JPH02192255A - Voice call system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To attain direct reply for a called party without troubling other user by devising the system such that the called party designated with a called party number from a caller subscriber is called in voice. CONSTITUTION:A call voice registration means 300 registers a call voice Vi and a called party number Ni calling each user through distinguishment inputted according to a predetermined registration operation accordingly. A voice call means 400 upon the receipt of the called party number Ni from an exchange 1 compares with the called party number Ni registered in the call voice registration means Ni registered in the call voice registration means 300, and reproduces and outputs a caller voice Vi registered corresponding to the coincided called party number Ni. Thus, the called party designated from a called party number by a caller subscriber is called in voice and the called party is replied directly without troubling other user, the replay to a caller is quickened, the telephone operation of the user is saved and the convenience of the telephone exchange system is improved.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Summary] Regarding a voice calling system in a telephone exchange system in which a plurality of users share a telephone housed in an exchange, the present invention provides a voice calling method that allows a desired call to be made even when a call is received on a telephone set shared by a plurality of users. In order to enable the called party to respond promptly without bothering other users, the telephone exchange is assigned a caller who wishes to make a call to one of the telephone users. a called party number receiving means that receives the called party number when the called party number given to the user is selected following the telephone number given to the user; and a called party number received by the called party number receiving means. A called party number transmitting means is provided for transmitting a number to a telephone selected by the telephone number, and a calling voice for distinguishing and calling each user input by the user according to a predetermined registration operation is provided on the telephone. When the called party number is received from the exchange, it is compared with the called party number already registered in the calling voice registration means, and the called party number is matched. and voice calling means for reproducing and outputting a registered calling voice corresponding to the called party number.

[Industrial application field]

The present invention relates to a voice calling system in a telephone exchange system in which a plurality of users share a telephone housed in an exchange.

For example, in a telephone exchange system installed within a company, it is not uncommon for a plurality of users to share one telephone set.

[Conventional technology]

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a conventional telephone exchange system.

In FIG. 4, it is assumed that the telephone 3 housed in the exchange 1 is shared by a plurality of users.

When the subscriber 2 currently accommodated in the exchange 1 makes a call to talk to one of the users of the telephone 3 and dials the telephone number assigned to the telephone 3, the processing unit 14 in charge of the exchange processing of the exchange 1 detects the call from subscriber 2 via subscriber circuit 12, and then receives and receives the telephone number sent from subscriber 2.
If the analysis is successful in selecting and capturing the subscriber circuit 13 that accommodates the telephone 3, the subscriber circuit 13 is caused to send a calling signal to the telephone 3.

When the telephone 3 that has received the ringing signal rings a built-in bell, one of the users who noticed the ringing of the bell answers and hears the name of the user who wishes to make a call from the calling subscriber 2,
If it is other than the callee, the call is transferred to the desired called party.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

As is clear from the above explanation, in a conventional telephone exchange system, a telephone 3 shared by multiple users
When an incoming call is received, the caller does not know which party the caller wants to talk to until the caller answers, so it takes time for the desired called party to answer, and other answerers other than the called party do not This increases the time and effort required to reach the called party, which may impair convenience for the caller and the user.

An object of the present invention is to enable a desired called party to respond promptly without bothering other users even when a call arrives at a telephone set shared by a plurality of users.

[Means to solve the problem]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the principle of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, 1 is an exchange, 2 is a subscriber housed in the exchange 1, and 40 is a telephone set housed in the exchange 1 and shared by a plurality of users.

100 is called party number receiving means provided in the exchange 1 according to the present invention.

Reference numeral 200 denotes a called party number transmitting means provided in the exchange 1 according to the present invention.

Reference numeral 300 denotes a calling voice registration means provided in the telephone 40 according to the present invention.

400 is a voice calling means provided in the telephone 40 according to the present invention.

[Effect]

The called party number receiving means 100 receives, when a calling subscriber 2 who wishes to make a call to one of the users of the telephone 40, the called party number assigned to the user following the telephone number assigned to the telephone 40. N! If you select , you will receive the called party number N5.

The called party number transmitting means 200 is the called party number receiving means 10.
Called party number N received by 0! is transmitted to the telephone set 40 selected by the telephone number.

