JPH09205533A - Communication terminal equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To operate the communication terminal equipment to be operated according to a communication function in a preset mode such as the reception standby mode separately in response to a caller number. SOLUTION: The equipment is provided with a caller number detection means 1 detecting a caller number sent from an exchange and a storage means 4a registering each communication function of the communication terminal equipment F in cross reference with plural caller numbers in advance. When the caller number detection means 1 detects a caller number, the storage means 4a is retrieved and the equipment is operated according to the communication function corresponding to the detected caller number.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a communication terminal device such as a facsimile device utilizing a calling telephone number notification service.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as one of communication terminal devices,
Facsimile machines equipped with attached telephones are widely used. In this type of facsimile machine, the operation mode 1
It has a reception standby mode as an example. If this reception standby mode is a telephone / facsimile reception standby mode, if you receive an incoming call by picking up the handset while the ringing tone is ringing, you can make a telephone call and When the call is not started even if the ringing tone sounds, the call is automatically received and the facsimile is received.

In addition to the reception standby mode, a facsimile reception mode in which only a facsimile function is operated, a telephone mode in which only a telephone function is operated, and an answering machine mode in which a message message during absence is recorded are also operated. By freely selecting these modes, communication that meets the needs of the user at that time is realized.

[0004]

However, in such a facsimile apparatus, the reception standby mode selected by a key operation or the like operates in the same mode until a key operation or the like is performed again. I could not change the mode automatically or change the mode according to the sender.

Therefore, even if it is empirically known that the sender is a facsimile machine according to the telephone number of the other party, if the reception standby mode is the telephone / facsimile reception standby mode, a ringing tone of a predetermined number of times is generated. You cannot receive a fax by ringing until after ringing, and if you are in telephone mode or answering machine mode, you will not be able to switch the mode by automatic operation or key operation after being called once. Could not receive.

Therefore, in such a case, even when the sender wants to perform facsimile transmission in a hurry,
If you do not switch the mode until you receive a fax, you will have to wait for the transmission until then, and if the mode does not switch. , It was necessary to repeat the re-sending, and to inform the user that the transmission could not be done by phone.

[0007] Further, there is no conventional facsimile apparatus capable of registering a communication function desired to be executed in addition to the reception standby mode for each sender, and automatically operates according to the sender's communication terminal device or the like. There has been a demand for the development of a communication terminal device that can be used. The present invention has been proposed in view of the above circumstances, and provides a communication terminal device that can operate according to a communication function such as a preset reception standby mode separately according to a caller number. Has an aim.

[0008]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention as set forth in claim 1 which is proposed to achieve the above object, a source number detecting means for detecting a source number transmitted from an exchange, and a plurality of source number detecting means in advance. And a storage means for registering the communication function of this communication terminal device in association with each of the transmission source numbers, and when the transmission source number is detected by the transmission source number detecting means, the storage means is searched and the detected transmission source number is detected. It operates according to the communication function corresponding to.

Here, in the communication terminal device according to the present invention,
Facsimile machine with an attached telephone and answering machine,
There is a personal computer or the like having a data communication function, and the sender number detecting means is provided with a communication function capable of using a calling telephone number notification service. The storage means is RA
It is also possible to use a dial number registration memory for speed dial or one-touch dial, which has been conventionally provided and is composed of M, EEPROM, flash memory and the like.
The communication function registered in the storage unit includes a reception standby mode and a mode for allowing / not accepting an incoming call.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, a plurality of communication functions corresponding to the stages of the communication procedure are registered in the storage means of the first aspect in correspondence with a plurality of source numbers.
When the sender number is detected by the sender detecting means, thereafter, the storing means is referred to for each stage of the communication procedure,
It is characterized in that it sequentially operates according to each communication function corresponding to the detected source number.

Here, the stage of the communication procedure means time-series communication processing such as detection of a source number, incoming call, ringing of a ringing sound, reception of a call or image data, transfer to another communication terminal device, and the like. A stage. According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first or second aspect, the communication function registered in the storage means includes a reception standby mode.
Here, the reception standby mode includes types such as a facsimile reception mode, a telephone / facsimile reception standby mode, a telephone mode, and an answering machine mode when the communication terminal is a facsimile machine equipped with an answering machine.

