JPH08186647A - Telephone set placing stand - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To transfer an incoming call to a portable telephone set without especially executing an operation by detecting that the portable telephone set is placed and transferring the incoming call of the portable telephone set to a subscriber telephone line from a connection terminal through the subscriber telephone line. CONSTITUTION: When the portable telephone set 11 is placed on a telephone set placing stand 1, the contact points 13 and 14 of the portable telephone set 11 and the contact points 6 and 7 of the telephone set placing stand 1, which are mutually shorted, are brought into contact with each other, and the contact points 6 and 7 are conducted. A detection circuit 22 detects that the portable telephone set 11 is placed on the telephone set placing stand 1. When the detection circuit 22 detects the placing of the portable telephone set 11 on the telephone set placing stand 1 by the conduction of the contact points 6 and 7, the telephone number of the portable telephone set 11 and an identification number being a password for accessing to a telephone network for transfer setting are read from a portable telephone number/identification number storage part 21. A control part 2 starts an origination circuit 3 and transfers/sets the incoming call.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention is used as a stand for placing a portable telephone connected to a public telephone network via a wireless communication line. The present invention relates to call forwarding for calls to mobile phones.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A user can carry a mobile phone in a bag and carry it with him / her in a public telephone network at any place. When the user returns to his / her home or office, he / she switches off the mobile phone and puts it in a charging state. At that time, there is a service in which an incoming call to the mobile phone can be requested to be transferred to the subscriber telephone line by dialing a predetermined number from the general subscriber telephone line. After such a call transfer request is accepted in the telephone network, when an incoming call is made to the mobile phone, the subscriber telephone line for which the call transfer request is made or the call reception is made without making the call connection of the wireless line. It is controlled to automatically transfer to the subscriber telephone line specified by the transfer request.

[0003] International Publication WO 91/00664 discloses that when a portable mobile phone returns to a place with a terminal of a wired subscriber telephone line, the portable telephone is connected to the terminal of the subscriber telephone line with a short cable. A technique is disclosed in which an identification code set in the mobile phone is read out and transmitted to a telephone network, and in the telephone network, an incoming call for a subscriber number corresponding to the identification code is transferred to the subscriber telephone line. (See FIGS. 6 and 7 of the above publication and page 19 of the specification).

[0004]

In the above-mentioned conventional example, when the user of the mobile phone returns to his home or office and turns off the switch of the mobile phone, the incoming call to the mobile phone is subsequently made to the home or office. In order to transfer to the general subscriber telephone of, it is necessary to perform operations such as dialing the general subscriber telephone, connecting the mobile phone and the subscriber telephone line, etc. This is a troublesome operation. Since the operation is troublesome, the incoming call to the mobile phone is wasted without being transferred due to forgetting the operation or not performing the operation, and useless radio calling is made, resulting in a waste of radio wave resources. .

Further, in the case of connecting to a terminal by using a short cable as in the above-mentioned conventional example, hardware and software for making an incoming call transfer request to the telephone network are built in the mobile phone. It is necessary to keep in mind that the weight and shape of the mobile phone are increased.

In general, a mobile phone needs to charge its battery. The charger is installed in the home or office and is constantly connected to the commercial power source, and when the user of the mobile phone returns to the home or office, he or she simply puts the mobile phone on the charger. It is performed by placing it.

The present invention focuses on such a situation, and when a user of a mobile phone returns to his or her home or office, an incoming call to the mobile phone is transferred without any particular operation. It is an object of the present invention to provide a device capable of performing the above. Further, the present invention can realize the above object by supporting the hardware and software on the terminal side without requiring any change to the conventional call transfer device or the like on the telephone network side. The purpose is to provide a device. An object of the present invention is to make effective use of radio waves. An object of the present invention is to reduce the weight and size of a mobile phone.

[0008]

The present invention is a telephone stand for mounting a portable telephone connected to a public communication network via a wireless communication line.

Here, the features of the present invention are that a connection terminal of a subscriber telephone line connected to the communication network, a detection circuit for detecting that a mobile phone is placed, and a detection circuit of this detection circuit. Means for transmitting an incoming call transfer request for transferring an incoming call to the mobile phone from the connection terminal to the subscriber telephone line (the relevant telephone line or another telephone line) through the subscriber telephone line according to the output. is there.

As a result, when the user of the mobile phone returns to his or her home or office, an incoming call to the mobile phone can be transferred without any particular operation.

