Patent ID: 7012995
Filing Date: 2006-03-14
Classification: H04M,H04N

Abstract:
1. A telephone system having a message recording function, comprising: a message receiving system that is connectable to a calling station through a telephone line and capable of receiving a message transmitted from the calling station through the telephone line when in a connected state; a message storage in which the message received by the message receiving system is stored; a message reproducing system that retrieves and outputs a message stored in the message storage; a line condition detecting system that detects whether the telephone line is in a condition where a call from said telephone system can be made when a message is reproduced with the telephone line being in the off-hook state; a condition changing system which brings the telephone line into the on-hook state, and then brings the telephone line into the off-hook state again a predetermined time after the telephone line was brought into the on-hook state when the line condition detects that the telephone line is in the condition where a call from said telephone line cannot be made; and at least one handset placed on a cradle, the telephone line being in an on-hook state when said at least one handset is placed on the cradle, the telephone line being set to an off-hook state when said at least one handset is picked up from the cradle; said at least one handset including an instructing system that instructs said message reproducing system to output a message, wherein said message reproducing system sets the telephone line in the off-hook state when the message stored therein is reproduced.