JPH0243858A - Automatic answering telephone set in communication system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To attain sure automatic answering reply by applying automatic answering reply corresponding to identification information coincident in the case of receiving the identification information at the arrival of a call and applying the automatic answering reply as to an absent communication system when the identification information is not received. CONSTITUTION:An identification information registration means 41 is provided in a control section 4 and when the identification information is received at the arrival of a call, if the identification information to be received is coincident with the identification information of an absent terminal equipment are coincident, the automatic answering reply corresponding to the coincident identification information is applied. If the identification information is not received at the arrival of a call, the automatic answering reply as to the absent communication system is applied. Thus, the proper automatic answering reply is applied depending whether or not the identification communication is received at the arrival of the call.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Objective of the Invention) (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to an answering machine that is connected to a communication system connected to a digital comprehensive service network.

(Prior art) In recent years, various communication network systems have been developed with the advancement of communication technology and the diversification of communication formats.
rated 5 services digital n
et-wort). This [SDN] provides telephone, data, facsimile communication, and various communication processing services in one digital communication network.
A communication system using N is configured as shown in FIG. 4, for example. That is, this system has an 15DN exchange 124 to which a digital circuit switching network 21, a packet switching network 22, and a common line signaling network 23 are connected, and a telephone device in the user's premises is connected to this 15DN exchange 24 via a subscriber line 25. A communication terminal device 26 such as a facsimile device, a voice mail device, etc. is connected. A plurality of communication channels are time-division multiplexed for each subscriber line 25, and these communication channels are selectively used to perform desired communication between communication terminal devices. For example, in a basic interface with a transmission rate of 192 bits/second, two 8-channels at 64 bits/second and one D channel at 16 bits/second are time-division multiplexed, and these channels are used to perform data transmission.・Transmit information such as -.

By the way, in this type of system, a home line termination device 27 connected to each subscriber line 25 and a terminal device 26 are connected by a home bus, so that a maximum of eight communication terminals can be connected in the case of a basic interface. The device 26 can be connected.

Each of these communication terminal devices 26 is set with a sub-address as terminal identification information, and when an incoming call occurs on the home bus, the sub-address sent from the calling side is transmitted from the calling side at each communication terminal Vc position to its own device. When the sub-addresses are checked and the two sub-addresses match, the communication terminal device performs a call receiving operation. Therefore, the calling side can communicate with a desired terminal device among the plurality of communication terminal devices connected to one subscriber line 25 by inserting a desired subaddress into a call control message and sending it. can.

Incidentally, an fI answering machine can be attached to each of the terminal devices 26 for receiving calls when the operator is not present. Here, if one of the terminal devices 26 is set to perform a response operation using an answering machine, when receiving a sub-address of a terminal device set for an answering machine upon receiving a call, ,
Since the answering operation is performed on the terminal device, there is no problem. However, if a subaddress is not received at the time of an incoming call, it is possible for all terminal devices 26 to respond to the incoming call, so the terminal device that is set to answer the answering function should respond in advance. was there.

Therefore, the answering machine may be configured not to respond to incoming calls that do not receive a subaddress, but if this is done, if all terminal devices 26 are set so that the answering machine will respond. This causes the inconvenience that all terminal devices 26 do not respond to incoming calls that do not receive a subaddress.

(Problem to be Solved by the Invention) In this way, in conventional communication systems, when an answering machine is attached to a terminal device, when a sub-address of a terminal device that is set to answer the answering machine is received at the time of an incoming call, the telephone answering machine is attached to the terminal device. This does not cause any problem because the answering operation is performed in the call, but there is a problem in that if the subaddress is not received when the call arrives, the answering operation may be performed in advance on the terminal device that is set for the answering operation. there were.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an answering machine in a communication system that can perform an appropriate answering operation depending on whether or not a subaddress is received at the time of an incoming call.

[Structure of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problems) The present invention connects a plurality of terminal devices to a home line given one subscriber number, and assigns identification information to each terminal device] If the identification information received at the time of receiving a call matches any of the identification information of each terminal device, the terminal device corresponding to the matching identification information is marked as absent in the communication system that performs the incoming call response operation. a registration means for registering an answering response operation corresponding to the identification information of the terminal device that is absent, and registering an answering response operation for the communication system that is absent; When the identified identification information matches the identification information of the absent terminal device registered in the registration means, performs an answering response operation corresponding to the matched identification information,
The present invention is characterized by comprising a control means for performing an answering machine response operation for the absent communication system registered in the registration means when identification information is not received at the time of an incoming call.

(Operation) According to the present invention, when identification information is received at the time of an incoming call, if the received identification information and the identification information of the absent terminal device match, the answering response first fl corresponding to the matching identification information is It will be done. Furthermore, if no identification information is received at the time of incoming call, an answering response operation is performed for the communication system that is absent. Therefore, an appropriate answering operation can be performed depending on whether or not identification information is received at the time of an incoming call. If the answering machine response operation corresponding to the identification information of the absent terminal device and the answering machine response operation associated with the communication system have not been registered in the registration means, then the answering machine response operation corresponding to the identification information of the absent terminal device and the answering machine response operation associated with the communication system cannot be registered in the registration means.

