KR20020025449A - The internet call service method using a phone - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: An internet telephone service method is provided to perform a calling operation using an internet by accessing an internet access service system by a general telephone of a caller and accessing the caller and a receiver using an internet by the service system. CONSTITUTION: Access and registration numbers for a service system are provided to a user's telephone and the registration number is stored(S10). The user pushes an access button of a telephone and accesses the service system(S20). The user inputs and transmits a registration of the telephone to the service system using the telephone and the service system recognizes the registration of the telephone to authenticate the telephone(S30). The service system connects the authenticated telephone to an internet(S40). A server of the service system searches an area to which a receiver's telephone belongs(S50). The service system connects a searched receiver area server to the internet(S60). A receiver calls with a transmitter according to a receiving signal of a receiver telephone(S70). An internet use fee with respect to a calling time is calculated. When the calling finishes, an internet access finishes(S80).

Description

Internet phone service method {THE INTERNET CALL SERVICE METHOD USING A PHONE}

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an internet telephony service method, and more particularly, to an internet telephony service method using an internet phone in connection with a service system having an internet connection.

In recent years, with the development of computers and the Internet and the spread of dial pads, free calls using the Internet have become possible.

The free call using the Internet is to exchange voice information using the Internet while the computer is connected to the Internet, so that the user can make a call anywhere in the world where the Internet is connected without paying only the Internet access fee. have.

The technical problem to be achieved by the present invention is to transmit a voice information to a communication network through a computer that is connected to the Internet using a communication network, a program that enables the call, and a computer to make a free call using the conventional Internet. There has been a problem of always having additional equipment such as a headset to receive.

In addition, since a conventional free call using the Internet can be used only after accessing the Internet using a computer, it is difficult for a user who is inexperienced in using a computer to use it.

An object of the present invention was invented to solve the above problems, by connecting to a service system that is connected to the Internet using a normal telephone and to connect to the receiver through the Internet in the service system, without a separate device The present invention provides an internet telephony service method that enables a call using the Internet.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide an internet telephony service method that can be easily used by a user who is unfamiliar with the use of a computer by using an internet telephony service without a large difference from a normal telephone call.

1 is a block diagram of an Internet telephony service method according to the present invention.

2 is an apparatus diagram of a method for Internet telephony service according to the present invention.

3 is a block diagram of a public telephone that can use the Internet telephone service according to the present invention.

Figure 4 is a flow chart showing an embodiment of the Internet telephone service method according to the present invention.

<Description of Symbols for Major Parts of Drawings>

10-Telephone 11-Desk Phone

12-Payphone 20-Service System

21-Server Control Unit 22-Server

30-Communications 40-Internet

50-Receiver Area Server 60-Receiver Area Server

70-Telephone Switchboard 80-Receiver Phone

In order to achieve the technical problem to be achieved by the present invention described above, the present invention provides an access step and registration number for the service system to the user's telephone to use the Internet telephone service and the information construction step of storing the registration number; A telephone connection step in which the user connects to the service system by pressing a connection button of the telephone, and the user presses a registration number button of the telephone to transmit to the service system and recognizes a registration number assigned to the telephone by the service system. An authentication step of authenticating, an internet access step of connecting the authenticated telephone to the internet through the communication device in the service system, and a telephone number of the receiver in the server of the service system according to the telephone number of the receiver input by the user; Recipients searching for the region to which A new connection step, a receiver connection step of connecting to a recipient's phone according to the recipient's phone number input by the sender and connecting to a recipient area server retrieved from the service system; And a call step of making a call with the user who is the caller, and a call termination step of applying an internet usage fee to the call time and ending the call when the call is terminated. It features.

Another feature of the invention, the access number for accessing the service system and the registration number for storing the telephone number in the service system and the access button which is a shortcut button for storing the access number and the registration number is stored And a public telephone equipped with a registration number button, which is a shortcut button, and a call button for releasing a silent state of a call.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram of the Internet phone service method according to the present invention, Figure 2 is a device diagram of the Internet phone service method according to the present invention, Figure 3 is a configuration of a public telephone that can use the Internet phone service according to the present invention 4 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of an Internet telephony service method according to the present invention.

