JPH0870355A - Redialing plural number management system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a redialing plural number management system capable of reoriginating a call to plural opposite parties even from a telephone set without a button exclusive for abbreviated dialing. CONSTITUTION: A number management table 6 for storing plural telephone numbers is provided in the redialing function block 1 of an electronic exchange. The telephone number originated from a telephone set part 2 is searched in a number search processing part 8, and when it is not registered, the telephone number is automatically and successively registered in the number management table 6 by a number registration processing part 7. The telephone numbers are successively called out from the number management table 6 by the number of times of operation of the redialing assignment button of the telephone set part 2 and the called telephone number is displayed at a telephone number display device 9. Then, by pushing a selection specification assignment button of the target telephone number, dial pulses are originated.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a redial number management system for electronic switching equipment.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, a key telephone has a speed dial function as a function of storing a plurality of telephone numbers and easily performing a dial operation when redialing to the same number. This speed dial function is such that an arbitrary telephone number is registered in advance in a plurality of dedicated buttons for speed dial, and a desired telephone number can be selected from these.

However, the above-mentioned conventional speed dial function requires the same number of speed dial dedicated buttons as the telephone number registration data, and a telephone without a speed dial dedicated button can easily redial a plurality of parties. It has the drawback of not having it.

Here, as the prior art, for example, Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. Hei 2
Japanese Laid-Open Patent Publication No. 244950 (hereinafter, referred to as Prior Art 1) has a "telephone number display device" configured to have a memory for storing a plurality of latest telephone numbers among the telephone numbers called. Is disclosed.

In Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 63-215286 (hereinafter referred to as Prior Art 2), a plurality of previously dialed telephone numbers are stored in a re-credit memory.
A "button telephone device" has been disclosed in which a plurality of previously dialed telephone numbers can be freely read and redialed by reading the telephone number by a dial search button, displaying it, and sending it to a line.

Further, Japanese Laid-Open Patent Publication No. 63-79448 (hereinafter referred to as prior art 3) is provided with a re-credit memory capable of storing a plurality of dialed telephone numbers and a redial search means. A "phone with redial function" that allows redialing of one or more telephone numbers is disclosed.

Further, in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 62-81860 (hereinafter referred to as Prior Art 4), a telephone number dialed in the past is stored and displayed on a display unit by a search button, so that the previous time is displayed. "Multi-function phone" that makes it easy to redial the dialed party
Is disclosed.

[0008]

As described above, the conventional speed dial function requires the same number of dedicated buttons for speed dial as the telephone number registration data. However, there is a drawback in that it is not possible to easily redial.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a redial multiple number management system capable of redialing to a plurality of parties even from a telephone without a dedicated speed dial button. .

Here, the above-mentioned prior art 1 shows a telephone number display device having a memory for storing a plurality of latest telephone numbers among the telephone numbers that have been called so that it can be displayed. By operating a single button, you can select the desired number from the multiple phone numbers saved in the memory, allowing you to redial calls to multiple parties even from a phone that does not have a dedicated speed dial button. There is no specific description suggesting the technical idea of the present invention, and the technical idea is completely different from the present invention.

Further, in the prior art 2, a plurality of previously dialed telephone numbers are stored in the re-credit memory, the dial search button is used to read out, display, and send out to the line, whereby the previously dialed number is displayed. The present invention relates to a button telephone device in which a plurality of telephone numbers can be freely read and redialed, and a technique of the present invention is intended for a telephone that requires a dial search button and does not have a dedicated speed dial button. There is no specific description that suggests the idea, and it is based on a technical idea that is completely different from the present invention.

Further, in the above-mentioned prior art 3, by providing a re-credit memory capable of storing a plurality of dialed telephone numbers and a redial search means, it is possible to freely redial two or more telephone numbers. 1 shows a telephone with a calling function, which is provided with a re-credit memory and a redial search means in the telephone, and suggests a technical idea of the present invention in which a redial number is managed on the electronic exchange side. However, it is based on a technical idea which is completely different from the present invention.

Furthermore, in the prior art 4, the telephone number dialed in the past is stored and displayed on the display unit by the search button, which makes it possible to easily realize redialing for the other party dialed before the last time. It shows a functional telephone, and there is no specific description suggesting the technical idea of the present invention in which the redial number management is performed on the electronic exchange side like the prior art 3, and the technical idea is completely different from the present invention. It is based on.

[0014]

In order to achieve the above object, a redial multiple number management system according to the present invention is provided in an electronic exchange and stores a plurality of telephone numbers previously transmitted from a telephone. Table, number registration processing section for automatically registering the telephone number transmitted from the telephone in the number management table, number search processing section for searching whether the telephone number transmitted from the telephone is already registered in the number management table The electronic exchange includes a redial function block having a redial number management unit for sequentially searching a telephone number according to the number of times of redial button allocation from the telephone, a button to which redial and selection designations are assigned, and a telephone number display. A telephone unit connected to the device, and the telephone number is operated from the telephone unit in response to a redial assignment button operation. The telephone number registered in the number management table is sequentially read by the search processing unit and transmitted to the telephone unit, and the telephone numbers sequentially transmitted on the telephone side are displayed on the telephone number display. It is characterized in that a dial pulse is converted and transmitted by pressing the selection designation assigning button with a telephone number.

