JP5100477B2 - Telephone communication system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a technique for giving another telephone number with a time limit (hereinafter referred to as an anonymous telephone number) to a telephone having a telephone number and enabling anonymous communication by telephone using the anonymous telephone number. Is. Note that anonymous communication refers to performing communication without specifying who the other party is communicating with, and the anonymous telephone number is a telephone number used for such anonymous communication.

  In recent years, CGM (Consumer Generated Media) such as blogs and SNS (Social Networking Service) has become widespread. With the spread of such media services, users have increased opportunities for anonymous communication with anonymous partners using e-mails and the like.

In addition, a technology for easily performing anonymous communication by Internet telephone between user terminals by installing dedicated software on a PC terminal is also widespread. In addition, there exists patent document 1 as a prior art document relevant to this application.
JP 2004-312521 A

  However, a general telephone service provided by a communication carrier or the like does not provide a communication service using an anonymous telephone number. Although it is possible to perform anonymous telephone communication using the technology using the above-mentioned dedicated software, it is necessary to use a PC terminal to perform telephone communication and is not suitable for communication on the go or on the move . In general, the communication partner must also have a PC terminal installed with the dedicated software.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object thereof is to provide a technique for enabling anonymous communication using an anonymous telephone number using a telephone set used in a general telephone service. .

  In addition, when performing anonymous communication using an anonymous telephone number, there is a problem that there is a possibility of receiving an incoming call from an unspecified number, but the present invention provides a technique for solving the problem about an incoming call from an unspecified number. It is also intended to provide.

  In order to solve the above problem, the present invention assigns an anonymous telephone number to a telephone in addition to a registered telephone number assigned in advance, and performs call connection to the telephone using the anonymous telephone number. A call control device that enables an anonymous phone number registration request including the registered phone number in response to receiving the anonymous phone number registration request via a communication network, the anonymous phone number and the registered phone number And the anonymous telephone number registering means for storing in the telephone number correspondence data storage means, and the telephone number when the call connection request including the anonymous telephone number as the destination telephone number is received from the calling telephone. A registered telephone number corresponding to the anonymous telephone number is acquired from the corresponding data storage means, and a telephone corresponding to the registered telephone number is designated as the destination for the call connection request. That is configured as the call control apparatus being characterized in that a call connection control means for performing call connection control.

  The call control device includes: a call acceptance / rejection telephone number storage unit that stores a registered telephone number that is a destination and a registration telephone number of a caller that accepts or rejects the incoming call; By referring to the telephone number storage unit, the registered telephone number of the caller included in the call connection request can be received with respect to the registered telephone number of the callee corresponding to the anonymous telephone number included in the call connection request. An incoming / outgoing permission / refusal judging means for judging whether or not.

  The present invention also relates to a call control apparatus that assigns an anonymous telephone number to a telephone in addition to a pre-assigned registered telephone number and makes a call connection to the telephone using the anonymous telephone number A telephone communication system having a service providing apparatus for providing a Web service to a user terminal connected to a communication network, wherein the call control apparatus sends an anonymous telephone number registration request including the registered telephone number to the communication network. The anonymous telephone number registration means for paying out the anonymous telephone number and associating the anonymous telephone number with the registered telephone number and storing it in the telephone number correspondence data storage means, When a call connection request including the anonymous telephone number is received from the telephone as the destination telephone number, the telephone number correspondence data storage means Call connection control means for acquiring a registered telephone number corresponding to an anonymous telephone number and performing call connection control with a telephone corresponding to the registered telephone number as a destination of the call connection request, and the service providing apparatus Transmits the anonymous telephone number registration request to the call control apparatus based on the request received from the user terminal, and transmits a response including the anonymous telephone number received from the call control apparatus to the user terminal. It can also be configured as a telephone communication system characterized by comprising anonymous telephone number registration processing means.

  The call control device includes an incoming / outgoing telephone number storage unit that stores a registered telephone number as a destination and a registered telephone number of a sender that accepts or rejects incoming calls, and accepts incoming calls. Alternatively, in response to reception of a call acceptance / rejection telephone number registration request including the registration telephone number of the caller to be rejected via the communication network, the call acceptance / rejection telephone number registration stores the registration telephone number in the acceptance / rejection telephone number storage means. And the call acceptance request telephone number storage means, the caller registration telephone number included in the call connection request can be received with respect to the callee registration telephone number corresponding to the anonymous telephone number. An incoming / outgoing permission / refusal determining means for determining whether or not there is provided, wherein the service providing apparatus stores a user ID and a registered telephone number in association with each other; An incoming call including a registered telephone number corresponding to the user ID is received from the terminal by receiving a user ID of a caller that accepts or rejects an incoming call to the user's telephone of the user terminal and referring to the user information storage unit An incoming / outgoing telephone number registration processing means for transmitting a telephone number registration request to the call control device may be further included.

  The service providing apparatus further includes an inter-user connection information storage unit that stores a user ID connected to the user ID for each user ID, and the incoming / outgoing telephone number registration processing unit receives the user ID from the user terminal. A request for accepting an incoming call with a telephone number corresponding to the user ID connected to the user ID of the user of the user terminal is received, and the inter-user connection information storage means and the user information storage means are referred to Accordingly, it is possible to have means for transmitting a call acceptance / rejection telephone number registration request including a registered telephone number that should be allowed to be received to the call control device.

  The service providing apparatus further includes a group information storage unit that stores a group ID and a user ID included in the group in association with each other, and the incoming / outgoing telephone number registration processing unit is identified from the user terminal. A request for accepting an incoming call originating from a telephone number corresponding to a user ID included in the group of the user should be received, and the incoming call should be allowed by referring to the group information storage means and the user information storage means There may be provided means for transmitting a call acceptance / rejection telephone number registration request including a registered telephone number to the call control device.

  The call control device transmits an incoming / outgoing permission determination request including a registered telephone number of a caller included in the call connection request and a registered telephone number of a callee corresponding to the anonymous telephone number to the service providing device, The apparatus further comprises an incoming / outgoing permission / refusal processing means for permitting or rejecting a call connection in response to the call connection request in accordance with an incoming / outgoing permission / rejection determination result received from the service providing apparatus. User information storage means for storing the information, user ID corresponding to the incoming call destination, and incoming / outgoing permission / inhibition information storage means for storing the user ID corresponding to the caller that accepts or rejects the incoming call to the call destination in association with each other When the incoming / outgoing permission / rejection determination request is received from the call control device, the incoming / outgoing permission / rejection determination is performed by referring to the user information storage unit and the incoming / outgoing permission / rejection information storage unit The constant results may further comprise an incoming permission determining means for transmitting to said call control apparatus.

  The service providing apparatus further includes an inter-user connection information storage unit that stores a user ID connected to the user ID for each user ID, and the incoming / outgoing admission / rejection determining unit receives the incoming / outgoing admission / rejection determination from the call control device. Means for making an incoming / outgoing permission decision with reference to the inter-user connection information storage means, the user information storage means and the incoming / outgoing permission / rejection information storage means when a request is received, and transmitting the incoming / outgoing permission / rejection determination result to the call control device It is good also as having.

