JPH03155249A - Telephone system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable the number of times of redialing to be set arbitrarily by a user by storing the number of times of redialing in a counter memory with an operating key, and enabling the number of times of redialing to be changed. CONSTITUTION:The counter memory 18 and a dial number memory 20 are provided at the telephone system, and information from the operating key is inputted to them with a CPU 12. The counter memory 18 stores the number of times of redialing inputted by pressing the operating key 10. Meanwhile, the dial number memory 20 stores the latest dial number inputted with a dial key when a call is made, and updates a dial number to the new one at every telephone. Thereby, it is possible to set the number of times of redialing arbitrarily by the user.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a telephone device, and particularly to a configuration of a telephone device that can redial a caller once called.

[Prior Art] In recent years, telephone devices have been equipped with various functions, one of which is a redial function that automatically redials the telephone number of a previously called party.

According to this redial function, the last phone number dialed is stored in the dial number memory, and if the other party is busy, by pressing the redial button later, the memorized phone number is automatically restored. You can send a call to the telephone line and call back as many times as you like.

For example, by pressing the redial button once, 1
It is designed to call the other party just once or multiple times, from 3 to 5 times.

[Problem to be solved by the invention] However, with the redial function of conventional telephone devices,
The number of redials is fixed to 1 or a predetermined number of 3 to 5 times, and the user cannot select the number of redials, but only the number of times set on the phone being used. Unable to redial.

When actually redialing, the conditions for answering a call vary depending on the individual circumstances of the other party, so the number of times redialing is required differs depending on the other party.
Therefore, it would be convenient if the number of redials could be selected.

OBJECTS OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and its purpose is to provide a telephone device that allows a user to arbitrarily set the number of redials.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a telephone device having a dial number memory for storing dial numbers and a function of redialing the dial number of the party once called. , a counter memory that stores the number of redials, and a control section that stores the number of times based on the operation keys in the counter memory and redials a set number of times, and makes the number of redials variable. Features.

[Function] According to the above configuration, the number of redials is stored in the counter memory by the operation key, and the number of times set and stored in the counter memory is read out by the control section. Therefore, the dial number stored in the dial number memory is read out and redialed this number of times.

[Example] Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a schematic configuration inside a telephone device according to an embodiment, and in the figure, an operation key (10) is composed of a dial key, a redial button, etc.
10), the control signal is sent to the CPU [central processing unit] (1
2). This CPU (
12) is composed of a one-chip microcomputer, etc., and in addition to processing the input of signals from the operation keys (10), controls each component and communication protocol.

This CPU (12) includes a main circuit (14) that performs telephone functions.
) is connected, and the line terminal (16) is connected to this main circuit (14).
A telephone line is connected via.

Further, the telephone device is provided with a counter memory (18) and a dial number memory (20), both of which have a CPU (1
2), information is input from the operation keys. That is, the counter memory (18) and dial number memory (20) are comprised of readable and writable RAM and the like. The counter memory (18) stores the number of redials input by pressing the operation key (10). On the other hand, the dial number memory (20) stores the latest dial number input using the dial key when making a call, and is updated to a new dial number each time a call is made.

FIG. 2 shows an external (top) view of the telephone device according to the embodiment, and the device body (24) includes a handset (26).
The operation panel is provided with a dial key (10a), a redial button (10b), etc. as operation keys.

In the embodiment, when the redial button (10b) is pressed in an off-hook state, a redial operation can be started, and when pressed in an on-hook state, the redial count setting mode is entered, and in this state, the dial key (10a) is pressed.
), if you press an arbitrary number, that number is stored in the counter memory (18) as the number of redials.

The embodiment has the above configuration, and its operation will be explained below.

First, when a call is made to the other party and the handset (26) is turned on-hook when the other party is busy, the dialed number of the other party is stored in the dialed number memory (20). Then, when the redial button (10b) is pressed with the handset (26) on the hook, the number setting mode is entered, and the number of times is set using the dial keys.

For example, if you press "7" and leave it as is, the CPU
In step (12), the dial number is read from the dial number memory (20), and the operation of sending out a 40-second calling signal every minute, for example, is repeated seven times.

Further, in the embodiment, when the redial button (10b) is pressed in an off-hook state, the stored dial number is redialed only once.

In the above embodiment, the number of redials must be set each time, but if a number is not specified, it may be set to a fixed number of redials, for example, five times.
Alternatively, the number of redials set previously and stored may be redialed.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the present invention, the number of redials is stored in the counter memory using the operation keys, and the number of redials can be varied, so the user can freely set the number of redials. The telephone device can be set and redialed a number of times that suits the circumstances of the other party, making it possible to provide an easy-to-use telephone device.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of a telephone device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an external view of the telephone device according to the embodiment. In the figure, (10) is the operation key (12) is the CPU,
(14) is the main circuit, (18) is the counter memory, (20
) is the dial number memory, (22) is the changeover switch,
(24) is the main body of the device, and (26) is a handset. In each figure, the same reference numerals indicate the same or corresponding parts.

Claims (1)

[Claims] In a telephone device that has a dial number memory that stores dialed numbers and has a function of redialing the dialed number of the called party once, there is a counter memory that stores the number of redials, and a counter memory that stores the number of redials, and a counter memory that stores the number of redials. A telephone device comprising: a control unit that stores a number of times and redials a set number of times, and is characterized in that the number of times of redialing is variable.