[0015]

In the redial multiple number management system with the above-mentioned configuration, the number management table for storing a plurality of telephone numbers is provided in the redial function block of the electronic exchange, and the unregistered telephone numbers among the telephone numbers transmitted from the telephones are not registered. The telephone numbers are automatically registered in the number management table in sequence, the telephone numbers are sequentially called from the number management table according to the number of times the telephone redial assignment button is operated, and the called telephone numbers are displayed on the telephone number display unit. A dial pulse is transmitted by pressing a selection and assignment button assigned by number. By operating one button in this way, you can arbitrarily select the desired number from the multiple phone numbers saved in the memory and redial to multiple parties even from a phone without a dedicated speed dial button. It is possible.

[0016]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a system block diagram showing the configuration of a redial multiple number management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, 1 is a redial function block provided in the electronic exchange, and 2 is a telephone unit connected to the electronic exchange.

The redial function block 1 includes a redial number management section 3 and a redial number registration section 4. The redial number management unit 3 comprises a pointer table 5 for storing index values and a number management table 6 for storing registered telephone numbers. In addition, the redial number registration unit 4
Is provided with a number registration processing section 7 for storing a telephone number in the number management table and a number search processing section 8 for searching for a target telephone number from the telephone numbers stored in the number management table.

On the other hand, the telephone section 2 has a number display section 9 for displaying a telephone number, a dial pulse conversion section 10 for converting a number key input into a dial pulse, and a key for detecting the input of a plurality of keys including a numeric keypad and a redial key. Input circuit 11,
A control unit 12 that controls each of the blocks 9 to 12 in cooperation with the electronic exchange device is provided.

The processing operation of the above configuration will be described below.

First, in the telephone section 2, when the telephone number is input by pressing the ten-key, the telephone number is detected through the key input circuit 11, and the dial pulse conversion section 1 is detected.
It is converted into a dial pulse by 0 and sent to the electronic exchange. On the side of the electronic exchange, the telephone number is identified by dial pulse input and the redial function block 1 is activated.

In the redial function block 1, the telephone number transmitted from the telephone section 2 is sent to the redial number registration section 4 of the redial function block 1. In the redial number registration unit 4, first, the number search processing unit 8 searches the number management table 6 of the redial number management unit 3 for the same number, and if it is already registered, the number management table 6 is entered. If the same number data is deleted from the number and it is not registered, 0 of the number management table 6
Register the phone number in the second area. At this time, other registered telephone numbers are sequentially stacked in the old number area of the number management table 6.

When redialing is performed in the telephone section 2, the key button to which "redial" is assigned is continuously depressed until the desired number is displayed on the number display section 9.

That is, on the telephone section 2 side, each time the redial key button is pressed, the redial command signal is output from the key input circuit 12. When the electronic exchange receives this redial command signal, the redial function block 1
Is started, and the number search processing unit 8 of the redial number registration unit 4 sequentially searches the telephone numbers indicated by the index values of the pointer table 5 from 0 to n.

When the index value reaches the maximum value n of the number management table 6, the index value is reset,
Search again from the 0th area of the number management table 6.

The searched telephone numbers are sequentially sent to the telephone unit 2
And is displayed on the number display unit 9 via the control unit 11. By pressing the "*" button with the desired telephone number,
The telephone number is converted into a dial pulse by the dial pulse conversion unit 10 via the control unit 11 and is transmitted and output.

Therefore, in the redial multiple number management system with the above configuration, the multiple dial data can be automatically registered from the latest one in the redial function block 1 provided in the electronic exchange, and "redial" is performed. It is possible to sequentially select and transmit by operating the key buttons of. This makes it possible to add a function for easily making redials to multiple parties even from existing telephones that do not have speed-dial buttons, by simply changing the software of the electronic switching device for frequently-calling telephone numbers. it can.

It is needless to say that the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments, and that various modifications may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention.

[0030]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a redial multiple number management system capable of redialing to a plurality of parties even from a telephone without a dedicated speed dial button.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a system configuration of a redial multiple number management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Redial function block 2 Telephone section 3 Redial number management section 4 Redial number registration section 5 Pointer table 6 Number management table 7 Number registration processing section 8 Number search processing section 9 Number display section 10 Dial pulse conversion section 11 Key input circuit 12 Control unit

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A number management table (6) which is provided in an electronic exchange and stores a plurality of telephone numbers previously transmitted from a telephone, and a telephone number transmitted from a telephone is automatically registered in the number management table. A number registration processing unit (7) for searching, a number search processing unit (8) for searching whether the telephone number transmitted from the telephone has already been registered in the number management table, and the telephone number depending on the number of redial button allocation operations from the telephone. A redial function block having a redial number management part (5) for sequentially searching and a button (11) to which redial and selection designations are assigned
And a telephone number display (9), and a telephone unit connected to the electronic exchange device. The telephone number is registered in the number management table by the number search processing unit in response to a redial assignment button operation from the telephone unit. The telephone numbers being read in order and transmitted to the telephone section, displaying the telephone numbers sequentially transmitted on the telephone side on the telephone number display, and pressing the selection designation assignment button with the desired telephone number. The redial multiple number management method is characterized in that the dial pulse is used to make outgoing calls. 2. The number registration processing unit registers the latest registered telephone number in the number management table, and other telephone numbers already registered are sequentially stacked in the old number area of the number management table. The redial multiple number management system according to claim 1, wherein