JP3439733B2 - Line control system, line control method, and recording medium for connecting both telephone network and computer network using only telephone number - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention is based on a telephone number.
The present invention relates to a line control system for simultaneously controlling signal / data flows of both corresponding telephone networks and computer networks.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In currently used landlines and the like, telephone numbers are mainly used for routing the connection with the other party. After connection, the PB signal is used to identify this selection to select some service using the telephone network, and the guidance is given by voice. On the other hand, in a computer network such as an IP network, a unique address different from a telephone number is used for routing. Therefore, information on the Internet is mainly provided on computers such as personal computers. On the other hand, in recent years,
VoIP (Voice Over Internet) for realizing voice communication over an IP network (Internet network)
t Protocol) technology was developed, and in the future VoI
Using the P line, it becomes possible to provide services (information) of the IP network (Internet) to ordinary telephone terminals. Currently, a telephone terminal capable of providing a telephone with a service on the Internet has been developed, and it is expected to become popular in the future.

[0003]

However, as described above, in an IP network or the like, an address different from a telephone number is used for routing, so that it is impossible to access only by the telephone number. . Therefore, it is not possible to provide the call service and the information providing service on the Internet at the same time with only the telephone number.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and a line control system, a line control method, and a line control method capable of simultaneously providing a call service and a service / information provided via a computer network only by a telephone number. The recording medium is provided.

[0005]

A line control system of the present invention is a control which is connected to a telephone network and a computer network and controls connection to an information source on the computer network and a destination on the telephone network. A device, an address translation database having an address translation table for associating a destination telephone number with an address corresponding to an information source connected to a computer network for each predetermined special number used together with the destination telephone number. When the special number and the destination telephone number are received from the calling side terminal via the telephone network, the calling side terminal is set based on the address conversion table corresponding to the special number.
It is characterized in that it is connected to both an information source connected to the computer network corresponding to the telephone number of the call destination and a callee side terminal connected to the telephone network.

Further, in the line control system of the present invention, the line control system connects the caller side terminal with the information source and the callee side terminal, and thereafter, the data sent from the information source and the call reception. The voice data sent from the side terminal is multiplexed on one line and transmitted to the calling side terminal.

Further, according to the present invention, in the transmitting side terminal, the data multiplexed and transmitted on the one line is separated into data from the information source and voice data and is transmitted from the information source. The received data is output to display the information from the information source, and the voice data sent from the called terminal is output to talk with the called terminal.

In the control system of the present invention, the data sent from the information source corresponds to the service provided by the called party and assists in understanding the contents of the service provided by the called party. It is characterized by

Further, in the line control system of the present invention, the information source connected to the computer network delivers predetermined distribution information to the user, and the line control system is provided between the caller and the callee. During the call, the distribution information distributed from the information source is transmitted to the calling side terminal or both the calling side terminal and the called side terminal.

Further, in the line control system of the present invention, the address translation database is
The line control system has an address conversion table that associates a specific telephone number with an address of an information source such as a homepage on the Internet, and the line control system allows the caller to use the special number and the specific telephone number on the Internet. It is characterized by allowing access to information sources such as the website of.

Further, in the line control system of the present invention, the address translation database is provided for each special number.
The line control system has an address conversion table for associating a telephone number of an incoming call destination with an address of an information source which is further linked from the address of the information source. The feature is that they can be sequentially accessed.

The line control method of the present invention is a line control method for controlling connection between an information source on a computer network and a destination on a telephone network using a computer system. A procedure for storing an address conversion table for associating a telephone number of a called party with an address corresponding to an information source connected to a computer network for each predetermined special number to be used with a number, and from a calling side terminal via the telephone network. When receiving the special number and the telephone number of the called party, the calling side terminal, based on the address conversion table corresponding to the special number, and the information source connected to the computer network corresponding to the called party's telephone number. And a procedure of connecting to both the called side terminal connected to the telephone network.

According to the present invention, the system is installed in a computer system to claim the system.
By providing a computer-readable recording medium in which software that is an apparatus for executing the method described in (1) is recorded, the line control system can be easily realized by using a computer system.

