Call selecting apparatus for preferentially connecting emergency message calls

• US 5,734,698 A
• Filed: 08/30/1995
• Issued: 03/31/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/1994
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
• Original Assignee: Miyoshi & Miyoshi
• Inventors: Kobayashi, Tetsuo, Chikahiro, Yuji, Komura, Hisashi
• Primary Examiner(s): Zele, Krista
• Assistant Examiner(s): Wolinsky, Scott
• Application Number:
  US08/520,883
• Time in Patent Office: 944 Days
• Field of Search: 379/219, 379/220, 379/221, 379/286, 379/283, 379/50, 379/45, 379/127, 379/288, 379/289, 379/37, 379/243
• US Class Current: 379/45
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 3/42 Circuit arrangements for indirect selecting controlled by common circuits, e.g. register controller, marker

Abstract

A call selecting apparatus which comprises a signal receiver section for receiving dial signals in the form of dial pulse or DTMF; a main body processor for effecting call connection processing based on the transmitted digit codes which were received; and a received digit codes accumulating section for accumulating the digit codes received based on the dial signals received by the signal receiver section and which is provided as a peripheral device of the main body processor. The apparatus includes a digit figure decision/call determination section for executing the decision how many digit codes should be accumulated in the received digit codes accumulating section as an accomplished destination telephone number, as well as determining whether the received digit codes correspond to the destination telephone number of a specified call or not. The digit figure decision/call determination section is provided as a peripheral device of the main body processor. The main body processor is arranged so that the result of the received digit codes and that of the determination are collectively inputted thereto. Particularly, the main body processor effects preferentially the connection processing as to the digit codes received in the case where the digit codes received correspond to the destination telephone number of the specified call on the basis of the result of the determination in case of originating call congestion. The result is connection processing can positively be carried out in even an originating call congestion case.

Claims

1. A call selecting apparatus, comprising:

a signal receiver means for receiving dial signals in the form of dial pulse or DTMF;

a received digit codes accumulating means, provided as a peripheral device of a control means and connected to the signal receiver means, for receiving the dial signals from the signal receiver means to accumulate digit codes denoted by the dial signals;

a digits number decision/call determination means, provided as a peripheral device of said control means and connected to the received digit codes accumulating means, for receiving the digit codes from said received digit codes accumulating means to decide the number of digits of the digit codes and to determine whether the digit codes correspond to a specific destination telephone number or not; and

said control means, connected to said digits number decision/call determination means, for collectively inputting the digit codes and a result of the determination from said digits number decision/call determination means and performing a processing of connection to a destination specified by the input digit codes.

2. A call selecting apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein said digits number decision/call determination means decides the number of digits of the digit codes and determines whether the digit codes correspond to a specific destination telephone number or not asynchronously with the receiving of the dial signals by means of said signal receiver means.

3. A call selecting apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein said digits number decision/call determination means executes the decision of the number of digits of the digit codes simultaneously with the determination of whether the digits codes correspond to the specific destination telephone number.

4. A call selecting apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein said digits number decision/call determination means comprises a writable storing means for storing the specific destination telephone number.

5. A call selecting apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein said specific destination telephone number comprises an emergency message call telephone number.

6. A call selecting apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein said control means performs preferentially the processing of the connection as to the digit codes when the result of the determination shows that the digit codes correspond to the specific destination telephone number under congestion control of call originating.

7. A call selecting apparatus as claimed in claim 6 wherein said digits number decision/call determination means decides the number of digits of the digit codes and determines whether the digit codes correspond to a specific destination telephone number or not asynchronously with the receiving of the dial signals by means of said signal receiver means.

8. A call selecting apparatus as claimed in claim 6 wherein said digits number decision/call determination means executes the decision of the number of digits of the digit codes simultaneously with the determination of whether the digits codes correspond to the specific destination telephone number.

9. A call selecting apparatus as claimed in claim 6 wherein said digits number decision/call determination means comprises a writable storing means for storing the specific destination telephone number.

10. A call selecting apparatus as claimed in claim 6 wherein said specific destination telephone number comprises an emergency message call telephone number.