The present invention information construction step (S10), telephone connection step (S20), authentication step (S30), Internet access step (S40), recipient number receiving step (S50), recipient connection step (S60), call step (S70) , And the call termination step (S80).

The information building step (S10) consists of an internet phone registration process, a connection number assignment process, and a phone unique registration number assignment process.

The Internet telephone registration process is performed by a user who wants to use the Internet telephone service to apply for service use to a service provider providing the service, and the service provider authenticates it. In the case of a public telephone, the service system 20 It is made by installing a public telephone 12 in which a connection number and a registration number which can be connected to are stored.

The access number assigning process assigns an access number for accessing the service system 20 to the general telephone 11 and the public telephone 12 of the user registered in the internet telephone registration process, and the telephone 11 and the telephone 11. The access number is stored in the memory unit of the public telephone 12.

In this case, the access number is a service system 20 using the telephone 11 and the public telephone 12 when the user wants to use the Internet telephone service using the general telephone 11 and the public telephone 12. As a number which can be connected to, the telephone number is assigned to one of a plurality of connection numbers established in the service system 20.

The unique telephone number registration process, by assigning a specific unique registration number to the general telephone 11 of the user registered in the service in the Internet telephone registration process or the public telephone 12 installed to use the service, Allow the system 20 to recognize the phone 10.

At this time, the communication between the access number and the unique registration number stored in the telephone 10 and the service system 20 uses a DTMF (Dual Tone Multi Frequency) signal which is a frequency generated when the dial is pressed.

The telephone connection step (S20) comprises an internet telephone selection process and a service system connection process.

The Internet telephone selection process is performed by pressing the service system access number shortcut button stored in the telephone 10 when the user wants to make a telephone call using the Internet 40 with the telephone 10 registered in the internet telephone service. It is possible by pressing.

In the service system connection process, a DTMF signal, which is a dial tone transmitted by a user pressing a connection button in the Internet telephone selection process, is received from the service system 20 through a telephone network, and the telephone 10 receives a service system 20. ).

The authentication step (S30) consists of a registration number input request process of the service system, a registration number input process of the user, and a telephone authentication process of the service system.

The registration number input request process of the service system sends a guide message for inputting the registration number of the telephone 10 that is currently connected to the service system 20 by the user.

In the registration number input process of the user, the user inputs a registration button by pressing a registration number shortcut button stored in the telephone 10 after listening to the guide message.

In the telephone authentication process of the service system, the registration number of the telephone 10 input by the user is received by the service system 20 to check whether the telephone 10 is registered.

The internet access step (S40) is to authenticate the telephone 10 in the service system 20, and then to the server 22 through the communication device 30 in the server 22 of the service system 20 The connected telephone 10 is connected to the Internet 40.

At this time, the communication device 30 is preferably configured as a router (Router) and a modem that is a modulator demodulator as a device that enables access to the Internet (40).

The router is a device for connecting a separate network using the same transmission protocol on the Internet 40, and serves to connect the network layers to each other. The modem is a digital demodulation signal from a computer as a modulator. It plays a role in demodulation that converts the analog signal into a digital signal and converts the incoming analog signal into a digital signal so that it can be sent over a telephone line.

The recipient number receiving step (S50) consists of a user's recipient number input process and a server's recipient region search process.

In the user's receiver number input process, the user inputs the telephone number of the receiver who is the counterpart to which the user wants to make a telephone call to the service system 20.

In the receiver region search process of the server, a communication apparatus connected to the Internet 40 installed in the receiving region by searching for a region to which the receiver belongs on the Internet 40 using the transmitted telephone number of the receiver ( 50) to the server 60 in the region.

The receiver connection step (S60) is composed of a receiving process of the receiver area server, an exchange connection process of the receiver area, and a telephone connection process of the receiver.