The service providing apparatus includes a group information storage unit that stores a group ID and a user ID included in the group in association with each other, and an incoming call permission group storage unit that stores a group ID that allows incoming calls for each user ID. The incoming / outgoing admission / rejection determining means refers to the group information storage means, the user information storage means and the incoming call admissible group storage means when receiving the incoming / outgoing admission / rejection determination request from the call control device. It is good also as a means to perform an acceptance | permission acceptance / rejection determination, and to transmit a reception acceptance / rejection determination result to the said call control apparatus.
Furthermore, the present invention can also be configured as a program that causes a computer to implement each means of the call control device.

  According to the present invention, in response to receiving the anonymous telephone number registration request via the communication network, the anonymous telephone number is issued, and the anonymous telephone number and the registered telephone number are associated with each other and stored in the telephone number correspondence data storage means. And, when receiving a call connection request including the anonymous telephone number as the destination telephone number from the caller telephone, obtain a registered telephone number corresponding to the anonymous telephone number from the telephone number corresponding data storage means, Since the call connection control is performed with the telephone corresponding to the registered telephone number as the destination of the call connection request, anonymous communication using the anonymous telephone number is performed using a telephone used in a general telephone service. It becomes possible.

  Further, according to the present invention, there is provided an incoming / outgoing permission / inhibition judging means for judging whether or not the destination can receive a call based on the registered telephone number of the caller included in the call connection request and the registered telephone number of the callee. Therefore, it is possible to provide means for solving the problem that there is a possibility of receiving an incoming call from an unspecified number.

  Further, according to the present invention, the inter-user connection data and group generated based on the inter-user connection function (inter-friend connection function) and the group formation function (community formation function) of the service providing apparatus (CGM service providing apparatus, etc.) Since incoming / outgoing permission / inhibition control can be performed using data, it is possible to realize anonymous communication only with a specific friend or between specific communities.

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

  FIG. 1 shows the configuration of a system according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the system in the present embodiment includes a call control device 1, a telephone interface device 2, a terminal interface device 3, and a CGM service providing device 4. In the example shown in FIG. 1, the call control device 1 and the telephone interface device 2 are connected to the telephone communication network 5, and the terminal interface device 3 and the CGM service providing device are connected to the Internet 6. As shown in FIG. 1, a telephone set A and a telephone set B are connected to the telephone communication network 5, and a user terminal A is connected to the Internet 6.

  In the present embodiment, it is assumed that telephone communication is performed based on VoIP (voice over Internet protocol). Accordingly, the telephone communication network 5 here is mainly a VoIP network constructed on the Internet, but in FIG. 1, a so-called general Internet providing a CGM service or the like and a network for telephone communication are used. A telephone communication network is shown separately.

  The call control device 1 is a device that performs call connection control for telephone communication. In the present embodiment, the call control device 1 is a SIP (Session Initiation protocol) server. The telephone interface device 2 is a device having an interface function between a telephone connected to the telephone communication network 5 and the call control device 1, accepts various requests from the telephone by voice signals and tone signals, and It is a device for registering various information.

  The terminal interface device 3 is a device having an interface function between a device such as a user terminal connected to the Internet 6 and the call control device 1. The terminal interface device 3 receives various requests from the user terminal or the like and receives various requests from the call control device 1. It is a device for registering information. The terminal interface device 3 can be realized by a Web server, for example.

  The CGM service providing apparatus 4 is an apparatus that provides a website for CGM services such as a blog service and an SNS service.

  Each of the telephones A and B is a general telephone for performing telephone communication. As described above, in this embodiment, the telephone communication network 5 is mainly a VoIP network constructed on the Internet, but the telephones A and B are not limited to VoIP telephones, and A telephone may be used.

  For example, the telephone may be a landline telephone, a mobile phone, a PHS terminal, or the like. As shown in FIG. 2, the telephone communication network 5 in that case has a configuration in which a VoIP network and other networks such as a fixed telephone network and a mobile phone network are connected by a gateway. Since the inter-network connection function related to such a gateway is an existing technology, it will not be described in detail here.

  The user terminal A is a general PC (personal computer) and is assumed to be equipped with a web browser. Various processes in the user terminal A in the present embodiment are executed by a Web browser. Next, the functional configuration of each device will be described.

  FIG. 3 shows a functional configuration of the call control device 1. As shown in FIG. 3, the call control device 1 includes a call connection control unit 11, an anonymous telephone number issuing unit 12, an incoming / outgoing telephone number registration unit 13, an incoming / outgoing call determination unit 14, an anonymous telephone number storage unit 15, and a telephone number correspondence A data storage unit 16 and an incoming / rejected telephone number storage unit 17 are provided.

  The call connection control unit 11 is a functional unit that performs control necessary for call connection, such as forwarding the call connection request to a destination telephone, based on the destination telephone number included in the call connection request. In addition, in order to perform such call control, a storage unit or the like that stores a telephone number and an IP address in association with each other is necessary, and is assumed to be included in the call connection control unit 11. .

  Based on the request received from the terminal interface device 3 or the telephone interface device 2, the anonymous phone number payout unit 12 acquires the anonymous phone number from the anonymous phone number storage unit 15 and obtains the anonymous phone number, the registered phone number, and the expiration date. It is a functional unit that stores the corresponding number in the telephone number correspondence data storage unit 16 and returns a response. The registered telephone number is a normally used telephone number assigned in advance to the telephones A and B. In addition, the anonymous telephone number payout unit 12 also performs processing related to the expiration date.

  The incoming / outgoing telephone number registration unit 13 is a functional unit for storing a telephone number related to incoming / outgoing permission in the incoming / outgoing telephone number storage unit 17 based on a request from the terminal interface device 3 or the telephone interface device 2. When receiving a call connection request from the caller telephone set, the incoming call permission / refusal determination unit 14 allows an incoming call to the callee based on the caller telephone number and the callee telephone number included in the call connection request. It is a functional unit that determines whether or not.

  An example of data stored in the anonymous telephone number storage unit 15 is shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 4, the anonymous telephone number storage unit 15 stores the anonymous telephone number. Further, when a certain anonymous telephone number is in use, a flag indicating that the anonymous telephone number is in use is attached.

  An example of data stored in the telephone number corresponding data storage unit 16 is shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 5, the telephone number corresponding data storage unit 16 stores an anonymous telephone number, a registered telephone number, and an expiration date of the anonymous telephone number in association with each other. An example of data stored in the incoming / rejected telephone number storage unit 17 is shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 6, the incoming / outgoing phone number storage unit 17 stores incoming / outgoing phone number information for each registered phone number. The incoming / outgoing acceptance / rejection number information is information indicating that the incoming call is permitted and the registered telephone number of the caller that is permitted to receive an incoming call for the corresponding registered telephone number, or information indicating whether the incoming / outgoing call is acceptable and the corresponding registered telephone number. This is the registered telephone number of the caller who rejects the call. When information indicating permission of incoming call is recorded, only incoming call from the corresponding registered telephone number is allowed. When information indicating rejection of incoming calls is recorded, incoming calls from the corresponding registered telephone number are permitted, and incoming calls from other registered telephone numbers are allowed.

