JPH04361461A - Telephone system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide the means capable of easily obtaining a current time of a call destination opposite country by utilizing a country dependent current time calculation function when a caller uses the telephone set to make an international call. CONSTITUTION:Dial information entered from a telephone set 200 and stored in an outside line dial information storage means 119, an international transmission code stored in an international transmission code storage means 110, and a country code stored in a country code storage means 111 are compared and a dial analysis means 117 obtains a call destination opposite country, then the call destination opposite country obtains a time difference by country stored in a country dependent time difference storage means 112 and a call destination opposite country current time calculation means 104 calculates a call destination opposite country current time based on the time difference and on the current time of its own country stored in its own country current time storage means 109.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to telephone equipment, and more particularly to a telephone or exchange that allows one to know the current time in a destination country when making an international call.

0002

[Prior Art] Conventionally, when making international communications using a telephone connected to an extension of a private automatic branch exchange, the handset is lifted up, and after hearing the dial tone from the private branch exchange, the outside line acquisition number is dialed, and the telephone is connected to the central exchange. after you hear the dial tone followed by the international dialing code,
This can be done by dialing the country code and the called party's phone number. Furthermore, the same operation can be performed on a standalone telephone connected to an outside line (office line), except that there is no need to dial the outside line acquisition number.

0003

[Problem to be Solved by the Invention] However, in the above-mentioned prior art system, since there is a time difference between the home country and the destination country, when making an international call, it is necessary to check the current time in the destination country. However, there is a problem in that the above-mentioned operation must be performed after determining whether or not it is a time when it would not be a nuisance to make a call to the called party.

[0004] The present invention has been made to improve the problems of the above-mentioned conventional technology, and when making an international call as described above, if the current time in the destination country is midnight, a warning sound is emitted to the user. The purpose of the present invention is to provide an extremely easy-to-use telephone device that allows the user to make international calls without having to worry about the current time in the destination country. shall be.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above object, the telephone device of the present invention includes dial analysis means for analyzing dial information, and a means for determining whether dial information sent to an outside line is an international call or not. international dialing code storage means to be referenced to, when the dial information is an international call, country code storage means to be referred to in order to analyze which country the dial is being made, and each country code country-by-country time difference storage means for storing the time difference between the country and the home country; and a calling destination country current time calculation means for calculating the current time of the international dialing destination. A warning sound sending time zone storage means for registering a time zone for sending a warning sound when the current time in the destination country is midnight, and a warning sound transmission time zone storage means for registering a time zone to send a warning sound when the current time in the destination country where the international call is made is the current time in the destination country. The apparatus is configured to include a warning sound sending determination means for determining whether or not it is the sound sending time period, and a warning sound sending means for sending out the warning sound when the judgment to send the warning sound is made.

[0006]Furthermore, the present invention may be configured so that the calculation result of the calling destination country current time calculation means is sent and displayed on the telephone.

[0007]

[Operation] With the above-described structure, the present invention can know the current time in the destination country, and can also know whether it is an appropriate time to make a phone call.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A telephone apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings, in which the telephone apparatus is implemented in a private automatic branch exchange. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a private automatic branch exchange. In the private automatic branch exchange 100, 114 is connected to a central office line 115 from an external exchange and provides an electrical interface with the central office line 115, and 103 is a switching connection between a plurality of extension lines and an outside line. By way of communication path,
Subscriber circuit means 11 provided for each of the plurality of extensions
6 and the central office line trunk means 114 are connected in the voice band. 109 is a home country current time storage means, which is updated every second by the control means 101. The dial receiving means 102 is connected to the communication path means 103 together with the subscriber circuit means 116 and the office line trunk means 114. That is, dial information transmitted from telephone 200 via telephone line 113 is received through subscriber circuit means 116 and telephone line means 103. 117 receives the dial information from the dial receiving means 102, refers to the international call code storage means 110, determines whether the dial information is an international call, and sends the country code storage means 11
1, when the dial information indicates an international call, the destination country is determined, and the determination result is transmitted to the control unit 1.
This is a dial analysis means that notifies 01. Reference numeral 119 denotes an outside line dial information storage means for storing the dial information. Reference numeral 104 denotes a current time calculation means for the called destination country, which includes a called destination country storage means 118 analyzed by the dial analysis means 117, a home country current time storage means 109 storing the current time of the home country, and a called destination country current time calculation means. The current time of the destination country is calculated from the country time difference storage means 112 that stores the time difference between the country and the home country, and the calculation result is sent to the control unit 101.
Notify. Reference numeral 107 denotes a warning sound sending judgment means, which determines whether the current time in the called destination country at the time of the international call is midnight, etc. from the called destination country current time storage means 105 and the alert sound transmission time zone storage means 108. It is determined whether or not it is the warning sound sending time period, and the result is notified to the control means 101. 106 is a warning sound sending means, and warning sound sending judgment means 1
Control means 101 based on the warning sound sending time zone judgment result of 07.
is activated by the communication path means 103 and the subscriber circuit means 1.
03 and the telephone line 113 to send a warning tone to the telephone 200. The contents of this warning sound sending time zone storage means 108 may be fixed or may be variable. 1
01 receives information from various means and transmits the information to the central office line trunk means 1.
14, communication path means 103, home country current time storage means 109
, dial analysis means 117, called destination country storage means 11
8. Called destination country current time calculation means 104, called destination country current time storage means 105, warning sound sending judgment means 107
and a private automatic branch exchange 10 such as a warning sound sending means 106.
This is a control means that controls each means inside 0.

