JPS60162369A - Facsimile terminal device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To realize an accurate and effective use of an automatic dial with no complicated operation by using a control means which confirms a correct calling operation to a desired terminating subscriber prior to an actual call. CONSTITUTION:A sedired terminating subscriber is fed through a keyboard 1, and a control part 2 decides whether the subscriber is contained or not in a file of a dial memory 4. If the subscriber is not contained in the file, the part 2 makes an inquiry to an operator through a display device 3 and urges the input of a terminating number in case the relevant subscriber is newly registered. When ''NO'' is supplied to the inquiry, the part 2 decides an error and displays this error. Thus the operator confirms an input error from said display. If no error is decided, the operator operates the keyboard 1 to indicate registration and calling.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a facsimile terminal device, and more particularly to a facsimile terminal device d having an automatic dialing function.

As is well known in the public domain, the speed dial system receives a call from a registered subscriber using a combination of a code specifying the speed dial function and a speed selection number. In general, the subscriber's premises equipment calls the central office using an abbreviated number, and the subscriber's premises equipment uses the abbreviated number to find the incoming subscriber number, and calls the central office using the normal subscriber number, i.e. There is a method of calling using regular selected numbers. From the central office's point of view, the latter is an automatic dialing method.

In either system, conventionally, it has not been possible for the originating subscriber to know from the terminal device whether the speed dialing operation or automatic dialing operation that he/she performed correctly points to the intended destination subscriber. In the case of such devices, in order to ensure that the call is correctly received by the intended subscriber, it is necessary to rely on the accuracy of the operator's memory, or to operate the dial while referring to a list of speed dials. I have to...
This operation is complicated and there are many 1F functions where mistakes can occur.

The present invention solves the drawbacks of the prior art and provides a facsimile terminal device that can accurately and effectively utilize automatic dialing without requiring complicated operations. It is in.

1-Makoto The structure of the present invention will be explained below based on one embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 1, the embodiment of the facsimile terminal device according to the present invention has a regular called subscriber number registered inside the device, an input called called subscriber name, or an abbreviation or code for designating the called subscriber. This method is applied to a system in which a legitimate terminating subscriber number is retrieved from the terminating subscriber specification information and a call is made to an external switching network. Such called subscriber specification information includes character information excluding numbers. Note that in this specification, the term "character" is interpreted to mean characters and symbols in a narrow sense other than numbers.

This embodiment has a facsimile function unit 5 connected to a telephone switching network 7 such as a public telephone line via a telephone line interface 6, and a dial memory control unit 2 is connected to this. In this embodiment, the facsimile function unit 5 may be a normal facsimile device that has at least a facsimile calling function and that transmits or receives facsimile images.

The dial memory control unit 2 is a control device that performs the automatic dial control function of the device, and is advantageously realized by, for example, a processing device. A keyboard 1, a display section 3, and a dial memory 4 are connected to this as shown in the figure. The keyboard 1 may be, for example, a conventional keyboard with alphanumeric keys and function keys. Furthermore, it may have a function of inputting kana and kanji. This is 1
It is used to input data such as called subscriber name, subscriber number, subscriber designation information, and other instructions to be registered in the device.

The dial memory 4 is a storage device that stores data input from the keyboard 1, and is mainly used as a registration data file for automatic dialing.

The display unit 3 may be a character display device that visually displays input data from the keyboard 1, registered data from the dial memory, and various instructions from the floor device to the operator. Display capacity is
It is not necessary to have the capacity to display all of the display data to be described later at once; for example, it may be possible to shift the display data by several digits.

The dial memory control section 2 responds to instructions input from the keyboard 1 and controls the entire water system, such as automatic dialing and subscriber number registration, based on the input data. The operation is shown in the flow diagram in Figure 2 and in Figure 3.
This will be explained with reference to the explanatory diagram of the figure.

First, when a desired subscriber name is input using the keyboard 1 (step 10, FIG. 2), the dial memory control section 2 analyzes this and displays it on the display 3. for example,
rRIcOHAKASAKA J as shown in Figure 3D.
Enter

Therefore, the control unit 2 refers to the registered subscriber file stored in the dial memory 4 (14) and determines whether the subscriber name that has just been entered manually is in this file (14).
16). When it is determined that the name of the entry is one that does not exist in the file, the control section 2 inquires of the operator through the display 3 whether this is a new registration. This is rnew in the example of Figure 3D? ” Omote Konoreru said.

If it is a new registration, the operator presses rye using keyboard 1.
sJ, and in response, the control section 2 prompts the operator to input the number of the called subscriber. Is this placed on indicator 3 on the wood flow side? J is displayed. The operator then enters the subscriber number by means of the keyboard l, for example r037.
777? ? 7 Enter J (18). This is displayed on the display 3 together with the name of the incoming call if necessary (2o
). As shown in FIG. 3c, if rnOJ is input for the new registration time, the control unit 2 determines that it is an error, displays a message to that effect, and terminates the sequence.

The operator checks this display to see if it is a human error, and if it is correct, operates the keyboard 1' to instruct registration or make a call. In response to this, the control i+fl12 stores the subscriber name rRIcOHAKASA-KAJ in the tire memory 4.
and its regular selection number r0377? ? ? ? 7 J to 1
Register as a pair (24). In addition, the authorized selection number is transferred to the facsimile function unit 5, and this ? Instruct Hri Nagisa to launch +1f (28).

In response to this, the facsimile function unit 5 calls the exchange 1 network 71 through the 117 line interface 6, and transmits the selected digits in accordance with the selected digit transmission format suitable for the exchange network. In this way, the facsimile function section 5 controls communication toward the intended destination subscriber accommodated in the exchange network 7, and shifts to normal facsimile transmission operation.

By the way, as a result of the subscriber name analysis in step 16,
If the input subscriber name is found to be a registered subscriber already registered in the dial memory 4, that is, if it matches any of the registered subscriber names, the control unit 2 retrieves the registered subscriber name from the dial memory 4. The selected number is retrieved (26). For example, as shown in FIG. 3A, the input called subscriber name is the registered subscriber name r RTCOH-AOY.
If it is AMAJ, the control unit 2 displays the authorized called party number r034793111J retrieved from the memory 4 on the display 3 together with the subscriber name (30). The operator checks whether the display is correct or not, and if it is correct, instructs the called party to make a call using the keyboard 1 (32). Therefore, the control section 2 transmits this to the facsimile function section 5 as described above.
and instruct the called party to make a call (28)
6. If the name of the registered subscriber cannot be identified from the input incoming call title, a pause mark "?" is displayed to prompt the operator to input more detailed information, as shown in FIG. 3B, for example.

Note that the embodiments described here are for explaining the present invention, and the present invention is not necessarily limited thereto, and modifications and variations that can be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of the present invention. Modifications are within the scope of the invention. For example, the illustrated embodiment is applied to facsimile communications using public telephone lines. However, the present invention can be effectively applied to any communication network that has a switching function, whether it is a local line network or a digital communication network, regardless of whether it is wired or wireless. There is also an automatic dialing function according to the present invention. (
It goes without saying that the tree concept can be effectively applied not only to facsimile communication but also to communication of other information such as voice and data.

According to the present invention, the automatic dialing function based on the name of the incoming call, the abbreviation of the called party, and the code can be used with a simple operation, and it is also possible to confirm whether or not the call is correctly made to the intended called party before making the call. I can do it. In particular, when non-numerical character information such as the title of an incoming call is used instead of an abbreviated number, it is easy to confirm, errors can be minimized, and it is easy to remember. Therefore, automatic dialing can be used reliably and effectively without requiring complicated operations.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an embodiment of a facsimile terminal device according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing operations centered on the dial memory control section of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, and FIGS. 38 to 3D show examples of keyboard input and display by the device shown in FIG. 1. It is an explanatory diagram. ':'r-0's Meng Day■3. keyboard 290. Dial memory control section 3000 display section 499. Tiial memory 5, facsimile function section 700. Telephone Switching Network Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3A Key Tree Person Chart Ho RICOH-AOYAMA RICOH-AOYAMA
03479 3111 Figure 3B Key part input display Display RICOHRICOH? Figure 3C n. Figure 3D A-Tree-F' Human power difference RICOHAKASAKA RICOHAKASAKA
New 7yes?

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. Calling means connected to a switching network and making a facsimile call to the switching network, called party information consisting of a character string representing the called party, and a selected number of the called party. an input means for inputting input information such as the selected number of the called party information 1 and an instruction to the apparatus. The control means includes a control means for controlling a calling means, a storage means, and an input means, and when desired recipient information is input from the input means, the control means refers to the storage means and controls the input means. If the retrieved recipient information matches any of the recipient information stored in the storage means, the selected number corresponding to the matched recipient information is retrieved, and the calling means A facsimile terminal device that makes a call to the switching network based on the selected digits. 2. In the food according to claim 1, when the called party information inputted in tWj does not match any of the called party information stored in the storage means, the control means controls the The selected digits inputted by the input means are stored in the storage means in correspondence with the input destination information, and the calling means makes a call to the exchange network based on the inputted selected digits. A facsimile terminal device characterized by: 3. The facsimile terminal device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the control means includes a display means for displaying the input information and the output information from the device. .