KR20030016075A - Method of one to one calling and new conference calling offering during conference call of PBX - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method of supplying a one-to-one call and a conference reconfiguration function during a conference call of a PBX is provided to connect a conference call between new groups or a one-to-one call with other subscriber without completing a present conference call. CONSTITUTION: When a conference begins(S101), a communication unit stores information on participants in a memory(S102). When a subscriber 'c' wants to one-to-one call with a subscriber 'a', the communication unit presses a movable button to request the one-to-one call(S103). The communication unit confirms whether the wanted call is the one-to-one call or a new group call(S104). If the call is the one-to-one call, the communication unit loads the information(S105) and displays the information on a telephone LCD of the subscriber 'c'(S106). The subscriber 'c' selects the subscriber 'a'(S107), and the communication unit connects the subscriber 'c' with the subscriber 'a'(S108), then maintains a call connection of the rest conference participants. The communication unit updates information on the rest participants to store the information in the memory(S109). When the one-to-one call is completed, the communication unit connects a speech path to make the subscribers 'c' and 'a' return to a conference call(S111), and controls a voice signal switch.

Description

Method of providing one-to-one call and conference reconstruction during private conference call {Method of one to one calling and new conference calling offering during conference call of PBX}

The present invention relates to a private exchange system, and more particularly, to a method of providing a one-to-one call and a conference reconstruction function during a conference call of a private exchange system, which enables to configure a one-to-one call and a new conference call during a conference call.

The private exchange system connects a limited number of CO lines to multiple stations in a building or a specific area, and connects the extension and CO lines of each telephone.

One of the services provided by the private exchange system is the conference call service.

The conference call service is a service that allows a person using a telephone for a private exchange to have a meeting using a telephone without having to move to a seat.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, a private exchange system for providing a conventional conference call service is as follows.

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a system for providing a conference call function of a conventional private exchange system.

1, a telephone 1, 2, 3 (11-13) having a function button for a conference call and the private switch 20 to which the telephones 1, 2, 3 (11-13) are connected. It is composed.

In particular, the private exchange 20 is a communication unit 21 for managing data transmission between the internal system of the private exchange 20 and the telephones 1, 2, 3 (11 to 13) for the conference call, and the communication unit 21 And a voice signal switch unit 22 for switching a voice signal between terminals such as telephones 1, 2, and 3 (11 to 13) so that a plurality of callers can make a call, and a conference call connected to the communication unit. It includes a conference call control unit 23 for monitoring the call state of the host to perform the call termination.

In addition, the phone 1, 2, 3 (11 to 13) is a phone having a function button that can receive a variety of services provided by private exchanges other than conference calls, a number button (2) for general telephone calls, A conference button 3 for selecting a conference call function, a flow button 4 for defining and using other services, a volume button 5 for adjusting a volume of a phone call and a menu function, and the telephone It is a multifunctional telephone comprising an LCD (1) window indicating the status of.

A method of making a conference call using the telephone having the conference call function as described above will be described with reference to FIG. 2.

2 is a flowchart illustrating an operation procedure of a method for adding a conference participant in a conventional conference call function.

Referring to FIG. 2, first, in order to configure a conference call, subscriber 1 using the telephone 1 (11) requests a conference call using the [conference] function button 3 of the telephone 1 11 as the conference owner. (S11), when the telephone number of the other subscriber who wants to make a conference call is input (S12), the telephone is connected to the other subscriber inputted by the communication unit 21 of the private exchange 20, and the conference host and the other conference call. The conference call is established by connecting lines to each other so that executives can make a call (S13).

When the conference call is established as described above, a conference call between each conference call is attempted (S14). When the conference proceeds and additional conference participants are added during the conference call, subscriber 1, who is the host of the conference, calls phone 1 (11). When requesting additional subscriber 2 as a conference participant using (S15), the communication unit 21 can be connected by calling the phone 2 (12) of the subscriber 2 (S16), it is possible to continue the conference call (S17) ).

In addition, even when the meeting presiding person briefly exits the conference call, the conference call between the other executives is possible. That is, when the meeting presiding person presses the meeting button 3 in a situation in which he or she must do a personal call or another call, The rest of the executives who were in the conference call continued to make the conference call, and the host of the conference was able to make another call or to see his / her personal work. In order to return to the conference call, the conference button (3) was pressed again. It could also end conference calls.

As described above, in the related art, a private call is provided with a conference call function between subscribers so that a number of people can meet together only by a phone call without moving a seat. Also provided the ability to exit a conference call to perform and return to a personal task or to end a conference call.

