JPH0346451A - Key telephone set - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To bypass dialing to other party when a person desired to be called is busy by dialing plural telephone numbers with addition of priority order and giving early dialing to the person desiring to be called. CONSTITUTION:The operator operates a key of its own key telephone set 11 to enter a group number as an identification number of opposite destination information group to be entered now and enters the priority order as to the destination information to be entered. Then a pair of the destination number and the destination name constituting the destination information are inputted. Since the input data is displayed on a character display section 14, the operator discriminates the propriety order of the input content. When a series of inputs as above are finished, the data is stored in a prescribed area of a memory 23. The priority order stored in the memory 23 is the priority order of the destination not receiving a call yet and when a telephone call reaches a destination, the destination information is erases from the registration content of the relevant group and the destination information of the next priority order is in turn used.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a button telephone device equipped with a display section that displays characters, and more specifically, it is capable of automatically calling a plurality of predetermined telephone numbers in sequence. The present invention relates to a button telephone device.

[Conventional technology]

If the person you called is busy, you will need to dial again. In order to simplify the operation at this time, many key telephone devices memorize the telephone number of the caller.
If you want to call again, you can press a special key to automatically dial the number. In addition, many of these key telephone devices are equipped with an automatic redial function that repeatedly calls the other party, and when this function is utilized, the call is repeated to the other party at a predetermined time. . The latter feature allows callers to focus on other tasks until the other party gets a call.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

However, with conventional key telephone devices, the number of telephone numbers that can be repeatedly and automatically dialed is limited to one type.

Therefore, if you are making a call to a large number of people to inform them of a specific group meeting, etc., and multiple people are busy on the phone, you will have to try calling them one by one. There was a problem in that it took a long time to make a phone call.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a key telephone device that can repeatedly make calls to a plurality of destinations.

[Means to solve the problem]

In the present invention, (i) a destination information input means for inputting destination information consisting of a pair of a destination number and a destination name;
i) storage means for storing a plurality of sets of destination information inputted by the destination information input means, each corresponding to a priority order; (iii) a detour dialing instruction button;
(iv) When this detour dial instruction button is pressed,
(v) bypass dialing means for dialing the destination numbers stored in the storage means in order of priority, bypassing the destinations that cannot be reached; and (v) dialing the destination name when dialing the destination number stored in the storage means. The button telephone device is equipped with a display means for displaying the information.

Then, the destination information is registered in the storage means with priorities assigned, and when the detour dial instruction button is pressed, dialing is performed in order from the highest priority, and the destination currently being dialed is This should be displayed on the display means so that it can be understood.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to Examples.

FIG. 1 shows the configuration of a key telephone device according to an embodiment of the present invention. This button telephone device includes a plurality of button telephones 11, although only one is shown in the figure. These key telephones 11 are connected to a key telephone interface 13 of the main unit 12. The button telephone 11 includes a liquid crystal character display section 14 and a detour dial instruction button 15. The character display section 14 receives display information from the button telephone interface 13 under the control of the main device 12 and displays this in characters. The detour dialing instruction button 15 is a button switch for detour dialing the telephone number of the other party in order according to the priority order. Note that this detour dial instruction button 15 does not need to be a button with a dedicated function, and may be a one-touch button that can be registered and used as a button for a predetermined function, for example, as necessary.

A button telephone interface 13 of the main device 12 is connected to a communication path 16 and an input/output circuit 17. and,
When button information and hook information arrive from the button telephone 11, they are sent to the central processing unit 1 via the input/output circuit 17.
Send on 8th. The communication path 16 is connected to a trunk circuit 19. The trunk circuit 19 accommodates a plurality of office lines 21 and detects incoming signals from the office lines 21 and detects incoming signals from the office lines 21.
It is designed to perform dialing signal escape.

Signals from key telephone 11 and central office line 21 are coupled to speech path 16 via trunk circuit 19 and key telephone interface 13 .

The central processing unit 18 controls the entire apparatus according to data information stored in the memory 23.

FIG. 2 shows the procedure for registering destination information consisting of a pair of destination number and destination name using this button telephone device.

