KR930011651B1 - Received message forwarding method in automatic answering telephone - Google Patents

Abstract

This method records an incoming message and relays the message automatically to an subscriber on the automatic answering phone by dialing a reserved phone number. This method comprises (1) an incoming message recording process which when a ring signal is inputted, turns on "hook off" and outputs the 1st transmission message and records the incoming message; (2) an incoming message delivering process which after recording process, dials the phone number for delivering the preserved message, checks the pass-number, and if correct, sends the recorded incoming message but if not, proceeds to an ending process.

Description

How to Forward an Incoming Message from an Answering Phone

1 is a configuration of an answering machine system to which the present invention is applied.

2 is a conventional flow chart.

3 is a flow chart according to the present invention.

4 is a key pattern diagram according to the present invention.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an answering machine, and more particularly to a method for automatically delivering an incoming message to a remote user by dialing to a reserved message delivery phone number when there is an incoming message. It is about.

Currently, an answering machine that automatically answers incoming calls when the user is absent is widely used. The answering machine automatically answers an incoming call and sends an outgoing message recorded to the caller, and records the received message from the caller on a recording medium such as a magnetic tape. Accordingly, the user can come back to check the contents of the call from the outside by playing the recorded received message. In this case, the transmission message is, for example, to inform the caller that the user is absent and to convey when there is a delivery item.

1 is a general system configuration diagram of an answering machine as described above to which the present invention is applied, and performs a built-in program according to key input and controls a system (CUP: Central Processing Unit) 10. And a reset signal generator 12 for generating a reset signal at power on and applying it to the controller 10, a telephone number key and a plurality of function keys. A key pad 14 for providing a key input according to an operation to the controller 10, and an E2PROM (Electrically Erasable and Programmable ROM) that is accessed by the controller 10 to store and output data. 16, a ring detecting unit 18 connected to a tip terminal T and a ring terminal R of a general subscriber telephone line to detect a ring signal and inform the control unit 10, and the tip terminal T Is connected to the ring terminal R and receives a call function under the control of the controller 10. And receiving a voice signal input from the general subscriber telephone line and informing the controller 10 of the voice signal input and the dual tone multi frequency (DTMF) signal through the call channel 20. A DTMF signal 22 for decoding and informing the control unit 10, a dialer 24 for dialing through the call path unit 20 under the control of the control unit 10, and the call path An amplifier 26 for amplifying a signal input through the unit 20, an amplifier 28 for amplifying a signal to be transmitted to the general subscriber telephone line through the communication path unit 20, and the amplifier 26 A sixth switch S6 connected between an output terminal of the amplifier and the signal line 101 and switched by a sixth switching signal K6, and connected between an input terminal of the amplifier 28 and a signal line 102. The seventh switch S7 switched by the seventh switching signal K7 and the signal line 101. The amplifier 32 amplifies the call, the amplifiers 30 and 36 amplifying the signal of the signal line 102, and the fifth switching signal K5 is switched by the amplified output signal of the amplifier 32 Is switched by the fifth switch S5 for applying the speaker SP and the fourth switching signal K4, and the fourth switch S4 for applying the amplified output signal of the amplifier 32 to the head HD. ), A third switch S3 for switching the reproduction signal picked up by the head HD by a third switching signal K3, and an amplification of the reproduction signal switched by the third switch S3. An amplifier 34 output to the signal line 102, a first switch S1 connected between the microphone MC and the signal line 101 and switched by the first switching signal K1, and voice data A memory 38 for storing the stored voice data and analyzing the amplified output voice signal of the amplifier 36 and encoding the voice signal with the voice data. And a voice synthesizer 40 for synthesizing the voice data stored in the memory 38 into a voice signal, and amplifying the voice signal synthesized with the voice synthesizer 40. An amplifier 42 output to the signal line 102, a second switch S2 connected between the amplifier 42 and the signal line 101 and switched by a second switching signal K2; A tone detection unit 44 which detects each tone from the general subscriber telephone line input through the signal line 101 and provides it to the control unit 10, and the first-first control unit under the control of the control unit 10; A switch controller 46 which outputs the first to seventh switching signals for the switching control of the seven switches S1-S7, a display unit 48 which displays the operating state of the system under the control of the controller 10; And a deck controller 50 for controlling the driving of the deck by the control of the controller 10. All.

