Summary of the invention
Technical problem to be solved by this invention provides a kind of multi-party conference system originated by mobile terminal and method, and it realizes the portable terminal initiation of instant videoconference based on ICP/IP protocol.
To achieve these goals, the invention provides the method that a kind of portable terminal is initiated Multi-Party Conference, be used to use portable terminal to initiate a plurality of communication terminals and participate in Multi-Party Conference, may further comprise the steps:
In portable terminal, be provided for initiating the request of grouping busy of Multi-Party Conference, the described number that comprises the communication terminal of participating in Multi-Party Conference in the request of grouping busy;
Described portable terminal sends the described request of grouping busy through cellular mobile network and IP network to the meeting machine;
The meeting machine is resolved described number of grouping busy request with the communication terminal that obtains described participation Multi-Party Conference;
Described meeting machine order voice/data net makes a call to the communication terminal of described participation Multi-Party Conference;
The calling that the communication terminal voice responsive of described participation Multi-Party Conference/data network is initiated is to participate in Multi-Party Conference; Wherein,
Described setting is grouied busy in the step of request and is comprised:
Immediate meeting is set grouies busy request, be used to initiate instant Multi-Party Conference; And/or
Preset conference is set grouies busy request, be used for initiating the reservation Multi-Party Conference, described preset conference grouies busy and comprises the time of preengaging Multi-Party Conference in the request that the meeting machine was called out to the communication terminal of participating in Multi-Party Conference according to the time of above-mentioned reservation Multi-Party Conference.
Wherein, also comprise query steps, be used for inquiring about described reservation Multi-Party Conference according to the query requests of user's input.
Wherein, also comprise cancellation step, be used to cancel described reservation Multi-Party Conference.
Wherein, the communication terminal of described participation Multi-Party Conference comprises:
Preside over terminal; Be used to manage described Multi-Party Conference; And
Participate in terminal, be used to participate in described Multi-Party Conference.
Wherein, group busy that in setting in the step of request, the number of arbitrary communication terminal is set to preside over the number of terminal.
Wherein, in portable terminal, also be provided for carrying out the notice of meeting explanation.
Wherein, the described notice that is used to carry out the meeting explanation is to send with the form of short message or the form of IP packet.
Wherein, described voice/data net comprises IP network, data private network, PSTN net and cellular mobile network.
The present invention also provides a kind of portable terminal to initiate the system of Multi-Party Conference, is used to use portable terminal to initiate a plurality of communication terminals and participates in Multi-Party Conference, comprising:
Portable terminal is used to be provided for initiating the request of grouping busy of Multi-Party Conference, the described number that comprises the communication terminal of participating in Multi-Party Conference in the request of grouping busy, and described portable terminal sends the described request of grouping busy through cellular mobile network and IP network to described meeting machine;
The meeting machine is used to resolve and describedly grouies busy request obtaining the number of the described communication terminal that participates in a conference, and order voice/data net makes a call to the communication terminal of participating in Multi-Party Conference; And
Participate in the communication terminal of Multi-Party Conference, the calling that is used for voice responsive/data network initiation is to participate in Multi-Party Conference; Wherein,
Described portable terminal comprises:
Immediate meeting is provided with the unit, is used to be provided with the immediate meeting of initiating instant Multi-Party Conference and grouies busy request;
Preset conference is provided with the unit, be used to be provided with the preset conference of initiating the reservation Multi-Party Conference and group busy request, described preset conference grouies busy and comprises the time of preengaging Multi-Party Conference in the request that the meeting machine was called out to the communication terminal of participating in Multi-Party Conference according to the time of above-mentioned reservation Multi-Party Conference.
Wherein, described portable terminal also comprises inquiry/cancellation unit, and the query requests that is used for user's input is inquired about described reservation Multi-Party Conference.
Wherein, described inquiry/cancellation unit also is used to cancel described reservation Multi-Party Conference.
Wherein, the communication terminal of described participation Multi-Party Conference comprises:
Preside over terminal; Be used to manage described Multi-Party Conference; And
Participate in terminal, be used to participate in described Multi-Party Conference.