In the past, however, it was possible to simply register additional conference participants to make a conference call or to leave the conference call for a while and view personal work. However, there is no way to find out the information of other subscribers currently participating in the conference call. If you want to have a one-on-one call with a specific person or a few people in a group, there is an inconvenience to end the current conference call and request the conference call function from the beginning and wait for the connection.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention stores the information of all the participants during the conference call in the memory so that you can easily read the participant information whenever necessary during the conference call, one-on-one with a specific person at any time during the conference call To provide a one-to-one call and meeting reconstruction function during a conference call of a private exchange that implements a call or a new conference call with a specific group so that one-to-one call or a new group conference can be maintained while maintaining the current conference call. There is this.

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a system for providing a conference call function of a conventional private exchange system

Figure 2 is a flow chart showing the operation sequence of the conference participant addition method in the conventional conference call function.

Figure 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a method for providing a one-to-one call and conference reconstruction function during a conference call of the private exchange according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a flowchart illustrating an operation procedure of a method for providing a one-to-one call and a conference reconfiguration function during a conference call of a private exchange according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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1: LCD2: Number buttons

3: Conference button 4: Flow button

5: Volume button

11, 12, 13: Phone 1, 2, 3

110, 120, 130: phone a, b, c

20, 200: private exchange 21, 210: communication unit

22, 220: voice signal switch unit 23, 230: conference call control unit

240: conference participant information display unit 250: memory unit

Method of providing a one-to-one call function during a conference call of the private exchange according to the present invention,

Connecting a conference call of a plurality of subscriber groups at a private exchange and storing participant information in a memory;

Requesting, by any subscriber in the conference call, a one-to-one call to a private exchange using a function button of a telephone;

Confirming, by the private exchange, whether the arbitrary subscriber has designated a target for one-to-one call, and loading the conference call participant information stored in a memory without specifying the target and presenting it to the random subscriber terminal;

Selecting a desired one-to-one call from the conference call participants displayed on the terminal, connecting the selected subscriber to the private exchange, and modifying and storing the participant information of the conference call in a memory. It is characterized by.

Preferably, when the one-to-one call ends, the previous conference call information is loaded from the private exchange, so that any subscriber can participate in the conference call again.

In addition, a method of providing a one-to-one call and conference reconfiguration function during a conference call of a private exchange,

Connecting a conference call of a plurality of subscriber groups at a private exchange and storing participant information in a memory;

Requesting, by any subscriber in the conference call, a new group call to a private exchange using a function button of a telephone;

And storing the information of the designated participant for the conference call of the new group in the memory, connecting the conference participant, and updating the existing conference participant information in the memory. It is done.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, a method for providing a one-to-one call and a conference reconfiguration function during a conference call of the private exchange according to the present invention configured as described above is as follows.

3 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a method for providing a one-to-one call and a conference reconstruction function during a conference call of a private exchange according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to Figure 3, the present invention is connected to a plurality of telephones a, b, c (110, 120, 130) used by the subscriber and the telephones a, b, c (110, 120, 130) is connected to an external line or It consists of a private exchange 200 to provide a variety of services and connections between internal lines.

In particular, the private exchange 200 is a communication unit 210 for communication between the telephone a, b, c (110, 120, 130) and the internal system, and each of the conference call under the control of the communication unit 210 The voice signal switch unit 220 for connecting the voice lines between the lines, the conference call control unit 230 for detecting the end of the conference call and ending the conference call, and the memory unit 250 for storing participant information participating in the conference call. And the meeting participant information display unit 240 displaying the participant information stored in the memory unit 250 on the LCD screens of the phones a, b, and c (110, 120, 130) at the request of the subscriber.

The telephones a, b, c (110, 120, 130) are multifunctional telephones having multi-function selection buttons such as telephones 1, 2, 3 (11, 12, 13) shown in FIG.

A method of providing a one-to-one call and a conference reconfiguration function during a conference call of the private exchange configured as described above will be described with reference to FIG. 4.

4 is a flowchart illustrating an operation procedure of a method of providing a one-to-one call and a conference reconfiguration function during a conference call of a private exchange according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to Figure 4, first to make a conference call, if the subscriber a using the telephone a (110) is the presiding party, press the conference button of the telephone a (110) to request a conference call and the subscriber b, Enter the conference participants' phone numbers other than the telephone numbers b and c (120 and 130) of c.

The communication unit 210 of the private exchange 200 calls and connects the conference participant phone and instructs the voice signal switch unit 210 to connect all the telephone lines of the conference participant so that a plurality of conference callers can talk together. do.

When the meeting starts as described above (S101), the communication unit 210 stores the information of the participants participating in the current conference call in the memory unit 250 (S102).

During the conference call, if the subscriber c, who is in the conference call, wants a personal one-to-one call with the subscriber a, a one-to-one call is requested by pressing a flow button preset in the phone c 130 (S103).

