KR19980085247A - Control Method for Providing Single Number Service in Communication Network - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a control method for providing a single number service in a communication network, by integrating several terminals, such as a telephone, a fax, a mobile phone, a pager, owned by one or a group of communication services through a telephone network, into a single number. The technology of the operator control method of the service that allows the person to reach the desired terminal, there is an advantage that only one single number representative such as business cards, etc., the subscriber wants the terminal anytime, anywhere with one single number It is accompanied by the effect of receiving inbound and outbound services.

Description

Control Method for Providing Single Number Service in Communication Network

The present invention relates to a control method for providing a single number service in a communication network, by integrating several terminals, such as a telephone, a fax, a mobile phone, a pager, owned by one or a group of communication services through a telephone network, into a single number. It is a technology for operator control of a service that provides the person to the desired terminal.

In modern times, many communication service technologies have been developed to provide subscribers with services such as telephones, faxes, mobile phones, and video communications.

As a result, one subscriber uses several types of communication equipment, and thus, more than one person has more than one number of communication terminals.

However, when accessing communication by separately remembering the numbers of all communication terminals owned by one subscriber as described above, similar numbers may be confused because all numbers must be input differently.

In view of the conventional inconvenience as described above, the present invention allows a plurality of communication terminal numbers held by one subscriber to be used in a representative number format by combining them into one number, and then pressing one representative number. An object of the present invention is to enable a user to select a type of communication terminal according to a request of a called party and a sender.

1 is a general communication network block diagram for applying a single number service providing method according to the present invention.

* Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings *

1: operating unit 2: guide

3: control unit 4: location and terminal information storage unit

5: communication network

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a process for assigning a plurality of communication terminals to a single number integrating the numbers in all communication terminal numbers of subscribers having numbers; Registering the single number and accompanying information with the telephone office; Called party access procedure according to the single number call; And a connection process when a connection fails, and makes a connection with one of the plurality of communication terminals owned by the subscriber.

The above objects, features and advantages will become apparent from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

When using the service to be provided through the present invention, if one person does not inform others of various types of communication service numbers and only gives their own single number, the incoming call of all communication services received by the number is possible. do.

Therefore, the caller can communicate with the called party at any time as long as they know only one single number for an individual.

The operation situation as described above will be described in more detail as follows.

1 is a block diagram of a general communication network applying a single number service according to an embodiment of the present invention, and includes an operation unit (1) which manages the entire operation of a single number service node; A guide unit 2 for allowing a user to select a desired option through a voice prompt using a voice; A control unit (3) having an exchange function for transmitting / receiving information on a received number, call routing, and call switching function; A location and terminal information storage unit 4 for storing information about a customer and storing a location and a single number option of the terminal; And

And a communication network 5 such as a telecommunication network, a telephone network, a wireless network, etc. connected to the control unit 3 to perform transmission / reception.

In this case, the operation unit 1 manages registration / update / deletion of a profile of a service subscriber among operation management functions, and manages the charging situation for service use.

The communication network 5 is connected with a communication terminal such as a telephone, a fax machine, a wireless telephone and a pager, and the caller calls the called party's terminal using the communication terminal.

Referring to the operation of each of the parts, if the user section, such as user information registration / update / delete the user information to the location and the terminal information storage unit 4 in the operation unit 1, the location and terminal information storage unit 4 Transmits user information corresponding to the request.

And if the call information and billing information is input from the control unit 3 and manages it.

When the control unit 3 receives a control signal for guide usage from the control unit 3, the guide unit 2 performs a guide broadcast corresponding thereto.

In addition, if any call information and traffic information is input from the communication network 5, call and network control number information is output for this, and if the user wants to inquire about the subscriber information, the controller 3 sends a signal for subscriber inquiry. Output to the position and the terminal information storage unit 4, the inquiry result report comes up accordingly.

In the control unit 3 present in all of the basic communication network service equipment, the algorithm implemented in the present invention may be stored in the control unit 3, and then executed. The service subscription control procedure at this time may be performed by the called party. The control method of is as follows.

First, the data required to execute the method proposed by the present invention is related to the control procedure, and when the data stored in the location and the terminal information storage unit 4 are viewed, it corresponds to the subscriber's terminal type and number and the actual location. Terminal number, priority of incoming call attempts by subscriber, and inquiry information information when call is not available after incoming call signal by subscriber (incoming call history record, messaging action), etc., and call information includes calling party number, called party number (single single Number).

If the caller calls the called party with the above data stored, the procedure attempts the call using the single number of the called party, and as a result of the call attempt, the calling attempt procedure according to the registered terminal of the called party and the actual priority of the called party. Get service.

That is, the call is connected to a communication terminal in a state of receiving a call among various types of communication terminals possessed by the called party.

