JPS62291239A - Telephone set having individual position registering function and incoming/call transfer function - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To transfer an incoming call to an individual without modifying a PBX and to record a message by designating an individual number besides a subscriber number and registering a present position to the telephone set of one's own seat. CONSTITUTION:From a telephone set SID3 of a shifting destination, a self- telephone set SID1 is called, absence time position registering destination information is received to a signal receiving ptlg 2 and the signal is stored into an incoming information memory part 5. Thereafter, when the incoming call is executed to a self-telephone set, the incoming call signal is received by the signal receiving part 2, a control part 4 retrieves the incoming call information memory part 5 and investigates present position registering information. As the result, when the position registering is detected to be changed, a caller is responded to a talkie, and when the transferring is desired, a call is transferred to the absence time position registering destination. When a message service is desired, the message service is executed and the information is accumulated to the incoming call information memory part 5.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] 3. Detailed Description of the Invention (Technical Field of the Invention) The present invention is applicable to workplaces such as factories, hospitals, or event halls where a large number of parties engage in work. The present invention relates to a telephone set used in a telephone communication system whose location can be confirmed and communication can be carried out smoothly even when the user moves to a place other than a designated place.

(Prior art and its problems) In conventional communication systems, such as telephone systems, each telephone, which is a terminal device, is given an individual subscriber number.
When placing a call to a specific called party, the subscriber number of the telephone was dialed in the hope that the called party would be near the corresponding telephone. However, the factory
In offices and other business establishments, the called party is not always present at his or her desk, and it often happens that the person being called cannot reach his/her purpose. As a countermeasure for this case, unattended call forwarding services have been used for some time, but they are complicated to operate, cannot be used while on the move, and cannot be answered until the call is answered by the person at the forwarding destination. In addition to the disadvantages of not being able to understand the information, there was also the inconvenience of having to forward all the less important matters.

Next, there are wireless paging services, but they are time-consuming and inconvenient because they have to first ring the called telephone, and then make a wireless paging after confirming that the called telephone is not available.

In addition, there may be cases where you want to track the whereabouts of all people who are not at their desks at a business office, or to know the phone number of the phone closest to the current location of multiple parties, but there are currently no services that can satisfy these requests. Not done.

In addition, registration of current location information of individuals can be done via switchboard or PBX.
A method to perform these operations is also being considered, but this will not cause any problems when newly installed in a factory, etc., but in order to perform these operations using an existing PBX, etc., it will be necessary to add a number of functions. , it was not economical.

(Purpose of the Invention) The present invention assigns a number to each individual in addition to the normal subscriber number assigned to terminals such as telephones, and uses a magnetic card or the like to manually send this number to the telephone closest to the person's current location. (hereinafter referred to as current location registration), by sending a current location registration signal to the telephone at the person's desk without making any changes to the existing exchange 1PBX, etc., the caller's request for future calls to the individual If you do, we will forward it to the other phone,
If the caller does not wish to do so, the caller's message is recorded, and based on the individual's request, the personal location registration function and incoming call forwarding function make it possible to have call information transferred to the other phone when the individual is absent. The present invention provides a telephone with a

(Structure of the invention) The configuration and operation of the present invention will be explained below using the drawings.

For purposes of explanation, the following abbreviations are used.

SI D r ~ 5 ID3: Equipped with the personal location registration function of the present invention phone numbers 1 to 3 (9 convex D) Yes, it means the phone itself. Also used in cases.

PID, ~PID, ,: 41) Person identification information fiJ (10
) and is also used to refer to an individual.

SL: This is the telephone at the person's desk used by the individual PID.

5IDE: It is assumed that this is a personal telephone that is normally used by an individual at PIDz and wishes to make a call to an individual (PID, ) who is thought to be at 5IDI.

SID: PID is a telephone whose location is registered by the individual who is away from his or her desk.

FIG. 1 shows an example of the configuration of the main parts of a telephone (SID+) having a personal location registration function and an incoming call transfer function according to the present invention. On the left side of the figure, there is a PBX or switchboard (hereinafter abbreviated as switchboard, etc.), and as shown in FIG.

