JPH09307640A - Portable telephone set and portable telephone system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow a portable telephone set to receive an incoming call from a network side in the method of no-ringing. SOLUTION: A base station 4 restricts ringing of an incoming call bell in its own station area automatically by time setting of a setting timer 43 (hereinafter called no ringing call reception). For example, an instruction is applied to a portable telephone exchange 3 so as to make no ringing call reception to a portable telephone set 10 whose position is registered in its own station area of the base station 4 making no ringing call reception. When a telephone set 1 in a stationary network makes a call to the portable telephone set 10 during the no ringing call reception, an exchange control section 31 connects to a message control section 32 in place of the portable telephone set 10, and when the message control section 32 replies the telephone set 1, the caller of the telephone set 1 sends a voice message. The voice message is stored in a memory of a message storage section 33 and the exchange control section 31 informs the arrival of a call to the portable telephone set 10 simultaneously. When the portable telephone set 10 requests reproduction of the message to the exchange control section 31, the message stored in the message storage section 33 is reproduced by the portable telephone set 10.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a mobile phone and a mobile phone system, and more particularly to a simplified mobile phone and an incoming call control system in the simplified mobile phone system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an incoming call control system in a mobile phone including this type of simple mobile phone is disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 6-
As shown in the message mail method of Japanese Patent No. 54063,
When the call is not connected to the mobile phone due to the wireless base station being out of the service area or the mobile phone being turned off, or when the ringing bell of the mobile phone is in a place where ringing is difficult and the ringing bell is set to not ring. Is used for the purpose of transmitting a message from a caller to a user of a mobile phone.

FIG. 6 is a system block diagram showing an example of an incoming call control system in a mobile phone disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 6-54063. In this system,
Fixed network telephone 11 for making a call, public network 12 for connecting fixed network telephone 11 and mobile switching center 13, and mobile station 16
BS (radio base station) 15 that transmits and receives radio waves to and from
15, a call switch 132 that connects the public network 12 to the public network 12, a voice storage unit 133 that stores a voice message, and the mobile device 1
6 and the home memory 14 that stores reference information such as the presence or absence of a voice message in the voice storage unit 133, and the mobile device 16
If there is no response from the mobile device 16 to the incoming call to the caller, or if the message mail service is set for the home memory 14, the voice storage unit 133 and the line of the caller are connected to each other. The voice message is stored in the voice storage unit 133.
And a control unit 131 for storing information with voice message in the home memory 14.

Next, the operation will be described. When there is no response from the mobile device 16 when the fixed network telephone 11 calls the mobile device 16, or when the message mail service is set from the mobile device 16 to the home memory 14, the control unit 13
1 connects the fixed network 12 and the voice storage unit 133, the voice message from the caller is stored in the voice storage unit 133,
At the same time, the control unit 131 causes the home memory 14 to record that there is a voice message.

When there is a new location registration request from the mobile unit 16, the control unit 131 refers to the presence / absence information of the voice message in the home memory 14, and the mobile unit 16 is notified of the presence / absence of the voice message to the mobile unit 16. Tell.

FIG. 7 is a sequence diagram showing the procedure for canceling the setting of the message mail service in the system of FIG.
In response to the new location registration request (S40) from the mobile device 16, the base station 15 sends a location registration request reception response (S41) to the mobile device 16. The mobile exchange 13 responds to the new location registration request (S40) to register the location of this mobile.

When a message mail service setting request (S42) is sent from the mobile device 16, the mobile switching center 13 sends a message mail service setting response (S43) to the mobile device 16 in response to the request, and the setting is made. Perform processing.

When a message mail service cancellation request (S44) is sent from the mobile device 16, the mobile switching center 13 responds to the request (S45) and also performs cancellation processing.

[0009]

Problems with the prior art are as follows.
When a user of a mobile phone including a simplified mobile phone forgets to set up the message mail service, a mobile phone including a simplified mobile phone received an incoming call, even in a place where ringing of the incoming call ring is a problem. In that case, the incoming call bell will ring. Also, if the user of a mobile phone, including a simplified mobile phone, mistakes that the ringing bell is a problem outside the service area, the user cannot set up the message mail service and receive the call. Even in a place where ringing is a problem, ringing bells ring when a mobile phone, including a simplified mobile phone, receives a call.

The reason is that the user of the mobile phone including the simplified mobile phone sets the message mail service for stopping the incoming call bell to the mobile switching system from the mobile phone including the simplified mobile phone. This is because.

An object of the present invention is to set up a message mail service from a mobile phone to a mobile phone switch individually within a service area where the time and place where ringing of an incoming call ring is difficult are limited. (EN) Provided are a mobile phone system and a mobile phone capable of using a ringing-free incoming call (suppression of ringing of an incoming call bell) service.

[0012]

According to the present invention, there is provided a portable telephone system including a base station and a portable telephone exchange for making a switched connection with a fixed network to a portable telephone within the service area of the base station. It is characterized in that the base station has control means for performing setting control of a ringing-free incoming call function for suppressing the ringing of an incoming call bell in response to an incoming call to a mobile phone within its own service area. A mobile phone system is obtained.

Preferably, the control means has means for setting a start time and an end time of the non-ringing incoming call function.

Further, preferably, the control means has a setting switch for manually operating the setting control of the non-ringing incoming call function, and the control means sets the non-ringing incoming call function. In particular, it is characterized in that it has means for controlling in response to a position registration request of the mobile phone within its own service area so as to perform a ringing-free incoming call function for this mobile phone.

Then, the portable telephone exchange performs response control on behalf of the portable telephone in response to an incoming call to the portable telephone within the service area of the base station during the setting of the silent incoming call function. It has a means for performing and a message accumulating means for accumulating a message from the caller.

The mobile phone exchange may further comprise means for notifying the mobile phone that an incoming call has been received. Further, the mobile phone exchange may respond to a message reproduction request from the mobile phone. It is characterized in that it has means for reproducing the message of the message accumulating means and transmitting it to the mobile phone.

The mobile phone according to the present invention is characterized by having means for requesting reproduction of a message stored in the message storage means of the mobile phone exchange.

[0018]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION The operation of the present invention will be described below. The ringing / non-ringing function is set and released from the base station to the mobile phone exchange. Therefore, it is not necessary for each mobile phone to request the mobile phone exchange to set or cancel the ringing-free incoming call function. Further, during the ringing-free incoming call, the incoming call to each mobile phone in the service area is answered by the mobile phone exchange instead of each mobile phone. The message from the caller who is ringing without call remains as a voice message in the message storage means in the mobile telephone exchange.

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a mobile phone system to which an embodiment of the present invention is applied. Referring to FIG. 1, a fixed network telephone 1, a fixed network exchange 2 to which the fixed network telephone 1 is connected to perform transmission and exchange with a mobile network, and a simple type to be connected to the fixed network exchange 2 to perform transmission and exchange of a mobile network. A mobile phone exchange 3, a base station 4 in a service area 7 integrated in the simplified mobile phone exchange 3, a base station 5 in a service area 8,
Base station 6 in service area 9 and simplified mobile phone 10
It is composed of

FIG. 2 is a simplified portable telephone exchange 3 and a base station 4.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of FIG. The simplified mobile phone exchange 3 controls the call origination / receipt to / from the simplified mobile phone 10 and the caller's line and the message control unit 32 in response to an incoming call request to the simplified mobile phone 10 that occurs during a silent incoming call. And a switching control unit 31 having a built-in communication path switch for making a connection to the caller, and an explanation message during a non-ringing call and a voice from the calling party connected to the caller through the switching control unit 31 during the non-ringing call. A message control unit 32 that transfers a message to the message storage unit 33, and a message storage unit 33 that is connected to the message control unit 32 and has a memory such as a semiconductor or a magnetic disk for storing a voice message from a caller. Composed.

When the base station 4 is notified of the start of the ringing-free incoming call from the setting timer 43 or the setting switch 44, the base station 4 becomes in the ringing-free incoming call, and is notified of the end of the ringing-free incoming call from the setting timer 43 or the setting switch 44. A base station control unit 41 for returning to a normal incoming call, a base station radio unit 42 for performing control and communication signals from the base station control unit 41 to modulate and demodulate communication signals and to communicate with the simplified mobile phone 10, and a clock function. The base station control unit 41 controls the start and end of a ringing-free incoming call with a built-in time.
And a setting switch 44 that is operated when a non-ringing incoming call is manually performed and notifies the base station control unit 41 of the start and end of the non-ringing incoming call.

Next, the operation of the embodiment of the present invention will be described. First, referring to FIG. 3, FIG. 3 is a sequence diagram showing a position registration operation of the portable telephone 10 in the service area 7 during a ringing incoming call and an operation of the base station 4 at the end of the ringing incoming call. . When the setting timer 43 reaches the non-ringing incoming call start time or when the setting switch 44 is manually switched to the non-ringing incoming call start, the service area 7 of the base station 4 becomes the non-ringing incoming call area.

The location registration request transmitted from the portable telephone 10 in the service area 7 is once received by the base station 4 (S1), and the portable telephone exchange 3 from the base station 4 is received.
To the non-ringing incoming call location registration request (S
2), the simplified mobile phone exchange 3 is a simplified mobile phone 10
Is recognized as a ringing-free incoming call target. The base station 4 informs the mobile phone 10 that the service area 7 is a ringing-free incoming call area as a response (S3).

When the setting timer 43 reaches the silent ringing termination time, or when the setting switch 44 is manually switched to the silent ringing termination, the service area 7 of the base station 4 becomes a normal ringing area. . The base station 4 sends a silent end call to the portable telephone exchange 3 (S
4) At the same time, the base station 4 informs the simplified mobile phone 10 that the service area 7 has returned to the normal incoming call area as the end of the silent incoming call (S5).

FIG. 4 shows the operations of the simplified mobile telephone exchange 3 and the base station 4 when an incoming call is received from the fixed network telephone 1 to the simplified mobile telephone 10 in the service area 7 during a ringing incoming call. It is a sequence diagram. When the simplified mobile telephone exchange 3 receives the incoming call request (S10) from the fixed network telephone 1, the simplified mobile telephone exchange 3 connects the fixed network telephone 1 and the message controller 32 (S11), and the message controller 32 transmits a response to the fixed network telephone 1 instead of the simplified mobile telephone 10 (S12).

Subsequently, the message control section 32 sends a message requesting a voice message to the fixed network telephone 1 and requesting a voice message to the caller as a message request (S13). .

When the caller of the fixed network telephone 1 sends a message to the receiver of the simplified mobile telephone 10, the message controller 32 receives it as a message response (S14), and the message controller 32 subsequently receives it. The message response (S14) is transferred to the message storage unit 33 as message storage (S15), and the message storage unit 33 stores the voice message in its own memory.

When the message accumulation in the message accumulation unit 33 is completed, the message accumulation unit 33 sends completion (S16) to the message control unit 32, and the completion (S16)
Upon receiving 16), the message control unit 33 requests the fixed line telephone 1 to disconnect the line (S7).

The exchange control unit 31 is used for the portable telephone 10
To the non-ringing incoming call (S18), and when the simplified mobile phone 10 receives the non-ringing incoming call (S18), it responds (S18).
19) is transmitted to the exchange control unit 31. Response (S
The exchange control unit 31 that has received 19) sends a message reception notification (S20) to the portable telephone 10 and
Notify the simplified mobile phone 10 that the voice message from the caller of the fixed network telephone 1 is stored.

After receiving the message acceptance notification (S20), the portable telephone 10 requests the exchange control unit 31 to disconnect the line (S21).

FIG. 5 shows a simplified portable telephone exchange 3 and a base when the simplified portable telephone 10 in the service area 7 reproduces a voice message from the caller of the fixed network telephone 1 stored in the message storage unit 33. It is an operation sequence diagram of the station 4.

From the portable telephone 10 to the exchange controller 3
1, the reproduction of the voice message from the caller of the fixed network telephone 1 stored in the memory of the message storage unit 33 is transmitted as a message reproduction (S30), and the exchange control unit 31 notifies the simplified mobile phone 10 of the message. Call path setting (S
31) is performed.

Upon receipt of the call path setting (S31), the simplified mobile phone 10 confirms with the exchange control unit 31 (S3).
2) is transmitted and the confirmation (S32) is received, the exchange control unit 31 connects the mobile phone 10 and the message control unit 32, and the message control unit 32 is connected to the message storage unit 33.
When a reproduction request (S34) is transmitted to, the voice message from the caller of the fixed network telephone 1 is reproduced (S35) on the portable telephone 10.

When the reproduction of the voice message from the caller of the fixed network telephone 1 (S35) is completed, the message controller 3
2 transmits a reproduction end (S36) to the exchange control unit 31, and the exchange control unit 31 requests the simplified mobile phone 10 to disconnect the call channel (S38).

[0036]

The first effect is that the message mail service can be individually sent from the simple type portable telephone to the simple type portable telephone exchange in the service area where the time and place where the ringing of the incoming call is troubled are limited. You can use the ring-free incoming call service without any settings. Further, it is not necessary to individually cancel the message mail service from the simple type mobile phone to the simple type mobile phone exchange.

The reason is that the simple type portable telephone can automatically set the silent ringing incoming call of the simple type portable telephone exchange simply by transmitting a position registration signal to the base station in the ringingless incoming call service area. By setting the start and end times of the ringing-free incoming call in the service area, the ringing-free incoming call can be automatically started and ended.

The second effect is that the user of the simplified mobile phone can know the presence / absence of an incoming call without ringing, and can listen to the accumulated voice message later.

The reason is that the simple mobile telephone switch can respond to an incoming call during a silent ringing call instead of the simple mobile telephone, and can store a voice message. When the voice message is stored, That is, the simple mobile phone exchange can notify the simple mobile phone.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a system configuration of a mobile phone system to which an embodiment of the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a simple mobile phone exchange and a base station.

FIG. 3 is a sequence flow chart showing a position registration operation of the simplified mobile phone in the service area during a silent incoming call and an operation of the base station at the end of the silent incoming call.

FIG. 4 is a sequence flowchart showing an operation of the simplified mobile phone exchange during a ringing incoming call.

FIG. 5 is a sequence flowchart showing an operation when a voice message stored in a mobile phone is played back by the mobile phone.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a conventional technique.

FIG. 7 is a sequence flowchart showing setting and cancellation of a message mail service according to a conventional technique.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Fixed Network Telephone 2 Fixed Network Switch 3 Simple Mobile Phone Switch 3-6 Base Station 7-9 Service Area 10 Simple Mobile Phone 31 Switch Controller 32 Message Controller 33 Message Accumulator 41 Base Station Controller 42 Base Station Radio Part 43 Setting timer 44 Setting switch

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A mobile phone system including a base station and a mobile phone switch for switching connection of a mobile phone within a service area of the base station with a fixed network, wherein the base station is its own station. A mobile phone system having a control means for performing setting control of a ringing-free incoming call function for suppressing ringing of an incoming call bell in response to an incoming call to a mobile phone within a service area. 2. The mobile phone system according to claim 1, wherein the control means has means for setting a start time and an end time of the ringing-free incoming call function. 3. The mobile phone system according to claim 1, wherein the control means has a setting switch that allows manual operation of setting control of the ringing-free incoming call function. 4. The control means controls the non-ringing incoming call function for the mobile telephone in response to a location registration request of the mobile telephone within its own service area while the non-ringing incoming call function is being set. The mobile phone system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising: 5. The mobile phone exchange performs response control on behalf of the mobile phone in response to an incoming call to a mobile phone within the service area of the base station during the setting of the silent incoming call function. The mobile phone system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising: a performing unit and a message storing unit that stores a message from the caller. 6. The mobile phone system according to claim 5, wherein the mobile phone exchange further includes means for notifying the mobile phone that an incoming call has been received. 7. The mobile phone exchange further comprises means for reproducing a message from the message accumulating means and transmitting the message to the mobile phone in response to a message reproduction request from the mobile phone. Item 7. A mobile phone system according to item 6. 8. A mobile phone, comprising means for requesting reproduction of a message stored in the message storage means of the mobile phone exchange in the mobile phone system according to claim 5.