JP2011228839A - Communication system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To quickly inform a user of an originating terminal about a state in which a destination terminal is ready to communicate, not depending on an act of a user of the destination terminal.SOLUTION: A communication system comprises a terminal; a base station which communicates with the terminal; and a management device which is connected to a base station and determines whether or not a destination terminal is in an incoming-call rejection state based on information received from the destination terminal through the base station, and when it determines that the incoming-call rejection state of the destination terminal is canceled, sends incoming-call rejection state cancellation information indicating such situation to an originating terminal through the base station. The originating terminal displays the incoming-call rejection cancellation information when it receives the incoming-call rejection cancellation information.

Description

  The present invention relates to a communication system.

  Conventionally, in a mobile communication system, when a user of a mobile terminal does not want to receive a call, the user sets a drive mode on the mobile terminal and sets an arbitrary telephone number as a call rejection of the mobile terminal. The incoming call was rejected. For example, as a portable terminal capable of setting the above-described telephone number to reject incoming calls, the following Patent Document 1 can set incoming call rejection settings according to the location of the recipient and various situations assumed by the recipient himself / herself. A portable terminal whose setting value is automatically changed is disclosed.

JP 2005-101819 A

  However, even if the user of the receiving terminal cancels the drive mode or the incoming call rejection setting and becomes communicable, the user of the calling terminal knows that the receiving terminal has returned to the communicable state. Can not. In other words, there is a problem that the user of the caller terminal cannot immediately know that the callee terminal can communicate without depending on the action of the user of the callee terminal.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described circumstances, and allows the user of the calling terminal to immediately know that the receiving terminal has become communicable without depending on the act of the receiving terminal user. Objective.

  In order to achieve the above object, in the present invention, as a first solving means related to a communication system, a terminal, a base station communicating with the terminal, a base station connected to the base station, Based on the information received via the terminal, it is determined whether or not the incoming terminal is in an incoming call rejection state, and if it is determined that the incoming call rejection state of the incoming terminal is released, the incoming call rejection release information indicating that is received in the base station And a management device that transmits the message to the caller terminal, and the caller terminal adopts means for displaying the incoming call rejection cancellation information when receiving the incoming call rejection cancellation information.

  In the present invention, as a second solving means relating to the communication system, in the first solving means, when the receiving terminal cancels the incoming call rejection state, the communication standard is set to the management device via the base station. When the communication apparatus receives the communication standard information, the management apparatus transmits the communication standard information to the transmitting terminal via the base station, and the transmitting terminal transmits the communication standard information. When the standard information is received, means for displaying the communication standard information is adopted.

  In the present invention, as a third solving means related to the communication system, in the first or second solving means, the receiving terminal determines the communication stability based on the radio field strength, the moving speed and the position information of the own terminal. When calculating and canceling the incoming call rejection state, the communication stability information indicating the communication stability is transmitted to the management device via the base station, and when the management device receives the communication stability information, The communication stability information is transmitted to the originating terminal via the base station, and the originating terminal displays the communication stability information when the communication stability information is received.

  In the present invention, as a fourth solving means related to the communication system, in any one of the first to third solving means, when the receiving terminal cancels the incoming call rejection state, the management apparatus is configured via the base station. When the battery level information is received, the management device transmits the battery level information to the caller terminal via the base station. And the said transmission side terminal employ | adopts the means of displaying the said battery remaining charge information, if the said battery remaining charge information is received.

  In the present invention, as a fifth solving means relating to the communication system, in any one of the first to fourth solving means, the management device is configured such that when the oscillation side terminal transmits to the receiving side terminal, When it is determined that the incoming terminal is in an incoming call rejection state, incoming call rejection information indicating the fact is transmitted to the outgoing call terminal via the base station, and the outgoing call terminal receives the incoming call rejection information. Then, a means of displaying the incoming call rejection information is adopted.

  In the present invention, as a sixth solving means relating to the communication system, in the first to fifth solving means, the incoming call rejection state is a drive mode setting state or a designated incoming call rejection state. adopt.

  According to the present invention, the management device determines whether or not the receiving terminal is in an incoming call rejection state, and determines that the incoming call rejection state of the incoming call terminal is released, the incoming call rejection cancellation information indicating that is sent to the base station. When receiving the incoming call rejection release information, the outgoing call terminal displays the incoming call rejection cancellation information. Thus, the user of the caller terminal can immediately know that the callee terminal can communicate without depending on the user's action of the callee terminal.

1 is a system configuration diagram of a communication system A according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a functional block diagram of the receiving side terminal 3 which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows operation | movement of the transmission side terminal 1, the 1st base station 2, the receiving side terminal 3, the 2nd base station 4, and the management apparatus 5 of the receiving side terminal 3 which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the display based on the incoming call rejection information of the receiving side terminal 3 of the communication system A which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the display based on the drive mode cancellation | release information and terminal information of the receiving side terminal 3 of the communication system A which concerns on embodiment of this invention.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
As shown in FIG. 1, the communication system A according to the present embodiment includes a transmitting terminal 1, a first base station 2, a receiving terminal 3, a second base station 4, a management device 5, and a GPS (Global Positioning System). ) Satellite 6 (positioning artificial satellite).

The originating terminal 1 is a mobile phone that is located in the cell of the first base station 2 and performs voice communication or data communication by transmitting and receiving signals to and from the first base station 2 based on a predetermined communication method. is there.
The first base station 2 is arranged at a predetermined interval from the second base station 4 and other base stations (not shown), and transmits and receives signals to and from the originating terminal 1 in the assigned cell.

The receiving terminal 3 is a mobile phone that is located in the cell of the second base station 4 and performs voice communication or data communication by transmitting and receiving signals to and from the second base station 4 based on a predetermined communication method. is there.
The second base station 4 is arranged at a predetermined interval from the first base station 2 and other base stations (not shown), and transmits and receives signals to and from the called terminal 3 in the assigned cell.

The management device 5 is connected to the first base station 2 and the second base station 4, stores the location registration information of the transmission side terminal 1 and the reception side terminal 3, and transmits from the transmission side terminal 1 to the reception side terminal 3. Is notified via the first base station 2, the second base station 4 is caused to make a call to the receiving terminal 3 based on the location registration information. In addition, the management device 5 also stores information for each terminal other than the location registration information.
The GPS satellite 6 is an orbiting satellite that orbits the earth along the satellite orbit, and transmits a positioning signal.

Next, the configuration of the receiving terminal 3 will be described. As shown in FIG. 2, the receiving terminal 3 includes an antenna 11, a transmission / reception unit 12, a radio wave intensity detection unit 13, a positioning unit 14, a speed calculation unit 15, a communication stability determination unit 16, a battery monitoring unit 17, and a display unit 18. The operation unit 19 and the control unit 20 are provided.
The antenna 11 transmits the transmission signal input from the transmission / reception unit 12 as a radio wave, and outputs the received radio wave to the transmission / reception unit 12 as a reception signal. Further, the antenna 11 outputs the radio wave received from the GPS satellite 6 to the transmission / reception unit 12 as a positioning signal.

  The transmission / reception unit 12 modulates the digital transmission signal input from the control unit to generate a transmission signal, outputs the transmission signal to the antenna 11, and demodulates the reception signal input from the antenna 11 to demodulate the digital reception signal And the digital reception signal is output to the radio wave intensity detection unit 13 and the control unit 20. In addition, the transmission / reception unit 12 demodulates the positioning signal input from the antenna 11 to generate a digital positioning signal, and outputs the digital positioning signal to the positioning unit 14.

The radio wave intensity detection unit 13 detects the intensity of the radio wave received from the second base station 4 based on the digital reception signal input from the transmission / reception unit 12, and transmits the radio wave intensity information indicating the radio wave intensity to the communication stability determination unit 16. Output.
The positioning unit 14 measures the position of the receiving terminal 3 based on the digital positioning signal input from the transmission / reception unit 12 and outputs the position information to the speed calculation unit 15.
The speed calculation unit 15 calculates the moving speed of the receiving terminal 3 from the position information input from the positioning unit 14, and outputs the moving speed information indicating the moving speed together with the position information to the communication stability determination unit 16.