The detection circuit is a contact circuit for transmitting and receiving signals to and from a mounted mobile phone, and whether or not the mounted mobile phone via this contact circuit is a preset mobile phone. And means for transmitting the detection output when the mobile phone is a valid mobile phone.

As a result, the above-mentioned object can be realized by the hardware and software on the terminal side without the need to make any changes to the conventional call transfer device or the like on the telephone network side. it can.

The detection circuit reads out the identification code recorded on the mounted mobile phone through the contact circuit for transmitting and receiving signals to and from the mounted mobile phone, and outputs the identification code. It is desirable to include means for transmitting in the detection output, and the incoming call transfer request includes identification information corresponding to the identification code.

It is desirable to provide a circuit for supplying a charging current to the battery of the mobile phone to be mounted. It is desirable that the detection circuit sends a detection output indicating that the mobile phone is placed when the charging current or the charging voltage of the circuit that supplies the charging current is within a predetermined value.

It is also possible to provide a circuit for supplying a charging current to the battery of the mobile phone to be mounted, and the contact circuit may be provided in common with the circuit for supplying the charging current.

[0016]

The user of the mobile phone need only place the mobile phone on the telephone stand of the present invention when returning to his home or office. When the mobile phone is placed on the phone stand, the phone stand of the present invention automatically accesses the part for performing the call transfer in the telephone network through the ordinary telephone line, and thereafter, the incoming call to the mobile phone is subsequently received by the phone. Send a transfer request to transfer to a specified line or a line from that line.

When there are a plurality of portable telephones that can be placed on one telephone stand, signals are transmitted and received to and from the placed portable telephones. It is also possible to identify whether it is a set mobile phone and, if it is a valid mobile phone, transmit the transfer request as described above.

Further, a signal is transmitted to and received from the mounted mobile telephone, the identification code recorded in the mounted mobile telephone is read out, and a plurality of mobile telephones are mounted on one telephone stand using the identification code. It is also possible to automatically set the transfer setting of.

It is preferable that a battery of the mobile phone is charged by the phone stand. At this time, when the charging current or charging voltage is within a predetermined value, it is possible to detect that the mobile phone is placed. According to this, the contact for placement detection can be omitted. Alternatively, as described above, it is also possible to transmit / receive a signal to / from the mobile phone on which it is mounted via the contact for charging. According to this,
Contacts for sending and receiving signals can be omitted.

[0020]

【Example】

(First Embodiment) The structure of an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an apparatus according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is an overall configuration diagram of a mobile phone service.

According to the present invention, a wireless line 50 is connected to the public communication network 40.
It is a telephone stand 1 on which a mobile telephone 11 connected via a telephone is placed.

Here, the features of the present invention include the connection terminal 5 of the subscriber telephone line 60 connected to the public communication network 40 and the detection circuit 22 for detecting that the mobile telephone 11 is placed. According to the detection output of the control unit 2 and the detection circuit 22, the incoming call from the connection terminal 5 to the mobile telephone 11 is transferred to the subscriber telephone line (the relevant telephone line or another telephone line) 60 via the subscriber telephone line 60. The transmission circuit 3 is provided as a means for transmitting an incoming call transfer request.

A charging power source 28 is provided as a circuit for supplying a charging current to the battery 29 of the mobile telephone 11 to be placed.

Next, the operation of the first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a time chart showing the operation of the first embodiment of the present invention. Mobile phone 11 is telephone stand 1
Then, the contacts 13 and 14 of the mobile phone 11 and the contacts 6 and 7 of the phone stand 1 which are short-circuited to each other come into contact with each other, and the contacts 6 and 7 are conducted (S1). In response to this, the detection circuit 22 detects that the mobile telephone 11 is placed on the telephone stand 1.

In the first embodiment of the present invention, it is assumed that the mobile telephone 11 placed on the telephone stand 1 is a single unit. For example, an individual rarely owns a plurality of mobile phones, and the mobile phone 11 placed on the phone stand 1 is always the same. Therefore,
It is not particularly necessary to identify whether or not the mobile phone placed on the phone stand 1 is really the mobile phone 11 to be placed there.

