JPH03177155A - Voice mail device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To receive and record surely a voice message by the automatic answering telephone set of a remote party by transmitting again the voice message to the telephone set of the remote party when a recording start signal transmitted from the automatic answering telephone set of the remote party is detected. CONSTITUTION:A detecting means detects the recording start signal transmitted from the telephone set provided with an automatic answering function and to instruct to start the transmission of the voice message. Then, a control means 5 controls a transmitting means so as to read out again the voice message stored in a first storage means 10 and transmit it to the telephone set of the remote party when the recording start signal is detected by the detecting means. Thus, the voice message can be received and recorded surely by the automatic answering telephone set of the remote party.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a voice mail device that automatically transmits a voice message of stored voice data to a destination telephone via a telephone line.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, a voice message of voice data previously stored in a voice memory is automatically transmitted to a destination telephone having a previously registered telephone number via a telephone line at a pre-specified transmission time. At the same time, voice mail devices are manufactured and sold that receive a voice message from a destination telephone via a telephone line, convert it into voice data, and store it in a voice memory.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, with this conventional voice mail device, a voice message is automatically sent after the line is connected to the other party, and the telephone of the other party is an answering machine. In this case, the answering machine starts recording the voice message after transmitting a recording start signal instructing it to start sending the voice message, so the timing at which recording starts and the timing at which the voice message starts may not match. In this case, there is a problem in that the voice message may not be reliably recorded on the answering machine of the other party.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems, and when the other party's telephone is an answering machine, after detecting a recording start signal transmitted from the answering machine, a pre-stored voice message is transmitted via a telephone line. To provide a voice mail device capable of transmitting a voice message to a destination having a pre-registered telephone number and reliably recording the voice message with an answering machine.

[Means for Solving the Problems 1] A voice mail device according to the present invention includes a first storage means for storing a voice message to be transmitted to a telephone of a destination, and a second memory for storing a telephone number of the destination. means, third storage means for storing the transmission time at which the voice message is transmitted, and a current time stored in the second storage means when the current time coincides with the transmission time stored in the third storage means; a line connecting means for dialing the telephone number of the other party and connecting the telephone line; and after the line connecting means has connected the line, reading out the voice message stored in the first storage means and transmitting the voice message to the telephone line via the telephone line; In a voice mail device comprising a transmitting means for transmitting to a telephone of a destination, after the transmitting means transmits the voice message, the voice mail device is transmitted from the telephone with an answering machine of the destination to instruct the start of transmission of the voice message. a detection means for detecting a recording start signal; and when the detection means detects the recording start signal, the voice message stored in the first storage means is read out again to the transmission means and sent to the telephone of the other party. The present invention is characterized by comprising a control means for controlling the transmission.

[Function 1] With the above configuration, the line connection means can transmit the information of the destination stored in the second storage means when the current time matches the transmission time stored in the third storage means. After dialing a telephone number and establishing a telephone line connection, the transmitting means reads out the voice message stored in the first storage means and transmits it to the destination telephone via the telephone line. Next, the detection means detects a recording start signal transmitted from the telephone with an answering function of the other party and instructs to start transmitting a voice message, and the control means detects the recording start signal by the detection means. At this time, the transmitting means is controlled to read out the voice message stored in the first storage means again and transmit it to the telephone of the other party.

Therefore, if the other party's telephone is an answering machine, after detecting the recording start signal sent from the answering machine, the voice message is sent to the other party's telephone again, so the voice message is not heard on the other party's answering machine. Messages can be received and recorded reliably.

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

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a telephone with a voice mail device which is an embodiment of the present invention, and the following items will be explained in order.

(1) Configuration of telephone with voice mail device (2) Configuration of input display section (3) Control of telephone with voice mail device 70 - This telephone transmits a voice message of pre-stored voice data at a pre-specified transmission time. is automatically sent to the destination of the pre-registered telephone number, and when the other party's telephone is an answering machine and a recording start signal from the answering machine is detected, the voice message is sent again. It is a feature.

Here, an answering machine or a telephone with an answering machine function means that when set to answering machine mode, when a call arrives from the other party, the line is connected and the other party instructs the other party to start sending a voice message. A telephone that has the function of transmitting a recording start signal to the other party and recording a voice message sent from the other party in response.

(1) Configuration of telephone with voice mail device This telephone has the following features:
The telephone has two operating modes: a telephone mode in which the telephone is used as a normal telephone with only voice transmission and reception functions, and a voice mail mode in which it is used by connecting a voice mail device.

In FIG. 1, switches 3.4 and 6.7 are for switching between telephone mode and voice mail mode, and control signals inputted from CPU 20 via bus 30 and input/output port circuit 27, which will be described later. In each case, it is switched to the a side or the b side depending on the situation.

The voice memory 10 is a RAM for storing voice data obtained by analog/digital conversion (hereinafter referred to as A/D conversion) from a voice signal in the voice mail mode, and here, the voice data of voice messages is temporarily stored. It has a temporary registration area for temporarily storing the audio data, and an audio registration area for storing the audio data until an instruction to clear the audio data is given.

The line control unit 5 is connected to a telephone line and has a call path setting function, a line control function, a dial sending function, and a recording start signal detection function, and its operation is controlled by a CPU 20 described later. That is, in the telephone mode, in the telephone mode, after the line is connected, the call path setting function transmits the voice signal input from the transmitter 1a to the telephone line as described later, and also sends the voice signal input through the telephone line to the telephone line. Output to handset 1b, while in voice mail mode,
A digital/analog converter (hereinafter referred to as D/A converter) 12 converts the audio data read from the audio memory lO.
The D/A-converted audio signal is sent to the telephone line, and the audio signal input to the line connection unit 5 via the telephone line is sent to the audio memory l via the A/D converter 13.
The audio data of the audio signal is stored in the audio memory 10. The line control function performs outgoing connection, detection of incoming calls from the telephone line, and line connection. Further, in the dial sending function, based on the telephone number data inputted from the CPU 20, a dial pulse signal or a pushbutton signal corresponding to the telephone number is sent to the telephone line.

Furthermore, in the recording start signal detection function, when the six-line control unit 5 detects the recording start signal sent from the answering machine of the other party and instructs to start transmitting a voice message, the CPU 20 Sends an interrupt signal to

The CPU 20 is a control device that controls the operation of this telephone with a voice mail device, and includes a ROM 21 that stores a system program that controls the operation of the CPU 20, and a
It is connected via a bus 30 to a RAM 22 which is used as a work area for U 20 and which stores telephone number data and transmission time data of the other party. Also, C
The PU 20 includes a liquid crystal display section (hereinafter referred to as an LCD display section) 24 that displays various messages, a light emitting diode (hereinafter referred to as an LED) 25, 26,
An input/output port circuit 27 connected to the key power unit 23, the control terminals of switches 3 and 4°6.7, and the hook switch lc that detects the on-footer and off-hook of the handset l.
are connected to each other via a bus 30. In addition, RAM22
has a temporary registration area that temporarily stores phone number data and sending time data, and a phone number area and sending time setting that stores phone number data and sending time data until an instruction is given to clear those data. Has an area.

In telephone mode, switches 3, 4, and 6° 7 are both switched to side a. At this time, the voice input to the transmitter 1a of the handset I is converted into an audio signal, and is input to the line control unit 5 via the amplifier 2, the a side of the switch 3, and the a side of the switch 4. Afterwards, it is sent to the other party's telephone via the telephone line. In addition, the voice signal input from the other party's telephone to the line control unit 5 via the telephone line is
The signal is output to the handset 1b of the handset I via the a side of the switch 6, the a side of the switch 7, and the amplifier 8, and is converted into voice and output.

On the other hand, in voice mail mode, switch 3°4.6
．． 7 are both switched to the b side.

When recording a voice message in voice mail mode,
The audio signal output from the transmitter 1a is input to the A/D converter 11 via the amplifier 2 and the b side of the switch 3, where it is A/D converted into audio data and then stored in the audio memory lO.
is entered and stored. Further, when playing a voice message, the voice data read from the voice memory 10 is input to the D/A converter 14 and converted into a voice signal by D/A converter 14.
After being A-converted, the signal is output to the handset 1b of the handset 1 via the b side of the switch 7 and the amplifier 8, and is output as voice.

When sending a voice message in voice mail mode,
The audio data read from the audio memory 10 is
After being D/A converted into an audio signal by the converter 12, it is input to the line control section 5 via the b side of the switch 4, and is sent to the destination telephone via the telephone line. Further, when receiving a voice message, a voice signal inputted from the telephone of the other party to the line control section 5 via the telephone line is inputted to the A/D converter 13 via the b side of the switch 6. After being A/D converted into audio data, it is input to and stored in the audio memory IO.

(2) Structure of input/output display section FIG. 2 is a front view of the input/output display section of this telephone with voice mail device.