(Embodiments) Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of an answering machine in a communication system according to the present invention.

The answering machine of this embodiment is connected to a home bus derived from the home line terminal device 27 shown in FIG. 4, and is equivalent to another terminal device 26, that is, a telephone device or a facsimile device. .

In FIG. 1, the answering machine is connected to a home bus 1 via a line interface circuit 2. In FIG. The line interface circuit 2 separates the B channel signal and D channel signal from the home bus 1 and distributes them to the codec 3 and the control section 4, respectively, and multiplexes the B channel signal from the codec 3 and the D channel signal from the control section 4. and sends it to the home bus 1. The codec 3 performs digital-to-analog conversion of the Bfp channel signal from the line interface circuit 2 to form an audio signal, and sends this audio signal to the audio recording/reproducing device 5 . The audio recording/playback device 5 records the audio signal. Further, when an audio signal is sent from the audio recording/playback device 5 to the codec 3, the codec 3 converts the audio signal from analog to digital, and sends the digital signal to the line interface circuit 2 as an 8-channel signal. On the other hand, the control unit 4 transmits and receives various types of data by inputting and outputting D channel signals.

Now, in order to perform an answering operation when a sub-address is received at the time of an incoming call, data is registered in advance in a table 61 as shown in FIG. 2 in the storage device 6. In other words,
When the key operation part 8 is operated to enter a desired number in the lower identification information registration section 41 in the control section 1, the identification information registration means 41 registers the desired number, e.g., in-house bus 1. The sub-address XX× of the telephone device connected to is registered in the double address 61 in the storage device 6, and response processing A is executed in response to the 1-knob address XX× of the telephone device.
Record. This response processing involves reproducing a message prerecorded in the voice recording/reproducing device @5, that is, reproducing a response message corresponding to the 4-knob address XXX of the telephone H position.

Further, when the key operation section 8 is operated to input other data into the identification information registration means 41, the identification information registration means 41 inputs the special number sub-address YYY and special number sub-address ZZZZ assigned to the answering machine as the other data. are registered in the table 61 in the storage device 6, and response processing B and response processing C are registered in correspondence with these special number subaddresses YYY and ZZ7. This response process B is to perform a remote business search, that is, to reproduce the business message of the communication system that has been recorded in advance in the voice recording/playback device 5. On the other hand, the response process C is to activate the message function, that is, to record the message from the calling party using the voice recording and reproducing device 5. Note that the table 6 in the storage device 6
The subaddresses and response processes registered in 1 and the number of registered subaddresses are displayed on the display 9.

Furthermore, in order to perform an answering operation for the communication system when a sub-address is not received at the time of an incoming call, a predetermined instruction is given to the identification information registration means 41 in advance by operating the key operation section 8. In response to a predetermined instruction, the identification information registration f stage 41 registers, for example, the special number subaddress YY.
It is registered in the storage device 6 that response processing B and C corresponding to Y and ZZZ will be executed when an incoming call does not receive a subaddress.

In this way, the answering machine response operation corresponding to the sub-address when a sub address is received at the time of receiving a call, and the answering machine response operation corresponding to the sub-address when a call is received, and the answering machine window' for the communication system when the four-knob address is not received at the time of receiving a call? 5IItJ work is registered in the storage device 6 in advance, the answering machine will automatically send the 3rd answer when receiving a call.
Build according to the chart shown in Figures (a), (b) and (C).

First, the control unit 1 constantly monitors the home bus 1 via the line interface circuit 2 and detects the arrival (ffi) when a call is received.
When the data is transmitted to the home bus 1, the incoming node is read through the line interface circuit 2, and it is determined that there is an incoming call (step 5T1).

When the controller 4 determines that there is an incoming call after ε, it determines whether the answering operation as described above has been registered in the storage device 6 (step ST2>).

At this time, if, for example, no answering operation is registered in the storage device 6, the control unit 4 ends the operation. As a result, other terminal devices such as a telephone station and a 7-door kushimi device can perform an incoming call response operation based on the incoming call data. However, here, since the answering operation is registered in advance in the device 6, the control unit 4 determines that the answering operation is registered in the storage device 6, and if this determination is made, the It is determined whether a subaddress is included (step 5T3).

Here, if the incoming call data does not include a subaddress, the control unit 4 determines whether or not an answering response operation for the communication system in the case where a subaddress is not received at the time of incoming call is registered in the storage device 6. (Step S
T4) and, for example, if the answering response operation for the communication system in the case where no subaddress is received is not registered in the storage device 6, the control unit 4 ends the operation. As a result, other terminal devices can perform a call receiving operation based on the received call data. However, here, the answering machine response operation for the communication system when the sub address is not received is described. Since it has already been registered in the i-device 6, the control section 4 instructs the response operation means 42 to execute the answering operation. When the response operation means 42 receives the instruction, it performs the following response processing (step 5T5). That is, the voice recording and reproducing device 5 reproduces the business message and transmits the business message to the home bus 1 via the codec 3 and the line interface circuit 2.