As described above, the detection circuit 22 has the contacts 6, 7
When the placement of the mobile phone 11 on the telephone stand 1 is detected due to the continuity of the connection, the phone number of the mobile phone 11 and the password for accessing the telephone network for transfer setting are the mobile phone number / password. It is read from the number storage unit 21 (S9). In response to this, the control unit 2 causes the transmission circuit 3 to
To activate the call forwarding setting (S10). The transfer setting procedure is as follows. First, off-hook is performed, and the incoming call transfer device 42 of the public communication network 40 receives, for example, “030” + “CD” +
A transfer request such as "1422" is transmitted. If the transfer request is accepted, then, for example, "CDEFGH
It sends out its own telephone number such as "I". Further, the personal identification number, which is a password for performing the transfer setting, is transmitted. Then, the transfer destination telephone number for which the transfer of the incoming call is desired is transmitted. Finally, a signal to notify the end of the setting procedure,
For example, it sends "#" and then goes on hook. The transfer setting is performed in this procedure.

After that, when the portable telephone 11 is separated from the telephone stand 1 due to the owner going out, or the like, the contacts 6, 7
Is released (S11). In response to this, the control unit 2 of the telephone stand 1 cancels the transfer (S12). To cancel the transfer, first, off-hook is performed, and the incoming call transfer device 42 of the public communication network 40 receives, for example, “030” + “C”.
A transfer cancellation request such as "D" + "1420" is transmitted.
If the transfer cancellation request is accepted, then, for example,
It sends out its own telephone number such as "CDEFGHI". Furthermore, the personal identification number which is a password for performing the transfer cancellation setting is transmitted. Go on-hook after completing these steps. The transfer setting is performed in this procedure.

(Second Embodiment) Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5. FIG. 4 is a block diagram of the apparatus of the second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a time chart showing the operation of the second embodiment of the present invention. The second embodiment of the present invention assumes a case where there are a plurality of mobile telephones 11 to be placed on one telephone stand 1. For example,
In the office, a plurality of telephone sets 1 are provided, and there are also a plurality of mobile telephones 1 placed on the stands, and which telephone set 1 is placed which mobile telephone 11 is different from time to time. Therefore, it becomes necessary for the telephone stand 1 to identify which portable telephone 11 the portable telephone 11 placed thereon is, every time it is placed.

Therefore, the control unit 2 is provided with contacts 8 and 9 for transmitting and receiving signals to and from the mounted mobile phone 11, the contacts 8 and 9 of the phone stand 1 and the contacts 15 of the mobile phone 11. It is determined whether the mobile phone placed via 16 is a preset mobile phone 11 or not.
When the mobile phone 11 is identified by 7, and is a valid mobile phone 11, the transmitting circuit 3 is activated for the first time.

When a plurality of mobile phones are preset mobile phones, the mounted mobile phones 11
The identification code recorded in (1) is read through the contacts 8, 9, 15, 16 and the identification code is used to detect which of the plurality of mobile phones is being used. In the second embodiment of the present invention, the telephone number is used as it is for this identification code.
The call transfer request is made using the telephone number. The telephone number is read from the memory 70 included in the control unit 12 of the mobile phone 11.

Next, the operation of the second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. When the mobile phone 11 is placed on the phone stand 1, the contacts 1 of the mobile phone 11 which are short-circuited to each other
The contacts 3 and 14 come into contact with the contacts 6 and 7 of the telephone stand 1, and the contacts 6 and 7 are conducted (S1). In response to this, the detection circuit 22 detects that the mobile telephone 11 is placed on the telephone stand 1. The control unit 2 has a power ON / OFF contact 1
By turning 9 into the ground, the ON signal of the power ON / OFF control signal is transmitted (S3). As a result, the control unit 12 of the mobile phone 11 detects this via the contact 18,
The power of the mobile phone 11 is turned on (S2). Subsequently, the control unit 2 of the telephone stand 1 sends a personal number display request to the control unit 12 of the mobile telephone 11 via the contacts 8 and 15 (S4). The control unit 12 of the mobile phone 11 sends the telephone number of the mobile phone 11 as a dial signal through the contacts 16 and 9 (S5). The control unit 2 thereby reads the telephone number of the mobile phone 11 (S6). When the reading is completed, the control unit 2 opens the ground of the power ON / OFF contact 19 to turn off the power ON / OFF control signal.
A signal is transmitted (S7). As a result, the mobile phone 11
The control unit 12 detects this through the contact 18 and turns off the power of the mobile phone 11 (S8). When the control unit 2 reads the telephone number, it refers to the personal identification number storage unit 20 to search for the personal identification number corresponding to this telephone number (S).
9). In response to this, the control unit 2 activates the transmission circuit 3 and performs the transfer setting of the incoming call (S10). This procedure is similar to that described in the first embodiment of the present invention. After that, when the mobile phone 11 is separated from the phone stand 1 by the owner going out or for some other reason, the contacts 6 and 7 are opened (S1).
1). In response to this, the control unit 2 of the telephone stand 1 cancels the transfer (S12). This procedure is also the same as that described in the first embodiment of the present invention.

