JPS6360659A - Key telephone system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To generate an alarm based on a talking charge by providing a means setting an excess charge amount for each telephone set. CONSTITUTION:When a prescribed key input for excess charge amount setting is given by a keyboard 1 of an extension, the data is inputted to a control means 6. The means 6 extracts an excess charge amount data from a telephone table of a memory 7 and displays it on a display device 19. In this case, 500Yen is displayed. In applying key input in a form of, e.g., 5, 2, 0, # as a new data to the displayed value 500Yen, the display is changed into 520Yen and contents of the memory 7 is rewritten into 520. Every time a talking charge amount is incremented by an excess charge during trunk line talking, an alarm is outputted from a speaker 11 and the display device 19 blinks the talking charge amount for a prescribed time. 15, talking system 14, link switch 5,4 data transmission means 3, control means 2, key input detection means 13, talking system 10, alarm output driver 8, display device driver a, to trunk line b, pushbutton telephone set (extension number n) d, extension number 1 c,master set.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] An industrial field of application The present invention relates to a button telephone device with a display.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, this type of button telephone device does not issue a call alarm based on the call charge, but instead issues a warning sound every time a certain period of time elapses, in the form of a long call alarm based on the duration of the call. The method was to output it.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention Therefore, in the above-mentioned conventional button telephone device, the alarm sound is based on the duration of the call, so it is difficult to regulate the essential call charges, and the alarm sound does not suddenly sound. When a sound occurs, there is a problem in that the user cannot clearly understand why the sound is generated.

The present invention is intended to solve these conventional problems, and aims to provide an excellent key telephone device that has a simple configuration and issues a warning based on call charges.

Means for Solving the Problems In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an alarm sound output means based on the call charge, and is configured to notify the user of this through sound and display using the alarm output. It is.

Therefore, according to the present invention, it is necessary to set, for each telephone, how much charges must be exceeded before the alarm function is delayed. If the set charge is exceeded (-1), an alarm sound and an alarm display can be automatically generated, which has the effect of clearly communicating the alarm status to the user.

Example FIG. 1 shows the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, 1 is a keyboard, and the data inputted by this keyboard 1 is transmitted to the key force detection means 2.
The data is detected by the control means 3 and transmitted to the control means 6 via the data transmission means 4.5, where it is decoded and controlled. 9
is a display device, which is driven by a display driver 8 based on data from the control means 3. Reference numeral 11 denotes a speaker, which outputs an alarm sound based on the data from the control means 3 and the output of the alarm sound output driver 10. This speaker 11 is also connected to output the audio of the communication system 13. 12 is a handset, through a telephone line 13, a link switch 14, a telephone system 15,
Connected to the central office line.

FIG. 2 shows the structure of the telephone table in the memory 7 shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 shows the charging table.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be explained.

First, the excess charge amount is set for each telephone.

This setting is made for each telephone. Now, a case will be explained in which the excess billing amount is set on the telephone with extension number 1. When a predetermined keystroke for setting an excess billing amount is performed on the keyboard 1, the data is inputted to the control means 6 through the keystroke detection means 2, the control means 3, and the data transmission means 4.5. The control means 6 retrieves the excess billing amount data from the data section of the telephone with extension number 1 in the telephone table (■) in the memory 7, and sends the data to the data transmission means 5.4, the control means 3, and the display driver 8. It is displayed on the display 9 through the display. In this case, 500 yen is displayed. For that 500 yen, new data is 5.2.
If you press the key in the form of 0 or #, the display will change to 520 yen, and it will be displayed for a certain period of time. At the same time, it is transmitted through the key input detection means 2, the control means 3, the data transmission means 4.5, and the control means 6 to the data section of the telephone with extension number 1 in the telephone table of the memory 7 (see Figure 2). and its contents are rewritten to 520. Then, the mode for setting excess charges is canceled by the input information of #. Excess billing amounts can also be newly set for telephones with extension numbers other than No. 1 through the operations and operations described above.

Next, the output of an alarm sound and the flashing of the call charge amount on the display will be explained in accordance with the flowchart shown in FIG. 4, which are performed for each excess charge amount when a local line call is made.

Here, the target is the telephone with extension number 1.

The flowchart shown in FIG. 4 shows that the control means 6
This is a process that is controlled every 5ec.

