Telephone with data setting by remote control

• US 5,020,097 A
• Filed: 11/13/1989
• Issued: 05/28/1991
• Est. Priority Date: 11/18/1988
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Anritsu Corporation
• Original Assignee: Anritsu Corporation
• Inventors: Tanaka, Shigeyasu, Furumura, Takaichi
• Primary Examiner(s): Ng, Jin F.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Woo, Stella L.
• Application Number:
  US07/435,947
• Time in Patent Office: 561 Days
• Field of Search: 379/102, 379/211, 379/93, 379/94, 379/96
• US Class Current: 379/102.01
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 17/02 Coin-freed or check-freed systems , e.g. mobile- or card-operated phones, public telephones or booths

Abstract

A telephone that is capable of information processing using plural instruction codes. An instruction code discrimination circuit compares an instruction code received by an information receiving circuit with first and second instruction codes stored in an instruction code storage circuit to output a first control signal when the received instruction code corresponds to the first instruction code and a second control signal when the received instruction code corresponds to the second instruction code. An ID code discrimination circuit compares a received ID code with an ID code stored in an ID code storage circuit to provide an ID code coincidence signal when a coincidence occurs therebetween. A system control data storage circuit receives the first control signal and the ID code coincidence signal to store system control data. A parameter storage circuit receives the second control signal and the ID code coincidence signal to store parameter information.

Claims

1. A telephone comprising:

information receiving means for receiving information including an instruction code, an ID code and one of system control data and parameter information upon a first communication between the telephone and outside managing equipment;

instruction code storage means for storing at least first and second predetermined instruction codes;

ID code storage means for storing an ID code for identifying the telephone;

instruction-code discrimination means for comparing an instruction code received by said information receiving means from the outside managing equipment with said first and second instruction codes stored in said instruction-code storage means, for outputting a first control signal when the received instruction code corresponds to said first instruction code, and for outputting a second control signal when the received instruction code corresponds to said second instruction code;

ID code discriminating means for comparing an ID code received by said information receiving means from the outside managing equipment with said ID code stored in said ID code storage means to output an ID-code coincidence signal when a coincidence occurs therebetween;

system control data storage means responsive to said first control signal and said ID-code coincidence signal both being present for storing system control data received by said information receiving means from the outside managing equipment; and

parameter storage means responsive to said second control signal and said ID-code coincidence signal both being present for storing parameter information received by said information receiving means form the outside managing equipment.

2. The telephone according to claim 1, in which said information included an instruction code and a new ID code upon a second communication between the telephone and the managing equipment, said instruction code storage means has means for storing a third predetermined instruction code, said instruction code discriminating means compares the instruction code received upon the second communication with said third predetermined instruction code to output a third control signal upon the occurrence of a coincidence therebetween, and said ID code storage means stores said new ID code in response to said third control signal and said ID-code coincidence signal output from said ID code discriminating means.

3. The telephone according to claim 2, further comprising stored-data outputting means for receiving and outputting one of the newly stored ID code, the system control data, and the parameter information each communication.

4. The telephone according to claim 3, further comprising information transmitting means for temporarily storing and transmitting an output of said stored-data outputting means.

5. The telephone according to claim 1, further comprising abnormality detecting means for detecting the abnormal state of said telephoen to provide a detect signal.

6. The telephone according to claim 5, in which said system control data includes a telephone number and there is further provided means responsive to the detect signal from said abnormality detecting means for outputting the telephone number and an alarm signal for informing the abnormality.

7. The telephone according to claim 1, in which said received information is arranged in the order of the instruction code and the ID code.

8. The telephone according to claim 1, in which said received information is arranged in the order of the ID code and the instruction code.

9. A remote control system for telephone, comprising:

an information transmitting section for transmitting information containing an instruction code, an ID code and one of system control data and parameter information upon a first communication between the transmitter section and each of a number of remote telephones; and

each of the remote telephones including

an information receiving section including information receiving means for receiving and temporarily storing the information from said information transmitting section;

instruction code storage means for storing at least first and second predetermined instruction codes;

ID code storage means for storing an ID code for identifying the telephone;

instruction-code discrimination means for comparing an instruction code received by said information receiving means from the transmitting section with said first and second instruction codes stored in said instruction-code storage means, for outputting a first control signal when the received instruction code corresponds to said first instruction code and for outputting a second control signal when the received instruction code corresponds to said second instruction code;

ID code discriminating means for comparing an ID code received by said information receiving means from the transmitting section with said ID code stored in said ID code storage means to output an ID-code coincidence signal when a coincidence occurs therebetween;

system control data storage means responsive to said first control signal and said ID-code coincidence signal both being present for storing system control data received by said information receiving means from the transmitting section; and

parameter storage means responsive to said second control signal and said ID-code coincidence signal both being present for storing parameter information received by said information receiving means from the transmitting section.

10. The remote control system according to claim 9, in which said information includes an instruction code and a new ID code upon a second communication between each of the remote telephones and the transmitting section, said instruction-code storage means has means for storing a third predetermined instruction code, said instruction-code discriminating means compares the instruction code received upon the second communication with said third predetermined instruction code to output a third control signal upon the occurrence of a coincidence therebetween, and said ID code storage means stores said new ID code in response to said third control signal and said ID-code coincidence signal output form said ID code discriminating means.

11. The remote control system according to claim 9, further comprising stored-data outputting means for receiving and outputting one of a newly stored ID code, system control data and parameter information upon each communication.

12. The remote control system according to claim 11, further comprising information transmitting means for temporarily storing an output of said stored data outputting means.

13. The remote control system according to claim 9, further comprising abnormality detecting means for detecting an abnormal state of said telephone to provide a detect signal.

14. The remote control system according to claim 13, in which said system control data includes a telephone number and there is further provided means responsive to the detect signal from said abnormality detecting means for outputting the telephone number and an alarm signal for informing the abnormality.

15. The remote control system according to claim 9, in which said received information is arranged in the order of the instruction code and the ID code.

16. The remote control system according to claim 9, in which said received information is arranged in the order of the ID code and the instruction code.