JP3156816B2 - Communication system and transmission / reception control method - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a communication system and a transmission / reception control method in which a caller can easily communicate without being aware of terminal device identification information (telephone number and the like) of a callee to be a communication partner. is there.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional communication system, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, a telephone number is required for outgoing telephone calls, and a mail address or a system-specific user is required for outgoing telephone calls. An ID number assigned by the system, such as an ID, is required. Furthermore, these connection procedures, that is, outgoing / incoming / outgoing call control methods are completely different between telephone and mail.

[0003] Further, a telephone directory database for storing user information in a center rather than in a terminal device has been widely used.
A telephone number or a mail address can be searched from the name of the destination user or the like, thereby simplifying communication.

[0004]

However, in the conventional communication system described above, it is difficult for a person to memorize the number information of each terminal device, and the caller records the number information of the destination user individually. It was very time-consuming to check before calling. Further, this number information does not indicate the current position of the destination user, and if the destination user is absent with this information alone, there is a possibility that the communication may end incompletely.

[0005] On the other hand, even in the case of a conventional telephone directory database in which user information is stored not in the terminal device but in the center, it is only possible to search for a telephone number or an e-mail address from the name or the like of the destination user. The connection (communication) procedure with the user also differs depending on services such as telephone, facsimile, e-mail, and the like, and the caller has to reconnect with attention to services available to the destination user.

[0006] In addition, most of the conventional incoming calls are notified by a ringing tone or the like. In this case, the caller cannot be identified until the actual call is made.

Similarly, ISDN or the like can identify the caller at the time of the incoming call, that is, display the telephone number of the caller. However, since the network can recognize only the telephone number which is the terminal identification ID, the terminal device is actually used. It is not possible to add information that can uniquely identify the calling user, and it is necessary to confirm the caller after receiving the call.

[0008] Further, in the case of mail, the notification of arrival of a new mail or notification of the number of new mails is almost common, and the mail address is unknown until the mail is actually received. The addition of the signature allows the caller to be identified. The notification procedure in this case is different between mail and telephone. Furthermore, since a telephone is notified using a telephone number and a mail is notified using a mail address, it is necessary to have a plurality of connection destination number information in the terminal device for each service.

In view of the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a communication system and an outgoing / incoming call control method which can easily perform outgoing / incoming calls.

[0010]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, a plurality of terminal devices and a user information storage device connectable to the plurality of terminal devices via a network are provided. A communication system for performing communication between at least two terminal devices, wherein the user information storage device communicates with a communication service requested by a caller and a communication at the time of an incoming call.
Communication service that transitions in combination with the
Information storing means for storing user information including automatic switching information for determining a service corresponding to each of a plurality of users , wherein the network receives the information when a call request is issued from the terminal device. Information control means for transmitting the user information stored in the storage means to the transmission request terminal device; and a communication service for starting a communication service based on the user information selected from the transmission request terminal device.
Service activation means, and connection control means for connecting the call requesting terminal device to a communication target terminal device corresponding to the user information by the communication service , wherein the terminal device includes a plurality of pieces of user information received from the network. A communication system having a communication target selection unit for selecting a communication target user from the following is proposed.

According to a second aspect, in the communication system according to the first aspect, the terminal device has personal identification information transmitting means for transmitting personal identification information of a user using the terminal device to the network. In addition, the present invention proposes a communication system in which the connection control unit includes a user information transmitting unit that transmits user information of a user using a transmission request terminal device to the terminal device to be called.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the communication system according to the first or second aspect, the user information includes a photograph of the face of the user, and the terminal device has display means for displaying the photograph of the face. We propose an existing communication system.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the communication system according to the third aspect, wherein the user information transmitted from the network to the call requesting terminal at the time of a call request is a face photograph.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the communication system according to the first aspect, the user information storage device includes personal identification information for identifying a terminal device user as user information, and terminal device information usable by the user. And connect to the terminal device
The automatic switching information including connection conditions for performing the connection is stored, and the network is configured to perform another reception according to the state of the user and the terminal device to be received based on the automatic switching information .
A communication system having a connection switching unit is proposed in which a terminal of a communication service is selected to switch a connection destination .