The operator operates the keys of his own button telephone 11,
Enter the group number as the identification number of the destination information group you are entering this time (Step 2 in Figure 2), then enter the priority order for the destination information you are about to input (
Step ■〉. Next, the pair of destination number and destination name that constitutes the destination information is input (step ■). The reference hand name can be used as is if a key for kana input is provided. If keys for kana input are not provided, kana input is performed by combining key operations, or code numbers assigned to each kana are input. Since these input data are displayed on the character display section 14, the operator can determine whether the input contents are appropriate.

When such a series of inputs is completed, these data are stored in a predetermined area of the memory 23 (step 2).

An example of these data stored in the memory 23 of FIG. 1 is shown. For example, in group "01", for priority j item "1", the other party's phone number "0"
3-237-9999” is entered and “
XXXX, Honda will be input. The same applies to the other party information for the second and subsequent priorities. Note that the priority stored in the memory 23 is the priority of the other party that has not received a call, and when the other party is connected, the information of that party is deleted from the registered contents of the corresponding group, and the next call is made. The destination information of the ranking is moved up instead.

When the operations up to step (2) are completed, if other destination information is to be input, the process returns to step (2); step (N) and performs the same operation.

The reason for inputting the group numbers individually is that there may be cases where it becomes necessary to add destination information to a certain group.

FIG. 3 shows the flow of control when performing an automatic detour call using the data registered as described above.

When the operator presses the detour dial instruction button 15 of the button telephone 11 shown in FIG. 1, the steps in FIG.
The button telephone 11 is set to automatic detour calling mode.

Under this mode, the operator first inputs the group number he/she wishes to specify (step ■). For example, if you enter the numerical value "01" after pressing the detour dial instruction button 15, the group "Ol" in the memory 23 shown in FIG.
will be selected. Then, the highest priority number "1" is set (step ■), and group O
A search for the destination number of this priority in "1" is performed (step ■).

As a result, if a destination number with the corresponding priority exists (step 2; Y), a call is made to that telephone number (step 2). At this time, the name of the other party registered as a pair with that telephone number is displayed on the character display section 14 (
Step ■). This is to inform the operator who to talk to when the call is enabled. In the example shown in FIG. 1, if priority number "1" of group 01 is selected, phone number "03-237-999" is selected.
9", and the character display B14 displays "X" as the destination name.
XXX, Honda is displayed.

In this state, the button telephone device checks whether the other party is available for communication or not, and if it is not possible to make a call because the other party is busy or absent, the button telephone device checks (N ), if the priority order is changed to the next order (step ■). The user then proceeds to step (2) and performs an operation to make a call to the destination in this order. In this example, the next highest priority phone number “03-2”
A call is made to ``37-8888'', and ``xxxx, Shibuyashibu'' is displayed on the character display section 14 as the destination name.

On the other hand, if the call was possible in step ■ (Y), a call will be started with the other party.
Step @〉.

In this way, calls are attempted in order of priority within the specified group, and when there are no corresponding telephone numbers, the automatic detour call ends (end).

Note that in this embodiment, the automatic detour call ends after dialing to the lowest priority party in the group, but after dialing to the lowest priority party, the call is dialed again to the highest priority party. It is also possible to go back and continue dialing. Also, in the embodiment, the destination number and the destination name are input separately, but these pairs are memorized so that the next time the destination number is input, the input of the destination name is omitted. Good too.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, since a plurality of telephone numbers are dialed by adding priorities, a call can be made more quickly to a person who needs to be contacted first. Moreover, when these persons are on the phone, the dialing can be bypassed to other persons, so that the entire call can be ended more quickly.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawings are for explaining one embodiment of the present invention. Among these, Fig. 1 is a block diagram showing the main part of the configuration of a button telephone device, and Fig. 2 is a diagram showing how to register destination information with this button telephone device. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the control flow for automatic detour transmission. 11...Button telephone, 12...Main device, 13...Button telephone interface, 1
8...Central processing unit, 23...Memory. Liar NEC Corporation

Claims (1)

[Claims] A destination information input means for inputting destination information consisting of a pair of a destination number and a destination name, and a plurality of sets of destination information input by the destination information input means, each set in priority order. storage means stored in correspondence; a detour dialing instruction button; and when the detour dialing instruction button is pressed, the destination numbers stored in the storage device are sequentially dialed in order of priority, bypassing destinations that cannot be spoken to; 1. A button telephone device comprising: a detour dialing means for dialing a destination number stored in the storage means; and a display means for displaying the name of the destination when the destination number stored in the storage means is dialed.