  The call control device 1 is realized by mounting a program corresponding to the processing according to the present embodiment on a general computer having a storage device such as a CPU and a memory. The program can be installed on the computer from a recording medium such as a memory, or can be downloaded from a server on the network and installed.

  Further, the call control device 1 includes a call connection control unit 11 and an incoming / outgoing admission / rejection determination unit 14, an anonymous telephone number payout unit 12, an incoming / outgoing telephone number registration unit 13, an anonymous telephone number storage unit 15, and a telephone number corresponding data storage unit 16. The incoming / outgoing permission / rejection telephone number storage unit 17 may be provided in another device connected to the telephone communication network 5. Even in such a case, the call control device 1 and the other device can be collectively referred to as a call control device.

  The call control device and the CGM service providing device 4 can be collectively referred to as a telephone communication system.

  Next, the functional configuration of the CGM service providing apparatus 4 in the present embodiment is shown in FIG. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a functional configuration related to processing described in the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 7, the CGM service providing apparatus 4 includes an authentication unit 41, a service screen providing unit 42, a request processing unit 43, an inter-user connection function unit 44, a group formation function unit 45, an information registration processing function unit 46, an incoming call It has an acceptance / rejection determination unit 47, a user information storage unit 48, an inter-user connection information storage unit 49, a group information storage unit 50, an incoming call permitted user information storage unit 51, an incoming call rejection user information storage unit 52, and an incoming call allowance group information storage unit 53. .

  The authentication unit 41 is a functional unit for performing user authentication by referring to the user information storage unit 48 based on the user ID and password received from the user terminal A. The service screen providing unit 42 is a functional unit that provides screens of various services provided by the CGM service providing apparatus 4 to the user terminal A and receives information input from the screens. The request processing unit 43 is a functional unit for processing a request received from the user terminal A.

  The inter-user connection function unit 44 is a function unit for connecting another user to a user as a friend. Information is stored in the inter-user connection information storage unit 49 by the inter-user connection function unit 44. The inter-user connection function is an existing technology as a function of the CGM service (here, SNS service).

  The group formation function unit 45 is a function unit for forming a group as a community. Information is stored in the group information storage unit 50 by the group formation function unit 45. The group formation function is an existing technology as a function of the CGM service (similar to the above, here the SNS service).

  The information registration processing function unit 46 is a function unit that performs processing related to registration of various information based on a request from the user terminal. The incoming / outgoing admission / rejection determination unit 47 is a functional unit for receiving an inquiry about the incoming / outgoing admission from the call control device 1 and determining whether or not the incoming call is acceptable.

  The user information storage unit 48 stores at least a user ID and a registered telephone number of the user in association with each other.

  FIG. 8 shows an example of data stored in the inter-user connection information storage unit 49. As shown in FIG. 8, the inter-user connection information storage unit 49 stores a user ID of a user who is a friend connected to the user for each user ID. FIG. 9 shows an example of data stored in the group information storage unit 50. As shown in FIG. 9, the group information storage unit 50 stores the user ID included in the group for each group identification information.

  FIG. 10A shows an example of data stored in the incoming call permitted user information storage unit 51. As shown in FIG. 10A, the incoming call permitted user information storage unit 51 stores, for each user ID of a user who is a call destination, a list of user IDs of transmission source users that are allowed to receive incoming calls to the user ID. . FIG. 10B shows an example of data stored in the incoming call rejection user information storage unit 52. As shown in FIG. 10B, the incoming call rejection user information storage unit 52 stores, for each user ID of the user who is the incoming call destination, the user ID of the caller user who rejects incoming calls to that user ID. FIG. 10C shows an example of data stored in the incoming call permission group information storage unit 53. As shown in FIG. 10C, the incoming call permission group information storage unit 53 stores, for each user ID of the user who is the incoming call destination, a group ID of a group that allows incoming calls to that user ID.

  The CGM service providing apparatus 4 can be realized by installing a program corresponding to the processing according to the present embodiment in a general computer having a storage device such as a CPU and a memory. The program can be installed on the computer from a recording medium such as a memory, or can be downloaded from a server on the network and installed.

  Each of the terminal interface device 3 and the telephone interface device 2 is provided with a functional unit for realizing the processing operation described below, and is a device realized by installing a program in a computer. To do.

  The operation of the system in this embodiment will be described below.

<Anonymous phone number payout processing>
First, the anonymous telephone number payout process will be described. In the following, a method for accessing the terminal interface device from the user terminal A and receiving an anonymous telephone number (method 1), and a method for accessing the telephone interface device 2 from the telephone A and receiving an anonymous telephone number (method 2). A method (method 3) for accessing the CGM service providing apparatus 4 from the user terminal A and receiving an anonymous telephone number will be described. Note that the telephone communication system according to the present embodiment may include any one or two of schemes 1 to 3, or may include all of them.

(Anonymous phone number payout method 1)
Processing of the anonymous telephone number payout method 1 will be described with reference to the sequence chart shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 11, first, the user terminal A accesses the terminal interface device 3 based on an operation by the user (step 1). The terminal interface device 3 transmits authentication screen data to the user terminal A (step 2), and the authentication screen is displayed on the user terminal A. The user who sees the authentication screen inputs the user ID and password to the user terminal A, and the user terminal A transmits the user ID and password to the terminal interface device 3 (step 3). The terminal interface device 3 performs user authentication based on the user ID and password received from the user terminal A.

  If the user authentication is successful, the user terminal A transmits an anonymous telephone number acquisition request to the terminal interface device 3 (step 4). The terminal interface device 3 transmits the anonymous telephone number acquisition screen data to the user terminal A (step 5). On the user terminal A, an anonymous telephone number acquisition screen is displayed. The user inputs information necessary for obtaining the anonymous telephone number to the user terminal A. Here, the original telephone number assigned to the telephone A that the user wants to communicate with the anonymous telephone number (this telephone number is registered on the telephone communication network side. Are referred to as registered telephone numbers).

  The user terminal A transmits the input registered telephone number to the terminal interface device 3 (step 6). The terminal interface apparatus 3 transmits an anonymous telephone number payout request including the received registered telephone number to the call control apparatus 1 (step 7).

  In the call control device 1 that has received the anonymous telephone number payout request including the registered telephone number, the anonymous telephone number payout section 12 acquires one unused anonymous telephone number from the anonymous telephone number storage section 15 and the anonymous telephone number. And the received registered telephone number are stored in the telephone number correspondence data storage unit 16 in association with each other (step 8). Furthermore, the anonymous telephone number payout unit 12 stores the expiration date of the anonymous telephone number in the telephone number corresponding data storage unit 16 in association with the anonymous telephone number. The expiration date may be set in advance on the call control device 1 side, or may be set in the request from the user terminal A, including the expiration date.