The telephone set (SID) whose owner PID is about to change its personal location registration is also connected to the same switchboard (SW) by a subscriber line, and therefore forms the same telephone network. Also,
Telephone SID and 5ID3 also have the same functions according to the invention as in FIG.

If active circuits such as ICs given to individuals become available,
It is not necessary to use the card league part 9 and the IC card in close contact with each other (in the case of an incoming call, the card league part 9 uses weak radio waves to connect the IC card located a little distance away). .

This makes it possible to individually call card owners in the same way as a wireless calling system.

The telephone having the personal location registration function and the incoming call transfer function of the present invention can be equipped with the following functions.

■When the phone owner is at his or her desk, it can be used as a regular phone to make and receive calls, and when the phone owner is absent, it is possible to receive a forwarded call service at the destination if specified procedures are performed. .

- When the telephone owner returns to his or her desk, the status of calls made and received while the telephone owner was absent can be read out and recorded messages can be played back.

- In particular, in the case of an incoming call, the SID + PID of the caller can be displayed.

■ When information such as the called party's forwarding destination telephone number is transmitted from the called party to the own telephone (calling telephone), it is received and stored or displayed in a temporary memory circuit.

■PI of the phone owner or person who temporarily uses the phone
Add an SID number compatible with the phone to D and register it with the Personal Location Registration Center CTR (register in the center file)
Incoming calls can be forwarded.

■By setting the phone to message mode, messages from the user PID can be sent to the personal location registration center CTR.
(Register in the center file) and, if necessary, have an absent telephone answer automatically with a synthesized voice.

■To inquire whether a message has been registered in the center file of the personal location registration center CTR.

■Personal position registration 1. ★Selective call from center CTR corresponds to SID number or (SID number + called PID)
(number) or PID to determine whether selective calling is possible and whether or not to transfer.

■When the personal location registration center CTR is in use (busy), the re-registration operation is automatically performed.

[Phase] When an individual who has registered his/her location on one phone wishes to change his/her location registration to another phone, when that individual goes to either the other phone or the personal location registration center CTR, To automatically change the location registration of the individual for a device that is not registered with either the other telephone or the individual location registration center CTR.

■If there is an incoming call and the phone does not go into a hang-off state even after the bell rings for a certain period of time, the current location registrant is assumed to be absent, and if the call is to the owner of the phone, a message service (answering service) (Telephone) function, in the case of an incoming call to an individual who has temporarily registered his/her location, the call shall be forwarded to the telephone owned by that individual.

The user (PiD+) at his/her seat is near the telephone (SrD,), and the user's personal identification information 91 P I
D.

The ID card in which SID is stored is installed in the card league 9 of the telephone SID. In this state, personal identification information is not particularly necessary for making and receiving calls. However, if billing for the telephone is not done on a per-phone basis but on an individual-by-individual basis, or if a service class is established for personal identification Ti'6f3, one class of individuals can make both long-distance calls and internal calls, and another class of individuals can make long-distance calls and internal calls. In the case of stratification, such as allowing individuals to make local calls and extension calls, and allowing individuals in other classes to make only extension calls, personal identification information is necessary, and the present invention follows this principle.

Based on the above premise, the telephone set shown in FIG. 1 having a personal location registration function and an incoming call transfer function will be explained in more detail.

In Fig. 1, numeral 1 is a dialing and signal transmitting section, which amplifies the dialing signal when making a call, and also transmits a transmitter (T) when making a call.
It has the function of amplifying the signal from 6 and sending it to the subscriber line. 2 is a signal receiving unit, which rings a bell (B) 8 when a call arrives, and when the receiver (R) 7 is lifted,
Obtaining a control signal from the control unit 4, subscriber line Ll+L
It has the function of blocking x and starting a conversation with the caller.

In addition, if there is an incoming call when the owner of the telephone is absent, the information is automatically sent to the calling party by the absent location registration information (SID, PID) transmitter 1). It has the ability to perform incoming call transfer.

