JPS62230293A - Tenant system for exchange - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To contrive the convenience in using a telephone set at a multi-family house or a store using together with a house by constituting the titled system that respective groups of tenants are completely separated as for outgoing operation and incoming call can be received at even the tenant of a group other than the group at which the call arrives. CONSTITUTION:In case of a call-arrival at a trunk 11 corresponding to the tenant 20 in A-group, the telephone sets 13 and 14 ring. When thirty seconds lapses after the call-arrival, a call-arrival setting switch sets the telephone set 16 of B-group, and the telephone 16 rings. When an automatic answering system is set at the tenant 20 in A-group, if a call comes to the A-group, the telephone sets 13, 14, and 16 of both groups that are set for ringing, simultaneously start the ringing.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Objective of the Invention (Field of Industrial Application) This invention relates to a tenant system for a private branch exchange (PBX).

(Prior art) Conventionally, some PBXs have been designed to allow functions to be set using a method called a tenant method. Once such function settings have been made, one PBX can be completely divided into two or more units. It was available for use in terminal groups.

In addition, in recent years, small PBs that use 2 to 3 station lines as input station lines have been introduced.
PBX X is also on sale and is being installed in homes and small-scale stores, but such small-sized PBXs are also required to have tenant-type function settings.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) By the way, the conventional PBX tenant system is a completely separate type, and calls to a central office line belonging to one tenant cannot be operated by another tenant. For example, if a tenant is set for each generation in a two-generation house, or if separate tenants are set for the shop and the house in a house with a store, if one tenant is empty, the other tenant will be There was a problem in that it was not possible to respond to incoming calls in tenants where no one was present, even if there were people present.

This invention eliminates the above problems and proposes a tenant system in which outgoing calls related to money are completely separated, but incoming calls can also be handled by other tenants that are not involved in the incoming calls. In the tenant system, one or more office lines belonging to the first group among the plurality of input office lines are attached to the corresponding one or more terminals, and one or more office lines belonging to the second group are attached to the corresponding one or more terminals. In a tenant system of an exchange in which a central office line is associated with one or more corresponding terminals, the terminals in the first group perform only outgoing operations using the central office lines in the first group, and the terminals in the second group means for enabling the terminal to make an outgoing operation only using the central office line of the second group, and when an incoming call is received in the first group or the second group, the terminal corresponds to the group in which the incoming call was received. In addition to enabling the terminal to receive a call, if the terminal corresponding to the central office line that received the call does not respond after a predetermined period of time, other terminals corresponding to the group that did not receive the call can also receive the call. It is characterized by comprising a means for

Furthermore, the tenant system of the exchange of this invention has the above configuration,
means for enabling another terminal corresponding to the group with no incoming calls to receive a call without waiting for the elapse of the predetermined time when a terminal in the first group or a terminal in the second group sets the call to be away; It is characterized by further comprising the following.

(Operation) According to this invention, when a certain tenant's terminal receives a call,
Moreover, if a response operation is not performed at this tenant's terminal, after a predetermined period of time has elapsed, other tenant's terminals can also receive a call. Further, when a tenant is set to be away, other tenants can receive a call without waiting for the predetermined time to elapse.

(Example) Fig. 1 shows an example of a PBX to which the tenant system of the exchange of the present invention is applied.This PBXlo has two central office lines 11 and 12 connected to it, and extension number #10.
Six telephones 13 to 18, each of which is an extension terminal to which #15 is assigned, are connected.

FIG. 2 shows the case where the tenant system function is set on this PBXI O, where the central office line 11 and extension number #10.
#11. Three telephones 13, 14 . to which #12 was assigned.
'15 is assigned to tenant 20, which is group A,
to central office line 12 and extension number #13. #14. The three telephones 16, 17, and 18 to which #15 has been assigned are assigned to tenant 21, which is group B.

Figure 3 shows the internal configuration of the PBXI O.
1 and 12 are connected to the intersection point 3 via the central line circuits 30 and 31, respectively.
9, and an extension circuit 32 and an incoming call signal generation circuit 33 are connected to the cross point 39. The control circuit 34 is PB
The control input 38 input from each part of the XIO and the outputs of the tenant setting switch 35 and the incoming call setting switch 36 of the telephone are used as inputs to generate control outputs for controlling each part.

