ISDN terminal

• US 5,581,609 A
• Filed: 08/01/1994
• Issued: 12/03/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/1991
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Saito, Toshiaki
• Primary Examiner(s): Chan, Jason
• Application Number:
  US08/283,145
• Time in Patent Office: 855 Days
• Field of Search: 379/93, 379/94, 379/96, 379/97, 379/98, 379/100, 358/400, 358/434, 358/439, 358/442, 358/437, 358/468, 370/110.1, 370/94
• US Class Current: 379/100.17
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 11/0471 Terminal access circuits

Abstract

A transferring method from an ISDN telephone to an ISDN data terminal comprises the steps of: transmitting a message to request a temporary interruption of a call to the ISDN from the call received ISDN telephone; transmitting a message to request a start of the interruption call to the ISDN from the ISDN data terminal connected to the same bus, as that of the ISDN telephone; and executing a data communication such as a G3 facsimile communication by the ISDN data terminal.

Claims

1. A control method of a terminal for an integrated services digital network, comprising the steps of:

generating an instruction to restart a call which has been interrupted by another terminal having a voice attribution by a manual operation;

transmitting to the digital network a first message to request a restart of the interrupted call in response to the instruction;

receiving a second message indicating the restart of the interrupted call from the digital network; and

perfoming a G3 image communication in the form of digital voice data through the digital network in response to the second message.

2. A method according to claim 1, wherein the instruction is generated in response to an operation of a restart key.

3. A terminal for an integrated services digital network comprising:

manual instruction means for instructing a restart of a call which has been interrupted by another terminal having a voice attribution;

transmitting means for transmitting to the digital network a first message to request a restart of the interrupted call in response to an instruction by said manual instruction means;

receiving means for receiving a second message indicating the restart of the interrupted call from the digital network; and

image communication means for performing a G3 image communication in the form of digital voice data through the digital network in response to the second message.

4. A terminal according to claim 3, wherein said manual instruction means includes a restart key to instruct the restart of the interrupted call.

5. A communication system for an integrated services digital network comprising:

a digital telephone, including

means for performing a voice communication through the digital network, and

means for requesting an interruption of a call to the digital network; and

manual instruction means for instructing a restart of the call interrupted by said digital telephone,

transmitting means for transmitting to the digital network a first message to request a restart of the interrupted call in response to an instruction by said manual instruction means,

receiving means for receiving a second message indicating the restart of the interrupted call from the digital network, and

image communication means for performing a G3 image communication in the form of digital voice data through the digital network in response to the second message.

6. A system according to claim 5, wherein said digital telephone includes an interruption key to request the interruption of the call.

7. A system according to claim 5, wherein said manual instruction means includes a restart key to instruct the restart of the interrupted call.

8. A communication terminal for communicating via a digital network which has an interruption function for interrupting a call, said terminal comprising:

manual instruction means for instructing a restart of a call which has been interrupted by another terminal having a voice attribution;

transmitting means for transmitting to the digital network a first message to request a restart of the interrupted call in response to an instruction by said manual instruction means;

receiving means for receiving a second message indicating the restart of the interrupt call from the digital network; and

image communication means for performing a G3 image communication in the form of digital voice data through the digital network in response to the second message.

9. A terminal according to claim 8, wherein said manual instruction means includes a restart key to instruct the restart of the interrupted call.

10. A terminal according to claim 8, wherein the network includes an integrated services digital network (ISDN).

11. A control method for a terminal communicating via a digital network which has an interruption function for interrupting a call, said method comprising the steps of:

generating an instruction to restart a call which has been interrupted by another terminal having a voice attribution by a manual operation;

transmitting to the digital network a first message to request a restart of the interrupted call in response to the instruction;

receiving a second message indicating the restart of the interrupted call from the digital network; and

performing a G3 image communication in the form of digital voice data through the digital network in response to the second message.

12. A method according to claim 11, wherein the instruction is generated in response to an operation of a restart key.

13. A method according to claim 11, wherein the network includes an integrated services digital network (ISDN).

14. A communication system for communicating via a digital network which has an interruption function for interrupting a call, said system comprise:

a digital telephone, including

means for perfoming a voice communication through the digital network, and

means for requesting an interruption of a call to the digital network; and

a data terminal, including

manual instruction means for instructing a restart of the call interrupted by said digital telephone,

transmitting means for transmitting to the digital network a first message to request a restart of the interrupted call in response to an instruction by said manual instruction means,

receiving means for receiving a second message indicating the restart of the interrupted call from the digital network, and

image communication means for performing a G3 image communication in the form of digital voice data through the digital network in response to the second message.

15. A system according to claim 14, wherein said digital telephone includes an interruption key to request the interruption of the call.

16. A system according to claim 15, wherein said manual instruction means includes a restart key to instruct the restart of the interrupted call.

17. A system according to claim 14, wherein the network includes an integrated services digital network (ISDN).

18. A digital telephone for communicating via a digital network which has an interruption function for interrupting a call, the telephone comprising:

manual instruction means for transferring a received call to a facsimile terminal which performs a G3 image communication in the form of digital voice data;

transmitting means for transmitting to the digital network a first message to interrupt the received call in response to an instruction by said manual instruction means;

receiving means for receiving a second message indicating the interruption of the received call from the digital network; and

transferring means for performing a transfer procedure between the facsimile terminal and the digital telephone in response to the second message.

19. A telephone according to claim 18, wherein said manual instruction means includes a facsimile transfer key.

20. A telephone according to claim 18, wherein said transferring means performs an extension call to the facsimile terminal and informs the facsimile terminal of a transfer of the interrupted call by the extension call.

21. A communication system for communicating through a digital network which is an interruption function for interrupting a call, said system comprising:

a digital telephone, including

manual instruction means for transferring a received call to a facsimile terminal which performs a G3 image communication in the form of digital voice data,

transmitting means for transmitting to the digital network a first message to interrupt the received call in response to an instruction by said manual instruction means

receiving means for receiving a second message indicating the interruption of the received call from the digital network, and

transferring means for performing a transfer procedure between the facsimile terminal and the digital telephone in response to the second message; and

the facsimile terminal, including

transmitting means for transmitting to the digital network a third message to request a restart of the interrupt call after performing the transfer procedure,

receiving means for receiving a fourth message indicating the restart of the interrupted call from the digital network, and

image communication means for performing the G3 image communication in the form of digital voice data through the digital network in response to the fourth message.

22. A system according to claim 21, wherein said manual instruction means includes a facsimile transfer key.

23. A system according to claim 21, wherein said transferring means performs an extension call to the facsimile terminal and informs the facsimile terminal of a transfer of the interrupted call by the extension call.

24. A system according to claim 23, wherein the facsimile terminal receives the extension call from the digital telephone, discriminates whether or not the extension call indicates transferring the interrupted call to the digital telephone, and transmits the third message to the digital network in accordance with the discrimination.

25. A system according to claim 21, wherein the digital network includes an integrated services digital network.