JPH05300243A - Positional information dialing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain the positional information dialing system capable of dialing based on positional information of an opposite telephone set with respect to the system in which the incoming to an object telephone set is enabled by dialing. CONSTITUTION:In the dialing system in which an opposite telephone set 3 is reached through an exchange 2 in response to dialing information from a caller telephone set 1, the exchange 2 is provided with a positional information storage means 4. Then the relation between the positional information of the telephone set and a telephone number of the telephone set is stored and when the caller telephone set 1 dials the position information of the opposite telephone set 3, the exchange 2 retrieves the position information storage means 4 to convert the position information into the telephone number of the telephone set and the telephone number is reached to the opposite telephone set 3 based on the telephone number.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for receiving an incoming call to a target telephone by dialing, and more particularly to a position information dialing method for dialing according to the position information of a partner telephone.

[0002] In order to make a call, it is necessary to dial and make a call to the other party's telephone.

As a dialing method in this case, it is convenient if the desired telephone can be reached by dialing the location information of the other party telephone rather than dialing the telephone number of the other party subscriber.

[0004]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a dialing method, a method of dialing a telephone number of a partner subscriber has been used exclusively. In this case, if you know the location of the intended other party, but you do not know the telephone number, search the telephone directory by the department name of the other party, check the telephone number, and then make a call using that number. Or, a method is generally used in which an operator is called to notify the belonging department name of the other party to make a connection and then make a call.

However, searching the telephone directory one by one is troublesome and time consuming. Also, if the department to which the other party belongs is dispersed in multiple places, try dialing one of the multiple numbers listed in the phone book, and if it is not the intended place, , The responder is requested to transfer to the target telephone, and when the transfer is connected, the purpose can be finally reached.
Furthermore, if you do not know the department to which the other party belongs, there is no way to make a call.

[0006]

As described above, the conventional dialing system has a problem that it is difficult to make a call to the intended party when the user does not know the telephone number because the dialing is performed by the telephone number of the other party. ..

The present invention is intended to solve such a problem of the prior art. Even if the telephone number of the other party is not known, the location of the other party is known and there is a telephone nearby. The purpose of the present invention is to enable dialing using position information so that an incoming call can be made to a target telephone without searching a telephone directory or moving an operator's hand.

[0008]

[Means for Solving the Problems] (1) FIG. 1 shows a principle configuration of the present invention. According to the present invention, in the dialing system for receiving an incoming call to the other party's telephone 3 via the exchange 2 in accordance with the dialing information from the calling telephone 1, the correspondence between the location information of the telephone in the exchange 2 and the number of this telephone. The location information storage means 4 for storing the location information is provided, and when the location information of the partner telephone 3 is dialed from the calling telephone 1, the exchange 2 indexes the location information storage means 4 and converts the location information into the telephone number. The other party's telephone 3 is made to receive a call by this number.

(2) In the present invention according to the invention described in (1), the correspondence between the location information of the telephone and the location information of the telephone to which the incoming call to this telephone is to be transferred is registered in the exchange 2. When the absent transfer registration means 6 is provided and the position information of the partner telephone 3 is dialed from the calling telephone 1, the switch 2 registers the absent transfer registration means 6 and outputs the position information of the transfer destination corresponding to this position information. The location information storage means 4 is searched to convert the location information of the transfer destination into a telephone number, and the telephone number of the transfer destination 5 is called by this number.

(3) Further, in the present invention, the originating telephone 1
In the dialing method for receiving an incoming call to the other party's telephone 3 via the exchange 2 in accordance with the dialing information from the telephone, the exchange 2 corresponds to the location information of the telephone and the telephone number to which the incoming call to this telephone should be transferred. The absence transfer registration means 6 for registering the relationship is provided, and when the location information of the partner telephone 3 is dialed from the calling telephone 1, the exchange 2 registers the absence transfer registration means 6 and uses this location information as the transfer destination telephone number. The telephone number is converted, and the call is transferred to the transfer destination telephone 5 by this number.

[0011]

[Operation] (1) The exchange 2 is provided with the position information storage means 4,
The correspondence between the position information of the telephone and the number of this telephone is stored. When the location information of the partner telephone 3 is dialed from the originating telephone 1, the location information storage means 4 is indexed in the exchange 2 to convert this location information into a telephone number, and the destination telephone 3 is called by this number. To

Therefore, it is not necessary to use the number information of the other party's telephone for dialing from the calling telephone 1, and the exchange 2 can be operated by dialing the position information of the other party's telephone.
It is possible to make a call to the other party's telephone 3 via.