In the configuration of FIG. 1, the first to seventh switches S1 to S7 are all turned off by the control of the controller 10 during initialization.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a conventional confirmation of receipt of a received message, and is a flowchart of the control unit 10 in the configuration of FIG. 1.

Referring to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, a conventional method of recording a received message and a method of checking a recorded received message is as follows.

If the user operates the mode switch (not shown) of the system of FIG. 1 and sets the system to the auto answer mode, the control unit 10, which is a CPU, performs the ring detection unit 18 in step (A1) of FIG. Check the input from to check if the ring signal is input.

At this time, if a ring signal is input from the general subscriber telephone line through the tip terminal T and the ring terminal R, the ring detector 18 notifies the controller 10 that the ring signal is input. Then, the control unit 10 proceeds to step (A2) and controls the call path unit 20 to 'hook off' and then perform step (A3).

In the step (A3), the switch control section 46 is controlled to turn on the seventh switch S7 by the seventh switching signal K7, and then the voice synthesis section 40 is controlled to transmit the transmission message. Call to caller through subscriber's telephone line. At this time, the voice synthesis unit 40 reads the voice data of the transmission message stored in the memory 38 and synthesizes the voice signal. The contents of the transmission message are as described above.

The transmission message synthesized by the voice signal from the voice synthesis unit 40 is transmitted through a general subscriber telephone line through the path of the amplifier 42 → the seventh switch S7 → the amplifier 28 → the call path unit 20. Is sent to.

On the other hand, the voice data of the transmission message is stored in advance in the memory 38 by the user's key operation, the path of which is the microphone (MC) → the first switch (S1) → the amplifier (36) → the voice synthesizer (40) → Memory 38 is the operation of a typical answering machine.

As described above, when the transmission message according to the step (A3) is sent to the caller, if the caller is a general caller, the message is transmitted. If the user wants to check the received message remotely, the user presses a password. Then press the remote control command number to check the received message.

Therefore, after performing step (A3), it is checked whether a password is input in step (A4). At this time, if the DTMF signal according to the password pressed by the user, which is called from a remote site, is input to the DTMF receiver 22 through the call path unit 20 through the general subscriber telephone line, it is decoded by the DTMF receiver 22 and the control unit 10. ), The control unit 10 detects a password.

On the other hand, if a password is not input in step (A4), it is checked whether a received message is input in step (A5). At this time, if the transfer message from the caller, that is, the received message is input, the call path unit 20 detects a voice signal of the received message and informs the controller 10 that the received message is input.

If the reception message is not input in step A5, the process proceeds to step A14. If the reception message is input, step A6 is performed.

In the step (A6), the switch control unit 46 is controlled to turn on only the fourth and sixth switches S4 and S6 by the fourth and sixth switching signals, and the reception is controlled by controlling the deck controller 50. The message is recorded on the magnetic tape by the head HD. When the recording of the received message is completed, the process proceeds to step A14.

On the other hand, if the secret code is input in the step (A4), the seventh switch (S7) is turned off in step (A7) and the voice synthesizer 40 is controlled to stop transmission of the transmission message and the DTMF receiver 22 Detect a password that is decoded and input from Then, it is checked whether the detected password matches the password stored in the E? PROM 16 in step (A9).

If the secret code does not match in step (A9), the process proceeds to step (A14). If the password is correct, the process proceeds to step (A10) and receives a remote control command signal from the caller through the DTMF receiver 22. Here, the remote control command number is a DTMR signal received by a user calling his own answering phone from a remote place and pressing the corresponding telephone number key for remote control.

Next, in step (A11), if the received remote control command signal checks whether the received message confirm command is approved and performs the received message confirm command, step (A12) is performed. In the step (A12), the deck control unit 50 is controlled to rewind the tape on which the received message is recorded, and then play it from the beginning.

At the same time, the control unit 46 controls the switch control unit 46 to turn on the third and seventh switches S3 and S7 by the third and seventh switching signals K3 and K7 to receive the reproduced received message head HD. → the third switch S3 → the amplifier 24 → the seventh switch S7 → the amplifier 28 → the call path unit 20 is sent out to the user via the general subscriber telephone line. When the transmission of the received message is completed, step (A14) is performed.

In addition, if it is not the received message confirmation command in step (A11), step (A14) is performed after performing the corresponding remote control command in step (A13). In step (A14), the first to seventh switches S1 to S7 are all turned off and the call path 20 is controlled to be hooked on and returned.

As described above, after the user sets the answering machine to the answering machine mode, the user must make a phone call whenever necessary to confirm the received message as a remote control in order to check the received message at a remote location while going out.

Therefore, in the conventional answering machine, there is a problem of checking a received message at a remote location to make a call every time in order to check the contents of a received message which is unknown when received.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a method for automatically receiving an incoming message to a remote user by recording a dialed message and dialing a reserved message delivery phone number when there is an incoming message in the answering machine.

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

3 is a flow chart of a received message recording and external delivery function according to the present invention. In case of receiving a message in response to a call from the outside, the received message is recorded and the received message recorded by automatically dialing a reserved message delivery number. Indicates the process of sending out.

The system configuration for performing the flowchart of FIG. 3 is the same as that of FIG. 1 and the same reference numerals are used. Therefore, the flowchart of FIG. 3 is a flowchart of execution of the controller 10 of FIG.

4 is a pattern diagram according to the present invention, showing the key arrangement of the keypad 14.

An operation example of an embodiment according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the system configuration diagram of FIG. 1, the flowchart of FIG. 3, and the key pattern diagram of FIG.

First, the user reserves a message delivery telephone number to receive a received message when going out. At this time, there may be various ways to reserve the message delivery phone number. After pressing the password input key of the cap 14 having the key of the pattern as shown in FIG. 4 and entering the message delivery telephone number and pressing the password input key, the control unit 10 which is a CPU enters the message transmission telephone number. The E2PROM 16 is stored.

In addition, the first transmission message requesting that the user is absent and the delivery, and the voice for the transmission of the second transmission message informing the remote user of the incoming message by dialing the reserved message delivery telephone number if there is an incoming message. Save the data in advance.

At this time, the storage method is the same as in the conventional method described above, and the memory (38) → the first switch (S1) → the amplifier (36) → the voice compression unit 40 → the memory 38 through the path of the memory (38) ).

In the above state, the user operates the mode switch (not shown) of the system of FIG. 1 to set the auto answer mode, presses a message transfer telephone key among the key patterns shown in FIG. Then, the controller 10 checks the input from the ring detector 18 in step (B1) of FIG. 3 to check whether a ring signal is input.

At this time, if a ring signal is input from the general subscriber telephone line through the tip terminal T and the ring terminal R, the ring detector 18 notifies the controller 10 that the ring signal is input. Then, the control unit 1 proceeds to step (B2) to control the call path unit 20, 'hook off' and then performs the step (B3).

In step (B3), the switch control unit 46 is controlled to turn on the seventh switch S7 by the seventh switching signal K7, and then the voice synthesis unit 40 is controlled to generate the first transmission message. The call is sent to the caller through the general subscriber telephone line. At this time, the voice synthesis unit 40 reads the voice data of the first transmission message stored in the memory 38 and synthesizes the voice signal. The contents of the first transmission message are as described above.

The first transmission message synthesized by the voice signal by the voice synthesis unit 40 is connected to the general subscriber telephone line through the path of the amplifier 42 → the seventh switch S7 → the amplifier 28 → the call path unit 20. It is sent to the caller.

As described above, when the first transmission message is sent to the caller, the caller communicates when there is delivery. At this time, if the transfer message from the caller, that is, the depth message is input, the call path unit 20 detects the voice signal of the received message and informs the control unit 10 that the received message is input.

If the reception message is not input in step (B4), the process proceeds to step (B14). If the reception message is input, step (B5) is performed.

In step (B5), the switch control unit 46 is controlled to turn on only the fourth and sixth switches S4 and S6 by the fourth and sixth switching signals, and the deck control unit 50 receives the received input. The message is recorded on the magnetic tape by the head HD. When recording of the received message is completed, the process proceeds to step (B6).

In step (B6), it is checked whether the message delivery phone number is stored in the E ² PROM 16, and if the message delivery phone number is stored, the procedure goes to step (B14). Follow the steps. In step (B7), the dialer 24 is controlled to dial a reserved message delivery number stored in the E ² PROM. Then, in step (B8), it is checked whether the call is in progress by the input from the tone detector 44. do.

At this time, if busy signal is input, go to step (B9), wait for the set waiting time, looping (loop) to step (B7), and repeat dialing. If it is input, the step (B10) is performed.

In the step (B10), when the user of the remote site hooks off and the input of the ringback tone is stopped, only the seventh switch S7 is turned on and the voice synthesizer 40 is controlled to store the memory 38 in the memory 38. Send the second send message to the remote user. At this time, the transmission of the second transmission message is performed as in the aforementioned transmission of the first transmission message.

As described above, when the second transmission message indicating that there is a reception message is sent, the remote user presses a password to check the contents of the reception message, and the DTMF signal according to the password is transmitted through the general subscriber's telephone line. It is input to the DTMF receiver 22 via.

Therefore, the controller 10 detects the password input by being decoated by the DTMF receiver 22 in step (B11), and the detected password is stored in the E ² PROM 16 in step (B12). Check for conformity with. If the detected password in step (B12) is not correct, the process proceeds to step (B14). If correct, the control proceeds to step (B13). Play from

At the same time, the control unit 48 controls the switch control unit 48 to turn on the third and seventh switches S3 and S7 by the third and seventh switching signals K3 and K7 to receive the reproduced received message head HD. The third switch S3, the amplifier 34, the seventh switch S7, the amplifier 28, and the call path 20 are sent out to the user via the general subscriber telephone line. When the transmission of the received message is completed, step (B14) is performed.

In step (B14), the first to seventh switches S1 to S7 are all turned off, and the call path unit 20 is controlled to return to the hook after turning on.

Therefore, the user can check the contents of the received message at an external remote location.

As described above, the present invention provides an answering machine, in which a user dials an answering machine at a remote place to check a received message by automatically dialing and delivering a received message to a remote user when there is a receiving message while going out. There is no need to bet,

Claims (3)

A method for external transmission of a received message in an answering machine telephone that automatically records a received message in response to a call, and plays and sends a recorded received message. A receiving message recording process of recording an incoming message upon inputting a received message by checking whether an input of the received message is input; a terminating process of turning on and ending a hook hook when an incoming message is not input during the receiving message recording process; After the execution of the scheduled message delivery phone number checks whether there is no reserved message delivery phone number proceeds to the above end process, if there is a reserved message delivery phone number dialed to the reservation message delivery phone number and checks whether the call Dial to repeat dialing after waiting for the set time during a call And transmitting the second transmission message when not in a call during the dialing process, detecting a password input and checking whether the password is correct, and proceeding to the termination process when the password is not correct, and receiving the recorded message when the password is correct. A method for transmitting an external message to an answering machine comprising: receiving a message and transmitting a message and proceeding to the ending process. The method of claim 1, wherein the first transmission message in the recording process of the incoming message is a user missed and a delivery request message. The method of claim 2, wherein the second transmission message of the reception message transmission process is a message for notifying a remote user of the reception message.

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