[0014]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an overall configuration of a communication system including a line control system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, the outline of the present embodiment will be described. As described above, the exchange of the existing telephone network is performed by using the dialed number. On the other hand, in computer networks such as IP networks, different addresses (IP addresses, etc.) are used for routing. Therefore, in the present embodiment,
By using a telephone number with a special number (hereinafter referred to as a special number) or a combination of a specific telephone number and the telephone number of the recipient,
The service provided is identified, converted into an address corresponding to the information source, and the information source can be accessed. Further, in the present embodiment, a telephone line and a computer network (I
Data consisting of information from the P network) is integrated into one line (multiplexed as an IP packet) and sent to the originating side terminal 8 to simultaneously provide a call service and a service such as information provision on the IP network. .

However, the telephone terminal connected to the line control system 1 as the calling side terminal 8 is a telephone terminal that can be adapted to each service provided. The telephone terminal is, for example, an IP (Internet Protocol).
ol) corresponding to the Internet and having a display function of data (hereinafter referred to as display data) obtained from an information source on a computer network, or a telephone connected to a modem or the like capable of separating voice data and display data by IP. And a display device (in this case, voice data is converted into a voice signal and sent to the telephone, and display data is sent to the display device and the information is displayed). A VoIP-compatible personal computer or the like can also be used as the caller terminal 8. Also, if the receiving side receives services other than the calling service as well as the calling side,
The configuration and function of the callee terminal 9 are the same as those of the caller side.

In the communication system using the line control system 1 of the present embodiment, not only the telephone number but also the provision information and other distribution information on the Internet can be simultaneously provided only by the telephone number. For example, at the time of voice guidance using a voice response device, it is possible to display content linked with this voice on the display screen of the originating terminal 8. Also, by simply dialing the telephone number, it will be possible to access homepages on the Internet.
It is also possible to provide distribution information such as advertisement during a call and display this distribution information on the display unit of the user's telephone terminal or the display device connected to the telephone terminal. Further, it is possible to access information linked further from the information obtained above. In the following description, it is assumed that a telephone number with a special number is transmitted, but the connection number for connecting to the line control system 1 is used as the special number, and after the line control system 1 is connected, the incoming call is received. The above telephone number may be transmitted.

Next, the line control system 1 of the present embodiment
Then, the configuration of the entire communication system including the line control system 1 will be described.

Address conversion database 2: An address for associating the telephone number of the destination with the information providing server 10a, which is an information source on a computer network such as the Internet, for each special number included in the dial number transmitted from the caller. Has a conversion table. Alternatively, the address conversion database 2 may be constructed for each special number. In this embodiment, as the address of the information source on the computer network,
The description will be made assuming that the IP address is used. When the address conversion database 2 receives a dial number including a special number transmitted from a caller together with an instruction from the service control device 7, the address conversion database 2 refers to the address conversion table corresponding to this special number and further corresponds to this dial number. IP
It is converted into an address and this IP address is passed to the service control device 7.

Further, this address conversion database 2
If the information or service provided in the information providing server 10a can be selected in more detail, the address further includes an address conversion table corresponding to instruction information for selecting this. This instruction information is sent from the caller side terminal 8 by a predetermined instruction operation by the caller. Further, the address conversion table may be created corresponding to each called party using the line control system 1. The address conversion database 2 includes a processing unit that performs processing such as search and address conversion, and a nonvolatile recording device such as a hard disk or a magneto-optical disk that stores an address conversion table. The processing unit (not shown) is composed of a memory, a CPU (central processing unit), etc., and a program (not shown) for realizing each function of the processing unit is loaded into the memory and executed. Shall realize that function.

Line control device 3: Controls line exchange with the telephone network according to an instruction from the service control device 7. Also, the voice data and the display data are multiplexed on one line (as an IP packet). It also controls whether data is sent to both the calling side and the called side or only to the calling side. Information control device 4: Controls information related to services of the line control system 1 and the flow of data on the computer network according to an instruction from the service control device 7.

Voice / data converter 5: Converts a voice signal into voice data (IP packet), and converts voice data converted into an IP packet into a voice signal. Voice control device 6: According to an instruction from the service control device 7, the line control system 1 gives guidance to the user,
Control related to voice information such as PB sound is performed. Service control device 7: To the above devices in order to select each service provided by this system in accordance with an instruction from a caller (PB sound, etc.) and to perform line switching and information provision according to each service. Give instructions. If the special number is not added to the dialed number dialed by the caller, the line control system 1 provides a normal call service through the telephone network.

