JP2007060482A - Telephonic communication system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a telephonic communication system where it is possible to speak with a telephone set on a call-incoming side, and to charge the call-incoming side a call charge rate by simple input from a telephone set on a call-originating side. <P>SOLUTION: The system is provided with a server which transmits a phone book picture to the telephone set on the call-originating side having accessed through the Internet, by using the telephone set on a call-originating side and the telephone set on a call-incoming side (telephone number (A)), provided with a telephone function and the Internet access function and a specific relay station (telephone number (B)). When one call-incoming side identification information is selected from in the phone book picture received from the server; the telephone set on a call-originating side receives the telephone number (A) and the telephone number (B), and transmits them to the specific relay station as speech request information. When the received speech request information contains the telephone number (B) and the telephone number (A) contained in the speech request information is registered, the specific relay station form a telephone speech path so as to make it possible to speak between the telephone set on the call-originating side and the telephone set on the call-incoming side through the specific relay station, and charges the call-incoming side the call charge rate. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a telephone communication system that forms a telephone communication path so that a call can be made between a calling telephone and a called telephone via a specific relay station.

At present, the calling side telephone and the called side telephone can talk over the telephone network, and the call charge is excluding a preset telephone number (so-called toll-free (registered trademark)) charged by the receiving side. It is the sender's burden.
However, for example, an employee of a customer company may contact a business partner company corresponding to the called party from the outside using a mobile phone (owned by the employee himself / herself). It is preferable that the call charge used for the business in this case be borne not by the calling party but by the business partner company (the receiving party) that the calling party contacts.
In addition, when the above employees need to contact a business partner company using a mobile phone from outside the office, the phone number of the business partner company is not registered in the mobile phone and the employee is also a business partner company. If the phone number is not stored, the employee calls the company he is engaged in once to confirm the telephone number of the client company and then calls the client company again. In this case, the same telephone number may be inquired by multiple employees on the go, so a system equivalent to a bulletin board that can be accessed by employees on the go is prepared, and the company It is convenient to post the phone number of.

For example, in the prior art described in Patent Document 1, a contract is made with a company and a specific relay station, and when a call is made from the mobile phone to the specific relay station using the ID number and the password registered in the specific relay station, The call is transferred to the specified (incoming) phone number, and calls can be made between the mobile phone and the (incoming) phone number, and the call charge is charged to the company where the employee using the mobile phone is engaged. A telephone transfer billing system has been proposed.
In the prior art described in Patent Document 2, when the owner of a mobile phone (for example, a company or a parent) and the user of the mobile phone (for example, an employee or a child) are different, in order to suppress unnecessary private telephones. In addition, the mobile phone is provided with a call restriction function, and the phone number management of the mobile phone using the Internet using a Web phonebook in which a phone number that can be sent on the Web page (the phone number of the callee permitted by the owner) is posted A system has been proposed.
JP 2002-354157 A JP 2000-197077 A

In the prior art described in Patent Document 1, as a procedure until the caller can make a call with the callee, the caller first calls the transfer billing system using a special number (ID number and personal identification number), and the transfer billing system When the call is accepted, a call is made to the business partner using the forwarding telephone number (corresponding to the telephone number on the receiving side). For this reason, the caller needs to input various numbers in addition to the destination telephone number, which is troublesome. In addition, since the company where the caller is engaged is a system that pays the call charge, if the caller is a customer company and the callee is a business partner company, the customer company will be charged the call charge. It is not preferable.
In the prior art described in Patent Document 2, when it is possible to make a call only to a destination registered in the Web phone book posted on the Web page, it is necessary to prepare a Web phone book for each caller ( This is very time-consuming because the outgoing phone is owned by the individual caller). The caller is also inconvenient for private use. In addition, since the owner of the mobile phone pays the call charge, if the owner is an employee of the customer company or the customer company and the recipient is a customer company, the employee of the customer company or the client company This is not preferable because it will cause the call fee to be paid.
The present invention was devised in view of the above points, and is a telephone that can make a call with a receiving side telephone with a simpler input from the calling side telephone and can charge a call charge to the receiving side. It is an object to provide a communication system.