In response to the request, the communication unit 210 of the private exchange 200 checks whether the one requested by the subscriber c is a one-to-one call (1) or a new group call (2) (S104). In operation 210, the controller 210 commands the conference participant information display unit 240 to load information of the participant who is currently in the conference call stored in the memory unit 250 (S105), and displays the information on the LCD screen of the subscriber c's phone c 130. To display (S106).

When the conference participant is displayed, subscriber c selects subscriber a, which is a counterpart to talk one-to-one (S107), and the communication unit 210 controls the voice signal switch unit 220 to connect subscriber a and subscriber c. After one (S108), to maintain the telephone connection of the remaining conference participants.

In addition, the information of the conference participants currently in progress due to the one-to-one call between the subscriber a and the subscriber c is updated and stored in the memory (S109).

When the one-to-one call is terminated (S110), the communication unit 210 controls the voice signal switch unit 220 to connect the call paths so that the subscriber a and the subscriber c return to the conference call (S111).

In addition, when the call information is stored in step S102, and the subscriber c wants a new group call and presses the flow button (S103), the communication unit 210 determines whether the request of the subscriber c is a one-to-one call (1) or a new group call ( 2) determine whether or not a new group call is desired, so that the memory part 250 is loaded from the meeting participant information display unit 240 (S112), and information on the currently in-progress participant is displayed on the telephone c of the subscriber c. In step S113, the subscriber c selects a desired number for a new group call (S114).

If subscriber c wants a new group call with subscriber a and subscriber b, he selects subscriber a and subscriber b from the conference participant information displayed on phone c 130.

When the subscriber c selects a new group conference participant, the communication unit 210 controls the voice signal switch unit 220 to connect the subscribers a, b, and c (S115), and connects the remaining conference participants in progress. To keep.

In addition, the existing conference call participant information is updated and stored in the memory unit 250 (S116), and the new group conference participant information is newly stored in the memory unit 250 (S117).

When the new group conference call ends, the existing conference call participant information is loaded to connect the subscribers a, b, and c to proceed with the conference (S118).

In addition to the one-to-one call or the new group call, a subscriber may input a new person's phone number directly through a telephone to make a one-to-one call or a new group call in addition to the method of selecting among the participants in the current conference. In this case, the communication unit 210 controls to call and connect a newly designated subscriber's phone without loading the conference participant information of the memory unit 250.

Meanwhile, when the conference call participant requests conference participant information at any time during the conference call, the conference participant information display unit 240 loads the information from the memory and provides the conference part information. If there is a participant who finishes by monitoring each participant's line during the conference call, the participant information is updated and stored in the memory unit 250.

As described above, the present invention provides a function to enable a one-to-one call or a new group call with another subscriber during a conference call.

As described above, the method for providing a one-to-one call and a conference reconfiguration function during a conference call of the private exchange according to the present invention does not terminate the current conference call even while the conference call is in progress, and allows a one-to-one call with another person and a conference call between a new group. Allows you to connect, ending an existing conference call when you need a one-on-one call or a new group conference call, reducing the hassle of having to go through a new connection, and allowing other participants to join at any time. It is effective to view the information.

Claims (5)

Connecting a conference call of a plurality of subscriber groups at a private exchange and storing participant information in a memory; Requesting, by any subscriber in the conference call, a one-to-one call to a private exchange using a function button of a telephone; Loading conference call participant information stored in a memory in the private exchange and presenting it to the subscriber station; Selecting a desired one-to-one call from the conference call participants displayed on the terminal, connecting the selected subscriber to the private exchange, and modifying and storing the participant information of the conference call in a memory. Method of providing a one-to-one call function during a conference call of the private exchange, characterized in that. According to claim 1, When the one-to-one call is terminated, the previous exchange call information is loaded in the private exchange, so that any subscriber can participate in the conference call, one-to-one during the conference call, characterized in that How to Provide. The method of claim 1, wherein the other party wants a one-to-one call does not belong to an ongoing conference participant. Inputting a counterpart phone number for which the subscriber wants to have a one-to-one call; And a private exchange connecting the telephone by calling the input telephone number. Connecting a conference call of a plurality of subscriber groups at a private exchange and storing participant information in a memory; Requesting, by any subscriber in the conference call, a new group call to a private exchange using a function button of a telephone; And storing the information of the designated participant for the conference call of the new group in the memory, connecting the conference participant, and updating and storing the existing conference participant information in the memory. To reconstruct a conference call during a conference call. 5. The method of claim 4, wherein if any of the subscribers of the conference call to which the subscriber intends to establish a new one is not an ongoing conference participant, The subscriber entering a participant phone number for a new group conference; And connecting the conference call of a new group by calling the input telephone number in the private exchange.