This business message is transmitted to the calling party via the home line terminal device.

After that, when the response process C is executed, the voice recording/playback device 5 starts producing a Q sound, and at this time, the message from the calling party is transmitted to the home bus 1 via the home line terminal device. Then, the message is further transmitted via the line interface circuit 2 and the codec 3 to the voice recording/playback device 5, where it is recorded. In order to reproduce the recorded message from the calling party, an instruction to reproduce the message is given to the control section 4 by operating the key operation section 8. In response to the instruction, the 1lJt1 section 4 activates the voice recording and reproducing device 5 to reproduce the message. The audio signal indicating this message is applied to the speaker 10 by all the ffIJ control units 4, and the speaker 10 then sounds the message.

In this way, when a subaddress is not received at the time of an incoming call, if an answering response operation for the incoming call is registered in advance, this answering operation is performed.

Further, when it is determined in step ST3 that the sub address is included in the incoming data, the control unit 4 determines whether or not the sub address is registered in the cheagle 61 in the storage device 6 (step 5T6). ). At this time, if the received subaddress is not registered in the table 61, the 1lIIJ control unit 4 ends its operation. As a result,
Other terminal devices such as a telephone device and a facsimile device perform an incoming call answering operation based on the incoming call data.

On the other hand, if the sub address received in step ST6 is registered in the table 61 in the storage device 6, the control WJ unit 4 instructs the response operation means 42 to execute response processing corresponding to the sub address.

For example, if the received subaddress is
If it is X×, the response process A corresponding to this subaddress XXX is read from the table 61, and this response process A is executed (step ST7.5T8). As a result, the voice recording and reproducing device M5 is activated and reproduces the previously recorded response message corresponding to the subaddress XXX. This response message is transmitted to the home bus 1 via the codec 3 and line interface circuit 2, and then roughly transmitted to the calling party via the home line terminal device.

Further, if the received 4J sub-address is YYY, the response operation means 42 processes the response 1! corresponding to this sub-address YYY! ! ! B is read from the table 61 and this response process B is executed (step ST9.5TIO).

As a result, the audio recording and playback device 5 uses the subaddress Y.
A pre-recorded business message corresponding to YY is played back, and this message is transmitted to the home bus 1 via the codec 3 and line interface circuit 2, and then roughly via the home line terminal device. is transmitted to the calling party.

Furthermore, if the received sub-address is zzzr, the response operation means/I2 reads the response process C corresponding to this sub-address zZZ from the table 61 and executes this response process C (Stella/STI 1, ST12).

As a result, the audio recording and reproducing device 5 is activated and starts recording. At this time, when the message from the calling side is transmitted to the home bus 1 via the home line terminal device, the message is further transmitted through the line interface circuit 2 and the codec 3. It is transmitted to the audio recording/playback device 5 and combined there. In addition, in order to play back the recorded message from the calling party, press key operation section 8.
By operating , an instruction to reproduce the message is given to the control section 4 . In response to this, under the control of the control section 4, the voice recording and reproducing device 5 reproduces the message, and the message is output from the speaker 10.

In this way, in this embodiment, if a sub-address and a response process corresponding to the sub-address are registered in advance, when the sub-address is received at the time of an incoming call, the response process corresponding to the sub-address will be performed, and the communication system If response processing is registered in advance, response processing for the communication system will be performed if a subaddress is not received at the time of incoming call. Therefore, an appropriate answering operation is performed depending on whether or not a subaddress is received when a call arrives.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, when identification information is received at the time of an incoming call, if the received identification information matches the identification information of the absent terminal device, an answering response operation corresponding to the matching identification information is performed. If no identification information is received at the time of incoming call, an answering operation is performed for the communication system that is no longer available. Therefore, it is possible to provide a J3 answering machine for a communication system that can perform an appropriate answering operation depending on whether or not a telephone address is received at the time of an incoming call.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of an answering machine according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the configuration of a table of a storage device in the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a diagram similar to the one shown in FIG. FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating the establishment of a communication system connected to an I5DN. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Domestic bus, 2... Line interface circuit, 3... Codec, 4... Control unit, 5... Audio n sound reproduction device, 6... 41A device, 8... Key operation unit, 9...display unit, 10...speaker. Representative Patent Attorney Nori Chika Yudo Yamashita

Claims (1)

[Claims] A plurality of terminal devices are connected to a home line given one subscriber number, and identification information is assigned to each of the terminal devices, and the identification information received at the time of incoming call and the identification information of each of the terminal devices are assigned. In a communication system where when any of the identification information matches, the terminal device corresponding to the matching identification information responds to the incoming call, registering an answering response operation corresponding to the identification information of the terminal device that is absent. At the same time, a registration means for registering an answering response operation for the communication system that is absent, and if identification information is received at the time of receiving a call, the received identification information and the absent terminal device registered in the registration means. If the identification information matches, an answering response operation corresponding to the matching identification information is performed, and if no identification information is received at the time of incoming call, an answering response operation is performed for the absent communication system registered in the registration means. What is claimed is: 1. An answering machine in a communication system, characterized in that the telephone answering machine is equipped with a control means for controlling.