JP3252369B2 - Speed dial registration change control method - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for controlling registration change of abbreviated dial including one-touch dial in a dial communication device such as a telephone or a facsimile machine. The present invention relates to an abbreviated dial registration change control method suitable for coping well.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art At present, in telephones and facsimile machines, for the purpose of increasing the efficiency of calling operations to a destination, for example, from page 35 to page 35 of "RIFAX 112 Operation Manual" issued by Ricoh Co., Ltd. 36 pages, or
As described on pages 78 to 83 of the "Key Telephone System EE-S Series Instruction Manual" issued by Ricoh, this key is called a one-touch key dial function or abbreviated key dial function. A function is provided for automatically making a call to the other party corresponding to. That is, the line numbers (telephone numbers) of a plurality of destinations
And line number data including the destination name, etc., are registered in association with different one-touch dial keys and speed dial keys, and the operator presses these one-touch dial keys and speed dial keys,
The device itself automatically extracts the pressed key and the line number data of the other party corresponding to the speed dial, and makes a call to this line number. As described above, by using the one-touch key dial function and the abbreviated key dial function, the trouble of inputting a telephone number can be reduced, and the operability at the time of calling a telephone or facsimile can be improved. Further, as described in JP-A-3-13042, a memory in which a plurality of dial numbers for facsimile and telephone are set corresponding to one-touch dial keys is provided. In some cases, the dial number can be transmitted to improve functionality and operability.

However, these prior arts do not consider the operability when changing the registered contents. That is, conventionally, when modifying the line number data such as the registered one-touch dial number or the destination in accordance with the change of the line number or the name of the destination, the key corresponding to the registered line is designated, Clear the registered contents once, and then enter the line number and destination you want to change again. In this way, when changing the registered contents, in order to clear the registered contents, in the one-touch dialing or speed dialing registration, the line number data such as the line number or the destination name that has been changed once is based on the original. To return,
Again, complicated changes must be made.

[0004]

The problem to be solved is that, in the prior art, when the registration of the abbreviated dial including the one-touch dial is changed, the existing registered contents are cleared and a new registration operation is performed. For this reason, line number data such as a telephone number (line number) or a destination name that has been changed once due to an operation error or the like cannot be easily restored. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to solve the problems of the prior art, facilitate restoration of changed line number data, efficiently recover mistakes related to abbreviated dial change including one-touch dial, and provide a dial communication device. An object of the present invention is to provide an abbreviated dial registration change control method capable of improving operability.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, a method for controlling registration change of abbreviated dialing according to the present invention comprises the following steps.
A speed dial registration unit is provided for registering a plurality of line number data defined corresponding to each of a plurality of speed dial keys including a plurality of one-touch dials in advance. In a dial communication device for making a call to a line number corresponding to the speed dial key that has been set, when the line number data registered in the speed dial registration unit is changed, the line number data registered in the speed dial registration unit is changed. Is copied to the work area, the line number data copied to the work area is changed, and the line number data of the changed work area is exchanged with the line number data registered in the speed dial registration unit. It is characterized in that the line number data registered in the speed dial registration unit is changed. (2) In the abbreviated dial registration change control method described in the above (1), the copy of the line number data registered in the abbreviated dial registration unit to the work area is performed by copying all the data registered in the abbreviated dial registration unit. Of the line number data. (3) In the abbreviated dial registration change control method described in the above (1), the line number data registered in the abbreviated dial registration unit is copied to the work area only for the line number data to be changed. It is characterized in that it is performed for (4) In the speed dial registration change control method according to any one of the above (1) to (3), the speed dial registration unit is backed up by a power source, and the line registered in the speed backed speed dial registration unit is backed up. The number data is copied to a work area. (5) The above (1)
To (4), the work area is created in the abbreviated dial registration unit. (6) In the abbreviated dial registration change control method according to any one of (1) to (5), a work area is created in a storage unit different from the abbreviated dial registration unit. (7) In the speed dial registration change control method according to any one of the above (1) to (6), the line number data before the change in the exchanged work area is stored in the work area by another work. Stored until used, exchanges the line number data before change in this work area with the line number data after change in speed dial registration unit based on operator's instructions, and registers this speed dial registration unit. It is characterized by restoring contents.

[0006]

According to the present invention, when the registered contents of the abbreviated dial including the one-touch dial are changed, the registered contents are temporarily registered without clearing the existing registered contents, thereby facilitating the restoration of the changed line number data. . As a result, mistakes relating to one-touch dialing and abbreviated dialing change can be efficiently recovered.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing one embodiment of the processing operation related to the speed dial registration change control of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the configuration of the facsimile used for the embodiment according to the present invention. In FIG. 2, reference numerals 1 and 13 denote facsimile machines for performing abbreviated dial registration change control including one-touch dialing of the present invention. The facsimile 1 includes a scanner unit 2 for reading image information of a transmission original, an input unit 3 for inputting an operation instruction from an operator, a display unit 4 for displaying and outputting a communication status during transmission and reception, and a received image. A plotter unit 5 for printing out information and a line 12
A network control unit 6 for controlling transmission and reception of image information with the facsimile 1
A main control unit 7 for controlling the entire operation of the facsimile machine 1, a speed dial registration unit 8 for holding the line number data of the transmission destination corresponding to the speed dial key registered by the power backup 10, and a speed dial by the operator of the facsimile 1. Work area 11 in which all line number data registered in the speed dial registration unit 8 can be copied at the time of registration change operation of
And a storage unit 9 that can secure the same. The storage unit 9 may be configured to back up the battery with the power supply backup 10 in the same manner as the speed dial registration unit 8. The facsimile 13 is a facsimile 1
Or a different configuration. With such a configuration, in the facsimile 1 of the present embodiment, the registered shortened key dial (including one-touch key dial) can be changed efficiently.