The basic operation of the calling telephone number notification service will be described below with reference to the sequence diagram of FIG.
(A) to (i) in the figure are symbols assigned to each operation, and the ID receiving terminal corresponds to the communication terminal device of the present invention. When a call is made to a terminal for which a service contract has been made in advance, the subscriber line exchange reverses the polarity of the subscriber line, which is the line on the receiving terminal side (a), and sends an ID receiving terminal activation signal ( b). When the terminal side is ready to receive the source number, the DC circuit in the terminal is closed (loop closed) and a primary response signal is sent (c). On the exchange side, when the primary response signal is judged from the DC resistance value, information such as the source number which is a modem signal is transmitted to the terminal side (d), and then the DC circuit is opened (loop open) from the terminal side. After receiving the reception completion signal (e), the calling signal is transmitted (f).

When the ID receiving terminal receives a calling signal, it sounds a ringing tone to prompt an incoming call. However, since the calling party number is received and displayed on the display in advance, the telephone number of the other party is confirmed. , You can take appropriate action according to the person who called you. If the handset is answered to the ringing signal, the DC circuit is closed again (loop closed) to send a secondary response signal (g), and then the polarity is repolarized to make a call. Can be performed (h), (i).

In addition to the telephone number of the communication terminal device of the transmission source, the modem signal including the transmission source number also includes number information such as a dial-in number when a dial-in contract is made. If the sender number cannot be notified, the reason for not sending the sender number is notified. By the way, the reason for not calling the sender number is calling from a public telephone, calling when the non-notification is specified by the operation before entering the phone number,
There are calls from outside the service area.

Further, in the calling telephone number notification service, the calling party number from the exchange is identified by the operation described here.
In addition to the notification to the receiving terminal, there is also a method of sending out a modem signal containing the calling party number during the suspension period of the ringing signal. The number can be detected.

[0016]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of the internal configuration of the communication terminal device of the present invention. here,
Although the configuration of the facsimile device F is shown as one of the communication terminal devices, the present invention is not limited to this, and a telephone having an answering machine function, a computer having a data communication function, or the like can be used.

In the figure, reference numeral 1 is a line control for connecting and switching control to a telephone line L, equipped with a modem 1a for executing a facsimile communication procedure, and for detecting a calling signal and a source number sent from an exchange. Unit (source number detecting means), 2 is a signal processing unit configured by a CPU or the like for controlling each unit, and 3 is a RO storing a control program or the like
M and 4 are provided with a communication function table 4a in which the communication functions of the facsimile apparatus F are registered in advance as storage means in association with each of a plurality of source numbers, an image memory 4b for storing image data received by facsimile, and the like. RAM,
Reference numeral 5 is an operation unit including a numeric keypad and a mode setting switch, 6 is a display unit including a liquid crystal screen, 7 is a print output unit, 8 is an image reading unit, and 9 is a call that enables a phone call by the handset H. The circuit, OH, is an off-hook detection circuit that detects the off-hook of the handset H.

In addition to the modem 1a, the line control unit 1 receives a line switching unit 1b (CML relay) and a source number.
c, a transformer 1d, a ringing signal detection circuit 1e which has a function of detecting a ringing signal from the telephone line L and a function of detecting an ID receiving terminal activation signal, a ringing signal generation circuit 1f for generating an arbitrary ringing sound, Call switching contact 1 for controlling switching to the telephone line L for a call by the handset H
The modem 1a includes a protocol signal generation circuit, a protocol signal detection circuit, a modem circuit for modulating and demodulating a modem signal of a transmission source number and image data to be transmitted and received.

The basic operation of the facsimile apparatus F will be described below. The facsimile apparatus F is provided with a function capable of utilizing the calling telephone number notification service provided by the telephone exchange in the line control unit 1, and the polarity reversal detection circuit 1c detects the polarity reversal according to the operation described with reference to FIG. Then, the ID signal receiving terminal activation signal transmitted thereafter is detected by the calling signal detection circuit 1e, the modem signal of the transmission source number is demodulated by the modem 1a, and the signal processing unit 2 discriminates information such as the transmission source number. To do.

