JPS61148949A - Offer system of talkie information - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To attain offer of real time information by referencing a word area of a management table in a talkie guide service. CONSTITUTION:When an information number of talkie information desired from a subscriber telephone set 13 is dialed, reproduction designation information and the information number are transmitted to a voice storage device 1. A central controller 9 analyzes the received information and confirms that it is a recording call of a broadcast type talkie information offer service, then the information number management data in a management table 10 is used as a service start display. In case of recording, data under written on the data buffer memory corresponding to a voice data transfer unit 8 is written multiply on a data buffer memory corresponding to a reproduction side voice data transfer unit 8. When the recording is finished, the data stored on a magnetic disc device 6 is read and after interblock is processed for insertion, the result is transferred to a voice code converting unit 7.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a method for providing talki information,
More specifically, in a telephone network in which a voice storage device is installed within the network, talki information registered in the voice storage device from a subscriber's telephone via the telephone line is transmitted via the same telephone line at the request of an unspecified subscriber. The present invention relates to a method of providing talkie information to the subscriber.

[Conventional technology]

2. Description of the Related Art Traditionally, there has been a talki guidance service as one of the telephone services, which provides information on current events, sports news, events, stock and commodity markets, etc. over the telephone.

Unlike services that provide weather forecasts and time reports, this service allows any specific subscriber to become the provider of the talki guidance service, and all subscribers who wish to receive the talki guidance provided by this provider can receive it. It was made possible.

However, when implementing this talki guidance service, an answering machine or recording/playback device is installed in the home of the subscriber who is the service provider, and the talki information to be provided is recorded on this device. However, the disadvantage is that it is very cumbersome to install such a recording/playback device in the subscriber's premises.In addition, in this case, the talkie information is recorded in an analog signal format, and when played back, the beginning of the talkie information is Since the guidance starts from an arbitrary point rather than from the beginning, there is a drawback that it takes time for the listener to understand the guidance.

In order to overcome these shortcomings, a voice storage device is centrally deployed within the telephone network, and the talk information provided by voice from subscriber telephones contracted as a service provider is digitized and stored in the voice storage device. There is a talki information providing service that always locates the beginning (leading edge) of talkie information and simultaneously provides the information from the beginning to a large number of subscribers who wish to receive the service.

However, conventional talki guidance services, even those using voice storage devices, were only possible after the recording of the information provided by the talkie information provider in the voice storage device was completed. . In other words, the talkie information that has been recorded in the audio storage device is managed individually using an information number, and after confirming that the information content has been recorded correctly, it is determined that it is safe to actually provide the service. Then, the management data of the information number in the management memory of the audio storage device is changed to a display indicating the start of the service.

Conventional talk guide services could only be implemented after such a process was completed.

However, as a new form of use of the Talki guidance service,
If we assume a service that provides live coverage of sports broadcasts, concerts, and other events in real time using a telephone network rather than a broadcasting system, all information will have to be accumulated once, as in the conventional talk guide service. Real-time service is impossible if the service cannot be provided until after the process has been completed. Of course, in the conventional technology, it is not possible to receive the service from the distributor in the telephone office directly via the information source (sound source) line without going through a recording/playback device to receive the talkie information to be provided in the talkie guidance service. Real-time service is possible if it is provided to an unspecified number of subscribers who wish to receive it, but this method does not store talk information (audio), so if you miss a call,・Even if you want to receive the same information and service, you will not be able to receive it, and this can also be said to be a drawback.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

The problem to be solved by the present invention is that in talki information services using telephone lines, information that changes from moment to moment, such as live broadcasts of events such as sports broadcasts and concerts, is taken up as talkie information. In real time, it is possible to provide a telephone service to desired subscribers as if they were listening to it as a live broadcast on a broadcasting system, and also to be free to listen to it again from the beginning as talkie information. thing,
It can be said that.

Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide an easy-to-use talkie information providing system that can be called a broadcast type that enables the above-mentioned functions.

[Means and effects for solving the problems] The operating principle of the present invention becomes clear by comparing it with the operating principle of a conventional talk guide service that uses a voice storage device installed within the telephone network. First, the operating principle of the conventional telephone guidance service will be explained with reference to FIG.

FIG. 2(A) is an explanatory diagram of the operation when registering talki information in the voice storage device prior to the talkie guidance service. In the figure, 6 is a magnetic disk device (DK) provided in the audio storage device for registering talkie information, and 10 is also provided in the audio storage device, and information recorded on the magnetic disk device 6 is provided. This is a management table for managing information addresses.

First, in order to register talkie information, a subscriber who is a guidance service provider temporarily enters [182] as dial information.
When a subscriber dials a three-phase number, the subscriber's phone connects to the voice storage device through the central office. Next, by dialing the # mark dial and the two-finger numbers [X+, After giving instructions and dialing the information number N of the information to be registered, input the talkie information.