Further, according to claim 6, a plurality of terminal devices,
In a calling / call control method for controlling communication between the terminal devices in a network including a user information storage device for storing user information of the terminal device, a user of the terminal device is provided with a communication service requested by a caller. Communication server for incoming calls
Communication service that transitions depending on the combination of the service status
The user information including the automatic switching information for determining the user information is registered in the user information storage device in advance , and at the time of calling, the user information storage device is connected to the calling terminal device and stored in the user information storage device. the user information is transmitted to the calling terminal device, the calling terminal device determines the communication target of the user based on the user information acquired based on the user information of the user the determined, the network said Communication server registered in user information
We propose a method for controlling incoming and outgoing calls to receive a terminal device registered in the user information using a service.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the outgoing / incoming call control method according to the sixth aspect, at the time of the outgoing call, personal identification information of a user of the outgoing terminal device is transmitted from the outgoing terminal device to the network. A transmission / reception control method for transmitting personal identification information to a receiving terminal device is proposed.

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, in the outgoing / incoming call control method according to the sixth aspect, the user information includes a face photograph of the user as personal identification information. And the transmitting terminal device proposes an outgoing / incoming call control method of determining a communication target user based on the acquired face photograph of the user.

[0018] According to claim 9, in sending and receiving control method according to claim 6, as the user information, including a terminal device available at least the user, the connection conditions for connecting to the user terminal device The automatic switching information
DOO is registered, another communication service in accordance with the state of the user and the called terminal device based on the connection condition at the time of calling
An outgoing / incoming call control method for automatically determining an incoming terminal device of a service is proposed.

[0019]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, a message requested by the senders of a plurality of users is transmitted to the information storage means of the user information storage device.
Combination of communication service and state of communication service when receiving call
Switching to determine the communication service to transition to
When the user information including the information is stored and the transmission request is issued from the terminal device, the user information stored in the information storage unit is transmitted to the transmission request terminal device by the information control unit of the network. Thus, in the terminal device, a communication target user is selected from the plurality of pieces of user information received from the network by the communication target selection unit. Further, when a user to be communicated is selected by the outgoing call requesting terminal device, the communication service activation means of the network activates the selected user .
Communication service based on user's automatic switching information starts
And the connection control means starts the activation based on the user information selected from the call requesting terminal device.
The calling request terminal device uses the activated communication service for a communication target terminal device corresponding to the selected communication service.
It is connected to Te.

According to the second aspect, the personal identification information transmitting means of the terminal device transmits the personal identification information of the user using the terminal device to the network, and the user information transmitting means of the network. By
The user information of the user using the transmission request terminal device is transmitted to the terminal device to be called.

According to the third aspect, the user information includes a face photograph of the user, and the face photograph can be displayed by the display means of the terminal device.

Further, according to the present invention, at the time of a call request, face pictures of a plurality of users are transmitted from the network to the call requesting terminal, and the terminal device receives the face pictures of the plurality of users received from the network. The user to be communicated is selected.

Further, according to claim 5, the user information storage device stores personal identification information for identifying a terminal device user as user information, terminal device information that can be used by the user , Automatic switching information including connection conditions for connection is accumulated, and the terminal device to be called is automatically selected by the connection switching means of the network based on the automatic switching information. As a result, a plurality of terminal devices, for example, a plurality of terminal devices such as a telephone, a facsimile, and a personal computer, are registered as available terminal device information. By doing so, the receiving terminal device is automatically switched.

According to the sixth aspect, the communication service requested by the caller and the communication at the time of the incoming call are made by the user of the terminal device.
Communication service that transitions in combination with the
The user information including the automatic switching information for determining the service is registered in the user information storage device in advance , and at the time of calling, the user stored in the user information storage device by connecting the user information storage device to the transmitting terminal device. Information is transmitted to the originating terminal. Thereafter, a user to be communicated is determined by the calling terminal device based on the acquired user information, and is used for communication by the network based on the determined user information of the user.
The communication service is automatically determined and the determined
An incoming call is received at a terminal device registered in the user information corresponding to the communication service .

According to the present invention, the personal identification information of the user of the transmission terminal device is transmitted from the transmission terminal device to the network at the time of the transmission, and the personal identification information is transmitted to the reception terminal device by the network. Sent.

According to the present invention, the user information includes a face picture of the user as personal identification information, and at the time of calling, the face picture of the user is transmitted to the calling terminal device, and The apparatus determines a user to be communicated based on the acquired face photograph of the user.

Furthermore, automatic according to claim 9, in which as the user information, including the connection condition for at least the user connects to the terminal device and the user terminal devices available
The switching information is registered, and at the time of calling, the receiving terminal device is automatically determined based on the connection conditions. As a result, a plurality of terminal devices, for example, a plurality of devices such as a telephone, a facsimile, a personal computer, etc., are registered as available terminal device information, and connection conditions such as connecting to e-mail while the telephone is in use are registered. As a result, the receiving terminal device is automatically switched.

[0028]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a communication system according to one embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, 1 is a user information storage device, 2 is a network, 3-1 to 3-n (n is a natural number)
Is a terminal device, and 4 is an information line (Ethernet or the like).

The user information storage device 1 mainly includes a computer and a storage device.
And an information storage control unit 12. The information storage processing unit 11 includes user information of the users of the terminal devices 3-1 to 3-n via the information storage control unit 12, and each of the terminal devices 3-1 to 3-n.
Information is registered and stored.

As shown in FIG. 4, the user information includes the name of each user, personal identification ID of the user, personal identification information such as a face photograph, and the communication service requested by the caller as shown in FIG. The automatic switching information is registered in a matrix in which the service state of the communication partner (callee) is described in a matrix having both sides of the service state of the communication partner. As the terminal device information, as shown in FIG. 6, terminal information such as a terminal device ID and a terminal type, and service type information such as a telephone number, a mail address, and a FAX number are registered.

The network 2 includes a service control unit 21
And a service execution unit 22 corresponding to the form of a terminal device, for example, a form such as telephone, mail, and facsimile.

The terminal devices 3-1 to 3-n are, for example, personal computers or the like, and include an information transmitting / receiving unit 31, a control unit 32, an execution unit 33, an input unit 34, an output unit 35 having a display device, and a storage unit 36. And these are connected by a bus.

In the communication system of this embodiment having the above-described configuration, the caller and the callee particularly register their own user information in the user information storage device 1 in advance, and transmit the user information necessary for making and receiving calls. Is transmitted from the user information storage device 1 to the terminal devices 3-1 to 3-n, and the terminal devices 3-1 to 3-n that have received the information display the user information on the output unit 35 so that the sender Uses any terminal device 3-1 to 3-n to easily select a desired communication partner (recipient) based on personal identification information such as a face photograph and the like, and personal identification ID of the desired communication partner (recipient). To the user information storage device 1,
By converting the personal identification ID to the terminal identification ID currently used, and converting the terminal identification ID to physical connection destination information unique to a plurality of services available in the present system, the caller can communicate with the communication partner ( It is possible to select a desired communication partner (recipient) without being conscious of the service used by the recipient (recipient), and the recipient can similarly identify the sender.

Next, the details of the transmission / reception control method of the communication system according to the present embodiment having the above-described configuration will be described with reference to FIGS.
It will be described based on. The users of the terminal devices 3-1 to 3-n need to know in advance a face photograph, a name, service selection information according to the state of the user (such as sending to a fax when busy / absent), available service information (mail Is transmitted from the terminal device 3 (such as a personal computer) to the information storage control unit 12 of the user information storage device 1 via the information line 4 as own user information.

Terminal devices 3-1 to 3 used in the present system
-N is registered in advance in the user information storage device 1 together with the terminal identification ID so that it can be compared with the physical connection destination number information (telephone number, mail ID, FAX number, etc.) unique to a plurality of services available in this system. . Also, the information storage processing unit 11 stores the user information of all users received by the information storage control unit 12 as physical connection destination number information (telephone number, mail address, etc.) which can be recognized by the network 2 (exchange device, mail center, etc.). ) Is registered in the comparison table which can be converted to).

At the time of outgoing call, before the user makes an outgoing call, as shown in FIG.
The user inputs his / her own personal identification ID from 1 and declares (logs in) the personal identification ID to the user information storage device 1 together with the terminal identification ID.

Next, the sender is the output unit 3 of the terminal device 3-1.
From the selection conditions of the communication partner (recipient) displayed in 5, a corresponding one is selected. The control unit 32 of the terminal device 3 sends the user information (face photograph, name, personal identification) of the user corresponding to the condition selected by the caller to the information storage control unit 12 of the user information storage device 1 via the information transmitting / receiving unit 31. ID, etc.) to the terminal device 3-1.

As a result, the information storage processing unit 12 searches for user information that satisfies the above conditions, and transmits the search result to the terminal device 3-1.

The terminal device 3 receives the user information corresponding to the condition through the information transmitting / receiving section 31 and displays a list of face pictures and names as the user information of the corresponding communication partner (recipient) candidates on the output section 35.

The sender selects a communication partner (recipient) to be transmitted based on the displayed face photograph, and the input unit 34 of the terminal device 3-1 uses the personal identification ID of the communication partner (recipient) selected by the sender. To get. As a result, the caller can easily make a call without checking the physical destination number of the communication partner.

Thereafter, the control unit 32 of the terminal device 3-1 adds the personal identification ID of the selected communication partner and instructs the network 2 to make a call.

The service control unit 21 of the network 2
Based on the personal identification ID of the designated communication partner, the user information storage device 1 stores service selection information (e.g., sending an e-mail when busy / absent) according to the service status of the communication partner and a terminal that the communication partner can use. Queries device information (no PC, but fax, etc.) and, based on the information obtained as a result, a format in which the physical connection destination number information of the communication partner (recipient) can be recognized by the service available to the communication partner Then, the service execution unit 22 is notified, and the service execution unit 22 such as a telephone network or a mail network is instructed to start the service according to the service status of the communication partner and the available terminal device. As a result, voice is transmitted via the telephone network, and data is transmitted via the mail network.

At the time of an incoming call, as shown in FIG.
Send an incoming call notification with user information, such as a caller's face photo and name, to -n. Thereby, the receiving terminal device 3-n
Receives the caller's user information in the information transmitting / receiving unit 31 and displays an incoming call notification with the caller's user information such as the caller's face photograph and name on the output unit 35. Therefore, the terminal device 3-
n can display the user information of the caller on the output unit 35 without having the user information by itself, so that the receiver can send the call when receiving an incoming call even when using any of the terminal devices 3-1 to 3-n. Can be immediately recognized.

As a network, for example, FIG.
The user information is transmitted by Ethernet like
Information such as AX is analog or digital telephone network, FA
Another network such as transmission via the X network may be used, or all information may be handled by the ISDN network as shown in FIG.

Next, automatic terminal switching at the time of an incoming call in this embodiment will be described. First, based on FIG. 11, a description will be given of an example of the busy mail switching control. When the user of the terminal device B makes a setting in the mail service execution unit 22 of the network 2 so as to automatically switch to the mail when the terminal B is receiving a call or when the terminal is busy, the mail is sent immediately after the setting. A notification of the completion of the setting is transmitted from the service execution unit to the terminal device B.

Thereafter, when the user of the terminal device B searches for the transmission destination, and designates the terminal device C as the transmission destination from the search result and makes a call, the service control unit 21 of the network 2 sets The user information storage device 1 is inquired about the terminal information and service information of C. As a result, the service control unit 21 sends, from the user information storage device 1,
While the terminal telephone is idle, the result of the incoming call during idle is obtained, and the connection between the terminal devices B and C is instructed to the telephone service execution unit.