In the signal processing unit 2, the communication function table 4a
Then, the subsequent operation is controlled according to the communication function corresponding to the detected source number. Specifically, for example, a reception standby mode is registered in advance in the communication function table 4a, and when an incoming call is received, the reception standby mode is controlled to operate. That is, when the reception standby mode is the telephone / facsimile reception standby mode, when the ringing signal detection circuit 1e detects a ringing signal, the ringing signal generation circuit 1f causes the handset H to ring a ringing tone, and the handset is ringing during this ringing. When the off-hook detection circuit OH detects the pick-up of H and receives a call, the call switching contact 1g
Is switched from the a side to the b side to enable a call by the call circuit 9, and when the call is not started even if the ringing tone sounds for a predetermined number of times (for example, 5 times), an automatic incoming call is performed to perform facsimile reception. To do so.

In the facsimile reception mode,
Facsimile communication procedure is started immediately without making a ringing sound. In the telephone mode, the handset H
Keep ringing to encourage you to pick up. Furthermore,
When the facsimile machine F has an answering machine function, in the answering machine mode, a reply message is notified after an automatic incoming call is received and a message message is accepted, and this message is recorded on a tape or a voice memory (not shown). To record.

As described above, in this facsimile apparatus F, when it is determined that the sender is the facsimile apparatus, it is useless to register the facsimile reception mode as the reception standby mode in the communication function table 4a in advance. When the caller is a telephone that does not operate and is a caller, it is sufficient to register the telephone mode or the answering machine mode for the person who does not want to receive the telephone directly.

Next, the structure of the communication function table 4a is shown in FIG.
Shown in In this figure, each table number (0, 1, 2,
A sender number is registered in each of the three, ..., And corresponding to the sender number, five levels (A to
The communication function of E) is registered. Table number 0
The communication function is registered in the case where the detected source number does not match any of the source numbers registered after the table number 1.

If the communication function table 4a has such a configuration, the registered contents are referred to at each stage of the communication procedure,
It is possible to sequentially operate the communication functions according to the respective sender numbers. Here, the stage of the communication procedure is a communication processing stage in time series such as detection of a source number, incoming call, ringing of a ringing sound, reception of a call or image data, transfer to another communication terminal device, etc. Therefore, each step will be described below by giving an example.

Stage A is an incoming call mode. If the registered content is "0", the incoming call is not rejected, but if it is "1", the incoming call is rejected. Step B is a calling mode, and the ringing method (ON / OFF time, frequency, etc.) of the ringing sound generated by the ringing signal generating circuit 1f is changed according to the registered contents. When the sender is a facsimile machine, if "2" is registered here, the ringing tone will not be activated.
Fax reception can be started quickly, and
You can easily hear the other person by changing the ringing sound.

Step C is the reception standby mode described above,
Stage D is a data processing mode. Data processing mode D
If the registered content is "0", the received data (image data, character data, etc.) is displayed on the display unit 6, or the print output unit 7 prints out on recording paper, or both the display and the printout are printed. If it is "1", the received data is stored in the image memory 4b. If it is "2", the display and printout for "0" are performed, and the received data for "1" is stored in the memory.

Stage E is the transfer mode. "1" here
If is registered, the fact that a message was recorded or sent by facsimile from a specific sender, or the content of the received message, can be used to indicate a mobile terminal device (cell phone, PHS, pager, etc.) or a telephone at a destination. Or a facsimile device can be notified. The configuration and registered contents of the communication function table 4a are not limited to those shown in the figure, and for example,
Even when the reception standby mode C is the telephone mode, the transfer mode E may be set to "callable by the mobile terminal" so that the call can be transferred.

Registration (including change and deletion) of the various modes can be performed while confirming the display content of the display unit 6 after the operation mode is changed to the registration mode by operating the operation unit 5. . Next, the basic operation of the facsimile apparatus F using the communication function table 4a described with reference to FIG.
27).

