Message Sending IVR System and Message Sending IVR Program

The IVR system addresses the issue of customers hanging up during automated responses by sending messages to mobile numbers only when calls end, reducing costs and operator burden through intelligent message handling.

JP7822011B1Active Publication Date: 2026-03-02KNOWLEDGE FLOW CO LTD
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Application Number
JP2024219633
Authority / Receiving Office
JP · JP
Patent Type
Patents
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Filing Date
2024-12-16
Publication Date
2026-03-02
Estimated Expiration
2044-12-16

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Technical Problem

Existing IVR systems fail to handle situations where customers hang up during automated responses, leading to increased message sending costs and operator burden due to unnecessary message transmissions and potential confusion from repeated messages.

Method used

An IVR system that determines if a caller's phone number is mobile and sends messages only when the call is ended during voice playback or DTMF signal waiting, with features to prevent duplicate messages and block specific numbers.

Benefits of technology

Reduces message sending costs and operator burden by ensuring messages are sent only to mobile numbers when calls are terminated, preventing duplicate messages and avoiding unnecessary transmissions.

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Abstract

To provide an automatic telephone answering system that reduces the cost of sending messages while reducing the burden on operators to respond to telephone calls by sending messages when a customer selects not to send a message or when the call is interrupted in an automatic telephone answering process. [Solution] The message sending IVR system performs audio playback processing during a call with a telephone caller, and includes a call end determination unit during audio playback that determines whether the caller has ended the call while the audio is being played back, and a call end determination unit during standby that determines whether the caller has ended the call while the signal standby unit is waiting for a DTMF signal or audio.If the call end determination unit during audio playback determines that the caller has ended the call while the audio is being played back by the audio playback unit, or if the call end determination unit during standby determines that the caller has ended the call while the signal standby unit is waiting for a DTMF signal or audio, and if it determines that the caller's telephone number is a mobile phone number, it sends a message to that mobile phone number.
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Description

[Technical Field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a technology for automatically sending a message in a system that automatically responds to incoming calls. [Background technology]

[0002] In recent years, an increasing number of businesses are using automated IVR systems to handle calls from customers. This function can also play voice guidance to customers who are calling, prompt them to send DTMF signals by operating their telephones, and send messages in response to the DTMF signals sent. These functions are expected to reduce the burden on operators in handling calls.

[0003] However, with these automated telephone answering systems, a certain number of customers do not follow the voice guidance and end the call without sending a DTMF signal. Also, customers may send DTMF signals that do not lead to message transmission. If a customer chooses not to send a message or hangs up the call, the message is not sent, so the operator must call back, which places a burden on the operator, creating an issue.

[0004] The following technologies are known for systems related to message sending IVR. Patent Document 1 discloses a system that automatically responds with a voice message when a call is made to a specific phone number, and sends a specific message in response to receipt of specific number information within a specific period after the call. Patent Document 2 discloses a system that automatically sends an SMS email to the other party. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0005] [Patent Document 1] Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2019-149736 [Patent Document 2] Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2012-239239 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0006] However, these systems have various limitations because they are not designed to handle situations where a customer hangs up during an automated response. Specifically, messages are sent to callers who have successfully completed the incoming call flow, which can increase message sending costs. Also, there is no measure to prevent messages from being sent again after being sent during the incoming call flow, which can confuse customers.

[0007] To reduce the cost of sending messages while reducing the burden on operators to respond to telephone calls by sending messages when a customer selects not to send a message or when the call is interrupted in an automatic telephone answering process. [Means for solving the problem]

[0008] The message sending IVR system of the present invention comprises: An automated telephone answering system that automatically answers a call from a caller, a call receiving section that keeps the call from the caller in progress; an audio playback unit that executes audio playback processing during a call; a signal waiting unit that performs waiting processing for a DTMF signal or voice from a caller during a call; a processing information storage unit that stores the next processing to be performed for each received DTMF signal or voice; a telephone number determination unit that determines whether the telephone number of the caller is a mobile phone number; a call end determination unit during voice playback that determines whether the caller has ended the call while the voice playback unit is playing back the voice; a call end determination unit during standby that determines whether the caller has ended the call while the signal standby unit is waiting for the DTMF signal or the voice; a message sending unit for leaving the user that sends a message to the mobile phone number when the call end determination unit during voice reproduction determines that the caller has ended the call while the voice reproduction unit is reproducing the voice, or when the call end determination unit during standby determines that the caller has ended the call while the signal standby unit is waiting for a DTMF signal or voice, and when the phone number determination unit determines that the number is a mobile phone number; The present invention is characterized by comprising:

[0009] According to this feature, if the caller hangs up while the voice is being played back, or if the caller hangs up while waiting for a DTMF signal or voice, and if the caller's phone number is a mobile phone number, a message can be sent to that mobile phone number. This allows a message to be sent to the caller even if no signal is received from the caller.