Next, the operation of the line control system 1 of the present embodiment thus configured will be described with reference to examples. Note that the operation example described below is an example, and is not limited to the flow of the following processing.

[Embodiment 1-1] In this embodiment, in addition to a telephone service provided by a conventional voice response device or the like, content information linked with the content of the service is provided to a caller. First, an outline of the operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

First, the caller sends a special number (for example, "0
The telephone number of the voice response device 9'added with "0x1") is dialed (). The line control system 1 judges that the requested special service (“00 × 1”) is not a normal call service but a service that provides content information linked with the service content of the called party, based on the received special number (“00 × 1”). , Connects to the voice response device 9'corresponding to the transmitted telephone number, and further converts the IP address of the information source on the IP network corresponding to the voice response device 9'to obtain the corresponding content information. The information providing server 10a is accessed to obtain the content information ().

To the caller, the call service from the voice response device 9 '(voice guidance; "service start is number 1 ...") and the content information (display screen;
1: To the service start screen, 2: To the service stop screen,
…)I will provide a(). At this time, the calling side and the line control system 1 are connected by an IP line, and the line control system 1 and the voice response device 9 ′ are connected by a normal telephone line.
Further, when there is an instruction by the PB sound or the like from the originating side terminal 8, the processing in the line control system 1 or the voice response device 9'and the information providing server 10a according to the instruction.
Notification of instructions to ().

Next, the routing operation in the line control system 1 of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

First, the caller makes a telephone number ("00x1-" to which a special number ("00x1") is added from the caller terminal 8.
Dial 0333333333 ”). When the line control device 3 receives the telephone number to which the special number is added, the line control device 3 notifies the service control device 7 that an incoming call has been received (). The service control device 7 determines from the special number (“00 × 1”) dialed from the calling side terminal 8 that the service is a connection service to the voice response device 9 ′, and the special number (“0
0x1 ”), select the address conversion table corresponding to
The address conversion database 2 is instructed to convert the destination telephone number (“03333333333”) into the corresponding IP address.

Next, when the address conversion database 2 receives the above-mentioned instruction from the service control device 7, it refers to the specified address conversion table, and further, based on the telephone number of the called party (“03333333333”), the corresponding information providing server. 10a IP address ("132.222.8.
001 "). Then, the IP address is passed to the service control device 7 ().

Next, the service control device 7 causes the information control device 4 and the line control device 3 to respectively provide the information providing server 10.
A and the voice response device 9'are instructed to connect (). The information control device 4 receives the IP address (“132.222.8.00” along with the instruction from the service control device 7).
1 ") to connect to the information providing server 10a, and the line control device 3 connects to the voice response device 9'through a telephone line from the telephone number (" 03333333333 ") received together with the instruction from the service control device 7 ().

Next, the operation of each section associated with the flow of voice data and display data in this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

The information control device 4 includes the information providing server 10a.
Display data (display 1 data, display 2 data, ...), and the line control device 3 receives a voice signal (voice line) from the voice response device 9 ′ (). Next, the information control device 4 and the line control device 3 notify the service control device 7 that the display data and the voice signal have been received (). Upon receiving this notification, the service control device 7 instructs the information control device 4 and the line control device 3 to perform the following (or later) processing.

The voice / data conversion device 5 receives the voice from the line control device 3 according to an instruction from the service control device 7.
Packet data (voice 1 data, voice 2 data, ...)
Then, the voice data is transmitted to the information control device 4 (). Next, the information control device 4 operates the information providing server 1
0a and the voice data received from the voice / data converter 5 are multiplexed (voice 1 data, display 1 data, voice 2 data, ...) And transmitted to the line controller 3 (). Then, the line control device 3 transmits the multiplexed data received from the information control device 4 to the transmission side terminal 8
Send to ().

As described above, in this embodiment, it is possible to provide information (content) corresponding to this guidance together with the voice such as the guidance from the voice response device 9'only by the telephone number.

[Embodiment 1-2] Next, an operation outline in the case of sending an instruction using PB sound or the like and instruction information or the like in order to obtain more detailed information from the calling side terminal 8 will be described. 5
Will be described with reference to. In this example, it is assumed that an instruction number is sent as an instruction using PB sound or the like or instruction information.
Further, the address conversion database 2 has an address conversion table corresponding to the voice response device 9'and further corresponding the instruction number and the IP address.