This input/output display section includes a key input section 23 and an LCD display section 2.
4, and the key human power section 23 has 0 to 9 and "*"
A numeric keypad 40 consisting of a "#" key, a voice mail key 45, a registration key 41, and a message memory key 42
, an answer key 43 , and a transmission key 44 are provided. Furthermore, the send key 44 and the voice mail key 45 are each provided with an LED 26, 25.

The numeric keypad 40 is used to instruct the setting of a telephone number, the transmission time, and the recording, playback, and deletion of voice messages, and the registration key 41 is used to instruct the registration of the telephone number and transmission time. Further, the message memory key 42 is used to instruct recording of a voice message, and the answering machine key 43 is used to instruct answering machine recording. Furthermore, the transmission key 44 is transmitted to the voice memory 10.
It is used to set/cancel the transmission of voice messages stored in
When the transmission is canceled, the LED 26 turns off.

The voice mail key 45 is used to switch between telephone mode and voice mail mode.
By pressing 5, you can alternately switch between telephone mode and voice mail mode, and when in voice mail mode, the LED 25
lights up, while in the telephone mode, the LED 25 goes off.

(3) Control Flow of Telephone with Voice Mail Device FIG. 3 is a flowchart of the main routine for controlling the telephone with voice mail device.

When power supply starts to the telephone, this main routine is executed, and first, in step Sl (hereinafter, "step" is omitted), the CPU 20 is reset, and then various initial setting processes are performed. It will be done. Next, in S2, on-edge detection of the transmission key 44, which instructs transmission of the stored voice message, and LED 2
6. Input/output processing such as lighting/extinguishing processing (see Figure 4).

) is performed, the control mode indicating the mode to be processed is checked in S3.

If the value of the control mode is "O", in S4, a standby mode is entered in which operations of the key manual section 23 such as detecting on-edge of the registration key 41 and message memory key 42, checking of transmission setting time, and checking of reception are performed. The process (see Figure 5) is performed.If the value of the control mode is "1", in S5, the registration mode process (see Figure 6) is performed to set the telephone number of the other party and the transmission time. Furthermore, if the value of the hunt roll mode is "2", message memory mode processing (see FIG. ) is performed.Furthermore, if the value of the control mode is "3", in S7, the process of calling the other party, the process of transmitting the voice message stored in the voice memory IO, and the voice response from the other party are performed. A transmission mode process (see Figure 8) is performed to perform message recording processing, etc. If the value of the control mode is "4", in S8, a reception mode process (refer to Fig. 8) is performed to process a reception from the other party. ) is performed. If the value of the control mode is '°5'', other mode processing is performed in S9.

After each of the above processes (S4 to S9), the process returns to S2 and the above processes are repeated.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a subroutine for input/output processing (52 in FIG. 3).

In this input/output processing, first, in S201, it is checked whether or not the memory transmission flag is '0'.
l) is reset to °0゛', and when the memory transmission flag is "l", it indicates the execution of the voice message transmission process described later, and when the memory transmission flag is 0'', the voice message Indicates that memory transmission processing is not executed.

Here, when the memory transmission flag is 0″″, 52
02, it is determined whether or not the transmission key 44 is turned on. If the transmission key 44 is turned on, the memory transmission flag is set to "l" in 5203, the LED 26 is turned on in 5204, and the process goes to 5208. move on. On the other hand, 5
When the transmission key 44 is not turned on in 202, the LED 26 is turned off in 5207, and then the process proceeds to 5208.

Further, when the memory transmission 7 lag is Pavi' in 5201, it is detected in 5205 whether or not the transmission key 44 is turned on. When the send key 44 is turned on (
(Yes in S205), sets the memory transmission flag to "O" in 5206, and sets the LE in 5207.
After turning off D26, the process advances to 5208. On the other hand, when the transmission key 44 is not turned on (N in S205)
o), proceed to 5204, turn on the LED 26, and then
Proceed to 208.

At 5208, input/output processing (3208) is performed for inputting other keys of the key input unit 23 and the knock switch lc, and performing various output processing, and then the process returns to the main routine.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of standby mode processing (S4 in FIG. 3).

5401.5402.5403 of this standby mode processing.
At step 5404, the on/off check of the registration key 41, the on/off check of the message memory key 42, the transmission time check, and the reception check are performed, respectively.

At 5401, when the registration key 41 is turned on, 5
After setting the control mode to "1" in step 405, the process returns to the main routine. Further, when the message memory key 42 is turned on in 5402, the control mode is set to "2" in 5406, and then the process returns to the main routine. Furthermore, in 5403, it is checked whether the current time measured by a timer (not shown) matches the transmission time stored in advance in the transmission time setting area of the RAM 22, and when it matches, in 5407, the control mode is set. 3", the process returns to the main routine. Furthermore, in 5404, the presence or absence of a line connection control signal received by the line control unit 5 is confirmed, and if the line connection control signal has been received, the process proceeds to 5408. , after setting the control mode to "4", returns to the main routine.On the other hand, if the line connection control signal is not received in 5404, in 5409,
After performing other predetermined processing, the process returns to the main routine.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart of the subroutine of registration mode processing (55 in FIG. 3).

In this registration mode process, in step 5501, a message "TIME SET" is displayed on the LCD display section 24 to instruct setting of the transmission time. Then 550
At 5503, when a key manual check of the numeric keypad 40 is performed and one of the number keys from "ON" to "9" is pressed, the data of the number of the pressed key is stored in the temporary registration area in the RAM 22 at 5503. After additionally storing the data, the process returns to 5502. Also, when the "*"' key is pressed in 5502, the sending time data stored in the sending time setting area in the RAM 22 is cleared in 5504, and then the process returns to 5502. .Furthermore, when "#" is pressed in 5502, RAM2 is pressed in 5505.
The transmission time data stored in the temporary registration area in 2.
After transferring and storing it in the transmission time setting area in the RAM 22, the process advances to 5506. The display example of the LCD display section 24 at the time of setting the above-mentioned transmission time in this registration mode processing is shown in the first example.
This is shown in Figure 0 (A).

At 5506, it is checked whether the setting of the transmission time is completed, that is, it is checked whether the setting of the transmission time is to be performed again. "0" to '9' and ' on the numeric keypad 40
When one of the *" keys is pressed, the process returns to 5502 to set the transmission time again. On the other hand, when the "#" key is pressed, the process advances to 5507 and the LCD display section 2
4, a message "device NO, SET" is displayed to instruct setting of the telephone number of the destination to which the voice message is to be sent at the transmission time registered in step 5505.

Next, in 3508, a check is made for the manual power of the keys on the numeric keypad 40, and when one of the number keys from ``0'' to ``9'' is pressed, in 5509, the data of the number of the pressed key is stored in the RAM 22. After additionally storing the information in the temporary registration area, the process returns to 5508. Also, 5508
When the "*" key is pressed in 551O, the telephone number data stored in the telephone number area in the RAM 22 is cleared, and then the process returns to 5508.
When the "#" button is pressed in 508, the telephone number data stored in the temporary registration area in the RAM 22 is transferred to and stored in the telephone number area in the RAM 22 in 5511, and then the process advances to 5512. FIG. 10(B) shows an example of the display on the LCD display section 24 when setting the above-mentioned telephone number in this registration mode process.

At 5512, a check is made as to whether or not to further set a telephone number. That is, when one of the keys 0" to "9" and "*" is pressed following the "#" key pressed before the process of 5511, the telephone number is set again. Return to 5508. Meanwhile, 551
When the "#" key is pressed in step 2, the control mode is set to 0" in step 5513, and the process returns to the main routine.

Figure 7 shows message memory mode processing (36 in Figure 3)
2 is a flowchart of a subroutine.

In this message memory mode processing, first, 5601
"INPUT YOURME" instructs the LCD display section 24 to input the voice message to be stored.
"SSAGE" is displayed.

Next, in 5602, the input on the numeric keypad 40 is checked, and when one of the number keys ``l'' to ``9#'' is pressed, the process proceeds to 5603, and the voice data of the voice message is stored in the voice memory 10. That is, the voice input to the transmitter 1a is converted into an audio signal, and then input to the A/D converter 11 via the amplifier 2 and the b side of the switch 3, where it is A/D converted into audio data. The audio data is stored in the audio memory IO.

When the IIQII key is pressed in 5602, the voice message of the voice data stored in the voice memory 10 is played back. That is, the audio data stored in the audio memory IO is read out, converted into an audio signal by the D/A converter 14, and then output to the receiver 1b via the b side of the switch 7 and the amplifier 8. , the voice message of the stored voice data is played back.

At 5602, when the "*" key is pressed, the voice data of the voice message stored in the voice memory 10 is cleared.