Upon receiving the connection instruction, the telephone service execution unit
An incoming notification request is made to the user information storage device 1 and a connection completion notification is transmitted to the service control unit 21. As a result, the service control unit 21 transmits an incoming call notification to the terminal device C, transmits a connection completion notification to the terminal device B, and the terminal device B and the terminal device C are busy.

While the terminal devices B and C are busy, the user of the terminal device A searches for a call destination, and calls the terminal device B by designating the terminal device B as the call destination from the search result. In this case, the service control unit 21 queries the user information storage device 1 for terminal information and service information of the terminal device B. Accordingly, the service control unit 21 obtains the result of the terminal mail busy / busy mail switching from the user information storage device 1 and transmits a mail transmission processing instruction to the terminal device B to the mail service execution unit 22. Thereafter, the service control unit 21 sends the mail O from the mail service execution unit 22.
Upon receiving the response of K, the terminal device A transmits a mail transmission processing instruction to the terminal device B. As a result, the user of the terminal device A sends a mail to the terminal device B to the mail service execution unit. As a result, a call received while the terminal device B is busy is automatically switched to mail.

Next, with reference to FIG. 12, a description will be given of an example of a partial FAX switching control at the time of mail broadcasting. Terminal device A
Performs a search for a transmission destination, specifies the terminal devices B and C as transmission destinations from the search result, and simultaneously transmits mail to both of them, the service control unit 21 of the network 2 The user information storage device 1 is inquired of terminal information and service information of the terminal devices B and C. As a result, the service control unit 21 determines from the user information storage device 1 that the connection condition that the terminal FAX is idle and the incoming call can be received during the idle state for the terminal apparatus B, and the terminal PC (personal computer) is idle for the terminal apparatus C As a result of the inquiry, the connection condition that the terminal device is in the idle state and the terminal can be received during the idle is obtained, and the connection between the terminal device A and the terminal device B is instructed to the FAX service execution unit.

The FAX service execution unit that has received the connection instruction transmits a connection completion notification to the service control unit 21. Upon receiving this, the service control unit 21 transmits a connection completion notification to the terminal device B, and the terminal device B enters a fax reception state.

Further, the service control unit 21 transmits a mail transmission processing instruction to the terminal device C to the mail service execution unit, and upon receiving a mail OK response from the mail service execution unit, sends the mail transmission processing instruction to the terminal device C. Transmit to terminal device A. The terminal device A that has received the message transmits a mail to the terminal device C, and the mail service execution unit that has received the mail transmits an incoming notification request to the user information storage device 1. As a result, an incoming call notification is transmitted from the user information storage device 1 to the terminal device C.
As a result, even if the terminal B is idle only for facsimile, the mail to the terminal B is automatically sent to the terminal B.
Is received by FAX.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, user information such as a face photograph capable of individually identifying each user is stored in the user information storage device 1, and the destination selection at the time of calling is performed using the user information. By displaying a caller or a caller at the time of an incoming call, the storage capacity of the terminal device for storing user information can be reduced.

In this way, the telephone number and the mail address of the communication partner (recipient) such as the telephone number and the mail address of the communication partner are recorded at the time of making a telephone call or sending a mail, and there is no need to check before calling and an intuitive face photograph By operation, it is possible to easily specify the destination of a telephone call or mail transmission and make a call to the destination.

Further, by simply designating the communication partner (recipient), the service status of the communication partner (absence or busy, etc.) and the terminal device available to the other party (eg, there is no personal computer but only a facsimile, etc.) The network 2 can automatically determine and connect without being aware of this.

Further, even when a call is received or a mail is notified, the caller's face photo and name can be displayed on the receiving terminal, so that the caller can make outgoing calls before actually talking or checking the contents of the mail. A caller can be easily recognized without performing a task for recognizing a caller, the priority of an incoming call can be instantaneously determined, and the same user can be realized using an arbitrary terminal device. .

