Telephone system
First Claim
1. In a telephone system for providing personalized services comprising:
- a plurality of telephone terminals;
a plurality of individual identifier input means, each associated with one of said telephone terminals, for entering an individual identifier; and
a PBX for serving said plurality of telephone terminals, said PBX comprising;
telephone terminal data memory means for storing telephone terminal data each associated with at least an individual identifier;
a first memory table storing an identifier of each of said telephone terminals and, if the telephone terminal is in use, the individual identifier which has been entered from the individual identifier input means associated with said telephone terminal;
associating means responsive to an individual identifier entered from one of said individual identifier input means for associating said individual identifier with the identifier of the telephone terminal with which said one of said individual identifier input means is associated to place said telephone terminal in a personalized mode (hereinafter, referred to as "P mode"); and
executing means responsive to a selection of telephone service made from one of the P-mode telephone terminals for executing said selected telephone service for said one of the P-mode telephone terminals on the basis of said telephone terminal data stored in said telephone terminal data memory means and associated with at least said individual identifier,an improvement wherein;
said telephone terminal data comprises first telephone terminal data associated with said individual identifier and optional second telephone terminal data associated with said individual identifier and telephone terminal identifiers which have been specified by the owner of said individual identifier; and
said executing means comprises means for executing said selected telephone service on the basis of said second telephone terminal data, if any, and on the basis of said first telephone terminal data, otherwise.
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Abstract
A telephone system has a plurality of telephone terminals, a plurality of individual identification information input devices associated with the telephone terminals, respectively, for entering individual identification information, telephone terminal data memory devices for storing telephone terminal data corresponding to individual identification information and related to telephone services accessible through the telephone terminals, a first memory table for storing data to retrieve individual identification information from one of the telephone terminals which is used, a table manager for rewriting the data stored in the first memory table in a manner to associate individual identification information with the used telephone terminal each time the individual identification information is entered from the individual identification information input device associated with the used telephone terminal, a data retriever responsive to use of the used telephone terminal for searching the first memory table to retrieve individual identification information and obtaining telephone terminal data corresponding to the retrieved individual identification information from the telephone terminal data memory devices, and a telephone service executing device for executing a telephone service based on the obtained telephone terminal data with respect to the used telephone terminal.
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26 Claims
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1. In a telephone system for providing personalized services comprising:
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a plurality of telephone terminals; a plurality of individual identifier input means, each associated with one of said telephone terminals, for entering an individual identifier; and a PBX for serving said plurality of telephone terminals, said PBX comprising; telephone terminal data memory means for storing telephone terminal data each associated with at least an individual identifier; a first memory table storing an identifier of each of said telephone terminals and, if the telephone terminal is in use, the individual identifier which has been entered from the individual identifier input means associated with said telephone terminal; associating means responsive to an individual identifier entered from one of said individual identifier input means for associating said individual identifier with the identifier of the telephone terminal with which said one of said individual identifier input means is associated to place said telephone terminal in a personalized mode (hereinafter, referred to as "P mode"); and executing means responsive to a selection of telephone service made from one of the P-mode telephone terminals for executing said selected telephone service for said one of the P-mode telephone terminals on the basis of said telephone terminal data stored in said telephone terminal data memory means and associated with at least said individual identifier, an improvement wherein; said telephone terminal data comprises first telephone terminal data associated with said individual identifier and optional second telephone terminal data associated with said individual identifier and telephone terminal identifiers which have been specified by the owner of said individual identifier; and said executing means comprises means for executing said selected telephone service on the basis of said second telephone terminal data, if any, and on the basis of said first telephone terminal data, otherwise. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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12. The telephone system according to claim 12 wherein said PBX further comprises:
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a second memory table stored, each time an individual registers telephone terminal data in said telephone terminal data memory means, with the individual identifier of said individual and a telephone terminal identifier specified by said individual with said two identifiers associated with a serial number; and means responsive to a telephone terminal data registration request from said individual for accepting and registering said telephone terminal data as said first telephone terminal data in said telephone terminal data memory means if any terminal identifier is not specified, and if any terminal identifier is specified, accepting and registering said telephone terminal data as said second telephone terminal data in said telephone terminal data memory means, and for registering said individual identifier of said individual and said specified terminal identifier in said second memory table with said two identifiers associated with said serial number. - View Dependent Claims (13)
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18. In a telephone system for providing personalized services comprising:
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a plurality of telephone terminals; a plurality of individual identifier input means, each associated with one of said telephone terminals, for entering an individual identifier; and a PBX for serving said plurality of telephone terminals, said PBX comprising; telephone terminal data memory means for storing telephone terminal data each associated with at least an individual identifier; a first memory table storing an identifier of each of said telephone terminals and, if the telephone terminal is in use, the individual identifier which has been entered from the individual identifier input means associated with said telephone terminal; associating means responsive to an individual identifier entered from one of said individual identifier input means for associating said individual identifier with the identifier of the telephone terminal with which said one of said individual identifier input means is associated to place said telephone terminal in a personalized mode (hereinafter, referred to as "P-mode"); and executing means responsive to a selection of telephone service made from one of the P-mode telephone terminals for executing said selected telephone service for said one of the P-mode telephone terminals on the basis of said telephone terminal data stored in said telephone terminal data memory means and associated with at least said individual identifier, an improvement wherein said executing means further comprises; means responsive to an on-hook at said one of the P-mode telephone terminals for stopping said selected telephone service for said one of the P-mode terminals and restoring said one of the P-mode terminals to a standard service mode; and means responsive to the same individual identification information entered subsequently after said stopping from said one of said individual identification information input means for resuming said selected telephone service. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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