(Third Embodiment) Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 6 is a block diagram of the apparatus of the third embodiment of the present invention. In the third embodiment of the present invention, the detection circuit 22 sends a detection output indicating that the mobile phone 11 is placed when the charging current or the charging voltage of the charging power source 28 is within a predetermined value. Thereby, the contact 6 for detecting the placement described in the first and second embodiments of the present invention,
7, 13, 14 can be omitted.

(Fourth Embodiment) Next, a fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 7 is a block diagram of a fourth embodiment device of the present invention. In the fourth embodiment of the present invention, a contact of a charging power supply 28 for supplying a charging current to a battery 29 of a mounted mobile phone 11 and a contact for transmitting / receiving a signal to / from the mounted mobile phone 11 are provided. Common contacts 8, 9, 1
It is realized by 5 and 16. As a result, the charging contacts 23 to 26 can be omitted.

[0034]

As described above, according to the present invention, when a user of a mobile phone returns to his or her home or office, an incoming call to the mobile phone is transferred without any particular operation. be able to. Furthermore, the above-mentioned object can be realized by supporting the hardware and software on the terminal side without requiring any change to the conventional call transfer device or the like on the telephone network side. According to the present invention, it is possible to effectively use radio waves. According to the present invention, it is possible to reduce the weight and size of a mobile phone.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block configuration diagram of an apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an overall configuration diagram of a mobile phone service.

FIG. 3 is a time chart showing the operation of the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a block configuration diagram of a second embodiment device of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a time chart showing the operation of the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a block configuration diagram of a device according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a block configuration diagram of a fourth embodiment device of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Telephone stand 2 Control part 3 Sending circuit 4 Relay 5 Connection terminal 6-10, 13-19, 23-26 Contact point 20 Personal identification number storage part 21 Mobile phone number / personal identification number storage part 22 Detection circuit 28 Charging power source 29 Battery 30 , 31 Telephone 32 Base station 40 Public communication network 42 Call transfer device 50 Wireless line 60 Subscribed telephone line 70 Memory

Continuation of the front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁶ Identification code Office reference number FI Technical display location H04M 1/02 C 1/04 Z H04B 7/26 109 S

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A telephone stand for mounting a mobile phone connected to a public communication network via a wireless communication line, wherein a connection terminal of a subscriber telephone line connected to the communication network and a mobile phone are mounted. And a detection circuit for detecting that the incoming call to the mobile phone is transferred from the connection terminal to the subscriber telephone line (the relevant telephone line or another telephone line) through the subscriber telephone line according to the detection output of the detector circuit. A telephone stand comprising: a means for transmitting a call transfer request. 2. The detection circuit is a contact circuit for transmitting and receiving a signal to and from a mounted mobile phone, and the mobile phone mounted via the contact circuit is a preset mobile phone. 2. The telephone stand according to claim 1, further comprising means for identifying whether or not the cell phone is a legitimate mobile telephone and transmitting the detection output. 3. The contact detection circuit transmits and receives a signal to and from a mounted mobile phone, and the identification circuit reads out an identification code recorded in the mounted mobile phone through the contact circuit to identify the contact. 2. A telephone stand according to claim 1, further comprising means for sending a code into the detection output, wherein the incoming call transfer request includes identification information corresponding to the identification code. 4. The telephone stand according to claim 1, further comprising a circuit for supplying a charging current to the battery of the mobile telephone to be placed. 5. The detection circuit sends out a detection output indicating that the mobile phone is placed when the charging current or the charging voltage of the circuit for supplying the charging current is within a predetermined value. Phone stand. 6. The telephone stand according to claim 2 or 3, further comprising a circuit for supplying a charging current to a battery of a mobile phone to be mounted, wherein the contact circuit is provided in common with the circuit for supplying the charging current.