Furthermore, even if a personal computer, a telephone with a display function, or the like is used as the terminal device of the system, and the number of terminal devices does not match the number of users, user information can be displayed on any terminal device. Can be realized economically.

[0058]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, when a user to be communicated is selected from a plurality of pieces of user information received from a network, the selected user information is added to the selected user information. Since the terminal device requesting the transmission is connected to the communication target terminal device corresponding to the user information, the user requesting the transmission can communicate with the communication partner (recipient) at the time of telephone call or mail transmission. Record user's number information such as telephone number and e-mail address, and do not need to check before calling, you can easily specify the destination of outgoing telephone calls and e-mails, and make outgoing calls to the destination by simple operation . Also, just specify the communication partner
Network automatically determines available communication services
Connection, so that the available end of the
Communication can be performed easily without the sender being aware of
Can be. Further, since the user information is collectively stored in the user information storage device, the information storage capacity of each terminal device can be reduced and the cost can be reduced, so that the present communication system can be widely spread. Can be.

According to the second aspect, in addition to the above-described effects, the user information of the user who uses the call requesting terminal device is transmitted to the terminal device to be received, so that the terminal information can be transmitted when the call is received or Even when notifying you of incoming mail, you can easily recognize the caller without having to do the troublesome work of recognizing the caller before actually talking or checking the contents of the mail, and the priority of the incoming call etc. Can be determined instantaneously.

According to the third aspect, the user information includes a photograph of the user's face, and the display means of the terminal device can display the photograph of the user's face.
When confirming the caller, the caller can be intuitively recognized.

According to the fourth aspect, in addition to the above-mentioned effects, a desired destination person can be intuitively recognized when selecting a destination person (callee).

According to the fifth aspect, in addition to the above-mentioned effects, the terminal device to be called is automatically selected by the network connection switching means on the basis of the automatic switching information. A plurality of terminal devices, for example, a plurality of devices such as a plurality of telephones, a facsimile, a personal computer, etc., are stored as device information. Since the receiving terminal device is switched to the other terminal, the caller can determine whether the other party is absent or busy.
It is possible to easily communicate with a desired destination without being conscious of the state or the terminal device available to the destination.

According to the present invention, at the time of calling, the user information stored in the user information storage device is transmitted to the calling terminal device, and the user to be communicated is determined based on the obtained user information. And based on the user information of the determined user, a call is received by the network to the terminal device registered in the user information,
The user making the outgoing call records the user's number information such as the telephone number and e-mail address of the communication partner (recipient) when making a call or sending an e-mail. It is possible to easily specify the destination of a telephone call or mail transmission and make a call to the destination. Also communication
Network is automatically available just by specifying the other party
Can determine the best communication service and connect
That the caller is aware of the available terminal devices of the other party
Communication can be easily performed without any problem.

According to the seventh aspect, in addition to the above effects, the personal identification information of the user using the transmission request terminal device is transmitted to the terminal device to be called.
Even when receiving an incoming call or e-mail notification, you can easily recognize the caller without performing any troublesome work to identify the caller before actually talking or checking the contents of the mail. Can be instantaneously determined.

According to the present invention, in addition to the above-described effects, the user information includes a photograph of the user's face as personal identification information. Is transmitted, and the transmitting terminal device determines a user to be communicated based on the acquired face photograph of the user. Therefore, when selecting a recipient (recipient), a desired recipient is intuitively recognized. can do.

Further, according to the ninth aspect, in addition to the above effects, the terminal device to be called is automatically selected by the network based on the connection condition. A plurality of terminal devices, such as a plurality of telephones, a facsimile, and a personal computer, are registered. When a telephone is in use, by registering connection conditions such as connecting to e-mail, the incoming terminal device is automatically registered. Can be switched so that the caller is not available
Check the service status such as busy or available terminal devices
It is possible to easily communicate with a desired destination without being conscious .

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing a communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a conventional communication system.

