JP2005184373A - Telephone set with automatic answering function and connection control method therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce the occurrence of nuisance call such as a one-ring fraud by imposing charging onto an opposite party making the nuisance call called the one-ring fraud thereby increasing the burden on the opposite party. <P>SOLUTION: The telephone set with the automatic answering function, which has a telephone directory function such as a memory dial 141 and a display function for incoming history, comprises a control means that controls the telephone set to receive an incoming call and rings a call tone at the arrival of the incoming call (132) with a telephone number not registered in the memory dial in the case of a speech (131) adopting the caller number notice system wherein a telephone number of a caller is informed and delivers (133) a message to the caller about that the telephone set receives the incoming call and is now calling the called party. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a telephone with an answering machine answering function and a connection control method thereof, and more particularly to a telephone with an answering machine answering function having a function capable of dealing with a nuisance call and a connection control method thereof.

  The incoming call history function using caller ID notification is widely used in mobile phones, digital ISDN phones and the like. Such an incoming call history can also leave a history of incoming calls that have not been answered. Since the caller is not charged for a call that has not been answered, if the call is disconnected before the callee can answer, only the incoming call history can be kept without incurring a call charge.

  If this system is used in reverse, the act of indiscriminately making a call, disconnecting in a short time, leaving an incoming call history, and charging the other party who has made a call as a charge for using a paid program is rampant. And it has become a social problem. This is a so-called annoying phone call called a one-off call.

  As a countermeasure against such a nuisance call, there is one in which a caller telephone number that refuses storage of incoming telephone data is registered in advance as a rejection specific number in the incoming call history area of the telephone terminal. This is a technique for comparing the caller telephone number notified at the time of an incoming call and this rejection specific number, and storing incoming telephone data only when they do not match (for example, see Patent Document 1). Usually, the telephone number of the other party who makes a call or calls frequently is registered in the memory dial in many cases. For this reason, a technique is also disclosed in which an incoming call from an unregistered non-registered caller is an answering machine (for example, see Patent Document 2).

  Furthermore, when an incoming call is detected when a mode corresponding to a nuisance call is set on the mobile phone terminal, the line with the other party is immediately connected, a ringing tone is transmitted to the calling terminal, and the called party is There is also a technique for sending a message indicating that a call is being made (see, for example, Patent Document 3). This technique will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation when the one-cut mode is set. First, a one-off measure mode is set by operating a one-cut button for annoying phone calls provided in the mobile phone terminal (step 1: S1). This mode setting is always selected from pressing of this specific button or the function menu. When an incoming call is detected in this state (S2), the mobile phone terminal automatically connects the line immediately (S3), sends a ringing tone to the other party who made the call (S4), and plays a message (S5). . This announcement message indicates that the called party is currently being called, for example, “Calling now”, and can be distinguished from the message that the other party has issued. The mobile phone terminal connects the line and keeps ringing until the other party hangs up or after the set time (S4). When the callee answers, the response key is pressed (S6), the call is established and the conversation is performed (S7).

  In this prior art, when the one-off measure mode is set, the caller is charged by connecting the line with the caller before ringing, that is, the called terminal responds immediately, and the caller is charged. Unnecessary calls are reduced by increasing the burden on the caller. As another method, it is shown that it can be made effective only for a telephone number not recorded in the telephone number book of the cellular phone terminal.

JP 2001-217919 A JP-A-3-181258 Japanese Patent Application No. 2002-336664

However, in this prior art, in the case of Patent Document 1, only the rejection specific number can be rejected, and it is not possible to cope with the rejection specific number that is not registered. Further, in the case of Patent Document 2, since the call signal is disconnected, there is a problem that the callee needs to call back and cannot respond immediately.
Furthermore, Patent Document 3 needs to be set in advance to a mode corresponding to the nuisance call on the mobile phone terminal. If the mode is not set, it cannot be handled. In addition, since a call signal is sent immediately in response to all incoming calls, there is a problem in that even if the callee is not available and the call cannot be handled, the line is connected and the caller is charged.

  This nuisance call called Wangiri is an act of disconnecting a call in a short time for the purpose of leaving its own station number in the call history of the other party. Call charges can be imposed on such annoying calls, and if the charge burden increases, the caller, for example, the one-off operator, will inevitably be damaged and stop the annoying call. Will decrease.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a telephone with an answering machine function and a connection control method thereof capable of increasing the burden on the other party by charging the other party of the unwanted call and reducing the number of annoying calls such as one-off calls. Is to provide.

  According to the configuration of the present invention, in the telephone with an answering machine function having a telephone directory function such as a memory dial and a display function of an incoming call history, the memory dial is used for a call in which the telephone number of the caller is notified by the caller number notification. For incoming calls from phone numbers not registered in the call, the incoming caller will ring, but the caller will have a control means to send a message to the effect that the incoming call is in progress It is characterized by that.

  In the present invention, the control means determines whether or not the telephone number from the caller is notified of the incoming call, and the telephone number is registered in the memory dial when the telephone number is found in the telephone number determination section. A telephone number search unit that searches whether the telephone number is registered, and a response control unit that sends out a ringing message when the telephone number is registered in the telephone number search unit, and records the contents of the incoming call An answering machine can be provided.

  According to another configuration of the present invention, in the connection control method of a telephone with an answering machine having a telephone directory function such as a memory dial and a display function of an incoming call history, the telephone number of the caller is notified by caller ID notification. When it is determined that there is an incoming call from a telephone number that is not registered in the memory dial, the incoming side rings the ring tone and the caller is in an incoming state and is calling It is characterized by sending a message to convey that.

In the present invention, when it is determined that there is an incoming call from a telephone number that is not registered in the memory dial, a message indicating that the call is in progress can be sent and the incoming call can be recorded. Determining whether the telephone number is notified from the person, searching for whether the telephone number is registered in the memory dial when the telephone number is notified, and the telephone number is registered Sending out a ringing message.

  As described above, according to the present invention, when a call from a partner who is not registered in the memory dial is received from a partner who notifies the caller number, the caller immediately enters a call state and the caller answers the caller. Call charges are incurred until the call is made. Usually, the telephone number of the other party that you call or frequently call is often registered in the memory dial, so incoming calls from such a party do not immediately enter the call state. Also, an incoming call from a public telephone or international call that cannot be notified of the caller ID, or an incoming call for which the caller ID is not notified, will not immediately enter a call state.

  In this way, the caller ID is notified, but only the incoming call from the other party not registered in the memory dial can be immediately brought into a call state so that the caller can be charged. Therefore, it is possible to charge a call charge for the act of disconnecting the call in a short time for the purpose of leaving the own station number in the incoming call history of the other party called Wangiri.

  The person who acts as Wangiri repeats Wangiri for an unspecified number of people because the call charge is not charged, but the call charge is incurred as soon as the call destination arrives, the response is put on hold. Therefore, there is an effect of suppressing such acts.

  Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. 1A and 1B are block diagrams of a telephone having an answering machine answering function and a control unit thereof according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, in a telephone having a caller ID notification function, a memory dial function, and an answering machine response function, when an incoming call is received from a party not registered in the memory dial, a response is put on hold while ringing. . Until the called party answers or a certain time elapses, a message is sent to inform the other party that the call is in progress. If the called party does not respond within a certain period of time, it switches to an answering machine and has a control means for recording a message from the calling party.

  In FIG. 1A, the wireless communication unit 11 performs communication control with the base station via the antenna 20, and the voice processing unit 12 processes call voice and outputs the voice of the other party to the speaker 18. The voice to be sent to the other party is input by the microphone (microphone) 17. The control unit 13 controls the wireless communication unit 11 and the voice processing unit 12 and records a memory dial, incoming / outgoing call history, and the like in the storage unit 14. The input device 15 operates a telephone such as dial input, displays information such as the telephone number of the caller on the display device 16, and outputs to the speaker 19 a ringing sound when an incoming call is received or a click sound when a key is operated. .

  FIG. 1B shows details of the control unit 13. The control unit 13 includes a transmission number determination unit 131, a transmission number search unit 132, a response control unit 133, and an answering machine (answering machine) control unit 134. The storage unit 14 includes a memory dial 141 that stores a memory dial, an answering machine response memory 142 that stores a response, an answering machine recording memory 143 that stores an incoming call, and other control memories.

  Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First, when there is an incoming call in step S101, a caller number or a reason for non notification is received (S102). In step S103, the transmission number determination unit 131 determines whether there is caller number information. If there is no caller ID information, it means that the reason for non-notification has been received, the reason for non-notification is displayed on the display device 16 (S105), and an incoming call is ringed (S115).