The calling voice registration means 300 registers a calling voice V input by the user according to a predetermined registration operation, which distinguishes and calls each user, and a called party number N, in correspondence.

When the voice calling means 400 receives the called party number N from the exchange 1, the voice calling means 400 inputs the called party number N! which has already been registered in the calling voice registration means 300. The registered calling voice V! corresponds to the matched called party number Ni. Play and output.

Therefore, the called party specified by the calling subscriber using the called party number will be called by voice, and the called party can respond directly without bothering other users, and can respond to the calling party. This also reduces the time and effort required for users to make phone calls, and improves the convenience of the telephone exchange system.

〔Example〕

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a telephone switching system according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a voice call telephone in FIG. 2. Note that the same reference numerals indicate the same objects throughout the figures.

In FIG. 2, called party number receiving section 141 and called party number transmitting section 14 are used as called party number receiving means 100 and called party number transmitting means 200 in FIG.
2 is provided in the processing unit 14 constituting the exchange 1, and a numeric sending unit 18 is also provided, and in FIG. A section 441, a storage section 442, and a calling section 443 are provided in the control section 44 constituting the voice call telephone 4, and a called party number detection section 46, an audio output section 47, a speaker 48, and a registration button 49 are provided. ing.

In FIGS. 2 and 3, the voice calling telephone 4 is shared by one user, and each user has a unique called party number N, (where l is any number from 1 to m). Granted.

When a user wants to register a ringing voice that distinguishes and calls each user when an incoming call is received, for example, the name of each user, the user operates the registration button 49 provided on the voice calling telephone 4, and then registers the user's own name. Press the number button 45 to enter the called party number N4 assigned to
At the same time, the calling voice vi is input from the transmitter provided in the telephone call circuit section 43.

When the control unit 44 in the voice calling telephone 4 detects the operation of the registration button 49, it activates the registration unit 441.

The activated registration unit 441 then associates the selected called party number Ni with the calling voice ■ inputted from the transmitter of the communication circuit unit 43 and stores it in the storage unit 442 in the control unit 44. and complete the registration of call voice ■1.

In this state, the subscriber 2 who wishes to talk to one of the users (called party) who shares the voice calling telephone 4 is notified in advance of the called party number Ni assigned to the called party, When making a call, the called party number N is dialed following the telephone number assigned to the voice calling telephone 4.

In the exchange 1, the processing unit 14 detects the calling of the subscriber 2 via the subscriber circuit 12, and after receiving the telephone number sent from the subscriber 2, the called party number receiving unit 141
Start.

When the activated called party number receiving unit 141 receives the called party number Ni dialed by the subscriber 2 until a predetermined period of time has elapsed, the activated called party number receiving unit 141 receives the received called party number N. It is transmitted to the calling party number transmitting section 142.

On the other hand, the processing unit 14 analyzes the received telephone number, and if it succeeds in selecting and capturing the subscriber circuit 16 accommodating the voice call telephone 4, the processing unit 14 transmits the called party number transmitting unit 142 and the subscriber circuit 16 to the number transmitting unit. 18, the called party number transmitter 142 is activated.

The activated called party number transmitter 142 receives the called party number N transmitted from the called party number receiver 141.

is transmitted to the number sending unit 18, and the called party number N! is transmitted to the voice calling telephone 4 via the subscriber circuit 16. is transmitted, for example, by an audio band frequency signal.

In the voice calling telephone 4, the called party number detection unit 46 detects the called party number N sent from the exchange 1.

When receiving the called party number N!, the control unit 44 receives the called party number N! Communicate.

The control unit 44, which has received the called party number N from the called party number detection unit 46, activates the calling unit 443 and transmits the received called party number Ni.

The activated calling unit 443 refers to the storage unit 442 and receives the transmitted called party number N! The calling sound registered corresponding to the sound is extracted and transmitted to the sound output section 47.

The audio output unit 47 repeatedly transmits the calling voice Vi transmitted from the calling unit 443 from the speaker 48.

When the called party who has heard the calling voice Vi picks up the handset installed in the telephone call circuit section 43 and responds, the control section 44 causes the telephone call circuit section 43 to return a response signal to the exchange 1, and also sends a response signal to the telephone exchange circuit section 43. Stops sending out the ringing sound.

