JPH04144354A - Presence/absence notice system in automatic reply terminal equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To attain efficient phone calling by devising the system such that a caller recognizes whether a called party is absent or present in house before the reply by the called party. CONSTITUTION:When a call comes from a caller terminal equipment 11, an automatic reply terminal equipment 13 built in an automatic answering telephone set replies a call automatically when ringing reaches a prescribed number of times or a prescribed time elapses from the arrival of the call. Number of times of detecting a ringer signal or its time from the arrival of a call till automatic reply in the presence mode differs from that in the automatic answering mode. Number of times of detecting a ring tone is set to be (n) in the presence mode and to be (m) in the automatic answering mode, and the relation of n<m is established. Moreover, the automatic reply based on the elapsed time after the arrival of a call is set to be s(second) in the presence mode and to be t(second) in the automatic answering mode, and the relation of s<t is established. Thus, a caller terminal discriminates it that a called terminal is absent before the called party replies.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention changes the number of ringer detections from incoming call to automatic answering in answering machine mode and in home mode, so that the calling party can receive the call before answering. This invention relates to a home/absence notification system in an automatic answering terminal that allows notification of whether the called party is at home or away.

(Prior Art) The development of facsimile communication has been remarkable in recent years, and various proposals have been made regarding connection methods of facsimile devices to telephone lines.

Various conventions regarding signals used for communication by the facsimile machine are stipulated in CCITT Recommendation T30 and the like. According to this recommendation, a CNG signal indicating that the calling party is a facsimile is specified, and the use of this signal is mandatory for automatic calling terminals and optional for manual devices. Furthermore, a CED signal indicating that the called party is a non-voice terminal is defined.

This is an automatic transmission of facsimile communication, in which the calling side sends the above-mentioned CNG signal to the called side, and the called side sends the above-mentioned CED signal to the calling side. However, depending on the two models, CN
Some devices cannot send G signals. In such models, the CED signal is sent from the receiving side.

Remains silent unless a binary code control procedure is received.

In 2-manual outgoing calls, one caller confirms the other party and then presses the start button to start communication. In this case, no CNG signal is sent during one call.

The operations of these incoming call examples are summarized as follows. When the calling terminal is a fax with CNG, a fax without CNG, and a call is made by an operator, the tones detected on the called terminal are CNG signal 4 silence and voice/silence, respectively,
The receiving side receives a fax from the first two parties, and a bell rings when the operator makes a call.

It will be a record of your absence.

FIG. 2 (al) is a diagram showing an example of a sequence from receiving a call to answering operation of a conventional answering machine.

After the bell rings a set number of times, the system answers the call, sends out an announcement, and starts recording.

Depending on the model, the number of times an answering machine rings from the time a call is received until it is automatically answered is either fixed or variable depending on the settings.

FIG. 2(b) is a diagram showing an example of a sequence from receiving a call to answering an operation of a facsimile machine having an external answering machine.

When there is an incoming call, the answering machine will answer after a set number of rings and send an announcement to the calling party.

After that, the fax IJ will determine whether it is for fax communication or for a phone call.
It automatically determines whether the device is a device and activates an answering machine if the purpose is to make a call. In addition, in the case of fax communication, fax reception operation is performed.

In this case, answering machines can be either fixed or variable depending on the model.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) As mentioned above, some conventional answering machines and facsimile machines have the ability to set the number of times the bell rings. However, the caller +1F could not determine whether the caller was home or away until the caller answered. As a result, cases like the following may occur.

When I called him on 01, he was away, so I left him a message.

○After a while, I called back, but I heard an announcement that he was still away, so I hung up without leaving a message.

In this case, the called party answered both times, so
There was a charge.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks, and to provide an at-home/absence notification system for automatic answering terminals that allows the calling party to determine whether the called party is away or at home before the called party answers. be.

(Means for Solving the Problems) In order to achieve the above object, the home/absence notification method in the automatic response terminal according to the present invention is based on the number of ringer detections from the time of receiving a call to the automatic response when the home mode is set to n times or the number of times the call is received. The time from to automatic answer is 8 seconds, the number of ringer detections from incoming call to automatic answer when in answering machine mode is m times, or the time from incoming call to automatic answer is t seconds, and the number of bell rings is n. < m or the time is set in the relationship s < t, and the bell is rung by a signal that arrives from the calling party after automatic answering in the at-home mode, or a response operation other than for the purpose of a call is performed, and in the answering machine mode, The answering machine function is activated by the signal received from the calling party after the automatic answer of -l! The device is configured to initiate recording or take other corresponding actions other than for call purposes.

