Patent ID: 6836541
Filing Date: 2004-12-28
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
A communicating apparatus having an answer/record function and is connected to a telephone line which accommodates a plurality of channels, comprising:call transfer means for transferring a call; call transfer setting means for setting a transfer of the call; channel status detecting means for detecting a status of the channel; specified signal receiving means for receiving a predetermined specified signal transmitted from a transmission partner side; and control means for controlling such that at the time of receiving the call, when a call transfer has been set by said call transfer setting means and when said channel status detecting means detects that the channel is an unoccupied channel, said call transfer setting means is allowed to transfer the call to a set transfer station by using the unoccupied channel and, if said specified signal receiving means detects the predetermined specified signal transmitted from the transmission partner side at this time, the transfer of the call by said call transfer setting means is suspended, and a message from the transmission partner side is recorded by the answer/record function of said communicating apparatus.