JPS61150450A - Message registering system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable an absent called subscriber to know the calls given during his/her absence by attaining the registration of messages to a general telephone having a message waiting lamp and a multi-function telephone at the called side through a general telephone or a multi-function telephone. CONSTITUTION:A central processing unit 209 judges based on the system data of a data memory 210 whether the hooking produced in a calling state is valid or invalid. If the hooking is valid, an idle register circuit 200 is caught. Then the circuit 200 is connected with a telephone 206 through a general telephone control circuit 205 in preparation for the reception of numeric characters. A special dial tone is sent to the telephone 206, and the telephone 206 dials an access code for the registration of messages. The circuit 200 receives the numeric characters corresponding to the access code through a switch 201 and transmits the information to the processor 209 via an interface circuit 208. Then the processor 209 turns on a message waiting lamp 104 to inform a called subscriber that the registration of message is executed during his/her absence.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a message registration system in an automatic telephone exchange when the called party is absent.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, this type of message registration method has been used between multi-function telephones equipped with a message waiting lamp and a message registration function button, from the called party's call-in-waiting-response state to the calling party's multi-function telephone. By pressing the function button for message registration, information such as the message time and extension number of the calling party is registered in the memory in the control circuit of the called party's multifunctional telephone, and then the called party's multifunctional telephone It was common practice to turn on the message waiting lamp of the caller to indicate that registration was in progress, and to send a service set tone to the calling party's multifunction telephone to notify that the message had been successfully registered.

Therefore, there is a drawback that messages cannot be registered from inside the power supply machine which does not have a function button for message registration (including multi-function telephones which do not have a function button). Additionally, regular telephones without message waiting lamps had the disadvantage of not being able to register messages.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention It is an object of the present invention to provide a message registration method that solves the above-mentioned drawbacks, namely, that messages cannot be registered from regular telephones, and messages cannot be registered to regular telephones. It's about doing.

Means for Solving the Problems In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a multi-function telephone having a message waiting lamp and its control circuit, a general telephone also having a message waiting lamp, and a message waiting lamp. The control circuit for these regular telephones, the call path switch, the register circuit for receiving access code numbers connected to this call path switch, the central processing unit, and all extension telephones. When calling another general telephone or multi-function telephone that has a message waiting lamp, when the called party's telephone does not answer, dial the access code for message registration after the calling party's telephone hooks from the ringing state. , a method is adopted in which a message is registered from the calling side telephone to the called side telephone.

Operation Since the present invention is configured as described above, when any telephone calls a telephone or machine having a message waiting lamp, when the called telephone does not answer, the message is registered after the calling telephone has 7 times. When the user dials the access code for the caller, the central processing unit detects this and connects the access code register circuit to receive the access code from the calling party. Next, the central processing unit determines that the access code is for registration, and sends the area number and time registration information from the memory and clock circuit connected to the central processing unit to message registration in the control circuit of the called telephone. can be registered in memory for use.

It goes without saying that the registration method between multi-function telephones having both a message waiting lamp and a 7-key button can be performed using the function button as before.

Example Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

Referring to FIG. 1 showing an embodiment of the present invention, an automatic telephone exchange using the message registration method of the present invention includes a central processing unit 209, a communication path switch 201, a data memory 210, a clock circuit 212, An interface circuit 208 and a register circuit 200 connected to both the ink-7 process circuit 208 and the communication path switch 201.
, a multifunction telephone control circuit 202 , and a receiving telephone control circuit 205 . Further, the multi-function telephone control circuit 202 can control the multi-function telephones 203 to 204 and the message registration memory 211, and the collecting telephone control circuit 205 can control the general telephones 206 to 207 and the message registration memory 213. be. Note that 206 of the general telephones is a general telephone without a message waiting lamp, and 207 is a general telephone with a waiting lamp.

FIG. 2 is an external view showing an example of the configuration of a multi-function telephone, which consists of a handset 100, a hook switch 101, a display panel 102, a function button 103, a message waiting lamp 104, and a dial button 105. ing.

Next, the operation of the message registration system of the present invention will be explained.

