JPH05130666A - Home telephone system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To display abbreviated data registered in the controller side in order, or to successively display the abbreviated numbers of areas in which abbreviated data are not registered by repeatedly operating a specific key of the telephone set side. CONSTITUTION:A telephone set 1 to be used for a home telephone system is provided with a key operation part 12 having an abbreviated data display key for displaying abbreviated data registered in the controller 2 while allowing a called destination dial number and name to correspond to a abbreviated number, a display part 16 for displaying various data, and a signal processing part 10 for sending an abbreviated data request signal to the controller 2 through a bus line L in each depression of an abbreviated data display key and transmitting and displaying abbreviated data returned from the controller 2 in each sending to/on the display part 16.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to improvements in home telephone systems.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A home telephone system has been developed and used in which an external call is made from a plurality of telephones provided in a dwelling unit and an extension call is made between the telephones. In such a home telephone system, as shown in FIG. 10, a call line La and a control line Lc derived from a controller MC to which a telephone line L is connected.
And a plurality of telephones TE are connected to a bus line L1 constituted by a power line Lv and a modular jack MP, and one of the telephones TE is connected to the controller MC.
An outside line call can be made via the telephone, or an extension number can be designated to call another telephone TE to make an extension line call.

By the way, in the telephone set TE used in such a home telephone system, a speed dial operation can be performed in order to improve operability for making a call. That is, the two-digit abbreviated number, the telephone number and the name of the call destination are previously input from the telephone set TE by the controller M.
If you send it to the C side and register it, you can enter the abbreviated number with the numeric keypad (not shown) following the operation of the abbreviated key (not shown) provided on the telephone TE when making a call The dialed signal is automatically sent out to make a call, and it is possible to perform speedy operation without the trouble of operating a multi-digit telephone number.

However, in order to perform such a speed dial operation, it is necessary to know in advance the speed dialing number of the calling party. Therefore, it is customary to provide a speed dialing number list or the like, but such a list is provided. Instead, the telephone T
A name search key (not shown) is provided on the E side, and when the name search key and the numeric keypad are used to operate the number search key + "1", for example, the callee whose name is registered in A It is displayed in sequence, and when the name search key + "2" is operated, the callees whose names are registered in line a are displayed in sequence. Search for the abbreviated number from the initials of the registered name. Some have improved operability.

However, in the case where the registered shortened data, which is used less frequently, is changed to a different call destination, the above-mentioned telephone having the name search key is used as an alarm. , A line ... Each time, all the registered abbreviated numbers had to be displayed by operating the name search key and the number key, which made the display operation troublesome.

[0006] With such a name search key, since a search is made for those in which abbreviated data is registered, in order to find abbreviated numbers in which abbreviated data is not registered, the abbreviated numbers are input in order. Then, I had no choice but to check the registered contents one by one, leaving a problem for usability.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been proposed in view of the above circumstances, and enables shortened data registered on the controller side to be sequentially displayed only by repeatedly operating a specific key from the telephone side. The purpose is to provide a home telephone system with improved usability. Further, the present invention proposed at the same time improves the usability by allowing the controller side to successively display the abbreviated numbers of the areas in which the abbreviated data is not registered by simply operating a specific key from the telephone side. The purpose is to provide a home telephone system.

[0008]

According to the present invention as set forth in claim 1, which is proposed to achieve the above object, a telephone used in a home telephone system has a dialing number, a name, etc. as a shortened number. Correspondingly, a key operation unit having a shortened data display key for displaying the shortened data registered on the controller side, a display unit for performing various displays, and each time the shortened data display key is operated. ,
A signal processing unit that sends a shortened data request signal to the controller side via the bus line, and transmits the shortened data returned from the controller side each time to the display unit for display. It is equipped with this.

According to the present invention as set forth in claim 2, the telephone set used in the home telephone system stores the abbreviated data registered on the controller side by associating the abbreviated number with the dialed number or name of the callee. Of these, a key operation unit having an empty area display key for displaying an empty area in which no data is registered, a display section for performing various displays, and an empty area each time the empty area display key is operated. A signal processing in which a data request signal is sent to the controller side via the bus line, and the abbreviated number of the empty area returned from the controller side each time is transmitted to the display unit and sequentially displayed. And a part.

