KR19980023207A - How to send a recording timeout message from an answering machine - Google Patents

Abstract

end. The technical field to which the invention described in the claims belongs:

The present invention relates to a method for transmitting a recording time end announcement message from an answering machine.

I. The technical problem the invention is trying to solve:

The conventional answering machine cannot send out a specific sound and forcibly cuts off the call loop when the recording time is over, so that the counterpart user cannot accurately grasp the current operating state of the answering machine.

All. The gist of the solution of the invention:

Method of sending a recording time end announcement message to inform the voice that the recording time is over when the predetermined time for recording the received voice message when the automatic answering function is performed in a telephone equipped with an answering machine.

la. Important uses of the invention

Telephone with answering machine.

Description

How to send the end of recording time message from an answering machine

The present invention relates to a method of transmitting a recording time end announcement message in an answering machine, and more particularly, to a method of transmitting a message indicating that the recording time is terminated when the recording time set by the user in the answering machine mode elapses.

In general, an answering machine switches to an answering mode by a predetermined number of rings and sends an outgoing message (OGM) to record a voice (ICM: In Coming Message) received for a predetermined time. .

In a conventional automatic answering machine, when a predetermined time for recording an incoming voice (ICM: In Coming Message) elapses, an end tone is sent to the opposite party, and then the automatic answering mode is terminated.

For example, if the predetermined time is set to 1 minute, the answering machine sends an OGM in response to a predetermined number of rings, and records the ICM received during the 1 minute. After 1 minute, the answering machine cuts off the call loop after transmitting an end sound such as a beep sound.

The above-described conventional answering machine has a problem in that the counterpart user cannot accurately grasp the current operating state of the answering machine by forcibly interrupting the call loop after transmitting a specific sound when the recording time is over.

Accordingly, the present invention provides a method for setting the recording time of the auto answer mode by the user and guiding the end of the recording time by voice.

1 is a block diagram of an answering machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a control flowchart for transmitting a recording time end announcement message according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, a configuration according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

Referring to Figure 1, the configuration of an answering machine according to an embodiment of the present invention, the control unit 110 controls the overall operation of the telephone with an answering machine. The call circuit unit 114 controls the tone signal and the call voice signal transmitted and received through the telephone line under the control of the controller 110. In addition, the control unit 110 under the control of the switching unit. The hook relay 112 is switched by lifting the handset and forms or blocks a call path between the call circuit 114 and the public telephone network. The ring detector 116 detects a ring that is received through a public telephone network and provides a ring detection signal to the controller 110. The answering machine includes a DSP 120, a codec 118, and a voice memory 122, and under the control of the controller 110 according to a key input, records or plays an OGM or records or plays an ICM. The DSP 120 performs digital signal processing on the digital signal input and output to the codec 118. The voice memory 122 records the OGM or ICM provided through the DSP 120. The speaker 124 outputs an electric voice signal received through a public telephone network or an electric voice signal reproduced by the answering machine as an audible sound. The microphone 126 converts the voice input from the outside into an electrical signal and outputs the electrical signal. The display unit 128 displays the current operating state of the answering machine. The key input unit 130 generates key commands and key data for controlling the operation of the answering machine by the user. The key input unit 118 includes a memo key 132 and a recording key 134 for controlling the operation of the answering machine, a function key 136 for setting functions provided in the answering machine, numeric keys, special keys, and the like. It consists of key metrics that include.

Referring to Figure 2 describes the process of sending the recording time end announcement message according to an embodiment of the present invention, the process of setting the recording time according to the recording time setting request, the recording time end according to the recording time end guide message recording request Recording the announcement message; and if the incoming ring is detected a predetermined number of times, the OGM is sent, and when the ICM recording of the predetermined time is completed, the recording time end announcement message is sent.

Hereinafter, an operation according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the above-described configuration.

The controller 110 performs steps 210, 214, and 216 in the standby state. In step 210, a ring incoming from the public telephone network is detected through the ring detector 116. In step 214, key data for setting a predetermined time for ICM recording is detected from the key input unit 130. In operation 216, it is detected whether key data requesting recording of the recording time end announcement message is input.

If the controller 110 detects key data corresponding to the recording time setting request in step 214, the controller 110 proceeds to step 218 to perform a recording time setting mode. An example of a recording time setting mode performed by the recording time setting request will be described below. First, the function key 136 is input to request recording time setting. Then, the * key is input and the recording time is set by using a numeric key in minutes. If the recording time is entered by pressing the numeric key 1, 1 minute is set, and when 2 is input, 2 minutes is set. After the recording time is input, the function key 136 is input again to set the input recording time and to end the recording time setting mode. The controller 110 controls the display unit 128 to display the set recording time for a predetermined time (about 2 seconds to 3 seconds) and then flashes to allow the user to recognize the set recording time.

On the other hand, if the key data for requesting the recording of the recording time end announcement message is detected in step 216, the process proceeds to step 220 and performs the recording time end announcement message recording mode. For example, the recording time end announcement message recording mode performed by the recording time end announcement message recording request will be described. First, a memo key 132, a function key 136, and a recording key 134 are sequentially input to request a recording time end announcement message, and then the announcement message is input through the microphone 126. The guidance message input through the microphone 126 is signal-processed as a digital signal through the codec 118 and the DSP 120 and recorded in the voice memory 122. Sorry for the example of the above message. You cannot record because the recording time has elapsed. Please call again. Same as After recording the recording time end announcement message, the # key and the function key 136 are sequentially input to set the recorded announcement message, and then the recording time end announcement message recording mode ends.

When the ring incoming call is detected in step 210, the controller 110 detects whether a predetermined number of ring incoming calls occur in step 212. If the handset is hooked off before the predetermined number of ring calls are made, a voice call function is performed. On the other hand, if the hook-off is not detected until a predetermined number of rings are received, the controller 110 proceeds to step 222 to form an auto-answer call loop. When the call loop is formed, the controller 110 controls the DSP 120 to transmit the recorded OGM to the voice memory 122 in step 224, and then proceeds to step 226. In step 226, the controller 110 controls the DSP 120 to digitally process the ICM received through the public telephone network and record the digital signal in the voice memory 122. While the ICM is being recorded, the controller 110 drives a timer provided therein to detect whether the recording time set in steps 214 and 218 ends. Since the automatic answering function performed after the call loop is formed by the automatic answering mode is a commercialized technology, detailed description thereof will be omitted.

If it is detected in step 228 that the recording time has elapsed, the controller 110 proceeds to step 230 and transmits a recording time end guide message recorded in steps 216 and 220. The process of transmitting the recording time end announcement message is performed through the same process as the process of transmitting the OGM. When the transmission of the recording time end announcement message is completed, the controller 110 proceeds to step 232 to block the auto-answer call loop formed in step 222 and ends the function according to the present invention.

As described above, the present invention has an effect of providing convenience to the other party using the answering machine by reliably informing the other party of the end of the recording time by the automatic answering mode so as to make sure that the recording time is finished.

Claims (2)

In the method for providing a notification message for notifying the end of the recording time in a telephone equipped with an answering machine, The method of transmitting a recording time end message in the answering machine, characterized in that the voice is notified that the recording time is over when the predetermined time for recording the received voice message when the automatic answering function is performed. In the method for providing a notification message for notifying the end of the recording time in a telephone equipped with an answering machine, A recording time setting process of setting a recording time according to a user's request for recording time setting; Ending message recording process of recording a recording timeout announcement message at the user's recording time end announcement message request; Receiving voice message recording process of performing the automatic response function by a predetermined number of ring incoming calls to record the voice message received during the set recording time; The method of transmitting a recording time end announcement message in an automatic answering machine, characterized in that the end of the announcement message is sent to the end of the process of transmitting the recorded recording time end announcement message when the set recording time ends.