JP2006279138A - Number-change informing system, number-change informing device and method for informing number change - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for informing a number change, which ensures a privacy and further informs of the number change at a convenient timing for the opposite party and to which the information of the number change is recognized surely. <P>SOLUTION: A telephone sent to an old telephone number is informed of a new telephone number only at a time when there is a previously registered sender number. A receiving informing destination 176 is acquired on the basis of a receiving-destination number 174 while referring to a first storage section 122 for informing the number change, and the sender number and the receiving-destination number 172 are transmitted to the receiving informing destination 176. A change informing destination 178 is acquired on the basis of the receiving-destination number 174 while referring to a second storage section 124 for informing the number change. When the sender number is contained in the change informing destination 178, a new telephone number 180 is acquired on the basis of the receiving-destination number 174 while referring to the second storage section 124 for informing the number change. The new telephone number 180 is incorporated into a previously prepared voice guide message, and transmitted to a third telephone 116 as a response to a sending. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a telephone service, and more particularly to a method for notifying a change of a telephone number.

  If the phone number is changed with the change of mobile phone contractor or in order to avoid damage from mischievous phone calls or stokers, it is necessary to notify the acquaintance of the new phone number. Conventionally, there are two methods for this notification.

  The conventional first number change notification method is a method of teaching a new telephone number to all the telephone calls that have been made to the old telephone number. When someone calls the old phone number, the contract company receives this and notifies the new phone number. When the contracting company is changed, the old contracting company provides this service and notifies the new telephone number of the new contracting company to the call received to the old telephone number.

  The conventional second number change notification method is to notify each acquaintance. Notification is made by means of mail, telephone, fax, e-mail, etc., but it is also possible to request a contract company (new contract company in the case of a contract company change) for simultaneous notification by e-mail.

The fifth page of Non-Patent Document 1 describes an example of a conventional first number change notification method as “a possible function for improving customer convenience (1)”. The page describes an example of the conventional second number change notification method as “a possible function for improving customer convenience (2)”.
“DOCOMO's way of thinking about how mobile phone number portability should be”, [online], December 16, 2003, NTT DoCoMo, Inc., [March 9, 2005 search], Internet <URL : http://www.soumu.go.jp/s-news/2003/pdf/031215_1_s15.pdf>

  The problems of the conventional number change notification method will be described with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the relationship between a telephone and an exchange.

  The number changer has so far signed a contract with the first mobile phone company and has used the first telephone 12, but has canceled the contract and newly signed a contract with the second mobile phone company to obtain a second contract. A telephone 14 is used. The acquaintance of the number changer makes a contract with a third mobile phone company and uses the third telephone 16. Here, the third mobile phone company may be the same as the first mobile phone company or the second mobile phone company. The first exchange 1 is under the operation of the first mobile phone company and manages the telephone number of the first telephone 12. The second exchange 3 is under the management of the second mobile phone company and manages the telephone number of the second telephone 14. The third switch 6 is under the operation of the third mobile phone company and manages the telephone number of the third telephone 16.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the relationship between a telephone and an exchange in the first conventional number change notification method. In the conventional first number change notification method, the first exchange 2 provides a number change notification service. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of the first exchange 2 in the conventional first number change notification method, and FIG. 4 is a flowchart of the first exchange 2 in the conventional first number change notification method. .

  The number change notification data is passed from the number changer to the first mobile phone company in advance and stored in the number change notification storage unit 22 managed by the first exchange 2. The number change notification storage unit 22 stores number change notification data in a configuration as shown in FIG. Here, the customer number is information for uniquely identifying the number changer, and the old phone number is the phone number before the change of the number changer and is received when a call is received from the number changer's acquaintance The new phone number is the phone number after the change of the number changer and is the information that should be notified to the acquaintance of the number changer, and the notification start date is the start of the number change notification service The notification end date is the end date of the number change notification service.

  When an acquaintance of the number changer sends a call from the third telephone 16 to the old telephone number of the number changer, the call arrives at the first exchange 2 via the third exchange 6. The first exchange 2 refers to the number change notification storage unit 22 and acquires and notifies the new telephone number 80 based on the destination number 74.

  In the case of the first number change notification method in the past, there is a privacy problem because anyone who calls the old phone number will be informed of the new phone number, especially when changing the phone number as a countermeasure against stalker This method cannot be adopted.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the relationship between a telephone and an exchange in the conventional second number change notification method. In the conventional second number change notification method, the second exchange 4 provides a number change notification service. FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of the second exchange 4 in the conventional second number change notification method, and FIG. 8 is a flowchart of the second exchange 4 in the conventional second number change notification method. .

  Number change notification data is handed over from the number changer to the second mobile phone company in advance and stored in the number change notification storage unit 24 managed by the second exchange 4. The number change notification storage unit 24 stores number change notification data in a configuration as shown in FIG. 9, for example. Here, the customer number is information for uniquely identifying the number changer, the notification sentence pointer is a pointer to a notification sentence sent to the acquaintance of the number changer by mobile mail, and the change notification destination pointer is the notification destination. A pointer to a change notification destination that is a list of e-mail addresses. The notification text is a text including information on the new telephone number and the new mail address, and the notification destination mail address is a mobile mail address of an acquaintance to be notified of the number change.

  The second exchange 4 transmits a notification text by mobile mail to each notification destination email address according to the information in the number change notification storage unit 24.

  In the case of the conventional second number change notification method, the other party does not always read the transmitted mail, and if the other party is busy, there is a possibility that it will be forgotten as it is read. Also, if the other party's mail address is changed and the old mail address is another person's mail address, sending without knowing it will result in notification to the unintended party, which has a privacy problem.

  The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a number change notification method that ensures privacy and notifies it at a timing convenient for the other party so that the information on the number change can be surely recognized.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, in the present invention, a new telephone number is notified only to a call that has been registered in advance for a call that has been placed on an old telephone number.

  The basic idea of the present invention is that, although the other party to be notified is known, it is not notified from here, but a notification from the other party is waited and notified at that timing.

  For this reason, the number change notification method according to the present invention includes an incoming call accepting step of accepting a connection request to a specific destination number and obtaining a caller number and a destination number, and a number change in which the destination number is registered in advance. A change notification destination acquisition step for acquiring a change notification destination if the number is a target of notification processing; a notification information acquisition step for acquiring information to be notified if the caller number is included in the change notification destination; A number change notifying step for transmitting notification information is executed.

  A notification that includes the old phone number of the number changer registered as the target of the number change notification process, the change notification destination that is a list of the phone numbers of acquaintances of the number changer in association with the old phone number, and the new phone number Information is registered.

  When the number changer's acquaintance calls the number changer's old phone number, the number change notification system receives this, acquires the phone number of the number changer's acquaintance as the caller number, and the number changer as the destination number. If the old phone number is obtained and the destination number is registered as the target of the number change notification process, the change notification destination is acquired based on the destination number, and the caller ID is included in the change notification destination. For example, the notification information is acquired and transmitted based on the destination number.

  According to the present invention, when the number changer is the caller of the number registered in advance and the caller has further made a call, that is, when the caller wants to contact the number changer, the contact address is changed. To be notified. Therefore, the number changer notifies the new number only to the acquaintance who wants to communicate the number change, so there is no privacy problem, the notification timing is the best for the acquaintance, and the number change that allows the information on the number change to be surely recognized A notification method can be provided.

[First Embodiment]
Based on FIGS. 10-14, 1st Embodiment of the number change notification method concerning this invention is described.

  FIG. 10 is a diagram showing the relationship between the telephone set and the exchange in the number change notification method according to the first embodiment. In the number change notification method according to the present embodiment, the first exchange 102 and the second exchange 104 cooperate to provide a number change notification service. FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of the first exchange 102 and the second exchange 104 in the number change notification method according to the first embodiment, and FIG. 12 is a number change notification method according to the first embodiment. FIG. 13 is a flowchart of the second exchange 104 in the number change notification method according to the first embodiment.

  In the number change notification method according to this embodiment, a connection request to an old telephone number is received by an exchange operated by an old contract company, notified to an exchange operated by a new contract company, and a caller is sent by an exchange operated by a new contract company. Is included in the change notification destination, the new telephone number is transmitted by voice to the caller's telephone.

  For the first number change notification managed by the first switch 102, the first number change notification data is delivered in advance from the number changer or from the second mobile phone company to the first mobile phone company. Stored in the storage unit 122. The first number change notification storage unit 122 stores the first number change notification data, for example, in a configuration as shown in FIG. Here, the customer number is information for uniquely identifying the number changer, and the old phone number is the phone number before the change of the number changer and is received when a call is received from the number changer's acquaintance The incoming call notification destination is information indicating the party to whom the connection request to the old telephone number has been received, that is, the information indicating the new contracting company of the number changer, and the notification start date is the number change notification service. This is the start date, and the notification end date is the end date of the number change notification service. For example, if the new contract company of the number changer is the second mobile phone company, the incoming call notification destination is the second mobile phone company code or information specifying the second switch 104 that manages the new telephone number. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and any information may be used as long as the notification destination is specified in some form. Note that the data configuration of the first number change notification data stored in the first number change notification storage unit 122 is not limited to the configuration shown in FIG. 14 (1). Any configuration can be used as long as it is included.

  Further, the second number change notification data is handed over from the number changer to the second mobile phone company in advance, and stored in the second number change notification storage unit 124 managed by the second switch 104. The second number change notification storage unit 124 stores the second number change notification data in a configuration as shown in FIG. 14 (2), for example. Here, the customer number and the old telephone number are the same information as in FIG. 14 (1), and the new telephone number is the telephone number after the change of the number changer and is information to be notified to the acquaintance of the number changer. The change notification destination pointer is a pointer to a change notification destination that is a list of notification destination telephone numbers. The notification telephone number is the telephone number of an acquaintance who should be notified of the number change. Note that the data configuration of the second number change notification data stored in the second number change notification storage unit 124 is not limited to the configuration shown in FIG. 14 (2), but the old phone number, the new phone number, As long as the notification destination telephone number is included, any configuration may be adopted.

  When an acquaintance of the number changer makes a call from the third telephone 116 to the old telephone number of the number changer, the call arrives at the first exchange 102 via the third exchange 106.

  The incoming call reception unit 132 receives the connection request, acquires the caller number and the callee number 172 (indicated as “caller number, callee number 172” in the figure), outputs them to the incoming call notification transmission unit 136, and receives the incoming call. The destination number 174 is output to the notification destination acquisition unit 134 (S132).

  The incoming call notification destination acquisition unit 134 refers to the first number change notification storage unit 122, acquires the incoming call notification destination 176 based on the incoming call destination number 174, and outputs it to the incoming call notification transmission unit 136 (S134).

  The incoming call notification transmission unit 136 transmits an incoming call notification including the caller ID and the called party number 172 to the second exchange 104 based on the incoming call notification destination 176 (S136).

  The incoming call notification receiving unit 138 receives the incoming call notification from the first exchange 102, outputs the caller number and the called party number 172 to the notification information acquiring unit 144, and also outputs the called party number 174 to the change notification destination acquiring unit 140. (S138).

  The change notification destination acquisition unit 140 refers to the second number change notification storage unit 124, acquires the change notification destination 178 based on the destination number 174, and outputs the change notification destination 178 to the notification information acquisition unit 144 (S140).

