JPS63131767A - Voice mail device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To instruct the setting of the transmitting destination and the transmitting time of a message to a voice mail device from an external telephone by identifying a dial number transmitted by a user with an identifying device and setting the transmitting destination and the transmitting time of the message stored into a memory means in accordance with the dial number. CONSTITUTION:The device is equipped with a receiving means 1 to receive sound information sent from a telephone set 4 used by a transmitting person through a communication line, an identifying means 2 to identify the dial number by the transmitting sound of a dial at the telephone set out of the sound signals received by the receiving means and a setting means 13 to set at least one side of the telephone number and the transmitting time of the transmitting destination of information stored in a memory means 7 in accordance with an identified dial number. Thus, each time dialing is not executed to an opponent, the input of the massage and the telephone number and the transmitting time of an opponent can be set, and therefore, a user can instruct the transmitting of the message from any place to a voice mail at a desired time.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a voice mail device using a personal computer.

[Prior Art] When sending a message to the other party using a conventional PC-based voicemail device, the sender records the message in advance and dials the telephone number of the other party using a telephone. , I had to call the other party and then play the recorded message. For this reason, voice mail devices have recently been considered in which the message sending time is set in advance on a timer and the message is sent at the desired time, but it is necessary to set the time in advance, and it is difficult to use external telephones. There was a problem that it was not possible to set the time from .

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] Therefore, the purpose of the present invention is to eliminate this drawback.
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a voice mail service in which a sender can select a desired message and specify the time to send it.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve such an object, the present invention provides a voice mail device that converts information stored in a storage procedure into an audio signal and transmits it via a communication line. a receiving means for receiving voice information sent from a telephone used by a sender via a telephone, and an identification means for identifying a dialed number from the voice signal received by the receiving means by the tone of the dial on the telephone. and a setting means for setting at least one of a destination telephone number and a transmission time of the information stored in the storage means in accordance with the identified dial number.

[Function] The present invention uses an identification device to identify the dial number of the telephone that the user of the voice mail device sends, and sets the destination and transmission time of the message stored in the storage means in accordance with the identified dial number. , it is possible to instruct the voice mail device to set the message destination and sending time from an external telephone.

[Example] Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows an example of a configuration in an embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, 1 is a network control unit (NCU) that performs transmission and reception work in telephone communication.
). Reference numeral 2 denotes a dial signal identifier, and the dial signal identifier identifies the dial tone sent by the caller using dialing with the external telephone from among the voice signals from the external telephone, and determines the dial number. Discern.

3 is an A/D-D/A converter, and the converter 3 performs analog-to-digital conversion or digital-to-analog conversion of the received voice signal and dial signal. 4
is a telephone connected to the NCIII, 5 is a central processing unit of the personal computer 13, CPt1,
6 is the main memory of the personal computer 13;
The control procedure shown in the figure is stored. 7 is an external storage device such as a floppy disk, and the external storage device 7 stores telephone messages to be sent and received.

8 is a CRT display device, and 9 is a keyboard. I
O is a system bus that connects each part of this system, and 1
1 is a public line connected to the NCU.

Reference numeral 12 is an expansion unit that stores the N0CI, the dial identification device 2, and the converter 3. 13 is the main body of the personal computer.

Next, the operation of the present invention will be explained in detail with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3. The present invention attempts to receive a dial signal sent by a sender (external phone user) while a voice mail device is communicating with an external phone, select a message to be sent, and set the time to send the message. It is.

Specifically, when the caller sends predetermined number information to the voice mail device using the button on a button-type telephone or the dial on a rotary-dial telephone while communicating with the voice mail device, the voice mail device identifies the tone of the button or dial, selects the message to be sent, and sets the sending time.

In FIG. 3, the caller first calls from an external telephone (button type) to a telephone connected to the present system in his or her office. Then, in step Sl, the voice mail device switches the line to reception using the NC 11l so that the reception signal flows to the personal computer 13 side.

Next, in step S2, since this is different from a normal conversation, the caller presses a button on an external telephone to press a predetermined number indicating message registration, for example "0". The dial identification device 2 receives the signal. In step S3, if the signal (number) is predetermined, the process advances to step S4; if not, the line is disconnected in step Sll. In step S4, the message to be registered is uttered by the speaker, and the voice signal is digitized by the converter 3 and stored in the external storage device 7.

Next, in step S5, the dial identification device 2 receives the telephone number of the destination input by the caller using the button, recognizes the number, and stores it in the external storage device 7 in association with the voice data described above.

Next, in step S6, the transmission time input by the speaker is similarly stored in the external storage device 7. At this point, the operation for one message ends.

If you wish to register more than one message, skip step S7 and proceed to step S8, and if the same message is acceptable,
If the message is different from the time setting in step S5, the process returns to step S4. When everything is completed in step S7, the line is disconnected in step S9.

In step S10, the personal computer 13 checks a built-in timer (not shown) and, at a designated time, instructs the external storage device 7 to transmit a digitized signal of the stored audio. Therefore, this digitized signal is converted into audio by the converter 3,
Sent to the other party via NCUI.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the present invention, it is possible to manually set a message, the telephone number of the other party, and the call time to the voicemail device from an external telephone without dialing the other party one by one. As a result, the voice mail user can instruct the voice mail to send a message at any desired time from anywhere.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of a configuration in an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an example of the external appearance in an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an example of a control procedure in an embodiment of the present invention. It is. 1...NCU. 2...Dial number identification device, 3...Converter, 4...Telephone, 7...External storage device, 13...Personal computer.

Claims (1)

[Claims] In a voice mail device that converts information stored in a storage procedure into an audio signal and transmits it via a communication line, the audio signal sent from a telephone used by a sender via the communication line is provided. receiving means for receiving information; identification means for identifying the dialed number from the voice signal received by the receiving means based on the tone of the dial on the telephone; 1. A voice mail device comprising: setting means for setting at least one of a destination telephone number and a sending time of information stored in the means.