part 6. Thus, an operator can call, based on the contents displayed on the display part 6.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method of registering a name, a telephone number, and the like of a destination in a storage area in advance so that a call can be made to the destination registered in the storage area and a call-back operation is performed. The present invention relates to a communication device capable of calling a calling party again.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional communication apparatus, when a call to a destination registered in a storage area in advance cannot be set and a redial key is pressed, the telephone number of the same destination is changed. Even when a phone number other than the phone number called last time is registered, only the phone number actually called last time is notified.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the operation of the conventional communication device. First, a call is made to the telephone number of the other party registered in the storage area, and when the call cannot be set, the line is temporarily disconnected and the redial key is pressed (S201). Thus, the previously dialed telephone number is displayed (S202). If the telephone number is acceptable, a line is connected to make a next call (S203). Then, the user dials the previously called telephone number notified thereafter (S204). This completes the calling operation.

[0004]

However, in such a conventional communication device, if the other party is busy, the call to the same party is repeated when another party is called. It is necessary to reselect the destination registered in the storage area, and to select a number from a plurality of registered telephone numbers.

As a means for solving this problem, a plurality of destination telephone numbers are registered for one destination, and if a dialed telephone number and a call cannot be set, another telephone number of the same destination can be set. There is provided a communication device for automatically calling a telephone. In such a configuration, when a call to the actually dialed telephone number cannot be set and the call is terminated and a call with another telephone number is started, the operation of the call is performed by the operator. In some cases, it is performed contrary to the will of the individual. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to solve such a problem, and an object of the present invention is to provide a communication device capable of notifying a plurality of registered telephone numbers to the same destination in a call back operation and selectively calling.

[0006]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a registration means capable of registering a plurality of destination identification codes such as a plurality of telephone numbers for one destination. And one of the plurality of destination identification codes during the connection operation.
In a communication device which can select one of them and make a call, a storage means for storing the called party identification code when the called party is called, and registration for the same destination as the stored called party identification code Search means for retrieving another specified partner identification code, and notifying means for notifying the operator of the searched partner identification code. When performing the connection operation, the storage code is used to store not only the destination identification code of the actually called destination stored in the storage means at the previous call but also the other destination identification code of the same destination searched by the search means. Not only is the storage unit storing another registered destination identification code of the same destination searched by the search unit but also notifies the destination identification code stored in the storage unit by the notification unit. And wherein it has to be connected to one of the hand specific code.

Therefore, even if one destination code is selected from a plurality of destination identification codes, such as a plurality of telephone numbers, corresponding to one destination registered in the registration means and the destination is called, even if the destination is in talk, There is a case where connection cannot be made because there is no response or there is no response. In such a case, a reconnection operation is performed,
At this time, the search means searches all the specific codes of the destination registered in the registration means, and notifies the operator of all these specific codes by the notification means. In addition, one specific code can be newly selected from all registered specific codes of the same destination, and the destination can be connected again.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the communication apparatus of the first aspect, the notification by the notification means of the destination identification code stored in the storage means is performed during the previous call operation to determine whether the destination is absent. It is characterized in that it is performed in a certain case.

Therefore, according to the present invention, when the other party is absent or busy, disconnects the line once, and then transmits the call again, another specific code of the same destination together with the previously transmitted specific code is displayed on the notifying means. In this case, the call can be transmitted, so that the reconnection operation can be effectively performed when the other party is absent or busy.

Further, the communication device according to the third aspect of the present invention is provided with a registration means capable of registering a plurality of destination identification codes for one destination, and one of the plurality of destination identification codes during a connection operation. In a communication device that allows a user to select one of them to call, a storage means for storing the called party identification code when the called party is called, and registration for the same destination as the stored called party identification code. Search means for retrieving another specified destination identification code, and a notifying means for notifying the operator of the searched destination identification code, and performs a reconnection operation to the destination registered by the registration means. At this time, the notification means notifies other registered specific codes of the same destination searched by the search means other than the destination specific code stored in the storage means which could not be connected at the time of the previous call, and the call is made. it can And it said that there was Unishi.

Therefore, according to the present invention, the specific code of the same destination other than the previously specified destination specific code obtained by searching the registration means by the search means at the time of reconnection is displayed by the notifying means, and this displayed. Since transmission is performed based on the specified code, transmission at the time of reconnection can be effectively performed.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the communication device of the third aspect, the destination searched by the search unit other than the destination identification code stored in the storage unit that could not be connected at the time of the previous call. The other registration specifying code is notified by the notification means as a first priority candidate.

Therefore, according to the present invention, since the specific code of the same destination other than the previously specified destination specific code is displayed as the first candidate so that transmission is possible, automatic calling to a different specific code can be performed. Therefore, the user can make a call by selecting a specific code by selection, so that the operator can make a call as needed. In addition, since a specific code different from the telephone number called last time is notified as the first candidate, it is possible to prevent a mistake in calling the telephone number talking again.