In the receiving process of the receiver region server, the receiver telephone number and voice information input by the caller are received by the server 60 of the receiver region through the communication device 50 connected to the Internet 40.

The exchanger connection process of the receiver area connects to the telephone company switchboard 80 through the telephone line of the receiver area using the receiver phone number received by the server 60.

The call connection process of the receiver connects to the general telephone 11 of the receiver through the receiver telephone number input by the caller transmitted through the server 60 from the telephone station exchange 70.

In the call step (S70), after the telephone is connected to the receiver's telephone number, the telephone ringing at the receiver's telephone 80, and the receiver receives the telephone call and talks with the caller.

The call termination step (S80) is composed of a billing process, a call termination process, and the Internet access termination process.

In the charging process, a fee applied when using the Internet, not a fee applied when using a general telephone network, is applied to a call using the Internet telephone.

In the call termination process, the caller ends the call by placing the handset on the hook button like a normal telephone after talking to the receiver.

The Internet connection termination process, the information transmitted from the caller's telephone 10 is blocked when the caller terminates the call, and the connection between the caller's telephone 10 and the service system 20 is cut off. The internet connection using the caller's telephone 10 is terminated.

Next, a system for implementing the Internet telephony service method according to the present invention is configured.

The system includes a telephone 10, a service system 20, a communication device 30, the Internet 40, a recipient area communication device 50, a recipient area server 60, a telephone station switch 70, and a recipient phone ( 80).

The telephone 10 is constituted by a general telephone 11 or a public telephone 12.

The general telephone 11 registers using the Internet telephone service and registers a connection number for accessing the service system 20 and recognizes that the service system 20 is a general telephone 11 registered in the service. A general telephone number 11, which is assigned a number, is configured as an electronic general telephone 11 capable of transmitting a DTMF signal at the time of button input, and is programmed and stored to enable storage and output of the access number and registration number. A general electronic telephone 11 is provided with a device.

As shown in FIG. 3, the payphone 12 is a payphone 12 that receives and stores a connection number and a registration number for accessing the service system 20 to use the service. In addition to having a shortcut button for storing the access number and registration number to be used, it is composed of an electronic public telephone (12) equipped with a memory for storing the access number and registration number.

At this time, the public telephone 12 is configured to program the Internet phone is connected to the service system 20 when the user presses the access button when the phone is turned on (OFF HOOK) by lifting the handset.

In addition, the general telephone 11 and the public telephone 12 are, of course, connected to the telephone station using a normal telephone network.

The service system 20 includes a server control device 21 and a server 22.

The server control apparatus 21 gives a connection number and a registration number to be accessed by the telephone 10 of the user who wants to register the Internet telephone, and records the connection number and the registration number of the telephone 10 that can use the service. And configure it as a computer that can be stored.

The server 22 receives the DTMF signal of the access number transmitted from the telephone 10 when the user presses the access button, establishes a connection with the telephone 10, and transmits when the user presses the registration number button. Receive the DTMF signal to recognize the service registration of the telephone 10.

In addition, the server 22 transmits the voice information of the user to the receiver and the voice information of the receiver to the user when the user is connected to the receiver and makes a call, so that the user's telephone 10 and the The receiver's telephone 80 is configured to be connected on the Internet 40.

The communication device 30 is a device that enables the Internet connection is preferably composed of a router and a modem which is a demodulator.

The Internet 40 is configured as a communication network capable of transmitting and receiving information analogized by the communication device 30 to another communication device 50.

The receiver area communication device 50 is preferably configured of a router and a modem which is a modulator so as to receive information such as a telephone number and voice transmitted through the Internet 40.

The receiver region server 60 transmits information such as a telephone number and voice received from the receiver region communication apparatus 50 to the telephone company switchboard 70 of the corresponding region, and uses the Internet 40 to transmit the receiver's voice information. The program is configured to be transmitted to the user who is the sender.