After the voice data of the voice message is stored in the temporary registration area of the voice memory 10 in 5603, when the "#" key is pressed in 5602 to indicate the end of recording the voice message, the voice data of the voice message is stored in the temporary registration area of the voice memory 10. The voice data of the registered voice message is transferred to the voice registration area of the same voice memory IO and stored therein. At this time, immediately after the last part of the audio data stored in the audio memory 10, audio end data indicating the end of the audio data is stored. Next, in 5607, a check is made to see if the voice message should be recorded again. Here, when the "#" key of the numeric keypad 40 is pressed, the control mode is set to "l" in order to record the voice message again, and then the process returns to the main routine. on the other hand,
When the "*" key is pressed, the voice message is not recorded again, so in step 5609, the control mode is set to PA0°', and the process returns to the main routine.

An example of the display on the LCD display section 24 in the above mensage memory mode process is shown in FIG. 10(C).

FIG. 8 is a flowchart of the subroutine of the transmission mode process (37 in FIG. 3).

In this transmission mode processing, first, in 5701, it is determined whether or not to transmit a voice message of voice data stored in the voice memory 10 based on a memory transmission flag. That is, it is determined whether the memory transmission flag is "BI", and if it is "I", it is checked in 5702 whether transmission is possible via the connected telephone line. If transmission is possible, proceed to 5703; on the other hand, if transmission is not possible, such as when the telephone mode is switched and the call is in progress or reception is in progress, proceed to 5717 and set the control mode to "o". and return to the main routine.

In addition, in 5701, the memory transmission flag is ``0''
If so, proceed to 5717.

5703, in the order in which the telephone numbers stored in the telephone number area of the RAM 22 are registered, after performing a call process of dialing the destination of the above-mentioned stored telephone number after going off-hook, the system waits for a predetermined period of time, for example, 30 seconds. do. Next, in 5704, it is determined whether the destination telephone has been taken off-hook and the line has been connected. If the line is not connected, proceed to 5711.

On the other hand, if the line is connected at 5704, 57
05, the voice message of the voice data stored in the voice memory 10 is transmitted to the telephone of the other party via the telephone line, and the voice message is transmitted from the answering machine of the other party and has a predetermined in-band signal frequency. Start detecting a recording start signal that instructs the start of recording. That is,
In the voice message transmission process, the voice memory lO
The voice data stored in the voice registration area of Sent to your phone. In the recording start signal detection process, when the line control unit 5 detects the recording start signal of the other party, it outputs an interrupt signal to the CPU 20,
In response, the CPU 20 sets a recording start signal detection flag indicating that the recording start signal has been detected. In addition,
This recording start signal detection flag is reset if it is set at the start of the process in step 5705 above.

Next, after detecting voice end data in 5706, it is determined in 5707 whether a recording start signal has been detected from the answering machine of the other party after 5705, that is, whether a recording start signal detection flag has been set. Check. Here, when a recording start signal is detected, the process returns to 5705 and the voice message transmission process described above is repeated; on the other hand, when a recording start signal is not detected, the line is connected at 5708. It is checked whether or not.

At step 5708, when the line is in a connected state, it is determined that the voice message has been successfully transmitted, and then at step 5709 it is checked whether the destination is still in an off-footer state. If the other party is in an off-footer state, the process returns to 5705 in order to send the voice message to the other party again. On the other hand, in 5709,
When the other party is on-hook, the process advances to 5710, and the LCD display section 24 is displayed as shown in FIG. 1O (D).
After displaying the telephone number of the other party to whom the voice message has been sent, and displaying a * mark on this telephone number, the process advances to 5711. Note that for destinations registered in the phone number area of the RAM 22 but to which voice messages have not yet been sent, only that phone number will be used as the first
It is displayed on the LCD display unit 24 as shown in FIG. 0 (D).

If the line is not connected at 5708, it is determined that the voice message has not been transmitted normally, and the process advances to 5720.

At 5720, it is determined whether the number of times the line is not connected after the message transmission process at 5705 (hereinafter referred to as the number of transmission attempts) is an integer N times. If the number of transmission attempts is not N, the process returns to step 5703 and repeats the process of calling the destination and the message sending process (S705) in order to perform the line connection process with the destination again and send the voice message. On the other hand, when the number of transmission attempts reaches N times, 572I
As shown in FIG. 10(D), the telephone number of the other party to whom the voice message transmission was not completed is displayed on the LCD display section 24, and after this telephone number is marked with a circle, Proceed to 5711. In addition, in this example,
If the line is disconnected for the first time while sending a voice message, the line is connected to the other party and the voice message is retransmitted, but if the line is disconnected twice in a row. is set to stop sending voice messages.

After processing to disconnect the line with the other party in 5711, in 5712, the telephone number data of the other party for which the voice message transmission has been completed or has not been completed in the above-mentioned voice message transmission processing is stored in the RAM 22. This is cleared from the telephone number area so that voice message transmission processing for this destination will no longer be performed. Next, in 5713, it is checked whether the destination to which the voice message transmission process was performed is the last destination stored in the telephone number area in the RAM 22. If it is not the last destination, in 5715, the telephone number data of the next destination to be sent is stored in the RAM 22.
The telephone number area is read out and set, and the process returns to 5703 for calling the other party. In 5713, if the destination to which the voice message transmission process was performed is the last destination, in 5714, the destination (hereinafter referred to as It is said that the other party is not connected to the line.

), and if there is no other party to which the line is not connected, the memory transmission flag is set to "o" in 3716.
After setting, proceed to 5717.

On the other hand, in 5714, if there is a partner to whom the line is not connected, the control mode is set to "o" in 5717, and the process returns to the main routine.

FIG. 9 is a 70-chart of the subroutine of the reception mode process (38 in FIG. 3).

In this reception mode processing, first, in 5801, conditions such as whether this telephone can receive calls and whether to perform answering machine recording are checked, and if it is possible to perform reception processing, in 5802, the incoming call is connected. After performing predetermined reception processing such as processing or answering machine recording processing, the control mode is set to "o" in 5803, and the process returns to the main routine. On the other hand, if it is determined in 5801 that it is impossible to perform reception processing, the reception processing is not performed and the control mode is set to "0" in 5803.
After setting, return to the main routine.

As explained above, a voice message of pre-stored voice data is automatically sent to the destination of a pre-registered telephone number at a pre-specified transmission time, and if the destination's telephone is an answering machine and the When the recording start signal transmitted from the answering machine is detected, the voice message is transmitted again, so there is an advantage that the voice message can be reliably recorded by the answering machine of the other party.

In the above embodiments, a telephone with a voice mail device has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the voice mail device may be configured independently. It may also be provided in a telephone terminal device such as a data transmission device.

In the embodiments described above, the audio data of the audio message is stored in the audio memory IO, which is a RAM, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the audio data may be stored in other audio storage devices such as magnetic tape.

[Effects of the Invention] As detailed above, according to the present invention, when the current time matches the pre-stored transmission time, the pre-stored telephone number of the destination is dialed and the telephone line is connected. After that, the pre-stored voice message is read out and sent to the telephone of the other party via the telephone line, and when a recording start signal transmitted from the answering machine of the other party is detected, the voice message is transmitted again to the telephone of the other party. Since the voice message is sent to the other party's telephone, the voice message can be received and reliably recorded by the other party's answering machine.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a telephone with a voice mail device that is an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a front view of the input display section of the telephone shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a main flowchart of the telephone shown in FIG. 1. Figure 4 is a 70-chart of the input/output processing subroutine, Figure 5 is a flowchart of the standby mode processing subroutine, Figure 6 is a flowchart of the registration mode processing subroutine, and Figure 7 is the message memory mode subroutine. FIG. 8 is a flowchart of the subroutine for transmission mode processing; FIG. 9 is a flowchart for the subroutine for reception mode processing; FIG. Figure 1O (B) is a diagram showing an example of the LCD display when setting a telephone number, Figure 1O (C) is an example of the LCD display when recording a voice message.
FIG. 10(D) is a diagram showing an example of the display on the LCD display after the voice message transmission process. 1...Handset, 5...Line control unit, 1O...Audio memory, 20...CPU. 22...RAM.

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) A first storage means for storing a voice message to be sent to the telephone of the other party; a second storage means for storing the telephone number of the other party; and a second storage means for storing the transmission time at which the voice message is to be sent. 3
storage means; and a line for dialing the telephone number of the other party stored in the second storage means to connect the telephone line when the current time matches the transmission time stored in the third storage means. A voice mail device comprising: a connecting means; and a transmitting means for reading out a voice message stored in the first storage means and transmitting it to the destination telephone via the telephone line after the line is connected by the line connecting means. After transmitting the voice message by the transmitting means,
a detection means for detecting a recording start signal transmitted from the telephone with an answering machine of the other party and instructing to start transmitting a voice message; when the detection means detects the recording start signal;
A voice mail device comprising control means for controlling said transmitting means to read out again the voice message stored in said first storage means and transmit it to said destination telephone.