The communication stability determination unit 16 makes a composite determination of the radio wave intensity information input from the radio wave intensity detection unit 13 and the moving speed information and position information input from the speed calculation unit 15, so that the receiving terminal 3 is stable. The communication stability indicating that the mobile station is within a specific base station area is calculated, and the communication stability information is output to the control unit 20. For example, the communication stability determination unit 16 first calculates the communication stability based on the radio wave intensity information, and determines that the vehicle is moving at high speed based on the movement speed information or based on the movement path estimated from the position information. The communication stability is lowered when it is determined that the communication is within the communication range.
The battery monitoring unit 17 monitors a battery (not shown) installed in the receiving terminal 3 and detects its remaining amount. Based on the remaining battery level, the battery monitoring unit 17 can be used in a standby state and in a call state. The usable time is calculated, and both usable times are output to the control unit 20 as remaining battery information indicating the remaining battery power.

The display unit 18 is a liquid crystal monitor, for example, and displays various screens including images and characters based on signals input from the control unit 20.
The operation unit 19 includes various operation keys such as a power key, a numeric keypad, and various function keys. A user's operation instruction for these operation keys is output to the control unit 20.

  The control unit 20 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a ROM (Read Only Memory), and a RAM (Random Access Memory). The control program stored in the ROM and a digital reception signal input from the transmission / reception unit 12 are provided. The overall operation of the receiving terminal 3 is controlled based on the communication stability information input from the communication stability determination unit 16, the remaining battery level information input from the battery monitoring unit 17, and the operation instruction received by the operation unit 19. The details of the processing executed by the control unit 20 will be described as the operation of the receiving terminal 3 below.

Next, operations of the transmitting terminal 1, the first base station 2, the receiving terminal 3, the second base station 4, and the management device 5 of the communication system A will be described with reference to FIG.
[Step S1]
In step S <b> 1, when the receiving terminal 3 enters the drive mode setting state (incoming call rejection state), the receiving side terminal 3 notifies the management device 5 via the second base station 4 that the drive mode is set. Step S1 will be described in detail. First, when the operation unit 19 receives a drive mode setting instruction, the control unit 20 of the receiving terminal 3 enters the drive mode setting state and drives toward the second base station 4. The mode setting notification information is transmitted to the transmission / reception unit 12. When receiving the drive mode setting notification information from the receiving terminal 3, the second base station 4 transmits the drive mode setting notification information to the management device 5. When receiving the drive mode setting notification information from the second base station 4, the management device 5 registers that the drive mode is set in the receiving terminal 3 based on the drive mode setting notification information.

[Step S2]
When step S1 ends, next, in step S2, when the transmission side terminal 1 accepts a transmission instruction to the reception side terminal 3 (here, it is assumed that communication with voice is transmitted), the transmission side terminal 1 executes transmission to the reception side terminal 3 . Step S2 will be described in detail. First, when the transmission side terminal 1 accepts a transmission instruction to the reception side terminal 3, it transmits a transmission signal to the first base station 2. When the first base station 2 receives the transmission signal from the transmission side terminal 1, the first base station 2 transmits the transmission signal toward the management device 5. When receiving a transmission signal from the first base station 2, the management device 5 determines whether or not the receiving-side terminal 3 that is the transmission destination is in the drive mode setting state. Here, the management apparatus 5 determines that the receiving terminal 3 is in the drive mode setting state. And the management apparatus 5 preserve | saves the transmission record which shows that the incoming call with respect to the receiving side terminal 3 cannot be performed, since it is a drive mode setting state.