Now, the third part describes the call receiving operation when an individual using (owning) a telephone SID+ is present near the telephone.
This will be explained using the signal flow shown in Figure (a). When a call is made from the telephone aS ID 2 in Fig. 2 (Fig. 3 (a) ■), the calling signal consists of the telephone's SID, number, and personal identification information (PIDυ). S at the beginning of the call
Only the ID + number is sent to the switchboard, etc. (SW) (
■). This is similar to the calling operation using a normal telephone. With this signal, the exchange sends a ring tone (indicated by ■ in Figure 3 (al)) to the telephone SID, and
A calling signal (■ in Fig. 3 (al)) is sent to the telephone ASID.When the signal receiving unit 2 receives this calling signal, the telephone ASID controls the bell (B) 8 while keeping it in a state where it does not ring. Part 4 determines the subscriber line of the telephone SID, ,L,
occlude. As a result, the switchboard (SW)
A communication path is set up between tDg, tA machine SW and telephone 5IDI) to enable communication. At the same time, the incoming call information memory unit 5 is searched to determine whether a third party has temporarily registered the location on the telephone SID+ to see if the location registration has been changed from PID to a location other than SID. Whether or not there is
Alternatively, it is investigated whether the location registration destination information transmitting unit during absence is in an operating state. If there are any changes, etc., the process moves on to operations such as telephone transfer, which will be described later, but if it is determined that there are no changes, the system is ready to receive calls. The telephone 5ID2 transmits the personal identification signal PID, and when the telephone 5IDI receives this, it displays the PID and number on the display section 10 of the telephone SID+ and rings the bell (B) 8. The individual (
When the PID+) picks up the handset (R) 7, the ringing stops and a conversation with the caller begins. When the business is completed, the handset (R)
) The flow of signals after dropping the telephone number is the same as for ending a call on a normal telephone (see Fig. 3(a)).

Note that if the calling side telephone 5AD2 is a general telephone that does not have the functions of the present invention, the PID in FIG.

Since no signal is sent out, the called party rings the bell at a certain timing (several seconds).

The following operations are the same as receiving a general telephone call.

Now, if an individual using telephone SID, telephone 5I
The operation when moving to another location where D3 is placed will be explained. Assuming that you know the phone number of phone 5ID3 in advance, location registration change information (P
IDt+5tDt).

The telephone S[) sends a change signal of the location registration location, that is, a change of the telephone number, to the location registration center CTR and the destination telephone SIDs. The following is a description of the process for changing this location registration.

The user hangs off the handset of telephone SID, and dials the number of telephone 5ID3. At this time, the user's ID card number (PID) has been read into the card league section 9 of the telephone SID, and the telephone SID
To D, a function button such as "#" and "rlJ" are dialed, and a signal to which a location registration request signal is added is input by dialing and signal transmitting section 1 of the telephone SID+, but this will be explained later. The information is stored in the call information memory part 5 and is not sent out until a call is set between the telephone SID and the telephone 5ID3.

Now, the switchboard (SW) receives a dial signal from the telephone set SID, and sends a calling signal to the telephone set 5IDs using a normal switching function. This is received by the signal receiving section 2 of the telephone 5ID3, and at the same time, the subscriber lines Ll and Lz are blocked, and a communication path similar to that between ordinary telephones is set up between the telephone 5IDl, the switchboard (SW), and the telephone 5ID3. Ru. However, electric bell (B) 8 does not ring.

When this state is reached, the control section 4 of the telephone 5ID3 sends an incoming call state completion signal to the telephone SID from the dialing and signal transmitting section 1. Telephone S that received this signal
I D l is a PID that has already been accumulated.

+ A location registration request signal is sent to the telephone 5IDj.

Having received this signal, the signal receiving section 2 of the telephone 5ID3 transmits the signal to the telephone S
It is determined that the location registration signal is from the PID of the telephone ID, and is stored in the incoming call information memory section 5, and at the same time, a location registration completion signal is sent to the telephone SID. The telephone S ID +, which has received this signal, sends a disconnection signal from the dial and signal transmitter 1 to the switchboard (SW). At the same time, the absent location registration destination information transmitting section 1) of the own telephone is turned on.