First, it is assumed that the power setting machine 206 is calling the multifunction telephone 203. Subsequently, since the multifunction telephone 203 does not respond, the telephone 206 performs a picking operation to register a message with the multifunction telephone 203. - The receiver control circuit 205 detects this and transmits the information to the central processing unit 209 through the interface circuit 208.

The central processing unit 209 determines the validity/invalidity of hooking from the call state based on the system data in the data memory 210. If it is invalid, the call state is continued, and if it is valid, it captures the empty register circuit 200 and - A telephone 206 is connected through the telephone control circuit 205 and preparations are made to receive numbers. However, the multifunction telephone 203 continues to make calls.

When preparations for receiving numbers are completed, a special dial tone is sent to telephone 206, and after confirming this, telephone 206 dials an access code for message registration. Register circuit 200 receives the number corresponding to the access code through switch 201 and transmits the information to central processing unit 209 through interface circuit 208 . The central processing unit 209 determines what the received number is while referring to the data memo IJ 210, and if it matches the access code for message registration, it registers the number in the register 200.
The telephone 203 is disconnected, the call on the telephone 203 is stopped, the extension number information and the message setting time of the sending telephone 206 are read out from the data memory 210 and the clock circuit 212, and a memo for message registration is sent to the multifunction telephone control circuit 202. I
J211K Instructs the called party to register the information, and lights up the message waiting lamp 104 to notify the called party that a message was registered during his/her absence. Further, a pre-service setting message is sent to the calling telephone 206 to confirm that message registration has been performed normally for the ringing tone.

Note that any off-hook of telephone 203 while receiving digits is regarded as a response to a call from telephone 206. Furthermore, even when the register circuit 200 is receiving numbers, the telephone 206
By hooking the telephone 206, the telephone 206 can return to the single ringing state of the telephone 203 at any time, and the telephone 2060 on-hook stops the ringing of the telephone 203, and the telephone 203, 2
06 are both returned to the empty state.

If the received number does not match the access code for message registration, or if there is no space in the message registration memo +7211 even if the number is the access code for message registration, the central processing unit 209 activates the register circuit 200. The connection is disconnected and a restriction sound is sent to the telephone 206. However, it is assumed that the telephone 203 continues to make calls.

The above explanation assumes that the phone on the called side is a multi-function phone.
General telephone with message waiting lamp 2
The same applies to the case of calling 07t-, in which case the registration information is registered in the message registration memory 213 of the general telephone control circuit 205.

Effects of the Invention As explained above, Trap 1 According to the present invention, it is possible to register a message to a general telephone or a multifunction telephone having a message waiting lamp on the called side even from a power setting machine or a multifunction telephone without a message registration button; In addition, this has the effect of informing an absent called party that a call was made while he or she was away, thereby increasing the chances of a call.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a top view of an example of a multifunction telephone. 100...Handset, 1o1...
Hook switch, 102... Display panel, 103...7 Ankushi 1 button, 104...
...Message Waity/Gramp, 105...
...Dial button, 200...Register circuit, 2o1/old...Call path switch, 202...
Multi-function telephone control circuit, 203-204...Multi-function telephone, 2o5...-Collection telephone control circuit,
206-207...-Electrical installation machine, 208...
...Interface circuit, 2o9...Group/Central processing unit, 210...Data memory, 211, 21
3...Memory for message registration, 212...Gun/clock circuit.

Claims (1)

[Claims] It consists of a multifunction telephone having at least a message waiting lamp (hereinafter simply referred to as a multifunction telephone), a general telephone, and an automatic telephone exchange, and the automatic telephone exchange has a call path switch and a multifunction telephone connected to the call path switch. In an automatic telephone switching system having respective control circuits for telephones and general telephones, and a central processing unit that controls these circuits, at least one of the general telephones
A message waiting lamp is provided in the automatic telephone exchange, and a register circuit for receiving access code numbers connected to the call path switch of the automatic telephone exchange is provided. When calling a multi-function telephone, if the called phone does not answer, the calling phone can connect to the called phone by dialing the access code for message registration after the calling phone hooks. A message registration method that allows you to register messages for.