Wherein, in grouping busy being provided with of request, the number of arbitrary communication terminal is set to preside over the number of terminal.
Wherein, described portable terminal also is used to be provided with the notice of carrying out the meeting explanation.
Wherein, the described notice that is used to carry out the meeting explanation is to send with the form of short message or the form of IP packet.
Wherein, described voice/data net comprises IP network, data private network, PSTN net and cellular mobile network.
Thus, initiate the system and method for Multi-Party Conference according to portable terminal provided by the present invention, can carry out the meeting portable terminal to the Any user in existing voice/data network and initiate, its universal performance and system compatible performance all are better than meeting portable terminal of the prior art and initiate system.
Embodiment
Fig. 1 is the system construction drawing of portable terminal of the present invention.As shown in Figure 1, comprise in the portable terminal 1: display unit 12 is used for showing initiation Multi-Party Conference dialog box at portable terminal; Control device 11, be used for grouping busy request that request is grouied busy in the described preset conference of grouping busy that request comprises that the immediate meeting that is used to initiate instant Multi-Party Conference is grouied busy request and is used to initiate preengage Multi-Party Conference according to the solicited message setting that the user is imported in above-mentioned Multi-Party Conference dialog box; Storage device 13 is used to store above-mentioned request and the number of participating in the communication terminal of Multi-Party Conference of grouping busy; And transmission/receiving system 14, be used for sending the described meeting feedback of grouping busy request and receiving described meeting machine transmission to meeting machine 4.Comprise specifically in the wherein said control device 11 that immediate meeting is provided with unit 11a, be used for immediate meeting being set and group busy request, thereby initiate immediate meeting according to the solicited message that the user is imported in above-mentioned Multi-Party Conference dialog box; And/or preset conference is provided with unit 11b, is used for according to the solicited message that the user is imported in above-mentioned Multi-Party Conference dialog box preset conference being set and grouies busy request, thereby initiate the reservation Multi-Party Conference.
To initiate immediate meeting and preset conference is elaborated to portable terminal below.
Fig. 2 is the network structure of embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 3 is the data flowchart of embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 4 is the system flow chart of embodiment of the present invention, as Fig. 1,2, shown in 3 and 4, initiate in the system of Multi-Party Conference at portable terminal provided by the present invention, portable terminal 1 sends the request of grouping busy to meeting machine 4, the request of grouping busy is with IP (Internet Protocol, Internet protocol) mode of packet is passed through cellular mobile network 2 and IP network 3 sends to meeting machine 4, to initiate Multi-Party Conference (S1), the number that comprises the communication terminal that participates in a conference in the IP packet, this IP packet meets TCP/IP protocol suite, as http protocol, File Transfer Protocol and WINSOCK agreement etc.Portable terminal 1 is through cellular mobile network 2, as GPRS CS1-CS4 passage or C net 1X passage, and IP network 3 sends to meeting machine 4 with this IP packet, meeting machine 4 carries out authentication and parsing with the IP packet that is received, through authentication with the request of grouping busy judging portable terminal 1 and sent whether legal (S2), the number of the communication terminal 6 that obtains participating in a conference through parsing; If the request grouied busy is unwarranted, then set up failure (S3) to portable terminal 1 feedback meeting, the request grouied busy else if is authorized, then sets up meeting, and sets up successful message (S4) to portable terminal 1 feedback meeting; Meeting machine 4 is resolved the request of grouping busy that is sent, and resolves the number of the communication terminal that participates in a conference 6 obtain, and judges that this grouies busy that request grouies busy request or preset conference for immediate meeting and group busy request (S5); If immediate meeting, meeting machine 4 is transmitted to voice/data net 5 with the number of the communication terminal that participates in a conference 6 that its parsing obtains, and order it to call out the communication terminal 6 (S9) that respectively participates in a conference, described voice/data net comprises IP network, the data private network, PSTN net and cellular mobile network, the present invention is an example with the PSTN net, but be not limited to this, if the above-mentioned calling of the communication terminal that participates in a conference 6 responses, that is to say and answer described calling, then add meeting (S11), the communication terminal 6 that participates in a conference does not else if respond above-mentioned calling, as hangs up calling, then Conference Calling failure (S10); If preset conference, the meeting machine then sends the notice of preset conferences to the communication terminal 6 that participates in a conference, time and theme (S6) that the communication terminal 6 that respectively participates in a conference with notice is held a meeting; Meeting machine 4 grouies busy that according to preset conference the preset conference time set in the request judges whether the current time is the time (S7) that preset conference is held then, if not, then continue to wait for (S8), if execution in step S9 then calls out the communication terminal 6 that participates in a conference.