  Then, the call control device 1 transmits an anonymous telephone number payout response including the anonymous telephone number paid out as described above to the terminal interface device 3 (step 9). The terminal interface device 3 that has received the anonymous telephone number payout response transmits an anonymous telephone number acquisition response including the paid anonymous telephone number to the user terminal A (step 10). The user terminal A that has received the response displays the anonymous telephone number assigned to the registered telephone number of the telephone A, so that the user can know the anonymous telephone number.

  The terminal interface device 3 may acquire a plurality of anonymous phone numbers from the call control device 1 in advance and store them in the storage device, and assign one anonymous phone number among them to the user terminal A. In this case, the anonymous telephone number and the registered telephone number are transmitted from the terminal interface device 3 to the call control device 1, and these are registered in the call control device 1.

  Further, the anonymous telephone number issuing unit 12 periodically checks the expiration date stored in the telephone number corresponding data storage unit 16, and sets the expiration date when the current time is a predetermined time before the expiration date. The user of the corresponding registered telephone number is notified that the expiration date of the anonymous telephone number is near by mail, telephone or the like via the terminal interface device 3 or the telephone interface device 2. A user who knows that the expiration date is close can extend the expiration date by the same procedure as that for obtaining an anonymous telephone number.

  Further, in method 3 to be described later, the call control device 1 notifies the CGM service providing device 4 that the expiration date of the user's anonymous phone number related to the specific registered phone number is near, and the CGM service providing device 4 The user is notified by e-mail or the like that the expiration date of the anonymous telephone number is near, and the user extends the expiration date to the CGM service providing apparatus 4.

(Anonymous phone number payout method 2)
Next, the anonymous telephone number payout method 2 will be described with reference to the sequence chart shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 12, first, when the user calls the telephone interface device 2 from the telephone A, the telephone A and the telephone interface device 2 are call-connected (step 21). Thereafter, the telephone interface device 2 transmits an authentication information input request to the telephone A by voice or the like (step 22). When the authentication request voice is output from the telephone A, the user inputs the user ID and password to the telephone A using a push button or the like, and the telephone A transmits the user ID and password information to the telephone interface device 2 ( Step 23).

  Then, the telephone interface device 2 performs user authentication based on the user ID and password received from the telephone A. Here, user authentication is successful. Subsequently, voice guidance regarding various services is sent from the telephone interface device 2 to the telephone set A (step 24). In accordance with the guidance, the user presses the push button of telephone A that outputs a tone signal corresponding to the anonymous telephone number acquisition request. As a result, an anonymous telephone number acquisition request is notified from the telephone A to the telephone interface apparatus 2 (step 25).

  The telephone interface device 2 that has received the anonymous telephone number acquisition request transmits user information input guidance to the telephone set A (step 26). As in the case of method 1, the user inputs the registered telephone number to the telephone A as information necessary for obtaining the anonymous telephone number.

  The input registered telephone number is transmitted to the telephone interface apparatus 2 (step 27), and the telephone interface apparatus 2 transmits an anonymous telephone number payout request including the received registered telephone number to the call control apparatus 1 (step 28).

  The operation (steps 29 and 30) of the call control device 1 that has received the anonymous telephone number payout request including the registered telephone number is the same as that in the system 1.

  The telephone interface device 2 that has received the anonymous telephone number payout response transmits a response including the paid anonymous telephone number to the telephone set A (step 31). Thereby, the user can know an anonymous telephone number.

  The telephone interface device 2 may acquire a plurality of anonymous phone numbers from the call control device in advance and store them in the storage device, and assign one anonymous phone number among them to the telephone set A.

(Anonymous phone number payout method 3)
Next, processing of the anonymous telephone number payout method 3 will be described with reference to the sequence chart shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 13, first, the user terminal A accesses the CGM service providing apparatus 4 based on an operation by the user (step 41). In steps 42 and 43, user authentication is performed. As a result, the user can use the CGM service from the user terminal A. In the present embodiment, the CGM service providing apparatus 4 provides a service for paying out an anonymous telephone number, and the user terminal A accesses a Web page corresponding to the service for paying out an anonymous telephone number.

  Then, the user terminal A transmits an anonymous telephone number acquisition request to the CGM service providing apparatus 4 (step 44), and the CGM service providing apparatus 4 transmits anonymous telephone number acquisition screen data to the user terminal A (step 45). ). On the user terminal A, an anonymous telephone number acquisition screen is displayed. Then, as in the case of method 1, the user inputs the registered telephone number to the user terminal A as necessary information for obtaining the anonymous telephone number, and the user terminal A provides the entered registered telephone number to the CGM service. The data is transmitted to the device 4 (step 46).

  Thereafter, the CGM service providing apparatus 4 transmits an anonymous telephone number payout request including the received registered telephone number to the terminal interface apparatus 3 having a communication function with the call control apparatus 1 (step 47). Then, the same processing as Step 7 to Step 9 of Method 1 (FIG. 11) is executed (Steps 48 to 50), and an anonymous telephone number acquisition response including the paid anonymous telephone number is sent from the terminal interface device 3 to the CGM. It is transmitted to the service providing apparatus 4 (step 51). Then, the CGM service providing apparatus 4 transmits an anonymous telephone number acquisition response including the paid out anonymous telephone number to the user terminal A (step 52). The user terminal A that has received the response displays the anonymous telephone number assigned to the telephone number of the telephone A so that the user can know the anonymous telephone number.

  The CGM service providing apparatus 4 acquires a plurality of anonymous telephone numbers from the call control apparatus 1 in advance via the terminal interface apparatus 3 and stores them in the storage device, and one anonymous telephone number among them is stored in the user terminal. It is good also as assigning to.

<Publication of anonymous phone numbers>
A user who has received an anonymous telephone number as described above informs the specific acquaintance of the anonymous telephone number, or uses a bulletin board function provided by the CGM service providing apparatus 4 to unspecified (anonymous). Can inform users. Further, by using a group formation function (also referred to as community service) provided by the CGM service providing apparatus 4, an anonymous telephone number can be disclosed only to users in a group designated by the user.

  A person who knows the anonymous telephone number can make a call connection to the telephone set A using the anonymous telephone number.

<Communication sequence>
Next, a processing sequence related to telephone communication when an anonymous telephone number is used will be described with reference to the sequence chart of FIG.

  Here, a case where anonymous telephone number A is assigned to telephone A of user A who has registered telephone number A and telephone B of user B connects to telephone A using anonymous telephone number A will be described. Further, in the following example, it is assumed that both the telephone A and the telephone B are telephones that make a call using VoIP.

  As shown in FIG. 14, based on an operation by user B, telephone B issues a call connection request including telephone number B including registered telephone number B as a caller telephone number and anonymous telephone number A as a callee telephone number to telephone communication network 5. (Step 61). The call connection request is transmitted to the call control device 1. The call connection control unit 11 of the call control device 1 refers to the telephone number correspondence data storage unit 16 and acquires a registered telephone number A corresponding to the anonymous telephone number A included in the call connection request.

