KR20030041426A - Method for Restriction a Call Set-Up of Wireless Terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A call originating barring method of a mobile terminal is provided to prevent an indiscreet and illicit use of a mobile terminal by not allowing a user to make a call only until he/she requests a call origination to a specific phone number after a pre-set time at regular periods. CONSTITUTION: A mobile terminal user connects to a radio network provider server and applies for an originating call barring service(S101). The radio network provider initiates the originating call barring service(S102). The radio network provider checks a switch time to the originating call barring mode set by the user(S103). If a pre-set time has not elapsed, the radio network provider allows the radio terminal to operate in a general mode in which both call originating and call incoming are available(S107). If the pre-set time has elapsed, the radio network provider checks whether a call originating request for a specific phone number set by the user has been received(S104). If the call originating request for the specific phone number has been received, the radio network provider sets up a speech path to the corresponding phone number(S105). The call originating barring of the radio terminal is released(S106), so that the user can make a call to every phone number in the general mode(S107).

Description

Method for Restriction a Call Set-Up of Wireless Terminal

The present invention relates to a transmission limiting method, and more particularly, to a transmission limiting method of a wireless terminal for preventing indiscriminate and illegal use of the wireless terminal.

With the development of communication technology and the proliferation of portable wireless terminals, wireless terminals such as cellular phones and portable telephones such as PCS are becoming essential elements of life. The wireless terminal is convenient to carry, so there is an advantage that you can try to talk with the desired party anytime and anywhere, while the cost of the call is increased due to indiscriminate use due to the ease of use. In addition, there is a high risk of loss as it is easy to carry, there is a disadvantage that the lost wireless terminal learner has to charge an unsolicited call charge due to illegal use of the wireless terminal.

On the other hand, with the development of industrial society, the modern family structure is gradually becoming nuclear family from the existing large family structure, and this nuclear family is expected to deepen gradually. People are losing their mental margins due to the rapidly changing trends, and the number of calls to parents who are often missed due to nuclear familyization is gradually decreasing. Missing and sorry cases are increasing.

Therefore, if you give a portable wireless terminal the ability to give regular greetings to your parents and to call your loved ones at regular intervals, you will be able to find some time for the busy modern people.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, by setting the call restriction function using a wireless terminal specific phone number, so that the call restriction function is released only by talking to a specific phone number user, thereby reckless use of the wireless terminal And there is a technical problem to suppress illegal use.

Another technical problem of the present invention is to make a call to another phone number only after attempting to call a specific phone number, such as a phone number of parents or family members, to cause individualism to respect the parents and friendship between loved ones To maintain and promote it.

1A and 1B are exemplary views illustrating a system for applying a transmission restriction method of a wireless terminal according to the present invention.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a transmission restriction method of a wireless terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a method for setting an origination restriction service of a wireless terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a transmission restriction method of a wireless terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a method for setting a transmission restriction mode of a wireless terminal in another embodiment of the present invention.

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10, 30: wireless terminal 20: wireless network operators

40: wired network operator 50: wired terminal

100: outgoing restriction control unit 102: outgoing restriction information management means

104: mode switching time counting means 106: calling number comparison means

108: mode switching means

The present invention for achieving the above technical problem is (a) a wireless terminal user connected to a wireless network operator server, calling restriction application, including a call restriction period, the switching time to the call restriction mode, call restriction release phone number and password Initiating the origination restriction service by the wireless network operator as the information is applied for the origination restriction service; (b) after the start restriction service starts, the wireless network operator checking whether the transition time to the transmission restriction mode set by the user has elapsed; (c) allowing the wireless terminal to operate in a normal mode capable of both sending and receiving when the switching time to the calling restriction mode has not elapsed; (d) checking whether a call request for a specific telephone number set by the user has been received when the time to switch to the call limit mode has elapsed; (e) establishing a call path with the telephone number when the call request for the specific telephone number is received; (f) releasing the calling restriction of the wireless terminal to enable calling for all telephone numbers, and proceeding to step (b); And (g) in step (d) of checking whether a call request for the specific telephone number is received, if the call request for the specific telephone number is not received, allowing the wireless terminal to maintain the call restriction mode and (d) It includes; repeating.

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

1A and 1B are exemplary views illustrating a system to which a transmission limiting method of a wireless terminal according to the present invention is applied.

Referring to FIG. 1A, an outgoing signal of a user of the wireless terminal 10 is transmitted through the wireless network provider 20 when the originating target is the wireless terminal 30, and wireless when the originating target is a wired terminal 50. After being transmitted to the wired network operator 40 through the network operator 20, the wired terminal 50 is transmitted to the wired terminal 50.