Further, the telephone 5IDs also sends a call termination signal to the switchboard (SW) and requests the switchboard, etc. (SW) to release the call path. When the switchboard (SW) receives these signals, it releases the communication path and restores the original state. As a result, the phone 5KDL
The storage of the SID and signal in the memory section of the absent location registration information (SID, PID) transmitting section 1) is completed. The above signal flow is shown in FIG. 3(b). Additionally, the telephone aSIDs that has accepted the current location registration sends a registration signal (SID) to notify the location registration center CTR of this fact.

+PID+) is automatically sent to the center CTR.

An explanatory diagram of the flow of this signal is omitted because it is the same as the flow when registering the location from the telephone SID to the center CTR, which will be described later. In addition, when the location registration center CTR accepts a change in location registration (in this case from phone SID I to 5ID3) from the PID of the phone SID, the center CTR changes the phone SID to the phone SID.
It is also possible to make a location registration request for the PID of the ID. In this case, the signal flow is approximately the same as in FIG. 3(b).

A phone whose location registration has been changed as described above! ff
The call transfer operation when there is an incoming call addressed to user P ID + of 1sID will be described. In FIG. 2, the calling party uses the telephone sIDg to dial the telephone number of the telephone SID, as well as the called party's PID, number.

If you use Card League or the like, you can input the PID+ number with a simple operation using a function button or the like.

Plr) 1 number is not sent until a communication path is established between the telephone asIoz-exchange a(SW)-telephone SID,
The information is stored in the call information memory section 3 in the telephone SID. However, if the caller does not know the called party's PID or number, it is the same as a normal telephone call, but in this case as well, the call will be forwarded to the telephone 5 ID3 where the called party's precise location is registered. become. However, the [ ) of the called party is not displayed on the display unit 10 provided in the telephone SID, and the called party cannot be identified.

Now, an incoming call signal (ringing signal) from the caller's telephone SID is received by the signal receiving section 2 of the telephone SID. As a result, the subscriber line of the telephone 1sID, ,L
, is closed, but the electric bell (B) 8 is not rung. L,
, when L2 is blocked, the telephone aSID2-exchange PBX (
A communication path is set up between the SW) and the telephone aSID. In this state (ringing is interrupted for the telephone @SIDt), a PID and a signal are sent from the telephone SIDt. When the signal receiving unit 2 of the telephone SID receives this, the control unit 4 of the telephone SID determines whether the telephone owner has turned on (operating) the location registration information transmitting unit 1). search for.

In this case, since it is in the on state, the signal is sent out from the transmitter 1)' after the operation described later. In other words, on the talkie, [the five persons in question are currently absent, and their location registration (destination phone number) is XXXX. If you wish to transfer, please press function button # and numbers 1 and 2 in sequence. If you do not wish to do so, press function button # and numbers rOJ rOJ in sequence. After you hear a beep, your message will be recorded, so please speak your message within 30 seconds. ] and other service messages to the calling party. The caller enters “#0
0'', a message service is implemented and this information is stored in the incoming call information memory section 5. Also, if you dial "#12", PID, +SID.

-←Send a transfer request signal to the calling telephone @SID2.

At this time, since the calling telephone 5ID2 has the same function as that shown in FIG. Also, the phone SID that identified this signal! control unit 4
requests the dial and signal transmitter 1 to transmit a disconnection signal to the switching equipment (SW). The switching equipment (SW) that receives this signal cancels the call path setting and restores the line to its original state.

Next, after a certain period of time (about a few seconds) has elapsed, the control unit 4 of the telephone aSID2 uses the 5ID3 signal to send a message to the switchboard, etc. (SW) in order to communicate with the telephone 5ID3 for which the location registration of PID l has been completed. Send dialing signal.

