Key telephone system having a plurality of telephone numbers to key telephone set
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorsHiroaki Hayashi, Mariko Koyama
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Abstract
This invention enables the key telephone system to send a busy tone to a party calling on a main extension number when a telephone call to the main extension number is received when a pseudo extension number is in use. The receiving mode is memorized in the memory of the main unit. When a telephone call to the main extension number is received when the pseudo extension number is in use, a busy tone can be sent to the calling party on the main extension number. According to this invention, the calling party thus knows that the key telephone set, which is the destination of his call, is busy.
Claims31
A key telephone system having a plurality of key telephone sets, comprising:
- at least one key telephone set that has an extension number which is assigned to the at least one key telephone and a pseudo extension number which is shared with the other key telephone sets;
- and
- a tone generator for sending a busy tone to a third party, when the key telephone set using the pseudo extension number receives a call from the third party on the extension number.
A key telephone system having a plurality of key telephone sets, comprising:
- at least one key telephone set which has an extension number which is assigned to the at least one key telephone and a pseudo extension number which is shared with the other key telephone sets;
- a voice message means for sending a voice message to a third party, when the key telephone set using the pseudo extension number receives a call from the third party on the extension number;
- and
- a setting means for setting data for sending the voice message in a memory in the key telephone system.
A key telephone system having a plurality of key telephone sets, comprising:
- at least one key telephone set which has an extension number which is assigned to the at least one key telephone and a pseudo extension number which is shared with the other key telephone sets;
- a recorder for recording a message of a third party, when the key telephone set using the pseudo extension number receives a call from the third party on the extension number;
- and
- a setting means for setting data for recording the message of the third party.
A key telephone system having a plurality of key telephone sets, comprising:
- at least one key telephone set which has an extension number which is assigned to the at least one key telephone and a pseudo extension number which is shared with the other key telephone sets;
- and
- an indicator for indicating whether data, for sending a busy tone to a third party when the key telephone set using the pseudo extension number receives a call from the third party on the extension number, is set.
A key telephone system having a plurality of key telephone sets, comprising:
- at least one key telephone set which has an extension number which is assigned to the at least one key telephone and a pseudo extension number which is shared with the other key telephone sets;
- a tone generator for sending a busy tone to a third party, when the key telephone set using the pseudo extension number receives a call from the third party on the extension number;
- an indicator for indicating that the call is received.
A key telephone system having a plurality of key telephone sets, comprising:
- at least one key telephone set which has an extension number which is assigned to the at least one key telephone and a pseudo extension number which is shared with the other key telephone sets;
- a tone generator for sending a busy tone to a third party, when the key telephone set using the pseudo extension number receives a call from the third party on the extension number;
- and
- a setting means for setting data for sending the busy tone for a plurality of telephone numbers of a plurality of the third parties in a memory.
A key telephone system having a plurality of key telephone sets, comprising:
- at least one key telephone set which has an extension number which is assigned to the at least one key telephone and a pseudo extension number which is shared with the other key telephone sets;
- a tone generator for sending a busy tone to a third party, when the key telephone set using the pseudo extension number receives a call from the third party on the extension number;
- and
- a setting means for setting a priority of telephone numbers of calling parties in a memory.
A key telephone system having a plurality of key telephone sets, comprising:
- at least one key telephone set which has a plurality of telephone numbers;
- a tone generator for sending a busy tone to a third party, when the key telephone set using a first telephone number receives a call from the third party on a second telephone number;
- and
- a setting means, which is included in the at least one key telephone set, for setting data to send the busy tone in a memory.
A process for receiving a telephone call on either an extension number or a pseudo extension number in a key telephone system, comprising:
- first step for judging whether the extension number which is a destination of the telephone call is idle, and if the extension number is busy, sending a busy tone to a calling party of the telephone call;
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- second step for judging whether the pseudo extension number is busy, sending the busy tone to the calling party.
A key telephone system having a plurality of key telephone sets, comprising:
- at least one key telephone set which has a plurality of telephone numbers;
- a tone generator for sending a busy tone to a third party, when the key telephone set using a first telephone number receives a call from the third party on a second telephone number;
- and
- a setting means for setting data to send the busy tone in a memory.
A key telephone system having a plurality of key telephone sets, comprising:
- at least one key telephone set which has a plurality of telephones numbers;
- a switch for deciding whether the key telephone system sends a busy tone to a third party when the key telephone set using a first telephone number receives a call from the third part on a second telephone number;
- and
- a tone generator for sending the busy tone to a third party.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.