(2) In the case of (1), the switch 2 is provided with call forwarding registration means 6 to register the correspondence between the position information of the telephone and the position information of the telephone to which the incoming call to this telephone should be transferred. I'll do it. When the location information of the partner telephone 3 is dialed from the originating telephone 1, the exchange 2 registers the absent transfer registration means 6 and outputs the location information of the transfer destination corresponding to the dialed location information, and the location information storage means. 4 is indexed, the position information of this transfer destination is converted into the telephone number, and the telephone number of the transfer destination 5 is made to receive by this number.

Therefore, by dialing the location information of the other party's telephone from the originating telephone 1, it is possible to make a call to the destination telephone 5 via the exchange 2 when the other party's subscriber is absent.

(3) In the present invention, the exchange 2 is
The call forwarding registration means 6 is provided to register the correspondence between the position information of the telephone and the number of the telephone to which the incoming call to this telephone should be transferred. When the originating telephone 1 dials the location information of the partner telephone 3, the switch 2 registers the absence transfer registration means 6 to convert the location information into the telephone number of the transfer destination, and the telephone number 5 of the transfer destination is converted by this number. To make an incoming call.

Therefore, by dialing the location information of the other party's telephone from the originating telephone 1, it is possible to make a call to the destination telephone 5 via the exchange 2 when the other party's subscriber is absent.

[0017]

FIG. 2 shows an embodiment of the present invention, in which (a) shows a case of making a call by a position information dial, and (b) shows a case of an unattended transfer by position information. There is. Reference numeral 11 is an exchange, 12 is a location information storage area, and 13 is an absence transfer registration area. Reference numerals 14, 15 and 16 are terminals accommodated in the exchange, 14 is a telephone set showing an example of call origination, 15 is a telephone set showing an example of call reception, and 16 is a telephone set showing a transfer destination example.

FIG. 3 shows an example of the position information, showing a plan view of the building, and the same parts as those in FIG. 2 are indicated by the same numbers. 21, 22, and 23 are 1
It is a floor diagram of the 2nd floor and the 3rd floor. Also, 1-1 to 1-
4, 2-1 to 2-4, 3-1 to 3-4, 4-1 to 4-
4, 5-1 to 5-4 are pillar numbers.

FIG. 4 shows an example of the data structure in the position information storage area, 31 is a floor link, 32 is an X.
An axis link, 33 is a Y axis link, and 34 is an extension pool.

(1) Registration of position information The position information storage area 12 is provided in the exchange 11, and the position information registered in the position information storage area 12 should be set in advance by a command or the like. However, it is assumed that registration is performed from each telephone in consideration of the fact that the location of the telephone may change due to a change in the indoor layout or the like.

The registration of the position information is performed by performing registration dialing from each telephone and storing necessary information in the position information storage area 12. In FIG. 2, indicates storage of position information in the position information storage area 12.

The position information is registered in the order of "N-F-X-Y". Here, N is a location information dial transmission special number, for example, "#" represents transmission and "*" represents registration. F is a floor number, for example, 1st floor, 2
The floor, the third floor, ... Are represented by “1”, “2”, “3” ,. XY is a pillar number, for example, "X" is "1", "2", "3", in order from the east, with east and west as the X axis direction.
... and north and south as the Y-axis direction and "Y" as "1", "2", "3", ...

Therefore, the position information at the time of registration of the telephone 15 having the pillar number 3-2 on the third floor shown in FIG. 3 is "* 33".
2 ", the telephone 15 dials" 332 "to display the location information storage area 1 in the exchange.
Registration is done in 2. Similarly, the pillar number 2- on the 3rd floor
Since the position information of the third telephone set 16 at the time of registration is "* 323", the telephone set 16 is registered in the position information storage area 12 in the exchange by dialing "323".

Now, the extension number of the telephone 15 is "200".
If it is "0", this number is registered in the extension pool indicated by the position information in the position information storage area shown in FIG.

In the exchange, registration is judged by N = “*” in the dialed position information, 3 is selected in the floor link 31 by F = “3”, and X = “3”.
Select 3 in the X-axis link 32 by, and Y =
By selecting 2 in the Y-axis link 33 by "2", the extension number "2000" is registered in the selected extension pool 34. If there are multiple telephones at the same pole number, the first extension number in the extension pool is the representative number. Upon completion of registration, the telephone 15 recognizes this by the completion sound.

(2) Calling by Position Information Dial As shown in FIG. 2, when the phone 14 calls by position information, for example, the phone 1 shown in FIG.
When making a call to No. 5, since it is a telephone near the pillar number 3-2 on the third floor, dial "# 332".

In the exchange 11, the call origination is judged by N = “#” in the dialed position information, and the extension pool indicated by the position information “332” is referred by referring to the position information storage area 12 as shown in. One extension number (for example, "2000") is extracted from 34 and an empty / closed check is performed. If it is available, the call arrives at the telephone 15 having the extension number "2000", as shown in.

If the telephone 15 is not empty, another extension number in the extension pool 34 is taken out and the same processing is performed. When all the extension numbers registered in the extension pool 34 are blocked, the busy tone is sent to the calling telephone 14.

(3) Absent transfer by position information In the following, the absent transfer process will be described on the assumption that the extension telephone has completed the position registration.

In FIG. 2, when the subscriber at the telephone set 15 performs call forwarding, the telephone set 15 is switched to the exchange 11.
On the other hand, as shown in, the absence registration is performed in the absence transfer registration area 13. At this time, if the transferee's telephone number is unknown, it can be registered with the position information. The transfer destination registration at the time of absence transfer is performed by dialing, for example, "1xy- # 323". Where "1
"xy" is the absent transfer destination registration special number, "# 323" is the position information of the transfer destination, and corresponds to the pillar number 2-3 on the third floor.

In FIG. 2, the subscriber of the telephone set 14 is
As shown in, when the location information “# 332” is dialed to make a call to the subscriber of the telephone set 15, the exchange 11 refers to the call forwarding registration area 13 and confirms that the telephone set 15 is registered for call forwarding. Recognize and take out the dial information "# 323" of the transfer destination as shown in.

The exchange 11 uses N = in this position information.
It is recognized that the transfer by the position information is designated by "#", and as shown in, the position information storage area 12
Is indexed, the position information “323” is converted into an extension number, and the telephone number 16 of the extension number is received as shown in. The method of receiving a call is the same as the case of making a call using the position information dial.

As another embodiment, the number of the telephone to be transferred can be used as the transfer destination information at the time of absence registration. In this case, in the absence transfer registration area 13, the location information "# 33" at the time of calling to the other party's telephone
2 "and the transfer destination telephone number are registered, and when the location information"# 332 "is dialed, the absent transfer registration area 13 is indexed to transfer this information to the transfer destination telephone number. Converted to and by this phone number
The call may be received by the transfer destination telephone in the usual way.

[0034]

As described above, according to the location information dialing method of the present invention, it is not necessary to index the telephone directory from the belonging department signature when the telephone number of the person to be called is unknown, or the belonging department. Even if the phone book cannot be indexed because it is unknown, it is extremely convenient because it is possible to make a call if the location of the phone near the other party is known.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a principle configuration of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of position information.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a data structure in a position information storage area.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Calling telephone 2 Exchange 3 Remote telephone 4 Location information storage means 5 Transfer destination telephone 6 Absent transfer registration means

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A dialing system for receiving an incoming call from a telephone set (1) to a partner telephone set (3) according to dialing information from the calling telephone set (1). A location information storage means (4) for storing the correspondence between the telephone number and the telephone number is provided, and when the location information of the partner telephone (3) is dialed from the calling telephone (1), the location information is stored in the exchange (2). A location information dialing system characterized in that the means (4) is indexed, the location information is converted into a telephone number, and the telephone number of the other party is called by the number. 2. The location information dialing system according to claim 1, wherein the correspondence relationship between location information of a telephone and location information of a telephone to which an incoming call to the telephone is to be transferred is registered in the exchange (2). When the absent transfer registration means (6) is provided and the location information of the partner telephone (3) is dialed from the originating telephone (1), the switch (2) indexes the absence transfer registration means (6) to obtain the location information. The position information of the transfer destination corresponding to is output, the position information storage means (4) is searched, the position information of the transfer destination is converted into a telephone number, and the number is transferred to the transfer destination telephone (5) by the number. Position information dialing method characterized by the following. 3. A dialing system for receiving an incoming call to a partner telephone (3) through an exchange (2) in accordance with dialing information from a calling telephone (1), wherein the exchange (2) has location information of the telephone. And a call forwarding registration means (6) for registering the correspondence between the telephone number and the telephone number to which the incoming call to the telephone is to be transferred. When the location information of the calling telephone (3) is dialed from the calling telephone (1), the exchange is switched. In (2), the location information diagram is characterized in that the absent transfer registration means (6) is indexed, the position information is converted into a transfer destination telephone number, and the transfer destination telephone (5) is called by the number. Ring method.