The operation of the automatic private branch exchange of this embodiment constructed as described above will be explained below with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an overview of dial analysis processing performed when an extension person of a private automatic branch exchange makes an outside line call.

When the telephone 200 dials an outside line (step 300), the dial receiving means 102 receives dial information sent through the telephone line 113, the subscriber circuit means 116, and the telephone path means 103, and The outside line dial information is stored in the outside line dial information storage means 119 by the control means 101 (step 3).
01) To be done. The dial analysis means 117 includes the international dialing code storage means 110 and the outside line dial information storage means 119.
(step 302), it is determined whether the outside line dialing information is an international call or not. If the outside line dialing information is not determined, step 303 is performed.
, and repeats the outside dial reception process. If it is determined that the outside line dialing information is not an international call, the process moves to step 304 and normal outside line dialing processing is performed. If it is determined that the outside line dialing information is an international call, the process moves to step 305, and the code next to the international dialing code of the outside line dialing information and the country code storage means 1 are stored.
11 (step 305). If the comparison (step 305) shows that the country code of the outside line outgoing dial information is unconfirmed due to insufficient number of digits, the process moves to step 303 and the outside line dial reception process, outside line dial information storage process (
Repeat step 301). The comparison (step 30
5), if the country code of the outside line dialing information does not correspond to all the country codes stored in the country code storage means, the normal outside line dialing process (step 304)
). When the country code of the outside line dialing information is determined by the comparison (step 305), the control means 101 stores the country code of the called destination country in the called destination country storage means 118 (step 306). Also,
The control means 101 starts the called destination country current time calculation means 104 from the called destination country storage means 118 and the country time difference storage means 112 determined in step 305 based on the home country current time storage means 109. The current time in the called destination country is calculated and the result is stored in the called destination country current time storage means 105 (step 307). After executing the above steps, the warning sound transmission determination means 107 determines whether or not the already calculated current time in the destination country is included in the preset warning sound transmission time period (step 308). If the result of the judgment (step 308) is that the current time in the called destination country is not included in the warning sound transmission time zone, the process moves to step 304 and normal outside line outgoing processing is performed, but if the current time in the called destination country is If the warning sound is included in the warning sound sending time period, the warning sound sending means 106 is activated by the control means 101, and the communication path means 103, the subscriber circuit means 116 and the telephone line 113 are sent to the telephone 200.
A warning sound is sent out (step 309).

In the above embodiment, the calculation result calculated by the destination country current time calculation means 104 is transmitted to the communication path means 103, the subscriber circuit means 116 and the communication line 11.
3 to the telephone set 200 and displayed by a character display means (not shown), it is useful to provide more detailed information to the extension person.

Further, in the above embodiment, the telephone 200 was explained as being independent from the private branch exchange 100, but in small-scale equipment such as a button telephone device, it is possible to use the telephone 200 within the same country as the private branch exchange. phone 20
There is no problem even if 0 is incorporated.

Furthermore, although the above embodiment has been explained on the assumption that a private automatic branch exchange is used, the same effect can be achieved even if this function is incorporated into a single telephone that does not have a switching function and is directly connected to an outside line (office line). Yes, in that case, the communication path means 103,
Functions unique to the exchange, such as the telephone line 113, the office line trunk means 114, and the subscriber circuit means 116, may be omitted.

[0015]

As described above, in the telephone device of the present invention, when making an international call, if the current time in the destination country is midnight, a warning sound is sent to the user or the current time in the destination country is displayed. Since the user can know the current time of the destination country and cancel the call, the user can make an international call without worrying about the current time in the destination country, which has a great practical effect.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a private automatic branch exchange, which is a telephone device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Fig. 2] A flowchart showing an overview of dial analysis processing performed when an extension person of the private automatic branch exchange makes an outside line call.

[Explanation of symbols]

100 Private branch exchange 101 Control means 102 Dial reception means 103 Call path means 104 Call destination country current time calculation means 105
Call destination country current time storage means 106 Warning sound transmission means 107 Warning sound transmission judgment means 108 Warning sound transmission time zone storage means 109
Home country current time storage means 110 International calling code storage means 111
Country code storage means 112 Country time difference storage means 113 Call line (extension) 116 Subscriber circuit means 117 Dial analysis means 118 Call destination country storage means

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A dial analysis means for analyzing dial information, and an international call code that is referred to in order to determine whether dial information sent to an outside line is an international call when the dial information is an outside call dial. storage means,
country code storage means to be referred to in order to analyze which country the dial information is for when the outside call dial information is an international call; and country time difference storage means for each country code; , a called destination country current time calculation means for calculating the current time of the international dial destination. 2. The telephone device according to claim 1, wherein the telephone device is configured to send and display the calculation result of the current time calculation means of the called destination country. [Claim 3] A warning sound sending time zone storage means for storing the warning sound and the time period in which the warning sound should be output, and whether or not the warning sound is to be emitted based on the data in this storage means and the calculation result of the called destination country current time calculation means. 2. The telephone device according to claim 1, further comprising a warning sound sending determination means for determining whether a warning sound is sent or not, and a warning sound sending means for transmitting a warning sound based on the judgment of the determining means.