[Step S3]
When step S2 is completed, next, in step S3, the management apparatus 5 sends incoming call rejection information indicating that voice communication to the called terminal 3 is rejected to the first base station 2 because it is in the drive mode setting state. To the originating terminal 1 via Step S3 will be specifically described. First, the management device 5 transmits incoming call rejection information to the first base station 2. When receiving the incoming call rejection information from the management device 5, the first base station 2 transmits the incoming call rejection information to the originating terminal 1. Upon receiving the incoming call rejection information, the calling terminal 1 displays “call destination name”, “call impossible (drive mode)”, and “data communication available” (see FIG. 4) based on the incoming call rejection information. “Destination name” indicates the name of the user of the receiving terminal 3. “Call impossible (drive mode)” indicates that voice communication is impossible because the receiving terminal 3 is in the drive mode setting state. “Data communication is possible” indicates that data communication such as electronic mail is possible.

[Step S4]
When step S3 ends, and then in step S4, when the receiving terminal 3 cancels the drive mode, terminal information indicating the state of the receiving terminal 3 is displayed together with drive mode cancellation information indicating that the drive mode has been canceled. 2 to the management device 5 via the two base stations 4. The terminal information is composed of communication standard information of the receiving terminal 3, the above-described communication stability information, and battery remaining amount information. Step S4 will be described in detail. First, when the operation unit 19 accepts the drive mode cancel instruction, the control unit 20 of the receiving terminal 3 cancels the drive mode and drives the drive mode toward the second base station 4. The release information and the terminal information are transmitted to the transmission / reception unit 12.
When receiving the drive mode release information and the terminal information from the receiving terminal 3, the second base station 4 transmits the drive mode release information and the terminal information to the management device 5. When receiving the drive mode release information and the terminal information from the second base station 4, the management device 5 registers that the drive mode of the receiving terminal 3 has been released based on the drive mode release information and stores the terminal information To do.

[Step S5]
When step S4 ends, next in step S5, the management device 5 determines that the drive mode of the receiving terminal 3 has been released based on the drive mode release information, and drives mode release information (incoming call rejection release information) and the terminal Information is transmitted via the first base station 2 to the originating terminal 1 that cannot receive incoming calls from the outgoing record. Step S5 will be specifically described. First, the management device 5 transmits drive mode release information and terminal information to the first base station 2. When receiving the drive mode release information and the terminal information from the management device 5, the first base station 2 transmits the drive mode release information and the terminal information to the transmission side terminal 1. Upon receiving the drive mode release information and the terminal information, the transmission side terminal 1 displays “destination name”, “callable”, “data communication available” based on the drive mode release information, and “ “Communication standard: LTE (communication speed: high)”, “communication stability: high” and “remaining battery: remaining standby time 10h remaining call time 2h” (see FIG. 5) are displayed.

  “Destination name” indicates the name of the user of the receiving terminal 3. “Call possible” indicates that voice communication is possible because the receiving terminal 3 is released from the drive mode. “Data communication is possible” indicates that data communication such as electronic mail is possible. “Communication standard: LTE (communication speed: high)” indicates that the communication standard of the receiving terminal 3 is LTE (Long Term Evolution) and the communication speed is high. For example, W-CDMA or the like is displayed as a communication standard in addition to LTE. Thereby, the user of the transmission side terminal 1 can determine whether or not communication with a large amount of data can be performed with the reception side terminal 3 based on the display. Further, the communication speed may be expressed by the number of gauges, figures, or numbers in addition to the character string as shown in FIG. “Battery level: remaining standby time 10h remaining call time 2h” indicates the remaining battery level of the receiving terminal 3 and is the remaining battery level for 10 hours in the standby state of the receiving terminal 3; It shows that the usable time in is the remaining battery capacity of 2 hours.

[Step S6]
When step S5 is completed, in step S6, the receiving terminal 3 periodically transmits terminal information together with the drive mode release information to the management device 5 via the second base station 4.
[Step S7]
When step S6 ends, in step S7, the management device 5 periodically transmits drive mode release information and terminal information to the transmitting terminal 1 via the first base station 2, and the transmitting terminal 1 When the drive mode release information and the terminal information are received, the display shown in FIG. 5 is updated based on the drive mode release information and the terminal information. For this reason, the user of the transmission side terminal 1 can confirm terminal information at any time.
Thereafter, when a call from the calling terminal 1 to the receiving terminal 3 is executed, the receiving terminal 3 receives the call via the first base station 2, the management device 5, and the second base station 4.

