JPH1127428A - ID card type key telephone device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Problem] To select the ID card prepayment method and the credit call service prepayment method according to the user's request without changing the operation method by the user as in the past, and make the call charge To simplify management tasks. SOLUTION: An office line L and an ID in which a call charge is registered in advance.
A key telephone set 22 for making a call using a card prepaid system or for making a call by charging a call fee and making a call using a postpaid system;
And a main device 23 that accommodates the The main unit 23 selects one of a transmission from the key telephone 22 in which the personal identification code in the ID card prepayment method is determined and a transmission in which the identification code in the credit call service post-payment method is determined. This selection is made based on the setting contents of the registration data stored in the memory 33, and for example, a number “121 + 3” or a “member number and password” indicating the post-payment method for the credit call service is added to the line L. Send automatically.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an ID for making a call by selecting a prepaid system using an ID card in which a prepaid call fee is registered or a postpaid system using a credit call service.
The present invention relates to a card-type key telephone device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an ID card type key telephone apparatus using an ID card in which a prepaid call charge is registered has been used. This ID card type button telephone device, so-called dormitory (company residence) telephone system, is also called.
In this ID card prepayment method, cash (budget call charge) is paid in advance to an administrator, and the budget call charge is recorded.
A D card is issued, the ID card is used every time a call is made, and the charge for each call is deducted from the budget call charge. Also, a post-payment method for a credit call service is known. In the post-payment method for the credit call service, a credit ID card in which a membership number, a password, and the like are registered is issued by applying to a telephone network management company, and the credit ID card is used every time a call is made. In this case, the call fee will be added (charged) to the usage fee of the home telephone number or the like at a later date and charged.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a conventional ID card type key telephone apparatus. In FIG. 5, an ID card type key telephone apparatus of this example includes a plurality of key telephones 2 and a main apparatus 3 which accommodates the key telephones 2 and the central office L and processes outgoing / incoming calls at the plural key telephones 2. And The key telephone 2 is connected to a handset 4 to amplify outgoing and incoming voice signals, and to perform a side tone process and the like, a telephone line lamp 8 to be lit when incoming and outgoing calls, a dial key 7, A display unit 8 that displays processing data, for example, a telephone number or the like and uses a liquid crystal display or the like, a card reader unit 9 that reads data of an ID card 11, and a microcomputer (APU) 10 that controls these units are provided. Have. At least one of the plurality of key telephones 2 is a designated telephone for an administrator, and has a function of processing budget call charges, registering and deleting personal codes, and printing out stored data. The selection of the designated telephone for the administrator is set through the input device 12 of the main device 3 when the key telephone device is installed. The main device 3 includes an input device 12 for performing various input operations, a memory 13 for storing a control program and processing data here, and a station line for performing processing such as capturing and releasing the station line L. Interface (I / F) circuit 14
And a telephone I / F circuit 15 for processing the connection with the key telephone 2, and a microcomputer (NP) for controlling these parts and for managing and controlling each key telephone 2.
U) 16.

Next, the operation of the above conventional example will be described. I where the user's personal code was recorded when calling
The D card 11 is attached to the card reader unit 9 of the key telephone 2, and the budget call charge is registered and set in advance.
The call is made. When the remaining budget call fee becomes 0 yen, the call becomes impossible. The remaining budget call charges are displayed on the display unit 8 of the key telephone 2, for example, in units of 10 yen, and when the price approaches 0 yen, the user requests the manager to register the budget call charges. Each time, the administrator sets and registers a budget call fee in exchange for cash. The procedure for registering the budget call charge is performed by the administrator using the key telephone set as the designated telephone in the key telephones 2. In FIG. 5, after switching to the registration mode by the input operation of the dial key 7 of the key telephone 2, the ID card 11 is attached to the card reader unit 9. The data of the attached ID card 11 is sent from the APU 10 of the key telephone 2 to the NPU 16 of the main device 3 via the telephone I / F circuit 15. The NPU 16 of the main device 3 stores the received data in the memory 13
To memorize. In this way, for example, up to 300 ID cards 11 are registered.

[0005] Next, after switching to the registration mode, the budget call charge is input to the card reader 9 of the designated telephone by attaching the ID card 11 and inputting the dial key 7. The personal code and the data of the budget call charge are sent from the APU 10 of the key telephone 2 to the NPU 16 of the main unit 3 via the telephone I / F circuit 15. The NPU 16 stores the received data in the memory 13. In this way, the budget call fee corresponding to the personal code is registered in main device 3.