  If the caller number is included in the change notification destination 178, the notification information acquisition unit 144 refers to the second number change notification storage unit 124 and acquires the new telephone number 180 based on the destination number 174. And output to the serial number change notification unit 146 (S144).

  The number change notification unit 146 incorporates the new telephone number 180 into the voice guidance message prepared in advance, and transmits it to the third telephone 116 via the third switch 106 as a response to the call (S146).

According to the invention according to this embodiment, since the number change notification is performed by voice, the number change notification can be performed regardless of the telephone type of the caller.
[Second Embodiment]
Based on FIGS. 15-17, 2nd Embodiment of the number change notification method concerning this invention is described. In addition, about the structure etc. which were demonstrated in 1st Embodiment, the same referential mark is attached | subjected and the description is abbreviate | omitted.

  Also in the number change notification method according to the present embodiment, the relationship of FIG. 10 is established, and the first exchange 102 and the second exchange 104 cooperate to provide a number change notification service. However, in the description of the present embodiment, the second switch 204 is described instead of the second switch 104. Further, the second number change notification storage unit 224 will be described instead of the second number change notification storage unit 124. FIG. 15 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of the first exchange 102 and the second exchange 204 in the number change notification method according to the second embodiment, and FIG. 16 is a number change notification method according to the second embodiment. 2 is a flowchart of the second exchange 204 in FIG. The flowchart of the first exchange 102 is FIG. 12 as in the first embodiment.

  The number change notification method according to the present embodiment is configured such that the number change notification method according to the first embodiment performs not only voice number change notification but also mobile phone mail number change notification.

  The second number change notification data is handed over from the number changer to the second mobile phone company in advance and stored in the second number change notification storage unit 224 managed by the second switch 204. The second number change notification storage unit 224 stores the second number change notification data, for example, in a configuration as shown in FIG. Here, the customer number, the old telephone number, the new telephone number, and the notification destination telephone number are the same information as in FIG. 14 (2), and the notification sentence pointer is the notification sentence sent to the acquaintance of the number changer by mobile mail The change notification destination pointer is a pointer to a change notification destination which is a list of a notification destination telephone number and a notification destination mail address. The notification text is a text including information on the new telephone number and the new mail address, and the notification destination mail address is a mobile mail address of an acquaintance to be notified of the number change. Note that the data configuration of the second number change notification data stored in the second number change notification storage unit 224 is not limited to the configuration of FIG. 17 (2), but the old phone number, the new phone number, Any configuration may be adopted as long as the notification text, the notification destination telephone number, and the notification destination e-mail address are included. Moreover, it is good also as a structure containing a new mail address of a number changer instead of a notice sentence, and producing and transmitting a notice sentence based on a new telephone number and a new mail address.

  When an acquaintance of the number changer makes a call from the third telephone 116 to the old telephone number of the number changer, the call arrives at the first exchange 102 via the third exchange 106.

  The notification destination address acquisition unit 242 refers to the change notification destination 278, acquires the notification destination mail address 284 based on the caller number, outputs the notification destination address 284 to the number change notification unit 246, and outputs the destination number 174 to the notification information acquisition unit. It outputs to 244 (S242).

  The notification information acquisition unit 244 refers to the second number change notification storage unit 224 and based on the destination number 174, the new telephone number and the notification sentence 280 (in the figure, “new telephone number, notification sentence 280” (Notation) is acquired and output to the number change notification unit 246 (S244).

  The number change notification unit 246 incorporates the new telephone number into a voice guidance message prepared in advance and transmits it to the third telephone 116 via the third switch 106 as a response to the call, and also sends a notification destination mail address 284. In response, a notification text is transmitted by mobile mail (S246).

  In the description of the present embodiment, the number change notification by mobile mail has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the number change notification by text information is intended to be performed in some form. For example, a number change notification program that operates on the mobile phone of the notification partner is prepared. This program is installed in advance on the mobile phone of the notification partner, and this program is started when the number change notification is issued. It may be displayed on the mobile phone of the notification partner by sending it in. Alternatively, this program may be transmitted together with the number change notification information to the mobile phone of the notification partner to display the number change notification information. In this case, the program is sent by mail attachment or according to a special communication protocol. Furthermore, a number change notification using the Internet can be performed. That is, the number change notification information is placed on a specific web server, the URL is notified to the mobile phone of the notification partner, accessed by the browser of the mobile phone, and the number change notification information is displayed.

  In the description of the present embodiment, it has been described that both the number change notification by voice and the number change notification by mobile mail (or widely by text information) are performed. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the number change notification by voice is performed. Instead, only the number change notification may be performed by mobile mail (or widely by text information).

According to the embodiment of the present invention, in addition to voice number change notification, text information number change notification is also performed, so that more reliable information transmission is possible, and it is also possible to change an email address that is difficult to transmit by voice notification. Can be easily transmitted. In addition, if the notification of number change by text information is added to the voice notification, the text information of the number change notification can be read more reliably.
[Third Embodiment]
Based on FIGS. 18-21, 3rd Embodiment of the number change notification method concerning this invention is described. In addition, about the structure etc. which were demonstrated in 1st Embodiment, the same referential mark is attached | subjected and the description is abbreviate | omitted.

  FIG. 18 is a diagram showing the relationship between the telephone set and the exchange in the number change notification method according to the third embodiment, and shows a case where the first exchange 102 and the second exchange 104 in FIG. 10 are the same. That is, the number change notification method according to the present embodiment is a number change notification method when the number changer changes the telephone number without changing the contract company and remains the same mobile phone company. is there. FIG. 19 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of the first exchange 302 in the number change notification method according to the third embodiment, and FIG. 20 is a first exchange 302 in the number change notification method according to the third embodiment. It is a flowchart of.