In the exchange 1, when the processing unit 14 detects a response from the voice calling telephone 4 via the subscriber circuit 16, it controls the network 11 by a known method to connect the subscriber circuits 12 and 16, and connects the subscriber 2 and Enables communication with the called party.

Note that subscriber 2 uses the called party number Ni assigned to the called party.
If the called party number Ni is not recognized and the called party number Ni is not dialed after the telephone number assigned to the voice call telephone 4 when making a call, the processing unit 14 After receiving the transmitted telephone number, the called party number receiving unit 1
41, but the called party number receiving unit 141 is unable to receive the called party number N from the subscriber 2 until a predetermined time has elapsed, and notifies the processing unit 14 to that effect.

In such a case, the processing unit 14 analyzes the received telephone number and selects and selects the subscriber circuit 16 that accommodates the voice call telephone 4.
If the acquisition is successful, the subscriber circuit 16 is caused to transmit a ringing signal supplied from the ringing signal source 17 to the voice calling telephone 4, as is known in the art.

In the voice calling telephone 4, when the calling signal detecting section 41 receives the calling signal sent from the exchange 1, it causes the sounder 42 to sound to notify each user of the incoming call.

One of the users noticed the ringing of the sounder 42 and responded,
The name of the user who wishes to make a call is heard from the calling subscriber 2, and if the user is not the user, the call is transferred to the desired called party.

As is clear from the above description, according to this embodiment, a user who shares the voice calling telephone 4 registers the calling voice V in advance in the storage unit 442 in correspondence with the called party number N1, When the calling subscriber 2 selects the telephone number of the voice call telephone 4 and the called party number NL, the voice call telephone 4
A calling voice V is sent to the called party, and the called party can respond directly.

Note that FIGS. 2 and 3 are only one embodiment of the present invention, and for example, the called party number receiving means 1 in the exchange 1
00, called party number transmitting means 200, and telephone 4
The configurations of the calling voice registration means 300 and the voice calling means 400 in 0 are not limited to those shown in the figure (
Although many other modifications may be considered, the effects of the present invention remain the same in any case, and it goes without saying that the telephone exchange system to which the present invention is applied is not limited to what is shown in the figures. None.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, according to the present invention, in the telephone switching system, the called party specified by the calling subscriber using the called party number is called by voice, and the called party does not have to bother other users. This makes it possible to respond directly to the caller without any hassle, speeds up the response to the caller, reduces the trouble of telephone intermediaries for the user, and improves the convenience of the telephone exchange system.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the principle of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a telephone switching system according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating the voice call telephone set in FIG. 2, and FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a conventional telephone exchange system. In the figure, 1 is an exchange, 2 is a subscriber, 3 and 40 are telephones, 4 is a voice call telephone, 11 is a network, 1
2. 13 and 16 are subscriber circuits, 14 is a processing section, 15
17 is a calling signal source; 18 is a number sending unit; 41
42 is a sounder, 43 is a communication circuit, 44 is a control unit, 45 is a numeric button, 46 is a called party number detection unit, 47 is an audio output unit, 48 is a speaker, 49 is a registration button, 100 is a called party number receiving means, 141 is a called party number receiving section, 142 is a called party number transmitting section, 200 is a called party number transmitting means, 300 is a calling voice registration means, 400
441 is the voice calling means, 441 is the registration unit, and the number 21!

Claims (1)

[Claims] In a telephone exchange system in which a plurality of users share a telephone (40) housed in an exchange (1), the exchange (1)
In 1), the calling subscriber (2) who wishes to make a call to one of the users of the telephone (40) uses the telephone number assigned to the telephone (40) followed by the telephone number assigned to the user. Called party number (
If N_i) is selected, the called party number (N_i)
a called party number receiving means (100) for receiving the called party number; and transmitting the called party number (N_i) received by the called party number receiving means (100) to the telephone set (40) selected by the telephone number. called party number transmission means (200
), and the telephone (40) is provided with a ringing voice (V_i) inputted by the user according to a predetermined registration operation to distinguish and call each user, and a called party assigned to each user. a calling voice registration means (300) for registering a number (N_i) in correspondence with the called party number (N_i); voice calling means (400) for comparing the registered called party number (N_i) and playing back and outputting the registered calling voice (V_i) corresponding to the matched called party number (N_i); A voice calling method characterized by: