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US 5,297,146 AGranted
Communication terminal apparatus and its control method
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorFukushige Ogawa
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Abstract
A communication terminal apparatus and its control method which allow the parallel execution of a plurality of communications with use of a plurality of data channels. The terminal apparatus comprises an image main controller and a voice main controller which can be operated independently of each other, two network controllers operated as associated with the operations of these image and voice main controllers respectively, two image transmission control circuits which are operated independently of each other, and an image file capable of storing image and voice data, thereby realizing the simultaneous execution of image and image communications and the simultaneous execution of voice and voice communications on a duplex communication basis.
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A communication terminal apparatus connected to an integrated services digital network through an integrated services digital line having a plurality of data channels, comprising:
- a plurality of independently operable network control means for carrying out an incoming/outgoing call procedure with respect to said integrated services digital network;
- network interface means for allocating operations of said plurality of network control means to the plurality of data channels of said integrated services digital line, respectively;
- voice control means connected to said plurality of network control means for carrying out an input processing operation or an output processing operation of a voice signal transmitted or received through said network control means;
- image transmission control means connected to said plurality of network control means for carrying out a transmission control of image data transmitted or received through said network control means;
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- image control means for carrying out an input/output processing operation of the image data controllably transmitted through said image transmission control means,
- wherein voice speech in response to said voice control means with use of at least one of said plurality of network control means as well as image data communication in response to said image transmission control means and said image control means with use of at least another one of said plurality of network control means are carried out at the same time.
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A communication terminal apparatus connected to an integrated services digital network through an integrated services digital line having a plurality of data channels, comprising:
- a plurality of independently operable network control means for carrying out an incoming/outgoing call procedure with respect to said integrated services digital network;
- network interface means for allocating operations of said plurality of network control means to the plurality of data channels of said integrated services digital line, respectively;
- a plurality of image transmission control means connected respectively to said plurality of network control means for carrying out a transmission control of image data respectively transmitted or received through each of said plurality of network control means;
- image data input means for inputting the image data controllably transmitted through a first one of said plurality of image transmission control means;
- image data output means for outputting the image data controllably transmitted through a second one of said plurality of image transmission control means;
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- image control means for controlling said image data input means and said image data output means.
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A communication terminal apparatus connected to an integrated services digital network through an integrated services digital line having a plurality of data channels, comprising:
- a plurality of independently operable network control means for carrying out an incoming/outgoing call procedure with respect to said integrated services digital network;
- network interface means for allocating operations of said plurality of network control means to the plurality of data channels of said integrated services digital line, respectively;
- a plurality of image transmission control means connected respectively to aid plurality of network control means for carrying out a transmission control of image data transmitted or received through said network control means;
- image file means for storing the image data from a first one of aid plurality of image transmission control means and reading the image data therefrom to the first one or a second one of said image transmission control means;
- image scanner means for reading out the image data to the first one of said plurality of image transmission control means from an original document to be transmitted;
- image printer means for printing the image data received rom the first one of said plurality of image transmission control means;
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- image control means for controlling said image file means, said image scanner means and said image printer means,
- wherein at least two of a first communication for transmitting the image data read out from said image file means with use of one of said plurality of image transmission control means, a second communication for transmitting the image data read out through said image scanner means with use of one of said plurality of image transmission control means, and a third communication for writing the image data received through one of said plurality of image transmission control means into said image file means are carried out at the same time.
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A communication terminal apparatus connected to an integrated services digital network through an integrated services digital line having a plurality of data channels, comprising:
- a plurality of independently operable network control means for caring out an incoming/outgoing call procedure with respect to said integrated services digital network;
- network interface means for allocating operations of said plurality of network control means to the plurality of data channels of said integrated services digital line, respectively;
- voice control means connected to said plurality of network control means for carrying out an input/output processing operation of voice data transmitted or received through said network control means;
- memory means connected to said voice control means for storing the voice data received from the voice control means and reading the voice data to the voice control means,
- wherein, when a voice speech request is received during voice speech output by said voice control means with use of one of said plurality of network control means, the voice speech request is accepted with use of another one of said plurality of network control means and contents of the speech associated with the voice speech request is stored in said memory means.
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A communication terminal apparatus connected to an integrated services digital network through an integrated services digital line having a plurality of data channels, comprising;
- a plurality of independently operable network control means for carrying out an incoming/outgoing call procedure with respect to said integrated services digital network;
- network interface means for allocating operations of said plurality of network control means to the plurality of data channels of said integrated services digital line, respectively;
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- voice control means connected to said plurality of network control means for carrying out an input/output processing operation of a voice signal transmitted or received through said network control means,
- wherein said voice control means includes incoming-voice control means, when a voice speech request is received during voice speech in communication output by said voice control means with use of one of said plurality of network control means, for detecting the voice speech request and outputting an incoming signal indicative of the voice speech request as multiplexed with voice during speech, and including means for switching the voice speech in communication to a voice speech of the voice speech request.
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A communication terminal apparatus connected to an integrated services digital network through an integrated services digital line having a plurality of data channels, comprising;
- a plurality of independently operable network control means for carrying out an incoming/outgoing call procedure with respect to said integrated services digital network;
- network interface means for allocating operations of said plurality of network control means to the plurality of data channels of said integrated services digital line respectively;
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- voice control means connected to said plurality of network control means or carrying out an input/output processing operation of a voice signal transmitted or received through said network control means,
- wherein said voice control means includes switch means for outputting the voice signal inputted from a single voice input means to said plurality of network control means and for performing an adding function using the voice signal outputted from said plurality of network control means and outputting it to a single voice output means, whereby a conference speech is realized with a plurality of parties connected through said plurality of network control means.
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A communication terminal apparatus connected to an integrated services digital network through an integrated services digital line having a plurality of data channels, comprising:
- a plurality of independently operable network control means for carrying out an incoming/outgoing call procedure with respect to said integrated services digital network;
- network interface means for allocating operations of said plurality of network control means to the plurality of data channels of said integrated services digital line, respectively;
- display means for displaying information providing guidance to an operator as to functions for performance by the operator;
- key input means for selecting therethrough a processing according to the information displayed by said display means and entering data for carrying out said processing;
- operation control means for controlling operations of said key input means and said display means;
- voice main control means driven when the processing selected through said key input means is a voice processing associated with a voice communication;
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- image main control means driven when the processing selected through said key input means is an image processing associated with an image communication.
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A method for controlling a communication terminal apparatus connected to an integrated services digital network through an integrated services digital line having a plurality of data channels and including:
- a plurality of independently operable network control means for carrying out an incoming/outgoing call procedure with respect to said integrated services digital network;
- voice control means connected to said plurality of network control means for carrying out an input/output processing operation of a voice signal transmitted or received through said network control means;
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- image control means connected to said plurality of network control means for carrying out an input/output processing operation of image data transmitted or received through said network control means,
- said method comprising:
- a first step of allocating operation of a first one of said plurality of network control means to a first one of said plurality of data channels of said integrated services digital line;
- a second step of caring out a first communication of voice or image communication under control of said voice control means or said image control means with use of said first one of said plurality of data channels;
- a third step, when a request for a second communication is received from a second one of said plurality of data channels of said integrated service digital line is present during said first communication, of allocating operation of a second network control means to said second one of said plurality of data channels of said integrated service digital line;
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- a fourth step of carrying out said second communication with use of said second one of said plurality of data channels.
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A method for controlling a communication terminal apparatus connected to an integrated service digital network through an integrated services digital line having a plurality of data channels and including:
- a plurality of independently operable network control means for carrying out an incoming/outgoing call procedure with respect to said integrated services digital network;
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- a plurality of image transmission control means connected respectively to said plurality of network control means for carrying out a transmission control of image data transmitted or received through said network control means,
- said method comprising:
- a first step of allocating operation of a first one of said plurality of network control means to a first one of said plurality of data channels of said integrated services digital line;
- a second step of carrying out a first image communication with use of said first one of said plurality of data channels and a first image transmission control means;
- a third step, when an incoming signal is received on a second one of said plurality of data channels of said integrated service digital line is present during said first image communication, of allocating operation of a second one of said plurality of network control means to the second one of the plurality of data channels of said integrated service digital line;
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- a fourth step of receiving a second image communication associated with said incoming signal with use of said second one of said plurality of data channels and a second one of said plurality of image transmission control means.
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A method for controlling a communication terminal apparatus connected to an integrated services digital network through an integrated services digital line having a plurality of data channels and including:
- a plurality of independently operable network control means for carrying out an incoming/outgoing call procedure with respect to said integrated services digital network;
- voice control means connected to said plurality of network control means for carrying out an input/output processing operation of voice data transmitted or received through said network control means;
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- memory means for writing the voice data therein received from said voice control means and reading the voice data therefrom to said voice control means,
- said method comprising:
- a first step of accepting at least one voice speech request from one of said plurality of network control means during a voice speech input or output from said voice control means with use of a second one of said plurality of network control means;
- a second step of storing in said memory means voice data associated with an incoming signal indicative of said at least one voice speech request;
- a third step of detecting an end of the voice speech;
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- a fourth step, after detecting the end of the voice speech, of outputting a voice corresponding to the voice data associated with an incoming signal indicative of said at least one voice speech request stored in said memory means.
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A method for controlling a communication terminal apparatus connected to an integrated services digital network through an integrated services digital line having a plurality of data channels and including:
- a plurality of independently operable network control means or carrying out an incoming/outgoing call procedure with respect to said integrated services digital network;
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- voice control means connected to said plurality of network control means or carrying out an input/output processing operation of a voice signal transmitted or received through said network control means,
- said method comprising;
- a first step of detecting, during a first voice speech output by said voice control means with use of one of said plurality of network control means, an incoming signal indicative of a request for a second voice speech received from one of said plurality of network control means;
- a second step, in response to detection of said incoming signal, of performing an adding function using an incoming signal tone indicative of presence of the incoming signal with the first voice speech and for outputting a composite signal;
- a third step, through a predetermined operation, of switching to any one of three of the following, the first voice speech, a voice speech associated with said request of said second voice speech, and a three-party voice speech associated with both the first voice speech and the voice speech associated with said request of said second voice speech;
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- a fourth step, when the first voice speech is switched to the second voice speech, of transmitting a holding tone to a party of the first voice speech.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.