Then, the audio storage device searches for the area prepared corresponding to the information number Nl in the management table 10, and sets the start address of the area where the talkie information with the information number N is to be written in the magnetic disk device 6 in the address area ADR. is written in the flag area F, and the talkie information is currently being recorded (being written to the magnetic disk device 6).
Write 0 to indicate that. Therefore, if O is written in the flag area F, the talkie information of the information number having the flag area cannot be reproduced. Assume that recording is completed in this way.

FIG. 2 (El) is an explanatory diagram of the operation of giving an instruction to allow service to start to a voice storage device that has completed registration of talkie information.

In this case, the subscriber who is the guidance service provider dials the same <[182] as before to connect to the voice storage device, and then dials the # mark, followed by [Xs, which means a start instruction. , Xa'], and then dial the information number N1.

Then, in the audio storage device, in the management table 10,
The area corresponding to the information number N is found and 1 is written in the flag area F there. By doing so, the talkie information having the information number can be read from the magnetic disk device 6 from now on, and the talkie information can be reproduced to provide services to subscribers who wish to receive the talkie guidance service. becomes possible.

As described above, in the conventional talkie guidance service, the service could not be started until talkie information had been completely stored (registered) in the magnetic disk device 6.

FIG. 3 is a detailed explanatory diagram of the present invention. That is, in the same figure, the subscriber who is the guidance service provider dials [182] with a # mark, and then dials [X,, x,], which means a recording instruction, and the information number, as described above. When you dial N and then input the talkie information, the audio storage device indicates that it is recording, so the number 2 previously assigned to information number N in management table 10.1 is input.
The word area is searched, and in the first word area IW, a flag bit 0 indicating that recording is in progress and the start address of the storage area in the magnetic disk device 6 for the talkie information belonging to the information number NI are written. In the word area 2w of No. 2, an address at which talkie information is currently being recorded in the magnetic disk device 6 is written.

Therefore, in the audio storage device, by referring to the word area '2W of the management table 10°, the address in the magnetic disk device 6 of the talkie information with the information number Nl can be found, and the This makes it possible to play back the information and provide a real-time talkie information service.

Note that even though the talkie information is played back from the address being written, there is a time delay from writing to playback, but since this time delay is small, the provision of information through this playback is called a real-time service. There is no problem.

After the recording is completed, as shown in the management table 10 in FIG. 3, the flag bit in the word area IW is set to 1, and all "0" is written in the word area 2w. After this time, in response to a request to receive an information service, the user refers to the word area IW to learn the starting address of the information in the magnetic disk device 6, and provides the information from the beginning.

The operating principle of the present invention should now be understood.

〔Example〕

The present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

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

In the figure, 1 is a voice storage device, 2 is a subscriber line exchange that accommodates contract subscribers (subscribers who have a contract to provide talkie information), and 3 is a subscriber line switch accommodated in the subscriber line exchange 2. 4 is a trunk line connecting the subscriber line exchange 2 and the voice storage device 1; 5 is an interface unit having a switching function for connecting the trunk line 4 and each functional unit in the voice storage device 1; 6 is a digital A magnetic disk device 7 for storing digitized voice information digitizes the voice as talk information provided from the subscriber telephone 3, or converts the digital voice information stored in the magnetic disk device 6 into analog form, and further digitizes the voice as talk information provided from the subscriber telephone 3. An audio transcoding unit 8 has the function of receiving a PB (push button dial) signal from the audio transcoding unit 7, and an audio transcoding unit 8 performs silence compression on the digitized audio from the audio transcoding unit 7 during recording.・When the data buffer memory is full, the data is transferred to the magnetic disk device 6, or during playback, the data that has been pulled from the magnetic disk device 6 to the data buffer memory is muted. An audio data transfer unit having a function of inserting and transmitting data to the audio transcoding unit 7; 9 a central control unit controlling each device in the audio storage device 1; 10 a storage device (management table) having information number management data, etc. ), 11 is a voice response unit that sends out various guidances, 12 is another subscriber line exchange, and 13 is a subscriber telephone housed in the subscriber line exchange 12.

Next, the circuit operation will be explained.

A call is made from a contracted subscriber telephone 3 housed in a subscriber line exchange 2 having an access function to the voice storage device 1, connected to the voice storage device 1 via a trunk line 4, and then passed through an interface unit 5. , starts recording the talkie information to be provided in accordance with the voice guidance from the voice response unit 11.