Conference ID number and corresponding password be can comprise in the IP packet that portable terminal 1 sent, the number of terminal, the number of participating in terminal, relevant meeting explanatory note, conference reservation time, the inquiry of carrying out preset conference and cancellation etc. presided over.Next will be elaborated to it.
Fig. 3 is the data flowchart of embodiment of the present invention, and portable terminal 1 sends the IP packet that is provided with through cellular mobile network 2 and IP network 3 to meeting machine 4; Meeting machine IP network receiving layer is unpacked to it after receiving this IP packet, obtains comprising the session authentication information of Conference ID number and corresponding password; Meeting machine IP network receiving layer is to the session authentication request of meeting chance view resource layer transmission corresponding to above-mentioned session authentication information then; Meeting chance view resource layer carries out authentication to this session authentication request, if meeting is unwarranted, then to portable terminal 1 feedback meeting invalid information, if meeting is authorized, then to meeting machine IP network receiving layer feedback meeting legal information; Meeting machine IP network receiving layer is set up the mode of meeting to the transmission of meeting chance view resource layer after receiving the meeting legal information, as immediate meeting, preset conference and meeting inquiry/cancellation etc.; Meeting chance view resource layer feeds back to portable terminal 1 after receiving the above-mentioned mode of setting up meeting, and if immediate meeting, call communication terminal 6 is participated in meeting.
Store the telephone number and the IP address that are used to the personnel of participating in a conference in the portable terminal 1, as address list function of the prior art, portable terminal 1 is presided over terminal and is participated in the participant that terminal is set up Multi-Party Conference by being provided with, relevant terminal promptly is set with the authority of managerial meeting and the authority that participates in a conference, the hosting terminal of meeting is used for affiliated multiparty teleconferencing is managed, and has the control to this multiparty teleconferencing; Participate in terminal and be used for participating in a conference, and the control of terminal is presided in response according to calling.By in the setting of being initiated in the request grouied busy, the portable terminal of initiating the request of grouping busy can self be set to preside over terminal or participate in terminal, also can be to self not carrying out any setting of presiding over function and participating in function that relates to.That is to say that if group busy and do not comprise in the request that this initiation grouies busy the number of the portable terminal of request, then this initiation portable terminal of grouping busy request can not participate in a conference after the meeting initiating, and has promptly realized the transfer of meeting presiding/participation function.Thereby this portable terminal had both realized initiating the function of conference dispatching, can participate in Multi-Party Conference selectively again.Portable terminal comprises that mobile phone, PDA etc. can carry out the client terminal of exchanges data.For example, consider the present situation that the mobile phone calling expense is higher than landline telephone cost of the phone call, the user can use mobile phone to carry out the initiation of meeting, and select landline telephone to preside over the meeting as presiding over terminal, on chargeing, initiate the mobile phone of meeting and only need bear the expense of transmission of IP data and not relate to any roaming cost of the phone call, and correspondingly bear the expense of conversation, thereby save cost of the phone call by set landline telephone.