As means for solving the above-mentioned problems, the first invention of the present invention is a telephone communication system as described in claim 1.
The telephone communication system according to claim 1 is a calling side telephone provided with a telephone function and an Internet browsing function, a receiving side telephone assigned with a telephone number (A), and a identification assigned with a telephone number (B). A telephone communication system using a relay station to connect the calling telephone and the called telephone through the specific relay station by calling from the calling telephone, and accessing via the Internet And a server for transmitting telephone directory screen information including incoming side identification information corresponding to the incoming side telephone to the outgoing side telephone.
A telephone number (A) and a telephone number (B) are registered in the server in association with the receiving side identification information.
When the calling side telephone accesses the server and receives the phone book screen information, the calling side phone displays a phone book screen based on the phone book screen information, and one destination side identification information is displayed from the displayed phone book screen. When selected, selection information including the selected called party identification information is transmitted to the server, and a telephone number (A) and a telephone number (B) corresponding to the selected called party identification information are sent from the server. The call request information including the telephone number (A) and the telephone number (B) received from the server is transmitted to the specific relay station.
And the telephone number (A) is registered in the specific relay station, and when the specific relay station receives the call request information including the telephone number (B), it is included in the received call request information. If the telephone number (A) is registered, if the telephone number (A) is registered, the calling side telephone and the called side telephone can communicate with each other via the specific relay station. A telephone communication path is formed so that the incoming call side is charged for the call charge.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a telephone communication system according to the second aspect.
The telephone communication system according to claim 2 is the telephone communication system according to claim 1, wherein the calling side telephone transmits the telephone number (B) received from the server to the specific relay station. Then, after a telephone communication path is formed between the calling telephone and the specific relay station, the telephone number (A) received from the server is transmitted to the specific relay station.
When the specific relay station receives the telephone number (B) from the calling side telephone, the specific relay station forms a telephone communication path between the calling side telephone and the specific relay station. When A) is received, it is searched whether or not the received telephone number (A) is registered, and if it is registered, a call can be made between the calling telephone and the called telephone via the specific relay station. A telephone call path is formed so that the call charge is charged to the receiving side.

A third aspect of the present invention is a telephone communication system as set forth in the third aspect.
A telephone communication system according to a third aspect is the telephone communication system according to the first or second aspect, wherein the server corresponds to a caller side identification information that can identify the caller telephone. Group information in which telephones are classified into a plurality of groups is registered, and called party identification information is classified according to the groups.
When the calling telephone accesses the server, the calling telephone identification information is transmitted to the server.
When the server transmits the phone book screen information to the accessed calling party telephone, the server extracts the called party identification information corresponding to the group corresponding to the calling party telephone identification information received from the accessed calling party telephone. To create and send phonebook screen information.

If the telephone communication system according to claim 1 is used, the caller accesses the server via the Internet using a caller telephone (for example, a mobile phone), receives the phonebook screen information, and from the phonebook screen. By simply selecting the desired called party identification information, it is possible to form a telephone call path of the calling party telephone, the specific relay station, and the called party telephone.
Thus, it is not necessary to input the telephone number (A) (and telephone number (B)) of the receiving telephone from the calling telephone, and the telephone number (A) (and telephone number (B) of the receiving telephone is input to the calling telephone. )) Is not required to register, and it is possible to make a call with the receiving telephone with a simpler input.
In addition, since the calling side telephone is connected to the receiving side telephone via a specific relay station, and the called side telephone is also connected to the calling side telephone via a specific relay station, the call time is measured and measured at the specific relay station. A call charge based on the call duration can be charged to the called party.

