JPH089465A - Registering method for abbreviated dial number for cordless telephone system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a registering method for abbreviated dial numbers for a cordless telephone system with which speaking with another base unit is enabled by an abbreviated dial number and the input work of the abbreviated dial number to plural hand sets is facilitated. CONSTITUTION:Concerning the cordless telephone system for connecting any arbitrary slave set among plural slave sets with the base unit connected to an exchange through a radio line, each slave set is provided with a ten key and a memory part for respectively storing the abbreviated dial number and an identification number. The abbreviated dial number and the identification number are inputted and registered on the first hand set by the ten key. The first slave set transfers the abbreviated dial number and the identification number read from its memory part by the data transfer of communication between slave sets to the slave sets following the second slave set (step 307). Thus, the data transferred abbreviated dial number and identification number are stored on the memory parts of slave sets following the second slave set.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for registering abbreviated dial numbers in a cordless telephone system, and more particularly to a method for registering abbreviated dial numbers for a plurality of cordless handsets constituting a cordless telephone system together with a parent device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a method for registering abbreviated dial numbers in a cordless telephone system consisting of a base unit connected by a telephone line and a handset unit connected by a radio line to the base unit, the conventional method has been shortened to the base unit. A method is known in which a memory for dial number registration is provided, the slave unit and the master unit are wirelessly connected, and then the speed dial number that is input from the slave unit is stored in the memory of the master unit. Sho 63-16303
No. 9, Jpn. Kaikaidai 2-16634).

In addition, an electrically readable and writable memory (EEPR) for registering a speed dial number in a slave unit.
There is also known a method in which the slave unit itself registers and manages the speed dial number data by providing an OM) (for example, actual Kaihei 2-
79652 publication).

[0004]

However, of the conventional methods for registering abbreviated dial numbers, the former method has a memory for storing abbreviated dial numbers on the master unit side, so that the slave unit is the master unit. When moving to another floor or outside and moving into the area of another base unit, there is a problem that a call using a speed dial number cannot be made.

In the latter conventional method, the registration work is required when the same speed dial number must be registered in a plurality of slave units even if the slave unit has a memory for storing the speed dial number. Has to be repeated, the work is complicated and time-consuming, and there is a problem that input errors are likely to occur.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points,
An object of the present invention is to provide a method for registering a speed dial number in a cordless telephone system, which enables a call with another base device by a speed dial number and facilitates the work of inputting the speed dial number to a plurality of slave devices.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a cordless telephone system in which any one of a plurality of slaves can be connected to a master connected to an exchange by a wireless line. Each of the slave units has at least a numeric keypad for inputting a speed dial number and an identification number corresponding to the speed dial number, and a memory unit for storing the speed dial number and the identification number, respectively.
The speed dial number and the identification number are entered by using the ten-key pad in the memory unit of the first slave unit and registered, and for the second and subsequent slave units, the speed dial number read from the memory unit of the first slave unit is used. The identification number and the identification number are transferred by the data transfer of the inter-slave communication, and the transferred speed dial number and the identification number are stored in the memory units of the second and subsequent slaves.

[0008]

According to the present invention, the speed dial number and the identification number are manually registered in the memory unit of the first slave unit by using the ten keys, whereas the memory units of the second and subsequent slave units are registered. Since the speed dial number and the identification number read from the memory unit of the first slave unit are stored by the data transfer of the communication between the slave units, the speed dial number and the identification number for the second and subsequent slave units are stored. The manual work for registration of can be omitted.

[0009]

Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 1 shows a system configuration diagram of a cordless telephone system to which an embodiment of the speed dial number registration method of the present invention is applied. As shown in the figure, the cordless telephone system includes a master device 10 and a plurality of (three in this case) slave devices 30 ₁ to 30 ₃ . The main device 10 includes a main control unit 11, a memory unit 12, a radio unit 13, a TDMA (time division multiple access) processing unit 14, coding units 15 to 18, a line processing unit 19, a bus 20 and an antenna that interconnect these. 21. The line processing unit 19 is connected to an exchange (not shown) via a telephone line 22.

The slave units 30 ₁ to 30 ₃ have the same configuration, and the main control unit 31 and the memory unit 3 for controlling each unit of the own station.
2. Display unit 3 composed of a liquid crystal display (LCD) or the like
3, a ten-key pad 34 for inputting abbreviated dial numbers, a radio unit 35, a TDMA processing unit 36, an encoding unit 37, a bus 38 bidirectionally connecting these, a codec unit 39, a transmitter 40, a receiver 41, and a wireless unit. The antenna 42 is connected to the antenna 35.

This cordless telephone system is a digital cordless telephone system used in offices and business establishments, and the base unit 10 and the handset units 30 ₁ to 30 ₃ call the same system call to their memory sections 12 and 32, respectively. The code is stored, and when one of the master unit 10 and the slave units 30 ₁ to 30 ₃ makes a call to the other, this system call code is transmitted, and when they match, the wireless lines of both are connected. In addition, when a speed dial number is input by the ten-key pad 34 at the time of making a call to each of the slave units 30 ₁ to 30 ₃ , the memory unit 32
Send the identification number corresponding to the input speed dial number stored in.

[0012] In addition, the handset 30 during a call ₁Is the transmitter
The audio signal from 40 is digitized by the codec section 39.
After conversion into a digital signal, the encoding unit 37 uses, for example, an adaptive difference.
Modulation and coding by pulse code modulation (ADPCM) method
After being converted, it was assigned to the own station by the TDMA processing unit 36.
The time division is time-division multiplexed in the time slot, and the radio unit 35 and
The data is transmitted to the master device 10 via the tena 42.

The base unit 10 transmits the above transmission signal to the antenna 21.
Received by, and amplified and frequency-converted by the wireless unit 13 and TD
The MA processing unit 14 separates the data from each time slot, supplies the data to the corresponding encoding units 15 to 18, decodes the data, and outputs the data to the line processing unit 19. The line processing unit 19 sends the input decoded data to the exchange via the line 22.

On the other hand, the signal data from, for example, a subscriber of the public line network input via the exchange, the line processing unit 19,
The signal is transmitted from the antenna 21 via the coding unit corresponding to the cordless handset of the other party of the call, the TDMA processing unit 14, and the wireless unit 13 among the coding units 15 to 18. The cordless handset 30 ₁ demodulates the received signal by the operation reverse to that at the time of transmission, and causes the handset 41 to generate a voice signal.

In this embodiment, in the digital cordless telephone system having such a structure used in offices and business establishments, communication between the handset units is possible, and the speed dial number is set by the ten keys 34 of the handset units 30 ₁ to 30 ₃ . The identification number can be input at least, and the memory unit 32 is configured to store the speed dial number and the identification number.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.
The description will be made with reference to FIGS. 2 (A), (B)
3 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the first child device in one embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the second child device when registering a speed dial number, and FIG. 4 is an operation of the method of the present invention. It is a sequence diagram explaining.

First, in the present embodiment, the speed dial number is registered in the _first slave unit, eg, 30 ₁ , as shown in FIG.
It is executed according to the flowchart shown in. That is, the user uses the ten-key 34 of the handset 30 ₁ to register the speed dial number to be registered and the corresponding identification number (step 101). The speed dial number is, for example, a two-digit numerical value. On the other hand, the above identification number is
It is the other party's telephone number consisting of 10 digits or more.

In this embodiment, inter-slave communication is possible between the slaves 30 ₁ to 30 ₃ , and in this case, the calling identification code and the destination identification code are used. There is. The destination identification code includes a system call code and the identification number. The system call code is the same code registered in advance in the memory units 12 and 32 of the master unit 10 and the slave units 30 ₁ to 30 ₃ of the same system. The calling identification code is a unique number of the calling handset and is registered in advance. On the other hand, the above identification number is a number that can be arbitrarily registered by the user.

A required number of abbreviated dial numbers and corresponding identification numbers are registered in the same manner as above using the ten-key pad 34, and the registration is completed (step 1).
02). As a result, the one or more input speed dial numbers and the corresponding identification numbers are stored and held in the memory unit 32 of the child device 30 ₁ .

In the present embodiment, next, the speed dial number and the identification number are registered in the second slave unit by utilizing the communication between the slave units. That is, as shown in the flowchart of FIG. 2 and the sequence diagram of FIG. 4, the first handset 30 _{1 in} which the speed dial number and the identification number are registered will register the speed dial number and the identification number using the ten-key 34. By inputting the calling number of the _second slave unit (for example, 30 ₂ ), further inputting the data transfer mode, and pressing the off-hook key, the slave unit 30 ₂ is called (step 111 to FIG. 2B). 113, step 301 in FIG. 4).

Then, the slave unit 30 ₂ starts receiving the speed dial number according to the flowchart shown in FIG. That is, when recognizing that there is an incoming call in the data transfer mode in step 201 of FIG. 3, the slave unit 30 ₂ sends a signal for establishing synchronization using the control channel (step 302 of FIG. 4) and at the same time, In step 202, it is determined whether the off-hook key has been pressed.

In response to the signal for establishing synchronization from the slave unit 30 ₂ , the slave unit 30 ₁ also sends a signal for establishing synchronization using the control channel (step 30 in FIG. 4).
3). As a result, the ringer of the child device 30 ₂ rings,
When the user of the handset 30 ₂ presses the off-hook key, the handset 30 ₂ transmits a response signal (step 20 in FIG. 3).
3, step 304 of FIG. 4).

