KR100349490B1 - Entertainer for telephone and method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention connects a separate advertisement generator 20 between the trunk line 3 and the extension 4, the advertisement generator 20 is connected to the extension 4 and the trunk line 3 of the processor 22 A switch 21 for switching to control, a tone decoder 23 for decoding the tone signal of the telephone 1 so that the processor 22 can recognize, and a tone generator for generating a tone signal recognized by the processor 22 ( 24), a memory 25 for storing the contents of the advertisement, and an indicator 26 including a display unit 26 for receiving the data from the processor 22 and displaying the advertisement time and the available call time. .

In addition, the present invention connects the advertising device between the telephone line and the CO line, and if the advertising device receives the standby state (S10) for the subscriber phone to operate normally, if the tone signal occurs in the transmission state, not the reception state, and connects to the CO line. Sending an advertising message until the other party picks up the handset, and when the call is initiated, adds the advertisement listening time to the toll-free time, starts the call, and then returns to the initial stage when the call ends (S20) ), If the user presses a button to listen only to the advertisement, not the transmission, it performs a self advertisement listening step (S30) that cuts off the trunk line and transmits the stored advertisement data and adds the transmitted time to the existing free call time. It provides a phone advertising method characterized in that.

Description

Telephone advertisement apparatus and method {Entertainer for telephone and method eg}

The present invention relates to a telephone advertisement apparatus, wherein a separate advertisement generator is connected between a trunk line and an extension of the telephone, and the advertisement generator includes a switch for switching the connection of the extension and the trunk line to processor control, and a tone signal of the telephone. A tone decoder to decode the signal to be recognized, a tone generator for generating a tone signal recognized by the processor, a memory for storing the advertisement contents, and an indicator for receiving the data from the processor and displaying the advertisement time and the talk time. The present invention relates to a telephone advertisement device and a method for making a free call without modifying a protocol of a communication construction.

In general, a telephone allows one subscriber to a telephone connection exchange provider (for example, the Korea Telecom Corporation) to call another subscriber's number with a different number by using the operator's exchange to talk to each other. Recently, a mobile phone through a wireless carrier is used. In recent years, music and guidance are provided during calls to appease the free phone calls. These services are supported and operated by the Korea Telecom Corporation, and most of them are unable to use these services because they require considerable additional costs for SMEs and founders.

Recently, a telephone has been developed to add a memory means to a telephone to listen to a memory voice or music, which stores a ringing ringtone and then outputs a ringing tone such as a ringtone. A telephone for outputting an advertisement sound by using this principle has also been developed: rectifying means (10, 11), signal detecting means (12), driving connected to the tip and ring terminals (Ring) of the telephone. It comprises a pulse generating means 13, a memory means 14, a sound output means 15 and a speaker 16. The rectifying means 10 made of a bridge diode rectifies the input signal or removes impulse noise and outputs the signal to the signal detecting means 13. The output signal detects the pick up sound from the switch side by the signal detecting means 12 and supplies it to the sound output means 15. At the same time, when a 20-held call request signal is input through the tip terminal and the ring terminal, the call request signal is supplied to the driving pulse generating means 13 via the rectifying means 11. The driving pulse generating means 13 generates a square wave signal from the supplied signal and supplies it to the memory means 14. The memory means 14 is driven in accordance with the square wave signal generated by the driving pulse generating means 13 to supply the pre-stored data (for example, data such as a corporate advertisement sound message) to the sound output means 15. The sound output means 15 converts the electrical signal input from the memory means 14 into a voice signal and outputs the voice signal, so that the user can hear the message through the speaker 16.

However, this type of phone has a problem of increasing the cost because it is necessary to add a separate circuit inside the phone to implement the function, there is a problem that can not be used in the existing phone.

In addition, when the advertisement is heard through an exchange (communication work), a method of calculating the call rate by reducing the communication fee has been proposed, but it is difficult to install and use because it requires the cooperation of the communication work.

The present invention is intended to solve this, an object of the present invention is to connect a separate advertising device between the extension of the phone and the CO line and the advertiser can save the time of listening to the advertisement to notify the advertiser at the request of the advertiser to receive the advertising fee It is to provide a telephone advertising device to be installed separately in the phone of the.

To this end, the present invention connects a separate advertising device between the trunk line and the extension of the phone, the advertisement device is a switch for connecting and blocking the station and the trunk line and a memory for generating an advertisement sound and a processor for controlling the function of the switch and memory It is configured to include.

1 is a configuration diagram of an auxiliary voice generator of a typical telephone;

2 is a schematic configuration diagram illustrating the present invention;

3 is a circuit diagram of the present invention;

4 is a flowchart of the present invention.

Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings

20; advertisement generator 21; switch

22; Processor 23; Tone Decoder

24; tone generator 25; memory

26; indicator

That is, the present invention connects a separate advertisement generating device between the trunk line and the extension of the telephone, and the advertisement generating apparatus switches a switch that switches the connection of the extension and the trunk line to processor control, and decodes the tone signal of the telephone to be recognized by the processor. It comprises a tone decoder, a tone generator for generating a tone signal recognized by the processor, a memory for storing the content of the advertisement, and an indicator for receiving the data from the processor to display the advertisement time and call time.

The control method of the present invention for this purpose is a waiting step for the subscriber phone to operate normally when the reception state,

If the tone signal occurs in the transmission state, not in the reception state, connect with the CO line and send an advertisement message until the other party picks up the receiver and makes a call.When the call starts, the advertisement listening time is added to the toll-free time and the call starts. The call and listen stage, which returns to the initial stage when the call ends,

If the user presses a button to listen to an advertisement instead of a transmission, the telephone comprises a self-listening step of blocking a trunk line, transmitting the stored advertisement data, and adding the time to the existing free call time. To provide an advertisement listening device.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

Fig. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram showing an installation state of the present invention, in which an operation of the switch 2, which is in charge of the connection between the individual telephones 1 and each telephone 1, and the operation of the switch 2 and the telephone 1 is intermediate. In the switch is configured to include an advertisement generator 20 to generate an advertisement other than a call.

FIG. 3 is a circuit diagram of the advertisement generator 20 of FIG. 2, and a separate advertisement generator 20 is connected between the trunk line 3 and the internal station 4, and the advertisement generator 20 is the extension 4. ), A switch 21 for switching the connection of the trunk line 3 to the control of the processor 22, a tone decoder 23 for decoding the tone signal of the telephone set 1 so that the processor 22 can recognize it, and a processor The tone generator 24 which generates the tone signal recognized by the 22, the memory 25 storing the advertisement contents, and the indicator 26 for receiving the data from the processor 22 and displaying the advertisement time and the talkable time. )

Figure 4 is a flowchart of the present invention, the waiting step (S10) for the subscriber phone to operate normally when the reception state,

If the tone signal occurs in the transmission state, not in the reception state, connect with the CO line and send an advertisement message until the other party picks up the receiver and makes a call.When the call starts, the advertisement listening time is added to the toll-free time and the call starts. Call and ad listening step to return to the initial stage when the call ends (S20),

If the user presses a button to listen to the advertisement, not the transmission, it performs a self advertisement listening step (S30) that cuts off the trunk line and transmits the stored advertisement data and adds the transmitted time to the existing free call time.

The call and advertisement listening step (S20), when the transmission after the waiting step 10 to generate a tone signal by pressing the telephone number to be transmitted (S21), generates a tone signal to receive the advertisement until the other party lifts the handset The processor recognizes the listening time and adds it to the existing free talk time (S22), and when the other party picks up the handset, stops advertising and connects the call to calculate the talk time (subtracts the talk time by subtracting the talk time from the free talk time). Display the available time and the time of the call so that the user can know how much to listen to the advertisement.) The call connection step (S23) of returning to the initial mode is performed.

The self-listening step (S30) checks whether the user presses only the setting button (for example, # button) by picking up the handset (S31), and when it is confirmed that the setting button is pressed, cuts off the trunk line and sends out the stored advertising message. (S32). In addition, by calculating the time to send the advertising message to the free call time is added to the outgoing time to display the free call available time and return to the initial mode (S33). If the setting button is not pressed in the step S31, the process returns to the initial stage and waits for the next instruction.

According to the present invention configured as described above, the switch 21 of the advertisement generating device 20 is turned on so that the caller picks up the handset so that the caller hears the signal transmitted from the switchboard 2, and the trunk line 3 and the extension 4 are turned on. The processor 22 controls this so that it can be directly connected (step S10). At this time, when the talker presses the shop (#) button of the phone (S31) and this signal is input to the processor 22 via the tone decoder 23, the processor 22 detects this and switches to the advertisement listening mode. In the present invention, the processor 22 turns off the switch 21 with an output signal through the output terminal P1 to cut off the connection with the trunk line 3, and converts the advertisement stored in advance into a digital signal in the memory 25 and stored in the processor 22. After converting to an analog signal via a digital analog converter embedded in the signal, the signal is sent to the telephone via the output port p1 and the switch 21 to the extension 4 (step S32). At this time, the advertisement listening time (memory advertisement output time) is calculated according to a timer built in the processor 22 of the present invention, stored in a separate address of the memory, and the advertisement 26 shows the advertisement listening time (step ( S33)). The process returns to the initial mode and waits for the next state (step S30). One of the features of the present invention is that the exchange service and billing through the exchange (2) is billed by the exchange operator (for example, Korea Telecom), but such services such as reduction of costs must change the entire protocol of telecommunications construction Although it costs a lot, the present invention uses a specific code from an advertising company (in fact, a company that recruits advertisers and attracts advertisements) (a code to give one hour of free calls, which can be recognized by pressing a normal button). If the processor 22 recognizes and notifies the advertising company of the stored advertisement listening time, and the advertising company performs the procedure of depositing the advertising fee to the account of the user who installs and uses the advertisement generating apparatus 20 based on this, eventually, It provides the effect of making a free call for the time corresponding to the time of hearing the advertisement, and the advertisement function without changing the communication protocol. The ever-line available.