First, the line control device 3 uses a PB sound or the like from the calling side terminal 8 to indicate an instruction number (in the example of FIG. 5,
"3") is received (). Next, the line controller 3
The service control device 7 is notified of this instruction number ().
Next, the service control device 7 responds to this instruction number by
The information control device 4 and the line control device 3 are instructed to perform the following processing.

First, the service control device 7 instructs the address translation database 2 to receive an instruction (instruction number in the figure:
The IP address corresponding to 3) is determined (). Then, the IP address (132.222.8.003) determined by the address translation database 2 is used to give an access instruction to the information control device 4 (). Next, the information control device 4 receives the IP address according to the instruction from the service control device 7.
The information providing server 10a corresponding to the address is accessed (). Further, the line control device 3 transmits the PB sound received from the calling side terminal 8 to the voice response device 9 ′ in accordance with an instruction from the service control device 7. In FIG. 5, when the instruction number sent from the caller terminal 8 is a PB sound, the data of the PB sound is converted into the PB sound of the voice by the route of [I] in the figure, and is transmitted to the voice response device 9 ′. Send. In the case of the instruction information (data), the PB sound corresponding to the instruction information is transmitted to the voice response device 9'through the route [II] in the figure.

In the present embodiment, in order to further link the plurality of services provided by the voice response device 9'and the related information corresponding thereto, by further providing the address conversion table for associating the instruction number and the IP address, It is possible to change the display screen for displaying the corresponding provision information according to the caller's instruction (PB sound, instruction information, etc.).

[Embodiment 2] In this embodiment, when a store or a company is called, the information of the store or the company is provided to the sender. For example, when requesting a delivery, etc., the delivery side terminal 8 displays the delivery menu of the store or displays discounted products. This allows the caller to place an order with reference to this menu during a call. The calling side terminal 8 and the present system are connected by an IP line, and the present system and the receiving side terminal 9 are connected by a voice-only telephone line. less than,
An outline of the operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

First, the caller sends a special number (for example, "0
0x2 ”) is added to dial the destination telephone number (). When the line control device 3 receives the telephone number to which the special number is added, the line control device 3 notifies the service control device 7 that there is an incoming call. The service control device 7 uses this special number ("00x
2)) determines that the service provides related information of the called party, connects to the called party using the called party's telephone number, and further uses the IP of the information providing server 10a corresponding to the called party from this called party's telephone number. Convert to address and access to get related information (). Then, the caller is provided with the call service and information related to the callee (). The provided information in the information providing server 10a may be changed from the destination via the network () or by data communication via the line control system 1 (').

Further, in this embodiment, for the called side,
In order to distinguish it from a normal telephone, the voice control device 6 may be used to insert a guidance before the call to inform that the call is received by the service using the system.

In this case, as shown in FIG. 7, the service control device 7 determines that the service is a service for notifying the receiving side terminal 9 that it is a service of this system by a special number,
The voice control device 6 and the line control device 3 are instructed to give guidance to the callee (). When the line control device 3 is connected to the callee terminal 9 and there is a response from the callee terminal 9, voice control is performed. The device 6 sends, through the line control device 3, guidance to the callee to inform the callee that the call is not a normal call incoming service but a service using the present system (). Then, the call line is switched between the caller and the callee ().

[Embodiment 3-1] In this embodiment, during a call,
Information such as advertisements is distributed to the terminal screen of the sender side. In the present embodiment, it is assumed that the calling side terminal 8 is an Internet compatible terminal and the receiving side terminal 9 is a normal telephone terminal. Therefore, there is no IP between the originating terminal 8 and this system.
A line, a line between this system and the terminal 9 on the receiving side is a telephone line for only voice. The outline of the operation of this embodiment will be described below with reference to FIG.

First, the caller sends a special number (for example, "0
Dial the telephone number with "0x3" added ().
When the line control device 3 receives the telephone number to which the special number is added, the line control device 3 notifies the service control device 7 that there is an incoming call. The service control device 7 uses this special number ("00x3")
Determines that it is a service that provides distribution information such as advertisements to the caller, connects to the called party by the called party's telephone number, and further, based on this called party's telephone number information, I of the information distribution server 10b.
It is converted into a P address and accessed to obtain distribution information (). Then, the line control system 1 sends information such as advertisement obtained from the information distribution server 10b to the caller terminal 8 during the call between the caller and the callee (). The originating terminal 8 displays the received information such as advertisements on its display screen.

Next, the flow of voice signals / data and display data during a call in this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

Flow of data / signal from caller to callee (): The voice data transmitted from the caller terminal 8 is passed to the voice / data converter 5 via the line controller 3 and the information controller 4. Be done. Then, it is converted into a voice signal by the voice / data conversion device 5 and transmitted to the receiving side terminal 9 via the line control device 3.

Signal / data flow from the callee and the information distribution server 10b (): The voice signal from the callee terminal 9 is transmitted via the line controller 3 to the voice / data converter 5.
And is converted into voice data by the voice / data conversion device 5. Then, this voice data is passed to the information control device 4, and the information control device 4 multiplexes this voice data and information such as advertisement obtained from the information distribution server 10b and passes it to the line control device 3. Then, the multiplexed voice data and data of information such as advertisements are transmitted from the line control device 3 to the originating side terminal 8.

[Embodiment 3-2] In this embodiment, during a call,
Information such as advertisements is distributed to the terminal screens of both the caller side and the callee side. In this embodiment, it is assumed that both the caller terminal 8 and the callee terminal 9 are Internet compatible terminals. Therefore, both the originating side terminal 8 and the present system and the present system and the incoming call are IP lines. The outline of the operation of this embodiment will be described below with reference to FIG.

First, the sender is assigned a special number (for example, "00
X4 ”) + Dial the telephone number of the recipient (). When the line control device 3 receives the telephone number to which the special number is added, the line control device 3 notifies the service control device 7 that there is an incoming call. The service control device 7 uses this special number ("00x4")
Determines that it is a service that provides distribution information such as advertisements to both the caller and the callee, and connects to the callee using the callee's phone number, and then the IP of the information delivery server 10b Converted to an address and accessed to get distribution information (). Then, during the call between the caller and the callee, the information such as the advertisement obtained from the information distribution server 10b is transmitted to both the caller and the callee (). The originating side terminal 8 and the terminating side terminal 9 display the received information such as advertisements on their display screens.

Next, the flow of voice signals / data and display data during a call in this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

Flow of data / signal to recipient (): The voice data transmitted from the caller terminal 8 is passed to the information controller 4 via the line controller 3. Then, by the information control device 4, this voice data and the information distribution server 10b
Information such as advertisements obtained from the above is multiplexed and passed to the line control device 3. Then, the multiplexed voice data and data of information such as advertisement are transmitted from the line control device 3 to the receiving side terminal 9.

Flow of signal / data to sender (): The voice data transmitted from the receiving side terminal 9 is passed to the information control device 4 via the line control device 3. Then, by the information control device 4, this voice data and the information distribution server 10b
Information such as advertisements obtained from the above is multiplexed and passed to the line control device 3. Then, the multiplexed voice data and data of information such as advertisements are transmitted from the line control device 3 to the originating side terminal 8.

As described above, Example 3-1 and Example 3
In No. 2, information such as advertisements can be provided on the terminal screens used by the caller and the callee during a call. in this case,
By charging a predetermined fee to the company that places the advertisement, it is possible to return to the caller's telephone fee.

[Embodiment 4] In this embodiment, a service is provided in which a WEB page (home page) provided on an IP network can be accessed only by a telephone number. The outline of the operation of this embodiment will be described below with reference to FIG.

First, the caller sends a special number (for example, "0
0x5 ") + dial a specific phone number (). When the line control device 3 receives the specific telephone number to which the special number is added, the line control device 3 notifies the service control device 7 that there is an incoming call. The service control device 7 uses this special number ("00x
5)) determines that the service accesses the WEB page, converts the specific telephone number sent to the IP address (or URL :) of the corresponding WWW server 10c and accesses to obtain the page information (). . And
The corresponding page information is obtained from the WWW server 10c, and this page information is transmitted to the originating side terminal 8 (). Of course, voice can be simultaneously provided by VoIP. In this embodiment, the information on the Internet can be acquired only by the telephone number without using the Internet service provider.

As described above, in each of the embodiments described above, not only the call service but also the provision of related information and the access to the Internet can be performed using only the telephone number.
Therefore, it becomes possible to carry out access to specific Internet information and the like by incoming call billing such as toll-free dialing, or a service that can be provided by third party billing to the sponsor with advertisement placement. When charging according to the service as described above, the address translation database 2 is further configured to have charging information according to the service. The service control device 7 obtains corresponding billing information from the address translation database 2 according to the service requested by the caller, and outputs this billing information to a billing processing device (not shown) separately prepared.

The present invention, as a computer network,
In addition to the Internet, a LAN or a dial-up network may be used. Further, a program for realizing the functions of the address translation database 2 and the service control device 7 in FIG. 1 is recorded in a computer-readable recording medium, and the program recorded in this recording medium is read by a computer system and executed. The line control may be performed by doing so. That is, this program creates an address conversion table for associating the destination telephone number with the address corresponding to the information source connected to the computer network for each predetermined special number added to the destination telephone number. When the telephone number to which the special number is added is received from the calling side terminal 8 via the procedure of storing and the telephone network, the calling side terminal 8 is set to the called side telephone based on the address conversion table corresponding to this special number. It includes a procedure for connecting both the information source corresponding to the number and connected to the computer network and the receiving side terminal 9 connected to the telephone network.

The "computer system" used herein includes an OS and hardware such as peripheral devices. In addition, the “computer system” includes a homepage providing environment (or display environment) if a WWW system is used. Also,
"Computer-readable recording medium" means a floppy (registered trademark) disk, a magneto-optical disk, a ROM,
A portable medium such as a CD-ROM or a storage device such as a hard disk built in a computer system. Further, the "computer-readable recording medium" is a volatile memory (RAM) inside a computer system which serves as a server or a client when a program is transmitted via a network such as the Internet or a communication line such as a telephone line. In addition, those that hold the program for a certain period of time are also included.

Further, the program may be transmitted from a computer system that stores the program in a storage device or the like to another computer system via a transmission medium or by a transmission wave in the transmission medium. Here, the "transmission medium" for transmitting the program refers to a medium having a function of transmitting information, such as a network (communication network) such as the Internet or a communication line (communication line) such as a telephone line. Further, the program may be a program for realizing some of the functions described above. further,
It may be a so-called difference file (difference program) that can realize the functions described above in combination with a program already recorded in the computer system.

The embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail above with reference to the drawings. However, the specific configuration is not limited to this embodiment, and the design etc. within the scope not departing from the gist of the present invention. Is also included.

[0061]

As described above in detail, the line control system of the present invention uses telephone numbers to which special numbers are added. For each special number, the telephone number of the called party and the information source on the computer network are assigned. When a telephone number having an address conversion table for associating an address with a special number is received, it is connected to both the corresponding information source and the called terminal based on this address conversion table. Further, the data sent from the information source on the computer network and the voice data from the receiving side terminal are multiplexed on one line and transmitted to the calling side terminal. In addition, at the calling side terminal, information is displayed from the information source and a call is made with the called party. Therefore, according to the present invention, the call service and the information providing service on the computer network can be simultaneously performed only by the telephone number.

Further, in the present invention, since the information provided and displayed to the caller is for assisting the understanding of the contents of the service provided by the callee, re-listening, inquiry, etc. are reduced, and the caller The convenience is improved for both the callee and the callee. Further, in the present invention, since the delivery information is provided at the same time during the call between the caller and the callee, it is possible to place an advertisement or the like during the call of the user, and in this case, the publisher of the advertisement or the like is charged. It can also be returned to the user.

Further, according to the present invention, by using the telephone number to which the special number is added, it becomes possible to access the information source such as the home page on the Internet only by the telephone number. You can obtain information on the Internet without going through a provider. Further, this makes it possible to provide a service that can provide specific Internet information or the like by the incoming call charge such as the current free dial or the third party charge for the sponsor.