  Then, a call connection request is transmitted to the destination telephone A corresponding to the registered telephone number A (step 62). A technique for transmitting a call connection request to a destination corresponding to a registered telephone number is an existing technique.

  For example, the anonymous telephone number includes a predetermined number that can be distinguished from the registered telephone number, and the call connection control unit 11 only detects the predetermined number as the destination telephone number included in the call connection request. The telephone number corresponding data storage unit 16 may be referred to.

  The telephone set A that has received the call connection request rings and returns a provisional response during calling (steps 63 and 64). As a result, a ringing tone is sent to the telephone set B, and the user B recognizes that the telephone set A is being called. Thereafter, when telephone A goes off-hook, a response indicating OK is returned (steps 65 and 66), and then a voice call is made between telephone A and telephone B (step 67).

  When the anonymous telephone number B is registered for the telephone set B, the call control device 1 may include the anonymous telephone number B as the caller telephone number in the call connection request transmitted to the telephone set A. . Thereby, the user of the telephone set B can make a call to the user A without the registered telephone number B being known to the user A.

<Processing for incoming / outgoing calls>
Next, processing related to whether incoming calls are permitted or not in the present embodiment will be described. Anonymous telephone numbers paid out as described above are likely to be known to a large number of users via a bulletin board or the like, and there is a risk that an unspecified number of users will call anonymous telephone numbers. There is. Therefore, in this embodiment, a user who has received an anonymous telephone number can be set to receive an incoming call only from a specific user or to reject an incoming call from a specific user. .

  Hereinafter, registration processing of a telephone number related to whether or not an incoming call is permitted will be described. Similarly to the case of paying out an anonymous telephone number, in the following, the user terminal A accesses the terminal interface device 3 to register the telephone number related to whether the incoming call is accepted (method 1), and the telephone A accesses the telephone interface device 2. Next, a method of registering a telephone number related to whether or not an incoming call (method 2) and a method of accessing the CGM service providing apparatus 4 from the user terminal A and registering a telephone number related to whether or not an incoming call will be described (method 3). Note that the telephone communication system according to the present embodiment may include any one or two of schemes 1 to 3, or may include all of them.

(Phone number registration method 1)
First, referring to the sequence chart shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 15, first, the user terminal A accesses the terminal interface device 3 based on an operation by the user (step 71). After user authentication is performed in the same manner as in the case of anonymous phone number payout (steps 72 and 73), the user terminal A transmits an incoming / outgoing telephone number registration screen request to the terminal interface device 3 (step 74). The telephone number registration screen data is transmitted from the terminal interface device 3 to the user terminal A (step 75).

  The user enters the registered telephone number of telephone A and the telephone number of the caller that accepts incoming calls (referred to as an incoming call acceptable telephone number) or the telephone number that rejects incoming calls (referred to as an incoming call rejected telephone number) to user terminal A To do. Each of these numbers (the incoming call allowable telephone number and the incoming call rejection telephone number are collectively referred to as an incoming / outgoing telephone number) may be one, or a plurality of numbers may be input. These numbers may be registered telephone numbers or anonymous telephone numbers.

  The user terminal A transmits a call acceptance / rejection telephone number registration request including the input call acceptance / rejection telephone number and the registered telephone number to the terminal interface device 3 (step 76). Here, when the input telephone number is an incoming call allowable telephone number, the telephone number and information indicating that the incoming call is allowable are transmitted to the terminal interface device 3, and the input telephone number is the incoming call rejection telephone. If it is a number, the telephone number and information indicating that the incoming call is rejected are transmitted to the terminal interface device 3. The information indicating that the incoming call is permitted and the information indicating that the incoming call is rejected are collectively referred to as incoming / outgoing permission information.

  The terminal interface device 3 transmits a call acceptance / rejection phone number registration request including the received call acceptance / rejection phone number, the call acceptance / rejection information, and the registered phone number to the call control device 1 (step 77).

  In the call control device 1 that has received the incoming / outgoing telephone number registration request, the incoming / outgoing telephone number registration unit 13 stores the incoming / outgoing telephone number in association with the registered telephone number in the incoming / outgoing telephone number storage unit 17 (step 78). ). More specifically, if the incoming / outgoing telephone number is an incoming telephone number, as shown in FIG. 6, the telephone number is stored in the incoming / outgoing telephone number storage unit 17 together with information indicating that incoming calls are permitted. If the incoming / outgoing telephone number is an incoming call rejection telephone number, the telephone number is stored in the incoming / outgoing telephone number storage unit 17 together with information indicating that the incoming call is rejected.

  If the incoming / outgoing telephone number included in the incoming / outgoing telephone number registration request is an anonymous telephone number, it is converted into a registered telephone number by referring to the telephone number correspondence data storage unit 16, and the anonymous telephone number is converted. Stores the registered telephone number corresponding to the number.

  Thereafter, a response indicating that the incoming / outgoing telephone number has been registered is returned from the call control device 1 to the user terminal A via the terminal interface device 3 (steps 79 and 80).

  An incoming call to a registered telephone number for which incoming call permission is recorded in the incoming / outgoing telephone number storage unit 17 is allowed only from an incoming call allowable telephone number stored in association with the registered telephone number. In addition, regarding the registered telephone number in which incoming call rejection is recorded in the incoming / outgoing telephone number storage unit 17, only incoming calls from the incoming telephone number are rejected, and incoming calls from other telephone numbers are not rejected.

(Call acceptance number registration method 2)
Next, processing of incoming / outgoing telephone number registration method 2 will be described with reference to the sequence chart shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 16, first, when the user calls the telephone interface device 2 from the telephone A, the telephone A and the telephone interface device 2 are call-connected (step 91). Thereafter, authentication processing is performed in the same manner as in the case of paying out an anonymous telephone number (steps 92 and 93). Then, voice guidance is sent from the telephone interface device 2 to the telephone set A (step 94). In accordance with the guidance, the user presses the push button of the telephone set A that outputs a tone signal corresponding to the incoming / outgoing permission number registration processing request. As a result, a call acceptance / rejection number registration processing request is notified from the telephone A to the telephone interface apparatus 2 (step 95).

  The telephone interface device 2 transmits an incoming / outgoing telephone number input guidance to the telephone A (step 96). Then, the user inputs the registered telephone number, incoming / outgoing telephone number and incoming / outgoing permission information to the telephone A. Then, the registered telephone number, incoming / outgoing telephone number and incoming / outgoing information are notified from the telephone A to the telephone interface device 2 (step 97).

  The telephone interface device 2 transmits an incoming / outgoing telephone number registration request including the received registered telephone number, incoming / outgoing telephone number and incoming / outgoing permission information to the call control apparatus 1 (step 98).

  Thereafter, the call control device 1 executes the same processing as in the method 1, and a response indicating that the incoming / outgoing telephone number is registered is returned from the call control device 1 to the telephone set A via the telephone interface device 2. (Steps 99 to 101).