[0010] According to this feature, unlike the system described in Patent Document 1, messages are sent only to customers who have interrupted the call, thereby reducing transmission costs.

[0011] The message sending IVR system of the present invention comprises: An automated telephone answering system that automatically answers a call from a caller, a call receiving section that keeps the call from the caller in progress; an audio playback unit that executes audio playback processing during a call; a signal waiting unit that performs waiting processing for a DTMF signal or voice from a caller during a call; a processing information storage unit that stores the next processing to be performed for each received DTMF signal or voice; a telephone number determination unit that determines whether the telephone number of the caller is a mobile phone number; a call end determination unit during voice playback that determines whether the caller has ended the call while the voice playback unit is playing back the voice; a call end determination unit during standby that determines whether the caller has ended the call while the signal standby unit is waiting for the DTMF signal or the voice; a DTMF reason message sending determination unit that determines whether to send a message to the caller based on a DTMF signal or voice received during a call; a message sending unit for leavers with duplication prevention function that sends a message to a mobile phone number when the call end determination unit during voice reproduction determines that the caller has ended the call while the voice reproduction unit is reproducing the voice, or when the call end determination unit during standby determines that the caller has ended the call while the signal standby unit is waiting for a DTMF signal or voice, and when the telephone number determination unit determines that the number is a mobile phone number, and when the DTMF reason message transmission determination unit determines that a message should not be sent; The present invention is characterized by comprising:

[0012] This feature allows the message not to be sent if the customer hangs up the phone after selecting to receive a message, preventing the customer from being confused by the message being sent again.

[0013] The message sending IVR system of the present invention comprises: An automated telephone answering system that automatically answers a call from a caller, a call receiving section that keeps the call from the caller in progress; an audio playback unit that executes audio playback processing during a call; a signal waiting unit that performs waiting processing for a DTMF signal or voice from a caller during a call; a processing information storage unit that stores the next processing to be performed for each received DTMF signal or voice; a telephone number determination unit that determines whether the telephone number of the caller is a mobile phone number; a call end determination unit during voice playback that determines whether the caller has ended the call while the voice playback unit is playing back the voice; a call end determination unit during standby that determines whether the caller has ended the call while the signal standby unit is waiting for the DTMF signal or the voice; a block list telephone number holding unit that holds a list of telephone numbers to which messages are not to be sent; a block list telephone number determination unit that determines whether the telephone number of the caller is included in the list of telephone numbers stored in the block list telephone number storage unit; a message sending unit for leavers with a transmission unnecessary determination function that sends a message to a mobile phone number when the call end determination unit during voice reproduction determines that the caller has ended the call while the voice reproduction unit is reproducing the voice, or when the call end determination unit during standby determines that the caller has ended the call while the signal standby unit is waiting for a DTMF signal or voice, and when the phone number determination unit determines that the number is a mobile phone number and when the block list phone number determination unit determines that the number is not included; It is characterized by:

[0014] This feature allows you to avoid sending messages to specific phone numbers, such as those receiving repeated sales calls, thereby reducing transmission costs.

[0015] The message sending IVR program of the present invention is An automatic telephone answering program that automatically answers a call from a caller, A call receiving process that keeps the call from the caller on hold; an audio playback process for executing audio playback process during a call; a signal standby process for executing a standby process for a DTMF signal or voice from a caller during a call; a processing information holding process for holding the next processing to be performed for each received DTMF signal or voice; a telephone number determination process for determining whether the telephone number of the caller is a mobile phone number; a call end determination process during voice playback that determines whether the caller has ended the call during voice playback by the voice playback process; a call end determination process during standby for determining whether the caller has ended the call while the DTMF signal or voice is being waited for in the signal standby process; A message sending process for leaving users that sends a message to a mobile phone number when the call end determination process during voice playback determines that the caller has ended the call during voice playback by the voice playback process, or when the call end determination process during standby determines that the caller has ended the call while the signal standby process is waiting for a DTMF signal or voice, and when the phone number determination process determines that the number is a mobile phone number. The present invention is characterized in that the following is executed.

