JPH1141345A - Automatic answering telephone set - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To save labor for putting call incoming information in order by suppressing the recording of useless call incoming information at an automatic answering telephone set having a function for recording the call incoming information in response to a call incoming signal arriving from a telephone line. SOLUTION: After caller information coming from a telephone line 1 is received and temporarily stored by a caller information receiving means 4, based on the prescribed coincidence relation, it is judged whether or not the call incoming information is to be recorded in a storage area 12B of a storage means 12 between that temporarily stored caller information and information stored in a storage area 12A of the storage means 12 and afterwards, operation control at the time of call incoming is finished while or without recording the call incoming information in the storage area 12B of the storage means 12.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to an answering machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an answering machine has been provided with an ISD which enables high-speed, large-capacity data communication in which caller information such as a caller telephone number is notified to a receiving side during data communication.
N (integrated digital service network) or a telephone line such as a general public line network in which a service in which caller information such as a caller's telephone number is notified to a called side at the time of an incoming call is started. There has been proposed an answering machine that records incoming information for an incoming signal coming from a telephone line.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional apparatus, all incoming call information is recorded, and there is no need to record the incoming information, for example, an incoming call for using an outside line remote function, or a facsimile. Incoming calls, incoming calls in personal computer communication, and the like are also recorded, so that the storage capacity of the semiconductor memory and the like used for recording the incoming information is wasted, and as a result, many In addition to the problem that the incoming information cannot be left, the useless incoming information is recorded, so that it takes time to organize the incoming information.

An object of the present invention is to provide a telephone answering machine which can suppress useless recording of incoming call information and can save trouble of organizing incoming call information.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is directed to an answering machine having a function of recording incoming information in response to an incoming signal coming from a communication line. Operating means for inputting caller information, storage means for storing caller information input by the operating means, caller information receiving means for receiving caller information coming from a communication line when receiving a call, Control means for comparing the caller information received by the caller information receiving means with the caller information stored in the storage means, and performing recording control of the incoming call information based on the comparison result. .

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in an answering machine having a function of recording incoming information in response to an incoming signal arriving from a communication line, signal information arriving from the communication line is received during line capture. There is provided a signal information receiving means, and a control means for controlling the recording of the incoming information based on the signal information received by the signal information receiving means.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the control means includes:
When the signal information received by the signal information receiving means is an external line remote signal, an operation corresponding to the external line remote signal is executed, and control is performed such that the incoming information is invalidated and recording is not performed.

Therefore, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the sender information is received by the sender information receiving means at the time of an incoming call in a state where the sender information input by the operating means is stored in the storage means. When the control means compares the received caller information with the caller information stored in the storage means, the result of the comparison indicates that when the information matches or does not match, the incoming information corresponding to the incoming call is received. By performing control so that recording is not performed as invalid, useless recording of incoming call information can be suppressed.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, when the signal information is received by the signal information receiving means during the line capture, the received signal information is information requesting invalidation of the recording of the incoming information. In this case, the control means controls the incoming call information corresponding to the incoming call to be invalid so as not to record the incoming call information, thereby suppressing unnecessary recording of incoming call information.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, when an external line remote signal is received by the signal information receiving unit during the line acquisition, the control unit executes an operation corresponding to the external line remote signal, and receives an incoming call. By controlling the incoming call information to be invalid and not to be recorded,
Useless recording of incoming information can be suppressed.

[0011]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic functional block diagram showing an electrical configuration of an answering machine according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an operation control of the answering machine when receiving a call.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a telephone line connected to a partner telephone through a not-shown exchange, and 2 denotes a telephone line for capturing / releasing the telephone line 1 and communicating with the partner telephone through the captured telephone line 1. , A dial circuit for generating a dial signal to be transmitted to the telephone line 1 through the line interface 2;
Is a caller information receiving means for receiving caller information coming together with a call signal from the telephone line 1 at the time of incoming call, 5 is a ringing detection circuit for detecting a call signal coming from the telephone line 1, and 6 is a call arrival signal from the telephone line 1. DTMS signal detecting means for detecting a DTMS signal included in the audio signal to be transmitted,
Reference numeral 7 denotes a main control unit composed of a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, an I / O circuit, etc., which controls line capture / release in the line interface 2, dial signal generation control in the dial circuit 3, and display on the display unit 11. Data write / read control in the control and storage means 12 is performed.

Reference numeral 8 denotes a handset for communicating with a telephone at the other end of the telephone through a communication path formed by the line interface 2, 9 denotes a hook switch for detecting the state of the handset 8 being placed or picked up, and 10 denotes various numbers such as telephone numbers. Operation input means for instructing input of a command, activation of various functions, etc., 11
Is a display means for displaying an incoming call record, and 12 is an operation input means 1
A storage area A for storing information indicating whether or not to record a specific telephone number or a non-reported telephone number input by 0, and whether to record an incoming call on a specific day of the week, and a caller who made a call A storage unit 13 including a storage area B for storing information is a speaker that emits a ringtone, a task, and the like to the outside.