  In the number change notification method according to the present embodiment, if the first exchange accepts a connection request to the old telephone number and the caller's telephone number is included in the change notification destination, a new voice message is sent to the caller's telephone. It is configured to transmit a telephone number.

  Number change notification data is handed over from the number changer to the first mobile phone company in advance and stored in the number change notification storage unit 322 managed by the first exchange 302. Number change notification data is stored in the number change notification storage unit 322, for example, in a configuration as shown in FIG. Here, the customer number, old telephone number, new telephone number, change notification destination pointer, and notification destination telephone number are the same information as in FIG. 14 (2), and the notification start date and notification end date are as shown in FIG. 14 (1). It is the same information as. Note that the data configuration of the number change notification data stored in the number change notification storage unit 322 is not limited to the configuration in FIG. 21, and includes an old telephone number, a new telephone number, and a notification destination telephone number. Any configuration can be used.

  When an acquaintance of the number changer makes a call from the third telephone 116 to the old telephone number of the number changer, the call arrives at the first exchange 302 via the third exchange 106.

  The incoming call reception unit 332 receives the connection request, acquires the caller number and the destination number 172, outputs them to the notification information acquisition unit 344, and outputs the destination number 174 to the change notification destination acquisition unit 340 (S332).

  The change notification destination acquisition unit 340 refers to the number change notification storage unit 322, acquires the change notification destination 178 based on the destination number 174, and outputs the change notification destination 178 to the notification information acquisition unit 344 (S340).

  If the caller number is included in the change notification destination 178, the notification information acquisition unit 344 refers to the number change notification storage unit 322, acquires the new telephone number 180 based on the destination number 174, It outputs to the change notification part 146 (S344).

  According to the invention according to this embodiment, since the number change notification is performed by voice, the number change notification can be performed regardless of the telephone type of the caller.

Although the invention according to the present embodiment has been described as a case where the contract company is not changed as shown in FIG. 18, it can also be implemented in the relationship shown in FIG. In other words, when the telephone number changes due to the change of the contract company, the old contract company provides the number change notification service alone. In this case, the number change notification data passed from the number changer to the first mobile phone company in advance may be passed directly from the number changer or may be passed through the second mobile phone company. Good. In this case, according to the invention according to the present embodiment, even when the number changer changes the contract company, the number change notification service can be completed with only one exchange.
[Fourth Embodiment]
Based on FIGS. 22-24, 4th Embodiment of the number change notification method concerning this invention is described. In addition, about the structure demonstrated in the 1st thru | or 3rd embodiment, the same referential mark is attached | subjected and the description is abbreviate | omitted.

  Also in the number change notification method according to the present embodiment, the relationship of FIG. 18 is established, and the first exchange 302 provides a number change notification service. However, in the description of this embodiment, the first switch 402 will be described instead of the first switch 302. Further, description will be made as a number change notification storage unit 422 instead of the number change notification storage unit 322. FIG. 22 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of the first exchange 402 in the number change notification method according to the fourth embodiment, and FIG. 23 is a first exchange 402 in the number change notification method according to the fourth embodiment. It is a flowchart of.

  The number change notification method according to the present embodiment is configured such that in the number change notification method according to the third embodiment, not only the number change notification by voice but also the number change notification by mobile mail is performed.

  Number change notification data is handed over from the number changer to the first mobile phone company in advance and stored in the number change notification storage unit 422 managed by the first exchange 402. The number change notification storage unit 422 stores number change notification data in a configuration as shown in FIG. 24, for example. Here, the customer number, notification sentence pointer, notification sentence, old telephone number, new telephone number, change notification destination pointer, notification destination telephone number, and notification destination e-mail address are the same information as in FIG. The start date and the notification end date are the same information as in FIG. Note that the data configuration of the number change notification data stored in the number change notification storage unit 422 is not limited to the configuration in FIG. 24, and the old phone number, new phone number, notification text, notification destination phone number, and Any configuration may be adopted as long as a notification destination e-mail address is included. Moreover, it is good also as a structure containing a new mail address of a number changer instead of a notice sentence, and producing and transmitting a notice sentence based on a new telephone number and a new mail address.

  The notification destination address acquisition unit 442 refers to the change notification destination 278, acquires the notification destination mail address 284 based on the caller number, outputs it to the number change notification unit 246, and acquires the destination number 174 as notification information. The data is output to the unit 244 (S442).

  As in the second embodiment, the present embodiment is not limited to the number change notification by mobile mail, but is intended to widely issue the number change notification by text information. You may perform only the number change notification by mobile mail (or widely by text information) without performing it.

  The unique effect of the invention according to the present embodiment is to enable more reliable information transmission as in the invention according to the second embodiment.

Like the invention according to the third embodiment, the invention according to the present embodiment can also be implemented in the relationship as shown in FIG. 2. In this case, even when the number changer changes the contract company, It has a unique effect that the number change notification service can be completed only by the exchange.
[First Reference Example]
A first reference example of the number change notification method according to the present invention will be described based on FIG. 25 and FIG. In addition, about the structure etc. which were demonstrated in 1st Embodiment, the same referential mark is attached | subjected and the description is abbreviate | omitted.

  Also in the number change notification method according to this reference example, the relationship of FIG. 10 is established, and the first exchange 102 and the second exchange 104 cooperate to provide a number change notification service. However, in the description of this reference example, the second switch 504 will be described instead of the second switch 104. FIG. 25 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of the first exchange 102 and the second exchange 504 in the number change notification method according to the first reference example, and FIG. 26 is a number change notification method according to the first reference example. 5 is a flowchart of the second exchange 504 in FIG. The flowchart of the first exchange 102 is FIG. 12 as in the first embodiment.

