KR19990004537A - Pager distinction answering machine and method - Google Patents

Abstract

end. The technical field to which the invention described in the claims belongs

An answering machine having a pager calling function and a method thereof are provided.

I. The technical problem to be solved by the invention

An answering machine and a method for calling a pager registered in the answering machine when a message is recorded externally to the answering machine, and simultaneously calling a predetermined message so that the pager user can know the recording fact. In providing.

All. Summary of Solution of the Invention

If an external message is recorded while the answering machine is set to an answering machine, the pager call number registered to the answering machine is dialed, and after the call number dialing, a predetermined registered call message is added in response to the recording of the external message. Dialing.

la. Important uses of the invention

Answering machine with pager calling function.

Description

Pager distinction answering machine and method

The present invention relates to an answering machine having a pager calling function and a method thereof. In particular, when a message is recorded from the outside of the answering machine, the pager user calls the pager registered with the answering machine and simultaneously records the fact of the recording. The present invention relates to an answering machine and a method for calling a predetermined message so as to know the same.

In general, the pager calling function provided by the answering machine will be described. The answering machine user registers his pager number and sets the answering machine mode when going out. At this time, if a voice message is recorded in the answering machine from the outside, the user calls the pager so that the user can know the recorded message. That is, the user can know the fact that the external message recording of the answering machine by calling the pager without any operation while going out.

However, such a conventional answering machine has no way of distinguishing whether the call originates from an external message recorded in the answering machine or is called elsewhere through a pager called while the user is out. In addition, for users who need to receive many calls through the pager, it is difficult to recognize them separately from calls made by an answering machine and normal calls.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a caller of a pager registered to the answering machine when a message is recorded externally to the answering machine, and at the same time, to allow the pager user to know the caller from other pager calls. An answering machine for calling a message and a method thereof are provided.

To achieve this object, when an external message is recorded while the answering machine is set to auto answering mode, the pager call number registered in the answering machine is dialed, and after the call number dialing, a predetermined number corresponding to the recording of the external message is dialed. An answering machine and method for further dialing a registered paging message are proposed.

1 is a block diagram of an answering machine according to the present invention.

2 is an operational flow diagram illustrating a pager call method according to the present invention.

3A is a structural diagram of a memory unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3B is a front view of a pager according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 shows a block diagram of an answering machine according to the present invention.

Referring to Figure 1, the central processing unit 100 controls the overall operation of the answering machine by the control program stored in the memory unit 122. The line interface and the call path 110 interface various tone signals, ring signals, and voice signals under the control of the CPU 100. In addition, the voice input unit 112 and the voice output unit 114 are connected to the codec 104 through the switching unit 106 under the control of the central processing unit 100 to connect the switching unit. The switching unit 106 forms or blocks a call path between the line interface and the call path 110 and the phone line. The voice input unit 112 is configured as a microphone or a transmitter to convert a voice signal generated from the subscriber into an electrical signal. The voice output unit 114 includes a speaker or a handset to convert an electrical signal into a voice signal to generate an audible sound. The codec 104, the voice processing unit 120, and the voice storage unit 118 actually perform the automatic answering function of the phone, and record and play back voice messages. The voice processing unit 120 is generally implemented as a DSP (Digital Signal Process), and processes the digital signal input and output to the codec 104 under the control of the CPU 100, and at the same time under the control of the CPU 100 Reads and plays back an OGM and an audio message stored in 118. In addition, it stores predetermined data provided from the voice processor 120. The memory unit 122 registers the control program of the central processing unit 100 and the program data required for speech analysis and synthesis processing in the voice processing unit 120 under the control of the central processing unit 100, and also calls a pager of the user of the answering machine. Register a number and a predetermined message code that is called simultaneously when the pager is called. In general, the memory unit 122 is implemented by using EEPROM. A structure diagram of the memory unit 122 and a structure diagram of the voice storage unit 118 according to the present invention are shown in FIG. 3A. The car input unit 102 generates key commands and key data for controlling the operation of the answering machine, and the display unit 116 displays the overall operating state of the answering machine. The ring signal detector 108 detects a ring signal received through the telephone line and provides the ring signal to the CPU 100.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of calling a pager of the answering machine, which the user can distinguish and know a pager call destination according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, the CPU 100 determines whether a pager call number for calling a pager of the answering machine user is registered when the external message is recorded in the answering machine in step 210. If the call number is registered, it is determined in step 220 whether a call message to be called at the same time as the pager call is registered so as to know that the call is from the answering machine. If it is determined in step 220 that the call message is registered, in step 230 it is determined whether the pager call function is set, and in step 240 it is determined whether the automatic response mode is set. If it is determined that the pager call function and the auto answer mode are set, the auto answer mode operation is performed in step 250. In step 260, it is determined whether an external message is recorded by the answering machine. If it is determined in step 260 that the external message has been recorded, the registered pager is called in step 270. The pager is called and subsequently dialed in step 280 to a call message previously registered by the user in response to the external message recording fact. For example, if the user sets the call message distinguishing when there is a call of the answering machine to '8282', '8282' is dialed. The user checks the message '8282' that is called to his pager and finds that an external message is recorded in the answering machine.

3A illustrates a memory structure diagram of the memory unit 122 and the voice storage unit 118 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3A, a pager call number and the call message are stored in the memory unit 122. The voice storage unit 118 stores an external message recorded in the answering machine.

3B is a front view of the user pager according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3B, a call message called according to the present invention is displayed on the display device of the pager so that the user can know that the call is from an answering machine.

On the other hand, the present invention is applied not only to a wired answering machine but also to a wireless answering machine.

As described above, when the external message is recorded in the answering machine, the present invention can know the fact through the pager, and can immediately know the call from the answering machine through the call message received on the pager. It can reduce the trouble of checking separate call destinations and facilitate the use.

Claims (4)

In an answering machine for registering a pager call number and implementing the pager calling function, if an external message is recorded while the answering machine mode is set, the registered pager call number is dialed, and after the call number dialing, the external message is dialed. A pager call distinction answering machine that additionally dials a pre-registered call message in response to a recording. A pager calling method of an answering machine for registering a pager calling number and implementing the pager calling function, the pager calling number being registered in advance when the pager calling number and the pager are called, and whether or not a call message is simultaneously called. A first step of determining that a pager call function for calling the pager and an auto answer mode for recording an external message in the answering machine are set when an external message is recorded in the answering phone; A second step of entering the answering machine mode when all of the conditions are satisfied; and a third step of dialing the registered pager number when the external message is recorded in the answering machine and dialing the paging message in succession to the pager number dialing. Automatic correspondence to distinguish pager callers, characterized in that Way pager call on the phone. 3. The pager calling method of claim 2, wherein the standby state is performed when all of the setting state of the first process is not satisfied. A pager calling method of an answering machine that implements a pager calling function, comprising: executing a pager calling function in response to an external message recorded in the answering machine, and registering a predetermined message in response to the recorded external message Pager calling method of answering machine to distinguish additional pager caller.