JPH0276355A - Automatic answering telephone system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To recognize a telephone number of a caller subscriber for each message recorded during absence prior to its reproduction by storing a telephone number of a caller subscriber when its message is recorded in the arrival of a call and displaying the stored telephone number. CONSTITUTION:When a call reaches an automatic answering telephone system 1 set in the automatic answering mode and a recording section 104 records a message M to a recording position L depending on the order of the arrival of the call, a control section 114 stores the caller telephone number SN whose message M is recorded to a storage address A of a caller telephone number storage section 111. When the user operates a reproduction start button SK1 provided to an operation switch 106, the caller telephone number SN is displayed on a display section 113. The user references the caller telephone number SN displayed on the display section 113 and designates an index number I corresponding to the caller telephone number SN whose message M is required to be listened to urgently especially by operating a numeral button DB provided to the operation switch 106.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Summary] Regarding the improvement of an answering machine, the purpose of the present invention is to make it possible to play back in a desired order the messages of a calling subscriber recorded while the user is away, and to set the answering machine to the user's away state. If the message is recorded on the recording means, the telephone number of the originating subscriber transmitted from the affiliated exchange when the call is received is recorded on the recording means. a storage means for storing a message in the recording means, a correspondence means for maintaining a correspondence between a recording position of a message in the recording means and a storage position of a telephone number in the storage means, and a user performing a predetermined operation, A display means for displaying a telephone number stored in a storage means; a designation means for allowing a user to designate a telephone number for which a message is desired to be played from among the telephone numbers displayed on the display means; and a designation means. The apparatus is configured to include a reproduction means for extracting a message from a calling subscriber having a telephone number specified by the telephone number from the recording means with reference to the corresponding means, and reproducing the message.

[Industrial application field]

The present invention relates to improvements in telephone answering machines.

An answering machine is provided that, when a user is away from home, performs a predetermined operation to record a message from the subscriber who called the call received while the user is away, and to play it back after the user returns home. Widely adopted.

[Conventional technology]

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a conventional answering machine.

In FIG. 3, the telephone answering machine 1 is connected to a switched network (
For example, it is connected to a subscriber line 3 of an integrated service digital network (15DN) via a subscriber line termination device 2.

The answering machine 1 is equipped with a notification section 103, a recording section 104, a playback section 105, an operation switch 106, and a control section 107 in addition to a communication section 102 including a handset 101 that is included in a normal telephone device.

Note that the operation switch 106 is provided with a recording start button RK, a recording end button R3, a playback start button SK, and a playback end button SS, in addition to the numeric buttons DB that a normal telephone device has.

When the user is at home, the operation switch 1 of the answering machine 1 is pressed.
06 is not operated, a call is received from the integrated service digital network rsDN to the answering machine 1, and the call is sent to the answering machine via the subscriber line 3 and the subscriber line termination device 2. Control unit 1 of telephone device l
When the call setting signal is transmitted to 07, the control section 107 activates the talking section 102 in the same way as in a normal telephone device, and displays the incoming call to the user.

When the user of the answering machine 1 is away and operates the recording start button RK, the control unit 107 detects the operation of the recording start button RK and sets the answering machine 1 to the absent state.

When a call arrives at the answering machine Wl in such a state, the integrated service digital ll5DN calls the controller 1 of the answering machine 1 via the subscriber line 3 and the subscriber line termination device 2.
07, a call setting signal containing the calling subscriber's telephone number (hereinafter referred to as power generation number SN) is transmitted.

The control unit 107 that received the call setting signal sends the notification unit 103
, and plays a message prerecorded in the notification section 103 that notifies the user of his/her absence and prompts the user to record a message;
After returning the message to the originating subscriber via the integrated service digital network 15DN, the recording unit 104 is activated.

When the calling subscriber sends a message according to the instructions in the guide,
A recording unit 104 records messages transmitted via the subscriber line 3 and the subscriber line termination device 2.

The telephone answering machine 1 set to the absent state repeats the above process every time a call arrives, and as a result, messages from the calling subscriber of each call are recorded in the recording unit 104 in the order in which the calls were received.

When the user who returns home later operates the playback start button SK provided on the operation switch 106, the playback start button S
The control unit 107 detecting K's operation activates the playback unit 105 and causes the recording unit to play back the messages from the originating subscriber recorded in the recording unit 104 in the order in which the calls were received.

When the user who has finished listening to the message operates the playback end button SS and then the recording end button R3, the answering machine 1 is thereafter set to the home state and functions as a normal telephone device.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

As is clear from the above explanation, in conventional answering machines, the messages of calls received while the user was away are played back in the order in which the calls were received, so the user selects the message he or she wishes to hear especially quickly. Therefore, there was a problem that the convenience of the answering machine was impaired.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to enable the calling subscriber's messages, which were recorded while the user was away, to be replayed in a desired order.

[Means to solve the problem]

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

In FIG. 1, 100 is a recording means, 200 is a storage means, 300 is a corresponding means, 400 is a display means, 500 is a specifying means, and 600 is a reproduction means, each of which constitutes an answering machine according to the present invention.

[Effect]

It is assumed that the switching network to which the telephone answering machine 1 according to the present invention belongs has a function of transmitting the telephone number of the originating subscriber of an incoming call to the terminating subscriber.

The recording means 100 records a message transmitted from a calling subscriber of an incoming call while the subscriber is set to be away.

The storage means 200 stores the calling subscriber's telephone number transmitted from the affiliated exchange when a call is received and the message is recorded in the recording means 100.

The correspondence means 300 maintains the correspondence between the recording position in the message recording means 100 and the storage position in the telephone number storage means 200.

The display means 400 displays the telephone number stored in the storage means 200 when the user performs a predetermined operation.

The designation means 500 allows the user to designate a telephone number from among the telephone numbers displayed on the display means 400 for which the user desires to reproduce a message.

The reproducing means 600 reproduces the message of the originating subscriber having the telephone number specified by the specifying means 500 to the corresponding means 300.
is extracted from the recording means 100 with reference to and reproduced.

Therefore, the user of the answering machine is able to recognize the telephone number of the originating subscriber of each message recorded while the user is away, prior to playback, and can immediately select the telephone number from which the subscriber wishes to listen to the message. By specifying , it becomes possible to play back the message of the calling subscriber corresponding to the telephone number,
The convenience of the answering machine and filling device is improved.

〔Example〕

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

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an answering machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. Note that the same reference numerals indicate the same objects throughout the figures.

In FIG. 2, a recording section 104 is provided corresponding to the recording means 100 in FIG. 1, and a power generation number storage section 111 is provided corresponding to the storage means 200 in FIG. An index control section 112 is provided corresponding to the correspondence means 300, and the display means 4 in FIG.
00, a display section 113 is provided, a numerical button DB provided on the operation switch 106 is used as the specifying means 500 in FIG. 1, a reproducing section 105 is provided as the reproducing means 600 in FIG. A control section 114 is provided corresponding to the control functions of the recording means 100 to the reproduction means 600 in FIG.

In FIG. 2, when the user of the answering machine 1 is away and operates the recording start button RK, the control unit 114 detects the operation of the recording start button RK and sets the answering machine 1 to the absent state. do.

When a call arrives at the answering machine y, 1 in such a state, the integrated service digital network 15DN sends the control unit 114 of the answering machine 1 via the subscriber line 3 and the subscriber line termination device 2 to generate power. A call setup signal including the number SN is transmitted.

The control unit 114 that received the call setting signal sends the notification unit 103
, and plays a message prerecorded in the notification section 103 that notifies the user of his/her absence and prompts the user to record a message;
After returning the message to the originating subscriber via the integrated service digital network 15DN, the recording unit 104 is activated.

When the calling subscriber sends a message according to the instructions in the guide,
Recording unit 104 records message M transmitted via subscriber line 3 and subscriber line termination device 2 at a recording position determined by the order of call arrival.

On the other hand, the control unit 114 causes the recording unit 104 to store the power generation layer SN included in the call setting signal of the call in which the message M has been recorded in the memory address A of the total telephone number storage unit 111.
The recording position where message M was recorded and all phone number storage section 111
The index number I is given to the storage address A where the power generation layer SN is stored, and the index number I is stored in the index control unit 112.

The telephone answering machine 1 set to the answering state repeats the above process every time a call arrives, and as a result, the recording section 104 has a recording position where the messages M of the originating subscriber of each call are determined in the order in which the calls were received. The total telephone number storage unit 111 stores the generation layer SN of each calling subscriber at address tq A, and the index control unit 112 stores the message of each call in the recording unit 104. The recording position of M and the address 1a of the power generation layer SN of each call in the total telephone number storage unit 111 are stored in correspondence with the index number I, respectively.

