JPH0865390A - Personal communication service device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To transfer multimedia calls to users extending between plural communication networks by selecting and controlling the communication means connecting with the plural communication networks by each means of an information recognition, a connective information storage, a protocol, a media and an identification conversion. CONSTITUTION: An information recognition means 2 recognizes the structure and meaning of information to be inputted in communication means 11 to 1n from communication networks A1 to An . A protocol conversion means 3 performs the conversion of the communication protocol between each communication network. A connective information storage means 4 stores the connective information between the terminals that service users have and the communication networks. An identifier conversion means 5 performs the corresponding of individual identifier and the subscriber identifier in each communication network. A media conversion means 7 converts the media of input information. A connection procedure storage means 8 stores the connection procedure for every service user. A communication selection means 6 selects the means 11 to 1n and a connection control means 9 uses the means 2 to 8 and performs controls. Thus, multimedia calls can be transferred to the service users between networks A1 to An .

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a personal communication service apparatus for providing a personal communication service for transferring a call to a communication service user.

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2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, for example, a telephone number is assigned as a subscriber identifier to a service user who subscribes to a communication network and receives the service, and the subscriber who is the object of communication using this telephone number. A request to connect a call to the communication network is made. However, this telephone number is assigned to the subscriber line or terminal when subscribing to the service, and in the case where the same subscriber line or terminal is shared by multiple service users, it always connects to the intended party. There was a problem that it was not always possible.

In addition to a general telephone network as a communication network, an automobile telephone network and a PHS (Personal Handy Phone System) are also available.
There are many networks operated by various management bodies, such as networks, pager networks, and corporate LANs. Each service user subscribes to one or more communication networks that provide a desired service, and has a subscriber identifier and a terminal for connecting to each communication network. For this reason, it is necessary to grasp the communication network and the subscriber identifier to which the terminal of the other party who is trying to communicate is connected, and explicitly specify them to make a call. Furthermore, when a call is made but a communication connection is not made, it may be necessary to repeat a call again in a plurality of communication networks.
As a method for solving this problem, a personal communication service apparatus that provides a call transfer service to a voice call service user has been conventionally used. FIG. 26 shows an example of the configuration of a conventional personal communication service device.

The personal communication service device shown in FIG. 26 is a communication means 301 for connecting and communicating with the telephone networks A and B.
_1, and 301 _2, communicates with the protocol conversion unit 302 for converting a communication protocol between the telephone network mutually, and a connection control procedure storage unit 304 for storing the connection control procedure of the incoming call, in accordance with the connection control procedure stored It is composed of a connection control means 303 for making a connection.

The personal communication service user uses the connection procedure storage means 30 as a connection control procedure such as the subscriber identifier of the destination terminal to which data is transferred to the personal communication service device.
Store in 4. When a call to the user from the telephone network A arrives, an attempt is made to connect to the user's terminal via the telephone network B according to the procedure described in the connection control procedure. When the user's terminal is connected, two communication means 301 ₁ , 30
1 ₂ Calls are transferred by connecting each other within the device.
At this time, when different communication protocols are used in the telephone network A and the telephone network B, the communication between the two communication means is performed via the protocol conversion means 302. In this way, the transfer of the incoming call can be realized according to the connection control procedure set in advance by the user.

However, ISDN (Integrated Services Dig
With the spread of the ital Network), not only voice communication but also various media such as data communication between computers and moving image communication in TV conferences can be used as a medium of information communicated by service users. It's becoming possible. In addition, terminals that receive communication services of these various media are diverse, from terminals having only voice functions to multimedia terminals. However, for voice calls, the interconnection services between the various existing communication networks mentioned above are provided. However, when trying to communicate with media such as images, various information sources can be used even for the same moving image. Coding schemes have been put to practical use, and the interconnectivity between them is not sufficient.

Further, FIG. 27 shows a conventional example in which communication is performed between terminals that cannot handle information of the same medium. For example, the terminal 400 that has received the moving image data encoded according to the MPEG1 standard from the communication network is H.264. When only the H.261 standard decoding means 401 is provided, the service user temporarily stores the moving image data received by the communication means 406 in the information storage means 402. Then, the data is sent to the media conversion means 403 using a communication network or via a storage medium such as a magnetic tape. The service user sends this data to H.264. The media conversion unit 403 is instructed to convert the moving image data of the H.261 standard, and the converted moving image data is sent to the terminal 400 again using the communication network or via the storage medium. The terminal 400 transmits the received moving image data to the H.264 standard. Playback means 40 comprising H.261 standard decoding means
In step 4, it is converted into moving image information, which is displayed by the display means 405.

As described above, when terminals that cannot handle the same medium communicate with each other, the service user uses the media conversion function to send or receive information to be transmitted or received before or after the communication. All the information had to be converted to media explicitly. For this reason, when service users who have terminals that do not have mutual connectivity attempt to communicate with each other, it is necessary for the users to have a function for media conversion between various information media, and to provide an appropriate media conversion means. In some cases, such as when the user does not have it, information cannot be communicated even if the communication line is simply connected.

Further, in a communication network whose main purpose is to perform real-time communication such as a telephone call, if there is no response from the other party to the communication request, it is treated as a call loss. As a method for solving this, the answering machine shown in FIG. 28 has been generally known.

In an example of the configuration of the answering machine 500 shown in FIG. 28, a communication means 501 for connecting to a telephone network and transmitting / receiving voice information, and a calling means 502 for calling a service user when an incoming call is received are input. A voice storage unit 503 for storing voice information, a playback unit 504 for playing back the stored voice message, a connection control procedure storage unit 505 for storing a control procedure for connection between each unit and the telephone network, and a connection control procedure. And input control means 507 for executing control based on the connection procedure.
The answering machine service user uses the input means 506 in advance to set a connection control procedure as to whether or not to store a voice message. When it is set to store voice messages, when the answering machine receives an incoming call, the answering machine service user is called, but if there is no response from the service user even after a certain period of time, the caller Prompt the user to send a voice message. The received voice message is stored in the voice storage unit 503, and the stored voice message is reproduced using the reproduction unit 504 based on the instruction of the answering machine service user.

As described above, when the answering machine service user does not respond to the answering machine, the voice message can be stored in the terminal or the storage service apparatus in the network. It is necessary for the answering machine service user who is the receiver to set whether or not to do so to the terminal or the storage service device in the network. Moreover, it was not possible to make flexible settings such as switching according to the sender. Also, when you want to communicate with an answering machine service user in an urgent matter, you need to connect to the other party by using another communication method, and the communication service user on the calling side can make a call again by yourself. there were.

Further, when providing a personal communication service to a plurality of users, it is possible to commonly use a function related to information processing among a plurality of users like the above-mentioned storage service apparatus for storing voice messages. is there. However, considering that the personal communication service is provided across various communication networks, and that various additional services are provided by using a large number of information processing functions, the communication processing resources related to the communication connection are different from the conventional ones. When the management function and the management function of the information processing resource for performing the additional service operate individually,
Even if the communication connection is possible, it may happen that the necessary information processing cannot be received, or conversely, even if the information processing resource has a vacancy, the communication resource may not be vacant and the connection may not be possible. There was a problem of poor utilization efficiency.

The terminal connection information of the terminal of the user of the personal communication service, for example, in the case of the terminal of the automobile telephone network, the position information of the terminal and status information such as power-on, talking, billing, etc. is connected to the terminal. The management entity of the communication network itself has a database for collecting and storing them by appropriately using the procedure defined in the network. The connectivity information is used to control communication connection with the terminal. However, general subscribers other than the management entity cannot directly obtain information stored in the database via a communication line such as a telephone network. Therefore, there is a problem that a service user who is a general subscriber other than the management entity of the communication network cannot perform call connection control by utilizing the connectivity information.

For each type of communication network, for example, in the case of a telephone network, the presence or absence of connection of a telephone terminal to a subscriber line, the state of off-hook / on-hook, call / call, etc., is a LAN such as a corporate network. There are various statuses such as powering on / off the workstation, which is a terminal, whether the user is logged in, and whether or not there is an open work window. There are many unique statuses depending on each communication network and terminal type. . For this reason, there is a problem that the status information obtained differs depending on the type of terminal that the communication partner has, and the service user must convert the status information into connectivity information before performing connection control.

A person who joins a plurality of communication networks and wants to communicate with a communication service user who has a subscriber identifier and a terminal for connecting to each communication network is After grasping the communication network to which the terminal is connected, the subscriber identifier, and the media that each terminal can handle, after collecting the connectivity information of each terminal,
It has been troublesome to select the optimum terminal for connection and explicitly specify the subscriber identifier of the terminal to make a call.

Further, in wireless communication, there is an advantage that the mobility of the terminal is improved, but in the worst case due to the deterioration of the communication quality caused by the movement of the terminal after starting the communication or the change of the communication path. May lose communication. As a method for dealing with this, a car telephone system shown in FIG. 29 is conventionally known. The outline of the car telephone system is described below.

The car telephone system comprises a plurality of wireless base stations 601 connected by a wired communication network 604 composed of a plurality of mobile telephone exchanges 603 and a wireless terminal 602. The wireless base stations 601 are arranged so that a part of their respective communicable ranges overlap each other. When the communication quality deteriorates due to the movement of the wireless terminal 602, such as when the wireless terminal 602 approaches the boundary of the reach of radio waves with the wireless base station with which it is communicating, communication with the wireless terminal 602 is performed by another wireless base station. The handoff operation for switching the connection to the station is performed by the wireless terminal 602 and the wireless base station 60.
It is done in cooperation with 1. However, at the time of this handoff, it is not possible to secure the wireless resource between the wireless terminal 602 and the wireless base station 601, the communication resource from the wireless base station 601 to the wired communication network 604, or the communication resource in the wired communication network 604. When the wireless terminal 602 goes out of the communication service area in which the station 601 is arranged, the above-mentioned problems such as disconnection of communication have not been completely solved.

Even when communicating with the same communication service user, the sender himself or herself makes a request such as the medium of the information to be communicated, the immediacy of the requested connection and communication, and the cost that can be spent for the communication. There is the trouble of selecting a communication network or terminal suitable for the content of the service to be provided and then explicitly specifying the subscriber identifier of the terminal to make a call.

Next, a conventional example of a service for accumulating voice messages such as the above-mentioned answering machine will be described. FIG. 30 shows an example of the configuration of the voice message storage and reproduction device 700. In the configuration example of FIG. 30, the voice message storage means 7 is used.
01, connection control means 702, voice reproduction means 703, and inter-message delimiter search means 704. Between the voice messages A to C, the inter-message delimiter is automatically inserted and accumulated by the connection control means 702 when each voice message is input.

To know the contents of a plurality of stored voice messages, all voice messages are played back in order from the beginning and listened to, or the inter-message delimiter is searched to listen to a certain portion at the beginning of the voice message, and the contents thereof are searched. Was repeated for each voice message. However, this method has a problem that when many voice messages are accumulated, a lot of time is spent to grasp the outline of the contents.

On the other hand, in a system applied to this type of personal communication service device, in a media conversion system for converting input physical information into physical information of another medium and outputting the same, a recognition system for recognizing the input physical information. is necessary. A recognition system that recognizes physical information generated by humans, such as a voice recognition system or a handwritten character recognition system, requires a database for mapping the features included in the physical information and the output information of the recognition system. And

One method of the conventional recognition system is configured as shown in the block diagram of FIG. 31, and features that can recognize the physical information of as many users as possible are extracted in advance and stored in the physical information database 892. There is a method in which the recognition server 890 stores the information and recognizes the physical information by using the characteristic. With this method, it is impossible for each user to perform optimum recognition because the physical information database 892 does not store optimum information for each user. Alternatively, as another method, a feature that is configured as shown in the block diagram of FIG. 32 and that recognizes physical information for each user is extracted in advance and stored in the physical information database 895 as personal recognition information 896. The recognition server 890 has a method of recognizing physical information for each user by using the feature. With this method, the optimum information storage for each user is concentrated in the same physical information database 895, and as the number of users of the recognition system increases, the amount of information to be stored in the database also becomes huge. Therefore, it became necessary to increase the scale of the database.

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As described above, in the case of a personal communication service in which a call is transferred to a communication service user by the conventional personal communication device of this type, communication between a plurality of communication networks is performed. Since it is not possible to maintain good interoperability at all times, it was not possible to provide a multimedia communication service that spans multiple communication networks.

In the case of an example of a conventional recognition system applied to this type of personal communication device, the optimum information for each user is not stored in the database, so that it is optimal for each user. It was impossible to make a recognition. Also, in the case of another example of the recognition system, the optimum information for each user is concentrated in the same database, so the information that should be stored in the database increases as the number of users of the recognition system increases. Became huge, and it became necessary to increase the scale of the database.

A first object of the present application is to provide a personal communication service for transferring a multimedia call to a communication service user across a plurality of communication networks.

A second object of the present invention is to enable optimum recognition for each user without increasing the scale of the database even if the number of users of the recognition system significantly increases. is there.

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In order to achieve the above first object, the first configuration of the personal communication service device of the first invention of the present application provides a call transfer service to a communication service user. In a personal communication service device provided, a plurality of communication means for connecting to a plurality of communication networks for communication, an information recognition means for recognizing structural information or semantic information of input information, and the plurality of communication means are connected. A protocol conversion means for converting a communication protocol between the plurality of communication networks, and a connection for storing connectivity information between the plurality of communication networks and at least one terminal of the personal communication service user. Sex information storage means, identifier conversion means for associating the personal identifier of the user with the subscriber identifier of each of the users in the plurality of communication networks, and for communicating with the user. A communication selecting section for selecting a signal means,
It is characterized by comprising a media conversion means for converting a medium of input information, a connection procedure storage means for storing a connection procedure for each user, and a connection control means for performing communication connection according to the connection procedure. .

In the second configuration of the personal communication service device of the first invention of the present application, the input information or the structural information or the semantic information of the input information recognized by the information recognition means is accumulated. Information storage means,
When communicating with the personal communication service user,
The gist of the present invention is to provide a service selecting unit that selects whether or not to transfer information via the information storing unit.

The third configuration of the personal communication service device of the first invention of the present application is a communication processing resource management means for investigating and storing the use status of resources relating to communication processing of each of the plurality of communication networks, and An information processing resource management unit that investigates and stores the usage status of resources related to information processing of each of a plurality of information processing devices in a plurality of communication networks, and a communication processing resource management unit and an information processing resource management unit of each The gist of the present invention is to include a communication unit that performs communication between them.

A fourth configuration of the personal communication service apparatus of the first invention of the present application collects the connectivity information between at least one terminal of the personal communication service user and the plurality of communication networks. In order to automatically make a call to the terminal of the user, and connectivity information that collects the connectivity information of the terminal when the call is connected or the user is calling. The gist is to have a collecting means.

Further, in the fifth configuration of the personal communication service device of the first invention of the present application, for each type of terminal used by the user of the personal communication service, status information unique to the terminal and the connectivity information are provided. Is provided with a connectivity information conversion unit that stores correspondences regarding

The sixth configuration of the personal communication service apparatus of the first invention of the present application is such that at least one or more terminals of the personal communication service user have the communication when the user needs to communicate. The gist of the present invention is to have a terminal media selecting means for selecting a terminal and a medium that first tries to connect according to the connectivity information.

In a seventh configuration of the personal communication service device of the first invention of the present application, the connectivity between at least one terminal of the personal communication service user and the plurality of communication networks changes during communication. It is a gist to provide a communication reconnection setting means for resetting the communication by changing the medium or the communication means for communicating with the user.

The eighth configuration of the personal communication service device of the first invention of the present application is the personal communication service device, wherein the personal communication service user requests the immediacy of connection or the cost related to connection and communication, or The communication means includes service requirement storage means for storing service requirements such as information transparency or a combination thereof, and the communication selection means communicates with the personal communication service user based on the service requirements. The point is to select.

The ninth configuration of the personal communication service device of the first invention of the present application is the input information, or structural information or semantic information of the input information recognized by the information recognizing means, or the above-mentioned. An information extraction unit for extracting information of a partial region specified by the personal communication service user or a partial region containing a specific keyword from the information stored in the information storage unit is provided. The gist is to transfer the information of the area or the information of the partial area that has been subjected to the media conversion by the media conversion means to the terminal of the user.

In order to achieve the second object, the first configuration of the personal communication service device of the second invention of the present application is a personal communication service device constructed by constructing a system for recognizing physical information generated by a human. In the above, the recognition system accumulates information about the meaning content included in the physical information common to all users of the recognition system,
At least one or more common information database, and at least one or more personal information for accumulating additional information for each user of the recognition system with respect to the information accumulated in the common information database It is characterized by comprising a database and dividing a set of all common information databases and all personal information databases into a plurality of groups and dispersively arranging them.

A second configuration of the personal communication service device of the second invention of the present application is a personal communication service device constructed by constructing a voice recognition system, wherein the voice recognition system has at least one or more phonological unit information regarding phonological unit information. A database and at least one or more personal information databases that store additional information for each user of the speech recognition system with respect to the information stored in the phoneme information database, all The set of the phonological information database and all personal information databases is divided into a plurality of groups and arranged in a distributed manner.

A third configuration of the personal communication service apparatus of the second invention of the present application is the personal communication service apparatus constructed by constructing a handwritten character recognition system, wherein the handwritten character recognition system is at least one of the structures of handwritten characters. The structure information database described above and at least one or more personal information databases that store additional information for each user of the handwritten character recognition system with respect to the information stored in the structure information database. The present invention is characterized in that a set of all structural information databases and all personal information databases is divided into a plurality of groups and distributed and arranged.

A fourth configuration of the personal communication service device of the second invention of the present application is that the recognition system in the first configuration of the second invention of the present application and the recipient of the recognition result of the recognition system are the recognition system. It is characterized by comprising a media conversion system having means for converting physical information input into physical information that is easier to understand.

A fifth configuration of the personal communication service apparatus of the second invention of the present application is the recognition system in the third configuration of the second invention of the present application, and means for converting the result recognized by the recognition system into voice information. It is characterized by comprising a media conversion system comprising.

The sixth configuration of the personal communication service apparatus of the second invention of the present application is the recognition system in the second configuration of the second invention of the present application, and means for converting the result recognized by the recognition system into character information. It is characterized by comprising a media conversion system comprising.

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In the first configuration of the personal communication service device of the first invention of the present application, the personal communication service device holds the connectivity information with the terminal of the service user, and the terminal can be used at that time. Since the type and media are automatically recognized, it is only necessary to make a call with the personal identifier of the service user when performing communication, and the protocol conversion and the connection procedure required by the caller and the callee can be performed. It is possible to perform communication by using a terminal suitable for the communication after appropriately performing media conversion and the like.

In the second configuration of the personal communication service device of the first invention of the present application, immediate communication or communication in which information is temporarily stored is performed in response to a request from a caller and a callee. be able to. Furthermore, when the medium of the transmitted information cannot be handled by the receiving terminal, it is possible to convert the medium into a medium for communication.

In the third configuration of the personal communication service device of the first invention of the present application, communication processing is performed when communication is performed through various server functions related to information processing such as information recognition means and media conversion means. Connection control can be performed in consideration of the usage status of information processing resources such as various servers as well as resources, so efficient use of these resources,
It is possible to provide services with less delay.

Further, in the fourth configuration of the personal communication service device of the first invention of the present application, the connectivity information of the terminal of the communication service user who joins the existing communication network has to be bothered by the originator or the like. It can be automatically collected without using it, and by using that connectivity information for connection control,
It becomes possible to connect to an optimum terminal in the situation when a call is made.

Further, in the fifth configuration of the personal communication service device of the first invention of the present application, even when providing a personal communication service across a plurality of communication networks, each terminal connected to various communication networks It is possible to handle the various state information defined in the above as unified connectivity information without making the service user aware.

Further, in the sixth configuration of the personal communication service device of the first invention of the present application, the communication is directed to the service users who have a plurality of terminals and can receive the service in the plurality of communication networks. By first attempting to connect with the terminal and the medium that are considered to be the most suitable for the communication, it is possible to reduce the delay until the connection and the call loss.

Further, in the seventh configuration of the personal communication service device of the first invention of the present application, even when the communication quality or the transmission capacity is changed due to the movement of the terminal or the like, the service user can be replaced. Since the service can be provided, it is possible to prevent a large decrease in service quality as a whole.

In the eighth configuration of the personal communication service apparatus of the first invention of the present application, the medium of information to be communicated, the required connection and immediacy of communication, the cost that can be spent for the communication, etc. Providing an optimal service that is judged from both the content of the service requested by the sender and the recipient and the content of the service that can be actually provided in that situation without bothering the user. You can

In the ninth configuration of the personal communication service device of the first invention of the present application, a part or keyword serving as a headline is extracted from voice messages and the like that are continuously accumulated, and these are extracted as information such as characters. It becomes possible to convert media into. Further, by transferring it to the user's terminal, the terminal can know the outline of the accumulated voice messages and the like.

In the first configuration of the personal communication service device of the second invention of the present application, since the information unique to each user of the recognition system is held for each user by a plurality of databases, Even if the number of users of the recognition system significantly increases, it is not necessary to deal with it by increasing the scale of the database.

Further, in the second configuration of the personal communication service device of the second invention of the present application, the information unique to each user of the voice recognition system is held for each user by a plurality of databases. Therefore, even if the number of users of the voice recognition system significantly increases, it is not necessary to deal with the increase in the scale of the database.

Further, in the third configuration of the personal communication service device of the second invention of the present application, it is possible for a plurality of databases to hold information unique to each user of the handwritten character recognition system for each user. Therefore, even if the number of users of the handwritten character recognition system significantly increases, it is not necessary to deal with the increase in the scale of the database.

Further, in the fourth configuration of the personal communication service apparatus of the second invention of the present application, the recognition system in the first configuration and the recipient of the recognition result of the recognition system input to the recognition system. Since the media conversion system is provided with a means for converting the physical information that is easier to understand than the recorded physical information, the physical information input to the media conversion system is converted into physical information of another medium. When outputting, the physical information of the medium on the output side of the user who has input the physical information can be simulated and output.

Further, in the fifth configuration of the personal communication service device of the second invention of the present application, it is provided with the recognition system of the third configuration, and means for converting the result recognized by the recognition system into voice information. Since it is equipped with a media conversion system, it is possible to recognize handwritten characters and output them as voice information.

Further, in the sixth structure of the personal communication service device of the second invention of the present application, the recognition system of the second structure and the means for converting the result recognized by the recognition system into character information are provided. Since it is equipped with a media conversion system, it is possible to recognize voice and output it as handwritten character information.

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EXAMPLES Examples of the present invention will be described below.

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the first configuration of the first invention of the present application. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, the personal communication service apparatus 1000 is connected to various communication networks A _{1 to} A _n to perform communication, and communication means 1 ₁ to 1 _n , structural information or semantic information of input information. Information recognizing means 2 for recognizing information, protocol converting means 3 for converting a communication protocol between a plurality of communication networks, and connectivity information storing connectivity information between a terminal owned by a service user and a communication network. Storage unit 4, identifier conversion unit 5 for associating a personal identifier with a subscription identifier in each communication network, communication selection unit 6 for selecting a communication unit for communication, and media conversion for converting a medium of input information. It comprises a means 7, a connection procedure storage means 8 for storing a connection procedure for each service user, and a connection control means 9 for making a communication connection according to the connection procedure.

FIG. 2 shows an example of a connection form between the personal communication service apparatus 1000 according to the first configuration of the first invention of the present application and various communication networks. The personal communication service device shown in FIG. 2 is intended for use in a company.
Telephone network, ISDN via X (Private Branch Exchange) 1001
(Service integrated digital network), car telephone network, pager network, PHS network, broadband ISDN and existing LA
N, ATM-LAN connection is also made.

The detailed operation of the first embodiment of the first invention of the present application will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. A personal communication service user who uses this personal communication service device is registered in advance in this device, and inputs necessary connection procedures and connectivity information into this device. When communicating with the service user of this device, the caller first connects to this device. When the personal ID function is provided in the public network as an identifier at the time of connection, the function of transferring the call to the service user to the personal communication service device depends on the function in the public network. Even if the personal ID function is not provided on the public network, the device does not have mobility, so it is sufficient to make a call to the subscription identifier of the device that is unique to the service user.

The connection control means 9 controls the incoming call based on the connectivity information and the connection procedure. When a service user has a plurality of terminals that subscribe to a plurality of communication networks, the subscription identifier of each terminal, the media that can be handled, the transmission speed, etc. are registered in the connectivity information storage means 4 as connectivity information. By sequentially updating the connectivity information relating to the state and connectivity of the terminal (whether or not the connection can be made and the delay time until the connection), optimal connection control can be performed in the situation at that time. Detailed settings relating to the connection procedure for each individual are previously input and stored in the connection procedure storage means 8 by the service user. Of the settings related to connection procedure,
It is also possible to implement some of the procedures generally used as subsets in advance in this apparatus. In this case, the user can easily set the connection procedure without describing all the procedures by himself.

A specific example of the connection procedure will be described below. For example, when the basics of life behavior patterns of service users are constant every week or every day, the terminals that can connect to the service users are statistically biased depending on the day of the week and the time of day. In such a case, describe the basics of the user's lifestyle behavior in the connection procedure, and based on that, try to connect preferentially to the terminal that is expected to connect, thereby reducing the delay time required for connection. Can be reduced. By describing the service user's schedule in the connection procedure, the connection can be controlled more finely. A method in which this service user's schedule is described in a personal computer or the like and this apparatus receives schedule data from the service user's computer may be used. In this case, as shown in FIG. 3, for example, the communication means 11 for communicating with the electronic notebook 10 having a communication function which has been conventionally used can be mounted on the apparatus. Note that, in FIG. 3, the portions indicated by the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 1 indicate the portions corresponding to those in FIG. A _nx is a communication network interposed between the electronic notebook 10 and the communication means 11.

Next, the connection procedure when the information medium of the incoming call cannot be handled by the terminal owned by the service user will be described. For example, when the moving image information is communicated, the moving image information communicated by the terminal possessed by the service user can be handled by the terminal possessed by the service user from the connectivity information when the encoding system is different. Examine the video coding scheme. The input moving image information is converted into a coding system by the media conversion means, and then transmitted to the user's terminal via the communication means. By securing the information processing resources of the media conversion means at the time of an incoming call, it is possible to perform moving image communication while performing media conversion in real time. In the terminal 21 of the moving image information sender shown in FIG.
The reproducing means 24 of the terminal 23 which has received the moving image data encoded according to the EG1 standard is H.264. 261 standard decoding means 25
An example in the case of having only In addition, in FIG.
The parts indicated by the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 3 correspond to those in FIG.

When this device receives a communication of moving image data encoded by the MPEG1 standard to a service user, it refers to the connectivity information storage means 4 and connects to a terminal having an MPEG1 standard decoding means. Try it first. However, at this time, if the terminal owned by the service user does not have the MPEG1 standard decoding means, or if media conversion is instructed in the connection control procedure, the incoming call is transferred to the media conversion means 7 and the media is transferred. A communication connection is established between the conversion means 7 and the terminal owned by the user. Then, like the terminal 23 of the terminal of the service user, for example, the H.264 standard. 261 standard decoding means 25, the media converting means 7 is converted from MPEG1 standard code to H.264 standard. Instructs conversion to the H.261 standard code. However, the media conversion means 7 is MPE
From the code of the G1 standard to H.264. It has a conversion means 26 for converting into a code of the 261 standard. In this case, the moving image data sent from the terminal 21 is converted in real time by the media conversion means 7,
The converted moving image data is sent to the terminal 23 via the communication network A _2a by the communication connection set previously. The terminal 23 sends the received moving image data to the H.264 standard. 261 standard decoding means 25
It is converted into moving image information by the reproducing means 24 including and is displayed by the display means 27.

Further, for example, when there is a voice communication connection request to a service user who has only a terminal capable of inputting, transmitting / receiving, and displaying a character code, the communication connection is made through the information recognition means. It is possible to perform communication in which voice information transmitted from the voice terminal is converted into character information and displayed. FIG. 5 shows an embodiment of communication connection using the information recognition means 2. In addition, in FIG. 5, the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 1 denote the portions corresponding to those in FIG.

When this device receives voice communication to the service user based on the voice data transmitted from the voice terminal 31, it refers to the connectivity information storage means 4 and gives priority to the connection to the voice terminal of the service user. To try. However, at this time, when the terminal owned by the service user does not have a voice call means, or when the information recognition is instructed in the connection procedure, the terminal owned by the service user is, for example, the character terminal 32, and the character code If it has input, transmission / reception and display means, it transfers the received call to the information recognition means 2 which recognizes the phoneme of the voice or the semantic information of the word and outputs the result as a character code, and from the information recognition means 2 to the user. Make a communication connection between the terminals owned by. The information recognizing means 2 has a voice recognizing means 33 and a character code generating means 34, and instructs the information recognizing means 2 to recognize a voice and output the result as a character code. The voice data sent to the information recognition means 2 is recognized in real time,
The output character code is sent to the character terminal 32 via the communication network A _2b by the communication connection set up previously. Character terminal 3
2 displays the received character code by a display means (not shown).

When the above-described communication connection is made, the communication protocol of the communication network to which the caller is connected and the communication protocol of the communication network to which the callee is connected are different, so that the communication networks are connected to the respective communication networks. is the If can not communicate with the communication means for connecting the protocol conversion means 3 during each of the communication means 1 ₁ to 1 _n. The protocol conversion means 3 converts various network control protocols such as connection control, flow control, and congestion control between the respective communication networks A _{1 to} A _n , and is connectionless with a communication network that sets a connection prior to communication. It has a buffer memory and address conversion function for connecting to a communication network. FIG. 6 shows an embodiment of the protocol conversion means 3. The protocol conversion means 3 of FIG. 6 has an input communication path 41 and an output communication path 42, which are connected to the respective communication means.
A protocol translating means 4 which is a main body of protocol conversion, a control input / output for exchanging control signals with a transmitting means 44 and a receiving means 43 for transmitting / receiving data, and a connection control means 8.
5. A buffer memory 46 for temporarily storing data, an address conversion means 47 for translating addresses and changing addresses between communication networks having different address systems, a receiving means 43, a transmitting means 44 and a protocol translating means 45. It comprises a setting means 48 for setting a protocol and a protocol storage means 49 for storing various protocols.

The procedure for performing communication via the protocol converting means 3 of FIG. 6 will be described below. When connecting a call, the control input / output instructs the communication protocol used in the input communication path 41 and the output communication path 42. Based on this instruction, the setting means 48 puts a suitable protocol group out of various protocols stored in the protocol storage means 49 on the transmission means 44, the reception means 43, and the protocol translation means 45. If the connection setting method is different or the transmission speed is different between the communication networks connected to the input communication path and the output communication path, the arrival of data on the input side may exceed the transmission capacity on the output side. Occur. In such a case, the data is temporarily stored in the buffer memory. Also, in a communication network in which a connection is set prior to communication, the absolute address of the destination is often not added to the data. When this is sent out to the connectionless communication network, for example, the absolute address is converted by the address conversion means 47. Is added.

Next, an embodiment of the connection control means 9 will be described. In the embodiment of the connection control means 9 shown in FIG. 7, a transmission / exchange means 51 having a high-speed transmission and exchange function of information, a location registration management of a service user or a statistical location estimation and a schedule management function of a service user are provided. A personal information management unit 52 that performs a cooperative operation, a resource management unit 53 that manages the usage of communication processing resources and information processing resources, and a quality management unit 54 that inspects the quality of service delay or delay dispersion or transmission error. Composed of and. A conventionally known exchange or AT is known as a transmission exchange means.
M (Asynchronous Transfer Mode) switch or ATM-
It can be implemented using a LAN or the like. For connection between the connection control means 9 and other means, standard interfaces used in these transmission and switching systems are used. The personal information managing means, the resource managing means and the quality managing means can be realized by using computers installed centrally or in a distributed manner and software installed therein.

FIG. 8 shows an embodiment of the second construction of the first invention of the present application. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 8, the personal communication service apparatus 2000 uses the constituent means shown in FIG. 1 and the information storage means 61 for temporarily storing input information and whether or not to use the information storage means 61. It is composed of a service selecting means 62 for selecting. The detailed operation of the embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. In addition, in FIG.
The parts indicated by the same reference numerals as those in Fig. 1 indicate the parts corresponding to those in Fig. 1.

Personal communication service users cannot perform communication in real time because they cannot receive communication services, do not have suitable terminals for communication due to different media, or have other priorities. If not,
Based on the connection control procedure described by the user, the input of a command from the user, the input of a command from the caller, etc., the service selection means 62 transfers the received call to the information storage means 61 and the call from the caller is sent. The information is temporarily stored in the information storage means 61. When the service user can communicate,
A communication connection is established between this device and the user's terminal to receive the information stored in the information storage means 61. At this time, it may be inconvenient to store the information from the sender as it is due to restrictions depending on the type of the terminal, such as the encoding method of the terminal of the user being different from that of the information sender. In this case, a connection is set between the information recognition means 2 and the media conversion means 7, the input information is input to the information recognition means 2 or the media conversion means 7, and is output from the information recognition means 2 or the media conversion means 7. It is also possible to store the information to be stored in the information storage means 61. On the contrary, when the information stored in the information storage means 61 is transmitted to the service user, the communication connection through the information recognition means 2 or the media conversion means 7 is set to set the information recognition means 2 or the media conversion means 7.
It is also possible to transmit the information output from the device to the user's terminal.

Further, in this embodiment, the connection control with the information storage means 61 is controlled by the connection control means 9 and the service selection means 62 based on the connection procedure described by the user and the command input from the sender and the receiver. To do. For this reason, the service user describes in advance the connection procedure to select real-time communication and communication in which information is temporarily stored according to the caller, or selection according to the situation when receiving a call. You can At this time, temporary storage of information while performing the above-described information recognition and media conversion can be selectively performed according to the user's request. Further, even when the communication is set to temporarily store the information, the caller can request the service selecting means 62 to perform the communication in real time according to the urgency of the communication. Also in this case, communication while performing information recognition and media conversion can be performed according to the request of the sender.

FIG. 9 shows an embodiment of the third configuration of the first invention of the present application. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 9, the personal communication service device 3000 investigates the constituent means shown in FIG. 1, each of the plurality of communication networks, and the usage status of the resources related to the communication processing in this device, and the result is shown. The communication processing resource management means 71 for storing the information and the usage status of resources related to information processing of each of the information processing devices centrally or distributively arranged in a plurality of communication networks and in this device are investigated. , Information processing resource management means 7 for storing the result
2 and. The detailed operation of the embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. In addition, in FIG. 9, the portions indicated by the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 1 indicate the portions corresponding to those in FIG.

The communication processing resource management means 71 periodically uses the communication processing resources via the communication means 1 ₁ to 1 _n for various communication networks connected to this apparatus as shown in FIG. And store the response result. For a communication network for which information cannot be provided in response to an inquiry, a test call can be set up to check whether or not the call can be set up. Further, for example, the transmission / switching means 51 and the protocol converting means 3 forming the connection control means 9 in the apparatus are also periodically inquired about the utilization status of the resource and the response result is stored. On the other hand, it is considered that various information processing devices connected to various communication networks and information processing devices such as the information recognition means 2 and the media conversion means 7 in this device are commonly used by a plurality of service users. To be
The information processing resource management means 72 inquires of these information processing devices about the usage status of the information processing resources via the communication means 1 ₁ to 1 _n , and stores the response result. For an information processing device that cannot be provided with information in response to an inquiry, it is possible to send a test processing request and check whether it can be accepted. In addition, for example, the information recognition means 2 and the media conversion means 7 in the apparatus are inquired about the usage status of the resource and the response result is stored. In this way, it is necessary to grasp how much the processing capacity of each information processing device is being used, and to set the communication connection in consideration of the usage status of information processing resources when setting up a call or executing a service. Thus, it is possible to quickly determine whether or not the service requested by the user can be provided, it is possible to effectively use the information processing resources, and it is possible to suppress the delay of the service. Although a direct communication path between the communication processing resource management means 71 and the information processing resource management means 72 is shown in FIG. 9, it can be implemented via the connection control means 9. Furthermore, it is also possible to implement these management means as a part of the connection control means 9.

FIG. 10 shows an embodiment of the fourth constitution of the first invention of the present application. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 10, the personal communication service apparatus 4000 communicates with the constituent means shown in FIG. 1 and an automatic calling means 81 that periodically makes a call to the terminal of the personal communication service user. While the network is calling the user for the call, or while the call is connected to the user's terminal, collects connectivity information with that terminal and stores that information in the connectivity information storage. It is composed of the connectivity information collecting means 82 for notifying the means 4. The detailed operation of the embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.
In addition, in FIG. 10, parts indicated by the same reference numerals as those in FIG.
The part corresponding to that of FIG. 1 is shown.

The service user subscribes to a plurality of communication networks and has a subscriber identifier and a terminal for connecting to each communication network. In such a situation, the connection control means 9
Uses the connectivity information as a material for determining to which terminal of the service user the communication setting is made when a communication request is made to the service user. It is considered appropriate to directly inquire about the connectivity of the service user's terminal and the information on the connectivity between the communications network, but it is considered appropriate for a communications network that does not provide such information. Follow the procedure below to collect connectivity information for connecting terminals.

The automatic calling means 81 makes a communication request to the terminal of the user of this apparatus via the communication means 1 ₁ to 1 _n at regular intervals. The communication network tries to connect to the terminal. For example, in the case of a car telephone network terminal, if the terminal is not turned on or the terminal is out of the service area, a message to that effect informs the caller. When a connection is made with the terminal, or a connection is made with the terminal, a ringing tone is notified to the caller. Therefore, the connectivity information collecting means 82 converts the information of these terminals obtained from the communication network into the connectivity information and converts it. The information is stored in the information storage means 4. Since the calling by the automatic calling means 81 does not bother the service user, the terminal side may not ring the ringing sound for a certain time when the incoming call by the automatic calling means 81 is expected. Is.

FIG. 11 shows an embodiment of the fifth constitution of the first invention of the present application. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 11, the personal communication service apparatus 5000 has connectivity information in which state information unique to each terminal of the personal communication service user and each personal communication service user is described in a unified manner. And a connectivity information conversion means 83 for converting into The embodiment will be described in detail with reference to FIG. In addition, in FIG. 11, the portions indicated by the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 1 indicate the portions corresponding to those in FIG.

In addition to conventional telephones, various terminals such as automobile telephones, mobile telephones, cordless telephones, PHS terminals, pagers, multimedia terminals, personal portable terminals, and workstations can be used as terminals to which the apparatus is connected. . These terminals have different communication networks to be connected to each other, and there are many unique states depending on the respective communication networks and types of terminals. The connectivity information conversion means 83 converts the status information, which is different for each terminal possessed by the communication partner, into the connectivity information which is described uniformly for all types of terminals, and the connectivity information storage means. Store in 4. For example, FIG. 12 is a table showing an example of correspondence between the status information of the terminal and the connectivity information storage means when the connection information is defined as “not connectable”, “standby”, “calling”, and “in communication”. Shown in.

FIG. 13 shows an embodiment of the sixth configuration of the first invention of the present application. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 13, the personal communication service apparatus 6000 comprises the constituent means shown in FIG. 1 and a terminal media selecting means 91 for selecting a terminal and a medium to be first tried to connect according to the connectivity information. To be done. The embodiment will be described in detail with reference to FIG. Note that, in FIG. 13, the portions denoted by the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 1 indicate the portions corresponding to those in FIG.

Personal communication service users have terminals that connect to a plurality of communication networks and connect to the respective communication networks, and the media that can be handled by these terminals are different. In such a situation, the terminal media selection means 91 obtains the connectivity information for each medium of the terminal owned by the user from the connectivity information storage means 4 at regular intervals or at predetermined times. From the obtained results, the terminal media selection means 91 finds the terminal and the medium that are most likely to be connected at that time and stores them. When the connection control means 9 notifies the terminal media selection means 91 of an incoming call to the service user, the terminal media selection means 91 first notifies the information of the terminal and the medium to which the connection is to be attempted. The connection control means 9 establishes communication connection between the terminal and the media based on the information.

FIG. 14 shows an embodiment of the seventh configuration of the first invention of the present application. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 14, the personal communication service apparatus 7000 is a service user when the connectivity between the constituent means shown in FIG. 1 and the terminal of the service user and the communication network changes during communication. Communication reconnection setting means 92 for resetting communication by changing the medium or communication means for communicating with. 14
A detailed description will be given of the embodiment with reference to FIG. Note that FIG.
In the figure, the parts indicated by the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 1 indicate the portions corresponding to those in FIG.

The connectivity information between the terminal owned by the user of the personal communication service and the communication network is periodically collected, and if there is any change, the information stored in the connectivity information storage means 4 is updated. When it becomes difficult to secure communication processing resources or information processing resources for continuing the communication due to movement of the terminal in communication, the communication reconnection setting means 92 receives the call from the sender and the service user. Negotiate with the person to set up communication again. At this time, communication processing resources and information processing resources that can be provided on the communication network side may be displayed on the terminals of the user (the sender's terminal 93 and the receiver's terminal 94) to obtain instructions from the user. . An example of the procedure for resetting communication will be described below.

In a situation where the communication can be continued by lowering the band of information transmission as compared with the communication already performed, it is proposed to continue the communication by lowering the band. In order to reduce the bandwidth, for example, the terminal implements a decoder with a high compression rate as an information source coding decoder, and if it meets the user's required quality, it switches to that algorithm to transfer information. Communication is continued by lowering the band. This procedure will be described with a specific example. Although the terminal that has been performing the MPEG2 standard moving image communication cannot perform the communication that has been performed until then due to the change in the connectivity with the communication network, the communication can be performed if the terminal uses the MPEG4 standard moving image communication with a reduced information transmission band. In a situation where it can be continued, it is checked whether or not the decoding means of the MPEG4 standard is installed in the user's terminal, and if it is installed and the quality of service requested by the user is satisfied, then a moving image in MPEG4 is displayed. The sender and the receiver are instructed to switch to the communication and the communication is continued. At this time, if the sender does not implement the MPEG4 standard encoding means, the media converting means 7 in the apparatus is instructed to perform the media conversion from MPEG2 to MPEG4, and the communication connection via the media converting means 7 is made. To set.

When the voice terminal cannot be connected to the communication network during communication, if the service user has a character terminal that can connect to another communication network and the communication is urgent, use The communication means for connecting with the person is switched to the communication means for connecting to the communication network to which the character terminal is connected, and the connection with the information recognizing means 2 in this apparatus is set, as described above. The voice is recognized and converted into a character code, and this character code is switched to be sent to the user's terminal through the communication network.

In the example described above, if communication is attempted to continue even after the change in connectivity, the quality is not satisfied by the service user, and if the service user does not request immediacy, information is sent. The connection is set to the storage means, and it is instructed to temporarily store the information from the sender. When it becomes possible to communicate with the service user on the media, the communication connection is set again, and the previously stored information is sent out.

FIG. 15 shows an eighth embodiment of the first invention of the present application. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 15, the personal communication service apparatus 8000 requires the constituent means shown in FIG. 1 and the personal communication service user.
Service requirement storage means 101 for storing service requirements such as immediacy of connection, cost related to connection and communication, transparency of information, or a combination thereof.
Composed of and. The embodiment will be described in detail with reference to FIG. Note that, in FIG. 15, the portions denoted by the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 1 indicate the portions corresponding to those in FIG.

With respect to the identifier of the other party of the outgoing / incoming call and the content of the information, the service user requests the degree of immediacy regarding the connection when the call is made / received, the medium of the information to be connected, and the information. Service requirements such as the degree of transparency requirement are stored in the service requirement storage unit 101 in advance. The connection control means 9 stores the service request condition storage means 10 when an incoming or outgoing call is made to the user.
1 is referred to, and the optimum terminal and media are connected by judging from the identifier of the calling and receiving parties of the call and the content of information.

For example, comparing a telephone call using a general telephone with a telephone call using a car telephone, the car telephone is generally higher in cost, but when trying to connect to a service user If the service user has a car telephone terminal and the service request condition storage means 101 describes that the communication cost may be high, the car telephone is used. Connection. On the other hand, you can not connect by ordinary phone,
If the service user has a pager terminal, for a call described in the service requirement storage unit 101 that the communication cost is not allowed to be high, a pager with a low communication cost is generally used. To send a message. In addition, for communications that have high demands for information transparency, such as media conversion being prohibited or media conversion being restricted, the immediacy of the communication even if real-time transmission on that media cannot be performed. If there is a low demand for the above, it is possible to temporarily store the information in the information storage means 102, convert it into a message, and then transmit it.

FIG. 16 shows an embodiment of the ninth configuration of the first invention of the present application. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 16, the personal communication service device 9000 includes the constituent means shown in FIG. 1, an information storage means 111 for temporarily storing input information, and input information and information recognition means 2. Information or meaning information and information storage means 11 recognized by the
The information extracting unit 112 extracts information of a partial area designated by the service user or a partial area including a specific keyword from the information stored in 1.
The details of the embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG.
6, the parts indicated by the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 1 indicate the portions corresponding to those in FIG.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described by taking a case where voice messages are accumulated as an example. The voice message input from the communication means 1 ₁ to 1 _n is input and stored in the information storage means 111, and the same message is recognized by the information recognition means 2 and converted into character information. The information extraction unit 112 extracts a word that is a keyword from this character information, and separately stores the sentences in a predetermined area before and after it as a headline in the information storage unit 111. Alternatively, the fixed part at the beginning of the character information obtained by the recognition is similarly stored in the information storage means 111 as a headline. Then, in response to a request from the user, this header information is sent to the user's terminal. The information accumulating means 111 sets delimiters between the pieces of information in the headline information, and the user can search for the headlines one after another. Even if a large number of voice messages are stored according to this embodiment, by turning the pages of the headings, the outline of those messages can be grasped in a short time. It becomes easy for users to select and listen to necessary information and emergency information.

FIG. 17 is a block diagram showing the outline of a recognition system according to the first embodiment of the first configuration applied to the personal communication service apparatus of the second invention of the present application. The recognition system of this embodiment includes a physical information recognition server 201,
A common information database 202 that stores information related to the meaning and content included in physical information, which is common to all users of the recognition system, and at least one or more information processing terminals 203 owned by each user. And a communication network 204 for transmitting information. Further, the information processing terminal 203 has a personal information database 205 in which additional personal information for each user with respect to the information stored in the common information database 202 is stored, a transmitter 206 for transmitting the information, The input device 207 is used by the user to input information.

Next, the operation of the recognition system configured as above will be described. The user is the information processing terminal 203
The transmitter 206 transmits a request for recognizing physical information to the physical information recognition server 201 via the communication network 204. After that, the user inputs the physical information with the input device 207 and transmits it with the transmitter 206 to the physical information recognition server 201 via the communication network 204. Physical information recognition server 201
Receives information necessary for recognition of physical information from the common information database 202 and the personal information database 205 of the information processing terminal 203 of the user via the communication network 204, and uses this information to acquire the physical information. Recognize. By the above operation, it becomes possible to recognize the physical information suitable for each user.

FIG. 18 is a block diagram showing the outline of a recognition system according to the second embodiment of the first configuration applied to the personal communication service apparatus of the second invention of the present application. The recognition system of the present embodiment is a recognition system that recognizes a user's action from the input voice and moving image. The system stores an action recognition server 211 that recognizes input information input by voice and a moving image, and mapping information that is common to all users of the recognition system, from input information to action information indicating an action. Behavior information database 212
And at least one or more personal information cards 213 owned by each user, at least one or more information processing terminals 214, and a communication network 215 for transmitting information. . The personal information processing card 213 stores additional personal information for each user with respect to the information stored in the behavior information database 212. Also,
The information processing terminal 214 has a transmitter 216 that transmits information.
And a receiver A21 for receiving information via the communication network 215.
7, an input device 218 for the user to input information, an output device 219 for outputting information to the user, and a receiver B220 for receiving information from the personal information card 213.

Next, the operation of the recognition system configured as described above will be described. The information processing terminal 214 transmits the input information, which is input by the input device 218, of the user of the recognition system, which includes voice and moving image, to the transmitter 21.
6 to the action recognition server 211 via the communication network 215. In addition, the information processing terminal 214 is the personal information card 2
From 13, the receiver B 220 receives the personal information of the user. The action recognition server 211 uses the action information database 212 and the information processing terminal 214 to determine the communication network 21.
Information necessary for action recognition is received via 5, and action recognition is performed using this information. Action recognition server 211
Recognizes the recognition result via the communication network 215, and the information processing terminal 21
Send to 4. The information processing terminal 214 receives the recognition result by the receiver A 217 and outputs it by the output device 219. With the above operation, it is possible to perform action recognition suitable for each user.

FIG. 19 is a block diagram showing the outline of the recognition system according to the second embodiment of the personal communication service apparatus of the second invention of the present application. The recognition system of the present embodiment includes a speech recognition server 221 that recognizes phonological information of input speech, and a phonological unit that stores common mapping information from speech waves to phonological information for all users of the recognizing system. Information database 222 and at least one or more information processing terminals 223 owned by each user
And a communication network 224 for transmitting information. Further, the information processing terminal 223 stores the personal information database 2 in which additional personal information for each user with respect to the information stored in the phonological information database is stored.
25, a transmitter 226 for transmitting information, and an input device 227 for the user to input information.

Next, the operation of the recognition system configured as above will be described. The user is the information processing terminal 22.
The transmitter 226 of No. 3 transmits a voice recognition request to the voice recognition server 221 via the communication network 224. After that, the user inputs a voice wave with the input device 227, and the transmitter 2
26 to the voice recognition server 221 via the communication network 224. The voice recognition server 221 receives information necessary for voice recognition from the phoneme information database 222 and the personal information database 225 of the information processing terminal 223 of the user via the communication network 224, and uses this information. Perform voice recognition. With the above operation, it is possible to perform voice recognition suitable for each user.

FIG. 20 is a block diagram showing the outline of the recognition system according to the third embodiment of the personal communication service apparatus of the second invention of the present application. The recognition system of the present embodiment is a character recognition server 231 that recognizes the structure of input handwritten characters, and a character that stores common handwritten input information-to-character mapping information that is common to all users of the recognition system. It is configured to include an information database 232, at least one or more information processing terminals 233 owned by each user, and a communication network 234 for transmitting information. Further, the information processing terminal 233, a personal information database 235 in which additional personal information for each user with respect to the information stored in the character information database 232 is stored, a transmitter 236 for transmitting the information,
The input device 237 for the user to input information is included.

Next, the operation of the recognition system configured as above will be described. The user is the information processing terminal 23
The transmitter 236 of No. 3 transmits a request for character recognition to the character recognition server 231 via the communication network 234. After that, the user inputs a handwritten character with the input device 237, and the character recognition server 23 through the communication network 234 by the transmitter 236.
Send to 1. The character recognition server 231 receives information necessary for handwritten character recognition from the character information database 232 and the personal information database 235 of the information processing terminal 233 of the user via the communication network 234, and recognizes the handwritten character. To do. With the above operation, it is possible to perform character recognition suitable for each user.

FIG. 21 is a block diagram showing the outline of a media conversion system according to the fifth embodiment of the personal communication service apparatus of the second invention of the present application.
The media conversion system according to the present embodiment includes a voice recognition server 2
41, a phoneme information database 242, a character information database 243, a media conversion server 244 for converting the result of voice recognition into character information, and at least one or more information processing terminals 245 owned by each user. And a communication network 246 for transmitting information.
Further, as shown in the block diagram of FIG. 22, the information processing terminal 245 stores additional phoneme personal information 251 for each user with respect to the information stored in the phoneme information database 242 and the character information database 243. A personal information database 253 in which additional character personal information 252 for each user with respect to the stored information is stored,
A transmitter 254, a receiver 255, an input device 256,
The output device 257 is included.

Next, the operation of the media conversion system configured as above will be described. Here, the operation when the sender transmits information from the information processing terminal A to the information processing terminal B of the receiver will be described. The sender inputs a voice wave using the input device 256 of the information processing terminal A,
The transmitter 254 transmits to the voice recognition server 241 via the communication network 246. The voice recognition server uses the phoneme information database 242 and the phoneme personal information 251 of the personal information database 253 in the information processing terminal A to determine the communication network 24.
Information necessary for voice recognition is received via 6 and voice recognition is performed. The voice recognition server 241 transmits the recognition result to the media conversion server 244 via the communication network 246.
The media conversion server 244 uses the character information database 2
43 and the character personal information 252 of the personal information database 253 in the information processing terminal A of the sender, the communication network 246.
And the media conversion result is obtained from the recognition result. The media conversion server 244 transmits to the information processing terminal B via the communication network 246. On the receiver side, the information processing terminal B receives the media conversion result by the receiver 255 and outputs it by the output device 257. By the above operation, the voice of the sender is recognized by the voice suitable for the sender, the result is converted into character information,
It becomes possible to output to the output device of the information processing terminal of the receiver with characters similar to the characters of the sender.

FIG. 23 is a block diagram showing the outline of a media conversion system according to the sixth embodiment of the personal communication service apparatus of the second invention of the present application. The media conversion system of the present embodiment is similar to the character recognition server 261 in place of the voice recognition server 241 in the block diagram of FIG.
Also, instead of the media conversion server 244, a media conversion server 262 for converting the result of character recognition into voice information is configured. It should be noted that the portions indicated by the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 21 indicate the portions corresponding to those in FIG. Further, as shown in FIG. 22, the information processing terminal 24
5 are configured.

Next, the operation of the media conversion system configured as above will be described. Here, the operation when the sender transmits information from the information processing terminal A to the information processing terminal B of the receiver will be described. The sender inputs handwritten characters using the input device 256 of the information processing terminal A, and transmits the handwritten characters to the character recognition server 261 via the communication network 246 by the transmitter 254. The character recognition server receives information necessary for handwritten character recognition from the character information database 243 and the character personal information 252 of the personal information database 253 in the information processing terminal A via the communication network 246, and handwritten characters are recognized. Recognize. Character recognition server 261
Transmits the recognition result to the media conversion server 262 via the communication network 246. The media conversion server 262 includes the phoneme information database 242 and the phoneme personal information 25 of the personal information database 253 in the information processing terminal A of the sender.
1 is accessed via the communication network 246, and the media conversion result is obtained from the recognition result. The media conversion server 262 transmits to the information processing terminal B via the communication network 246. On the receiver side, the information processing terminal B receives the media conversion result by the receiver 255 and outputs it by the output device 257. By the above operation, the handwritten character of the sender is recognized as a character suitable for the sender, the result is converted into voice information, and the output device of the information processing terminal of the receiver has a voice similar to the voice of the sender. It becomes possible to output.

FIG. 24 is a block diagram showing the outline of a media conversion system according to the embodiment of the fourth configuration applied to the personal communication service apparatus of the second invention of the present application.
The media conversion system of this embodiment includes a physical information recognition server 271, a common information database 272, and a media conversion server 273 that converts a recognition result of physical information into information that a recipient who receives the result can easily understand. At least one or more information processing terminals 274 possessed by each user and a communication network 275 for transmitting information are configured. In addition, the information processing terminal 274, as shown in the block diagram of FIG. 25, the vocabulary information 281 for each user.
The personal information database 282 in which is stored, a transmitter 283, a receiver 284, an input device 285, and an output device 286 are included.

Next, the operation of the media conversion system configured as described above will be described. Here, the operation when the sender transmits information from the information processing terminal A to the information processing terminal B of the receiver will be described. The sender inputs physical information using the input device 285 of the information processing terminal A, and transmits the physical information to the physical information recognition server 271 via the communication network 275 by the transmitter 283. The physical information recognition server is
Information necessary for recognizing physical information is received from the common information database 272 and the vocabulary information 281 of the personal information database 282 in the information processing terminal A via the communication network 275, and the physical information is recognized. Physical information recognition server 2
71 transmits the recognition result to the media conversion server 273 via the communication network 275. Media conversion server 273
Uses the vocabulary information 281 of the personal information database 282 in the information processing terminal B 274 of the recipient via the communication network 275 to convert the recognition result into information that the recipient can easily understand. Obtain the media conversion result. The media conversion server 273 transmits the media conversion result to the information processing terminal B via the communication network 275. On the receiver side, the information processing terminal B receives the media conversion result by the receiver 284 and outputs it by the output device 286. By the above operation, it becomes possible to convert the physical information transmitted by the sender into information that the receiver can easily understand and output the information to the output device of the information processing terminal.

[0106]

As described above, according to the present invention, the flexible setting of the advanced additional functions such as connection control of incoming and outgoing calls, media conversion, and information recognition can be performed mainly by the personal communication service user. it can.

Further, the recognition system of the present invention makes it possible to construct a recognition system suitable for each user. Also,
With the media conversion system of the present invention, it becomes possible to output physical information that does not cause a feeling of discomfort to the user who outputs the physical information.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an embodiment of a first configuration of the first invention of the present application.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a connection form between a personal communication service device and various communication networks.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of performing connection control based on schedule data in the first configuration of the first invention of the present application.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of performing communication between terminals that cannot handle the same media information in the first configuration of the first invention of the present application.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of performing communication using information recognition means in the first configuration of the first invention of the present application.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an embodiment of protocol conversion means.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of connection control means.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a second configuration of the first invention of the present application.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a third configuration of the first invention of the present application.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of the fourth configuration of the first invention of the present application.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of a fifth configuration of the first invention of the present application.

FIG. 12 is a table showing an example of correspondence between status information and connectivity information.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of a sixth configuration of the first invention of the present application.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an example of the seventh configuration of the first invention of the present application.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing an example of an eighth configuration of the first invention of the present application.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing an example of the ninth configuration of the first invention of the present application.

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing a first example of the first configuration of the second invention of the present application.

FIG. 18 is a diagram showing a second embodiment of the first configuration of the second invention of the present application.

FIG. 19 is a diagram showing an example of a second configuration of the second invention of the present application.

FIG. 20 is a diagram showing an example of the third configuration of the second invention of the present application.

FIG. 21 is a diagram showing an example of the fifth configuration of the second invention of the present application.

FIG. 22 is a diagram illustrating an example of an information processing terminal.

FIG. 23 is a diagram showing an example of the sixth configuration of the second invention of the present application.

FIG. 24 is a diagram showing an example of the fourth configuration of the second invention of the present application.

FIG. 25 is a diagram illustrating an example of an information processing terminal.

FIG. 26 is a diagram showing an example of a configuration of a conventional personal communication service device.

[Fig. 27] Fig. 27 is a diagram illustrating an example of communication between terminals that cannot handle information of the same medium in the related art.

FIG. 28 is a diagram showing an example of a configuration of a conventional answering machine.

FIG. 29 is a diagram showing an example of a configuration of a conventional automatic telephone system.

FIG. 30 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of a conventional voice message storage and reproduction device.

FIG. 31 is a diagram showing an example of a configuration of a conventional recognition system.

FIG. 32 is a diagram showing another example of a configuration of a conventional recognition system.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 communication means 2 information recognition means 3 protocol conversion means 4 connectivity information storage means 5 identifier conversion means 6 communication selection means 7 media conversion means 8 connection procedure storage means 9 connection control means 10 electronic notebook 201 physical information recognition server 202 common information database 203 Information processing terminal 204 Communication network 205 Personal information database 206 Transmitter 207 Input device 1000-9000 Personal communication service device

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Takefumi Sakamoto Takeshi Sakamoto 1 Komukai Toshiba-cho, Kouki-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa Toshiba Research & Development Center, Ltd. 1 Incorporated Toshiba Research and Development Center

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A personal communication service device for providing a call transfer service to a communication service user, comprising a plurality of communication means for connecting and communicating with a plurality of communication networks, and structural information of input information. Information recognition means for recognizing semantic information, protocol conversion means for converting a communication protocol between the plurality of communication networks to which the plurality of communication means are connected, and at least one or more possessed by the personal communication service user Connectivity information storage means for storing connectivity information between the terminal and the plurality of communication networks, and a correspondence between the personal identifier of the user and the subscriber identifier of each of the users in the plurality of communication networks. Identifier conversion means for performing the communication, communication selection means for selecting the communication means for communicating with the user, media conversion means for converting the medium of the input information, and A connection procedure storage means for storing the connection procedure, personal communication service apparatus characterized by comprising: a connection control unit for performing a communication connection in accordance with the connection procedure. 2. An information storage unit for storing the input information or structural information or semantic information of the input information recognized by the information recognizing unit, and when communicating with the personal communication service user. To
The personal communication service apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a service selecting unit that selects whether or not to transfer information via the information storing unit. 3. A personal communication service apparatus comprising a system for recognizing physical information generated by human beings, wherein the recognition system is information common to all users of the recognition system and related to the meaning and content contained in the physical information. At least one or more common information database, and additional information for each user of the recognition system with respect to the information stored in the common information database, at least A personal communication service device comprising one or more personal information databases, wherein a set of all common information databases and all personal information databases is divided into a plurality of groups and arranged in a distributed manner. 4. The recognition system in the personal communication service device according to claim 3, and means for converting the recognition result of the recognition system into physical information that is easier to understand than the physical information input to the recognition system. A personal communication service device comprising a media conversion system comprising: