JP2010114637A - Telephone device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a telephone device capable of effectively utilizing an incoming call history memory. <P>SOLUTION: When a call is performed under reproduction of business messages (steps S20-S22), setting for leaving or deleting incoming call histories is read from a memory, and operation is performed so that only the newest history of one's called party is deleted in setting for deleting only the newest history (step S28). In setting for deleting all of the incoming call histories, all of the incoming call histories of one's called parties are deleted (step S29). <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&amp;INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a telephone device having an answering machine function.

  Telephone devices such as cordless telephones and answering machines that are currently on the market are equipped with an incoming call history function. This incoming call history function stores the telephone number and name of the other party who has received an incoming call, the date and time of the incoming call, and the like. The user can easily make a call to a partner who has received a call in the past by displaying the incoming call history and selecting a desired partner.

  In addition, for incoming calls that the user was away from, so-called missed call destinations, information indicating that the call was missed was added to the incoming call history, and when displaying the received call history, Some have a function of displaying an icon or the like indicating a missed call together with a telephone number or name.

  Furthermore, many patents relating to such an incoming call history function have been filed. For example, Patent Document 1 describes a technique for counting the time from the start of an incoming call to a response at the time of incoming call and storing the counted time in the incoming call history. ing.

  Another function of the telephone device is an answering machine function. This answering machine function automatically connects the line after ringing a predetermined number of times when there is an incoming call, and responds to the calling party (for example, “I am now on my answering machine. "Please") is sent, the message on the line (message from the calling party) is recorded, and the user can listen to the recorded message after the recording is finished.

Furthermore, most recent telephone devices are equipped with both the incoming call history function and the answering machine function.
JP 2000-151793 A

  The incoming call history function not only knows when and when the user has received an incoming call, but also has the advantage that it can easily make calls to the other party from the incoming call history. After listening to the call, there are many cases where the incoming call history from the other party is not used, and there is a problem that the memory capacity is wasted by leaving the useless incoming call history. It was. Further, in order to delete the incoming call history, it is necessary for the user to select and delete the other party of the incoming call history, which is very troublesome.

  In addition, the answering machine function has an advantage that the user can listen to the message received while the user is away, but after listening to the message, the message from the other party can be heard. However, there is a problem that the memory capacity is wastefully used by leaving a useless message. Further, in order to delete the message, it is necessary for the user to select and delete the message one by one, which is very troublesome.

The present invention is for solving such a problem, and the invention according to claim 1 is a message message storage means for storing a message message and a telephone number corresponding to the message message, and the message. Reproducing means for reproducing the message message stored in the message storing means, calling means for calling the telephone number stored in the message message storing means, and the message message by the reproducing means. When a call is made to the telephone number corresponding to the message being reproduced or reproduced by the calling means during or after the message message stored in the storage means is being reproduced, Erasing means for automatically erasing the business message from the business message storage means.
The invention described in claim 2 is a message message storage means for storing a message message and a telephone number corresponding to the message message, and a playback means for playing back the message message stored in the message message storage means. And calling means for making a call to the telephone number stored in the message message storage means, and the playback means during or after playing back the message message stored in the message message storage means When the caller makes a call to the telephone number corresponding to the message that is being played or after being played, all the message messages corresponding to the called party are automatically retrieved from the message storage unit. And an erasing means for erasing the image.
The invention described in claim 3 is a message message storage means for storing a message message and a telephone number corresponding to the message message, and a playback means for playing back the message message stored in the message message storage means. And calling means for making a call to the telephone number stored in the message message storage means, and the playback means during or after playing back the message message stored in the message message storage means When a call is made to the telephone number corresponding to the message message being reproduced or reproduced by the calling means, the message message stored most recently among the message messages corresponding to the called party And deleting means for automatically deleting from the message storage means.
The invention according to claim 4 is an incoming call history storage means for storing a history of incoming calls and a message message corresponding to the history, and a playback means for playing back a message message stored in the incoming call history storage means. Calling means for making a call to the other party stored in the incoming call history storage means, and during or after playing the message stored in the incoming call history storage means, An erasure unit that automatically erases the incoming call history of the called party from the incoming call history storage unit when a call is made to the other party corresponding to the message that is being played or after the reproduction. Features.
The invention according to claim 5 is an incoming history storing means for storing a history of incoming calls and a message message corresponding to the history, and a reproducing means for reproducing the message stored in the incoming history storage means. Calling means for making a call to the other party stored in the incoming call history storage means;
When a call is made to the other party corresponding to the message message being played or reproduced by the calling means during or after playing the message message stored in the incoming call history storage means, And deleting means for automatically deleting only the newest incoming call history from the received call history storage means.
The invention described in claim 6 is an incoming call history storage means for storing an incoming call history and a message message corresponding to the history, and a playback means for playing back the message message stored in the incoming call history storage means. Calling means for making a call to the other party stored in the incoming call history storage means, and during or after playing the message stored in the incoming call history storage means, An erasure unit that automatically erases all incoming call histories of the called party from the incoming call history storage unit when a call is made to the other party corresponding to the message that is being played or after playback. It is characterized by.

According to the present invention, when a call is made to a destination corresponding to a message that has been played or is being played, the message or call history of the other party is automatically deleted. There is no need to delete messages and incoming calls. Further, it is possible to effectively use the memory.
According to the first aspect of the present invention, when a call is made to a partner corresponding to a message that has been played or is being played, the message for that partner is automatically deleted. However, there is no need to delete the message. Further, it is possible to effectively use the memory.
Further, according to the invention described in claim 2, when a call is made to the other party corresponding to the message that has been reproduced or being reproduced, all the message messages of the other party are automatically deleted. There is no need for the user to delete the business message one by one. Further, it is possible to effectively use the memory.
According to the invention described in claim 3, when a call is made to the other party corresponding to the message that has been reproduced or is being reproduced, the newest message is automatically stored in the message of the other party. Since the message message is deleted, it is not necessary for the user to delete the message message. Further, it is possible to effectively use the memory.
According to the invention described in claim 4, when a call is made to the other party corresponding to the message that has been reproduced or being reproduced, the user automatically deletes the incoming call history of the other party. There is no need to delete the incoming call history. Further, it is possible to effectively use the memory.
According to the invention described in claim 5, when a call is made to a destination corresponding to a message that has been played back or being played back, the incoming call that is automatically stored most recently in the incoming call history of that destination is automatically recorded. Since the history is deleted, there is no need for the user to delete the incoming call history. Further, it is possible to effectively use the memory.
According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, when a call is made to a destination corresponding to a message that has been played or is being played back, the entire incoming call history of the destination is automatically deleted. There is no need to delete the incoming call history. Further, it is possible to effectively use the memory.

  Hereinafter, specific examples of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to examples and drawings. However, the embodiments described below exemplify a telephone device for embodying the technical idea of the present invention, and are not intended to identify the present invention as the telephone device. The technical scope of is defined by the description of the scope of claims.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an overall configuration of a cordless telephone system 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The cordless telephone system 10 of the present embodiment has a base unit 20 of a telephone device connected to a telephone line, and two slave units 30a and 30b connected to the base unit 20 via a wireless communication function. It becomes. Further, the slave units 30a and 30b are wirelessly connected via the master unit 20. The communication method of the cordless telephone system 10 may be either analog or digital.

  The telephone device (for example, the base unit 20) of this embodiment has a telephone directory function that can register a prescribed number of personal data. In addition, the device of this embodiment has an incoming call history function capable of storing a plurality of pairs of destination name, telephone number, and incoming date and time information, and an answering machine function capable of recording a message from the calling party. is doing.

  Next, the circuit configuration of the cordless telephone system 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the base unit 20 according to the embodiment of the present invention. Base unit 20 includes control unit 21, incoming call detection unit 22, line connection unit 23, display unit 24, operation unit 25, memory unit 26, AC adapter 27, power supply unit 28, transmission unit 30, reception unit 31, and frequency synthesizer 32. The transmitter / receiver antenna 33, the receiver 34, and the like are provided.

  The control unit 21 is configured mainly with a microprocessor, and has a memory function such as a ROM and a flash memory as in a general computer apparatus. The control unit 21 reads various control programs stored in the memory and performs processing. .

  The line connection unit 23 is connected to a telephone line to release or close the line, or performs a calling process through the telephone line based on the telephone number information stored in the telephone directory of the base unit 20 or the incoming call history. . It also has a function of receiving telephone number information from the line.

  The incoming detection unit 22 receives an incoming signal from the circuit connection unit 23 to detect an incoming call, and shapes the incoming signal into a pulse signal and outputs the pulse signal to the control unit 21.

  The display unit 24 is a display unit composed of a liquid crystal panel or the like, and according to a control signal from the control unit 21, an appropriate number of text data such as a telephone number, a call time, a call charge, etc., which is phone book data Display.

  The operation unit 25 is a numeric keypad for inputting numbers and characters, a call key for operating a call and a start of a call, an end key for operating a call end, a search / It includes a phone book key for registration and a mode setting key for performing operations for setting various other modes.