This means that the called party connects a communication terminal in a state where he can receive a current call among the plurality of communication terminals with a telephone station so that when a single number is called, all calls are received by the communication terminal currently set.

On the other hand, the control procedure of the network when applying the method of the present invention is described by dividing the control procedure at registration / update, and the subscriber inquiry and call routing control procedure as follows.

First, look at the registration / update control procedure;

① Receive subscription request or renewal of service profile of subscriber through online or telephone office.

At this time, in case of renewal request, illegal renewal is prevented through input request such as password.

② Enter new detailed information or updated detailed information about the subscriber and all the terminals of the subscriber through the graphical user interface (GUI) screen of the operation manager terminal screen of the management node of the management node.

(3) After confirming the entered information, it stores in the database in the position and the terminal information storage unit (4).

④ The saved contents can be inquired through the screen.

⑤ Information about subscribers is regularly backed up.

Second, the subscriber inquiry and call routing control procedure

① Attempts to analyze the received call information separated from the public telephone network (PSTN) and transfers the call information to the controller 3 when the call is related to a single number.

② It checks whether the subscriber information corresponding to the input single number matches the location and contents stored in the database of the terminal information storage unit 4.

③ If it agrees, it transmits a permission call to the control unit 3.

④ Then ask the caller to enter the desired option through the Voice Prompt.

⑤ Route the incoming call according to the option written by the caller.

(6) The public telephone network (PSTN) attempts to call using the actual number provided by the controller (3).

⑦ Complete the call.

⑧ Record detailed information (calling number, called number, billing, etc.) on the contents from the incoming call to the passing result.

⑨ Finally, if the call attempt fails, the caller records his or her call number or voice message for the caller's call back request through the voice indication message to the caller using the service. Enter the desired options, such as recording a fax message.

Through the above process, the subscriber can register or update his service request, and the caller can call the called party.

Here, the caller will be described in detail the manner in which the called party and the call is connected, the first method is a state in which the called party is currently connected to the telephone station by setting the communication terminal in the state that can receive the call.

That is, the caller does not know which communication terminal the call he is calling is connected to the called party.

The second method is a method in which a subscriber additionally requests a caller's communication terminal when the caller calls.

That is, the called party registers a plurality of communication terminals thereof sequentially after applying for the voice indication message service.

For example, the number 1 is registered as a fax, the number 2 is a mobile phone, the number 3 is a pager, and the audio is spoken.

The caller can then select the desired communication terminal to connect with the called party.

For reference, a method of registering a subscriber's own communication terminals in the voice indication message service is already known, and thus description thereof will be omitted.

As described in detail above, the present invention allows the subscriber's calling method having a plurality of contact numbers to be connected to the subscriber's communication terminal if only one single number is known. There is an advantage, and the subscriber is accompanied by the effect of being able to receive the call-in and out service through the terminal anytime and anywhere he wants with a single number.

In addition, preferred embodiments of the present invention are disclosed for the purpose of illustration, those skilled in the art will be able to make various modifications, changes, additions, etc. within the spirit and scope of the present invention, such modifications and modifications belong to the scope of the claims below You will have to look.

Claims (5)

Assigning a plurality of communication terminals a single number incorporating the numbers in all communication terminal numbers of subscribers having numbers; Registering the single number and accompanying information with the telephone office; Called party access procedure according to the single number call; And Including handling of failures in connection, A control method for providing a single number service in a communication network, characterized in that the subscriber is connected to one of the plurality of communication terminals owned by the subscriber. The method according to claim 1, The single number stored in the telephone company's database and the corresponding information includes the subscriber's terminal type and number, The terminal number corresponding to the actual location, Incoming call priority, by subscriber, and Control method for providing a single number service in a communication network characterized in that the inquiry information when the call is impossible after the incoming signal for each subscriber. The method according to claim 1, A method of connecting to a communication terminal set by a called party during a called party connection process according to a single number call includes: setting a communication terminal in a state in which the called party can currently receive from a plurality of communication terminals owned by the called party with a telephone station; When a single number of the called party is called through a caller, a single number service is provided in a communication network, wherein a call connection is executed, including a process of attempting a call connection to the communication terminal in the set state according to a determination result of the controller. Control method. The method according to claim 1, A method of accessing a called party through a voice indication message during a called party access process according to a single number call comprises: a caller prioritizing a plurality of communication terminals of the called party and storing them as voice; When a caller calls a single number of the called party, playing the stored voice while allowing the caller to select a terminal to be connected from among a plurality of communication terminals of the called party; If a terminal is selected through the caller, a method for providing a single number service in a communication network comprising accessing the same and attempting to make a call. The method according to claim 1, When the connection failure process, the caller using the single number calling service through the voice function through the voice indication message, the desired option such as recording the caller's own call number or voice message recording for the caller's call back request Control method for providing a single number service in a communication network characterized in that the selection.