Further, according to the telephone communication system according to claim 2, the calling side telephone does not transmit the call request information that summarizes the telephone number (A) and the telephone number (B) received from the server via the Internet. First, the telephone number (B) is once transmitted. When the specific relay station responds, the calling telephone subsequently transmits the telephone number (A). In this way, the caller receives the phone book screen information by accessing the server via the Internet using the calling phone (for example, a mobile phone), and selects the desired called party identification information from the phone book screen. Thus, it is possible to form a telephone communication path of calling side telephone set-specific relay station-receiving side telephone set.
Thus, it is not necessary to input the telephone number (A) (and telephone number (B)) of the receiving telephone from the calling telephone, and the telephone number (A) (and telephone number (B) of the receiving telephone is input to the calling telephone. )) Is not required, and a call can be made to the incoming telephone with simpler input from the outgoing telephone.
In addition, since the calling side telephone is connected to the receiving side telephone via a specific relay station, and the called side telephone is also connected to the calling side telephone via a specific relay station, the call time is measured and measured at the specific relay station. A call charge based on the call duration can be charged to the called party.

According to the telephone communication system of the third aspect, the incoming side identification information on the telephone directory screen displayed on the outgoing side telephone is changed according to the group of outgoing side telephones.
As a result, unnecessary caller identification information is not displayed on the caller telephone, so that the caller can easily select the desired callee identification information. In addition, since the receiving side can designate a group on the calling side when the call charge is charged on the receiving side, it is possible to appropriately set the charging on the receiving side.

The best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the overall configuration of a telephone communication system according to the present invention.
● [Overall structure (Fig. 1)]
In FIG. 1, the calling side telephones M1 to Mn and the called side telephones A1, A2, N1, and N2 can communicate with each other via the specific relay station SRS and the telephone network. The communication network including this telephone network includes various communication systems such as a telephone system that can be made by one company, a system that makes a call to a plurality of companies via a POI (Point of Interface), and an Internet telephone system. Includes things. In addition, since the technology that can communicate with each other at the calling side telephone, the called side telephone, and the specific relay station is known, the description thereof is omitted.

The calling side telephones M1 to Mn have a telephone function and an Internet browsing function, and are, for example, a mobile phone, a personal computer equipped with telephone software and hardware, and the like.
Here, for example, when the telephone number (A) is assigned to the receiving side telephone A1 (in this example, a fixed telephone), when the telephone number (A) is input from the calling side telephone M1, the calling side telephone M1 normally has an antenna. Connected to the telephone network from the general relay station S1 via the AN1 (base station), a telephone call path is formed so as to be connected to the receiving telephone A1 connected to the telephone network, and the call charge is the calling telephone M1. Will be charged.
Further, for example, when a telephone number (N) is assigned to the incoming side telephone N2 (in this example, a mobile telephone), when the telephone number (N) is input from the outgoing side telephone M1, the outgoing side telephone M1 is normally connected to the antenna AN1. Is connected to the telephone network from the general relay station S1, and the telephone communication path is formed from the telephone network to the general telephone station S2 and the receiving side telephone N2 via the antenna AN2 (base station). The charge is charged to the calling telephone M1.

The calling side telephone M1 can be connected to the Internet via the antenna AN1 and the general relay station S1, and can access the server WS connected to the Internet. As a result, the calling side telephones M1 to Mn can receive the Web phone book screen information from the server WS and display the Web phone book screen (can be viewed).
Contracting companies 1A to 1N are contractors of the telephone communication system of the present invention in which the receiving side pays a call charge, and can access the server WS via the Internet using the terminal devices A3 and N3 (such as a personal computer). Thereby, for example, the terminal device A3 can register the telephone numbers of the receiving side telephones A1 and A2 that the contracting company 1A desires to be charged at the receiving side in the Web telephone directory provided by the server WS.

● [Configuration of server WS (FIGS. 2 and 4)]
Next, the configuration of the server WS will be described with reference to FIG.
The server WS is assigned a predetermined URL (Uniform Resource Locator) and can be accessed from various terminal devices via the Internet. The server WS includes a control unit 60 that transmits Web phone book screen information for displaying a Web phone book screen to a terminal device that has accessed, and databases DB 60 and DB 70 that store various types of information. The databases DB60 and DB70 may be combined into one.

The database DB 60 stores the called party information Z60 related to the Web phone book. The called party information Z60 includes, for example, the called party individual name, the called party representative name, the called party telephone number, the specific relay station telephone number, the allowable outgoing call number, and the like. There are items such as side representative names.
In the “incoming side individual name”, for example, a name (for example, “xx Co., Ltd. (representative)”, “y (inc. Sales department) ”and the like are stored, and names to be displayed on the Web phonebook screen W1 (see FIG. 4) are stored.
In the “recipient side representative name”, for example, a name (for example, “xx Corporation”, “yy Corporation”, etc.) that can identify the contracted company 1A shown in FIG. 1 is stored.
In the “incoming side telephone number”, the telephone number of the incoming side telephone corresponding to the “incoming side individual name” is stored.
The “specific relay station telephone number” stores the telephone number of the specific relay station SRS that performs processing for charging the receiving side for a call received by the receiving side telephone corresponding to the “receiving side telephone number”. Yes.
The “permitted calling party representative name” is used to select the calling party when the receiving party is allowed to charge the call charge when the receiving telephone corresponding to the “receiving party individual name” is received. Yes, the caller representative name corresponding to the caller telephone that allows the call for the callee is stored.

The database DB 70 stores transmission side information Z70 relating to the Web phone book. The transmission side information Z70 includes items such as a transmission side individual name, a transmission side representative name, a transmission side telephone number, and the like.
For example, a name (for example, “zz Co., Ltd. (sales department) tt”) that can identify the calling side telephone M1 shown in FIG.
In the “calling side representative name”, a name representative of the calling side telephone stored in the calling side individual name (for example, “zz Corporation”) is stored.
The “caller telephone number” stores the telephone number of the caller telephone corresponding to the “caller individual name”.
This calling side information 70Z corresponds to group information obtained by classifying the calling side telephone corresponding to the calling side telephone number (corresponding to the calling side telephone identification information) into a plurality of groups (in the example of FIG. Classified as “Company β” group).

For example, as shown in the example of FIG. 4, when the calling side telephone M1 accesses the server WS via the Internet, the display unit of the calling side telephone M1 displays a Web based on the Web phone book screen information transmitted from the server WS. A phone book screen W1 is displayed. Each individual name of the called party (corresponding to the called party identification information) displayed on the Web phonebook screen W1 is associated with the telephone number corresponding to each individual name of the called party and the telephone number of the specific relay station SRS. (See called party information Z60 in FIG. 2).
For example, when “contracted company 1A (representative)” is selected from the Web telephone directory screen W1 displayed on the display unit of the calling side telephone M1, the server WS searches the receiving side information Z60 and selects it. Call "Calling party telephone number (in this example, telephone number (A))" and "Specific relay station telephone number (in this example, telephone number (B))" corresponding to "Contract company 1A (representative)" To the side telephone M1.

When accessing the server WS, the calling side telephone M1 transmits a telephone number (in this example, the telephone number (T1), which corresponds to the calling side telephone identification information) to the server WS.
Then, the server WS searches for the caller representative name (corresponding to the group) corresponding to the received telephone number (T1) (corresponding to the calling telephone identification information) using the calling party information Z70, and the “company α” is Recognize that the caller representative name.
Further, the server WS uses the called party information Z60 to extract and extract the called party individual name (corresponding to the called party identification information) in which “company α” (corresponding to the group) is stored in the allowable calling party representative name. The incoming caller individual name is included in the Web phonebook screen information and transmitted to the caller telephone set M1. As described above, the “allowable caller representative name” of the callee information Z60 is used as a means for classifying the callee individual name (caller identification information) according to the “caller representative name” (corresponding to a group). .
Thus, only necessary individual information on the incoming side (corresponding to incoming side identification information) is displayed on the Web phonebook screen W1 displayed on the display unit of the outgoing side telephone M1 in accordance with each outgoing side telephone.

● [Configuration of specific relay station SRS (Fig. 3)]
Next, the configuration of the specific relay station SRS will be described with reference to FIG.
The specific relay station SRS is assigned with a telephone number (B), for example, and the calling side telephone set to the telephone number (B) and the receiving side corresponding to the receiving side telephone number received from the calling side telephone A control means 10 for forming a telephone communication path with a telephone, a server RS configured with databases DB1 to DB3 for storing various information, and switching of a telephone communication path based on signals from the server RS. It consists of an adapter ADP or the like to be performed.
The database DB1 stores callee information Z10 indicating information related to the callee telephone, the database DB2 stores caller information Z20 indicating information related to the caller, and the database DB3 includes information related to the charge amount. Is stored. The databases DB1 to DB3 may be configured separately or may be configured by one.

The incoming side information Z10 includes items such as the incoming side individual name, the incoming side representative name, the incoming side telephone number, etc., and the description thereof will be omitted because it has already been described in the incoming side information Z60 of FIG.
The specific relay station SRS can access the server WS, and the called party information Z60 stored in the server WS may be copied and stored in the database DB1, or may be copied and partially deleted and stored. (In the receiving side information Z10 shown in FIG. 3, “specific relay station telephone number” and “allowable calling side representative name” are deleted from the items of the receiving side information Z60 shown in FIG. 2).

The sender information Z20 includes items such as a sender individual name, a sender representative name, a sender telephone number, and the like, which are already described in the sender information Z70 in FIG.
The specific relay station SRS can access the server WS, and the originating side information Z70 stored in the server WS may be copied and stored in the database DB2, or may be copied and partially deleted and stored. .

The billing information Z30 is information related to the billing amount for each “recipient-side representative name”, and includes items such as year / month / day, call time, individual name of the callee, individual name of the caller, and call charge.
“Year / Month / Day” stores the year / month / day of the call charged to the callee in the call received by the contracting company corresponding to the “recipient's representative name”.
In the “call time”, the call time (hour: minute) of the call charged to the receiving side is stored. The unit of time is a unit for generating a call charge.
In the “incoming-side individual name”, an incoming-side individual name corresponding to the telephone number of the incoming-side telephone at the time of a call charged to the incoming side is stored.
The “caller-side individual name” stores the caller-side individual name corresponding to the telephone number of the caller telephone at the time of a call charged to the callee.
The “call charge” stores the charge of the call corresponding to the “call time” of the call charged to the receiving side.

[Processing procedure in the first embodiment (FIG. 5)]
Next, an example of a processing procedure in the first embodiment will be described using the flowchart shown in FIG.
Note that the incoming side information Z60 and outgoing side information Z70 of the server WS are registered in advance from the terminal devices A3, N3, etc., and the incoming side information Z10 and outgoing side information Z20 of the specific relay station SRS are, for example, Periodically received from WS and stored.
Hereinafter, the calling side telephone M1 (telephone number (T1)) uses the Web telephone directory screen W1 from the server WS and the receiving side telephone A1 (telephone number (T)) via the specific relay station SRS (telephone number (B)). A)) and a processing procedure until the start and end of the call will be described.

In step S210, calling side telephone M1 accesses server WS via the Internet (at the time of access, it also transmits a telephone number (T1) (corresponding to the calling side telephone identification information)).
The server WS determines whether or not there is access in step S110. If there is an access (Yes), the process proceeds to step S120. If there is no access (No), the server WS returns to step S110.
When the server WS proceeds to step S120, it transmits the Web phone book screen information to the caller telephone M1. As described above, the Web phone book screen information is created in the server WS so that the incoming side individual information (corresponding to the incoming side identification information) necessary for the outgoing side telephone M1 is displayed.

Upon receiving the Web phone book screen information, the calling side telephone M1 displays the Web phone book screen W1 on the display unit in step S220 (see FIG. 4). Then, when one of the called party individual information (corresponding to the called party identification information) is selected from the displayed Web phonebook screen W1, in step S230, selection information including the selected called party individual information is displayed. Send to server WS.
The server WS determines whether or not there is a selection instruction in step S130. If there is a selection instruction (Yes), the process proceeds to step S140. If there is no selection instruction (No), the server WS returns to step S130.
When the server WS proceeds to step S140, it uses the receiving side information Z60 and the receiving side telephone number (in this case, the telephone number (A)) corresponding to the receiving side individual information included in the received selection information. The specific relay station telephone number (in this case, the telephone number (B)) is transmitted to the calling telephone M1, and the process returns to step S110.

