Line status display system for telephone exchange system

A line status display system for a telephone exchange system, comprising:

• an exchange apparatus containing a plurality of lines;
• and
• a plurality of terminals respectively connected to said exchange apparatus, said terminals displaying and controlling said line status in association with said exchange apparatus,
• wherein said exchange apparatus includes control means for simultaneously informing all of said terminals of line status information including status of said lines and line identification information for identifying said lines,
• wherein each of said terminals include,
• a memory for storing a line status display table for controlling the line identification information relating to a line which is responsive to a one-touch manual operation in said plurality of lines contained in said exchange apparatus, and for storing the line identification information relating to a line which is responsive to an operation other than said one-touch manual operation in said plurality of lines contained in said exchange apparatus,
• a first status display means provided corresponding to the line which is responsive to said one-touch manual operation,
• a second status display means provided corresponding to the line which is responsive to said operation other than said one-touch manual operation,
• a recognition means for referring to the line identification information of said line status information informed from control means of said exchange apparatus on the basis of said line status display table when said line status information is informed from said control means of said exchange apparatus, and for recognizing whether a line corresponding to the referred line status information is responsive to said one-touch manual operation, or whether the line corresponding to the referred line status information is responsive to said operation other than said one-touch manual operation;
• and
• a display control means for displaying and controlling the status of the line corresponding to the line status information on the first status display means when said recognition means recognizes that the line is responsive to said one-touch manual operation, and for displaying and controlling the status of the line corresponding to said line status information on the second status display means when said recognition means recognizes that the line is responsive to said operation other than said one-touch manual operation.