[0010]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, each time the shortened data display key is operated on the telephone side, the signal processing section sends a shortened data request signal to the controller side via the bus line. On the other hand, the shortened data returned from the controller side each time is transmitted and displayed on the display unit. Therefore, it is possible to easily confirm all registered contents and search for unregistered abbreviated numbers.

Further, in the present invention according to claim 2, the signal processing section sends an empty area data request signal to the controller side via the bus line every time the empty area display key is operated on the telephone side. On the other hand, the abbreviated number of the empty area, which is returned from the controller side each time, is transmitted to the display unit and sequentially displayed. Therefore, it is possible to easily search for an unregistered abbreviated number.

[0012]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows an example of the configuration of a home telephone system of the present invention. In the figure, 1 ... Is a telephone, 2 is a controller to which a telephone line L is connected, and these controllers 2 and each telephone 1 ... During the period, the call line La
And a control line Lc for connecting the bus line L1. (In the figure, the power line is omitted).

In the telephone 1, 10 is a signal processing section for performing signal processing of each section, 11 is a multiplex transmission control section for transmitting a control signal by a multiplex signal with the controller 2 via the control line Lc, and 12 is described later. As described above, 13 is a key operation unit having various operation keys, 13 is a mode switching unit for switching and setting a shortened data display mode, registration mode and normal mode, which will be described later, and 14 is a system memory having a ROM 14a and a RAM 14b. Further, 15 is a ringing sound ringing unit, 1
6 is a display unit for performing various displays, 17 is a line control unit for switching and connecting the call line La, 18 is a call circuit for transmitting and receiving a call signal via the call line La, and 19 is an address (extension number) unique to the telephone. Is an address setting unit for setting. Incidentally, H is a handset, and F is a handset holder for detecting the picked-up state of the handset H.

In the other controller 2, 20 is a signal processing section for performing signal processing of each section, 21 is a multiplex transmission control section for transmitting a control signal by a multiplex signal with the telephone 1 via the control line Lc, and 22 is ROM22a, RAM22
b, a memory unit having a shortened data memory 22c, 2
Reference numeral 3 is a line control unit that controls connection between the call line La and the telephone line L.

FIG. 2 shows the appearance of the telephone 1 used in the home telephone system of the present invention, in which the liquid crystal display 16a of the display unit 16 is provided on the upper part of the operation panel.
Also, various operation keys such as a ten-key 1a, a shortening key 1b, and a hold key 1c of the key operation unit 12 are provided on the lower portion of the operation panel.

Next, the operation of the home telephone system of the present invention having such a configuration will be described. Prior to the explanation of the gist of the present invention, first, the operation of registering the shortened data in the controller 2 by the operation of the telephone 1 side. Will be explained. 1. Registration operation of shortened data (steps 100 to 11 in FIG. 3)
1). When the abbreviated key 1b and the hold key 1c of the key operation unit 12 are simultaneously operated, the mode switching unit 13 switches and sets the registration mode, and the signal processing unit 10 sends the registration mode switching signal to the controller 2 side via the control line Lc. (See steps 100 to 102 in FIG. 3). Controller 2
Then, when the signal processing unit 20 receives the registration mode switching signal transmitted from the telephone 1 side, the registration processing program stored in the ROM 22a is activated to start the registration processing. When only the abbreviated key 1b of the key operation unit 12 is operated again, in the signal processing unit 10, according to the registration processing program stored in the ROM 14a, the abbreviated number, the telephone number of the called party, and the name of the other party are displayed on the display unit 16. Is displayed and the data is entered, and each entered data is RA
It is temporarily stored in M14b. Then, when the setting key (the “#” key of the numeric keypad 1a) is operated, the RAM 14
Each of the abbreviated number, telephone number, and name data stored in b is sequentially transmitted to the controller 2 side via the control line Lc (see steps 103 to 108 in FIG. 3). Controller 2
Then, each data transmitted is shortened data memory 22
Sequentially store in c. Shortened data is sequentially registered by repeating the above operation, and when the registration is completed and the hold key 1c is operated, the mode switching unit 13 switches and sets the normal mode, and the signal processing unit 10 connects the control line Lc. A normal mode switching signal is transmitted to the controller 2 side via the controller 2 to end the registration mode (see steps 109 to 111 in FIG. 3).

As described above, it is possible to switch to the registration mode from any of the telephones 1 and register the shortened data on the controller 2 side. In this way, the shortened data registered on the controller 2 side is , Can be displayed on the telephone 1 side by the following operation.

2. Display operation of shortened data (see steps 200 to 213 in FIG. 4 and steps 300 to 306 in FIG. 5). When a two-digit abbreviated number is input by the numeric keypad 1a following the operation of the abbreviated key 1b of the key operation unit 12, the abbreviated number data is transmitted from the signal processing unit 10 to the controller 2 side, and the abbreviated dial call processing is performed. Executed. When the shortened key 1b is operated again after the operation of the shortened key 1b, the normal mode is returned. (FIG. 4 Steps 200, 2
01, 208-210). On the other hand, when the "*" key of the numeric keypad 1a provided as the shortened data display key is operated subsequent to the operation of the shortened key 1b, the mode switching unit 13 switches and sets the shortened display mode, and the signal processing unit 10 The abbreviated display mode switching signal and the abbreviated data request signal to which the unique address is attached are continuously sent to the controller 2 side via the control line Lc (see steps 200 to 204 in FIG. 4). In the controller 2, when the signal processing unit 20 receives the transmitted shortened display mode switching signal, the parameter n
When the shortened data request signal is received, the nth shortened data is read out from the data stored in the shortened data memory 22c, and the read shortened data is given a unique address. It returns to the telephone 1 side via the control line Lc. After this, set the value of parameter n to 1
Only increment (steps 300 to 305 in FIG. 5).
reference). On the telephone 1 side, when the shortened data with a unique address is transmitted via the control line Lc, the signal processing unit 1
0 is received and the shortened data is displayed on the display unit 16 (see steps 205 and 206 in FIG. 4). On the telephone 1 side, thereafter, each time the "*" key (abbreviated data display key) of the numeric keypad 1a is operated, a shortened data request signal is sent to the controller 2 side, and in response thereto, a response is sent from the controller 2. Display coming shortened data 1
The operation of sequentially displaying in 6 is repeated. If the abbreviated data is not registered, only the abbreviated number is displayed. (FIG. 4, steps 204 to 20
7, see FIG. 6). When the abbreviated key 1b is operated again on the telephone 1 side, the mode switching unit 13 switches and sets the normal mode, and the signal processing unit 10 sends a normal mode switching signal to the controller 2 to end the abbreviated display mode ( Figure 2 Step 2
11-213, see FIG. 5, step 306).

As described above, according to the home telephone system of the present invention, the shortened data display key ("*") is set on the telephone side.
Each time the key is operated, the abbreviated data (name, abbreviated number and telephone number) registered on the controller side can be displayed one after another in ascending order of abbreviated numbers (corresponding to claim 1). On the other hand, the operation of displaying only the empty area in which the shortened data is not registered is performed as follows.