(Example) Hereinafter, the present invention will be explained in more detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a relay system diagram of a system in which the automatic call/communication switching system of 4J is applied to an automatic answering terminal with a built-in answering machine function according to the present invention.

The calling side terminal 11 is connected to the automatic answering terminal 13 with built-in answering machine function.
When there is an incoming call from the linker, the linker automatically responds when the predetermined number of calls is reached or after a predetermined period of time has elapsed since the incoming call.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an embodiment of an automatic call/communication switching system in an automatic answering terminal with a built-in answering machine function according to the present invention.

The number of ringer detections or the time required from receiving a call to automatically answering the call differs between the at-home mode and the absentee mode.

The number of times Ringer is detected is n times when at home, m times when away, and n
<m. In addition, when automatically answering based on the time elapsed since the call was received, S seconds are used when the user is at home, seconds when the user is away, and s<t.

First, the operation in the at-home mode will be explained.

The automatic response terminal 13 automatically responds after detecting the ringer n times or 3 seconds after receiving the call (step 2).

Then, based on the presence or absence of a CNG signal from the calling side, it is determined whether the call is intended for a telephone conversation (step 3). If the purpose is to make a call, a bell is rung to prompt a person to respond (step 5). Also, if the purpose is not to make a call, the corresponding operation is performed (step 4).

Next, the away mode will be explained.

The automatic response terminal 13 automatically responds after detecting the ringer m times or t seconds after receiving the call (step 6).

Then, depending on the presence or absence of a CNG signal from the calling side, it is determined whether the purpose is to make a call (step 7).

If the caller intends to make a call, activate the answering machine function,
Start recording (step 8).

If the calling party is for a purpose other than a telephone conversation, actions are taken accordingly (step 9).

Next, a case will be described in which the number of ringer detections is set to once when the user is at home and three times when the user is away.

If you are at home, you can answer with one ringer, and if you are trying to talk to someone, ring the bell. If the other party is a facsimile machine, start fax communication as is.

When you are away, the linker responds three times, and if you want to talk to the other party, it sends a message and starts recording.

If the other party is a facsimile machine, fax communication is started immediately.

When the calling terminal side makes a call for the purpose of talking, if the other party answers after one ring, it means that the other party is at home, so it is better to wait for the other person to answer.

If the other party does not respond after one ringing, it means they are away, so if you wish to leave a message, you can wait for a while until recording starts. If you don't want to leave a message, just go on-hook before the other party responds.

The same applies to the time from receiving a call to responding.

(Effects of the Invention) As explained above, according to the present invention, the calling terminal side can:
If the receiving terminal is away, it can be determined before the other party answers, so if the receiving terminal is absent but has no intention of leaving a message (for example, if you leave a message once and call again), the receiving terminal will If you go on-hook before answering automatically, you can make calls efficiently without incurring charges or taking time.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a relay system diagram of a system to which a call/communication automatic switching method is applied in an automatic answering terminal with a built-in answering machine function according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an embodiment of the automatic answering terminal with a built-in answering machine function according to the present invention. , FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining the operation of a conventional answering machine, etc. 11...Calling side terminal 12...Exchange 13...Automatic response with built-in answering machine function? TjlA end 1
4...Telephone line patent applicant Daini Denden Co., Ltd. (company agent, patent attorney Hisashi Inoro)

Claims (1)

[Claims] The number of ringer detections from incoming calls to automatic answering when in home mode is n times, or the time from receiving calls to automatic answering is s seconds, and the number of ringer detections from incoming calls to automatic answering when in answering machine mode is m. Let t seconds be the time from when the call arrives to when the call is automatically answered, and the number of times the bell rings is n.
< m or the time is in the relationship s < t, ring a bell in response to a signal arriving from the calling party after automatic answering in the home mode, or perform a response operation other than for the purpose of a call,
The automatic device is characterized in that the automatic answering machine is configured to operate an answering machine function and start recording in response to a signal received from the calling party after automatic answering in the answering machine mode, or to perform operations other than for the purpose of making a call. At home/at answering terminal
Absence notification method.