Next, a procedure for making a call using the ID card 11 and its operation will be described. The user sends the ID card 1 to the card reader 9 of the key telephone 2 at the time of calling the office line.
When 1 is attached, the data of the ID card 11 is sent from the APU 10 of the key telephone 2 to the NPU 16 of the main device 3 via the telephone I / F circuit 15. NPU 6 is memory 1
If the personal code is registered with the registered data in 1 and the budget call charge is registered, for example, 10 yen or more, the call is permitted. This permission command is sent from the NPU 16 of the main device 3 to the APU 10 of the key telephone 2 via the telephone I / F circuit 15. APU10
Performs control for turning on the local line lamp 6. In other words, it becomes possible to transmit. The other party dials the telephone number of the other party with the dial key 7, and when the other party answers, a call is started. When the budget call rate becomes 0 yen, the call is disabled, and the budget call rate needs to be set again. At this time, the administrator switches to the registration mode using the designated telephone in exchange for cash at the request of the user, and then attaches the user's ID card 11 to the card reader unit 9 and operates the dial key 7 to input the budget call charge. sign up.

[0007] In addition to the above description, there is also known a system in which a fee management device or the like is connected to the outside to collect and output a fee used by each individual about once a month and settle the fee. The basic processing is the same.

As described above, even in the above-mentioned conventional ID card type button telephone apparatus, it is possible to manage the telephone charge for each individual by attaching its own ID card to the telephone equipped with a card reader every time a line is transmitted.

[0009]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional ID card type key telephone apparatus, the budget call rate data which can be used for each individual is registered, and the actual call rate of each person is registered at the end of each month. A management operation for outputting the output and adjusting the call charge was required, and the operation was complicated. For this reason, there has been a demand for simplification of management operations such as settlement of call charges by using a post-payment method of a credit call service.

[0010] The present invention is to solve such a problem in the prior art, and does not change the operation method by the user as in the prior art, but matches the ID according to the user's request.
It is an object of the present invention to provide an ID card type button telephone device which can select a card prepaid system or a credit call service postpaid system, and can simplify a management operation for adjusting the call fee.

[0011]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve this problem, the present invention provides a post-payment service for a credit communication service in which a call is charged using an ID card prepaid system in which a call charge is registered in advance in a main unit or the call charge is charged. The transmission by the method is selected based on registration data registered in advance, or the user selects manually from an extension telephone. As a result, without changing the operation method of the user in the same manner as before, the management business of selecting the ID card prepayment method and the credit call service prepayment method according to the user's request and adjusting the call charge. Is simplified.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The invention described in claim 1 provides a call using an office line and an ID card prepaid system in which a call charge is registered in advance, or a call using a credit call service postpaid system in which a call fee is charged and charged. First transmitting means for transmitting a call by determining a personal identification code in an ID card prepaid system from the extension telephone to a main device accommodating the extension telephone to be performed;
One of a second transmitting means for making an outgoing call by judging an identification code in a post-payment method for a credit call service and a first transmitting means for making a call based on an ID card or a second transmitting means for making a call by a prepaid method or a credit call service And selecting means for selecting.

[0013] The invention according to claim 2 provides an ID card prepayment method or a credit call service prepayment method together with the personal identification code in the ID card prepayment method from the extension telephone and the registration data of the identification code in the credit call service prepayment method. Registration storage means for registering the selection of transmission by one of the above.

Further, in the invention according to claim 3, the registration storage means stores a member number and a password which are identification codes in a post-payment method for a credit call service, corresponding to a personal identification code in an ID card prepayment method. And a control means for automatically transmitting the membership number and the password to the telephone network after capturing the central office line, so that the operation method by the user is not changed as in the prior art. One of an ID card prepayment method and a credit call service prepayment method is selected according to a user's request.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the first transmitting means for making a call based on the ID card made by the selecting means or a call by a prepaid system or a credit call service is manually operated by the user from the extension telephone. A setting means for selecting is further provided. As a result, an ID card prepayment method and a credit call service prepayment method are selected in accordance with a user's request.

Next, an embodiment of an ID card type key telephone apparatus of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a first embodiment of an ID card type key telephone apparatus of the present invention. FIG.
In FIG. 1, the ID card type key telephone device of the first embodiment includes a plurality of key telephones 22 and a main device 23 accommodating the office line L.

The key telephone 22 amplifies a transmission signal and a reception signal, and performs a side tone processing and the like.
It has a handset 25 provided with a microphone and a speaker for making a telephone call, and a local line lamp 26 for illuminating and displaying a local line at the time of an incoming or outgoing call.
And a display unit 28 for displaying various types of processing data, for example, telephone numbers on the screen, and a card reader unit 29. Further, the key telephone 22 has a microcomputer (APU) 30 for performing data communication control with the main unit 23 together with management and control of each unit, and an ID card 31 in which budget call charges are stored in advance. In addition, the main device 23
An input device 32 for inputting data by operating the administrator
And a registration button switch 32a for setting an ID card prepayment method or a credit call service prepayment method. Various data are stored in an ID as shown in FIG.
A memory 33 for storing a membership number, a password, and a selection method (an ID card prepayment method or a credit call service prepayment method) in a storage area for each card 31, and detection of incoming local line, formation of a call, and transmission of a dial. Station line I / F to be performed
And a circuit 34. In addition, each key telephone 22
A telephone I / F circuit 35 for performing data communication control with the telephone, and manages and controls each unit and each key telephone 22;
Or an NPU 36 for controlling transmission and connection to the credit call service center.

Next, the operation of the first embodiment will be described. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure in the operation of the first embodiment. In FIG. 2, in order to use the post-payment method of the credit call service, an application for the credit call service is made in advance to a telephone network management company. By this application, for example, a 10-digit member number and a 4-digit password are assigned (step S).
1). Normally, when the user makes a call, for example, “121 + 3”
When the user dials “+ member number + password” in accordance with the message, the call is permitted.
The PU 36 performs control to automatically transmit “121 + 3 + member number + password”. In addition, a call charge by the post-payment method of the credit call service is charged by adding (charging) to a usage charge of a home telephone number or the like, which is applied in advance.

First, in the operation of the first embodiment, registration data for selecting one of the ID card prepaid system and the credit call service postpaid system for each user is stored based on the user's request. The registration button switch 32a is pressed to set the registration mode (step S2). Thereafter, registration data for transmitting the ID card prepayment method or the credit call service prepayment method is input from the keyboard of the input device 32 (step S3), and this registration data is stored in the memory 33 under the control of the NPU 36 (step S3). Step S4).

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the registration data and its format. In FIG. 3, the registration is performed by using the registration function of the abbreviated number of the key telephone 22 for each individual. From the dial key 27 of the key telephone 22, "monitor + setting + abbreviation + 100 + abbreviation contents (I
D code, member number, password, method (ID card prepaid system or credit call service postpaid system) + hold ”, and this registration data is transmitted from APU 30 of key telephone 22 to telephone I / F circuit 35. To the NPU 36 of the main unit 23 This registration data is N
Under the control of the PU 36, the data is stored in each area in the format shown in FIG.

In the transmission operation after the registration setting, the transmission operation by the ID card prepayment method is the same as that described with reference to FIG. In this ID card prepayment method, an ID card in which cash is paid in advance to a manager and a budget call charge is registered is used every time a call is transmitted, and the call charge is deducted. That is, when the user attaches the ID card 31 to the card reader unit 29 of the key telephone 22, the data of the ID card 31 is transmitted to the NPU of the main device 23 via the telephone I / F circuit 35 through the APU 30 of the key telephone 22.
36 (step S5). The NPU 36 is compared with a conventional personal number (ID code) in the registered data shown in FIG.
6). If the personal numbers (ID codes) do not match (S6: No), the subsequent processing is stopped (step S7). When the personal numbers (ID codes) match (S
6: Yes), the selection method (ID card prepaid method “0” or credit call service postpaid method “1”) in the registration data shown in FIG. 3 for the personal number (ID code) of the user of the ID card 31 is determined. (Step S
8). Here, if the ID card prepayment method “0” is set, the call is transmitted by the ID card prepayment method described above (step S9). ID card 3 after this
The display operation for the remaining budget call charges and the procedure for registering the budget call charges are the same as those described with reference to FIG. Here, duplicate detailed description is omitted. If the credit call service postpayment method “1” is set in step S8 (Yes), the NPU3
6 controls the office line I / F circuit 34 to capture the office line (line) L (step S10). Next, the number “121 + 3” indicating the credit call service is transmitted (step S).
11) Subsequently, the "member number and password" in the registration data shown in FIG. During this time, the NPU 36 of the main unit 23 displays a message such as “Connecting” on the APU 30 of the key telephone 22.
Is instructed, and the APU 30 having received the instruction performs control to display a message on the display 28 (steps S12 and S12).
13, S14).

When a series of processing is completed, a dial tone from the station side is transmitted from the speaker of the handset 25,
Thereafter, the user inputs the telephone number of the other party from the dial key 27 and makes a call after the line is connected (step S12). At this time, since call charge management is unnecessary, processing such as call time and charge count is not performed. In addition, the call charge in the charge of the call in the post-payment method "1" of the credit call service is added to the usage fee of the home telephone number or the like which has been applied in advance.

As described above, in the first embodiment, the operation by the user is not changed in the same manner as the conventional ID card prepayment method,
An ID card prepayment method and a credit call service prepayment method can be selected according to a user's request.

Next, a second embodiment will be described. In the first embodiment, the outgoing call using the ID card prepayment method or the credit call service prepayment method is made in advance in FIG.
It is set as shown in Therefore, I
Although the user cannot select the transmission by the D card prepaid system or the credit call service postpaid system, in the second embodiment, the user selects the transmission by the ID card prepaid system or the credit call service postpaid system for each transmission. Things.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a main part of the processing procedure of the operation of the second embodiment. The configuration of the second embodiment is the same as that of the first embodiment shown in FIG. The same applies to the basic operation.

In the second embodiment, the main unit 23 in step S3 in the processing procedure of the first embodiment shown in FIG.
The user inputs from the dial key 27 of the key telephone 22 instead of registering and storing the ID card prepayment method “0” or credit call service prepayment method “1” from the keyboard of the input device 32 in the memory 33. (Step S2
0), the main device 23 that has received the selection method data
The data ID card prepaid system “0” or the credit call service postpaid system “1” of the selection system in the format shown in FIG. 3 in the memory 33 is rewritten each time (step S21). The subsequent calling operation is the same as the description of the calling operation of the credit call service postpaid method.

In the second embodiment, an ID card prepaid system and a credit call service postpaid system can be selected according to a user's request.

[0029]

As described above, according to the present invention, an outgoing call using an ID card prepayment method in which a call charge is registered in a main unit in advance or a credit call service post-payment method in which a call charge is charged and charged. Calling is selected based on pre-registered registration data, or the user selects it manually from the extension telephone, so ID card prepayment method and credit call service postpayment according to user's request The method can be selected, and the management work for adjusting the call fee is simplified.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an ID card type key telephone apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure in the operation of the first embodiment;

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing registration data and a format in the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a main part of a processing procedure of an operation according to the second embodiment;

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a conventional ID card type key telephone device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 22 key telephone 23 main unit 25 handset 24 communication circuit 26 local line lamp 27 dial key 28 display unit 29 card reader unit 30 APU 31 ID card 32 input device 32a registration button switch 33 memory 34 local line I / F circuit 35 telephone I / F circuit 36 NPU L office line

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A main unit for accommodating an office line and an extension telephone for making a call using an ID card prepayment method in which a call charge is registered in advance or a call using a credit call service after payment method for charging and charging a call charge. A first transmitting means for determining and transmitting a personal identification code in the ID card prepayment method from the extension telephone; a second transmitting means for determining and transmitting an identification code in the credit call service postpayment method; First to make outgoing call based on ID card
Selecting means for selecting one of a transmitting means and a second transmitting means for making a call by a prepaid system or a credit call service. 2. A personal identification code in an ID card prepayment system from the extension telephone and an ID code registration data in a credit call service prepayment system together with ID data.
2. The ID card type button telephone device according to claim 1, further comprising a registration storage unit for registering a selection of calling by one of a card prepayment method and a credit call service postpayment method. 3. The registration storage means stores a membership number and a password, which are identification codes in a post-payment method for a credit call service, corresponding to a personal identification code in an ID card prepayment method. 3. The ID card type key telephone apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising control means for automatically transmitting the personal identification number to the telephone network after capturing the central office line. 4. A first transmitting means for making a call based on the ID card made by the selecting means or a setting means for manually selecting a call by a prepaid system or a credit call service from the extension telephone by a user, 2. The ID card type key telephone device according to claim 1, further comprising: