JPH0698018A - Personal communication number contract party state managing method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide the personal communication number contract party state managing method for more precisely corresponding to the request of a contract party. CONSTITUTION:As the states of a contract party 101 to be managed by a network 103 corresponding to a personal communication number, plural states to be previously designated by the contract party 101 itself are defined to the network in addition to the 'idle' state of enabling call incoming to the contract party 101 and the 'occupied' state of disabling call incoming to the contract party and among the plural states defined by the contract party itself, the present state is set to the network 103. Then, the state of the contract party 101 to be managed by the network 103 corresponding to the personal communication number is possessed, and communication service requested by the contract party is provided by the network.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a personal communication number contractor status management method, and more particularly to an advanced personal communication that meets the contractor's request by using a personal communication number uniquely assigned to the contractor. The present invention relates to a personal communication number contractor status management method for realizing a service.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A personal communication service is a service in which a network converts a personal communication number into a physical number of a terminal designated as a connection destination and connects to that number.

The advanced personal communication service (hereinafter referred to as the advanced personal communication service) provided in response to the request of the contractor is in addition to the state in which the contractor cannot make an incoming call while the network is in communication. It is possible to accurately judge the contractor's status such as moving to a place where there is no terminal defined by the above, refusing incoming calls, etc. ,
It provides communication services such as reception of messages from senders.

Conventionally, in order to realize an advanced personal communication service, the network associates the status of the contractor with the personal communication number so that the incoming call to the contractor is "empty", and the incoming call to the contractor is impossible. It is managed only in two states, the state "closed".

[0005]

However, in the conventional personal communication service, the network associates the state of the contractor with the personal communication number, and "empty" (a state in which the contractor can receive a call) and "closed". It manages in only two states (the state where the contractor cannot receive the call), and the contractor is moving to a place where there is no terminal or rejecting incoming calls. It is impossible for the contractor to set the current state of the network from among the multiple states defined by the contractor, and the network manages the multiple states specified by the contractor.
can not get. Therefore, the network cannot accurately determine the status of the contractor, and cannot receive the communication service triggered by the plurality of statuses designated by the contractor.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and provides a personal communication number contractor status management method which solves the above-mentioned drawbacks of the prior art and can respond to the request of the contractor finely. The purpose is to do.

[0007]

According to the present invention, in a communication service in response to a request from a personal communication number contractor (hereinafter referred to as a contractor), the state of the contractor managed by the network corresponding to the personal communication number is described. , In addition to "empty", which is the state in which the subscriber can receive the call, and "closed", which is the state in which the subscriber cannot receive the call, multiple states that the subscriber himself / herself specifies in advance are set in the network. Defined and set the current one of the states to the network from the multiple states defined by the subscriber himself, and the network acquires the state of the subscriber who manages for personal communication numbers, and the network requests the subscriber Providing communication services.

[0008]

According to the present invention, a plurality of states designated by the contractor by himself / herself are defined in the network in advance, and the current state of the contractor is set in the network from among the states defined by the contractor by himself / herself. When managing the status of the contractor for personal communication numbers and performing call processing, the network acquires the status of the contractor managed for personal communication numbers so that it is possible to respond more precisely to the request of the contractor. Become.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows the system configuration of an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, the system of this embodiment is the contractor 1
A terminal 102 designated by 01 as a connection destination, a network 103 for executing a communication service, and a contractor 1
01 comprises a personal communication service control unit 104 for executing a communication service desired.

In FIG. 1, a personal communication service control unit 104 is a personal communication service for connecting to a terminal 102 designated by the contractor 101 as a connection destination, the terminal 1
02. Communication service control unit 20 that realizes various communication services such as communication services for sending guidance
1. With the advanced personal communication service control unit 202 that realizes the advanced personal communication service requested by the contractor, such as sending guidance to a call received during a call, in addition to the personal communication service of the contractor 101. Composed.

In the figure, the communication service control unit 201 of the personal communication service control unit 104 is a contractor 101.
Advanced Personal Communication Service Judgment Function 301, which judges that the customer wants to realize an advanced personal communication service by the personal communication number, converts the personal communication number into the physical number of the terminal specified as the connection destination, and And a network control function 302 for controlling the network 103 to realize various communication services.

In FIG. 1, the advanced personal communication service control unit 202 of the personal communication service control unit 104 is shown.
Is a status management unit 401 that manages the status of the contractor 101,
It is configured by a communication service management unit 402 that manages a communication service requested by the contractor 101.

FIG. 2 shows the configuration of the state management section of an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, the status management unit 401 includes a status definition function 502 for defining a plurality of statuses designated by the contractor 101 by himself / herself in the network 103 in advance, and a contractor 10
1 is a status setting function 503 for setting the status specified by itself on the network 103, a status management data table 501 for managing the status of the contractor 101 by the network 103 corresponding to a personal communication number, and the network 103.
Is a status acquisition function 504 for acquiring the status of the contractor who manages the personal communication number.

FIG. 3 shows a state management data table according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, a state management data table 501 manages a state 601 defined in the network 103 and a current state 602 of a contractor set in the network 103 using a state setting function or the like.

The states defined in the network 103 are "empty" (a state in which the subscriber 101 can receive the call) 603, "closed" (a state in which the subscriber 101 cannot receive the call) "604," state defined by contractor 101 "
There is 605.

In the example of FIG. 3, "moving", which is a state in which the contractor 101 is moving to a place where there is no terminal and cannot answer an incoming call, is defined in "state defined by the contractor 101".

FIG. 4 shows the configuration of the communication service management unit 402 according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, the communication service management unit 402 includes a communication service management data table 701 for managing communication services requested by the contractor 101, a communication service management data table 701 to a state management unit 4
The communication service acquisition function 702 acquires the communication service provided according to the state of the contractor obtained from 01.

FIG. 5 shows a communication service management data table according to an embodiment of the present invention. The communication service management data table manages communication services provided to the contractor's states "empty", "closed", and "state defined by the contractor 101" corresponding to personal communication numbers. In the example of the figure, “moving” is defined in the state defined by the contractor 101.

Next, when the contractor 101 is moving to a place where there is no terminal to be registered as a connection destination and cannot answer an incoming call, it is set as a moving state. When the state is "empty", a basic personal communication service is provided. In the case of "block", when a service that accepts a message from the caller is provided, and when in the moving state, it is requested to provide a communication service that sends a guidance that the caller is moving The operation of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 6 is a flow chart showing a series of operations for defining a communication service in a network according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In the figure, a series of operations is performed when the contractor 101 defines a "moving" state on the network 103 for a communication service provided to a caller who is trying to connect to the contractor 101 while moving. Is.

Step 10: The contractor 101 dials a personal communication service control unit 104 with a special number and a personal communication number for defining the state specified by himself.

Step 11: The advanced personal communication service judging function 301 uses the dialed number to make a contract with the contractor 10.
Determine if 1 wants a definition of a state. If so, go to step 12, and if not, go to step 15.

Step 12: If the advanced personal communication service determining function 301 determines that the contractor 101, who is the sender, requests the definition of the state, the state of the state management unit 401 of the advanced personal communication service control unit 202 The definition function 502 is activated.

Step 13: The status definition function 502 accesses the status management data table 501, sets "moving" in the status defined by the contractor, and at the same time, the communication service management unit 402 , Contractor 101
We will provide a communication service to the caller to let them know that they are on the move.

Step 14: When the setting of the desired state is completed, the state management table 501 is rewritten and the process is terminated.

Step 15: If the advanced personal communication service judging function 301 judges that the contractor 101 who is the caller does not request the definition of the state, the communication service managing section 402 activates the function of another service. To do.

Next, a case will be described in which the contractor 101 sets his / her own status to “in transit”. FIG. 7 is a flow chart showing a series of operations in which the contractor according to the embodiment of the present invention sets his / her own status to “in transit”.

Step 20: The contractor 101 dials a special communication number and a personal communication number for setting his / her own current state on the move.

Step 21: The advanced personal communication service judging function 301 judges whether or not the current dialing by the contractor 101, who is the sender, is desired, and if the request is made, then the request is made. Moves to step 22, and if not requested, moves to step 25.

Step 22: The advanced personal communication service control unit 202 controls the status setting function 50 of the status management unit 401.
Start 3.

