JPH01128657A - Informing system for switching automatic answering telephone system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To judge that a called terminal is an automatic answering telephone system with a calling person before connection with the called terminal by reading information to be registered in advance when the called terminal is called by the calling person and judging whether the called terminal is the automatic answering telephone system or not with a switchboard. CONSTITUTION:When the calling person calls the called terminal from a telephone set 1, the information to be registered in the switchboard is readed. Then, when the telephone number of an automatic answering telephone system 2 and the telephone number of the called terminal to be called from the calling person are coincident, the telephone set 1 of the calling person and a talking device 6 are connected by a switchboard 3 and it is informed that the called terminal is the automatic answering telephone system. Sound information are sent from the talking device 6 to the calling telephone set 1 by the switchboard. On the other hand, the calling person can know that the called terminal is the automatic answering telephone system 2 from the sound information to be sent from the talking device 6 and whether the connection is executed to the called terminal or not is judged by the calling person. In case of the connection, the calling person keeps the condition for a constant time and after that, the telephone set 1 of the calling person and the called terminal are connected through a switch by the switchboard.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to an answering machine connected to an exchange,
In particular, the present invention relates to an answering machine switching notification method.

[Conventional technology]

With conventional answering machines, if the called party is not present when the call arrives,
Since the answering machine automatically answers and the recording device of the answering machine starts, the caller only finds out that the called telephone is the answering machine after the answering machine answers.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

With the above-mentioned conventional answering machine, if the called party is not present when the call arrives, the answering machine automatically answers and the recording device of the answering machine starts.

The calling party does not know that the called terminal is an answering machine until the answering machine automatically answers, and whether or not the caller has a message for the called party, there is no communication between the caller and the answering machine. It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide an answering machine switching notification system that solves the problem described above.

[Means for solving problems]

The present invention provides a means for notifying an exchange that a person who installed an answering machine has installed an answering machine by dialing a special number from the answering machine, and that the exchange stores the notified information and the caller When the called terminal is called by the telephone answering machine, the telephone answering machine switching notification method is characterized by having a means for reading the stored information and determining whether the called terminal is an answering machine or an exchange. be.

〔Example〕

Next, the present invention will be explained with reference to the drawings.

FIGS. 1, 3, and 4 are relay system diagrams of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing how the telephone number of the answering machine notified by the person who installed the answering machine is stored in the storage device in the exchange.

In Fig. 1, 1 is a telephone, 2 is an answering machine, and 3 is a telephone.
is a switch, 4 is a central processing unit, and the central processing unit 4 is equipped with a storage device. 5 is an ORT, and 6 is a talkie device.

Immediately before switching to the answering machine, the person who installed the answering machine 2 dials a special number from the answering machine bag W2 to notify the exchange of the telephone number of the answering machine 2, and the exchange transmits the notified information to the second telephone number. The information is stored in the storage device of the central processing unit 4 as shown in the figure.

In FIG. 3, when the calling party calls the called terminal from the telephone, the information stored in the exchange in FIG. The exchange determines whether the telephone numbers of the calling terminals match, and if they match, the exchange 3 connects the caller's telephone 1 and the talkie device 6 as shown in FIG. 4, and the called terminal Tell them that it is an answering machine. The exchange sends voice information from the talkie device 6 to the calling telephone 1.

On the other hand, the caller knows from the voice information sent from the talkie device 6 that the called terminal is the answering machine 2, and the caller decides whether or not to connect with the called terminal. The caller hangs up and disconnects, and when connecting, the caller remains in that state for a certain period of time, and then the exchange connects the caller's telephone 1 and the called terminal via a switch.

When switching the answering machine 2 to a telephone, immediately after switching, a special number is dialed from the telephone to notify the exchange that the telephone has been switched to a telephone.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, the present invention allows the person who installed the answering machine to notify the exchange that the answering machine has been installed,
When the called terminal is called by the calling party, the exchange reads out information that has been registered in advance and determines whether the called terminal is an answering machine. This has the effect of being able to determine that it is a telephone device before it is connected to the called terminal.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

1, 3, and 4 are diagrams of a relay system according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a diagram showing installation information of an answering machine in a storage device in an exchange.

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) A means by which the person who installed the answering machine dials a special number from the answering machine to notify the exchange that the answering machine has been installed, and the exchange stores the notified information and the caller 1. A telephone answering machine switching notification method, comprising means for reading accumulated information and determining whether the called terminal is an answering machine or an exchange when the called terminal is called.