Here, the incoming call setting switch 36 of the telephone sets each telephone 13 to
This setting is used to set whether or not to make a ringtone sound for 18.

Next, with reference to the flowchart shown in Fig. 4, tenant method function settings (
The following describes the incoming call operation when tenant settings (hereinafter referred to as tenant settings) are performed. When setting a tenant on the PBXIO, turn on the tenant setting switch 35 shown in FIG. 3. If this tenant setting switch is not turned on, the PBX operates as a normal 2-station line 6-terminal PBX without tenant setting.

First, it is determined whether there is an incoming call on the central office line 11 or 12 (step 101), and if there is an incoming call on either the central office line 11 or 12, it is then determined whether there is a tenant setting. (Step 102). If the tenant setting is made here, then the away setting is made for either the tenant 20 of the A group or the tenant 21 of the B group. A determination is made whether or not (step 10)
3). Assuming that no answer setting has been made here, it is determined whether 30 seconds have elapsed since the next incoming call (step 104), and if 30 seconds have not elapsed, the office line that received the call is group A. It is determined whether the tenant 20 of the A group corresponds to the station line 11, or the tenant 21 of the B group, that is, the station line 12 (step 105).
If the call is received to the central office line 11 corresponding to 0, the telephones 13, 14 . ．． 15 is received (step 106). As a result, if the telephones 13 and 14 to which extension numbers #10 and #11 are assigned are set to ring when receiving a call using the incoming call setting switch 36 shown in FIG. 3, for example, the telephones 13 and 14 will ring. do. Extension number #12 is not set, so it does not ring.

Here, if there is no response to the incoming call from any of the A group telephones 13, 14, and 15, and the incoming call has not been completed (step 107), the process returns to step 104 again. In addition, if the incoming call is answered by any of the telephones 13, 14, or 15 of group A before 30 seconds have elapsed since the incoming call, or if the incoming call is terminated, that is, if the incoming call is stopped due to the caller's on-hook (step 107). ), this incoming call operation ends.

When it is determined in step 104 that 30 seconds have passed since the incoming call, the incoming call is made to the telephones 13 to 18 with the A group and B group incoming call settings.

For example, if the incoming call setting switch 36 shown in FIG. ,14. In addition to this, the telephones 16 in group B start ringing. Here, B-guts,
The incoming call is answered by any of the rape telephones 16, 17, 18 (or A group's telephones 1, 3, 14, 15), or the incoming call is terminated (step 10).
9) and this call receiving operation ends.

Incidentally, if the office line on which the call was received in step 105 is the office line 12 corresponding to the tenant 21 of the B group, the call is received to the telephone set 16; 17.18 in the setting of the B group (step 11o). This will cause the sound to be set to B.
The group's telephones 16 begin ringing. Now, within 30 seconds, the phones in group B 16. 17. ．． If the incoming call is not answered in any of steps 107 and 104
The process then moves to step 1.08, and calls are received to the telephones 13 to 18 with the A group and B group settings. Incoming calls are answered by going off-hook if the telephone is ringing, and by dialing the special number "9" after going off-hook in other cases.

If it is determined in step 103 that the tenant 20 of the A group or the tenant 21 of the B group is set to be away, the process moves to step 108, and incoming calls to all telephones 13 to 18 are set in the A group and B group. It will be done. That is, in the above case, the telephones 13 and 14 set to ring in group A and the telephone 16 set to ring in group B start ringing at the same time. When the answering machine is set only for group A, incoming calls to group B remain normal.

For example, dial the special number "7,1" from your terminal to set your absence.
This is done by dialing ”.

That is, when setting the A group to be away, the user goes off-hook using one of the telephones 13, 14, and 15 in the A group, and when the extension dial tone is heard, dials the telephone number "7, 1" and goes on-hook.

This means that group A has been set to be away. To cancel the absence setting for this A group, A
This is done by going off-hook on any telephone 13°14.15 in the group. Setting and canceling the absence for Group B can be done in the same way as for Group A.