The memory unit 26 is composed of, for example, a flash memory, and stores incoming call history data, which is a main part of the present invention, and user input data used to execute other functions. FIG. 4 shows data stored in the memory unit 26.
In FIG. 4, the name, telephone number, date and time of incoming call, and business message are stored for each address. Addresses 1, 2, 5, and 6 in FIG. 4 store the name, telephone number, and the date and time when the incoming call was received. The name corresponding to the number is a destination stored in the phone book, and the name information is information read from the phone book. As long as the telephone has a function corresponding to the name display service provided by NTT (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation), the name information received from the line may be stored in the incoming call history. Address 3 does not store the name of the other party, but this is a case where the name corresponding to the telephone number received from the line when an incoming call is not stored in the telephone directory. Further, the address 4 stores neither the name of the other party nor the telephone number. This is the case where the other party's telephone number was not received from the line when the incoming call was received. It is. Note that the data of the business message is stored in the field of the business message in FIG. 4 at the other party who has transmitted the business message. In FIG. 4, for the purpose of simplifying the explanation, the destination where the message message is stored is described as “Yes” in the message message column.

  The power supply unit 28 receives a predetermined DC voltage from the AC adapter 27 and supplies power to each circuit component.

  The transmission unit 30 and the reception unit 31 perform signal transmission / reception by establishing a communication link by wireless communication with the slave unit 30 via the transmission / reception antenna 33. The frequency synthesizer 32 is responsible for signal oscillation for wireless communication with the slave unit, and appropriately switches the transmission / reception frequencies of the transmission unit 30 and the reception unit 31 according to a control signal from the control unit 21.

  The handset 34 includes a speaker (SP) and a microphone (MIC) for calling. The speaker (SP) amplifies an electrical signal generated by an audio signal processing unit in the control unit 21 (not shown) and outputs it as a sound. The microphone (MIC) amplifies and converts the sound into an electric signal and outputs it to the sound signal processing unit in the control unit 21.

  The hook detection unit 35 detects on-hook and off-hook of the handset 34.

Next, the structure of the subunit | mobile_unit 30 concerning the Example of this invention is demonstrated, referring FIG. The cordless telephone device slave unit 30 includes a control unit 41, a display unit 42, an operation unit 43, a memory unit 44, a power supply unit 45, a charging unit 46, an AC adapter 47, a transmission unit 48, a reception unit 49, a frequency synthesizer 50, and transmission / reception. An antenna 51, a receiver 52, and the like are provided. The basic functions of these configurations are the same as those of the base unit, and only configurations different from the base unit 20 will be described below.
The power supply unit 45 incorporates a rechargeable battery and supplies power to each circuit component of the slave unit 30. The charging unit 46 charges the battery of the power supply unit 45 with a DC voltage supplied from the AC adapter 47 while the slave unit 30 is placed on a charging stand (not shown).

  The transmission unit 48 and the reception unit 49 establish a call link by wireless communication with the parent device 20 via the transmission / reception antenna 51 to perform signal transmission / reception. Further, the frequency synthesizer 50 is responsible for signal oscillation for wireless communication with the parent device 20, and switches transmission / reception frequencies of the transmission unit 48 and the reception unit 49 according to a control signal from the control unit 41.

  The operation contents of the telephone apparatus of the present embodiment having the above-described configuration will be described in detail below with reference to the flowchart of FIG. Before executing the operation shown in FIG. 5, whether or not the user automatically deletes the incoming call history of the called party when making a call to the called party using the received call history. Shall be set. In this setting, when a call is made to the other party using the incoming call history, all the incoming call history of the other party is deleted, only the latest history of the other party is deleted, or the incoming call history is not deleted. Can be done. The setting information is stored in the memory unit 26.

  FIG. 5 is a flowchart when there is an incoming call. In step S01 of FIG. 5, when the control unit 21 receives a signal indicating that there is a 16 Hz incoming call from the line from the incoming call detection unit 22, the process proceeds to step S02.

  In step S02, the control unit 21 starts ringing a ringtone from the speaker. At this time, when the line connection unit 23 receives the telephone number on the calling side from the line, the telephone number is stored in the memory unit 26.

  In step S03, the control unit 21 starts counting the number of ringing sounds or the number of incoming 16 Hz incoming signals from the line.

  In the subsequent step S04, when the control unit 21 detects a signal indicating that the handset has been off-hooked from the hook detection unit 35, the control unit 21 proceeds to step S05, and otherwise proceeds to step S07.

  In step S05, the control unit 21 is connected to the line by controlling the line connection unit 23, and the process proceeds to step S06.