Further, the communication device according to the present invention is provided with a registration means capable of registering a plurality of destination specifying codes for one destination, and one of the plurality of destination specifying codes during a connection operation. A communication device which can select and call one of the communication devices, a storage device for storing registration information relating to the communication partner of the communication partner identification code when the communication partner is called, and storing the registration information relating to the communication partner by the operator. Notifying means for notifying the other party, when calling the other party registered by the registration means, and when the other party performs a reconnection operation,
At the time of the previous call, information on the previously called partner stored in the storage means is notified by the notifying means, and the other party can be called based on this information.

According to the present invention, instead of storing the information of the other party at the time of making a call with the other party identification code such as a telephone number,
The destination is stored as information such as the name, and the registration means is searched by the search means based on the information such as the name of the previously transmitted destination stored at the time of retransmission and the destination corresponding to the above information at the time of the previous transmission. The specific code is displayed on the notifying means, and retransmission is performed based on this.

[0016]

(Embodiment 1) Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of one embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, 1 is a telephone line, 2 is a hook switch, 3 is a speech network, and 4 is a handset. This handset 4 has a speech network 3 and a hook switch 2
Is connected to the telephone line 1 via a telephone line to make a call with the other party. When dial input is performed with the 12 keys from the operation unit 9,
Input information input by dial is displayed on the display unit 6 via the control unit 7, and a call is made via the dial circuit 5, the speech network 3, and the hook switch 2.

Reference numeral 8 denotes a storage area used as a work area of the control unit 7. The storage area is a storage area for registering the name of the destination, the telephone number of the destination, the name of the destination for redialing, and the telephone number. It has a number storage area and the like. An operation unit 9 includes a registration key 10 for registering a specific destination or a destination telephone number in the storage area 8 in advance;
A telephone directory key 11 for moving to a search screen, a redial key 12 for moving to a redial operation, a case of selecting a telephone number for actually calling from a plurality of displayed telephone numbers, etc. Key 13 and DOWN key 1
4 and so on.

Next, the operation of the communication apparatus having the above configuration will be described with reference to a flowchart. This communication device can register a plurality of destination telephone numbers in the storage area 8 for one destination. In addition, by calling and selecting the registered contents by the input from the operation unit 9,
A call can be made to the other party.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing an operation for registering a destination name and a destination telephone number in the storage area. FIG.
First, when the telephone directory key 11 is pressed, (S3
01), a telephone directory search registration screen is displayed on the display unit 6 as shown in A of FIG. 6 (S302). On the screen, enter the name of the destination to be registered from the operation unit 9 and enter the registration key 10
Press to confirm. Then, a telephone directory registration screen is displayed on the display unit 6 as shown in FIG. Next, the telephone number of the destination to be registered is input from the operation unit 9 in accordance with the display shown in FIG. 6B (S303). When input is completed,
If the content is correct (S304), and the registration key 10 is pressed (S305), the registered content is stored in the storage area 8 via the control unit 7 (S306).

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an operation of calling a registered destination. First, when the eleventh telephone directory key 11 is pressed (S401), a telephone directory search / registration screen is displayed on the display unit 6 as shown by A in FIG. 6 (S402). Then, when the UP key 13 and the DOWN key 14 are pressed, the search proceeds (S403), and a list of the names of the registered destinations is displayed as shown in FIG. 6C (S404). Next, UP key 13 and DOWN key 1
4 is used to select a destination (S405). Then, the telephone number of the selected destination is displayed as shown in FIG. 6D (S406). If there are a plurality of displayed telephone numbers (S407), the user further selects which number to dial (S408) and makes a call (S409). Such registration,
The calling method is the one used in conventional telephones.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of this embodiment. As shown in the flowchart of FIG. 3, this communication device can make a call to one of the plurality of registered telephone numbers of the same destination and set a call because the destination is busy. (S501), when the line is connected (S504), the redial destination of the storage area 8 is
The called party and the telephone number of the redial destination telephone number are stored (S503). If there is a registration of the same destination telephone number other than the called number, the other numbers are also redone. Stored as the telephone number to be dialed (S
502).

Thereafter, when the redial key 12 is depressed (S505), the telephone number of the actually called telephone number stored in the previous call and the telephone number of the same destination other than that number are stored from the recording area 8 via the control unit 7. If there are numbers (S507), they are displayed on the display unit 6 as shown in FIG. 6D (S507).
506). At that time, the telephone numbers of the same party other than the telephone number for which a call could not be set at the time of the previous call are shown as first candidates for the call as indicated by the symbol> in FIG. 6D. The operator selects a telephone number to be called from the displayed numbers using the UP key 13 and the DOWN key 14 (S50).
8). The selected telephone number is stored from the storage area 8 to the control unit 7,
A call is made to the line 1 via the dial circuit 5, the speech network 3, and the hook switch 2. (S509).

In this embodiment, step S5 in FIG.
In step 03, other registration information such as the name of the other party is stored in the storage area 8 instead of the telephone number of the other party, and a search is performed using the information, and the telephone number of the previous call is displayed on the display unit 6. Is also possible.

(Embodiment 2) FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation of the second embodiment. This communication device is shown in FIG.
As shown in the flow chart of FIG. 2, a call is made to one of the same registered destination telephone numbers, and the destination cannot set up a call due to a busy line or the like (S601) and disconnects the line ( S604) The call destination and the telephone number of the redial destination telephone number and the redial destination telephone number in the storage area 8 are stored (S603), but the telephone number of the same destination other than the called number is stored. If there is a registration, the other number is stored as a redial destination telephone number (S
602). Thereafter, the redial key 12 is pressed (S60).
In step 5), the display unit 6 displays the redial destination telephone number stored in the previous call from the storage area 8 via the control unit 7 (S606). If the telephone number is acceptable, a call is made to the telephone line 1 via the control unit 7, the dial circuit 6, the speech network 3, and the hook switch 2 (S607).

[0025]

According to the present invention, a registering means capable of registering a plurality of destination telephone numbers for one destination is provided, and one of the above-mentioned plurality of telephone numbers is selected at the time of making a call to make a call. In a communication device that can call, if the call cannot be set for some reason at the time of calling, another telephone number of the same destination can be selected and called by pressing the redial key, and the destination can be selected. The call can be made without the troublesome operation of starting over. At this time, by making a call according to the operator's selection, no unnecessary call is made against the intention of the operator as compared with the case where the call is made automatically. In addition, when a redial is displayed, a telephone number for which a call is made and for which a call cannot be set and a telephone number for which the call has not been set are shown, so that it is possible to prevent unnecessary calls from being made by the operator.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an operation of registering a destination name and a destination telephone number in a storage area.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of calling a destination registered in a storage area.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an operation of another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of a display screen according to the present invention, wherein A is a diagram showing a display example of an initial screen for telephone directory registration and telephone directory search, and B
Is an explanatory diagram showing a display example of a telephone directory registration number, C is an explanatory diagram showing a display example of a destination selection in a telephone directory search, and D is an explanatory diagram showing a display example of a destination telephone number in a telephone directory search and redialing. FIG.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart of a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Telephone line 2 Hook switch 3 Speech network 4 Handset 5 Dial circuit 6 Display unit 7 Control unit 8 Storage area 9 Operation unit 10 Registration key 11 Phonebook key 12 Redial key 13 UP key 14 DOWN key

Claims (5)

[Claims] A registration means capable of registering a plurality of destination identification codes such as a plurality of telephone numbers for one destination is provided, and one of the plurality of destination identification codes is selected during a connection operation. Storage means for storing a called party identification code when a called party is called, and a communication device registered for the same destination as the stored called party identification code. And a notifying unit for notifying the operator of the searched destination specifying code, calling the destination registered by the registration unit and performing a reconnection operation with the destination. At this time, not only the destination identification code stored in the storage means at the previous call but also the other destination identification code of the same destination searched by the search means as well as the destination identification code stored in the storage means, Search The other registered destination identification code of the same destination searched by the means is stored in the storage means, and the destination identification code stored in the storage means is notified by the notification means,
A communication device characterized in that it can be connected to any one of the destination specifying codes. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the notification of the destination identification code stored in the storage unit is performed by the notification unit when the destination is absent or in talks during a previous call operation. The communication device according to claim 1. 3. A registration means capable of registering a plurality of destination identification codes for one destination, so that one of the plurality of destination identification codes can be selected and called during a connection operation. In the communication apparatus, when the called party is called, a storage means for storing the called party identification code, and the other specified destinations registered for the same destination as the stored called party identification code. A retrieving means for retrieving the code, and a notifying means for notifying the operator of the retrieved destination identification code. When performing a reconnection operation to the destination registered by the registration means, the connection is made at the time of the previous call. The other registered specific code of the same destination searched by the search means other than the destination specific code stored in the storage means which could not be stored is notified by the notification means and can be called. Through Communication device. 4. The notification means as a first priority candidate, other registered identification codes of the destination searched by the search means other than the destination identification code stored in the storage means which could not be connected at the time of the previous call. The communication device according to claim 3, wherein the notification is made by: 5. A registration means capable of registering a plurality of destination identification codes for one destination, so that one of the plurality of destination identification codes can be selected and called during a connection operation. In such a communication device, there is provided a storage means for storing registration information about a called party with a called party identification code when the called party is called, and a notifying means for notifying an operator of the registered information about the called party. Then, when the destination registered by the registration means is called and the reconnection operation is performed for the other party, the information about the previously called destination stored in the storage means at the time of the previous call is transmitted by the notification means. A communication device, wherein notification is made so that a partner can be called based on this information.