The wireless terminal 10 or the wireless network operator 20 of the user who wants to use the calling restriction service should include a calling restriction control unit so that the calling restriction service is performed according to the user's request. Same as

The call limit control unit 100 is mounted on a communication server of a wireless terminal or a wireless network operator, and includes call limit information management means 102, mode switch time counting means 104, call number comparison means 106, and mode switch means ( 108).

Call restriction information management means 102 stores the call restriction period entered from the user who wants to use the call restriction service, the transition time to the call restriction mode, the call restriction release phone number and password, and stores the stored information if there is a change. Change it. Call-out restriction period refers to the period during which call-out restriction service is applied, and transition time to call-out mode is the reference time to change from call-out and call-in state to call-out state. The only outgoing call is attempted at, and from now on, all phone numbers can be called and incoming call number. A password is a password used to store and change call restriction information.

The mode switching time counting means 104 is a means for checking whether the transition time to the origination restriction mode has elapsed at each origination restriction period. You will not be able to attempt to make a call.

The calling number comparing means 106 checks whether the telephone number that the user requests to call is the same as the calling restriction release phone number when the switching time to the calling restriction mode has elapsed as a result of the mode switching time counting means 104. As a result of comparing the phone numbers in the calling number comparing means 106, if the phone number that the user requests to call is the same as the calling restriction release phone number, the call request signal is transmitted through the wireless network operator, while the phone number is not the same. If not, it indicates that the transmission restriction mode is displayed on the display of the wireless terminal 10 and ignores the transmission request signal.

The mode switching means 108 switches the wireless terminal to the origination restriction mode in which no call is attempted except for the origination restriction release phone number when the transition time to the origination restriction mode has elapsed as a result of the check of the mode transition time counting means 104. On the other hand, in the call restriction mode, a call request to the call restriction release phone number is input, and after a predetermined time call, the wireless terminal is switched to a general mode capable of calling and receiving all phone numbers.

As mentioned above, the transmission restriction control unit 100 is mounted on the communication server of the wireless network operator or mounted on the wireless terminal itself.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method for limiting transmission of a wireless terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention, and illustrates a case in which a communication server of a wireless network operator directly controls a user's wireless terminal to use the origination restriction service.

As the user of the wireless terminal accesses the wireless network operator server and applies for the call restriction service (S101), the wireless network operator starts the call restriction service (S102). The user of the wireless terminal should enter the call restriction period, the transition time to the call restriction mode, the call restriction release phone number and the password when applying for the call restriction service. That is, if a call is attempted to be made to a specific telephone number after a specific time every specified period and no call is made, the wireless terminal cannot attempt to make a call to a number other than the specific telephone number.

After the origination restriction service is started as described above, the wireless network operator checks the switching time to the origination restriction mode set by the user who applied for the origination restriction service (S103). And to operate in a normal mode where both reception is possible (S107). On the other hand, if the set time has elapsed, check whether the call request for the specific phone number set by the user is received (S104), and when the call request for the specific phone number is received, establish a call path with the corresponding phone number. To make a call (S105). Subsequently, the transmission restriction of the corresponding wireless terminal is released (S106) to operate in a general mode capable of calling for all telephone numbers (S107).

In step S104 of checking whether a call request for a specific phone number is received, if the call request for a specific phone number is not received, the corresponding wireless terminal continues to operate in a call-out restriction mode (S108). Continue checking that outgoing requests for are received. In addition, after switching to the normal mode, the process proceeds to the step S103 of checking whether the switching time to the restricted calling mode has elapsed, and after the switching time to the restricted calling mode set by the user, a call to the specific telephone number is requested. If not received, limit the transmission of the wireless terminal.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the wireless terminal user to set the minimum call time with the specific telephone number in the process of applying for the calling restriction service. In addition, after receiving a call request for a specific phone number and establishing a call path (S105), the method further includes a process of checking whether the call has been carried out with a specific phone number for a minimum call time. If it is possible to proceed to step S106 to release the call restriction, otherwise proceed to step S108 where the wireless terminal continues to operate in the call restriction mode.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a transmission limit setting method of a wireless terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. In order to restrict the origination of the wireless terminal described with reference to FIG. 2, a step (S101) of applying for the origination restriction service must be preceded, and FIG. 3 shows a detailed process thereof.