Further, according to the present invention, an address conversion table for associating the telephone number of the called party with the address of the information source further linked from the address of the information source is provided so that the linked information sources can be sequentially accessed. Therefore, the information displayed on the calling side terminal can be sequentially changed according to the caller's instruction.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an overall configuration of a communication system including a line control system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an operation outline of the example 1-1.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a routing operation according to the example 1-1.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an operation of each unit according to the flow of audio data and display data in the example 1-1.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an outline of operations according to the example 1-2.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an operation outline of the second embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an operation outline when voice guidance is inserted into a notification to a callee in the second embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an operation outline of the example 3-1.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating the flow of voice signals / data and display data during a call in Example 3-1.

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an operation outline of the example 3-2.

FIG. 11 is a voice signal during a call in Example 3-2 /
It is a figure explaining the flow of data and display data.

FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an operation outline of the fourth embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Line control system 2 ... Address conversion database 3 ... Line control device 4 ... Information control device 5 ... Voice / data conversion device 6 ... Voice control device 7 ... Service control device 8 ... Originating side terminal 9 ... Receiving side terminal 9 '... Voice response device 10a ... Information providing server 10b ... Information distribution server 10c ... WWW server

─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Kintai Fukuda 1-9-1 Konan, Minato-ku, Tokyo NTT COMWARE CORPORATION (72) Inventor Noriaki Jinnai Konanichi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 9-1-1, NTT COMWARE CORPORATION (56) References JP 2000-295362 (JP, A) JP 2001-186192 (JP, A) JP 2000-151811 (JP, A) JP-A-10-124422 (JP, A) (58) Fields investigated (Int.Cl. ⁷ , DB name) H04L 12/00 H04M 1/2745 H04M 11/00 302

Claims (9)

(57) [Claims] 1. A telephone network and a computer network are connected,
A control device for controlling connection to an information source on the computer network and a destination on the telephone network, wherein the destination telephone number and the computer network are provided for each predetermined special number used together with the destination telephone number. An address translation database having an address translation table for associating addresses corresponding to information sources connected to the terminal is provided, and when the special number and the destination telephone number are received from the calling side terminal via the telephone network, the special number is received. Based on the address conversion table corresponding to, the calling side terminal is connected to both the information source connected to the computer network corresponding to the destination telephone number and the called side terminal connected to the telephone network. A characteristic line control system. 2. The line control system, after connecting the caller terminal to the information source and callee terminal, data sent from the information source and voice data sent from the callee terminal. 2. The line control system according to claim 1, wherein and are multiplexed on one line and transmitted to a terminal on the transmission side. 3. In the transmitting terminal, the data multiplexed and transmitted to the one line is separated into data from the information source and voice data, and the data transmitted from the information source is 3. The data output from the information source to display the information, and the voice data sent from the called terminal is output to talk to the called side.
Line control system described in. 4. The data sent from the information source corresponds to a service provided by the called party and is for helping understanding of the content of the service provided by the called party. The line control system according to item 3. 5. The information source connected to the computer network distributes predetermined distribution information to a user, and the line control system is configured to provide the information source during a call between a sender and a receiver. 5. The line control system according to claim 4, wherein the distribution information distributed from is transmitted to the caller side terminal or both the caller side terminal and the callee side terminal. 6. The address conversion database has an address conversion table that associates, for each special number, a specific telephone number with an address of an information source such as a home page on the Internet, and the line control system, The information source such as a home page on the Internet can be accessed by using the special number and a specific telephone number.
~ The line control system according to claim 5. 7. The address translation database has an address translation table for associating a telephone number of a callee with an address of an information source further linked from the address of the information source for each special number, and the line control system is 7. The line control system according to claim 6, wherein the linked information sources can be sequentially accessed by a predetermined instruction operation of a caller. 8. A line control method for controlling a connection to an information source on a computer network and a destination on a telephone network using a computer system, wherein each predetermined special number to be used together with a telephone number of the destination. A procedure for storing an address conversion table for associating a destination telephone number with an address corresponding to an information source connected to the computer network, and a procedure for storing the special number and the destination telephone from the originating terminal via the telephone network. Upon receiving the number, the calling side terminal is set to the information source connected to the computer network corresponding to the destination telephone number and the called side connected to the telephone network based on the address conversion table corresponding to the special number. A line control method comprising: connecting to both terminals. 9. A computer-readable recording medium having software recorded therein, which is installed in a computer system so that the apparatus executes the method according to claim 8.