JPS6322703B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a message transmission method that utilizes, for example, telephone communication as an advertising medium for the transmission of commercial messages and promotes the effectiveness of the transmission of commercial messages.

<Prior art> As a method of transmitting commercial messages using telephone communication as an advertising medium, conventional methods include recording and playing back commercial messages recorded in advance, such as in telephone services such as time information, weather forecasts, news, and aircraft time information. One method was to connect a device in parallel with a telephone, and when the caller dialed the telephone number, the recording and playback device would automatically start playing, transmitting the commercial message to the caller.

However, with this method, the message delivery effect depends solely on the content of the commercial message, and the benefits of providing two-way communication, which is the original utility of telephone communication, cannot be effectively utilized, so it is not sufficient as an advertising medium. There were drawbacks that prevented it from being effective.

<Summary of the Invention> The present invention overcomes these drawbacks of conventional message transmission methods and provides a method that utilizes telephone communication as an effective means of transmitting commercial messages.

According to this invention, a commercial message is transmitted prior to starting the intended telephone communication, and then normal telephone communication is made possible. That is, the caller is made to dial a first dial number, and the called party (first called party) based on the first dial transmits a pre-recorded message, for example a commercial message, to the caller. to execute the first communication, and then instruct the caller to call a second dial number. When the caller follows this and sends a second dialed number, the communication is transferred to the called party of this second dialed number, and a second call between the caller and the second called party is performed. communication.
If necessary, in return for transmitting the prerecorded message to the sender, the entity providing the commercial message is charged part or all of the fees associated with these communications.

<First Embodiment> Before explaining the details of the present invention, the general operation of this message transmission method will be explained.

FIG. 1 shows an example of implementation using an attached device of a telephone. 1, 2 and 3 are telephones, 4 is an attached device,
5 is a switching machine. The telephone set 3 and the attached device 4 are installed in the home of a person who wishes to provide commercial messages. Now assume that the caller of telephone 1 originally wants to communicate with telephone 2. At this time, the caller first dials the number of telephone 3 using telephone 1, and exchange 5 connects telephone 1 to telephone 3's attached device (first called party) 4 based on this number. Communication becomes possible. In this state, the attached device 4 transmits a prerecorded commercial message to the telephone set 1 to execute the first communication. At the end of this first communication, the accessory device 4 instructs the caller to dial the number of the telephone 2, for example by a voice signal. When the caller uses telephone 1 to dial the number of telephone 2 in accordance with this instruction, attached device 4 detects this number, then activates exchange 5 using its automatic dialing function and dials the number of telephone 2. The number is transmitted to the exchange 5, and the exchange 5 connects the attached device 4 and the telephone 2 based on this number. Attached device 4
detects that this connection is completed and at the same time transfers telephone 1 to telephone 2 using its transfer connection function. This allows the caller of telephone 1 to communicate with telephone 2, which is the original purpose.

Here, communication between telephone 1 and telephone 3 and communication between telephone 3 and telephone 2 are established between telephone 3 and exchange 5.
If the contract is such that telephone 3 will be responsible for some or all of the charges related to communication between telephone 1 and
The caller has to bear the charge for the communication with the telephone 2 that should have been charged to the caller as compensation for listening to the commercial message from the telephone 3 before starting the communication with the telephone 2, which is the original purpose. On the other hand, the person providing the commercial message can secure the effect of the commercial message transmission by using part or all of the fee originally charged to the phone 1 for the communication between the phones 1 and 2 as security. It has the advantage of being able to be conserved.

<Second Embodiment> FIG. 2 shows an example implemented using a trunk device of an exchange. 1 and 2 are telephones, 5 is a switchboard,
Reference numeral 6 denotes a trunk device connected to the exchange 5 to implement the method of the present invention. It is assumed that the person providing the commercial message has previously entered into a contract with the exchange 5 for the use of the trunk device 6, and has recorded the commercial message in the trunk device 6. Suppose now that the caller of telephone 1 originally wants to communicate with telephone 2. First, the caller is phone 1
A predetermined number specifying the trunk device (first called party) 6 is dialed using the . The telephone 1 is connected to the trunk device 6 by the function of the exchange 5. In this state, the trunk device 6 transmits the pre-recorded commercial message to the caller's telephone 1, and upon completion of the transmission, dials the number of the telephone 2 to the telephone 1 by, for example, a voice signal. instruct them to do so. When the caller receives this instruction and dials the number of telephone 2 from telephone 1, exchange 5 dials telephone 1 according to this number.
and telephone 2.

As a result, phone 1 becomes the originally intended phone 2.
It becomes possible to communicate with If there is a contract in advance between the message provider and the exchange 5 so that the message provider will be responsible for part or all of the charges for communication using the trunk device 6, then the telephone 1 In return for listening to the commercial message prior to the intended communication, the caller has the benefit of being able to reduce the burden of charges related to communication with the telephone 2, which is the original purpose of the caller. From the provider's point of view, the primary benefit is that the effectiveness of commercial message transmission can be maintained by using part or all of the charges that should originally be charged to telephone 1 for communication between telephone 1 and telephone 2 as collateral. This is the same as in the embodiment shown in FIG.

In order to have the commercial message provider pay part or all of the charges in the above case, if a detailed billing method, which is well known in the exchange system, is used, the number of calls (charges) for the called party and the number of calls for each call can be As can be seen, part or all of the charges based on the call to the commercial message provider and the second dial call can be billed to the commercial message provider based on the details. Furthermore, in the current call forwarding system, the first called party is billed for the charges after the call has been forwarded, so it is easy to have the commercial message provider bear all the charges for calling the telephone 2. be able to.

<Attached Device> FIG. 3 shows a specific example of the attached device 4 in FIG. 1. 41 and 42 are subscriber lines connected to the exchange 5; 43 is a signal detection circuit; 44 is a control circuit;
45 is a connection circuit, 46 is an automatic answering circuit, and 47 is an automatic dialing circuit. First of all, subscriber line 41
and 42 are set to an off-hook (disconnected) state as an initial state. In this state, when the signal detection circuit 43 detects a paging signal from the exchange 5 reaching the subscriber line 41, the signal detection circuit 43 detects that the subscriber line 41 is being called by the control circuit 43.
Notify 4. When the control circuit 44 receives this notification, it controls the connection circuit 45 to connect the subscriber line 41 to the automatic response circuit 46 and at the same time instructs the automatic response circuit 46 to send a message. When the automatic response circuit 46 receives this command, it sends a response signal to the exchange 5 via the already connected subscriber line 41, and then, after confirming that the line setup is complete, sends a prerecorded message. subscriber line 4
Send on 1. When the message transmission is completed, a voice signal for dialing instructions such as "Please dial the number of the other party" is transmitted onto the subscriber line 41, and the control circuit 44 is notified of the completion of the message transmission. When the control circuit 44 receives the message transmission end notification, it instructs the signal detection circuit 43 to detect the dialed number signal sent from the exchange 5 onto the subscriber line 41. The signal detection circuit 43 detects the dial number signal according to this instruction and notifies the control circuit 44 of this information.

When the control circuit 44 receives the dial number information from the signal detection circuit 43, it immediately transmits it to the automatic dialing circuit 47 and simultaneously controls the connection circuit 45 to connect the automatic dialing circuit 47 to the subscriber line 42. When this connection is completed, the automatic dialing circuit 47 sends a calling signal to the exchange 5 via the subscriber line 42, and after confirming the response from the exchange 5, based on the dial number information received from the control circuit 44. Create a dial signal to subscriber line 4 and send this to subscriber line 4.
2 and prepare for response confirmation from exchange 5. Next, upon confirming the response signal sent from the exchange 5 via the subscriber line 42, this fact is immediately notified to the control circuit 44. When the control circuit 44 receives this notification, it controls the connection circuit 45 to connect the subscriber lines 41 and 42, transfer the signal from the subscriber line 41 to the subscriber line 42, and also transfer the signal from the subscriber line 41 to the subscriber line 42.
to detect call termination signals on subscriber lines 41 and 42. In accordance with this command, the signal detection circuit 43 starts detecting a call-end signal, and when it detects a call-end signal on any subscriber line, it notifies the control circuit 44 of this fact. Upon receiving this notification, the control circuit 44 immediately controls the connection circuit 45 to disconnect the subscriber lines 41 and 42 and at the same time restore both subscriber lines to their initial state.

<Trunk Device> FIG. 4 shows an embodiment of the trunk device 6 in FIG. 2. 61 is a trunk line that connects the trunk device 6 and the communication path device of the exchange 5, 62 is a control signal line that connects the trunk device 6 and the control device of the exchange 5, 63 is a connection circuit, 64 is a control circuit, and 65 is an automatic response. The circuit 66 is a dial signal detection circuit. When the control circuit 64 is notified via the control signal line 62 that the telephone 1 is currently requesting connection to the trunk device 6, the control circuit 64 connects the trunk device 6 to the connection circuit 6.
3 to connect the trunk line 61 to the automatic response circuit 6.
5 and at the same time instructs the automatic response circuit 65 to send a message. When automatic response circuit 65 receives an instruction from control circuit 64, it sends a prerecorded message onto trunk line 61. When the sending of the message is completed, the automatic response circuit 65 continues to send out a voice signal for dialing instructions such as "Please dial the number of the other party" onto the trunk line 61, and then notifies the control circuit 64 of the end of the message.

When the control circuit 64 receives this notification, it controls the connection circuit 63 to connect the trunk line 61 to the dial signal detection circuit 66, and also connects the trunk line 61 to the dial signal detection circuit 66, and also controls the connection circuit 63 to connect the trunk line 61 to the dial signal detection circuit 66. Instructs to perform signal detection. The dial signal detection circuit 66 detects the dial signal according to this instruction, and notifies the control circuit 64 of the number information after the detection is completed. Control circuit 6
4 receives the notification of number information from the dial signal detection circuit 66, and transmits this to the control device of the exchange 5 via the control signal line 62, and requests the start of a connection control operation. After this, the exchange 5 connects the telephone 1 and the telephone 2 using the normal exchange function, and establishes a communication path between the two.

Both of the examples shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 can be easily realized using conventionally well-known circuit technology.

<Effects> As is clear from the above explanation, according to the method of the present invention, the sender receives the original message in return for listening to the commercial message for a certain period of time prior to the originally intended two-way communication. If so, the burden of communication fees that should be charged to the person himself/herself can be reduced, and conversely, for the person providing the message, in the conventional method of this type, the message is transmitted only based on the effect that the message content has on the listener. However, in addition to this, this method makes it possible to preserve the message transmission effect by paying the fee for two-way communication that should originally be levied on the sender. becomes. In other words, it is possible to obtain an advanced message transmission effect that cannot be obtained with a conventional message transmission method using only one-way communication using a telephone as an advertising medium.

It should be noted that the method of the present invention is not necessarily limited in application to telephone communication, but is clearly applicable to all communication such as facsimile communication, data communication, etc. as long as it goes through a normal telephone exchange. be.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram for explaining the outline of the operation when the method of the present invention is implemented using an attached device connected to a telephone set, and FIG. Block diagram for explaining the outline of the operation when realized, Part 3
This figure is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the accessory device in FIG. 1, and FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the trunk device in FIG. 2. 1, 2, 3: Telephone, 4: Attached equipment, 5: Exchange, 6: Trunk equipment, 41, 42: Subscriber line,
43: Signal detection circuit, 44: Control circuit, 45: Connection circuit, 46: Automatic response circuit, 47: Automatic dial circuit, 61: Trunk line, 62: Control signal line,
63: Connection circuit, 64: Control circuit, 65: Automatic response circuit, 66: Dial signal detection circuit.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. When an unspecified caller calls a first dialed number, the exchange connects the caller to the attached device of the called party of the first dialed number, and the attached device is recorded in advance. carrying out a first communication for transmitting a message to the caller; thereafter, the accessory device instructs the caller to dial a second dial number; and when the caller dials the second dial number; , the accessory device transmits the second dialed number to the exchange, the exchange connects the accessory device and the called party of the second dialed number, and the accessory device transmits the caller to the second dialed number. A method of communicating a message by connecting to a dialed number and enabling a second communication between said caller and said second dialed number. 2. When an unspecified caller dials a first dialed number, the exchange connects the caller to a specific trunk device, and the trunk device connects the caller to a first communication device that transmits a prerecorded message to the caller. and then the trunk device sends the caller a second
When the caller sends a second dial number, the trunk device transmits the second dial number to the control device of the exchange, and the exchange sends the caller to the second dial number. a second dialed number, and enables a second communication between the caller and the second dialed number.