[0016] The message sending IVR program of the present invention is An automatic telephone answering program that automatically answers a call from a caller, A call receiving process that keeps the call from the caller on hold; an audio playback process for executing audio playback process during a call; a signal standby process for executing a standby process for a DTMF signal or voice from a caller during a call; a processing information holding process for holding the next processing to be performed for each received DTMF signal or voice; a telephone number determination process for determining whether the telephone number of the caller is a mobile phone number; a call end determination process during voice playback that determines whether the caller has ended the call during voice playback by the voice playback process; a call end determination process during standby for determining whether the caller has ended the call while the DTMF signal or voice is being waited for in the signal standby process; a DTMF reason message sending determination process for determining whether to send a message to the caller based on the DTMF signal or voice received during the call; A message sending process for a leaver with a duplication prevention function that sends a message to a mobile phone number when the call end determination process during voice playback determines that the caller has ended the call during voice playback by the voice playback process, or when the call end determination process during standby determines that the caller has ended the call while the signal standby process is waiting for a DTMF signal or voice, and when the telephone number determination process determines that the number is a mobile phone number, and when the DTMF reason message sending determination process determines that a message should not be sent. The present invention is characterized in that the following is executed.

[0017] The message sending IVR program of the present invention is An automatic telephone answering program that automatically answers a call from a caller, A call receiving process that keeps the call from the caller on hold; an audio playback process for executing audio playback process during a call; a signal standby process for executing a standby process for a DTMF signal or voice from a caller during a call; a processing information holding process for holding the next processing to be performed for each received DTMF signal or voice; a telephone number determination process for determining whether the telephone number of the caller is a mobile phone number; a call end determination process during voice playback that determines whether the caller has ended the call during voice playback by the voice playback process; a call end determination process during standby for determining whether the caller has ended the call while the DTMF signal or voice is being waited for in the signal standby process; a block list phone number maintaining process for maintaining a list of phone numbers from which messages are not to be sent; a block list telephone number determination process that determines whether the caller's telephone number is included in the list of telephone numbers maintained in the block list telephone number maintenance process; A message sending process for a leaver with a transmission unnecessary determination function that sends a message to a mobile phone number when the call end determination process during voice playback determines that the caller has ended the call during voice playback by the voice playback process, or when the call end determination process during standby determines that the caller has ended the call while the signal standby process is waiting for a DTMF signal or voice, and when the phone number determination process determines that the number is a mobile phone number, and when it determines that the block list phone number determination process is not included. The present invention is characterized in that the following is executed.

[0018] According to this feature, the computer can be operated as a program. [Effects of the Invention]

[0019] According to the present invention, there is provided a message sending IVR system that can reduce the burden on operators to respond to calls and reduce message sending costs by sending a message when a customer chooses not to send a message or when the call is interrupted during automatic telephone answering, and a message sending IVR program that causes a computer to function as the message sending IVR system of the present invention. [Brief explanation of the drawings]

[0020] [Figure 1] FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of a message transmission IVR system 1 according to the first embodiment. [Figure 2] FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the processing of the message transmission IVR system 1 in the first embodiment. [Figure 3] FIG. 3 is a diagram showing information stored in the processing information storage unit 14 in the first embodiment. [Figure 4] FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the configuration of a message transmission IVR system 1 according to the second embodiment. [Figure 5] FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the processing of the message transmission IVR system 1 in the second embodiment. [Figure 6] FIG. 6 is a diagram showing information held by the block list telephone number holding unit 111 in the second embodiment. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0021] Hereinafter, examples of the first embodiment of the present invention will be described. (Example: First embodiment)

[0022] FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of a message transmission IVR system 1 according to the first embodiment.

[0023] The message sending IVR system 1 includes a call receiving response unit 11, a voice playback unit 12, a signal waiting unit 13, a processing information storage unit 14, a telephone number determination unit 15, a call termination determination unit during voice playback 16, a call termination determination unit during standby 17, a message sending unit 18 for leavers, a DTMF reason message sending determination unit 19, and a message sending unit 20 for leavers with duplication prevention function.

[0024] A message transmission IVR system 1 is connected to a caller terminal 2 via a communication network.

[0025] The communication network may be a telephone network, a dedicated line, a LAN (Local Area Network), the Internet, or a combination of these.