  The number change notification method according to this reference example is configured such that, in the number change notification method according to the first embodiment, in addition to the number change notification, a connection to a new telephone number is made according to the request of the caller. It is.

  The notification information acquisition unit 544 also outputs the new telephone number 180 acquired by referring to the second number change notification storage unit 124 to the destination change unit 548. Other processing of the notification information acquisition unit 544 is the same as that of the notification information acquisition unit 144 in the first embodiment (S544).

  The processing of the number change notification unit 546 is the same as that of the number change notification unit 146 in the first embodiment. However, the voice guidance message transmitted to the third telephone 116 via the third switch 106 is a new message. It also includes contents for inquiring whether or not to connect to the telephone number 180 and notifying a method of intention display when the connection is desired (for example, pressing the numeric button 1) (S546).

  The destination change unit 548 performs a call connection process for the second telephone 114 having the new telephone number 180 when the third telephone 116 displays an intention to connect to the new telephone number 180. Perform (S548).

According to the invention according to this reference example, even if an old telephone number is used, it is connected to a new number without making another call, so that it is possible to save the trouble of the caller.
[Second Reference Example]
Based on FIG.27 and FIG.28, the 2nd reference example of the number change notification method concerning this invention is demonstrated. In addition, about the structure etc. which were demonstrated in 1st and 2nd embodiment, the same referential mark is attached | subjected and the description is abbreviate | omitted.

  Also in the number change notification method according to this reference example, the relationship of FIG. 10 is established, and the first exchange 102 and the second exchange 104 cooperate to provide a number change notification service. However, in the description of this reference example, the second switch 204 is used instead of the second switch 104, and the second number change notification storage unit 224 is used instead of the second number change notification storage unit 124. To do. Further, a description will be given assuming that the third telephone 616 is used instead of the third telephone 116. FIG. 27 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of the first exchange 102, the second exchange 204, and the third telephone 616 in the number change notification method according to the second reference example, and FIG. 28 is a second reference example. It is a flowchart of the 3rd telephone 616 in the number change notification method concerning an example. The flowchart of the first exchange 102 is FIG. 12 as in the first embodiment, and the flowchart of the second exchange 204 is FIG. 16 as in the second embodiment.

  In the number change notification method according to the second embodiment, the number change notification method according to this reference example is registered in the address book of the caller's mobile phone according to the request of the caller in addition to the number change notification by mobile mail. The telephone number and e-mail address of the number changer are updated.

  An address book automatic update program that operates on the caller's mobile phone is prepared, and this program is activated when the number change is notified to update the address book. This program may be installed on the sender's mobile phone in advance, may be sent as an attachment to a number change notification email, or may be configured to be downloaded from a website.

  The number change notification text includes a content for inquiring whether automatic updating of the address book is necessary and notifying a method of intention display (for example, pressing the numeric button 1).

  The telephone transmission unit 650 transmits a call request with the caller number and the destination number 172 to the third switch 106 (S650).

  The third switch 106 transmits a connection request to the first switch 102 based on the destination number, and receives a number change notification 686 by voice received from the second switch 204 (“Number change notification (voice)” in the figure). 686 ”) and a mail number change notification 688 (described as“ number change notification (mail) 688 ”in the figure) are transmitted to the third telephone 616.

  The voice receiving unit 652 receives a voice number change notification 686 from the third switch 106 (S652).

  The mail receiving unit 654 receives the number change notification 688 by mail from the third switch 106, outputs it to the address book update unit 656, and displays it on the screen of the third telephone 616 (S654).

  The address book update unit 656 displays an old telephone number, a new telephone number, an old mail address, a new address from a notification sentence included in the number change notification 688 by e-mail when the caller displays an intention to update the address book. The mail address is acquired, the old telephone number is retrieved from the address book on the third telephone 616 and rewritten with the new telephone number, and the old mail address is retrieved from the address book on the third telephone 616 to obtain the new mail address. (S656).

According to the invention according to this reference example, the address book is automatically updated simply by displaying an intention to update, so that it is possible to save the trouble of the caller.
[Third Reference Example]
A third reference example of the number change notification method according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. In addition, about the structure etc. which were demonstrated in 1st and 2nd embodiment, the same referential mark is attached | subjected and the description is abbreviate | omitted.

  Also in the number change notification method according to this reference example, the relationship of FIG. 10 is established, and the first exchange 102 and the second exchange 104 cooperate to provide a number change notification service. However, in the description of this reference example, the second switch 704 is described instead of the second switch 104. Further, the second number change notification storage unit 224 will be described instead of the second number change notification storage unit 124. FIG. 29 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of the first exchange 102 and the second exchange 704 in the number change notification method according to the third reference example, and FIG. 30 is a number change notification method according to the third reference example. 2 is a flowchart of the second exchange 704 in FIG. The flowchart of the first exchange 102 is FIG. 12 as in the first embodiment.

  The number change notification method according to this reference example is configured to add an advertisement text to the notification information in order to place an advertisement in the case of a number change notification by mobile mail in the number change notification method according to the second embodiment. Is.

  The second mobile phone company prepares an advertisement text stock 758 (described as “advertising text stock 758” in the drawing) in advance.

  The notification information acquisition unit 744 acquires the advertisement text 790 from the advertisement text stock 758, and describes the new telephone number, the notification text, and the advertising text 780 (in the figure, described as “new phone number, notification text, advertising text 780”). Is output to the number change notification unit 746. Other processing of the notification information acquisition unit 744 is the same as that of the notification information acquisition unit 244 of the second embodiment (S744).

  The number change notification unit 746 transmits the notification text and the advertisement text to the notification destination email address 284 by mobile mail. Other processes of the number change notification unit 746 are the same as those of the number change notification unit 246 of the second embodiment (S746).