The telephone station switchboard 70 is composed of a general switchboard 70 in the receiver zone which connects to the telephone number received by the receiver zone server 60 so that a signal is sent to the receiver's telephone 80.

The receiver telephone 80 is composed of a conventional telephone 80 that can send and receive voice calls.

Next, a process of the Internet telephony service method according to the present invention configured as described above will be described.

The operator who wants to provide the Internet telephony service first has a public telephone 11 and a public telephone that store access numbers for accessing the service system 20 and registration numbers of telephones registered in the service system 20 in shortcut buttons. 12) to be distributed.

When the user who wants to use the Internet telephony service is in the off hook state where the user can pick up the telephone receiver of the telephone 10, the user presses a shortcut button that stores the access number in the telephone 10. The telephone 10 is connected to a service system 20 that provides the service.

The service system 20 sends a message to the phone 10 to input the registration number of the phone 10 currently connected to the service system 20 to the user, and after the user listens to the message, the phone When pressing the shortcut button storing the registration number in (10), the DTMF signal, which is the dial tone of the registration number, is transmitted to the service system 20, and the service system 20 uses the transmitted signal to transmit the DTMF signal. 10) Search for registration.

At this time, the phone 10 authenticated in the search process is connected to the Internet 40 through the service system 20.

The service system 20 sends a message to the user of the authenticated telephone 10 to input the telephone number of the receiver to be called, and the user inputs the telephone number of the receiver after listening to the message.

At this time, the telephone number of the receiver is composed of a common country, region, telephone identification number.

The telephone number of the receiver input by the user is transmitted to the service system 20, and the service system 20 searches the area where the telephone 80 of the receiver is located on the Internet 40 using the receiver's telephone number. It connects to the server 60 of the receiver area.

At this time, the telephone number of the receiver modulates the digital signal transmitted from the service system 20 into an analog signal by using the communication device 30 of the service provider in the region to which the user as the caller belongs, and converts the digital signal into the internet ( 40) Send out to the network.

In addition, the transmitted analog signal is received by the communication device 50 in the receiver region and demodulated again into a digital signal and transmitted to the server 60 in the receiver region.

The recipient area server 60 transmits the recipient's telephone number to the telephone company switchboard 70 so as to be connected to the recipient telephone 80.

The telephone station switch 70 connects a telephone to the transmitted receiver telephone number so that a telephone ring, which is a telephone reception signal, rings on the telephone 80 of the receiver.

The receiver picks up the handset of the telephone 80 and talks to the user who is the caller.

The voice information of the user who is the caller during the call is transmitted to the service system 20 and modulated and demodulated by the communication device 30, and then the communication device 50 and the server of the receiver area through the Internet 40 network. 60) and then to the recipient's telephone 80.

Since the call process is not a call using a normal telephone line, but is connected to the Internet 40 network, when charging for the call, the telephone connection fee between the caller's telephone 10 and the service system 20, and the calling area. Charges for Internet usage between the server and the destination server, and for dial-up fees in the destination.

After the call is over, the user ends the call by placing the handset on the hook button as in a normal call, and also terminates the connection to the Internet 40 using the service system 20.

Next, an embodiment according to the present invention configured as described above will be described in detail.

The claims of the present invention are not limited to the embodiments disclosed below, but the embodiments are provided only to make the disclosure of the present invention complete and to fully inform the person skilled in the art the scope of the invention. will be.

The user who wants to make an international call to Japan using the Internet telephone service picks up the handset of the public telephone 12 capable of using the service installed by the service provider, and the input amount is " 0 " in the display window of the public telephone 12. In the OFF HOOK state in which the telephone is indicated by a coin of unit currency charge (50 won in this embodiment) is inputted.

In addition, in the case of the public telephone 12 using the card, it is possible to use the balance of the card without inserting coins.

When the user inputs a unit call charge, the public telephone 12 hears a dial tone. At this time, when the user presses a connection button, which is attached to the outside of the public telephone 12, the public telephone ( In step 12), a DTMF signal, which is a dial tone corresponding to a series of numbers stored in the access button, is transmitted to access the service system 20 that provides the Internet telephone service.