[0026] The call reception unit 11 responds to incoming calls from callers.

[0027] The voice reproducing unit 12 reproduces an automatic voice during a call.

[0028] The signal waiting unit 13 waits for a DTMF signal or voice from the caller during a call.

[0029] The processing information storage unit 14 stores the next processing to be executed for each received DTMF signal or voice information.

[0030] The telephone number determination unit 15 determines whether the telephone number of the caller is a mobile phone number.

[0031] The call end during voice reproduction determination unit 16 determines whether the caller has ended the call while the voice reproduction unit 12 is reproducing the voice.

[0032] The call end during standby determination unit 17 determines whether the caller has ended the call while the voice reproduction unit 12 is waiting for a DTMF signal or voice.

[0033] The message sending unit 18 for leavers sends a message to the mobile phone number when the call end determination unit 16 during audio playback determines that the caller has ended the call while audio is being played back by the audio playback unit 12, or when the call end determination unit 17 during standby determines that the caller has ended the call while the signal standby unit 13 is waiting for a DTMF signal or audio, and when the phone number determination unit 15 determines that the number is a mobile phone number.

[0034] The DTMF event message transmission decision unit 19 decides whether or not to send a message to the caller based on the DTMF signal or voice received during a call.

[0035] The message sending unit 20 for leavers with duplication prevention function sends a message to the mobile phone number when the call end determination unit 16 during audio playback determines that the caller has ended the call while audio is being played back by the audio playback unit 12, or when the call end determination unit 17 during standby determines that the caller has ended the call while the signal standby unit 13 is waiting for a DTMF signal or audio, and when the telephone number determination unit 15 determines that the number is a mobile phone number, and when the DTMF reason message sending determination unit 19 determines that a message should not be sent. (First embodiment: message transmission system)

[0036] An example of message transmission by the message transmission IVR system 1 when the signal waiting unit 13 receives a DTMF signal will be shown below.

[0037] FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the processing of the message transmission IVR system 1 in the first embodiment.

[0038] The call receiving unit 11 puts the call from the caller into "on-call" status.

[0039] The voice playback unit 12 plays an automated voice message during the call: "Thank you for calling. This is Company A. If you have any questions about XX, press 1. For other inquiries, press 2."

[0040] The signal waiting unit 13 waits for a DTMF signal from the caller during a call.

[0041] FIG. 3 is a diagram showing information stored in the processing information storage unit 14 in the first embodiment.

[0042] The processing information storage unit 14 stores the following for the received DTMF signal "1": "Play the voice "Sending SMS" and then hang up"; and for the received DTMF signal "2": "Play the voice "We are currently busy. Please call again later" and then hang up."

[0043] The following describes the process when the signal waiting unit 13 receives a DTMF signal "1" from the caller and then the caller hangs up during voice playback.

[0044] The processing information storage unit 14 determines that the next processing is to "play back the voice message 'SMS will be sent' and then end the call."

[0045] The voice reproducing unit 12 reproduces the voice "SMS will be sent."

[0046] If the caller ends the call while the audio playback unit 12 is playing back audio, the audio playback end determination unit 16 holds the "call in progress" status.

[0047] The processing information storage unit 14 determines "send message" as the next processing.

[0048] The DTMF reason message transmission determining unit 19 holds "message transmission".

[0049] If the DTMF reason message transmission determining unit 19 holds "send message", the duplicate prevention function equipped message transmitting unit 20 for leavers does not transmit a message to the caller.

[0050] This embodiment may be modified so that if DTMF cannot be received, the call is hung up after a certain period of time, and in this case a message is sent to the mobile phone number in the same way as when the caller hangs up.

[0051] This embodiment may also be modified so that if the same caller calls multiple times within a certain period of time, no message is sent to the mobile phone number except the first time.

[0052] An example of the second embodiment of the present invention will be described below. (Example: Second embodiment)

[0053] FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the configuration of a message transmission IVR system 1 according to the second embodiment.

[0054] A message sending IVR system 1 is connected to a caller terminal 2 via a communication network.

[0055] The message sending IVR system 1 includes a call receiving response unit 11, a voice playback unit 12, a signal waiting unit 13, a processing information storage unit 14, a telephone number determination unit 15, a call termination determination unit 16 during voice playback, a call termination determination unit 17, a block list telephone number storage unit 111, a block list telephone number determination unit 112, and a message sending unit 113 for leavers with a function for determining whether or not to send a message.