Step 23: The status setting function 503 accesses the status management data table 501, and the contractor 10
Set the current state of 1 to moving.

Step 24: State management data table 5
01 is rewritten, and the process ends.

Step 25: If the advanced personal communication service judgment function 301 does not require the caller to set the status of the contractor 101, the communication service management unit 402
Starts other services and ends the process.

Next, a series of operations of a call received by the contractor 101 whose status column 601 of the status management data table 501 has become "moving" will be described.

FIG. 8 is a flow chart showing a series of operations of a call received by the contractor according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Step 30: The caller dials the personal communication number of the contractor 101 so that the contractor 101 can talk.

Step 31: Communication service control unit 201
The advanced personal communication service determining function 301 determines that the contractor 101, which is the called party, requests the provision of the advanced personal communication service based on the dialed personal communication number. If the contractor 101 makes a request, the process proceeds to step 32, and if not, the process proceeds to step 39.

Step 32: The advanced personal communication service control unit 202 activates the state acquisition function 504 of the state management unit. The status acquisition function 504 acquires the status “moving” of the contractor from the status management data table 501, and activates the communication service acquisition function 702 of the communication service management unit 402.

Step 33: Communication service acquisition function 70
2 accesses the communication service management data table 701.

Step 34: Communication service acquisition function 70
2 acquires the status of the contractor 101 from the communication service management data table 701.

Step 35: Here, the communication service acquisition function 702 determines that the communication service requested by the contractor 101 while moving is "sending guidance to the caller that he / she is moving". , Communication service acquisition function 70
2 is activated to instruct the network control function 302 of the communication service control unit 201 to send the guidance to the caller.

Step 36: Communication service acquisition function 70
2 accesses the communication service management data table 701.

Step 37: Communication service acquisition function 70
2 acquires the guidance information of the communication service corresponding to the personal communication number from the communication service management data table 701.

Step 38: Communication service management unit 402
Instructs the network control function 302 of the communication service control unit 201 to send the guidance to the caller. The network control function 302 instructs the network 103 to perform a series of operations for sending guidance, and the caller listens to the guidance that the contractor 101 is moving.

Step 39: In step 31, when the advanced personal communication service judgment function 301 of the communication service control unit 201 judges that the contractor 101 who is the called party does not request the provision of the advanced personal communication service. The communication service management unit 402 activates another service and ends the process.

As described above, the contractor can realize the communication service that he / she desires for status correspondence.

[0049]

As described above, according to the present invention, the contractor registers in advance a plurality of states designated by himself / herself and the communication service provided according to each state in the network, and the contractor himself / herself is registered. Set the current one of the registered states to the network, the network manages the status of the contractor for personal communication numbers, and the network manages the status of the contractor for personal communication numbers. As a result, the state of the contractor can be accurately determined, and the result can be used as an opportunity to realize an advanced personal communication service that can finely respond to the request of the contractor.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of a state management unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a data table according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram of a communication service management unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a communication service management data table according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a series of operations for defining a communication service in a network according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a series of operations in which the contractor according to an embodiment of the present invention sets his / her own status to “in transit”.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a series of operations of a call received by a contractor according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

101 contractor 102 terminal 103 network 104 personal communication service control unit 201 communication service control unit 202 advanced personal communication service control unit 301 advanced personal communication service determination function 302 network control function 401 state management unit 402 communication service management unit 501 state management data table 502 state definition function 503 state setting function 504 state acquisition function 601 column indicating defined state 602 column indicating current state 603 column indicating that the defined state is "empty" 604 defined state Column 605 indicating that the status is “closed” 605 Column indicating that the defined status is “moving” 701 Communication service management data table 702 Communication service acquisition function

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In a communication service in response to a request from a personal communication number contractor (hereinafter referred to as “contractor”), the status of the contractor managed by the network in correspondence with the personal communication number is the incoming call to the contractor. In addition to "empty", which is a possible state, and "closed", which is a state in which an incoming call to the contractor is impossible, a plurality of states designated by the contractor in advance are defined in the network and The current own status is set in the network from the plurality of defined statuses, the status of the contractor managed by the network corresponding to the personal communication number is acquired, and the network provides the communication service requested by the contractor. A personal communication number contractor status management method characterized by: