JPH1174966A - Telephone set - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reproduce a recorded important matter in an order that corresponds to a sender by setting telephone numbers that are preferentially reproduced to a compacted number table and first reproducing an important matter that corresponds to the telephone number which is preferentially set. SOLUTION: A controlling part has a compacted number table 200 which associates the table 200, a name 202, a telephone number 203 and priority 204 and stores them. The priority 204 is a flag that decides an order in which recorded messages stored in important matter data are reproduced. As for the order of reproducing the recorded messages, the controlling part decides it according to the relation of reproduced flags of the important matter data and the priority 204 of the table 200. In such cases, when the recorded messages stored in the important matter data are reproduced, if a recorded message that is sent from a telephone number that is the same with the number 203 whose priority 204 is set to one exists in the important matter data, first the recorded message is reproduced.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a telephone set which receives a caller telephone number transmission service and has an answering machine recording function.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, answering machines have become widespread for the convenience of exchanging information even when no user is present. Below, about the operation of the conventional answering machine,
This will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

When an incoming call is received by an answering machine (step 601), the user responds to the incoming call (step 6).
02), the answering machine switches to the outside line communication mode, and the user can talk with the caller (step 609). If the user does not respond to the incoming call (step 602), the caller telephone number sending service (Call Managememe)
nt System. Hereinafter, it is abbreviated as CMS. It is determined whether there is any data including the telephone number of the caller transmitted from ()).
3) Receive the data and store it in the phone (step 604). If you have set an answering machine to record the caller's message when the call is not answered (step 605), the message "I'm away now . "(Out Going Message. Hereafter referred to as O.
Abbreviated as GM. ) To the caller (step 606),
Caller's requirements (InterComing Message)
e. Hereinafter, it is abbreviated as ICM. ) (Step 60)
7) When the recording of the ICM ends (step 608),
The answering machine returns to the incoming call waiting state again (step 6).
01).

When a user records an IC recorded on an answering machine
When an operation for reproducing M is performed (step 610), the answering machine reproduces the ICM in the order of arrival and displays data such as the telephone number of the caller received from the CMS (step 611). In addition, when the user performs the operation of registering the abbreviated number, the input of the abbreviated number, the telephone number, the name, etc. is accepted and registered in the telephone (step 612 to step 612).
614).

[0005]

As described above, the use of the answering machine has the convenience that the user can send and receive the message of the caller when he / she is away, and can reproduce the message when the user returns home. However, since recordings are made in the order of incoming calls, playback must be performed in that order. Therefore, even if the caller is an important person or not, the user can reproduce the recorded message of the caller only in the order of arrival and cannot exchange information efficiently. There was a problem.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a telephone having an answering machine recording function capable of reproducing recorded messages in an order according to a caller.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is directed to a telephone having an answering machine recording function for receiving a caller telephone number transmission service and recording the caller's business, and wherein the telephone has priority playback. Phone number storage means that stores the phone number of the caller, and, if the user does not respond to the incoming call, sends a response message and then sends the caller's message sent from the caller side The message storage means for storing the telephone number of the caller transmitted by the caller telephone number transmission service in pairs, and the telephone number of the caller stored in the message storage means are stored in the telephone number storage means. A telephone number determining means for determining whether or not the telephone number matches the telephone number for priority reproduction, and a reproduction order of the messages stored in the message storage means based on the determination result of the matching by the telephone number determining means. Deciding order When the phone to the order determined by the order determination means, anda requirements reproducing means for reproducing the stored business to business storage means.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Here, a telephone as one embodiment according to the present invention will be described. (Construction of Telephone) The telephone shown in FIG. 1 has a control unit 1, an incoming call detection unit 2, a data demodulation unit 3, a hook control unit 4 for controlling a line capture and disconnection operation, a 4-wire to 2-wire conversion unit 10, a transmission It comprises a transmitting amplifier 5a for amplifying a signal, a receiving amplifier 5b for amplifying a received signal, a transmitter / receiver unit 6 including a microphone 6a and a speaker 6b, an answering machine storage unit 7, a display unit 8, and an operation unit 9.

The incoming call detector 2 is connected to the telephone line 11, detects that a call has been received, and transmits caller information including the telephone number of the caller via the data demodulator 3 to the controller 1. Output to As shown in FIG. 2, the answering machine storage unit 7 has business data 300 storing a telephone number 301, a reproduced flag 302, a recorded message 303, and a recorded date and time 304 in association with each other. The telephone number 301 is
This is the caller's telephone number transmitted from the CMS. The reproduced flag 302 is a flag indicating whether or not the recorded message 303 has been reproduced. When the recorded message 303 is "0", it has not been reproduced, and when it is "1", it has been reproduced. The recorded message 303 is a recording of the message of the caller. The recording date and time 304 indicates the date and time when the caller was recorded.

As shown in FIG. 3, the control unit 1 has an abbreviated number table 200 which stores abbreviated numbers 201, names 202, telephone numbers 203, and priorities 204 in association with each other. The priority 204 is a flag that determines the order in which the recorded messages 303 stored in the message data 300 are reproduced. When reproducing the recorded message 303 stored in the message data 300, the recorded message 303 transmitted from the same telephone number as the telephone number 203 whose priority 204 is set to “1” is added to the message data 300. If there is, the recorded message 303 is reproduced first, and after the reproduction of the recorded message 303 ends, the other recorded messages 303 are reproduced. Abbreviated number 201
Is for registering the telephone number 203 so that it can be used easily, and is well-known and will not be described in detail.

When there is an incoming call, the control unit 1
The message data 30 that the answering machine storage unit 7 has the caller information including the telephone number notified from the user via the data demodulation unit 3
Register to 0. At this time, if the answering machine is set,
The OGM is transmitted to the caller, the ICM of the caller is recorded, and the message data 300 is stored in association with the caller's telephone number.

When an operation of reproducing the ICM is performed, the control unit 1 starts reproducing the recorded message 303 stored in the business data 300. To reproduce the recorded message 303, first, if the same telephone number 301 as the telephone number 203 registered in the abbreviated number table 200 and having the priority 204 set to "1" exists in the message data 300, the telephone number Of the recorded messages 303 corresponding to the number 301, the unplayed recorded message 303 is reproduced, and the telephone number 301 of the caller stored in the message data 300 is displayed on the display unit 8. This unplayed recorded message 303
When the reproduction of is completed, the remaining unreproduced recorded message 303 is reproduced, and the telephone number 301 of the caller stored in the message data 300 is displayed on the display unit 8.
Subsequently, the reproduced recorded message 303 is reproduced, and the telephone number 301 of the caller stored in the message data 300 is reproduced.
Is displayed on the display unit 8.

As shown in FIG. 4, the order in which the recorded messages 303 are reproduced is as follows.
00 and the abbreviated number table 200
Is determined according to the relationship with the priority 204. If the reproduction completed flag is "0" (step 501) and there is a priority setting (step 502), the reproduction order is set to 1 (step 504). If the reproduced flag is "0" (step 50)
1) If no priority is set (step 50)
2) The reproduction order is set to 2 (step 505). If the reproduction completed flag is "1" (step 501) and there is a priority setting (step 503), the reproduction order is set to 3 (step 506). If the reproduced flag is "1" (step 501) and no priority is set (step 5)
03), the reproduction order is set to 4 (step 507). In this way, the recorded messages 303 are reproduced in ascending order of the determined reproduction order.

The control unit 1 accepts the input of the abbreviated number, the name, the telephone number and the priority when the user performs the abbreviated registration operation. Are registered in the abbreviated number table 200.
The display unit 8 displays the recorded message 3 under the control of the control unit 1.
03 is operated, the message data 300
Is displayed.

The operation unit 9 includes a numeric keypad, an abbreviated transmission button, an abbreviated registration button, a play button, and an answering machine setting button. Since the numeric keypad is well known, the description is omitted. The abbreviated call button is a telephone number 2 registered in the abbreviated number table 200 using the abbreviated number 201.
03 button. The abbreviated registration button is a button for registering the abbreviated number, name, telephone number, and priority in the abbreviated number table 200. The play button is used to record the message 30 recorded in the message data 300.
3 is a button for reproducing No.3. The answering machine setting button is a button for setting whether to record the message of the caller when the user is absent and cannot answer the incoming call.

A 4-wire to 2-wire conversion unit 10, a transmission amplifier 5a,
The transmitter / receiver unit 6 including the receiving amplifier 5b and the microphone 6a and the speaker 6b is well known, and thus the description is omitted. (Operation of Telephone) Next, the operation of the telephone shown in FIG. 1 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. Steps denoted by the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 6 are the same operations, and thus description thereof will be omitted.
1 to 404 will be described.

When the user performs an ICM reproduction operation (step 610), the control unit 1 determines whether or not the recording message 303 transmitted from the same telephone number as the telephone number 203 for which the priority is set is recorded. If it is determined that the recorded message has been recorded (step 401), the unplayed recorded message 303 transmitted from the same telephone number as the telephone number 203 for which the priority is set is reproduced in the order of arrival,
The telephone number 301 is displayed on the display unit 8 (step 4).
02). Subsequently, another unplayed recorded message 30
3 is displayed, and its telephone number 301 is displayed on the display unit 8 (step 403).
03 is reproduced, and the telephone number 301 is displayed on the display unit 8 (step 404).

As described above, a telephone number to be reproduced preferentially is set in the abbreviated number table, and a message corresponding to the telephone number set preferentially can be reproduced first. The task can be preferentially reproduced and information can be exchanged efficiently. In the present embodiment, two values of “0” (no priority) and “1” (with priority) are taken as the priority 204 of the abbreviated number table 200, but “1” (with priority) ) May be further divided into a plurality of ranks, and the order in which the messages are reproduced may be determined according to the ranks. For example, the priority levels 204 are “0” (no priority), “A” (with priority), “B” (with priority),.
, "Z" (with priority), "A",
The priority is assumed to be higher in the order of “B”,..., “Z”. In this case, "Z", "Y", ..., "A",
The messages are reproduced in the order of “0”.

Further, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 4, in the order of reproducing the messages, if the reproduced flag is “0” and the priority is set, the reproduction order is set to “1”.
If the reproduced flag is “0” and no priority is set, the reproduction order is set to 2, the reproduced flag is “1”, and
When the priority is set, the reproduction order is set to 3, and the reproduced flag is “1”. When the priority is not set, the reproduction order is set to 4, but the reproduced flag is set to “0”. When the priority is not set, the reproduction order may be set to 3, and when the reproduced flag is “1” and the priority is set, the reproduction order may be set to 2.

[0020]

As described above, the present invention is directed to a telephone having an answering machine recording function for receiving a caller telephone number transmission service and recording a caller's message, wherein a telephone number for priority reproduction is stored. The stored phone number storage means, and the sender's message and the sender's phone number sending service sent from the sender after issuing a response message when the user does not respond to the incoming call And a telephone number for the priority reproduction stored in the telephone number storage means. Telephone number determining means for determining whether the numbers match each other, and order determining means for determining the order of reproduction of the messages stored in the message storage means based on the result of the determination by the telephone number determining means And order determination means A message playback means for playing back the message stored in the message storage means in the determined order, so that the user can send the message even if the caller is an important partner or not. There is an effect that the message of the caller can be reproduced in the order according to the caller, and information can be exchanged efficiently.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a telephone as one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 shows an example of message data stored in an answering machine storage unit of the telephone shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 shows an example of an abbreviated number table stored in a control unit of the telephone shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart for determining the order of reproduction of the messages of the telephone shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an operation of the telephone shown in FIG.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the operation of a conventional telephone.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 control unit 2 incoming call detection unit 3 data demodulation unit 4 hook control unit 5a transmission amplifier 5b reception amplifier 6 transmitter / receiver unit 6a microphone 6b speaker 7 answering machine storage unit 8 display unit 9 operation unit 10 4-wire to 2-wire conversion unit 11 telephone Line

Claims (1)

[Claims] Claims 1. A caller's telephone number sending service,
A telephone having an answering machine for recording a message of a caller, a telephone number storage means for storing a telephone number for priority reproduction, and a response message when a user does not answer an incoming call. And a message storage means for storing the message of the caller sent from the caller side and the telephone number of the caller sent by the caller telephone number sending service in pairs, Telephone number determining means for determining whether the telephone number of the caller stored in the means matches the telephone number for priority reproduction stored in the telephone number storing means; An order determining means for determining the order of reproduction of the messages stored in the message storage means on the basis of the determination result; and reproducing the messages stored in the message storage means in the order determined by the order determining means. Business player Telephone, characterized in that it comprises and.