JPS635652A - Card system telephone set - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To store dial information on plural parties stored in an entered valuable card, etc., and to retrieve and read them according to abbreviation numbers by storing dial information on plural parties stored in one variable card by giving relevance to said dial information and the abbreviation numbers. CONSTITUTION:The titled telephone set has a card information storage control means which reads and stores all contents in a dial information storage area out of the entered card, and a temporary storage control means temporarily storing dial information in the middle of calling and the dial information inputted through the prescribed operation. Said set is provided with a card information additional storage means which additionally stores dial information temporarily stored through a call termination operation or based on the prescribed storage command operation in the card information read by giving relevance to the abbreviation numbers inputted through the prescribed operation, and a card information write control means which writes card information additionally stored if necessary in the dial information storage area of the card that is returend to a user.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Field of the Invention) The present invention relates to a card telephone that is capable of storing dialing information for a plurality of parties to an inserted card.

(Summary of the Invention) In this invention, dial information for multiple destinations is stored in one value card, etc. in association with an abbreviated number, and any dial information can be subsequently read out based on the abbreviated number. It is.

(Summary of the Invention) As this type of card telephone, one that uses a so-called telephone card is known, and since it does not require cash such as coins when making a call, it is particularly suitable for use as a public telephone, and for this reason it has recently been widely used. It has come to be widespread.

The object of the present invention is to achieve higher functionality of this type of card telephone and to promote the use of the -layer.

(Object of the Invention) The object of the invention is to make it possible to store dial information for multiple destinations on an inserted value card, etc., and to make it possible to search and read out this information based on an abbreviated number. It is in.

(Structure and Effects of the Invention) In order to achieve the above object, the present invention includes a card information storage control means that reads and stores the entire contents of a dial information storage area from an inserted card, and dial information during a call or predetermined information. Temporary storage control means that temporarily stores dial information input by operation, and based on call termination operation or predetermined storage command operation,
Card information additional storage means for additionally storing temporarily stored dial information in association with the abbreviated number inputted in a predetermined operation and read out card information; The present invention is characterized by comprising a card information write control means for writing into the dial information storage area on the card to be returned.

According to such a configuration, it is possible to store dial information for multiple parties on one value card, etc., and read out arbitrary dial information based on the abbreviated number, which is shown in the embodiment. A convenient configuration such as automatic dialing can be adopted.

(Description of Embodiments) FIG. 1 is a front view showing the configuration of an operating section of a card telephone according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in the figure, the front panel of the operation unit has a degree display 1, a card slot 2, and a card slot 2, similar to conventional card telephones. Numerical keys that make up the numeric keypad 3゜# key 4. In addition to the X key 5, a record key 6 and a shortcut key 7 are newly provided especially in connection with the present invention.

As is well known, a separate card transport system is provided behind the card entrance/exit 2, and a magnetic reproducing head and a recording head are sequentially arranged in the middle of the system, and these are used to read and write information from the telephone card, which will be described later. will be carried out.

In addition, display device 1. The various keys 3 to 7 and other controls are controlled by a microcomputer mainly composed of a microprocessor, ROM, and RAM. Note that the basic configuration of a microcomputer is well known, so a description thereof will be omitted.

FIG. 2 shows an example of a telephone card used in this embodiment. This telephone card 8 is provided with two magnetic tracks 9 and 10, and the first track 9 has a charge information storage area. , the second track 10 is provided with a dial information storage area, respectively.

In the charge information storage area, frequency information such as 50 times is recorded at the time of telephone card purchase, and in the dial information storage area, through the recording process according to the present invention, as shown in FIG. Shortened number, and phone number,
and are stored as a pair for one destination.

Next, the operation of the apparatus of this embodiment will be systematically explained with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. 3 to 8.

As shown in FIG. 3, the telephone is constantly waiting for the handset to be removed.

In this state, the handset is removed (step 30).
When the card is inserted into the card slot 2 (step 3011), the card is transported to the reading head position by a known transport mechanism, and the card information is read (step 302).

Next, it is determined whether there is a remaining charge based on the charge information read from the first track 9, and if it is determined that there is no charge □ remaining (No in step 303), the card is loaded by the action of the conveyance mechanism from the card. The telephone card 8 is returned to the card slot 2 and returned to the user (step 304).

On the other hand, if it is determined that there is a charge remaining (step 3
03 (affirmative), a known key manual reception process is performed (step 305). In this key reception process, a key flag corresponding to the reception key is set, so that it is possible to later determine which key was manually operated.

Next, it is determined whether the record key 6, abbreviation key 7, or numeric key 3 has been pressed (steps 306 to 308), and whether the handset has been put down or whether the remaining charge is O (step 309).

If the record key 6 is pressed at this time (Yes at step 306), then dial information storage processing (step 310), which is the main part of the present invention, is executed.

FIG. 5 shows a key sequence performed by the user in dial information storage processing.

As shown in the figure, the user first presses the record key once, then inputs the one-digit abbreviation number, then the telephone number using the numerical keys, and finally presses the record key again.

Correspondingly, in the dial information storage process, as shown in FIG.
Step 3100), sequentially memorizes the input numerical values (step 3102), waits for the record key to be pressed (affirmative at step 3101), and stores the input abbreviation N.
FIFO o, and phone number to a predetermined write buffer
(step 3103).

If writing to the buffer is completed, then write to the buffer? By driving the write head with the content of the second track 10 of the inserted telephone card 8, the second
As shown in Figure (b), the shortened number and telephone number are written as a -pair.

At this time, step 310 is removed until the writing is completed.
5 (No), an abnormal sound is sent to the handset, and by hearing this abnormal sound, the user can confirm that rewriting is in progress.

- On the other hand, when the rewriting process to the telephone card is completed (step 3105 affirmative), a normal sound is sent to the handset (step 3107), so that the user can hear that the rewriting process has ended. This can be confirmed.

Next, returning to FIG. 3, key reception processing (step 305
), when it is confirmed that the shortcut key 7 has been pressed, (
step 307 affirmative), speed dial processing (step 3
11) is executed.

FIG. 7 shows the key sequence performed by the user in the abbreviated dialing process. First, the user only needs to press the abbreviated key once, and then press the one-digit number n corresponding to the abbreviated number.

Correspondingly, speed dial processing (step 311)
Now, as shown in FIG. 6, first perform key reception processing (step 3110), wait for numeric key 3 to be pressed (step 3111 affirmative), and change the input numeric value to the shortening number.
, and store it (step 3112>).

Next, the telephone number corresponding to the shortened number is searched from the aforementioned write buffer (step 3113).

As mentioned above, the write buffer contains the shortened number.

and telephone number are stored as a pair, and in the process of step 3113, the telephone number stored as a pair is searched based on the input abbreviated number. That's why.

As a result of this search, the telephone number corresponding to the abbreviated number.

is not stored in the write buffer or some hard error has occurred (step 31).
14 (affirmative), sends an abnormal tone to the handset (
step 3116). Thereby, the user can confirm through his/her ears that the speed dialing process has not functioned normally based on the abnormal sound.

On the other hand, if the search process (step 3113) is successfully performed (step 3114 negative), a known automatic dialing process is performed based on the searched phone number (step 3115), and the called party is contacted. line connection is possible.

Returning to FIG. 3, as a result of the key acceptance process (step 305), if it is confirmed that a numerical key has been pressed (step 308 affirmative), normal dialing process (step 312) is performed.

In this normal dialing process, as shown in FIG.
While repeating the key acceptance process (step 3120),
Confirm that the numeric key has been pressed (step 3121 affirmative), dial the entered numbers in order (step 3122), wait for line connection (step 3123).
(affirmative), which terminates the program.

Returning to FIG. 3, when a record key, abbreviated key, or a numeric key is pressed (steps 306 to 308), dial information recording processing (step 310), abbreviated dialing processing ( Either step 311) or normal dial processing (step 312) is selectively executed, and upon completion of execution, it is confirmed that the handset has been put down or that the remaining charge is O (step 313 negative), and then the process is repeated. A key acceptance process is performed (step 305).

- On the other hand, the handset is put down or the charge balance becomes O while confirming the input key contents (step 309 affirmative), or each process (steps 310, 3
11,312>, and it is confirmed that the handset has been put down or that the remaining charge is O (step 313), the line connection is severed and the telephone card is transferred to the user at the same time. is returned, and the process returns to step 300 again to return to the state of waiting for the handset to be removed.

In particular, in this embodiment, speed dial processing (step 311) or normal dial processing (step 312)
), even while the line is connected and the call continues, the key reception process (step 305) is repeatedly executed, so the dial information storage process (step 31) is repeated.
0) can be executed even during a call.

However, in this case, it is necessary to prohibit various key operation sounds from being sent to the handset.

In the above embodiment, the dial information storage process (step 310) is performed by newly providing a record key 6 and abbreviation key 7 to a commonly known telephone card type telephone.
, abbreviated dial processing (step 311), but it goes without saying that similar input operations can be performed using existing keys.

That is, since the # key 4 and the number key 5 are provided near the numerical key 3, for example, instead of the manual key sequence shown in FIG. 5, * * n 0 0
・Change this to ON and step 3 in Figure 3.
Instead of 060, a process is performed to determine whether the X key has been pressed twice. Also, instead of step 3101 in FIG.
Performs processing to determine whether a key has been pressed once.

In this way, dial information recording processing can be performed without providing a separate recording key 6.