When it is determined in step S103 that there is a caller number, the call number search unit 132 searches whether a matching number is registered in the dial memory 141 (S104). If there is a matching outgoing number as a result of this search, the response control unit 133 displays information such as the name of the other party registered in the memory dial 141 on the display device 16 (S107) and rings the incoming call (S115). ), And waits for a response (S116).
If there is no corresponding number, the response control unit 133 displays the caller number on the display device 16 (S108). In addition, the response control unit 133 sets a call state for the caller, calls a message indicating that the call is in progress from the answering machine response memory 142 (S109), rings the incoming call (S110), and responds. Wait until the specified time is exceeded (S111, S112).

  When there is a response during ringing (S111), the control unit 13 controls the voice processing unit 12, starts a call (S117), and disconnects the line after the call ends (S118) (S119). If the response control unit 133 determines in step S112 that the specified time has been exceeded, the answering machine control unit 134 switches to an answering machine response and records a message from the other party in the answering machine recording memory 143 (S113). After the message recording is completed (S114), the line is disconnected (S119).

  According to this embodiment, a call from a partner who is not registered in the memory dial due to an incoming call from the other party who notifies the caller number is immediately in a call state, and the caller continues until the callee answers. Call charges are incurred. Therefore, the act called Wangiri will be suppressed.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram for explaining a telephone according to a second embodiment of the present invention, in which the wireless communication unit 11 in FIG. 1 is replaced with a wired communication unit 11a, and an analog or digital ISDN line network via an intra-station line 21. This is an embodiment of a telephone using the phone. The same effects as in the first embodiment can be expected for the second embodiment.

  The present invention can also be applied to a wireless telephone such as a mobile phone as well as a telephone connected to a normal line as long as the telephone has an answering function.

(A) (b) is a block diagram of a telephone with an answering machine response function and a control unit thereof according to the first embodiment of the present invention. It is a flowchart explaining the process of the Example of FIG. It is a block diagram explaining the telephone of the 2nd Example of the present invention. It is a flowchart explaining the process of the telephone with an answering machine response function of a prior art example.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Wireless communication part 11a Wired communication part 12 Audio | voice processing part 13 Control part 14 Memory | storage part 15 Input apparatus 16 Display apparatus 17 Microphone 18, 19 Speaker 20 Antenna 21 Intra-station line 131 Transmission number determination part 132 Transmission number search part 133 Response control part 134 Answering Machine Control Unit 141 Memory Dial 142 Answering Machine Response Memory 143 Answering Machine Recording Memory S1-7, S101-119 Processing Steps

Claims (6)

In a telephone with an answering machine having a telephone directory function such as a memory dial and an incoming call history display function, a telephone that is not registered in the memory dial for a call in which the telephone number of the caller is notified by the caller ID notification When there is an incoming call from a number, an answering machine is characterized in that it has a control means for sending a message to the caller informing that it is ringing in the incoming state, although the called party rings the incoming call. Functional phone. The control means searches the telephone number determination unit for determining whether or not the telephone number from the caller is notified to the incoming call, and searches for whether the telephone number is registered in the memory dial when the telephone number is present The telephone with answering machine function according to claim 1, further comprising: a telephone number search unit that performs a response, and a response control unit that transmits a calling message when the telephone number is registered in the telephone number search unit. The telephone with answering machine answering function according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the control means has an answering machine recording means for recording the contents of incoming calls. In a connection control method for a telephone with an answering machine that has a phone book function such as a memory dial and a function for displaying an incoming call history, the call is registered in the memory dial for a call in which the caller's phone number is notified by the caller number notification. When it is determined that there is an incoming call from a telephone number that has not been made, the called party rings a ring tone and sends a message to the caller informing that it is ringing in the incoming state. A method for controlling connection of a telephone with a feature answering machine. 5. A connection control for a telephone with answering machine according to claim 4, wherein when it is determined that there is an incoming call from a telephone number not registered in the memory dial, a message indicating that the call is in progress is played and the incoming call is recorded. Method. Determining whether the incoming caller is notified of the telephone number from the caller; searching for whether the telephone number is registered in the memory dial when the telephone number is notified; and 6. A method for controlling connection of a telephone with answering function according to claim 4 or 5, further comprising a step of sending a ringing message when there is a call.

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