[0056] The block list telephone number storage unit 111 stores a list of telephone numbers to which messages are not to be sent.

[0057] The block list telephone number determination unit 112 determines whether the telephone number of the caller is included in the list of telephone numbers held in the block list telephone number holding unit 111 .

[0058] The message sending unit 113 for leavers with no-transmission determination function sends a message to the mobile phone number when the call end determination unit 16 during audio playback determines that the caller has ended the call while audio is being played back by the audio playback unit 12, or when the call end determination unit 17 during standby determines that the caller has ended the call while the signal standby unit 13 is waiting for a DTMF signal or audio, and when the phone number determination unit 15 determines that the number is a mobile phone number and when the block list phone number determination unit 112 determines that the number is not included. (Second embodiment: message not sent)

[0059] An example of processing performed by the message sending IVR system 1 when no message is sent will be described below.

[0060] FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the processing of the message transmission IVR system 1 in the second embodiment.

[0061] The call receiving unit 11 puts the call from the caller into "on-call" status.

[0062] The voice playback unit 12 plays an automated voice message during the call: "Thank you for calling. This is Company A. If you have any questions about XX, press 1. For other inquiries, press 2."

[0063] The signal waiting unit 13 waits for a DTMF signal from the caller during a call.

[0064] The processing information storage unit 14 stores "the voice 'We will call you back later' and then hang up" for the received DTMF signal "1", and stores "the voice 'We will call you back later' and then hang up" for the received DTMF signal "2".

[0065] The following describes the process when the caller hangs up while waiting for a DTMF signal from the caller or while the voice playback unit 12 is playing back voice.

[0066] The telephone number determination unit 15 determines whether the telephone number of the caller is a mobile phone number, and if so, stores the "mobile phone number."

[0067] The call termination during voice reproduction determination unit 16 determines whether the caller has ended the call while the voice reproduction unit 12 is reproducing the voice, and if the caller has ended the call while the voice is being reproduced, the "call in progress" status is maintained.

[0068] The call end during standby determination unit 17 determines whether the caller has ended the call while the signal standby unit 13 is waiting for a DTMF signal, and if the caller has ended the call while waiting, the "call in progress" state is maintained.

[0069] FIG. 6 is a diagram showing information stored in the block list telephone number storage unit 111 in the second embodiment.

[0070] The block list telephone number storage unit 111 stores the telephone number "08000000000" to which messages are not to be sent.

[0071] If the caller's telephone number "08000000000" is included in the list of telephone numbers stored in the block list telephone number storage unit 111, the block list telephone number determination unit 112 stores "block".

[0072] The message sending unit 113 for leavers with transmission unnecessary determination function does not send a message when the call end determination unit 16 during voice playback determines that the caller has ended the call while voice playback unit 12 is playing back voice, or when the call end determination unit 17 during standby determines that the caller has ended the call while signal standby unit 13 is waiting for a DTMF signal or voice, and even if the phone number determination unit 15 determines that the number is a mobile phone number, if the block list phone number determination unit 112 holds "blocked". [Industrial Applicability]

[0073] The present invention is a technology and program that automatically answers incoming calls and automatically sends messages according to the received DTMF signals and voice format. It can be used by companies that use telephones with DTMF or automated voice functions. [Explanation of symbols]

[0074] 1. Message sending IVR system 11 Power receiving section 12 Audio playback section 13 Signal waiting area 14 Processing information storage unit 15 Telephone number determination section 16 Audio playback call end determination unit 17 Waiting call end determination section 18 Message sending section for users who have left 19 DTMF reason message sending decision section 20 Message sending unit for users who have left with duplication prevention function 111 Block List Telephone Number Storage Unit 112 Block list phone number determination unit 113 Message sending unit for users who have left with a function to determine whether sending is necessary 2. Caller terminal

