KR20000008120A - Remaining memory amount guiding method of memory of automatic answering machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method is provided to prevent the case that a user cannot store the received important messages by setting up an automatic answering mode and going out without knowing that the amount of a memory lacks. CONSTITUTION: The method is composed of a central process device(100) for; searching whether the user demands for setting up the automatic answering mode through a manipulation panel(104); performing a 202 step if the user demands for setting up the automatic answering mode through the manipulation panel and performing a corresponding action by moving onto a 218 step if not; searching whether an out going message exists in a memory unit(102) at a 202 step; moving onto a 206 step if the out going message exists and moving onto a 204 step if not.

Description

How to tell how much memory is left in your answering machine's memory

The present invention relates to an answering machine, and more particularly, to a memory state guiding method of an answering machine.

In general, an answering device has a function of guiding a state of a voice message when it is stored in a memory, which indicates a number of newly stored voice messages.

As described above, the conventional automatic answering device guides the number of newly stored voice messages in guiding the state of the memory, causing the following problems.

First, only the number of newly recorded messages was notified, so the time to record a new message could not be known depending on the amount of memory remaining. Secondly, if a message was recorded in the memory and then only played back, the message was checked and the unnecessary message was not deleted. Even if there was no new message, the new message could not be stored. For example, if the storage time for storing a voice message in the memory is 10 minutes, and the memory is used for storing a non-new 10 minute voice message, the new voice message could not be stored. Therefore, only the number of new voice messages could not accurately determine the amount of memory remaining.

For this reason, the user cannot accurately check the amount of memory remaining. As a result, when a user sets out the auto answer mode with a very small amount of memory remaining and goes out, one or two new messages may not be able to store the important messages actually needed.

As described above, in the related art, the memory state of the answering machine cannot be accurately known, and thus the user can set the answering mode and go out without knowing that the amount of memory is insufficient. In this case, one or more new messages may be difficult to store important messages that are actually needed.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to guide the remaining memory of the memory in the automatic answering device to prevent the user from setting the automatic answering mode without knowing that the memory is insufficient and going out to receive and store important messages required To provide a method for guiding the remaining memory amount of the memory of the answering machine.

1 is a block diagram of an answering machine to which the present invention is applicable;

2 is a flowchart of a method of guiding the remaining memory amount of a memory according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a method for retrieving the remaining memory amount, guiding the remaining memory amount, and providing the automatic response after the user requests the user to set the automatic response mode through the operation panel. And setting the mode.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. While many specific details are set forth in the following description and in the accompanying drawings, to provide a more general understanding of the invention, these specific details are illustrated for the purpose of illustrating the invention and are not meant to limit the invention thereto. And a detailed description of known functions and configurations that may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention will be omitted.

Referring to Fig. 1 showing a block diagram of an answering machine, which is a type of an answering machine, the central processing unit 100 controls the answering machine as a whole, in particular a memory according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. A processing program according to the remaining memory amount guidance method of the processor is performed. The memory unit 102 stores the response message and the message from the public telephone network, and stores the processing program of the central processing unit 100. The operation panel 104 includes keys for commanding various operations and a display device for displaying information according to the control of the CPU 100. The line interface unit 106 is a public telephone network connection portion for connecting an answering machine to a public telephone network, and includes a telephone circuit and the like. The voice processing unit 108 synthesizes the data read out from the memory unit 102 and outputs it to the speaker SPK or transmits it to a public telephone network.

2 shows a flowchart of a method for guiding the remaining memory amount of memory applicable to the answering machine, and the central processing unit 100 searches whether the user requests setting of the answering machine mode through the operation panel 104. . At this time, the central processing unit 100 proceeds to step 202 if the user requests setting of the auto-answer mode through the operation panel 104, otherwise proceeds to step 218 to perform the corresponding operation.

In step 202, the central processing unit 100 searches whether there is an Out Going Message (hereinafter referred to as OGM) in the memory unit 102. At this time, the central processing unit 100 proceeds to step 206 if there is an OGM, otherwise proceeds to step 204 to read a message from the memory unit 102 requesting the OGM registration from the memory unit 102 to obtain the speaker SPK. Output through In step 206, the central processing unit 100 searches for the remaining amount of memory in the memory unit 102. Thereafter, the central processing unit 100 proceeds to step 208 to guide the retrieved remaining memory amount. In this case, the remaining memory amount guidance method may be used by replacing the remaining memory amount with a percentage or a time for storing a new message, and then displaying the percentage or the time on the display device of the operation panel 104. It may also be used to store the message for the remaining amount of memory in the memory unit 102 in advance and output the message through the speaker SPK.

After the guidance of the remaining memory amount, the central processing unit 100 performs steps 210 to 214 to read the OGM from the memory unit 102 and output the OGM through the speaker SPK. In this way, the OGM is output so that the user can check the registered OGM. When the output of the OGM is completed, the central processing unit 100 proceeds to step 216 to set the automatic response mode and end.

As described above, the present invention enables the user to check the remaining memory amount by guiding the remaining memory amount when the automatic answering mode is set in the answering machine. This prevents the user from being able to set the auto answer mode without knowing the amount of remaining memory.

As described above, the present invention does not describe a case in which the automatic answering device accurately guides the remaining amount of memory in the memory so that the user does not know that the amount of memory is insufficient and sets the automatic answering mode and does not receive and store important messages required by going out. There is an advantage to preventing.

Claims (6)

In the method of guiding the remaining memory amount of the memory of the answering machine, When the user requests setting to the auto answer mode through the operation panel, retrieving the remaining memory amount; Guiding the remaining amount of memory; And setting the auto answering mode to the remaining memory amount of the auto answering device. The method of claim 1, wherein in guiding the remaining memory amount, And guiding a message about the remaining amount of memory through a speaker. The method of claim 1, wherein in guiding the remaining memory amount, And displaying the remaining amount of memory on a display device to guide the remaining amount of memory. The method of claim 1, wherein in guiding the remaining memory amount, And a method of guiding the remaining memory amount of the memory of the answering machine. The method of claim 1, wherein in guiding the remaining memory amount, And guiding the remaining memory amount to a time at which a new voice message can be stored. In the method of guiding the remaining memory amount of the memory of the answering machine, When the user requests setting to the auto answer mode through the operation panel, retrieving the remaining memory amount; Guiding the remaining amount of memory; Reading out the message from the memory after the guide and outputting the message; And setting the auto answering mode to the auto answering mode after outputting the message.