(Call rejection number registration method 3)
Next, processing of the incoming / outgoing telephone number registration method 3 will be described with reference to the sequence chart shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 17, first, the user terminal A accesses the CGM service providing apparatus 4 based on an operation by the user (step 111). In steps 112 and 113, user authentication is performed. As a result, the user can use the CGM service from the user terminal A. In this embodiment, the CGM service providing apparatus 4 provides a service for registering an incoming / outgoing telephone number, and the user terminal A accesses a Web page corresponding to the incoming / outgoing telephone number registration service.

  The user terminal A transmits a call acceptance / rejection telephone number registration processing request to the CGM service providing apparatus 4 (step 114), and the CGM service provision apparatus 4 transmits call acceptance / rejection telephone number registration screen data to the user terminal A (step 114). 115). On the user terminal A, a screen for registering an incoming call rejection telephone number is displayed. Then, as in the case of method 1, the user inputs the registered telephone number, incoming / outgoing telephone number and incoming / outgoing permission information to the user terminal A, and the user terminal A sends the corresponding CGM service providing apparatus 4 Information is transmitted (step 116).

  Thereafter, the CGM service providing apparatus 4 transmits a call acceptance / rejection telephone number registration request including the registered telephone number, the call acceptance / rejection telephone number, and the call acceptance / rejection information to the terminal interface apparatus 3 having an interface function with the call control apparatus 1. (Step 117). Then, processing similar to Step 77 to Step 79 of system 1 (FIG. 15) is executed (Steps 118 to 120), and a response to the incoming / outgoing telephone number registration request passes through the terminal interface device 3 and the CGM service providing device 4. And transmitted to the user terminal A (steps 121 and 122).

  The above processing is the same as method 1, but in the incoming / outgoing permission / rejection number registration method 3, it is also possible to specify the incoming / outgoing permission / inhibition by specifying the user ID (which is a broad meaning user ID including the user name). is there. The main processing sequence in this case will be described with reference to FIG.

  The user designates a user ID instead of a telephone number as a partner who accepts incoming calls or rejects incoming calls, and the user terminal A inputs a registered telephone number, user ID, and incoming / outgoing permission information to the CGM service providing apparatus 4 Information is transmitted (step 131). The CGM service providing apparatus 4 receives the registered telephone number, user ID, and incoming / outgoing permission information, and acquires the registered telephone number corresponding to the user ID by referring to the user information storage unit 48 (step 132). Thereafter, similarly to the case of step 117 in FIG. 17, a call acceptance / rejection telephone number registration request including the registered telephone number is transmitted to the terminal interface device 3 (step 133). In the above processing, the CGM service providing apparatus 4 associates the registration request source user ID with the user ID that permits / denies the incoming call and stores them in the incoming call acceptance user information storage unit 51 or the incoming call rejection user information storage unit 52. I will keep it.

  In addition, the user registers with the inter-user connection function provided by the CGM service providing apparatus 4 to allow only incoming calls from users registered as friends connected to the user or friends of friends. It can also be done. The main processing in that case will be described with reference to the sequence chart of FIG.

  The user terminal A transmits a call acceptance / rejection telephone number registration processing request including information indicating that it is a request to allow only a specific friend to accept an incoming call, together with the user ID of the user, to the CGM service providing apparatus 4 (step 141). . The information registration processing function unit 46 in the CGM service providing apparatus 4 refers to the inter-user connection information storage unit 49 and the incoming call permitted user information storage unit 51, and refers to the friend list corresponding to the user ID and the already received incoming call. A list of permissible user IDs (incoming permissible friend list) is transmitted to user terminal A (step 142).

  By referring to the information displayed on the user terminal A, the user selects a user ID to be added as an incoming call allowable user from the friend list, or deletes a user who is to be excluded from the incoming call allowable user from the incoming call friend list, etc. The incoming call friend list is edited (step 143).

  Then, the edited permitted incoming friend list is transmitted from the user terminal A to the CGM service providing apparatus 4 (step 144), and the CGM service providing apparatus 4 assigns the user ID included in the received incoming acceptable friend list to the user's user. Corresponding to the ID, it is stored in the incoming call permitted user information storage unit 51 (step 145).

  Then, the information registration processing function unit 46 refers to the user information storage unit 48 to convert the user ID of the user and the user ID included in the incoming call friend list to a registered telephone number, and to register the user A. An incoming / outgoing telephone number registration request including a telephone number, an incoming telephone allowable telephone number (may be plural), and incoming incoming permissible information is transmitted to the terminal interface device 3 (step 146). The subsequent processing is the same as steps 118 to 122 in FIG.

  In the above processing, the user can instruct a friend of the friend via the user terminal A to allow incoming calls to his / her anonymous telephone number. In this case, the information registration processing function unit 46 The user ID connected to the user ID included in the user's incoming friend list can be acquired from the inter-user connection information storage unit 49, and the user ID can be added to the incoming friend list. The processing after adding the user ID to the incoming call friend list is the same as described above.

  In addition, the user can also perform registration by specifying a group (community) created by the group formation function provided by the CGM service providing apparatus 4 so as to allow only incoming calls from users belonging to the group. . In addition, it is possible to designate a user who wants to reject an incoming call from among users included in a group registered to allow incoming calls. Hereinafter, this process will be described with reference to the sequence chart of FIG.

  The user terminal A transmits a call acceptance / rejection telephone number registration processing request including information indicating that it is a request for allowing an incoming call to users of a specific group to the CGM service providing apparatus 4 together with the user ID of the user (step) 151). The information registration processing function unit 46 in the CGM service providing apparatus 4 refers to the group information storage unit 50, the incoming call acceptance group information storage unit 53, and the incoming call rejection user information storage unit 52, and the user belongs (that is, the user ID of the user). The group name list, the already accepted incoming call group list, and the incoming call rejection user list are transmitted to the user terminal A (step 152).

  The user operates user terminal A to select a group to be added as a call acceptance group from the call acceptance group list, delete a group to be excluded from the call acceptance group from the call acceptance group list, By adding / deleting etc., the incoming call acceptance group list and the incoming call rejection user list are edited (step 153), and the edited incoming call acceptance group list and incoming call rejection user list are transmitted to the CGM service providing apparatus 4. (Step 154).

  Then, the CGM service providing apparatus 4 stores the group ID included in the received incoming call acceptance group list and the incoming call rejection user ID included in the incoming call rejection user list, respectively. This is recorded in the unit 52 (step 155).

  Then, the information registration processing function unit 46 refers to the group information storage unit 50 and the user information storage unit 48 to obtain a user ID obtained by removing the incoming call rejection user ID from the user ID in each group included in the incoming call acceptance group list. Are converted into registered telephone numbers (they become incoming call allowable telephone numbers), and an incoming / outgoing telephone number registration request including the user's registered telephone number, incoming call allowable telephone number, and incoming call permission information is sent to the terminal interface device 3. (Step 156). The subsequent processing is the same as the processing shown in steps 118 to 122 in FIG.

  In the above-described processing, in the process of providing the CGM service in the CGM service providing apparatus 4, the connection relationship of the friends and the group configuration may be changed, but the CGM service providing apparatus 4 changes each time the change is made. The incoming call allowable telephone number registration request including the subsequent incoming allowable telephone number may be transmitted to the call control device 1.

(Example of communication processing to determine whether incoming calls are accepted)
Next, an example of communication processing when the call control device 1 performs incoming / outgoing permission determination will be described. Here, the system 1 in the case where the call control device 1 makes a call admission / rejection determination with reference to the call acceptance / rejection telephone number storage unit 17 and the call control device 1 makes an inquiry to the CGM service providing device 4 regarding the admission permission / inhibition. The method 2 in the case where the incoming / outgoing permission / rejection determination is performed will be described. The telephone communication system according to the present embodiment may include any one of method 1 and method 2, or may include all of them.

<Method 1 for referring to incoming / outgoing telephone number storage unit>
First, system 1 in the case where call control device 1 makes an incoming / outgoing permission judgment by referring to incoming / outgoing telephone number storage unit 17 will be described with reference to the sequence chart of FIG.

  Here, as in the case described with reference to FIG. 14, a case will be described in which user B's telephone B makes a call to user A's telephone A using anonymous telephone number A.

  As shown in FIG. 21, on the basis of an operation by the user B, the telephone set B issues a call connection request including the registered telephone number B as the caller telephone number and the anonymous telephone number A as the callee telephone number. (Step 161). The call connection request is transmitted to the call control device 1. The call connection control unit 11 of the call control device 1 refers to the telephone number correspondence data storage unit 16 and acquires a registered telephone number A corresponding to the anonymous telephone number A included in the call connection request.

  In the call control device 1, the registered telephone number A which is the destination telephone number and the registered telephone number B which is the caller telephone number are notified to the incoming / outgoing admission / rejection determination unit 14, and the incoming / outgoing admission / rejection determination unit 14 stores the incoming / outgoing admission / rejection telephone number. By referring to the section 17, it is checked whether the registered telephone number B is an incoming call allowable number for the registered telephone number A or not registered as an incoming call rejection telephone number. It is determined whether or not the registered telephone number A can be received (step 162).

  If the determination result here is NG, for example, a message indicating that the connection cannot be established is played via the telephone interface device 2 (step 163). If the determination result here is OK, the call connection control unit 11 is informed that it is OK. In this case, after that, the same processing as the processing of Step 62 to Step 66 shown in FIG. 14 is performed (Steps 164 to 168), and the telephone call between the telephone A and the telephone B is started (Step 169).

<Method 2 for inquiring to CGM service provider>
Next, a method 2 in which the call control device 1 makes an incoming / outgoing permission determination by making an inquiry to the CGM service providing device 4 will be described with reference to the sequence chart of FIG.

  Here, as in the case described with reference to FIG. 21, a case will be described in which the telephone B makes a call to the telephone A using the anonymous telephone number A. FIG. 22 shows only the process related to the determination process. Further, data in the incoming call acceptance user information storage unit 51, incoming call rejection user information storage unit 52, incoming call rejection group information storage unit 53, etc. used in the following processing is stored in advance in the same manner as in the incoming call rejection number registration method 3. It is what has been.

  First, based on an operation by the user B, the telephone set B issues a call connection request including the registered telephone number B as the caller telephone number and the anonymous telephone number A as the destination telephone number to the telephone communication network 5. The call connection request is transmitted to the call control device 1. The call connection control unit 11 of the call control device 1 refers to the telephone number correspondence data storage unit 16 and acquires a registered telephone number A corresponding to the anonymous telephone number A included in the call connection request.

  The registered telephone number A, which is the destination telephone number, and the registered telephone number B, which is the caller telephone number, are notified to the incoming call permission / refusal determination unit 14. The incoming / outgoing admission / rejection determination unit 14 transmits an incoming / outgoing admission / rejection determination request including the registered telephone number A and the registered telephone number B to the CGM service providing apparatus 4 via the terminal interface apparatus 3 (steps 171 and 172). The incoming / outgoing admission / rejection determination unit 47 in the CGM service providing device 4 that has received the incoming / outgoing admission / rejection determination request converts the registered telephone number A and the registered telephone number B into user IDs by referring to the user information storage unit 48 (respectively, respectively) User ID-A and user ID-B) (step 173).

  The incoming / outgoing permission / inhibition determination unit 47 refers to the incoming call allowable user information storage unit 51, the incoming call rejection user information storage unit 52, the incoming call allowance group information storage unit 53, and the group information storage unit 50. It is determined whether or not the user is registered as a user who can receive calls for -A and whether or not the user is registered as a call rejection user (step 174). When referring to the incoming call permission group information storage unit 53, the incoming call permission / rejection determination unit 47 converts the user ID-B into a group name to which the user ID-B belongs, and uses the group name to accept the incoming call permission group. The information storage unit 50 is referred to.

  If the determination result here is NG, the CGM service providing apparatus 4 transmits to the call control apparatus 1 a determination result indicating that incoming calls from the registered telephone number B to the registered telephone number A are not permitted (step 175). / NG), the call control apparatus 1 that has received the determination result to that effect sends a message to the telephone set B that it cannot connect to the other party, for example, via the telephone interface apparatus 2. If the determination result in step 174 is OK, the CGM service providing apparatus 4 transmits to the call control apparatus 1 a determination result indicating that incoming calls from the registered telephone number B to the registered telephone number A are permitted. (Step 175 / OK), the result is transmitted to the call connection control unit 11 in the call control device 1. In this case, the same processing as the processing of Step 62 to Step 66 shown in FIG. 14 is performed, and a telephone call between the telephone A and the telephone B is started.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications and applications are possible within the scope of the claims.

1 is a configuration diagram of a system according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows the structural example of a telephone communication network. It is a functional block diagram of a call control apparatus. It is an example of the data which an anonymous telephone number storage part stores. It is an example of the data which a telephone number corresponding | compatible data storage part stores. It is an example of the data which an incoming / outgoing acceptance telephone number storage part stores. It is a function block diagram of a CGM service provision apparatus. It is an example of the data which the connection information storage part between users stores. It is an example of the data which a group information storage part stores. It is a figure which shows the example of the data which concern on acceptance / rejection of an incoming call. It is a sequence chart of the anonymous telephone number payout method 1. It is a sequence chart of the anonymous telephone number payout method 2. It is a sequence chart of the anonymous telephone number payout method 3. It is the process sequence which concerns on telephone communication at the time of using an anonymous telephone number. 6 is a sequence chart of incoming / rejected telephone number registration method 1; 10 is a sequence chart of incoming / rejected telephone number registration method 2. 10 is a sequence chart of incoming / rejected telephone number registration method 3. It is a sequence chart of a call acceptance number registration process using a user ID. It is a sequence chart of a call acceptance number registration process using inter-user connection information. It is a sequence chart of a call acceptance number registration process using group information. 3 is a sequence chart of an incoming / outgoing acceptance / rejection determination method 1; 10 is a sequence chart of incoming / outgoing admission / rejection determination method 2;

Explanation of symbols

A, B Telephone, user terminal 1 Call control device 2 Telephone interface device 3 Terminal interface device 4 CGM service providing device 5 Telephone communication network 6 Internet 11 Call connection control unit 12 Anonymous telephone number issuing unit 13 Incoming / rejecting telephone number registration unit 14 Incoming call Permission determination unit 15 Anonymous telephone number storage unit 16 Telephone number corresponding data storage unit 17 Incoming / rejected telephone number storage unit 41 Authentication unit 42 Service screen provision unit 43 Request processing unit 44 Inter-user connection function unit 45 Group formation function unit 46 Information registration processing Function unit 47 Incoming call acceptance / rejection determination unit 48 User information storage unit 49 Inter-user connection information storage unit 50 Group information storage unit 51 Incoming call acceptance user information storage unit 52 Incoming call rejection user information storage unit 53 Incoming call acceptance group information storage unit

Claims (6)

Connected to a communication network and a call control device that allows an anonymous telephone number to be assigned to a telephone in addition to a pre-assigned registered telephone number and makes a call connection to the telephone using the anonymous telephone number A telephone communication system having a service providing apparatus for providing a web service to a user terminal,
The call control device includes:
In response to receiving an anonymous telephone number registration request including the registered telephone number via a communication network, the anonymous telephone number is issued, and the anonymous telephone number and the registered telephone number are associated with each other to store telephone number corresponding data. An anonymous telephone number registration means stored in the means;
A call acceptance / rejection telephone number storage means for storing a registered telephone number as a destination and a registration telephone number of a caller that accepts or rejects an incoming call to the destination;
In response to receiving a call acceptance / rejection telephone number registration request including a registration telephone number of a caller that accepts or rejects an incoming call from the service providing apparatus via the communication network, the registration telephone number is stored in the call acceptance / rejection telephone number storage unit. Incoming / outgoing telephone number registration means for storing,
When a call connection request including the anonymous telephone number as a destination telephone number is received from a caller telephone, a registered telephone number corresponding to the anonymous telephone number is obtained from the telephone number correspondence data storage unit, and the incoming call is received. Judgment whether the registered telephone number of the caller included in the call connection request can be received with respect to the registered telephone number of the callee corresponding to the anonymous telephone number by referring to the acceptance / rejection telephone number storage means An incoming / outgoing permission determination means for performing
Call connection control means for performing call connection control with the telephone corresponding to the registered telephone number of the destination as a destination of the call connection request when the incoming call is possible,
The service providing apparatus includes:
Based on the request received from the user terminal, the anonymous telephone number registration request is transmitted to the call control apparatus, and the response including the anonymous telephone number received from the call control apparatus is transmitted to the user terminal. Number registration processing means;
User information storage means for storing a user ID and a registered telephone number in association with each other;
A user ID of a sender that accepts or rejects an incoming call to the user's telephone of the user terminal is received from the user terminal, and includes a registered telephone number corresponding to the user ID by referring to the user information storage unit A telephone communication system comprising: an incoming / outgoing telephone number registration processing means for transmitting an incoming / outgoing telephone number registration request to the call control device . The service providing apparatus further includes an inter-user connection information storage unit that stores a user ID connected to the user ID for each user ID,
The incoming / outgoing acceptance / rejection telephone number registration processing unit receives a request from the user terminal to permit an incoming call having a telephone number corresponding to the user ID connected to the user ID of the user of the user terminal as a source, By referring to the inter-user connection information storage means and the user information storage means, there is provided means for transmitting a call acceptance / rejection telephone number registration request including a registered telephone number to be accepted to the call control device. The telephone communication system according to claim 1 , characterized in that: The service providing apparatus further comprises group information storage means for storing a group ID and a user ID included in the group in association with each other,
The incoming / outgoing telephone number registration processing means receives a request from the user terminal to permit an incoming call originating from a telephone number corresponding to a user ID included in a specific group, and the group information storage means and 2. The apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising means for transmitting a call acceptance / rejection telephone number registration request including a registered telephone number that should be permitted to be received to the call control device by referring to the user information storage means. Telephone communication system. Connected to a communication network and a call control device that allows an anonymous telephone number to be assigned to a telephone in addition to a pre-assigned registered telephone number and makes a call connection to the telephone using the anonymous telephone number A telephone communication system having a service providing apparatus for providing a web service to a user terminal,
The call control device includes:
In response to receiving an anonymous telephone number registration request including the registered telephone number via a communication network, the anonymous telephone number is issued, and the anonymous telephone number and the registered telephone number are associated with each other to store telephone number corresponding data. An anonymous telephone number registration means stored in the means;
When a call connection request including the anonymous telephone number as a destination telephone number is received from a caller telephone, a registered telephone number corresponding to the anonymous telephone number is obtained from the telephone number correspondence data storage unit, and the call An incoming call received from the service providing apparatus by transmitting to the service providing apparatus an incoming call acceptance / rejection determination request including the registered telephone number of the caller included in the connection request and the registered telephone number of the callee corresponding to the anonymous telephone number An incoming / outgoing permission / refusal processing means for permitting or rejecting a call connection in response to the call connection request according to a result of the permission determination;
Call connection control means for performing call connection control with the telephone corresponding to the registered telephone number of the destination as a destination for the call connection request, when call connection for the call connection request is permitted ,
The service providing apparatus includes:
Based on the request received from the user terminal, the anonymous telephone number registration request is transmitted to the call control apparatus, and the response including the anonymous telephone number received from the call control apparatus is transmitted to the user terminal. Number registration processing means;
User information storage means for storing a user ID and a registered telephone number in association with each other;
An incoming / outgoing permission / rejection information storage unit that stores a user ID corresponding to a destination and a user ID corresponding to a source that accepts or rejects the incoming call to the destination;
When the incoming / outgoing admission / rejection determination request is received from the call control device, the incoming / outgoing admission / rejection determination is performed with reference to the user information storage unit and the incoming / outgoing admission / rejection information storage unit, and the incoming / outgoing admission / rejection determination result is transmitted to the call control device A telephone communication system, comprising: The service providing apparatus further includes an inter-user connection information storage unit that stores a user ID connected to the user ID for each user ID,
The incoming / outgoing admission / rejection determination unit refers to the inter-user connection information storage unit, the user information storage unit, and the incoming / outgoing admission / rejection information storage unit when receiving the incoming / outgoing admission / rejection determination request from the call control device. 5. The telephone communication system according to claim 4 , further comprising means for performing an incoming call permission / refusal determination result to the call control device. The service providing apparatus includes a group information storage unit that stores a group ID and a user ID included in the group in association with each other, and an incoming call permission group storage unit that stores a group ID that allows incoming calls for each user ID. In addition,
The incoming / outgoing admission / rejection determination unit performs the incoming / outgoing admission / rejection determination with reference to the group information storage unit, the user information storage unit and the incoming call allowance group storage unit when receiving the incoming / outgoing admission / rejection determination request from the call control device. 5. The telephone communication system according to claim 4 , further comprising means for transmitting a call acceptance / rejection determination result to the call control device.

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