Whether the calling side telephone M1 has received the receiving side telephone number (in this case, telephone number (A)) and the specific relay station telephone number (in this case, telephone number (B)) from the server WS in step S240. Determine whether. If received (Yes), the process proceeds to step S250. If not received (No), the process returns to step S240.
If the calling side telephone M1 proceeds to step S250, the call request including the received specific relay station telephone number (in this case, telephone number (B)) and the receiving side telephone number (in this case, telephone number (A)). Information is transmitted to the specific relay station SRS.

In step S310, the specific relay station SRS determines whether or not the received call request information includes the telephone number (B) that is its own telephone number. If the telephone number (B) is included (Yes), the process proceeds to step S320. If the telephone number (B) is not included (No), the process returns to step S310.
If the specific relay station SRS proceeds to step S320, whether or not the called party telephone number (in this case, the telephone number (A)) included in the received call request information is stored in the called party information Z10. Determine. If stored (registered) in the called party information Z10 (Yes), the process proceeds to step S340. If not stored (registered) in the called party information Z10 (No), the process proceeds to step S330.
When the specific relay station SRS proceeds to step S330, the specific relay station SRS transmits a communication impossible message to the caller telephone M1, proceeds to “a” (ends the process), and returns to step S310.

When the specific relay station SRS proceeds to step S340, the specific relay station SRS uses the receiving side telephone number (in this case, the telephone number (A)) included in the received call request information to receive the receiving side telephone (in this case, the receiving side telephone). The calling process of A1) is performed.
In step S410, the receiving side telephone A1 determines whether there is a call. When there is a call (Yes), the process proceeds to step S420, and when there is no call (No), the process returns to step S410.
In the case of proceeding to step S420, the receiving side telephone A1 transmits a response signal to the specific relay station SRS when an operation such as picking up the handset is performed by an employee or the like.
In step S350, the specific relay station SRS determines whether or not there is a response from the called telephone. When there is a response (Yes), the process proceeds to step S360, and when there is no response (No), the process returns to step S350.
When the specific relay station SRS proceeds to step S360, it switches the adapter ADP so that the call can be made between the caller telephone M1 and the callee telephone A1, forms a telephone call path, and proceeds to step S370. Start measuring call time. Thus, a call can be made between the calling side telephone M1 and the receiving side telephone A1.

Thereafter, when the employee using the calling side telephone M1 performs a call end operation, in step S260, the calling side telephone M1 transmits a call end signal to the specific relay station SRS. Note that when the worker using the incoming side telephone A1 performs a call end operation, the incoming side telephone A1 may transmit a call end signal to the specific relay station SRS in step S430.
The specific relay station SRS determines whether or not there is a call end signal in step S380. If there is a call end signal (Yes), the call time measurement is terminated and the process proceeds to step S390. If there is no call end signal (No), the process returns to step S380 and the call time measurement is continued.
The specific relay station SRS stores the billing information 30 shown in FIG. 3 when proceeding to step S390. In this case, the year and month and the call time are stored, the called side telephone A1 corresponding to the telephone number (A) is stored in the “incoming side individual name”, and the telephone number (T1) is stored in the “outgoing side individual name”. ) Is stored (phone number (T1) is included in the call request information in step S250).

Further, an authentication device (authentication means) for authenticating the calling side telephones (M1 to Mn) that have accessed may be provided so that only the telephones that are permitted to access can access the server WS. As authentication information necessary for performing authentication with the server WS, various information such as an ID stored in the calling side telephone, a telephone number of the calling side telephone, an ID and a password input from the caller, and the like can be used.
In this case, the authentication information is registered in advance in the server WS, and the authentication information received from the calling-side telephone accessed in step S210 is compared with the authentication information stored in advance. In step S120, the Web phone book screen information is transmitted.
Further, the calling side telephones (M1 to Mn) are performing a calling operation (between steps S250 and S260 in “processing of the calling side telephone M1” in FIG. 5) or after the calling operation is completed (“calling side telephone M1 in FIG. 5). At the predetermined stage of “Processing” in step S260), the Web phone book screen information received from the server WS and information based on the information (for example, the receiving side telephone number and the specific relay station telephone number) are deleted from the memory. It is good also as a structure which can do. By deleting information that is no longer needed (in this case, the called party's telephone number or specific relay station's telephone number) at the timing when it is no longer needed (after the telephone call path has been established, the calling side) There is an advantage that personal information is hardly leaked from the telephone.

[Processing procedure in the second embodiment (FIG. 6)]
Next, an example of a processing procedure in the second embodiment will be described using the flowchart shown in FIG.
In the second embodiment, the processes of steps S250A, S250B, S250C, and S310A indicated by the thick frames in the flowchart of FIG. 6 are different from those of the first embodiment shown in FIG. Hereinafter, this difference will be described.

Whether the calling side telephone M1 has received the receiving side telephone number (in this case, telephone number (A)) and the specific relay station telephone number (in this case, telephone number (B)) from the server WS in step S240. Determine whether. If received (Yes), the process proceeds to step S250A. If not received (No), the process returns to step S240.
When the process proceeds to step S250A, the calling telephone M1 transmits the received specific relay station telephone number (in this case, the telephone number (B)) to the specific relay station SRS. In this case, the own telephone number (T1) is also transmitted.
In step S310, the specific relay station SRS determines whether or not the received telephone number (B) matches its own telephone number. If they match (Yes), the process proceeds to step S310A. If they do not match (No), the process returns to step S310. When the process proceeds to step S310A, the response signal is transmitted to the caller telephone M1, and the process proceeds to step S320.

In step S250B, calling side telephone M1 determines the presence or absence of a response signal. When there is a response signal (Yes), the process proceeds to step S250C, and when there is no response signal (No), the process returns to step S250B.
When the process proceeds to step S250C, the caller telephone M1 transmits the received caller telephone number (in this case, the telephone number (A)).
As described above, in the second embodiment, after the telephone communication path between the calling side telephone M1 and the specific relay station SRS is formed, the calling side telephone M1 assigns the telephone number (A) of the called side to the specific relay station SRS. Is different from the first embodiment in that it is transmitted to.
When the specific relay station SRS proceeds to step S320, the specific relay station SRS determines whether or not the received called party telephone number (in this case, the telephone number (A)) is stored in the called party information Z10. If stored (registered) in the called party information Z10 (Yes), the process proceeds to step S340. If not stored (registered) in the called party information Z10 (No), the process proceeds to step S330.

As a method for paying a call charge on the called side, there is a conventional method called toll-free (registered trademark). However, when so-called toll-free (registered trademark) is used, calls made by unspecified general consumers who have nothing to do with the company engaged in the caller and the company with whom the caller is engaged. This is not preferable because the business partner that is the callee pays the call charge.
In the telephone communication system described in this embodiment, a contracting company that is allowed to pay a call charge even when a call is made on the called side can specify the calling side (customer company on the calling side) of the call (called side) This is convenient because it can be specified by the “permitted sender representative name” (corresponding to a group) of information Z60.
In addition, the receiving side does not need to newly acquire a telephone number for charging the incoming call, and the incoming side charging call can be introduced without changing the conventional telephone communication environment on both the outgoing side and the incoming side.
As described above, in the telephone communication system of the present invention, the calling party first makes a call by charging the called party only by browsing the Web phone book via the Internet and selecting the desired called party from among them. It is possible to make a call with a simpler input. Further, since it is not necessary to store the telephone number of the receiving side in the calling side telephone, it is possible to prevent the telephone number of the receiving side from leaking when the calling side telephone is lost.