In addition, the key manual sequence shown in FIG.
#nJ, and in the flowchart of FIG. 3, instead of step 307, a process for determining whether the # key has been pressed twice is performed. In this way, speed dial processing can be performed without providing a separate speed key 7.

Furthermore, in the flowchart shown in FIG. 3, if there is no charge remaining on the inserted telephone card (No in step 303), the card is immediately returned (step 304). As shown in the figure, if there is no charge remaining (step 303 negative)
, sending a warning tone to the handset (step 900);
After that, if cash is inserted within a predetermined time (step 901i), the process may proceed to the subsequent processing without returning the card.

In this way, the dialing information stored on the telephone card that has run out of charges can be effectively used like a telephone directory, and then the dialing information recording process or speed dialing process can be performed. can.

In addition, in the examples shown in FIGS. 3 to 8, during the dial information recording process (step 310), regardless of the call operation,
Although the phone number entered by a key is recorded separately, the phone number during the call itself may be recorded on the card instead.

In this case, as shown in FIG. 10, step 1000 is provided in the middle of the speed dialing process (see FIG. 6) to temporarily store the searched telephone number, and
As shown in the figure, the normal dialing process (see Figure 8)
A step 1000 is provided in the middle of the step 1000 to temporarily store the - series input numerical value as the telephone number.

Then, as shown in FIG. 12, a new determination process is provided in the middle of the flowchart in FIG. 3 to determine whether the ``Masu'' key has been pressed (step 1200), and a numeric value key following the * key operation is added. Confirm that it is pressed (Step 1)
2011), and the handset was placed down (
In step 1202), the abbreviated number input in step 1201 and the telephone number in use are written into the write buffer in a FIFO manner, and in step 1203>, the card information is rewritten with the contents of the write buffer. That's fine (step 1204).

If you do this, after pressing the X key in advance (step 1
200 (affirmative), the user only needs to input a single digit numeric key (step 1201), and as soon as the handset is put down (step 1202, affirmative), the active phone number N will be automatically displayed.
O, is the abbreviation number entered.

This will be written as a pair in the dial information storage area of the telephone card.

On the other hand, if you do not perform the above key operations,
In the same way as in the case of Figure 3, a separate key is manually operated for telephone N.
o, is stored regardless of the telephone number during the call.

Roughly speaking, in the examples shown in Figures 3 to 8, if it is confirmed that there are no charges remaining during a call, the line connection will be immediately disconnected and the call will be terminated. Even if it is a card, there are many other party's phone number N.
Considering that o, is stored, it is difficult to discard it.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 13, even if it is determined that there is no charge (step 1301) following the call charge collection process (step 1300), the additional card has already been inserted ( (Step 1302), if it is confirmed that there is a charge remaining on the additional card (Step 13
03 (Yes), the contents of the write buffer stored at that time are directly copied to the dial information storage area of the additional card (step 1304).

Then, if the handset is put down (step 1305)
1), the line is disconnected and the call is terminated.

According to this configuration, even if there is no charge remaining on the value card, all the dial information stored on the old card can be transferred to the new card by immediately inserting an additional card. This means that the dial information stored on the old card can be effectively used as is.

In the above embodiments, a magnetic card is shown as the telephone card, but it goes without saying that other recording media such as an IC card can also be used instead.

[BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS] FIG. 1 is a front view showing the configuration of the operating section of a card telephone according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a telephone card and dial information storage format, and FIG. A general flowchart showing a control program for a card telephone according to an embodiment, FIG. 4 is a detailed flowchart of dial information recording processing, FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a key sequence in dialing information recording operation, and FIG. 6 is abbreviated dial processing. A detailed flowchart, FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing a key sequence in speed dial operation, FIG. 8 is a detailed flowchart of normal dial processing, and FIG. 9 is a general flowchart similar to FIG. 3 showing another embodiment.
FIG. 10 is a diagram similar to FIG. 6 showing another embodiment, and FIG. 11 is a diagram similar to FIG.
The figures are similar to Fig. 8 showing another embodiment, Fig. 12 is a general flowchart similar to Fig. 3 showing another embodiment, and Fig. 13 is copying information of a used card to an additional card. 12 is a flowchart showing a control program of another embodiment. 2...Card entrance/exit 3...Numeric key 4...# key 5...X key 6...Record key 7...Speed key 8...Telephone card 9...Track 1 10...2nd track Figure 4 Figure 5 Figure 6 Figure 7 Figure 8 Figure 9

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) Card information storage control means that reads and stores the entire contents of the dial information storage area from the inserted card, and temporary storage control means that temporarily stores dial information during a call or dial information input by a predetermined operation. , based on a call end operation or a predetermined memory command operation,
Card information additional storage means for additionally storing temporarily stored dial information in association with the abbreviated number inputted in a predetermined operation and read out card information; A card telephone, comprising: card information writing control means for writing into a dial information storage area on a card to be returned.