In step 1 of FIG. 4, the control means 6 refers to the telephone with extension number 1 in the telephone table of the memory 7, and checks whether or not it is "in charge". “Paying”
If so, proceed to step 4; otherwise, proceed to step 2, and check the box for the telephone with extension number 1 in the telephone table. It is checked whether the state of the telephone with extension number 1 is in the state of a telephone call. If not, the process moves to step 8. If so, the process moves to step 3 and the memory 7 is stored. (2) Extract the telephone number of the other party currently in use, search for that station number in the billing table in memory 7 (see Figure 3), and search for that station number (;
Set the corresponding charge amount per minute to ■ in memory 7,
Set ■ in memory 7 to "billing". In step 8, the memory 7 is cleared of ■, ■, and ■.

In step 4, billing is actually performed. Check whether the contents of ■ of the telephone with extension number 1 in the telephone table of memory 7 (see Figure 2) are incremented by one minute, and if so, the contents of memory 7 are
Add the contents of ■ to ■ and ■, respectively. In step 5, the display of the cumulative billing amount indicated by ■ in the memory 7 is blinked and lit. In the telephone table of memory 7,
When the 5 sec timer flag of [Phase] of the telephone with extension number 1 is on, the control means 6 sends ■ in the memory 7 as blinking data to the data transmission means 5.4, the control means 3, and the display driver 81. It is displayed on the display 9,
When the 5 sec timer flag of (2) is off, the control means 6 sends (1) in the memory 7 as lighting data to the data transmission means 5.4, the control means 3, and the display driver 8, and displays it on the display 9. On the other hand, if t see has elapsed, t s
Turn off the ec timer flag.

In step 6, an alarm is output for each excess charge amount and the call charge amount on the display flashes, and the charge amount indicated by ■ in the memory 7 is greater than or equal to the excess charge amount indicated by ■ in the memory 7. 1: Check whether it has happened or not. If the billing amount exceeds the excess billing amount, the process moves to step 7; otherwise, the process moves to step 8.

In step 7, in the telephone table of the memory 7, the symbol ``■'' of the telephone with extension number 1 is cleared, and the [Phase] flag is turned on. The control means 6 also includes data transmission means 5.4.
, the control means 3 and the alarm sound output driver 10 send out alarm sound data, and the speaker 11 sends out the alarm sound.

In step 9, the above-described process is performed on the next telephone. In this case, the process is transferred to the telephone with extension number 2. When the process is completed for all installed telephones, the flowchart shown in FIG. 4 ends, but 125
After m see, start again. On the other hand, the information that the handset is on or the monitor button is off is transmitted to the handset 12, the communication system 13, the control means 3, and the data transmission means 4.
．． 5. The control means 6 or the input to the control means 6 in the form of the keyboard 1, the key force detection means 2, the control means 3, the data transmission means 4.5, the control means 6, the control means 6 inputs information to the telephone table in the memory 7. At this point, the data "Billing in progress" stored in the part (■) of the telephone with extension number 1 is canceled.

According to the above embodiment, if the excess charge amount is set for each telephone, an alarm sound will be output from the speaker each time the call charge exceeds the excess charge amount during a call to a central office line. However, on the display, the call charge amount can be flashed for a certain period of time (here, t see ).

Effects of the Invention As is clear from the above examples, the present invention has the following effects.

(1) It is versatile because the excess charge amount, which is the standard when operating the alarm function, can be freely set for each telephone.

(2) Since the alarm function is based on charges, the sense of alarm is stronger compared to when it is based on time.

(3) Since the alarm function uses both sound and display,
It is possible to clearly convey the intended purpose to the user.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of a button telephone device with a display according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a telephone table in the memory used in the device, and FIG. Figure 4 is an explanatory diagram of the charging table in the memory used.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the device. 1...keyboard, 2...key human power detection means, 3.
...control means, 4.data transmission means, 5.data transmission means, 6.control means, 7.memory, 8.
...Display device driver, 9...Display device, 10...Alarm sound output driver, 11...Speaker, 12...Handset, 13-Telephone system, 14...Link switch, 15... Telephone system. Name of agent: Patent attorney Toshi Nakao
8 - Suspicion (Figure 3, Figure 4)

Claims (1)

[Claims] A means is provided to set the excess charge amount for each telephone, and the set excess charge amount and the call charge amount calculated based on the call charge table by region and the call time counting timer are referred to during a telephone call. However, each time the call charge increases by the excess charge amount, the button telephone device outputs an alarm sound from the speaker and causes the call charge data to blink for a certain period of time on the display.