When the caller inputs a general telephone number without pressing the button (#) of the telephone (call mode) (step S21), the processor incorporated in the present invention connects the switch to the telephone extension of the telephone and the trunk line of the exchange. In the connection waiting time with the advertisement is sent to calculate the advertisement delivery time and add the calculated time to the free talk time (step S22). When the caller is connected to the other party, the caller and the called party can talk, and the call duration is calculated to reduce the talk time from the previously stored advertisement listening time (free call time). The display is displayed on the display 26 (step S23). Through this, the caller can know the telephone fee by estimating the usage fee and the advertising fee.

At this time, whenever the caller presses the other party's phone number in the normal call mode, the present invention detects this and the processor 22 transfers the other party's number to the exchanger 2 via the trunk line 3 via the tone generator 24. The period until the sequential transmission and pressing the next telephone button is read in the present invention, the processor 22 reads the advertisement stored in the memory 25 and sends it to the caller through the processor 22 and the switch 21 to the trunk line 3. Listen to it. After the caller enters all of the other party's phone number, the call signal is sent to the other party's phone until the other party picks up the handset. 22) commands switch 21 to be connected to the caller and calculates the call time with a built-in timer (step S23).

When the telephone line is picked up by the other party on the trunk line 3, the tone signal recognition through the tone generator 24 is transmitted to the processor 22, and the processor 24 recognizes this and connects the switch 21 to the caller phone 1 To ring the bell.

The advertisement stored in the present invention converts the advertisement into digital in advance and stores it in the memory 25 of the present invention so that the advertisement can sometimes be updated as necessary.

There are several advertisements in the memory 25, and when the caller presses the button (#) of the telephone 1, the present invention detects this and instructs the caller to press the address of the advertisement to be heard using the telephone button (program) The caller enters the buttons 0-9 of the telephone 1 so that the advertisement corresponding to this address is reproduced as a sound on the telephone receiver of the telephone 1.

The present invention described above is not limited to the above-described embodiments and drawings, and various permutations, modifications, and changes can be made without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention. It will be apparent to those who have

As described above, the present invention connects a separate advertisement generating device between the extension and the trunk line of the phone, and the more time you hear the advertisement, the longer the free call time is set, the advertisement effect can be obtained, and the caller is free by listening to the advertisement. You can make a call (in fact, settle the call charge separately so that it is free). To this end, a processor is installed in the processor to offset the time of the call and the time of listening to the advertisement to continuously listen to the advertisement, and when the tone signal is generated by pressing the phone number to the other party, the advertisement is naturally listened instead of the tone signal. This can prevent boredom. In addition, the present invention displays the current call time and the accumulated available call time on the indicator so that it is possible to predict how to listen to the advertisement effectively to enable free calls to increase the advertising efficiency. In addition, the present invention checks the advertisement listening time by wire periodically (monthly interval) by the advertisement contractor operating the present invention without modifying a separate protocol for a communication construction that provides an exchange function (specifying a separate code). Since the processor may automatically transmit the operating time of the timer, omitting the illustration of the checking means, etc.), and depositing the corresponding fee into the account of the subscriber, the subscriber pays for the communication fee with the telecommunication construction company, but receives the order of operating the present invention. You will be rewarded with a fee from the vendor to eventually implement a free call. Therefore, in the detailed description, only the free talk time is shown.

Claims (2)

A separate advertisement generator 20 is connected between the trunk line 3 and the extension 4, and the advertisement generator 20 switches the connection of the extension 4 and the trunk line 3 under the control of the processor 22. And a tone decoder 23 for decoding the tone signal of the telephone set 1 so that the processor 22 can recognize the tone signal, and a tone generator 24 for generating the tone signal recognized by the processor 22. And a memory (25) for storing the contents of the advertisement, and an indicator (26) for receiving the data from the processor (22) for displaying the advertisement time and the callable time. When the advertising device is connected between the telephone line and the trunk line and the advertising device is in a waiting state, the waiting step (S10) for the subscriber phone to operate normally, If the tone signal occurs in the transmission state, not in the reception state, connect with the CO line and send an advertisement message until the other party picks up the receiver and makes a call.When the call starts, the advertisement listening time is added to the toll-free time and the call starts. Call and ad listening step to return to the initial stage when the call ends (S20), If the user presses a button to listen only to the advertisement, not the transmission, it cuts off the trunk line, transmits the stored advertisement data, and adds the transmitted time to the existing free call time. Phone advertising method.