FIG. 3 illustrates a conventional communication system.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing information stored in an information storage device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing information stored in an information storage device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing information stored in an information storage device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a view for explaining a calling procedure in one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a view for explaining an incoming call procedure in one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a configuration diagram showing an example in which Ethernet is applied to the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a configuration diagram showing an example in which ISDN is applied to the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating automatic switching at the time of an incoming call according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating automatic switching at the time of an incoming call according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... User information storage device, 11 ... Information storage processing part, 12
... information storage control unit, 2 network, 21 service control unit, 22 service execution unit, 3-1 to 3-n terminal device, 31 information transmission / reception unit, 32 control unit, 33 execution unit, 34 ... input unit, 35 ... output unit, 36 ... storage unit, 4 ...
Information line.

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Claims (9)

(57) [Claims] 1. A communication system, comprising: a plurality of terminal devices; and a user information storage device connectable to the plurality of terminal devices via a network, and performing communication between at least two terminal devices. The information storage device is a communication server required by the sender.
Service and the state of the communication service for incoming calls
Automatic switching to determine the transitioning communication service
Supports user information including information for each of multiple users
Has information storage means for to accumulate, the network, the terminal device when a calling request from the information control means for transmitting the user information stored in said information storage means to the outgoing request terminal Communication service activation means for activating a communication service based on user information selected from the transmission request terminal device; and connecting the transmission request terminal device to a communication target terminal device corresponding to the user information by the communication service. A communication control means for selecting a communication target user from a plurality of pieces of user information received from the network. 2. The terminal device has personal identification information transmitting means for transmitting personal identification information of a user using the terminal device to the network, and the connection control means transmits the personal identification information to the terminal device to be called. 2. The communication system according to claim 1, further comprising user information transmitting means for transmitting user information of a user using the call request terminal device. 3. The communication system according to claim 1, wherein the user information includes a photograph of the face of the user, and the terminal device has display means for displaying the photograph of the face. 4. The communication system according to claim 3, wherein the user information transmitted from the network to the transmission request terminal at the time of the transmission request is a face photograph. 5. The user information storage device, as user information, personal identification information for identifying a terminal device user, terminal device information usable by the user, and connection to the terminal device.
And the automatic switching information including the connection conditions for the connection , and the network performs other communication according to the state of the user and the terminal device to be called based on the automatic switching information.
The communication system according to claim 1, further comprising connection switching means for selecting a terminal device of a communication service and switching a connection destination . 6. An outgoing / incoming call control method for controlling communication between terminal devices in a network including a plurality of terminal devices and a user information storage device for storing user information of the terminal devices, The user can use the communication service requested by the caller.
Service and the state of the communication service at the time of the incoming call
Automatic switching information for determining the transitioning communication service
Pre said user information including broadcast in the user information storage device
Leave because registered, at the time of a transmission, said the originating terminal equipment to connect the user information storage unit transmits the user information stored in the user information storage device to the originating terminal equipment, the originating terminal device won A communication target user is determined based on the user information, and based on the user information of the determined user, the network is a communication service registered in the user information.
A method for controlling incoming / outgoing calls, wherein the incoming call is received at a terminal device registered in the user information by using the above method. 7. The transmitting terminal transmits personal identification information of a user of the transmitting terminal device to the network at the time of calling, and the network transmits the personal identification information to the receiving terminal device. Item 7. A calling / receiving control method according to Item 6. 8. The user information includes a face picture of the user as personal identification information, and transmits a face picture of the user to a transmission terminal device at the time of calling, and the transmission terminal device acquires the face picture of the user. 7. The outgoing / incoming call control method according to claim 6, wherein a user to be communicated is determined based on the following. As claimed in claim 9, wherein the user information, at least the user available to the terminal device, and the automatic switch information including connection conditions for connecting to the user terminal device is registered, the connection at the time of a transmission You on the basis of the conditions
Of other communication services depending on the state of the
7. The outgoing / incoming call control method according to claim 6, wherein the incoming call terminal device is automatically determined.