JPH0451743A - Communication equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent a load and a time for retrieval by managing a history of a dial time by a telephone number based on each destination information (telephone number and identification information) registered in a telephone number directory memory. CONSTITUTION:When the telephone number directory dialing call mode is started, a system control section 11 counts number of dialing calls dialed within a prescribed period back from a current time by a real time clock 10 as to a valid data among dial year, month, day, hour, minute and second being a recorded data of dial time history and writes the number in a dial count area of the managed data. The control section 11 retrieves sequentially the dial count area for a management data of each valid telephone number in a telephone number directory memory 9 and finds out information whose displayed flag is clear with a maximum dial count and a name/address/telephone number in one item of destination information is displayed on a data display section 2.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION The present invention relates to a communication device, and more particularly to a communication device that displays destination information of a calling terminal according to the frequency of use and can automatically make a call.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventional communication devices of this type include, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 1986-
There is one disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 293860. This communication device includes a memory that stores a large number of destination information each consisting of a destination name and its destination information, a display that variably displays a certain number of destination information in a predetermined order according to an operator's search operation, and a selection input section for instructing a call to one destination from destination information; a means for automatically making a call to the selected destination; a counting means for counting the number of times selected destination information is selected each time a call is made; and display control means for changing the order of display of each destination information on the display in descending order of the number of selections according to the counting result of the means. With this configuration, each time a call is made, the destinations are sorted in descending order of the number of times they have been selected, and the destinations with the highest call frequency can be easily and quickly searched for with fewer search operations, thereby improving the operability required for the search. gets better.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, in such conventional communication devices,
The number of calls made in the past is simply counted for each destination information stored in memory, and displayed in descending order of number of calls to prompt destination selection. Among the destinations registered in , if there is a destination that was frequently used a long time ago but is not currently called very often, when you search to make a call to the actual destination, the required destination A problem arises in that the information is displayed later in the order, making it impossible to reduce the effort and time required for searching.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and an object of the present invention is to extract necessary destination information without significantly increasing the effort and time of searching even if the amount of destination information stored in the memory means increases. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a communication device capable of making a call based on destination information.

Means for Solving the Problems In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a memory means for storing destination information of a plurality of terminals, a means for displaying the plurality of destination information, and a plurality of displayed destination information. a means for selecting a necessary one from among them and making a call, and a communication device having an automatic calling function; The gist of the present invention is to provide a control means for displaying on a display means in descending order of the number of calls made within a certain period of time going back from the present time by referring to a call history of information. The destination information consists of identification information such as a destination telephone number and a destination name.

According to the above configuration, when a call is made, destination information is displayed on the display means by the operation of the control section in order of frequency of use based on a recent call history for a certain period using destination information stored in the memory means. The operator looks at the displayed content, selects the desired destination information from among the displayed plurality of destination information, and makes a call. The control unit monitors the calling operation and registers in the memory means the time when the call was made to the destination, that is, the date and time. Therefore, even if the amount of destination information stored in the memory means increases, it is possible to retrieve the necessary information and make a call using that information without significantly increasing the effort and time required for searching.

Embodiment FIGS. 1 to 5 are diagrams showing an embodiment of a communication device according to the present invention.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a data input section through which the operator inputs various data keys into the device; 2, a data display section as a display means for displaying various data selection information to the operator; 3; is a dialing circuit for making calls to the entered telephone number; 4 is a handset for sending and receiving calls; and 5 is connected to line 6 to control the interface between this device and the line. 7 is the line control unit for the system work of this device.
AM, 8 is RO where the control program for this device is stored.
Reference numerals M and 9 designate a telephone directory memory as a memory means in which registered destination information is stored, IO a real-time clock that counts the current time, and 11 a system control unit that controls the entire apparatus. The destination information stored in the telephone directory memory 9 includes identification information such as a telephone number and destination name, and information on the time (including year, month, and day) when a call was made using the telephone number.

The operation of the communication device having such a configuration will be explained.

FIG. 2 shows a flowchart representing the processing procedure of the operation of this embodiment.

First, when the operation is started, the system control unit 11 checks whether there is an input from the data input unit 1 in a processing step (hereinafter simply referred to as step) ST1. As an initial screen, the display section 2 displays a screen prompting the user to select whether to register a telephone number or to make a call based on the destination information in the telephone directory memory 9. Then, the system control unit 11 performs step S
Shifting to T2, the data input is checked to see if it is a request for registering a telephone number, and if it is determined that it is not a request for registering a telephone number, a call is made using the destination information in the telephone directory memory 9 in step ST3. Check whether it is a request or not. If there is no request, step S
Return to TI. In response, the operator
By pressing the keys manually and selecting one of them, the mode enters a telephone number registration mode or a calling mode using destination information in the telephone directory memory. In step ST2,
If it is determined that it is a phone number registration request, step S
At T4, the telephone number registration mode is entered. When this telephone number registration mode is started, a screen is displayed to prompt the user to enter the name and address, which are the identification information of the other party to be registered in the data display section 2. When the operator inputs the name and address of the other party from the data input section 1 in accordance with this screen display, a screen display is then displayed on the data display section 2 prompting the operator to input the telephone number of the other party. When the operator further inputs the telephone number of the other party from the data input section 1 in accordance with this display, the input operation for the telephone directory memory is completed, and the system control section 11 inputs the telephone number of the other party from the data input section 1.
The data read from is stored in the telephone directory memory 9, and the process moves to step ST5. In step ST5, the system control unit 11 invalidates all the recorded portions of the calling time history in the management data that stores information regarding the telephone number previously stored in step ST4.