3. Operation when displaying an empty area (steps 400 to 411 in FIG. 7, step 500 to in FIG. 8)
506). When the abbreviated key 1b and the hold key 1c of the key operation unit 12 are simultaneously operated, the mode switching unit 13 switches and sets the registration mode, and the signal processing unit 10 assigns a unique address to the controller 2 side via the control line Lc. The registered registration mode switching signal is transmitted (see steps 400 to 402 in FIG. 7). In the controller 2, when the signal processing unit 20 receives the transmitted registration mode switching signal, the parameter n is set to 1
Is initialized (see steps 500 and 501 in FIG. 8). When the "#" key of the numeric keypad 1a provided as an empty area display key is operated, an empty area data request signal is sent from the signal processing unit 10 to the controller 2 side (see steps 403 and 404 in FIG. 7). On the controller 2 side, when the transmitted empty area data request signal is received by the signal processing unit 20, of the data stored in the abbreviated data memory 22c, the abbreviated number for which the nth abbreviated data is not registered is displayed. Control line Lc with a unique address attached to the abbreviated number data retrieved
To the side of the telephone set 1 and then increment the parameter n by 1 (steps 502 to 50 in FIG. 8).
5). In the telephone 1, when the signal processing unit 10 receives the transmitted abbreviated number data of the empty area, it is transmitted to the display unit 16 to display the abbreviated number of the empty area (see steps 405 and 406 in FIG. 7). Thus, each time the "#" key (empty area display key) of the telephone 1 is operated, the abbreviated numbers of the empty areas are displayed one after another. Free area display key ("#" key)
When the abbreviated key 1b is operated in place of, the abbreviated number registration processing described above can be executed (step 4 in FIG. 7).
03-406, 407, 408). After that, when the hold key 1c is operated, the mode switching unit 13 switches and sets to the normal mode, and the signal processing unit 1
A normal mode switching signal is sent from 0 to the controller 2 side to end the registration mode (steps 409 to 41 in FIG. 7).
1, see step 506 of FIG. 8).

As described above, according to the home telephone system of the present invention, an empty area display key ("#") is displayed on the telephone side.
Each time the key is operated, it is possible to display, on the display unit 16a, abbreviated numbers in which the name and the telephone number are not registered among the abbreviated data registered in the controller 2 in ascending order of the numbers. (Corresponding to claim 2).

[0022]

As can be understood from the above description, according to the home telephone system of the present invention as set forth in claim 1, each time the shortcut data display key is operated on the telephone side, it is registered on the controller side. Since the abbreviated data is sequentially displayed, it is possible to easily confirm the contents of the abbreviated data in the order of the abbreviated numbers, and thus it is possible to easily perform the operation such as changing the registered data of the abbreviated numbers that are less frequently used. .. Further, according to the home telephone system of the present invention as set forth in claim 2, the name and the telephone number of the shortened data registered in the controller side are registered every time the empty area display key is operated on the telephone side. Since abbreviated numbers that are not displayed are displayed sequentially, it is possible to easily search for unregistered abbreviated numbers. Therefore, it is possible to register frequently used call destinations at any time and improve call operability. it can.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration example diagram of a home telephone system according to the present invention described in claims 1 and 2.

FIG. 2 is an external view of a telephone used in the home telephone system shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a shortened data registration operation.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an operation on the telephone side when displaying shortened data sequentially.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating an operation on the controller side when sequentially displaying shortened data.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a display example when shortened data is sequentially displayed on a display.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating an operation on the telephone side when sequentially displaying empty area data.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating an operation on the controller side when sequentially displaying empty area data.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a display example when free area data is sequentially displayed on a display.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a basic configuration example of a home telephone system.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 ... Telephone 2 ... Controller 10 ... Signal processing unit 12 ... Key operation unit 16 ... Display unit L ... Telephone line L1 ... Bus line

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A home telephone system in which a plurality of telephones are connected to a bus line derived from a controller connected to a telephone line to make an extension call and an outside call, wherein the telephone calls to a shortened number. A key operation unit having a shortened data display key for displaying the shortened data registered on the controller side in correspondence with the destination dial number and name, a display unit for performing various displays, and the shortened data display Each time a key is operated, a shortened data request signal is sent to the controller side via the bus line, and in response, shortened data returned from the controller side each time is transmitted to the display section. A home telephone system including a signal processing unit for displaying as a display. 2. A home telephone system in which a plurality of telephones are connected to a bus line derived from a controller connected to a telephone line to make an extension call or an outside call, wherein the telephone calls to a shortened number. Of the shortened data registered on the controller side in association with the destination dial number and name, etc., the key operation unit with an empty area display key for displaying the empty area where no data is registered, and various Each time the display section for displaying and the empty area display key are operated, an empty area data request signal is sent to the controller side via the bus line, and in response thereto, a reply is sent from the controller side each time. And a signal processing unit for transmitting the abbreviated number of the vacant area coming to the display unit and sequentially displaying the shortened number. Mu telephone system.