At this time, the central control unit 9 receives the dial information sent from the contracted subscriber's telephone 3 via the voice transcoding unit door, analyzes it, and confirms that it is a recorded call for the broadcast-type talki information providing service. Then, the information number management data in the storage device (management table) 10 is set as a service start indication. The voice as talkie information sent from the subscriber's telephone 3 passes through the interface unit 5, is converted into digital code by the voice code conversion unit 7, and is further subjected to silence processing to remove silent portions by the voice data transfer unit 8. The data is stored once in a corresponding data buffer memory (not shown), and when that memory area becomes full, it is transferred to the magnetic disk device 6 and stored.

On the other hand, when reproducing talkie information, the following operations are performed.

By dialing the information number of the desired talkie information from a subscriber telephone 13 housed in a subscriber exchange 12 that has an access function to the voice storage device 1, a reproduction instruction is given to the voice storage device 1 via the trunk line 4. Information and information number are sent. The central control device 9 in the audio storage device 1 analyzes the information received via the audio code conversion unit 7, and uses the information number of the broadcast-type talkie information providing service and the information number management data in the storage device 10 as the service. After confirming that the start display is displayed, if recording is in progress, the data being written to the data buffer memory corresponding to the corresponding audio data transfer unit 8 is transferred to the audio data transfer unit 8 on the playback side.
Multi-write to corresponding data buffer memory,
If recording has already been completed, the data stored in the magnetic disk drive 6 is read into the data buffer memory compatible with the playback audio data transfer unit 8, and the silent portion is inserted. After that, it is transferred to the audio transcoding unit 7.

The voice code conversion unit 7 converts the transferred digital code into an analog signal and sends it as voice to the subscriber telephone 13 side via the interface unit 5. By repeating this operation, the audio is played back as continuous audio.

Note that the transfer of data to the data buffer memory in the audio data transfer unit 8 on the playback side is a read, and it is naturally possible to simultaneously play back other playback requests through similar processing.

In addition, when the subscriber telephone 13 housed in the subscriber line exchange 12 that is the source of the playback request sends an instruction to return to the beginning of the recorded information using the PB signal generated by operating the button dial, this signal is Audio transcoding unit 7
The central i1i1Jm device 9 analyzes and controls the data, and changes the data transfer source from the data buffer memory in the audio data transfer unit 8 currently being recorded to the magnetic disk device 6. Play the information from the beginning. Note that the reproduction of the information stored in the magnetic disk device 6 is the same operation as the reproduction of the conventional talki information providing service.

FIG. 4 is a chart showing the flow of operation of the embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. By referring to the figure, the operation of one embodiment of the present invention may be better understood.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, recording and playback can be performed in parallel by changing the service start display process and dualizing the transfer source of playback data. It is now possible to provide information in real time, which was not possible with other services, and it is now possible to provide information of a nature that was previously only possible through television and radio broadcasting, such as live broadcasts of concerts and sports, and the provision of urgent news. The service can be provided using the telephone network.

For this reason, it is difficult for the provider to use special equipment (even if
Live broadcasting becomes possible easily and at low cost, and users can freely obtain information even from events that are not broadcast on TV or radio, or from areas where radio waves do not reach even if they are broadcast. Furthermore, the storage function allows the provided information to be played back from the beginning, which is effective in expanding the possibilities of future information providing services.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is an explanatory diagram of the operating principle of a conventional talk guide service, and Fig. 3 is a detailed explanation of the present invention. 3 is a chart showing the flow of operation of the embodiment. Code explanation 1... Voice storage device, 2... Subscriber line exchange, 3.
... Contract subscriber telephone, 4... Trunk line, 5... Interface unit, 6... Magnetic disk device, 7.
...Audio code conversion unit, 8...Audio data transfer unit, 9...Central control unit, 10...Storage device (
management table), 11... voice response unit, 12.
...Subscriber line exchange, 13...Subscriber telephone agent Patent attorney Akio Namiki Agent Patent attorney Kiyota Matsuzaki 2 Figure 30 Reiiya 111t%1 <y:'*n's drunkenness )

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1) To provide talkie information registered in a voice storage device from a subscriber's telephone via a telephone line to an unspecified subscriber via the same telephone line upon request from the subscriber. In the method for providing talkie information, the voice storage device includes a writing means for converting the talkie information inputted for registration from analog to digital and writing it into a memory as a digital signal, and a write means for converting the talkie information inputted for registration into a memory and writing the talkie information inputted for registration into a memory, and a talkie information reproduced from the memory. The central control device comprises an output means for converting digital to analog and outputting it as an analog signal in order to provide information to an unspecified subscriber who requests it, a central control device, and a management table for information recorded in the memory. When there is a request from an unspecified subscriber, the talkie information being written to the memory by the writing means is reproduced from the memory by the output means in real time by referring to the management table. A method for providing talkie information, characterized in that talkie information that has been output or written can be reproduced and outputted retroactively in the past, or further returned to real-time playback and outputted.