The operation of the answering machine configured as described above when an incoming call is received will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

Information indicating whether or not to record an incoming call when a specific telephone number or telephone number is not notified and whether or not to perform an incoming call recording for a specific day of the week are stored in a storage area A of the storing means 12 by an operation of the operation input means 10. In the stored state, when a reception start signal arrives from the telephone line 1 and the reception start signal is received by the caller information receiving means 4 (step S1), the main control unit 7 controls the line interface 2. The telephone line 1 is seized to cause the caller information receiving means 4 to receive the caller information arriving from the telephone line 1 and temporarily store the received caller information. The line 1 is released (step S2).

Thereafter, when a call signal arrives from the telephone line 1 and the call signal is detected by the incoming call detection circuit 5 a predetermined number of times or more (step S3), the main control unit 7 controls the line interface 2. At the same time, the telephone line 1 is captured, and a response message is transmitted to the other telephone (step S4).

During the transmission of the response message or after the transmission of the response message, when the DTMS signal detecting means 6 detects the "#" of the DTMS signal indicating the activation of the external line remote function coming from the telephone line 1 ( Step S5), and DT indicating a request to delete the incoming call record
When "D" of the MS signal is detected (step 6), the operation control at the time of the incoming call is terminated without recording the incoming call information, and the caller's telephone number included in the temporarily stored caller information and When it is determined that the specific telephone number stored in the storage area 12A of the storage unit 12 matches, the storage unit 1
When it is determined that the caller information temporarily stored does not include the caller's telephone number in a state where information indicating call rejection at the time of not notifying the telephone number is stored in the storage area 12A of No. 2, or Even when it is determined that the day of the week for not recording the incoming call information stored in the storage area 12A of the storage unit 12 matches the day of the week included in the temporarily stored caller information (step S7), The operation control at the time of an incoming call is ended without recording.

On the other hand, during the transmission of the response message or after the transmission of the response message, "#" of the DTMS signal indicating the activation of the external line remote function and "D" of the DTMS signal indicating the request to delete the incoming call record are not detected ( Step S5, S
6) When it is determined that the sender information temporarily stored and the information stored in the storage area 12A of the storage means 12 do not have a predetermined matching relationship (step S7), the storage area 12B of the storage means 12 is determined. Is recorded (step S8), and the operation control for the incoming call is terminated.

After the caller information coming from the telephone line 1 is received and temporarily stored by the caller information receiving means 4 (step S2), when the call signal does not come from the telephone line 1 (step S3). Means that the sender information temporarily stored and the information stored in the storage area 12A of the storage means 12 are stored in the storage means 12 based on only a predetermined matching relationship.
It is determined whether or not to record the incoming information in the storage area 12B (step S7), and thereafter, the incoming information is recorded in the storage area 12B of the storage means 12 (step S8) or the operation at the time of the incoming without recording. The control ends.

Therefore, according to the above operation control, it is determined whether or not to appropriately record the incoming call information based on the caller information that comes and goes when the call is received and the signal information that arrives while the line is being captured. Can be suppressed.

[0022]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, it is determined whether or not to record the incoming call information according to the incoming call based on the information of the caller who arrives at the time of the incoming call. Since it is possible to suppress the recording of the incoming information, it is possible to leave more incoming information considered necessary, and to save the user the trouble of organizing the incoming information.

According to the second or third aspect of the present invention, it is determined whether or not to record the incoming call information corresponding to the incoming call based on the signal information arriving during the line acquisition, so that the useless incoming call is determined. Since the recording of information can be suppressed, more incoming information considered necessary can be left more, and the user can save time and effort in organizing the incoming information.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic functional block diagram showing an electrical configuration of an answering machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing operation control at the time of an incoming call in the answering machine.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 telephone line 2 line interface 3 dial circuit 4 sender information receiving means 5 arrival detection circuit 6 DTMS signal detecting means 7 main control section 8 handset 9 hook switch 10 operation input means 11 display means 12 storage means 13 speaker

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An answering machine having a function of recording incoming information in response to an incoming signal coming from a telephone line, an operating means for inputting caller information, and a caller information input by the operating means. A caller information receiving means for receiving caller information coming from a telephone line at the time of an incoming call; a caller information received by the caller information receiving means; and a caller stored in the storage means. Telephone answering machine provided with control means for comparing caller information with the caller information and performing recording control of the incoming call information based on the comparison result. 2. An answering machine having a function of recording incoming / outgoing information in response to an incoming signal coming from a telephone line, signal information receiving means for receiving signal information coming from the telephone line during line capture, An answering machine provided with control means for controlling recording of the incoming call information based on the signal information received by the signal information receiving means. 3. When the signal information received by the signal information receiving means is an external line remote signal, the control means executes an operation corresponding to the external line remote signal and records the incoming information as invalid. The answering machine according to claim 2, wherein the answering machine is controlled so as not to be performed.