  According to this reference example, by posting an advertisement at the time of the number change notification, the monetary cost for the number change notification can be compensated by the advertisement insertion fee. In addition, since the notification partner is specified, if there is profile information of the notification partner, an advertisement with a higher advertising effect can be posted by selecting an advertisement text suitable for the profile.

  The number change notification method according to each embodiment described above can be implemented not only by hardware but also by computer software. For example, in the first embodiment, the incoming call reception unit 132, the incoming notification destination acquisition unit 134, the incoming notification transmission unit 136, the incoming notification reception unit 138, the change notification destination acquisition unit 140, and the notification information acquisition unit 144 illustrated in FIG. If the program for causing the computer to execute the function of the number change notification unit 146 is created, and the program is loaded into the memory of the computer and executed, the number change notification system shown in FIG. 11 can be realized. Note that the methods in the second and subsequent embodiments can be similarly realized by computer software (programs).

  As shown in FIG. 31, the program for realizing the number change notification method according to the embodiment of the present invention can be a CD-ROM, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD-RAM, DVD-RW, or a flexible disk. Not only the portable recording medium 862 but also any other storage device 866 provided at the end of the communication line 864, a storage device such as a hard disk or RAM of the computer system 860, or a recording medium 868. Often, when a program is executed, the program is loaded and executed on the main memory.

  In the description of the present invention, the telephone number change notification method is described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, when voice communication is performed between a caller and a callee each having identification information that can be uniquely specified on a computer network, it is also effective as a method for notifying that the caller identification information has been changed. It can also be applied to communication without voice. For example, when notifying the change of the FAX number in FAX communication, if the caller ID is included in the change notification destination registered in advance for the transmission request to the old FAX number, it is replaced with the number change notification by voice. The new FAX number is transmitted by FAX to the sender number. Alternatively, in the case of an e-mail address change notification, if the sender's e-mail address is included in the pre-registered change notification destination in response to a request to send to the old e-mail address, the number is changed by voice. Instead of notification, a new mail address is sent to the sender's mail address by e-mail.

Regarding the embodiment including the above examples, the following additional notes are further disclosed.
(Appendix 1)
A number change notification system in which a communication terminal, a first device, and a second device are connected via a communication network,
The first device includes:
An incoming call reception unit for obtaining a caller number and a destination number from the communication terminal;
A first number change notification storage unit storing an old number and an incoming call notification destination in association with each other;
An incoming call notification destination acquisition unit that acquires the incoming call notification destination based on the incoming call destination number acquired by the incoming call reception unit with reference to the first number change notification storage unit;
An incoming call notification transmission unit that transmits an incoming call notification including the caller number and the called party number to the acquired incoming call notification destination;
The second device includes:
An incoming call notification receiver for receiving the incoming call notification from the first device;
A second number change notification storage unit that stores the old number, the notification information including the new number, and the change notification destination in association with each other;
A change notification destination acquisition unit that refers to the second number change notification storage unit and acquires a change notification destination based on the destination number included in the received incoming notification;
If the caller number included in the received call notification is included in the acquired change notification destination, the notification is made based on the call destination number by referring to the second number change notification storage unit. A notification information acquisition unit for acquiring information;
A number change notification system comprising: a number change notification unit that transmits the notification information to the communication terminal.
(Appendix 2)
A number change notification device connected via a communication network to a first device that acquires a caller number and a destination number from a communication terminal,
An incoming call notification receiving unit for receiving an incoming call notification including the caller number and the called party number from the first device;
Number change notification storage unit that stores the old number, the notification information including the new number, and the change notification destination in association with each other;
With reference to the number change notification storage unit, a change notification destination acquisition unit that acquires a change notification destination based on the destination number included in the received incoming notification;
If the caller number included in the received incoming call notification is included in the acquired change notification destination, the notification information is acquired based on the called party number with reference to the number change notification storage unit A notification information acquisition unit to perform,
A number change notification device, comprising: a number change notification unit that transmits the notification information to the communication terminal.
(Appendix 3)
A number change notification method in a system in which a communication terminal, a first device, and a second device are connected via a communication network,
In the first device,
An incoming call receiving step of obtaining a caller number and a destination number from the communication terminal;
An incoming call notification for acquiring the incoming call notification destination based on the incoming call destination number acquired in the incoming call reception step with reference to the first number change notification storage unit storing the old number and the incoming call notification destination in association with each other A first acquisition step;
An incoming call notification transmission step of transmitting an incoming call notification including the caller number and the called party number to the acquired incoming call notification destination;
And execute
In the second device,
An incoming notification receiving step of receiving the incoming notification from the first device;
Based on the destination number included in the received incoming notification with reference to the second number change notification storage unit that stores the old number, the notification information including the new number, and the change notification destination in association with each other A change notification destination acquisition step for acquiring a change notification destination,
If the caller number included in the received call notification is included in the acquired change notification destination, the notification is made based on the call destination number by referring to the second number change notification storage unit. A notification information acquisition step for acquiring information;
A number change notification step of transmitting the notification information to the communication terminal.
(Appendix 4)
A number change notification method in a second device connected via a communication network to a first device that acquires a caller number and a destination number from a communication terminal,
An incoming call notification receiving step for receiving an incoming call notification including the caller number and the called party number from the first device;
The change notification destination based on the destination number included in the received incoming notification with reference to the number change notification storage unit storing the old number, the notification information including the new number, and the change notification destination in association with each other A change notification destination acquisition step for acquiring
If the caller number included in the received incoming call notification is included in the acquired change notification destination, the notification information is acquired based on the called party number with reference to the number change notification storage unit Notification information acquisition step to perform,
A number change notification method comprising: performing a number change notification step of transmitting the notification information to the communication terminal.
(Appendix 5)
A computer program in a number change notification system in which a communication terminal, a first device, and a second device are connected via a communication network,
In the first device,
An incoming call receiving step of obtaining a caller number and a destination number from the communication terminal;
An incoming call notification for acquiring the incoming call notification destination based on the incoming call destination number acquired in the incoming call reception step with reference to the first number change notification storage unit storing the old number and the incoming call notification destination in association with each other A first acquisition step;
An incoming call notification transmission step of transmitting an incoming call notification including the caller number and the called party number to the acquired incoming call notification destination;
And execute
In the second device,
An incoming notification receiving step of receiving the incoming notification from the first device;
Based on the destination number included in the received incoming notification with reference to the second number change notification storage unit that stores the old number, the notification information including the new number, and the change notification destination in association with each other A change notification destination acquisition step for acquiring a change notification destination,
If the caller number included in the received call notification is included in the acquired change notification destination, the notification is made based on the call destination number by referring to the second number change notification storage unit. A notification information acquisition step for acquiring information;
A number change notification step of transmitting the notification information to the communication terminal is executed.
(Appendix 6)
A computer program in a number change notification device connected via a communication network to a first device that obtains a caller number and a destination number from a communication terminal,
An incoming call notification receiving step for receiving an incoming call notification including the caller number and the called party number from the first device;
The change notification destination based on the destination number included in the received incoming notification with reference to the number change notification storage unit storing the old number, the notification information including the new number, and the change notification destination in association with each other A change notification destination acquisition step for acquiring
If the caller number included in the received incoming call notification is included in the acquired change notification destination, the notification information is acquired based on the called party number with reference to the number change notification storage unit Notification information acquisition step to perform,
A number change notification step of transmitting the notification information to the communication terminal.
(Appendix 7)
A number change notification device connected to a communication terminal via a communication network,
An incoming call reception unit for obtaining a caller number and a destination number from the communication terminal;
Number change notification storage unit that stores the old number, the notification information including the new number, and the change notification destination in association with each other;
A change notification destination acquisition unit that acquires a change notification destination based on the acquired destination number with reference to the number change notification storage unit;
If the acquired caller number is included in the acquired change notification destination, a notification information acquisition unit that acquires the notification information based on the destination number with reference to the number change notification storage unit; ,
A number change notification device, comprising: a number change notification unit that transmits the notification information to the communication terminal.
(Appendix 8)
A number change notification method in a device connected to a communication terminal via a communication network,
An incoming call receiving step of obtaining a caller number and a destination number from the communication terminal;
The change notification destination that acquires the change notification destination based on the acquired destination number with reference to the number change notification storage unit that stores the old number, the notification information including the new number, and the change notification destination in association with each other An acquisition step;
If the acquired caller number is included in the acquired change notification destination, a notification information acquisition step of acquiring the notification information based on the destination number with reference to the number change notification storage unit; ,
A number change notification method comprising: performing a number change notification step of transmitting the notification information to the communication terminal.
(Appendix 9)
A computer program in a number change notification device connected to a communication terminal via a communication network,
An incoming call receiving step of obtaining a caller number and a destination number from the communication terminal;
The change notification destination that acquires the change notification destination based on the acquired destination number with reference to the number change notification storage unit that stores the old number, the notification information including the new number, and the change notification destination in association with each other An acquisition step;
If the acquired caller number is included in the acquired change notification destination, a notification information acquisition step of acquiring the notification information based on the destination number with reference to the number change notification storage unit; ,
A number change notification step of transmitting the notification information to the communication terminal.
(Appendix 10)
The number change notification method described in Appendix 3 and Appendix 8,
A number change notification method, further comprising: a destination change step for communication connection by replacing the destination number with the new number.
(Appendix 11)
The number change notification method described in Appendix 3 and Appendix 8,
Further executing an address book update step of searching for the destination number from an address book mounted on a communication terminal that has made a call with the caller number, and rewriting the searched destination number with the new number. A number change notification method as a feature.

The figure which shows the relationship between a telephone and an exchange. The figure which shows the relationship between the telephone set and the exchange in the conventional 1st number change notification method. The block diagram which shows schematic structure of the 1st exchange in the conventional 1st number change notification method. Flowchart of the first exchange in the conventional first number change notification method Data configuration example in conventional first number change notification method The figure which shows the relationship between the telephone set and the exchange in the conventional 2nd number change notification method The block diagram which shows schematic structure of the 2nd exchange in the conventional 2nd number change notification method Flowchart of second exchange in conventional second number change notification method Example of data configuration in conventional second number change notification method The figure which shows the relationship between the telephone set and the exchange in the number change notification method concerning 1st Embodiment The block diagram which shows schematic structure of the 1st exchange and the 2nd exchange in the number change notification method concerning 1st Embodiment The flowchart of the 1st exchange in the number change notification method concerning a 1st embodiment Flowchart of the second exchange in the number change notification method according to the first embodiment Data configuration example in number change notification method according to first embodiment The block diagram which shows schematic structure of the 1st exchange and the 2nd exchange in the number change notification method concerning 2nd Embodiment Flowchart of the second exchange in the number change notification method according to the second embodiment Data configuration example in number change notification method according to second embodiment The figure which shows the relationship between the telephone set and the exchange in the number change notification method concerning 3rd Embodiment The block diagram which shows schematic structure of the 1st exchange in the number change notification method concerning 3rd Embodiment. Flowchart of the first exchange in the number change notification method according to the third embodiment Data configuration example in number change notification method according to third embodiment The block diagram which shows schematic structure of the 1st exchange in the number change notification method concerning 4th Embodiment Flowchart of the first exchange in the number change notification method according to the fourth embodiment Data configuration example in number change notification method according to fourth embodiment The block diagram which shows schematic structure of the 1st exchange and the 2nd exchange in the number change notification method concerning a 1st reference example Flowchart of second exchange in number change notification method according to first reference example The block diagram which shows schematic structure of the 1st exchange, the 2nd exchange, and the 3rd telephone in the number change notification method concerning the 2nd reference example Flowchart of third telephone in number change notification method according to second reference example The block diagram which shows schematic structure of the 1st exchange and the 2nd exchange in the number change notification method concerning the 3rd reference example Flowchart of second exchange in number change notification method according to third reference example Computer environment example