After receiving this IP packet, IP network is forwarded to the meeting machine with this IP packet.The meeting machine is connected the voice/data net with packet switching network (being the IP data network), realize the signaling between voice/data net and IP data network, the conversion of data format.Wherein the voice/data net comprises that IP network, data private network, PSTN net, cellular mobile network etc. can carry out the network of transfer of data.The meeting machine is resolved this IP packet, and carries out authentication to confirm this grouies busy whether request is legal, and after affirmation was legal, meeting machine order voice/data net net made a call to participate in Multi-Party Conference to presiding over terminal and participating in terminal.
The initiation of grouping busy request needs at first to be provided with to group busy request that as shown in Figure 5, concrete steps are as follows in portable terminal:
Step S21 at first is provided with the hosting terminal, and the hosting terminal of meeting can be the communication terminal of mobile phone, landline telephone and any IP of having address.As shown in Figure 6, be specially and show " host's number " dialog box in the display unit 12, the user inserts the telephone number of presiding over terminal in " host's number " hurdle, the telephone number of this hosting terminal can be the phone number of portable terminal, other phone numbers, fixed telephone number and any IP address with communication terminal of IP address, the hosting terminal of meeting is used for affiliated multiparty teleconferencing is managed, has control to this multiparty teleconferencing, it is had the right to add new participation terminal-joined meeting or removes certain by force and participate in terminal-joined meeting, and whether the decision of having the right records to the scene etc.The hosting terminal of meeting and participation terminal can be the communication terminals of mobile phone and landline telephone and any IP of having address.In " Conference ID " hurdle, insert the Conference ID number, this Conference ID number is the meeting identification code that portable terminal is used to initiate meeting, the user can be by carrying out the registration of Multi-Party Conference to operator, and after operator authorizes and to obtain this Conference ID number, this Conference ID number is used to verify that portable terminal initiates the authority of the request of grouping busy; Insert the password corresponding to this Conference ID number at last in " password " hurdle, this password is used for the Conference ID number is further verified.Right discriminating system comes authentication is carried out in the request of grouping busy that portable terminal is initiated according to this Conference ID number and password, grouies busy to judge this whether request is authorized;
Step S22 selects the participation terminal of meeting then, and the participation terminal of meeting can be the communication terminal of mobile phone, landline telephone and any IP of having address.Selected participation terminal can participate in a conference after the calling of voice responsive/data network.Specifically as shown in Figure 7, display unit 12 ejects " selecting to participate in terminal " dialog box, the user carries out selection operation in participating in terminal list, accordingly, it can all select all to participate in terminal, perhaps part selects to participate in terminal, also or to participating in terminal organize choosing, selected participation terminal " Hank " at this, " John " and " Tom " participates in a conference, as shown in Figure 8, also can organize choosing, participate in a conference in this selection group " IBM " and " Microsoft ", wherein can comprise one or more participation terminals in each group, the operation of so once organizing choosing is by selecting a plurality of participation terminals simultaneously;
Step S23, wherein, it is corresponding that each participation terminal has a plurality of telephone numbers, as shown in Figure 9, display unit 12 ejects " number selection " dialog box, as store phone number and fixed telephone number in participating in terminal " Hank ", judge this moment is that its all number is all made a call, still select one of them number to call out, if carry out number select a selection, execution in step S24; Otherwise execution in step S25;
Step S24, then, all participate in terminal control device 11 traversals, and the user carries out the selection of selecting of number to the participation terminal that all have a plurality of numbers;
Step S25, perhaps the user can select to participate in pairing all telephone numbers of terminal option, and selected participation terminal is confirmed, as shown in figure 10, like this, meeting machine 11 receive above-mentioned group busy request after, can order PSTN net to be called out and participate in pairing all phones of terminal option;
Step S26, after the participation terminal is confirmed, as shown in figure 11, display unit 12 ejects " meeting selection " dialog box, the user can import corresponding meeting explanation in dialog box " content " hurdle, as " about the meeting of bid ", thereby, can preside over terminal and participate in the above-mentioned meeting explanatory note of demonstration on the terminal, the meeting explanation comprises word content and/or image (not shown), then, if the meeting of being initiated is an immediate meeting, the user can click " immediate meeting " button, and the immediate meeting in the control device 11 is provided with unit 11a and generates the immediate meeting that is used to initiate immediate meeting according to above-mentioned selection and group busy request (S27); If the meeting of being initiated is preset conference, the user can click " preset conference " button, and the preset conference in the control device 11 is provided with unit 11b and generates the preset conference that is used to initiate preset conference according to above-mentioned selection and group busy request (S27); And control device 11 grouies busy that with above-mentioned request is stored in the storage device 13.