At the same time, the telephone number of the telephone 5IDE may be displayed on the display section 10 of the telephone SID, or the caller may be notified by voice that the call is being transferred or the telephone number of the 5ID, and the telephone 5ID2 to phone SID! It is also possible to implement services such as automatic transmission to the address.

The operation after this is as if the caller had a personal PID.

This is exactly the same as if the user knew the telephone number of the current location of the telephone and manually made a call to the telephone S■D3.

The above operation can be expressed as a signal flow diagram as shown in FIG. 4. The operation shown in Fig. 4 is (from the lower end of al (b)
continues to the top of the

The above is the phone S used by the individual PED+.
Although this was a case in which the location registration was changed in advance for I Dr before moving, it is also possible to change the location registration for the telephone SID from the destination. in this case,
From the destination phone (SID3) to your own phone (SID+)
to the calling signal receiving unit 2. Absence location registration information 5IDs
+PID+ is received and this signal is stored in the incoming call information memory section 5. The operation in this case is shown in a signal flow diagram as shown in FIG.

Thereafter, when there is an incoming call to the own telephone, when the signal receiving section 2 receives the incoming call signal, the control section 4 investigates the current location registration information of the PID1 signal by searching the incoming call information memory section 5. As a result, when it is detected that the location registration has been changed to the telephone 5 ID3, the caller is answered with a talkie as described above, and if the caller requests transfer, the absent location registration destination information transmitting unit 1 ) to operate SID
Send out the z + p l D + signal.

Also, when you return to your desk from work, use your own phone S.
To cancel location registration on ID+ (location registration on SID+), use your desk phone @SID+.
It is clear that this is possible by performing the same operation as registering a new current location on +.

As mentioned above, when the current location registration on the phone owned by the individual has been changed to another phone, there is an incoming call to the individual on the other phone, but if for some reason the call is not received. The process when the call response operation (hang-off) is not performed will be explained.

In this case, the signal receiving unit 2 causes the telephone (B) 8 to ring according to the flow already explained, but if the telephone does not hang off even after a certain period of time (for example, 20 seconds) has elapsed, the next signal is sent. Send out. That is, it is determined that the current location of the individual has been changed to the original location, that is, the telephone owned by the individual, and a signal is sent to the effect that the location registration of the caller d has been changed. This signal reads the memory contents of the incoming call information memory section 5, searches for the previous location registration signal of the individual, and sends it out from the dialing and signal transmitting section l.

Furthermore, when the owner PIDI of telephone 5IDI is absent,
Assume that the owner of the telephone S ID < has registered its location to the telephone 1sIDl. In this case, (SI
D, +P [D4) can receive calls, and the telephone SID,
will ring, and an incoming call will be displayed for PID. The called party PID4 should be in the vicinity of the telephone SID, and a conversation between the calling party and the PID is carried out. Also, any individual may have a telephone S10. is available for convenience. However, if the owner locks the device so that it cannot be used, or if a personal ID card is not inserted into the card reader 9, the user cannot make a call.

In either case, the owner's PID is the phone STD after returning home.
It is possible to display the status of incoming calls while the user is absent, calls made by third parties, etc. by operating the + display.

Next, a description will be given of the functions of the location registration center CTR, which can be added to improve functionality when implementing the present invention. As shown in Fig. 2, the positioning of the location registration center CTR of the present invention in the telephone network is the same as that of a general telephone terminal, and there is no need to add any new functions as a switch (SW). Can be used as is.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of the center CTR, and the same numbers as in FIG. 1 indicate the same functional parts.
The differences are as follows.

■Keyboard (K/B) section 1 as the operator's operation section
2 and abolished the card reader section 9.

■The absent location registration destination information (SID, PID) transmitting unit (memory unit) has been abolished.

(2) A message section 13 is provided as a function connected to the dial section and signal transmission section 1 for registering a new desired message such as a message.

■A timer part 14 was provided to display the reception time.

■The functions of the incoming call information memory unit (P[) matching unit) 5 are improved to record a list of the location of each user for all telephones of the present invention having a location registration function and an incoming call forwarding function. Added message file function.