  In step S06, the control unit 21 starts a call process. That is, the voice signal from the calling side from the line is output from the speaker of the receiver 34, while the voice signal from the microphone of the receiver 34 is output to the line. When the call ends (the other party disconnects the line or the hook detection unit 35 detects the on-hook of the handset 34), the process returns to the standby state and the process ends.

  In step S07, if the control unit 21 determines that the number of ringing sounds or the number of incoming 16 Hz incoming signals from the line that has started counting in step S03 has reached a predetermined number (for example, 5 times). The process proceeds to step S08, and if not, the process proceeds to step S11.

  In step S08, the control unit 21 connects the line by controlling the line connection unit 23, and proceeds to step S09.

  In step S09, the control unit 21 outputs the response message stored in the memory unit 26 to the line and then sends the message received from the line to the memory unit 26 in pairs with the telephone number received in step S01. Store.

  In step S10, the control unit 21 disconnects the line by controlling the line connection unit 23, returns to the standby state, and ends the process.

  In step S11, if the control unit 21 determines that the incoming call detection unit 22 no longer detects the incoming signal, the control unit 21 returns to the standby state and ends the process. If not, the control unit 21 returns the process to step S04.

  Next, the operation when making a call will be described based on the flowchart of FIG. The following settings are made in advance. The settings are whether or not to keep the history when a call is made, the setting to delete only the latest history when deleting the history, and all of the counterparts corresponding to deleting the history The history can be deleted, and the setting can be stored in the memory unit 26 in advance.

  In step S20, a message to be reproduced is selected. Specifically, if the control unit 21 determines that there is an operation for instructing display of an incoming call history from the operation unit 25, the control unit 21 displays a list of incoming call history stored in the memory unit 26 on the display unit 24 and also displays a cursor. To do. Subsequently, the cursor is moved and displayed based on the other party selection operation from the operation unit 25, and if there is a selection operation, the process proceeds to step S21. In step S20, the message to be reproduced is selected from the incoming call history. However, when the message is recorded, the display unit 24 displays "There is one message message" and the user selects a predetermined message. It is also possible to start the reproduction of the recorded message by performing the key operation. Further, when there are a plurality of recordings of the business message, the recorded business message may be cyclically switched and reproduced based on a predetermined operation by the user.

  In step S21, the control unit 21 reads out the message message corresponding to the other party selected in step S20 from the memory unit 26, and reproduces and outputs it from the speaker of the receiver 34.

  In step S22, when it is determined that there is a call operation from the operation unit 25, the control unit 21 proceeds to step S24, and if not, proceeds to step S23.

  In step S23, when it is determined that there is a cancel operation from the operation unit 25, the control unit 21 ends the process and returns to the standby state. On the other hand, if there is no cancel operation, the process returns to step S22.

  In step S24, the control unit 21 controls the line connection unit 23 so as to make a call to the partner selected in step S21 (the partner corresponding to the business message reproduced in step S21), and step S25. Proceed to the process.

  At this time, if there is a call operation during the reproduction of the message, it is possible to make a call to the other party corresponding to the message that is being reproduced, or a predetermined time after reproduction of the message. If a call operation is performed within 10 seconds (for example, 10 seconds), a configuration may be adopted in which a call is made to the other party corresponding to the reproduced message message. If a call operation is performed while displaying the presence of a message, a call may be made to the other party corresponding to the recorded message.

  Further, the call operation in step S22 may be configured to make a call simply by pressing a single key by the user. With such a configuration, for example, it is possible to make a call to the other party corresponding to the message being reproduced simply by pressing one key while the message is being reproduced. You can make a call to the other party who sent the message by simple operation.

  In step S25, the control unit 21 advances the process to step S26 when the setting for leaving the incoming call history is read from the memory unit 26, and advances the process to step S27 if the setting is not to leave the incoming call history.

  In step S26, the control unit 21 prohibits the deletion of the incoming call history (leaves the incoming call history information as it is) and ends the process.

  In step S27, when the control unit 21 determines that the setting read in step S25 is a setting for deleting only the latest incoming call history, in step S28, only the latest incoming call history of the other party called in step S24 is deleted. To finish the process. On the other hand, if it is determined that the setting read in step S25 is information for deleting all incoming call histories, in step S29, all incoming call histories of the other party called in step S24 are deleted, and the process ends.

  As described above, in the apparatus according to the present embodiment, when a call is made to the other party corresponding to the reproduced (or currently being reproduced) message, a part or all of the incoming call history of the called party is automatically obtained. Since the data is erased, not only can the memory be used effectively, but there is no need for the user to perform troublesome operations.

  Further, in the apparatus according to the present embodiment, the user can set whether to delete all or a part of the incoming call history, or not to delete it, so whether or not to leave the incoming call history according to the user's preference. It is possible to execute.

  Further, although the apparatus according to the present embodiment is configured to automatically delete the incoming call history, it may be configured to delete the message message. For example, a destination corresponding to a message message that has been played (or being played back). When a call is made to a call, the message message that was automatically played (or being played) is deleted, the message messages from the called party are all deleted, or the message from the called party is deleted. A configuration may be adopted in which the latest message message is deleted.

  Furthermore, in this embodiment device, the incoming history and message are automatically deleted when a call is made, but the incoming history and message are automatically deleted when a call is made and the other party answers. It is good also as composition to do. Even in this case, it is more convenient if the user can set whether to delete all of the incoming call history and message or whether to delete the latest call history and message.

  In this embodiment, the cordless telephone apparatus is used. However, the present invention can be similarly applied to any apparatus having an answering machine function such as an answering machine, a facsimile machine with a telephone function, a mobile phone apparatus, and an electronic telephone directory.

1 is an overall view of an embodiment device to which the present invention is applied. It is a block diagram of the main | base station of the Example apparatus which applies this invention. It is a block diagram of the subunit | mobile_unit of the Example apparatus formed by applying this invention. It is a figure of the storage form of the memory part 26 of the Example apparatus to which this invention is applied. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of a present Example apparatus. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of a present Example apparatus.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Cordless telephone system 20 ... Base unit 21 ... Control unit 22 ... Incoming call detection unit 23 ... Line connection unit 24 ... Display unit 25 ... Operation unit 26... Memory unit 27... Memory 27... AC adapter 28... Power supply unit 29. Machine 31 ... Reception unit 32 ... Frequency synthesizer 33 ... Wireless communication antenna 34 ... Handset 41 ... Control unit 42 ... Display unit 43 ... Operation unit 44... Memory unit 45... Power supply unit 46... Charging unit 47... AC adapter 48 ... Transmission unit 49 ... Reception unit 50 ... Frequency synthesizer 51 .... Wireless communication antenna 52 ... * Receiver 100 ... Phone book

Claims (6)

A message message storage means for storing a message message and a telephone number corresponding to the message message, a playback means for playing back a message message stored in the message message storage means, and the message message storage means Calling means for making a call to a telephone number stored in
The playback means makes a call to the telephone number corresponding to the message message being played or after playback by the calling means during or after playing the message message stored in the message message storage means. And a erasing unit for automatically erasing the caller's message for the other party from the message storage unit. A message message storage means for storing a message message and a telephone number corresponding to the message message, a playback means for playing back a message message stored in the message message storage means, and the message message storage means Calling means for making a call to a telephone number stored in
The playback means makes a call to the telephone number corresponding to the message message being played or after playback by the calling means during or after playing the message message stored in the message message storage means. And a erasing unit for automatically erasing all the business messages corresponding to the called party from the business message storage unit. A message message storage means for storing a message message and a telephone number corresponding to the message message, a playback means for playing back a message message stored in the message message storage means, and the message message storage means Calling means for making a call to a telephone number stored in
The playback means makes a call to the telephone number corresponding to the message message being played or after playback by the calling means during or after playing the message message stored in the message message storage means. And a deletion means for automatically deleting only the latest stored message message from the message message storage means among the message messages corresponding to the called party. apparatus. An incoming call history storage means for storing an incoming call history and a message corresponding to the history;
Playback means for playing back the message stored in the incoming call history storage means;
Calling means for making a call to a destination stored in the incoming call history storage means;
When a call is made to the other party corresponding to the message message being played or reproduced by the calling means during or after playing the message message stored in the incoming call history storage means, And a erasure unit for automatically erasing the incoming call history of the other party from the incoming call history storage unit. An incoming call history storage means for storing an incoming call history and a message corresponding to the history;
Playback means for playing back the message stored in the incoming call history storage means;
Calling means for making a call to a destination stored in the incoming call history storage means;
When a call is made to the other party corresponding to the message message being played or reproduced by the calling means during or after playing the message message stored in the incoming call history storage means, And a erasure unit that automatically erases only the latest incoming call history from the received call history storage unit. An incoming call history storage means for storing an incoming call history and a message corresponding to the history;
Playback means for playing back the message stored in the incoming call history storage means;
Calling means for making a call to a destination stored in the incoming call history storage means;
When a call is made to the other party corresponding to the message message being played or reproduced by the calling means during or after playing the message message stored in the incoming call history storage means, And a erasure unit for automatically erasing all incoming call histories of the other party from the incoming call history storage unit.

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