Claims

1. An automated telephone answering system that automatically answers calls from callers, comprising: a call receiving section that keeps the call from the caller in progress; an audio playback unit that executes audio playback processing during a call; a signal waiting unit that performs waiting processing for a DTMF signal or voice from a caller during a call; a processing information storage unit that stores a next processing to be performed for each received DTMF signal or voice; a telephone number determination unit that determines whether the telephone number of the caller is a mobile phone number; a call end determination unit during voice playback that determines whether the caller has ended the call while the voice playback unit is playing back the voice; a call end during standby determination unit that determines whether the caller has ended the call while the signal standby unit is waiting for the DTMF signal or the voice; a DTMF event message sending determination unit for determining whether to send a message to the caller based on a DTMF signal or voice received during a call; a message sending unit for leavers with duplication prevention function that sends a message to a mobile phone number when the call end determination unit during voice reproduction determines that the caller has ended the call while the voice reproduction unit is reproducing the voice, or when the call end determination unit during standby determines that the caller has ended the call while the signal standby unit is waiting for a DTMF signal or voice, and when the telephone number determination unit determines that the number is a mobile phone number, and when the DTMF reason message sending determination unit determines that a message should not be sent; A messaging IVR system comprising:

2. An automated telephone answering system that automatically answers a call from a caller, comprising: a call receiving section that keeps the call from the caller in progress; an audio playback unit that executes audio playback processing during a call; a signal waiting unit that performs waiting processing for a DTMF signal or voice from a caller during a call; a processing information storage unit that stores a next processing to be performed for each received DTMF signal or voice; a telephone number determination unit that determines whether the telephone number of the caller is a mobile phone number; a call end determination unit during voice playback that determines whether the caller has ended the call while the voice playback unit is playing back the voice; a call end during standby determination unit that determines whether the caller has ended the call while the signal standby unit is waiting for the DTMF signal or the voice; a block list telephone number holding unit that holds a list of telephone numbers to which messages are not to be sent; a block list telephone number determination unit that determines whether the telephone number of the caller is included in the list of telephone numbers stored in the block list telephone number storage unit; a message sending unit for leaving users with a transmission unnecessary determination function that sends a message to a mobile phone number when the call end determination unit during voice reproduction determines that the caller has ended the call while the voice reproduction unit is reproducing the voice, or when the call end determination unit during standby determines that the caller has ended the call while the signal standby unit is waiting for a DTMF signal or voice, and when the phone number determination unit determines that the number is a mobile phone number and when the block list phone number determination unit determines that the number is not included; A messaging IVR system comprising:

3. An automatic telephone answering program that automatically answers a call from a caller, comprising: A call receiving process that keeps the call from the caller on hold; an audio playback process for executing audio playback process during a call; a signal standby process for standby processing for a DTMF signal or voice from a caller during a call; A process information holding process for holding a process to be executed next for each received DTMF signal or voice; a telephone number determination process for determining whether the telephone number of the caller is a mobile phone number; a call end determination process during voice playback that determines whether the caller has ended the call during voice playback by the voice playback process; a call end determination process during standby for determining whether the caller has ended the call while the DTMF signal or voice is being waited for by the signal standby process; a DTMF event message sending determination process for determining whether to send a message to the caller based on a DTMF signal or voice received during a call; A message sending process for a leaver with a duplication prevention function that sends a message to a mobile phone number when the call end determination process during voice playback determines that the caller has ended the call during voice playback by the voice playback process, or when the call end determination process during standby determines that the caller has ended the call while the signal standby process is waiting for a DTMF signal or voice, and when the telephone number determination process determines that the number is a mobile phone number, and when the DTMF reason message sending determination process determines that a message should not be sent. A message sending IVR program for executing the above.

4. An automatic telephone answering program that automatically answers a call from a caller, comprising: A call receiving process that keeps the call from the caller on hold; an audio playback process for executing audio playback process during a call; a signal standby process for standby processing for a DTMF signal or voice from a caller during a call; A process information holding process for holding a process to be executed next for each received DTMF signal or voice; a telephone number determination process for determining whether the telephone number of the caller is a mobile phone number; a call end determination process during voice playback that determines whether the caller has ended the call during voice playback by the voice playback process; a call end determination process during standby for determining whether the caller has ended the call while the DTMF signal or voice is being waited for by the signal standby process; a block list phone number maintaining process for maintaining a list of phone numbers from which messages are not to be sent; a block list telephone number determination process that determines whether the caller's telephone number is included in the list of telephone numbers maintained in the block list telephone number maintenance process; A message sending process for a leaver with a transmission unnecessary determination function that sends a message to a mobile phone number when the call end determination process during voice playback determines that the caller has ended the call during voice playback by the voice playback process, or when the call end determination process during standby determines that the caller has ended the call while the signal standby process is waiting for a DTMF signal or voice, and when the phone number determination process determines that the number is a mobile phone number and when it determines that the block list phone number determination process is not included. A message sending IVR program for executing the above.

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