When the source number sent from the exchange is detected and the source number is found in the communication function table 4a, the table number corresponding to the source number is taken out, but the source number is stored in the communication function table 4a. If there is no source number, the line control unit 1 cannot detect the source number, or if a reason for not transmitting the source number is received from the exchange, the table number "0" is taken out (step 10).
0-104).

Subsequently, referring to the standby mode A corresponding to the table number taken out from the communication function table 4a, if "call rejection" is registered, the call signal sent from the exchange is the call signal. If only the detection circuit 1e detects that the secondary response signal (see FIGS. 4 (f) and 4 (g)) is not returned in response to this calling signal, while "not reject incoming call" is registered, The reception standby mode C is referred to (steps 105 to 107).

If the reception standby mode C is an answering machine mode, an answering machine is recorded. If the reception waiting mode C is a telephone / facsimile reception standby mode, a call or facsimile reception is performed. Facsimile reception is possible (step 10).
8 to 118, 123 to 127). Here, when in the telephone / facsimile reception standby mode or in the telephone mode, when the call signal detection circuit 1e detects a call signal, the call mode B is referred to, and the call signal generation circuit 1e outputs a ring tone according to this content. After ringing, the call is received (line closed), and when the answering machine mode or the facsimile reception mode is other than this, the ring tone is not ringed and the call is received immediately.

When the facsimile reception is performed in the telephone / facsimile reception standby mode or the facsimile reception mode, the data processing mode D is referred to, and the image data is printed out or stored in the image memory 4b according to the contents. Is performed (steps 113 to 117).
Next, the reception standby mode C is an answering machine mode,
When either the facsimile reception standby mode or the facsimile reception mode is selected, the transfer mode E is referred to, and if "mobile terminal call (transfer) possible" is registered, the transfer destination registered in advance is selected. A message such as a call, recording of an answering machine or reception of a facsimile is notified (steps 119 to 122).

[0033]

As can be understood from the above description, according to the communication terminal device according to the first to third aspects of the present invention, the communication function to be operated is set in advance corresponding to the source number. When there is a call from the registered sender, the operation corresponding to each sender number is automatically performed, so that various communication modes corresponding to each sender can be realized.

In particular, according to claim 2, since the communication function corresponding to the source number can be registered at each stage of the communication procedure, the line supplement time can be minimized in accordance with the type of the source communication terminal device. It is possible to perform communication that better suits the needs, such as According to the third aspect, when the sender is a facsimile machine, if the sender is registered in advance so that only the facsimile reception is operable, a ringing tone is generated when a call is made. Facsimile reception can be started quickly without ringing the ringing time. As a result, there are no cases where a facsimile call cannot be received or a delay occurs due to an unanswered call or an answering machine recording function being performed, and the sender is not bothered. If the caller does not want to receive the call directly, the answering machine mode may be set.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of an internal configuration of a communication terminal device (facsimile device) according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a memory configuration diagram showing an example of a storage unit (communication function table).

FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining a basic operation of the communication terminal device according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a sequence diagram showing a basic operation of a calling telephone number notification service.

[Explanation of symbols]

 F ... Facsimile device (communication terminal device) 1 ... Line control unit (source number detecting means) 1a ... Modem 1c ... Polarity reversal detection circuit 1e ... Call signal detection circuit 1f ... Call signal generation circuit 1g ... Call switching contact 2 ... Signal processing unit 4 ... RAM 4a ... Communication function table (storage means) 4b ... Image memory H ... Handset OH ... Off-hook Detection means L: telephone line

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A transmission source number detecting means for detecting a transmission source number transmitted from an exchange, and a storage means for previously registering a communication function of this communication terminal device in association with each of a plurality of transmission source numbers. A communication terminal device, characterized in that, when the source number is detected by the detecting means, the storage means is searched and operates according to a communication function corresponding to the detected source number. 2. The storage means stores a plurality of communication functions corresponding to a plurality of caller numbers corresponding to respective stages of communication procedures, and the detector means detects the caller number. The communication terminal device according to claim 1, wherein after that, the storage means is referred to for each stage of the communication procedure, and sequentially operates according to each communication function corresponding to the detected sender number. 3. The communication function registered in the storage means includes:
2. A reception waiting mode is included.
Alternatively, the communication terminal device according to item 2.