Step S28 is generating the above-mentioned request back (S27) of grouping busy, transmission/receiving system 14 sends the above-mentioned request of grouping busy with the form of IP packet to meeting machine 4, and sends above-mentioned meeting explanation with the form of short message or the form of IP packet to meeting machine 4 simultaneously; In addition, under the situation that does not need to describe, can in above-mentioned dialog box, not import any explanatory note yet;
In step S26, if the user clicks " preset conference " button, as shown in figure 12, then eject " preset conference affirmation " dialog box in display unit 12, the user is provided with in portable terminal 1 in the meeting explanation, select the time of conference reservation, as selecting the time " 2006-07-10,15:30 " of preset conference.Like this meeting machine 4 receive above-mentioned group busy request after, resolve grouping busy request, according to above-mentioned setting, to presiding over terminal and participating in terminal and call out in the time of preset conference, promptly at first order the voice/data net to presiding over terminal and participating in the short message that terminal sends this preset conference explanation, order voice/data net is called out and is presided over terminal and each participation terminal when " 2006-07-10,15:30 " then.
In another embodiment of the present invention, also can initiate a plurality of Multi-Party Conferences simultaneously, as shown in figure 13, specific as follows.
In portable terminal 1, eject " instant/the preset conference setting " dialog box in the display unit 11, the user can select " participant " one by one at a plurality of Multi-Party Conferences, input " meeting explanation " and the attribute of selecting corresponding " immediate meeting " or " preset conference ", after all Multi-Party Conferences are provided with, select " determining " button, accordingly, immediate meeting is provided with the immediate meeting that unit 11a is provided for carrying out immediate meeting and grouies busy request, preset conference is provided with the preset conference that unit 11b is provided for carrying out preset conference and grouies busy request, then, transmission/receiving element 14 sends set one or more request of grouping busy simultaneously to meeting machine 4, wherein above-mentioned group busy comprise in the request immediate meeting group busy the request and/or preset conference group busy request, like this, can reduce the step that the user is provided with a plurality of Multi-Party Conferences.
In addition, the meeting that it is preengage can be inquired about and/or cancel to portable terminal 1 also.As shown in figure 14, also comprise inquiry/cancellation unit 11c in the control device 11 ', be used to inquire about/cancel the set preset conference of portable terminal.
As shown in figure 15, at first, inquiry/cancellation unit 11c asks to inquire about preset conference (S31) in the local storage device 13 that is stored in portable terminal 1 according to the user, when the user carries out the query requests of preset conference, portable terminal 1 can carry out the preset conference retrieval in its local storage, and demonstration result for retrieval, thereby the query requests of response user's preset conference and its feed back the information of all preset conferences, as shown in figure 16, display unit 12 ejects " preset conference " dialog box, if the user wishes to cancel certain preset conference, then in " preset conference " dialog box, select this preset conference and confirm (S32), inquiry/cancellation unit 11c deletes this preset conference and updates stored in preset conference information in the storage device 13 then, and the preset conference cancellation request (S33) that generates this preset conference of cancellation, transmission/receiving system 14 sends to meeting machine (S34) with this preset conference cancellation request, accordingly, the meeting machine is cancelled this preset conference and is notified the communication terminal meeting of respectively participating in preset conference to cancel.