At this time, the service system 20 and the public telephone 12 are preferably within a radius of 30 km.

The service system 20 transmits a usage guide message for pressing the registration number button to the connected public telephone 12.

When the user presses a registration number button outside the public telephone 12 after listening to the message sent out, a DTMF signal, which is a dial tone corresponding to the registration number of the public telephone 12 stored in the registration number button, is displayed. Is transmitted to the service system 20.

The service system 20 checks the registration number by searching the data in the server control device 21 and authenticates the public telephone 12.

The service system 20 transmits an international call and a usage guide for the service to a user of the public telephone 12 in a voice message.

After listening to the message, the user inputs an appropriate amount of coins to make an international call to Japan through the Internet, and inputs a telephone number of a receiver to be called together with a country code and an area code.

When the user presses the first button of the receiver's telephone number, the payphone 12 receives the unit call charge and puts the call of the payphone 12 in a mute state.

The telephone number of the receiver pressed by the user is transmitted to the service system 20, and the service system 20 searches for the telephone number of the receiver to connect the server 60 and the communication device 30, 50 of the corresponding area. By using the Internet (40) network.

The recipient area server 60 receives the recipient phone number and connects it to the telephone company switchboard 70 in the corresponding area.

The telephone station switch 70 connects to the receiver telephone 80 corresponding to the receiver's telephone number so that the telephone receiver rings at the receiver's telephone 80.

When the receiver picks up the handset and speaks, the voice information of the receiver is transmitted to the user who is the sender through the Internet 40 network in the same manner as the telephone number is transmitted.

At this time, the user who is the caller can hear the receiver's voice, but the caller's voice is not transmitted to the receiver because the call is muted.

When the caller presses a call button outside the payphone 12, the payphone 12 receives a unit call charge and the MUTE state is released to enable the call.

When the amount of money put into the payphone 12 is less than a unit call charge, an alarm sounds like a call using a normal payphone 12, and the call is automatically disconnected when a call corresponding to the amount of money is input.

In this case, the fee for using the public telephone 12 is not a fee for making an international call to Japan, but a fee required for accessing the Internet 40 using the public telephone 12, which is lower than a normal international telephone. You can make a call.

As described above, according to the present invention, an access number for accessing a service system for providing an Internet telephone service and a registration number for authenticating a phone are assigned to each phone, and the user inputs the access number and registration number. By doing so, it is possible to access the service system and make a telephone call over the Internet without a computer.

Another effect of the present invention is that when a user makes an international call or a long distance call using the Internet telephony service, there is an effect that the user can make a call even though the Internet fee is paid instead of the expensive call fee.

Another effect of the present invention is that people who are not accustomed to using the computer and the Internet, such as the elderly, can easily receive the Internet phone service by using the service.

Claims (2)

An information construction step of assigning an access number and a registration number to a service system to a user's telephone to use the Internet telephone service and storing the registration number; A telephone connection step of connecting the service system by the user by pressing a connection button of a telephone; An authentication step in which the user presses a registration number button of the telephone to transmit to the service system, and recognizes and authenticates the registration number assigned to the telephone by the service system; An internet access step of connecting the authenticated telephone to the internet through a communication device in the service system; A receiver number receiving step of searching for a region to which the receiver's telephone number belongs in the server of the service system according to the telephone number of the receiver input by the user; A receiver connection step of connecting to a receiver telephone according to a receiver telephone number input by the sender while connecting to the receiver region server searched by the service system through the Internet; A call step of making a call with the user who is the caller according to the received signal of the receiver telephone; And And a call termination step of applying an internet usage fee to the call time and ending the connection to the service system when the call is terminated. An access button for storing an access number for accessing the service system, a registration number for recognizing a telephone in the service system, and a shortcut button for storing the access number, and a registration number button for an access button for storing the registration number. And a telephone button externally provided with a call button for releasing a mute state of a call.