The telephone communication system of the present invention is not limited to the configuration, processing, display examples, and the like described in the present embodiment, and various modifications, additions, and deletions can be made without changing the gist of the present invention.
The items of the incoming side information Z60, Z10, the outgoing side information Z70, Z20, the charging information Z30, etc. are not limited to this. Further, the databases DB60 and DB70 may not be arranged in the server WS as long as they can be accessed from the server WS. The databases DB1, DB2, and DB3 may not be arranged in the server RS as long as they can be accessed from the server RS.

It is a figure explaining one Embodiment of the whole structure of the telephone communication system of this invention. It is a figure explaining the structure of the server WS, the receiving side information Z60, and the transmission side information Z70. It is a figure explaining the structure of specific relay station SRS, the receiving side information Z10, the transmission side information Z20, and the billing information Z30. It is a figure explaining the example of the web telephone directory screen W1 displayed on the display part of the transmission side telephone M1. It is a flowchart explaining the example of the process sequence in 1st Embodiment. It is a flowchart explaining the example of the process sequence in 2nd Embodiment.

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M1, M2, Mn Calling side telephone A1, A2, N1, N2 Calling side telephone A3, N3 Terminal equipment SRS Specific relay station RS, WS server ADP adapter S1, S2 General relay station DB10, DB20, DB30, DB60, DB70 Database Z10 , Z60 Callee side information Z20, Z70 Caller side information Z30 Billing information

Claims (3)

Using the calling side telephone provided with the telephone function and the Internet browsing function, the receiving side telephone assigned with the telephone number (A), and the specific relay station assigned with the telephone number (B), the calling side telephone A telephone communication system that connects the calling telephone and the called telephone through the specific relay station by calling from the telephone,
A server for transmitting phone book screen information including receiving side identification information corresponding to the receiving side telephone to the calling side telephone accessed via the Internet;
In the server, a telephone number (A) and a telephone number (B) are registered in association with the receiving side identification information,
The calling telephone is
When the phone book screen information is received by accessing the server, a phone book screen based on the phone book screen information is displayed,
When one called party identification information is selected from the displayed phone book screen, selection information including the selected called party identification information is transmitted to the server, and the server receives the selected called party identification information. Receive the corresponding phone number (A) and phone number (B)
Transmitting call request information including the telephone number (A) and the telephone number (B) received from the server to the specific relay station;
A telephone number (A) is registered in the specific relay station,
The specific relay station is
When the call request information including the telephone number (B) is received, it is searched whether or not the telephone number (A) included in the received call request information is registered,
When the telephone number (A) is registered, a telephone communication path is formed so that the calling side telephone and the called side telephone can communicate with each other via the specific relay station, and the call charge is set to the incoming side. To charge,
A telephone communication system. The telephone communication system according to claim 1,
The calling telephone is
The telephone number received from the server after the telephone number (B) received from the server is transmitted to the specific relay station and a telephone communication path is formed between the calling telephone and the specific relay station (A) is transmitted to the specific relay station,
The specific relay station is
When a telephone number (B) is received from the caller telephone, a telephone call path is formed between the caller telephone and the specific relay station,
Further, when the telephone number (A) is received from the calling side telephone, it is searched whether or not the received telephone number (A) is registered, and if it is registered, the calling side telephone is set via the specific relay station. Forming a telephone call path so that a call can be made between the caller and the receiving telephone, and the call charge is charged to the called party.
A telephone communication system. The telephone communication system according to claim 1 or 2,
In the server, group information in which the calling side telephones are classified into a plurality of groups corresponding to the calling side telephone identification information capable of identifying the calling side telephones is registered, and the receiving side identification information is stored according to the group. Classified,
The calling phone transmits the calling phone identification information to the server when accessing the server,
When the server transmits the phone book screen information to the accessing calling party telephone, the server extracts the called party identification information corresponding to the group corresponding to the calling party telephone identification information received from the accessing calling party telephone. Create and send phone book screen information,
A telephone communication system.

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