  As described above, in this embodiment, the management device 5 determines whether or not the receiving terminal 3 is in the drive mode setting state (incoming call rejection state), and the drive mode setting state of the receiving terminal 3 is released. When the determination is made, drive mode release information indicating that is transmitted to the caller side terminal 1 via the first base station 2, and when the caller side terminal 1 receives the drive mode release information, the drive mode release information is transmitted. indicate. Thereby, the user of the caller terminal can immediately know that the callee terminal 3 can communicate without depending on the user's action of the callee terminal.

As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described, this invention is not limited to the said embodiment, For example, the following modifications can be considered.
(1) In the above embodiment, the operation shown in FIG. 3 is executed when the receiving terminal 3 is in the drive mode setting state, but the present invention is not limited to this.
For example, when the receiving terminal 3 is in the designated incoming call rejection state, the same operation as in FIG. 3 may be executed. The designated incoming call rejection state is an incoming call rejection state such as telephone number designation, address book designation, designation other than address book designation, or non-notification designation.

(2) In the above embodiment, the receiving terminal 3 transmits the usable time as the battery remaining amount information, but the present invention is not limited to this.
For example, the receiving terminal 3 may transmit the remaining battery level detected by the battery monitoring unit 17 as it is to the management device 5 as remaining battery level information. When receiving the battery remaining amount information, the transmitting side terminal 1 may represent the remaining battery amount with a number, a character string, or the number of figures based on the remaining battery amount information.

A ... communication system, 1 ... outgoing terminal, 2 ... first base station, 3 ... receiving terminal, 4 ... second base station, 5 ... management device, 6 ... GPS satellite, 11 ... antenna, 12 ... transmission / reception , 13 ... Radio field intensity detection unit, 14 ... Positioning unit, 15 ... Speed calculation unit, 16 ... Communication stability determination unit, 17 ... Battery monitoring unit, 18 ... Display unit, 19 ... Operation unit, 20 ... Control unit

Claims (6)

A terminal,
A base station communicating with the terminal;
Connected to the base station, determines whether the receiving terminal is in an incoming call rejection state based on information received from the receiving terminal via the base station, and the incoming call rejection state of the incoming terminal is released And a management device that transmits incoming call rejection cancellation information indicating that to the caller terminal via the base station,
When the caller terminal receives the incoming call rejection cancellation information, the caller terminal displays the incoming call rejection cancellation information. The terminating terminal transmits communication standard information indicating a communication standard to the management device via the base station when the incoming call rejection state is canceled,
The management device, upon receiving the communication standard information, transmits the communication standard information to the transmitting terminal via the base station,
2. The communication system according to claim 1, wherein the communication terminal displays the communication standard information when receiving the communication standard information. The receiving terminal calculates the communication stability based on the radio field strength, moving speed, and position information of the terminal itself, and cancels the incoming call rejection state, and then increases the communication stability toward the management device via the base station. Send communication stability information
When the management device receives the communication stability information, the management device transmits the communication stability information to the transmitting terminal via the base station,
3. The communication system according to claim 1, wherein the transmission side terminal displays the communication stability information when receiving the communication stability information. 4. When the incoming call terminal cancels the incoming call rejection state, it transmits battery remaining amount information indicating the remaining battery amount to the management device via the base station,
The management device, upon receiving the battery remaining amount information, transmits the battery remaining amount information to the transmitting terminal via the base station,
The communication system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the call-out side terminal displays the remaining battery level information when receiving the remaining battery level information. When the oscillation side terminal makes a call to the receiving side terminal and determines that the receiving side terminal is in an incoming call rejection state, the management device sends incoming call rejection information indicating that fact via the base station. Send it to the other device,
The communication system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the call-out terminal displays the incoming call rejection information when receiving the incoming call rejection information. The communication system according to claim 1, wherein the incoming call rejection state is a drive mode setting state or a designated incoming call rejection state.

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