Hereinafter, the processing operation of the facsimile 1 having the above configuration according to the present invention will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. Here, the registration change operation of the abbreviated dial will be described, but the same applies to the registration change operation of a one-touch dial or the like. Figure 2 from the operator
When an instruction to change the speed dial registration of line number data (registered data such as telephone number and destination name) is input through the input unit 3 (step 101), the main control unit 7 in FIG. A work area 11 is secured in the storage unit 9 (step 102), and the line number data registered in the abbreviated dial registration unit 8 in FIG. 11 (step 103). Then, the line number data copied to the work area 11 in FIG. 2 is changed (step 104). Once the change is complete (Step 1
05), exchange the changed line number data copied to the work area 11 of FIG. 2 with the line number data registered in the speed dial registration unit 8 of FIG. 2 (step 10).
6). Here, the time before the change on the exchanged work area
The line number data is used when this work area is used for other work.
Save until done. When the line number data before the change is required due to an operation mistake at the time of the change, the operator operates the input unit 3 of FIG.
Can be instructed to restore the line number data before the change. That is, from the operator via the input unit 3 of FIG.
When the restoration of the line number data before the change is instructed (step 107), the main control unit 7 in FIG. 2 transmits the line number data in the work area 11 in FIG. The data is exchanged again (step 108). As described above, in the present embodiment, the operation error at the time of changing the registration of the abbreviated dial in the facsimile,
We can deal with it efficiently. By displaying such registration change processing status on the display unit 3 in FIG.
The operator can perform the operation of changing the registration of the speed dial without being confused. Further, by printing out a list of registered contents including the changed result by the plotter unit 5 in FIG. 2, the operator can easily confirm the result of the change operation.

As described above with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2, in the facsimile of this embodiment, when the one-touch dialing or the abbreviated dialing of the telephone number is changed, the change is made in a work area different from the registration area. Do the work.
As a result, the line number data before the change can be stored, and the line number data before the change can be easily restored. The present invention is not limited to the embodiment described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. For example, a configuration in which a work area for performing a change operation is secured in the speed dial registration unit may be employed. Further, the present invention can be similarly applied to a change in registration of one-touch dialing or abbreviated dialing in a telephone or the like.

[0010]

According to the present invention, when changing the registration of one-touch dialing or abbreviated dialing, the existing registration contents are temporarily registered without clearing them, thereby facilitating the restoration of the changed line number data. In addition, it is possible to efficiently recover errors relating to one-touch dialing and abbreviated dialing, and to improve operability of the dial communication device.

[0011]

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing one embodiment of a processing operation related to abbreviated dial registration change control of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a configuration according to the present invention of a facsimile used for carrying out the speed dial registration change control method in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Facsimile 2 Scanner part 3 Input part 4 Display part 5 Plotter part 6 Network control part 7 Main control part 8 Abbreviated dial registration part 9 Storage part 10 Power supply backup 11 Work area 12 Line 13 Facsimile

Claims (7)

(57) [Claims] An abbreviation dial registration means for registering a plurality of line number data predetermined corresponding to each of a plurality of speed dial keys including a plurality of one-touch dials, wherein an operator depresses the abbreviated dial key. Based on
In a dial communication device for calling a line number corresponding to the pressed speed dial key, when the line number data registered in the speed dial register is changed, the line number data is registered in the speed dial register. The line number data is copied to the work area, the line number data copied to the work area is changed, and the line number data of the changed work area and the line number data registered in the speed dial register are stored. And changing the line number data registered in the abbreviated dial registration means. 2. The speed dial registration change control method according to claim 1, wherein a copy of the line number data registered in said speed dial registration means to a work area is registered in said speed dial registration means. An abbreviated dialing registration change control method, wherein the method is applied to all line number data. 3. The speed dial registration change control method according to claim 1, wherein the line number data registered in the speed dial registration means is copied to the work area only to the line number data to be changed. A speed dial registration change control method. 4. The speed dial registration change control method according to claim 1, wherein said speed dial registration means is backed up by a power source, and said line registered in said power backed up speed dial registration means. A speed dial registration change control method, characterized by copying number data to the work area. 5. The abbreviated dial registration change control method according to claim 1, wherein said work area is created in said abbreviated dial registration means. 6. The abbreviated dialing registration control method according to claim 1, wherein said work area is created on a storage unit different from said abbreviated dialing registering unit. Registration change control method. 7. The speed dial registration change control method according to claim 1, wherein the exchanged line number data on the work area before change is stored in the work area.
The work area is stored until it is used for another work, and the line number data before the change on the work area is exchanged with the line number data after the change by the abbreviated dial registration means on the basis of an operator's instruction. And restoring the registered contents of the speed dial registration means.