To group busy the request be provided with after, portable terminal 1 grouies busy that with above-mentioned request sends to meeting machine 4 through cellular mobile network and IP network.4 pairs of above-mentioned grouping busy of meeting machine ask to carry out authentication, whether Conference ID number and the password of judging portable terminal 1 be legal, if legal, then meeting machine 4 is set up the information of meeting success to portable terminal 1 feedback, and the hosting terminal called out by order voice/data net 5 and each participates in terminal; Otherwise meeting machine 4 is set up the information of meeting failure to portable terminal 1 feedback, and finishes to set up meeting.As shown in figure 17, concrete steps are as follows.
Step S41, meeting machine 4 receives the request of grouping busy that the IP data network is transmitted, and asks the IP packet to be resolved to grouping busy, obtains Conference ID number and corresponding password, and the telephone number of presiding over terminal and participation terminal;
Step S42 carries out authentication to above-mentioned analysis result, judges that whether the Conference ID number of portable terminal 1 is authorized legal number, and whether corresponding password is correct; If the illegal or password bad of this Conference ID number, execution in step S43; If this Conference ID number is legal and password is correct, execution in step S44;
Step S43, meeting machine 4 is set up the information of meeting failure to portable terminal 1 feedback;
Step S44, meeting machine 4 is set up the information of meeting success to portable terminal 1 feedback;
Step S45 judges whether to send the short message that relevant meeting illustrates; If, execution in step S46; Otherwise execution in step S47;
Step S47 judges whether this Multi-Party Conference is immediate meeting; If immediate meeting, then execution in step S49; Otherwise be preset conference, execution in step S48;
Step S48 sets the preset conference time according to being provided with of portable terminal 1, and when this preset conference time reaches execution in step S49;
Step S49, order voice/data net, as the PSTN net, the communication terminal that calling participates in a conference is participated in Multi-Party Conference, give the hosting authority that terminal is carried out the multiparty teleconferencing management according to the telephone number of presiding over terminal and participation terminal, and the authority of giving this multiparty teleconferencing of participation terminal-joined
Then, the voice/data net is called out the participation terminal of participating in Multi-Party Conference according to mentioned order, participates in terminal after receiving calling, as being example with the mobile phone, selects to answer and can participate in a conference when being called out.
Like this, portable terminal 1 can be set up Multi-Party Conference by the form that sends the IP packet, and by presiding over the conversation that being provided with of terminal realizes also can setting up under the not online situation of meeting originating end Multi-Party Conference.
Portable terminal 1 sends the request of grouping busy by outgoing call, and the request of grouping busy is the IP packet, comprises the number of the communication terminal that participates in a conference in the IP packet, and this IP packet meets TCP/IP protocol suite, as http protocol, File Transfer Protocol and WINSOCK agreement etc.Portable terminal 1 sends to IP network by GPRSCS1-CS4 passage or C net 1X passage with the IP packet.These IP data are used flexible definition mode, make that protocol definition is very flexible and are easy to expansion.Figure 18 is the IP data packet format of creating according to embodiment of the present invention.This IP packet is made up of four parts, comprising: Length, Reserced, Header and Body.Specifically as shown in Table 1:
Table one: the IP packet is formed
Length |
The message total length is the summation of Length, Reserved, Header, four partial-lengths of Body.This field itself accounts for 4 bytes. |
Reserved |
Reserved field.This field itself is occupied 8 bytes. |
Header |
Message header, all message structures must comprise message header.This message itself accounts for 32 Bytes. |
Body |
Message body, its message body of different message is different, variable-length. |
Employed protocol version defined when wherein, message header (Header) was used for using " Verson " field that data are sent; Use " Sender " that the sender ID of grouping busy request is defined; Use " Receiver " field that the participation Termination ID that participates in a conference is defined.
Number in the participation terminal of participating in Multi-Party Conference is included in " Receiver " field, the meeting machine is after receiving this IP packet, it is resolved, can obtain participating in the number of the participation terminal of Multi-Party Conference, thereby can order the voice/data net to call out the participation terminal of respectively participating in Multi-Party Conference.
Those skilled in the art can also carry out various modifications to above content under the condition of the spirit and scope of the present invention that the claims that do not come off are determined.Therefore scope of the present invention is not limited in above explanation, but determine by the scope of claims.