Further, if it is determined in step 101 that there is no incoming call, the routine shifts to a normal standby routine, and if it is determined in step 102 that no tenant setting has been made, the routine shifts to a normal incoming call routine. Note that this standby routine and incoming call routine are well known and do not constitute the gist of the present invention, so a detailed explanation will be omitted.

In addition, in the above embodiment, two lines 11 and 12 are input, and 6
Although a case has been shown in which a PBXIO to which two telephones 13 to 18 are connected is used by two tenants 20 and 21, it is clear that the PBX that can be used in this invention is not limited to the above. That is, a similar configuration can be made using, for example, a PBX with three or more lines as input and seven or more telephones connected. Furthermore, the number of tenants is not limited to two, and can be applied to, for example, three or more tenants. In this case, it may be configured such that all other tenants are enabled to receive calls after a predetermined period of time has elapsed since the incoming call, but it may also be configured such that only a specific tenant set in advance is enabled to receive calls.

Further, in the above embodiment, the telephone extension number assigned to each telephone is the same when the tenant is set up and when it is not set up. For example, when the tenant is set up, the extension telephone number of the telephones in group B is set to #13. #14゜#15 to #20. #21.
If the configuration is changed to #22, the distinction between each tenant becomes clear and it is convenient for use.

Furthermore, in the above embodiment, the outgoing operation at the time of tenant setting is completely separated for the tenant 20 of the A group and the tenant 21 of the B group. For example, in the case of an outside line call, the A group telephone 13 goes off-hook, and after the extension dial tone, when you turn the dial "0", the first
It is connected to the central office line 11. Here, phone 14 of group A
is the first office line, and if it is already busy, a busy tone is returned to the telephone set 13 because there is no space available.

Similarly, for calls from group B, only the second office line 12 can be used.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the present invention, outgoing operations are completely separated between tenants in each group, and incoming calls are handled by tenants in groups other than the tenant in the group receiving the call. Since we have made it possible to operate, if there is a person in the tenant of any group, it will be possible to answer incoming calls to the tenants of each group. It is convenient for

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a PBX to which the method of the present invention is applied, Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram showing the usage state at the time of tenant setting, Fig. 3 is an internal configuration diagram of the PBX, and Fig. 4 is a diagram of this PBX. 1 is a flowchart showing one embodiment of the invention. 10...PBX, 11.12...Station line, 13-18
...telephone, 30.31...office line circuit, 32...
Extension circuit, 33... Incoming signal generation circuit, 34... Control circuit, 35... Tenant setting switch, 36...
Incoming call setting switch, 39... cross point. Figure 1 Figure 2 O Figure 3

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) Among the plurality of input office lines, one or more office lines belonging to the first group are associated with the corresponding one or more terminals, and one or more office lines belonging to the second group are associated with the corresponding one or more terminals. In a tenant system of an exchange associated with one or more second terminals, the terminals in the first group perform only outgoing operations using the central office line in the first group, and the terminals in the second group perform only the outgoing operation using the central office line in the first group. means for enabling an outgoing operation using only a second group of central office lines, and when an incoming call is received in the first group or the second group, an incoming call operation is performed by a terminal corresponding to the group in which the incoming call is received; and, if a terminal corresponding to the central office line to which the call has received a call does not respond even after a predetermined period of time has elapsed, the other terminals corresponding to the group from which the call has not received the call can also receive the call. A tenant system for switching equipment characterized by: (2) Among the plurality of input office lines, one or more office lines belonging to the first group are associated with the corresponding one or more terminals, and one or more office lines belonging to the second group are associated with the corresponding one or more terminals. In a tenant system of an exchange associated with one or more second terminals, the first group terminal only performs a calling operation using the first group office line, and the second group terminal only performs an originating operation using the first group station line. Means for enabling only a calling operation using a group station line, and when a call is received in the first group or the second group, enabling a receiving operation by a terminal corresponding to the group where the call was received. and means for enabling other terminals corresponding to the group with no incoming call to also perform an incoming call operation if the terminal corresponding to the central office line where the call was received does not respond even after a predetermined period of time has elapsed; or means for enabling other terminals corresponding to the group with no incoming calls to receive a call without waiting for the elapse of the predetermined time when an absentee setting is made in the group or the second group. Tenant system of exchanges.