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102, 302, 402 First switch 104, 204, 504, 704 Second switch 106 Third switch 112 First telephone 114, 314 Second telephone 116, 616 Third telephone 108 Communication network 322, 422 Number change notification storage unit 122 First number change notification storage unit 124, 224 Second number change notification storage unit 132, 332 Incoming reception unit 134 Incoming notification destination acquisition unit 136 Incoming notification transmission unit 138 Incoming notification reception unit 140, 340 Change notification destination acquisition unit 242, 442 Notification destination address acquisition unit 144, 244, 344, 544, 744 Notification information acquisition unit 146, 246, 546, 746 Number change notification unit 548 Call destination change unit 650 Telephone transmission unit 652 Voice receiving unit 654 Mail receiving unit 656 Address book updating unit 758 Advertisement text stock 172 Caller ID, destination number 174 Call destination number 176 Incoming call destination 178, 278 Change notification destination 180 New phone number 280 New phone number, notification text 780 New phone number, notification text, advertising text 182, 282, 582 Number change notification information 284 Notification mail address 686 Number change notification (voice)
688 Number change notification (email)
790 Ad text

Claims (5)

A number change notification system in which a communication terminal, a first device, and a second device are connected via a communication network,
The first device includes:
An incoming call reception unit for obtaining a caller number and a destination number from the communication terminal;
A first number change notification storage unit storing an old number and an incoming call notification destination in association with each other;
An incoming call notification destination acquisition unit that acquires the incoming call notification destination based on the incoming call destination number acquired by the incoming call reception unit with reference to the first number change notification storage unit;
An incoming call notification transmission unit that transmits an incoming call notification including the caller number and the called party number to the acquired incoming call notification destination;
The second device includes:
An incoming call notification receiver for receiving the incoming call notification from the first device;
A second number change notification storage unit that stores the old number, the notification information including the new number, and the change notification destination in association with each other;
A change notification destination acquisition unit that refers to the second number change notification storage unit and acquires a change notification destination based on the destination number included in the received incoming notification;
If the caller number included in the received call notification is included in the acquired change notification destination, the notification is made based on the call destination number by referring to the second number change notification storage unit. A notification information acquisition unit for acquiring information;
A number change notification system comprising: a number change notification unit that transmits the notification information to the communication terminal. A number change notification device connected via a communication network to a first device that acquires a caller number and a destination number from a communication terminal,
An incoming call notification receiving unit for receiving an incoming call notification including the caller number and the called party number from the first device;
Number change notification storage unit that stores the old number, the notification information including the new number, and the change notification destination in association with each other;
With reference to the number change notification storage unit, a change notification destination acquisition unit that acquires a change notification destination based on the destination number included in the received incoming notification;
If the caller number included in the received incoming call notification is included in the acquired change notification destination, the notification information is acquired based on the called party number with reference to the number change notification storage unit A notification information acquisition unit to perform,
A number change notification device, comprising: a number change notification unit that transmits the notification information to the communication terminal. A number change notification method in a system in which a communication terminal, a first device, and a second device are connected via a communication network,
In the first device,
An incoming call receiving step of obtaining a caller number and a destination number from the communication terminal;
Incoming notification for acquiring the incoming call notification destination based on the incoming call destination number acquired in the incoming call reception step with reference to the first number change notification storage unit storing the old number and the incoming call notification destination in association with each other A first acquisition step;
An incoming call notification transmission step of transmitting an incoming call notification including the caller number and the called party number to the acquired incoming call notification destination;
And execute
In the second device,
An incoming notification receiving step of receiving the incoming notification from the first device;
Based on the destination number included in the received incoming notification with reference to the second number change notification storage unit that stores the old number, the notification information including the new number, and the change notification destination in association with each other A change notification destination acquisition step for acquiring a change notification destination,
If the caller number included in the received call notification is included in the acquired change notification destination, the notification is made based on the call destination number by referring to the second number change notification storage unit. A notification information acquisition step for acquiring information;
A number change notification step of transmitting the notification information to the communication terminal. A number change notification device connected to a communication terminal via a communication network,
An incoming call reception unit for obtaining a caller number and a destination number from the communication terminal;
Number change notification storage unit that stores the old number, the notification information including the new number, and the change notification destination in association with each other;
A change notification destination acquisition unit that acquires a change notification destination based on the acquired destination number with reference to the number change notification storage unit;
If the acquired caller number is included in the acquired change notification destination, a notification information acquisition unit that acquires the notification information based on the destination number with reference to the number change notification storage unit; ,
A number change notification device, comprising: a number change notification unit that transmits the notification information to the communication terminal. A number change notification method in a device connected to a communication terminal via a communication network,
An incoming call receiving step of obtaining a caller number and a destination number from the communication terminal;
The change notification destination that acquires the change notification destination based on the acquired destination number with reference to the number change notification storage unit that stores the old number, the notification information including the new number, and the change notification destination in association with each other An acquisition step;
If the acquired caller number is included in the acquired change notification destination, a notification information acquisition step of acquiring the notification information based on the destination number with reference to the number change notification storage unit; ,
A number change notification method comprising: performing a number change notification step of transmitting the notification information to the communication terminal.

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