On the other hand, the first slave unit 30 ₁ is shown in FIG.
After calling the other handset in step 113 of (B), it is in a response signal waiting state (step 114),
When receiving the above response signal, the communication channel (Tch)
Is used to transmit a Tch idle burst signal to the slave unit 30 ₂ for establishing synchronization when the communication physical slot is set (step 305 in FIG. 4), and the slave unit 30 ₂ similarly performs Tc.
When it is confirmed that the h idle burst signal has been returned (step 306 in FIG. 4), data transfer of the speed dial number is started (step 115 in FIG. 2B, step 307 in FIG. 4).

After transmitting the Tch idle burst signal, the slave unit 30 ₂ receives the data such as the abbreviated dial number transmitted from the slave unit 30 ₁ and determines whether the data accumulation is completed (steps 304 and 305 in FIG. 3, FIG. Step 30 of 4
7). In this way, the speed dial number and the identification number corresponding to the speed dial number stored in the memory unit 32 of the _first slave unit 30 ₁ are controlled by the main control unit 31 to control the memory unit 32.
Are sequentially read from the wireless LAN, are wirelessly transmitted using the communication channel, are received by the _second slave unit 30 _2, and are sequentially written to the memory unit, so that the second slave unit 30
_{For 2} , the speed dial number and the corresponding identification number are automatically registered in the memory section without using the numeric keypad.

When the slave unit 30 ₂ finishes writing the data in the memory unit by the above data transfer, it transmits a storage completion signal to the slave unit 30 ₁ (steps 205 and 20 in FIG. 3).
6, step 308 in FIG. 4). After the start of the data transfer in step 115, the child device 30 ₁ is in the waiting state for the accumulation completion signal (step 116 in FIG. 2B). When the accumulation completion signal is received, the speed dial number and the identification number A buzzer sounds or the display 3
Notify the user by means such as displaying on 3.

As a result, when the user of the handset 30 ₁ presses the on-hook key (step 11 in FIG. 2B).
7), the communication channel to the child device 30 ₂ is disconnected (step 309 in FIG. 4), and by pressing the on-hook key of the child device 30 ₂ (step 207 in FIG. 3), the child device 30
_The communication channel for _{1 is} also disconnected (step 3 in FIG. 4).
10) The cutting is completed. In this way, the speed dial number and the identification number registered in the _first slave unit 30 ₁ are automatically registered in the _second slave unit 30 ₂ using inter-slave unit communication.

Registration of speed dial numbers and identification numbers for the third and subsequent slaves is the same as that for the first or second slaves.
This is done by data transfer from the second child device. In this embodiment, a part of the system call code is assigned a value peculiar to the system of this embodiment, whereby the slave units 30 ₁ to 30 ₃ move to the area of the master unit other than the master unit 10. Even, it is designed to be able to communicate.

[0028]

As described above, according to the present invention,
The slave unit side is provided with a memory unit for registering speed dial numbers, and for the memory units of the second and subsequent slave units, the speed dial number and the identification number read from the memory unit of the first slave unit are used. Since the data is stored by the data transfer of the inter-slave communication, the manual work for registering the speed dial number and the identification number to the second and subsequent slaves can be omitted.
The registration work of speed dials can be greatly simplified compared to the past, and it can be registered in an extremely short time without typos. In addition, even if the cordless handset is moved to the area of another master unit, the speed dial can be used. You can call.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of a cordless telephone system to which an embodiment of the method of the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the first slave unit in the embodiment of the method of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the second child device in one embodiment of the method of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a sequence diagram for explaining the operation of the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 parent device 30 ₁ to 30 ₃ slave device 31 main control unit 32 memory unit 33 display unit 34 numeric keypad 35 wireless unit

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Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A cordless telephone system in which any one of a plurality of cordless handsets can be connected to a parent device connected to an exchange through a wireless line, wherein each of the cordless handsets has at least a speed dial number and the shortened dial number. It has a numeric keypad for inputting an identification number corresponding to a dial number and a memory unit for storing the speed dial number and the identification number, respectively. By inputting the identification number and registering, for the second and subsequent slave units, the speed dial number and the identification number read from the memory unit of the first slave unit are transferred by data transfer between the slave units. A cordless telephone system characterized in that the speed dial number and the identification number, which are transferred and stored in the memory unit of the second and subsequent slave units, are stored. How to register speed dial numbers. 2. The first slave unit calls the partner slave unit by pressing the off-hook key after inputting the calling number and data transfer mode of the partner slave unit to which the speed dial number is to be registered, and calling the partner slave unit. After receiving the response signal from the slave unit, data transfer of the speed dial number and the identification number registered in the memory unit of the local station is performed, and when the storage completion signal is received from the partner slave unit, the data transfer end is used. The other handset device transmits the response signal by pressing the off-hook key after the call is received in the data transfer mode, and thereafter, the speed dial number and the speed dial number transferred from the first handset device. 2. The code according to claim 1, wherein the identification number is received and sequentially stored in a memory unit of the own station, and the accumulation completion signal is transmitted after completion of data accumulation. Registration method of speed-dial numbers in dress telephone system.