This completes all processing operations in phone number registration mode.
The process returns to step STI.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step ST3 that the input data is a telephone directory call request, the process goes to step ST6 to enter the telephone directory call mode. When this telephone directory calling mode is started, the system control unit 11 first clears the displayed flags of each management data for all valid telephone numbers stored in the telephone directory memory 9. In addition, valid data among No, 1-No, and Ioo of the year, month, day, hour, minute, and second of the call, which is the recorded part of the call time history, is recorded retroactively from the current time indicated by the real-time clock 10. The number of calls made within one month is counted and written in the call count area of the management data, and the process moves to the next step ST7. In ST.7P STY,
The control unit 11 sequentially searches the call count area of the management data of each valid telephone number in the telephone directory memory 9, searches for the one with the largest call count among those whose displayed flag is in a clear state, and - Display the name, address, and telephone number of the destination information on the data display section 2 and set the displayed flag. This search operation is continued until there is no valid undisplayed data, during which time in step ST8,
Check whether all telephone directory data has been displayed. When it is determined that all the telephone directory data has not been displayed, it is checked in step ST9 whether or not there is an opening area for display in the data display section 2. If there is no opening area, the process moves to step 5TIO. Check whether there is another specified input. If there is an instruction input here, it is checked in step 5TII whether or not the instruction is an input specifying a calling telephone number, and if it is not specifying a calling telephone number, in step 5T12 there is a request to display the next data. Check whether or not. An example of the display screen at this time is shown in FIG.

When a request to display the next data is input from the data input section 1, the system control section 11 checks in step 5T13 whether all the telephone directory data has been displayed. In this process, the system control unit 11 determines whether all telephone number data in the telephone directory memory 9 has been displayed using the displayed flag, and if there is still valid undisplayed telephone number data, the After clearing the screen of the display unit 2, the operation is repeated from the above-mentioned search and display of the telephone number and identification information (step 5T7), but if there is no valid undisplayed telephone number data, the initial screen is displayed. Return key waits for human power (step 5TI).

On the other hand, in step S Tll, when the input instruction data specifies a calling telephone number (in the example of FIG. 4, the leftmost number is specified), the system control unit 11 sends the specified telephone number to the dialing circuit. 3 and set it to line control unit 5.
A dial signal is sent to the line 6 through the telephone line 6, and a call is made to the specified telephone number (step 5T14). After making the call, the system control unit 11 moves to step 5T15. In this process, the system control unit 11 selects the call year, month, day, hour, minute, and second number, 1-N, in the management data area corresponding to the telephone number that made the call in the telephone directory memory 9.
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The time when the call was made to the first invalid (unused) area in lOO (year, month, and year read from the real-time lock)
After writing in the day, hour, minute, second), it was my first time! Returns to screen ii and waits for key personnel. Also, if you try to write the time of call to the management data area, the year of call and
If the month, day, hour, minute, and second No. 1 to No. 100 are all used, the area with the oldest time is overwritten.

This completes one call operation based on the telephone directory data.

In this way, by registering a phone number in the phonebook and making a call from the phonebook, when the operator wants to make a call based on the phonebook data, the operator can check the phone number that has been used frequently between recent and accidental and its identification. You can search for information in order and make a call.

In this embodiment, an example of making a call when transmitting and receiving calls by telephone has been described, but it is also possible to apply the present invention to the calling operation of a device such as a facsimile that communicates through a telephone line. Furthermore, in this embodiment, the display order of destination information is determined based on the number of calls made within one month from the time the call mode is entered, but this period is limited to one month. However, the operator can also set it freely.

Furthermore, in this embodiment, the call history is No., I to No., 10.
Although there are 100 zeros, this is not limited to 100 either.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, the history of call times is managed for each telephone number for each destination information (telephone number and identification information) registered in the telephone directory memory, and When making a call using the phonebook, the destination information in the phonebook memory can be searched in descending order of the number of calls made within a certain period of time.
Even if a large amount of destination information is registered, it is possible to extract the necessary information and make a call using that information without increasing the trouble and time of searching.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram showing an embodiment of a communication device according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the processing operation of the embodiment, FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram showing an example of the structure of a registered telephone number, and FIG. The figure is a display diagram showing an example of a display screen when specifying a calling telephone number, etc. l...data input section, 2...data display section, 3...dial circuit, 4...handset, 5.old...line control section, 6...Line, 7...RAM, 8...ROM, 9
. . . Telephone directory memory, 10 . . . Real time clock, 11 . . . System control unit. Name of agent: Patent attorney Shigetaka Awano (1 person) Figure 2 Figure 2

Claims (1)

[Claims] A means for storing destination information of a plurality of terminals, a means for displaying the plurality of destination information, a means for selecting a necessary one from among the displayed plurality of destination information and making a call; a means for storing the time when a call was made to that destination for each destination information; and a display means that refers to the call history of each destination information and displays it on a display device in descending order of the number of calls made within a certain period of time starting from the present time. A communication device comprising: a control means for controlling;