This location registration center CTR has the following functions.

First, personal location registration from each phone terminal (PID + SI
D + time). A message file is created in correspondence with PID for these registered information. This center CTR is equipped with a keyboard section 12,
Any message (each PI
(for D) can be created. Also, P from different SIDs
It is possible to automatically restore the old SID to the ID registration. For each PID, the fixed form message can also be output by voice synthesis. In the center CTR, the display device IO shows PID, time, 5ID (displayed by position),
Displays changes in the temporal position of an ID, displays multiple PIDs at a certain location (SID), and sends messages to PIDs and PIDs.
Receive messages from ID, etc.

FIG. 6 shows the operational flow for registering the current location from each telephone terminal to the location registration center according to the present invention. In this figure, only PID and +SID are registered to the location registration center CTR. However, location registration center CTR
In addition to this, it is also possible to send and register fixed-form messages and arbitrary voice messages.

The above explanation is based on the case where the telephone owner PID uses an IC card or the like as a means of self-identification. It is clear that the same effect can be obtained.

(Effects of the Invention) The system of the present invention can be applied to businesses, organizations, etc. where there are many people engaged in business such as business offices or event venues, and where these parties often leave their residences to engage in other work. By introducing this system, it will be highly effective in improving the efficiency of work by ensuring smooth communications and ascertaining the current location of individuals. In particular, the construction is easy and economical, since there is no need to make any changes to the switching equipment, just by changing the existing telephone terminal to the terminal according to the present invention. However, when introduced into a general public network, incoming calls in the telephone terminal of the present invention always result in billing letter B (call route setting state), but the transmission time of location registration information is extremely short (normally about 10 seconds). Since this service can be used for a variety of purposes, it does not add up to a large amount in terms of telephone charges. P
There is no need to worry about BX etc.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a telephone with a location registration function used in the present invention, FIG. 2 is a side view of the configuration of a telephone network according to the present invention, FIG. Figure 6 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the present invention, and Figure 7 is a block diagram of the location registration center used in the present invention. It is a diagram. SW j rep W:; I ■: 1 voice 40 (b) to (0)9\ et al.

Claims (4)

[Claims] (1) A personal identification information setting means for setting personal identification information uniquely assigned to an individual user, and the personal identification information set in the personal identification information setting means to the calling party in response to an incoming call. A call transfer means for transmitting user transfer destination telephone number information indicating the transfer destination of the individual user; a control switch means for switching and controlling the call transfer means between an operable state and an inoperable state; A telephone having a personal location registration function and a call forwarding function, and a temporary memory means for temporarily storing and displaying the called party's forwarding destination telephone number information when the caller's forwarding destination telephone number information is returned. (2) The control switch means is configured to be capable of controlling switching between the operable state and the inoperable state by a control signal from the subscriber line, and the user's transfer destination telephone to be sent by the call transfer means. 2. A telephone having a personal location registration function and a call forwarding function according to claim 1, wherein the number information is configured to be changeable by a control signal from the subscriber line. (3) A personal identification information setting means for setting personal identification information uniquely assigned to an individual user, and the personal identification information set in the personal identification information setting means to the calling party in response to an incoming call. A call transfer means for transmitting user transfer destination telephone number information indicating the transfer destination of the individual user; a control switch means for switching and controlling the call transfer means between an operable state and an inoperable state; Temporary memory means for temporarily storing and displaying the called party's forwarding destination telephone number information when the called party's forwarding destination telephone number information is returned from the calling side; and the called party's forwarding device stored in the temporary memory means. A telephone having a personal location registration function and an incoming call transfer function, comprising automatic transfer calling means for automatically calling a transfer destination of the called party in accordance with a destination telephone number signal and the personal identification information of the called party. (4) The control switch means is configured to be capable of controlling switching between the operable state and the inoperable state by a control signal from the subscriber line, and the user transfer destination telephone to be sent by the call transfer means. 4. A telephone having a personal location registration function and a call forwarding function according to claim 3, wherein the number information is configured to be changeable by a control signal from the subscriber line.