When the user who returns home later operates the playback start button SK provided on the operation switch 106, the control unit 114 detecting the operation of the playback start button SK controls the index control unit 11.
Each index number I and the storage address A stored in 2 are extracted, and then the power generation layer SN stored in the storage address A is extracted from the total telephone number storage unit 111, and each index number I and the corresponding power generation layer are extracted. The layer SN is displayed on the display section 113.

The user refers to the power generation layer SN displayed on the display unit 113 and selects the index number corresponding to the power generation layer SN for which it is determined that it is necessary to listen to the message M in a hurry! , operation switch 10
Specify by operating the number buttons DB provided at 6.

When the control unit 114 detects the operation of the number button DB of the operation switch 106 with the power generation layer SN and index number I displayed on the display unit 113, it refers to the index control unit 112 and selects the number specified by the number button DB. After extracting the recording position corresponding to the index number ■, start the playback section 105,
The message M recorded in the recording section FL of the recording section 1O14 is played back.

After the reproduction of message M specified by index number I is completed,
Similarly, when the user sequentially specifies the index number f corresponding to the power generation layer SN that he/she wishes to reproduce using the numerical buttons DB, the control unit 114 selects the recording position corresponding to the specified index number ■ in the same process as described above. The recorded messages M are sequentially extracted and played back.

Note that when the user who has returned home wishes to listen to the messages M recorded while he was away in the order in which the calls were received, and operates the playback start button SK provided on the operation switch 106, the control unit 114 Similar to the control unit 107 in the figure, the playback unit 1
05 is activated, and the messages M from the originating subscriber recorded in the recording unit 104 are played back in the order of recording position, that is, in the order of call arrival.

When the user who has finished listening to the message operates a playback end button SS and then a recording end button R3, the answering machine l is thereafter set to the home state as described above and functions as a normal telephone device.

As is clear from the above explanation, according to this embodiment, the user displays the power generating layer SN of the calling subscriber who recorded the message M on the answering machine 1 while the user is away, and hurriedly records the message M from among them. By specifying the power generation layer SN you wish to listen to,
The desired message M can be reproduced.

Note that FIG. 2 is only one embodiment of the present invention, and for example, the correspondence between the power generation layer SN and the message M is not limited to that by the index control unit 112, and many other modifications may be considered. However, the effects of the present invention remain the same in either case.

It goes without saying that the switching network to which the answering machine 1 belongs is not limited to the integrated service digital network 15DN, but may be any switching network that has the function of transmitting the power generation layer SN to the called subscriber. .

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, according to the present invention, the user of the answering machine is able to recognize the telephone number of the originating subscriber of each message recorded while the user is away, before playing back the message. By specifying a telephone number that one wishes to listen to, it becomes possible to reproduce the message of the originating subscriber corresponding to the telephone number, thereby improving the convenience of the answering machine.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the principle of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an answering machine according to an embodiment of the invention, and FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a conventional answering machine. In the figure, l is an answering machine, 2 is a subscriber line termination device, 3 is a subscriber line, 100 is a recording means, 101 is a handset, 102 is a talking section, 103 is a notification section, 104 is a recording section,
105 is a reproduction section, 106 is an operation switch, 107 is a control section, 111 is a power generation number storage section, 112 is an index control section, 11
3 is a display unit, 114 is a control unit, 200 is a storage means, 30
0 is a corresponding means, 400 is a display means, 500 is a designation means,
Honjyo Me Tsuki no Hara Tamari Zu No. 1 (Illustration/I section 4 Kazuki Yoro V Moribanden 1 Koshin No. 21 No. 21 ￥
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Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] Recording means (100) for recording a message sent from a calling subscriber of an incoming call while the subscriber is set to an absentee state, and the calling subscriber transmitted from the attached exchange when the call is received storage means (200) for storing a subscriber's telephone number when a message is recorded in the recording means (100); a recording position of the message in the recording means (100); and the storage means for the telephone number. a corresponding means (300) for maintaining correspondence with the storage location in (200); and a corresponding means (300) for displaying the telephone number stored in the storage means (200) when the user executes a predetermined operation. a display means (400); and a display means (400);
) specifying means (5) that allows the user to specify a telephone number from among the telephone numbers displayed in
00) and the calling subscriber's message having the telephone number specified by the specifying means (500) is extracted from the recording means (100) and reproduced with reference to the corresponding means (300). An answering machine, characterized in that it is provided with a playback means (600).