First, a user of a wireless terminal who wants to use the calling restriction service accesses a communication server of a wireless network operator using any one of all possible communication means such as a wireless terminal, a wired terminal, and the Internet, and the wireless network operator is a user who is a legitimate user. After acknowledgment authentication, only the legitimate user can use the service provided by the wireless network operator.

As the wireless terminal user authenticated as a legitimate user by the wireless network operator (S201), the wireless network operator inputs a specific telephone number and password necessary for the service start time and the release restriction to the wireless terminal user. It is required (S202). The origination restriction service start time includes an origination restriction period and a transition time to the origination restriction mode. In addition, when the user enters the phone number of the parent when entering a specific phone number may provide an opportunity to feel the gratitude of the parents for a while to modern people living busy.

When the user inputs and transmits a desired origination restriction service start time, a specific telephone number and a password (S203), the transmitted setting details are stored (S204), and the origination restriction service is started thereafter.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to set the minimum call time with a specific phone number when applying for the call limit service, and to maintain the call state for a minimum call time with the specific phone number.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a transmission restriction method of a wireless terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention, and illustrates a case in which a user sets and controls a transmission restriction function in a wireless terminal.

When the user sets the transmission restriction mode to the wireless terminal by the operation of the wireless terminal (S301), the wireless terminal checks whether the switching time to the transmission mode set by the user has elapsed (S302). When setting the call restriction mode, the user must enter the call restriction period, the transition time to the call restriction mode, the call restriction release phone number and the password. That is, if a call is attempted to be made to a specific telephone number after a specific time every specified period and no call is made, the wireless terminal cannot attempt to make a call to a number other than the specific telephone number.

If the transition time to the transmission restriction mode set by the user has not elapsed, the wireless terminal operates in the normal standby mode (S311). On the other hand, if the switching time to the calling restriction mode has elapsed, the calling restriction flag is set so that the call is not attempted to a number other than a specific telephone number while the flag is set (S303). Then, when the user requests the call by operating the keypad of the wireless terminal (S304), the wireless terminal checks whether the telephone number input by the user is the same as the specific telephone number set in the call restriction mode (S305). If the entered telephone number is different from the specific telephone number, the display of the wireless terminal notifies that the call is restricted (S306). After that, the process proceeds to the step (S304) of switching to the standby mode of the transmission restriction state (S307) and waiting for a call request input by the user.

On the other hand, if the telephone number entered by the user is the same as a specific telephone number, the call is attempted to make a call to the corresponding telephone number (S308). After the call is terminated, the calling restriction mode is released (S309) so that calling and receiving are possible for all phone numbers, and the calling restriction flag is reset (S310). Thereafter, the process enters the normal standby mode (S311) and waits for a user's key input.

After switching to the normal standby mode, the process proceeds to the step S302 of checking whether the switching time to the restricted calling mode has elapsed, and a request to send a specific phone number is received after the switching time to the restricted calling mode set by the user. If not, limit the origination of the wireless terminal.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the wireless terminal user is to set the minimum call time with a specific telephone number in the process of setting the call restriction mode. In addition, after the call path is opened by requesting the call to a specific phone number (S308), the method further includes a process of checking whether the call has been made with a specific phone number for the minimum call time. In step S309, the calling restriction may be released. If not, the wireless terminal may continue to operate in the calling restriction mode (S307).

5 is a flowchart illustrating a transmission limit setting method of a wireless terminal in another embodiment of the present invention. In order to limit the transmission of the wireless terminal described with reference to FIG. 4, step S301 of setting a transmission restriction mode should be preceded, and FIG. 5 shows a detailed process thereof.

In order to use the calling restriction mode through the call of the specific telephone number, the wireless terminal user first selects the calling restriction service by the operation of the wireless terminal (S401). The user sets the origination restriction mode start time to the wireless terminal (S402), and inputs a specific telephone number used to cancel the origination restriction (S403). Call-in restriction mode start time includes call-out restriction period and switching time to call-out mode. Also, if you enter your parent's phone number when entering a specific phone number, you will feel grateful for your parents in a busy life. will be.

Thereafter, after inputting a password for setting, changing, and releasing the transmission restriction mode (S404), and storing the input content (S405), the wireless terminal operates in the transmission restriction mode.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, when setting the minimum call time with a specific phone number when applying for a call limit service, it is possible to release the call restriction only by maintaining a call state with a specific phone number or a minimum call time.

As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the present invention can be implemented in other specific forms without changing the technical spirit or essential features thereof. Therefore, the above-described embodiments are to be understood as illustrative in all respects and not as restrictive. The scope of the present invention is shown by the following claims rather than the detailed description, and all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalents should be construed as being included in the scope of the present invention. do.

As described above, according to the present invention, in order to limit the transmission of the wireless terminal, it is required to call the specific telephone number after a set time every predetermined period so that all the telephone numbers can be dialed, thereby making use of the wireless terminal indiscriminately and Illegal use can be prevented. In addition, if you set a specific phone number to the phone number of the parent can call the regards to parents periodically to stimulate the filial piety for parents.

Claims (10)

(a) As the wireless terminal user accesses the wireless network operator server and enters the call restriction service information including the call restriction period, the transition time to the call restriction mode, the call restriction release phone number and the password to apply for call restriction service. Starting, by the wireless network operator, the origination restriction service; (b) after the start restriction service starts, the wireless network operator checking whether the transition time to the transmission restriction mode set by the user has elapsed; (c) allowing the wireless terminal to operate in a normal mode capable of both sending and receiving when the switching time to the calling restriction mode has not elapsed; (d) checking whether a call request for a specific telephone number set by the user has been received when the time to switch to the call limit mode has elapsed; (e) establishing a call path with the telephone number when the call request for the specific telephone number is received; (f) releasing the calling restriction of the wireless terminal to enable calling for all telephone numbers, and proceeding to step (b); And (g) in step (d) of checking whether a call request for the specific telephone number is received, if the call request for the specific telephone number is not received, let the wireless terminal maintain the call restriction mode and repeating step (d). Repeating; Calling restriction method of a wireless terminal comprising a. According to claim 1, The step of inputting the call restriction request information of step (a) further includes a step of inputting a minimum talk time with the specific phone number, and after performing step (e), before performing step (f). If the call has been made by the number and the minimum talk time, the call proceeds to step (f) if the call is made for more than the minimum call time. If the call is not made for the minimum call time, the wireless terminal makes a call. And maintaining the restricted mode and proceeding to step (d). According to claim 1, In the step (a), the wireless terminal user applying for the call restriction service may include the wireless network operator restricting the call to the wireless terminal user as the wireless terminal user accesses the wireless network operator and requests the call restriction service. Requesting to input call restriction service application information including a service start time, a specific telephone number and a password required for call release restriction; And And receiving and storing the origination restriction service start time, a specific phone number, and a password from the user of the wireless terminal. The method of claim 3, wherein The origination restriction service start time includes an origination restriction period and a time limit for switching to an origination restriction mode. The method of claim 3, wherein The call restriction service request information further includes a minimum call time with the specific telephone number. (a) The calling restriction mode is set in the wireless terminal as the wireless terminal user inputs calling restriction information including the calling restriction period, the switching time to the calling restriction mode, the calling restriction canceling phone number and the password into the wireless terminal. step; (b) checking, by the wireless terminal, whether a transition time to the transmission mode has elapsed; (c) operating the wireless terminal in a normal standby mode when the transition time to the transmission restriction mode has not elapsed; (d) switching the wireless terminal to an origination restriction mode when the transition time to the origination restriction mode has elapsed; (e) when the user requests an outgoing call by inputting an arbitrary telephone number to the wireless terminal, the wireless terminal checking whether the arbitrary telephone number is the same as the calling restriction release phone number; (f) if the arbitrary telephone number is different from the call restriction release phone number, displaying the call restriction state on the wireless terminal, switching to the standby mode in the call restriction state, and waiting for a call request from the user; (g) if the arbitrary telephone number is the same as the call restriction release phone number, attempting to call the call restriction release phone number to make a call; (h) releasing the origination restriction mode; And (i) allowing the wireless terminal to operate in a normal standby mode and then proceeding to step (b); Calling restriction method of a wireless terminal comprising a. The method of claim 6, The step of inputting the call restriction information of step (a) further includes a step of inputting a minimum call time with the specific phone number, and after performing step (g), before performing step (h), Check that the call is made by the number and the minimum call time, and if the call is made over the minimum call time, proceed to the step (h), and if the call is not made for the minimum call time, wait for the calling restriction state. Transmitting restriction method of the wireless terminal further comprising the step of switching to the mode. The method of claim 6, In the step (a), the step of setting the call restriction mode by the wireless terminal user may include: selecting, by the wireless terminal user, a call restriction service of the wireless terminal; And When the user inputs call restriction setting information including a call restriction mode start time, a call restriction release phone number, and a password, storing the call restriction setting information; Calling restriction method of a wireless terminal comprising a. The method of claim 8, The origination restriction mode start time includes an origination restriction period and a transition time to an origination restriction mode. The method of claim 8, The call restriction information further includes a minimum call time with the specific telephone number.